Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Miami
Our guide counts 25 Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence winners and 15 Award of Excellence winners, citywide. Wine restaurants on this list serve French, Italian, Cantonese, Spanish, and Japanese cooking alongside steakhouse menus. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Miami in Design District holds a Best of Award of Excellence, with a list strong in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and California. CARBONE VINO in Coconut Grove is an Italian-American enoteca with a sommelier-led wine program.
Pastis in Miami Fashion District is a French bistro with a 450-label wine program anchored in Burgundy and Bordeaux. Michael's Genuine in Design District has 190 selections and 1,600 bottles under wine director Amanda Fraga. Macchialina in Miami Beach has a cellar skewed heavily toward Italy, with natural wine on the list, a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, and a Michelin Plate.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Adrift Mare
Deep wine list
Adrift Mare brings Mediterranean coastal cooking into Miami’s herb-forward dining conversation, where oregano, thyme, basil and za’atar matter as much as seafood and grill work. The appeal is less about spectacle than a familiar regional grammar translated for a city built around warm weather, late dinners and a broad appetite for coastal cuisines.
Aviv
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Aviv brings Israeli and Mediterranean cooking to Miami's increasingly confident dining scene, grounding its menu in the olive oil traditions, preserved citrus, and charred vegetable techniques that define modern Tel Aviv restaurants. The format suits the city's appetite for bold, herb-driven plates without the formality of a tasting-menu structure. For Miami diners tracking where the city's restaurant culture is heading, Aviv is worth attention.
BAKAN
Deep wine list
BAKAN occupies a converted space on NW 2nd Avenue in Wynwood, bringing Mexican cooking grounded in regional sourcing to a Miami neighbourhood better known for murals than serious cuisine. The kitchen draws on indigenous ingredients and preparation traditions that rarely surface in the city's broader Mexican restaurant scene, placing it in a distinct tier from the margarita-and-queso mainstream.
Bouchon Bistro Miami
Deep wine list
Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bistro brings the discipline of classic French bistro cooking to Coral Gables, occupying a landmark building in the heart of the neighborhood's restaurant corridor. The kitchen draws on the sourcing philosophy that defines the Keller portfolio, traceability, seasonal rhythm, and French technique applied without apology. For Miami diners accustomed to trend-led menus, it offers a different kind of argument.
Bourbon Steak, Miami by Michael Mina
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Bourbon Steak by Michael Mina sits inside the JW Marriott Turnberry in Aventura, bringing the chef's nationally recognised steakhouse format to South Florida. The wine cellar holds over 850 bottles and earned a Wine Spectator award. Signature plates include American Wagyu filets, butter-poached steaks with duck fat fries, and miso-glazed sea bass. Dinner runs Sunday through Saturday, with reservations strongly advised.
CARBONE VINO
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Carbone Vino occupies a sleek address in Coconut Grove, bringing the Carbone brand's red-sauce Italian sensibility to Miami's most verdant neighbourhood. The wine-forward format places it in a different register from the flagship's New York theatrics, trading table-side ceremony for a more approachable bottle-and-plate rhythm that suits the Grove's slower pace.
Casa Juancho
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Casa Juancho on Calle Ocho holds a White Star recognition from Star Wine List (April 2025), signaling a wine program worth attention in Miami's Little Havana corridor. The address at 2436 SW 8th St places it squarely within one of the city's most culturally concentrated dining streets, where Spanish and Cuban culinary traditions have coexisted for decades.
Casa Tua
Deep wine list
Among Miami Beach's long-standing Italian tables, Casa Tua occupies a tier defined less by trend-chasing than by consistency over two decades. Ranked #223 among North American restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and awarded Star Wine List's #1 ranking the same year, it draws a crowd that treats the James Avenue address as a fixed point on the Miami dining calendar rather than a discovery.
Contessa Miami
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
The kitchen runs under Chef Farouk Bazoune, with Wine Director John Slover overseeing one of the more seriously constructed cellar lists in the city at the $$$ price tier.
Cote Miami
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Miami's Design District has absorbed a number of New York transplants, but few have landed as credibly as Cote, the Korean steakhouse that earned a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025. Backed by a wine list of 1,145 selections and a format built around tableside butchery and Korean barbecue ritual, Cote sits at the point where American steakhouse ambition meets Seoul dining culture.
Dining Room (SeaDream II)
Deep wine list
The Dining Room aboard SeaDream II operates under an all-inclusive model where candlelight, crisp linens, and unhurried pacing define every meal at sea. Chef Reto Brändli's kitchen accommodates vegan, vegetarian, and off-menu requests, including a scratch-made pizza prepared to order, against a backdrop of soft conversation and clinking crystal.
Dirty French Steakhouse Miami
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Dirty French Steakhouse Miami brings the New York original's French-inflected steakhouse format to Brickell, where the menu architecture layers classic brasserie technique against serious prime beef. Located at 1200 Brickell Ave, it occupies a distinct position in Miami's premium dining tier, sitting between the Korean-inflected approach of Cote and the fire-driven Argentinian traditions found elsewhere on the scene.
Francesco Martucci
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Siamo nel Wynwood Art District, un distretto nel quartiere di Wynwood, famoso perché ospita musei e collezioni d’arte e soprattutto per la street art; infatti, troverete una delle più grandi installazioni di street art all’aperto del mondo. Ambientazione dark, luci soffuse all’americana e lampade che rendono l’ambiente intimo, sedie e tavoli di design. L’enorme bancone del bar che si estende verticalmente per tutta la sala e la chicca della cantina dei vini pensata in verticale, poco pratica per il sommelier magari, ma molto scenografica e d’impatto. I forni in fondo alla sala, con la famosa “gabbia”, che oramai è un segno distintivo del pizzaiolo casertano. Elegante, tanto legno, oggetti d’arredo. In menù troverete una proposta di degustazione al costo di 200 dollari, che oltre a 3 assaggi di pizza, il Calzone di scarola, le 7 Consistenze di cipolla e la Futuro di marinara, prevede anche tortelli cacio e pepe, wagyu A5 alla brace, il gelato al pepe di Sichuan come dolce e le coccole finali, poi c’è la proposta a la carte. Servizio molto premuroso e disponibile, qualità senza compromessi per le pizze, prezzi leggermente più alti della media cittadina. We are in the Wynwood Art District, a district in the Wynwood neighborhood, famous for hosting museums and art collections, and especially for street art; in fact, you will find one of the largest outdoor street art installations in the world. Dark setting, dim American-style lights and lamps that create an intimate atmosphere, designer chairs and tables. The huge bar counter that extends vertically throughout the room and the highlight of the wine cellar designed vertically, not practical for the sommelier but scenic and impactful. The ovens at the back of the room, with the famous "cage", which is now a distinctive sign of the pizzaiolo from Caserta. Elegant, lots of wood, decorative objects. On the menu you will find a tasting proposal costing 200 dollars, which includes 3 pizza tastings, the Escarole Calzone, the 7 Onion Consistencies, and the Marinara Future, as well as cacio e pepe tortellini, grilled wagyu A5, Sichuan pepper gelato for dessert, and final treats, then there is the a la carte proposal. attentive and helpful service, uncompromising quality for the pizzas, prices slightly higher than the city average.
Hakkasan Miami
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
The Florida outpost of London's Hakkasan group operates from inside the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, anchoring Cantonese cooking at the higher end of Miami's Chinese dining options. The kitchen draws from Guangdong and Hong Kong tradition, with dim sum at weekends and a dinner menu that moves well beyond the familiar. Opinionated About Dining ranked it among North America's top 400 restaurants in 2024, and Michelin awarded it a Plate in both 2024 and 2025.
Hereford Grill
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Hereford Grill sits in Miami's western corridor at 782 NW 42nd Ave, a neighborhood where the dining scene rewards those willing to look past the waterfront. Miami's grill tradition runs from Argentine-inflected open fire to Korean steakhouse formats, and Hereford positions itself within that broader conversation around live-fire cooking and beef-centric menus. Treat this as a starting point for your research before visiting.
Il Gabbiano
Deep wine list
Il Gabbiano occupies a Brickell waterfront address on South Biscayne Boulevard, placing it squarely within Miami's upper tier of Italian fine dining. The room and the occasion go hand in hand here: this is where the city tends to mark anniversaries, closings, and milestone meals. Reserve well ahead, dress accordingly, and expect a format built around ceremony as much as cuisine.
Kiki on the River
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Kiki on the River brings Greek and Mediterranean cuisine to Miami's NW River Drive, where a 435-selection wine program overseen by Wine Director Brandon Filipowicz pairs with Chef Peter Tsaglis's cooking. The riverside setting and $$$-priced menu place it in the upper tier of Miami's Mediterranean dining options.
Klaw
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Occupying the historic Miami Women's Club building on Biscayne Bay in Edgewater, Klaw structures its menu around two anchoring proteins: King Crab and high-quality beef. The waterfront setting and a #1 ranking on Star Wine List 2025 place it in Miami's upper tier of surf-and-turf dining, where the wine program is taken as seriously as the kitchen.
Krüs Kitchen
Deep wine list
Krüs Kitchen holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it within Coconut Grove's compact tier of contemporary dining that takes technique seriously without the formality of a starred room. Located on Main Highway, it operates at the $$$ price point where Miami's mid-serious dining market is thickest, drawing regulars who return for a menu built around precision rather than spectacle.
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Miami
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Miami's only two-Michelin-star restaurant occupies a sleek counter-dining room in the Design District, where the Joël Robuchon atelier format, open kitchen, counter seating, French technique at its most precise, meets a wine program of 745 selections and 2,355 bottles in inventory. Chef Anthony Taormina leads the kitchen under the MGM Resorts banner, with sommelier Mandy Johnson and wine director Douglas Kim overseeing a list strong in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and California.
Lafayette Steakhouse
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
A modern French-inspired American steakhouse in Brickell, Lafayette brings together hand-selected prime cuts and a carefully assembled wine list in one of Miami's more formally pitched dining rooms. The combination of French technique applied to American beef traditions positions it in a distinct tier within the city's competitive steakhouse scene.
Los Fuegos by Francis Mallmann
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Located in the Faena Miami Beach Hotel, Los Fuegos by Francis Mallmann translates the Argentine asado tradition into a theatrical open-fire kitchen on Collins Avenue. The James Beard Award-winning chef's custom-built rig, a wood oven, parrilla "piano," and ash-cooking station, drives a menu of grilled meats, fresh seafood, and fire-cooked vegetables. A Michelin Plate holder in both 2024 and 2025, it sits at the serious end of Miami Beach's dining scene.
LPM Restaurant & Bar
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
LPM Restaurant & Bar in Miami's Brickell district carries the Riviera French Mediterranean format that made the brand's Monaco and London locations reference points for the genre. A White Star recognition from Star Wine List and a 3-Star accreditation from the World of Fine Wine & Luggage Awards signal a wine program operating at a level above most comparable Miami addresses. The room, the menu, and the list work in deliberate alignment.
Macchialina
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Open since 2012, Macchialina has earned its place as the Italian restaurant Miami Beach locals reach for first, a Michelin Plate recipient with a 900-bottle cellar skewed heavily toward Italy, priced to drink rather than collect. The room on Alton Road sits at the quieter, residential end of the Beach, where the cooking feels personal rather than performative.
Makoto
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
At Makoto, Japanese precision and contemporary glamour converge in a setting designed for those who savor quiet luxury. The restaurant’s refined omakase, pristine sashimi, and charcoal-kissed robata specialties are presented with polished restraint, allowing pure flavors and pristine textures to take center stage. From the glow of the open grill to the soft hush of sculpted interiors, Makoto invites guests into a world where service flows effortlessly, cocktails are delicately layered, and every detail—down to the cut of the fish and the curve of the porcelain—whispers of thoughtful intention and polished taste.
Michael's Genuine
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
A Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient and Star Wine List number-one ranked for 2025, Michael's Genuine has anchored Miami's Design District since chef-owner Michael Schwartz put farm-to-table American cooking on the city's map. With 190 selections and 1,600 bottles under Wine Director Amanda Fraga, the wine program punches well above the price tier. A reliable address for both the neighbourhood's regular crowd and first-time visitors.
MILA
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
On the rooftop of a Meridian Avenue building in Miami Beach, MILA operates at a scale that few Asian-Mediterranean concepts in the city attempt. The brunch eggs Benedict with Bellota ham and blood orange hollandaise has become a specific point of reference.
Pao by Paul Qui
Deep wine list
Pao by Paul Qui sits inside Faena Hotel Miami Beach at 3201 Collins Avenue, where a Michelin Plate–recognised menu draws on Filipino and broader Asian technique to build a meal structured around shared plates, live-fire preparation, and custom Jono Pandolfi stoneware. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday, dress code is smart casual, and the beverage program includes 19th-century-inspired cocktails and a deep sake selection overseen by Faena's own beverage team.
Papi Steak
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Papi Steak on Miami Beach's lower SoBe strip is the steakhouse that the Groot Hospitality group built for the city's own appetite rather than its tourist circuit.
Pastis
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
A French brasserie in Wynwood earning an Opinionated About Dining Casual recognition in 2025 and a Star Wine List White Star, Pastis brings a 450-label wine program anchored in Burgundy and Bordeaux to a neighbourhood better known for street art than steak frites. Two-course meals fall in the $40–$65 range, with lunch and dinner service through the week.
Sexy Fish Miami
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Sexy Fish Miami brings Michelin-starred Chef Björn Weissgerber's Asian seafood artistry to Brickell's most spectacular dining room, where $20 million in Damien Hirst and Frank Gehry artwork creates an underwater fantasy. This 20,000-square-foot theatrical destination combines haute cuisine with immersive entertainment, transforming from fine dining temple to celebrity nightlife hotspot.
Sixty Vines
Deep wine list
Sixty Vines brings a wine-bar format to Miami's Arts & Entertainment District at 150 NE 8th Street, positioning itself within a city dining scene that skews toward big-ticket steakhouses and chef-driven tasting menus. The draw here is a more relaxed ritual: arrive, drink well, eat alongside. For Miami, that measured pace is less common than it should be.
Stubborn Seed
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
A Michelin-starred tasting menu destination on Miami Beach's Washington Avenue, Stubborn Seed ranks among North America's top 200 restaurants on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 list. Chef Jeremy Ford runs a progressive American kitchen that draws on Latin and Asian influences, with ingredients sourced partly from the team's own five-acre organic farm in Redland. The format is theatrical and deliberate, built for guests who want a full evening rather than a quick dinner.
Torno Subito
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Torno Subito brings Italian-coastal cooking to Miami's Design District at a price point that places it in the upper tier of the city's Italian restaurant scene. A Michelin Plate recognition in 2025. Chef Alessio Pirozzi leads a kitchen that positions the restaurant closer to destination dining than neighbourhood staple.
Vinya Table
Deep wine list
A wine-focused casual dining address on Coral Gables' Miracle Mile, Vinya Table is the sister restaurant to Vinya Key Biscayne. It occupies a specific niche in the Coral Gables dining scene: approachable enough for a mid-week dinner, considered enough for a celebration that calls for a serious bottle. The wine program anchors the experience and gives the room its identity.
Zucca
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Zucca occupies a measured position in Coral Gables dining, operating from within Hotel St. Michel as a room that earns repeat business across both the midday business crowd and evening diners. The mood shifts perceptibly between lunch and dinner, making it a genuinely two-service venue rather than a restaurant that simply stays open. It draws a loyal local following in a neighborhood that rewards consistency over spectacle.
Zuma Miami
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
"Modern Japanese Dining in the River District There are more than a dozen Zumas around the world, and Miami’s is located in the Kimpton Epic Hotel, in the up-and-coming River District. The eatery’s bright waterfront dining room, with views of yachts in the marina, is a top spot for brunch and dinner thanks to chef Rainer Becker’s menu of premium sushi, sashimi, and maki, as well as tempura and dishes from the robata grill. Among the highlights: the caterpillar maki (prawn tempura, freshwater eel, and an avocado roll) and the black cod in miso."
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Miami
- Which restaurants hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence?
- Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence dated 2026 include Hakkasan Miami in Miami Beach, CARBONE VINO in Coconut Grove, Casa Juancho in Coral Gate, Pastis in Miami Fashion District, and Makoto in Bal Harbour. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Miami in Design District holds the same award dated 2025. Our guide counts 25 of these Best of Award of Excellence winners citywide.
- Where are the largest cellars described in the guide?
- The largest wine cellars described for Miami in our guide are over 3,000 bottles at CARBONE VINO in Coconut Grove, 2,355 bottles at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Miami in Design District, and 1,600 bottles at Michael's Genuine, also in Design District.
- Which lists name a region?
- Burgundy, Bordeaux, and California feature on the list at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Miami in Design District. Macchialina in Miami Beach keeps a cellar skewed heavily toward Italy. Pastis in Miami Fashion District has a 450-label wine program anchored in Burgundy and Bordeaux.