Top Romantic Restaurants in Miami

Restaurants in Greater Miami & Miami Beach know how to bring the romance. Whether you’re looking for cozy and intimate spaces, jaw-dropping vistas that set the mood or MICHELIN-rated cuisine that will impress any date, we’ve rounded up the best restaurants in Miami where you can make reservations for romance.

Artistic Opulence At Sexy Fish

Sexy Fish in Brickell and its underwater-themed locale is, in a word: wondrous. The Asian seafood restaurant greets guests with an ultra-glamorous, theatrical-visual experience, featuring contributions by renowned names like Frank Gehry and Damien Hirst.

The expansive menu includes everything from caviar and oysters to bone-in ribeye steaks and sushi. Additionally, the restaurant offers three tasting menu tiers for those who prefer to sample a bit of everything.

While waiting for your food, enjoy the surrounding mosaics, floating sculptures and the live coral fish tank while sipping on one of the many creative cocktails on their menu.

Coastal Italian At Casadonna

For a waterfront date set in a historic Mediterranean Revival building, visit Casadonna – a Riviera-style Italian restaurant in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. The bayside location offers sweeping views of Biscayne Bay, with both indoor and outdoor dining options.

Indulge in a half-dozen oysters or Kaluga caviar service before a main course of short rib campanelle or lamb chops. The restaurant also offers brunch on Saturdays and Sundays, perfect for a daytime date with maximum vista enjoyment opportunities.

Upscale Mexican At Chateau ZZ’s

In Brickell, Chateau ZZ's is a Period Revival château, famously known as Petit Douy. Find a glamorous fine-dining Mexican cuisine experience featuring interior and exterior dining, as well as three solariums entirely paneled in glass for those who prefer indoor comforts with outdoor views.

Guests can expect to enjoy dishes like crispy porchetta, caviar and crema tostadas, green mole lamb chops and chili pepper calamari, alongside a wide variety of margaritas, tequilas and mezcals.

Waterside Charm At Amara at Paraiso

The only thing competing for your love’s attention while dining at Amara at Paraiso will be the stunning view of the water.

The romantic restaurant in Miami’s idyllic bayside location in Edgewater sets the scene for the perfect date night. Snuggle up in the main dining room and gaze through the floor-to-ceiling windows that offer dramatic vistas of Biscayne Bay or dine at a table on the terrace at the water’s edge.

You’ll also fall in love with the menu, which features freshly caught seafood, including octopus carpaccio, grilled red snapper and spicy grilled prawns.

Starlit Pan-Asian At Jaya

Tucked away in The Setai hotel, Jaya seduces with its beauty, making it a perfect choice for romantic dining in Miami. Focused on Pan-Asian dishes that highlight Southeast and Northern Asian cuisine, the restaurant’s signature items include options like tender Peking duck and melt-in-your-mouth truffle dumplings.

For a magical evening under the stars in South Beach, reserve a table in the alfresco courtyard surrounded by reflection pools, lush greenery and trees twinkling with white lights. On weekends, things really heat up with exotic live entertainment.

Sizzling Romance At COTE Miami

With top-tier food and a sexy ambiance, COTE Miami in the Miami Design District is a local favorite among MICHELIN-starred restaurants in Miami.

This high-end Korean barbecue restaurant makes for a fun and interactive dining experience, with servers helping guests cook everything on tabletop smokeless grills.

Think shareable appetizers like “Steak & Eggs” (filet mignon tartare with caviar), an array of premium cuts of beef and veggies and accompaniments like stews and rice dishes with an Asian flair.

The restaurant also boasts a Florida Sommelier award, so you’ll want to consult COTE Miami’s experts for the best wine to accompany your dinner.

Chic French-Mediterranean At LPM Restaurant & Bar

It’s no secret that the French know a great deal about love, and the posh LPM Restaurant & Bar in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami presents a love letter to French-Mediterranean cuisine.

With its white tablecloths, fine linens and walls adorned with vibrant art, LPM is an elegant choice for a celebratory dinner or any special occasion. Indulge in crowd favorites like the escargot, salt-baked striped sea bass, duck confit or risotto.

Award-Winning Dishes At Stubborn Seed

Helmed by “Top Chef” winner Jeremy Ford and flaunting a MICHELIN star, this intimate restaurant is big on culinary passion and artful plates.

At Stubborn Seed, a Miami Beach restaurant located in the South of Fifth neighborhood, you’ll savor inventive dishes as part of the 6- or 8-course tasting menus. The restaurant also offers a handful of à la carte options, as well as a signature cocktail menu.

Indulgent Dining At Dirty French Steakhouse

This hot Brickell restaurant by Major Food Group, the company behind culinary heavy hitters like Carbone, is the place to take a date you want to impress. 

Dirty French Steakhouse’s sultry ambiance hits from the moment you walk down the dimly lit hallway to dining rooms decked out in animal prints, velvet, prismatic chandeliers, mirrored walls and tucked-away nooks perfect for romantic conversations.

The food is equally sumptuous, offering juicy, prime-aged steaks, chicken and crepes, a decadent shellfish tower and an impressive wine list.

Rustic Italian Romance At Macchialina

Locals know Macchialina in South Beach as the place to go for quiet romance and a rustic Italian meal that’s so good, it’s sure to snag a spot on your weekly date-night rotation.

Cozy up and share one (or two) of Chef Michael Pirolo’s homemade pastas, which range from spaghetti pomodoro and spiced bone-in pork chops to cavatelli with meatballs.

Opt for the four-course tasting menu and sample all of Chef’s staple items or special indulgences of the night, coupled with something to sip from the standout wine list.