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Miami Dining
Miami's cuisine is an exotic mixture of classical food and tropical tastes. Here, as in many places throughout the USA, the city's mixed population has given rise to an enviably effective fusion of food styles. How about minced quail and bamboo shoots or tangled shrimp with jungle curry If you don't find the local cooking to your taste, there are many other options ranging from burgers to classical French cooking to Vietnamese specialities; in Miami, there's something for everyone.

Restaurants by Cuisine

Cuban

Versailles
Kitsch coven where the great and the good of the expat-Cuban community go to eat till the early hours
3555 S.W. Eighth Street, Little Havana
Tel: +1 305 444 0240

Enriqueta’s
The best place for inexpensive, authentic Cuban grub
2830 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Tel: +1 305 573 4681

Fusion

Nemo
Local favourite mixing Asian and Caribbean. Try their renowned Sunday brunch
100 Collins Avenue, South Beach
Tel: +1 305 532 4550

American

Table 8
Enjoy the best of sublime US flavours in the Z Ocean Hotel’s lounge
1458 Ocean Drive, South Beach
Tel: +1 305 695 4114

Scotty’s Landing
Though the restaurants not that old, it has all that historic Miami has to offer
3381 Pan American Drive, Coconut Grove
Tel: +1 305 854 2626

Michy’s
Beach-house decor and uncomplicated yet flavoursome food
6927 Biscayne Boulevard, Biscayne Corridor
Tel: +1 305 759 2001

Latin

OLA
Sit back in modernist surroundings, enjoying what the other American continent has to offer
Sanctuary Hotel, 1745 James Avenue, South Beach
Tel: +1 305 695 9125

Contemporary

Bin #18
Ideal for a light meal, simple sandwiches and salads made of the best ingredients
1800 Biscayne Boulevard, Midtown
Tel: +1 786 235 7575

Italian

Fratelli Lyon
Chic notables from the Design District descend to sample the best Italian in town
4141 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Tel: +1 305 572 2901

Chinese

Miss Yip Chinese Cafe
Trendy nightspot fusing 1930s Shanghai with Tokyo graffiti
1661 Meridian Avenue, South Beach
Tel: +1 305 534 5488

Tipping

Throughout America tipping is more or less compulsory. In restaurants waiters expect around 10 to 20 percent, as do taxi drivers and hairdressers, while porters and bellboys anticipate around one US dollar or two US dollars per piece of luggage. You are not expected to tip in fast-food restaurants or cinemas.

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