Miami Spice 2025: Dine at Michelin-starred restaurants for $35
Why it matters: The summer restaurant discount program gives diners a chance to eat Michelin-starred meals at budget-friendly prices — while supporting local restaurants during their off-season.
🤑 How it works: Running from Aug. 1-Sept. 30, Miami Spice Restaurant Months features over 300 local restaurants.
Order prix fixe, three-course meals for $35 each for lunch or brunch and $45-$60 each for dinner. (Drinks, taxes and gratuity not included.)
Each menu comes with an appetizer, entree and dessert. Just remember to ask your waiter for the Miami Spice menu specifically.
To qualify, restaurants must offer 30% savings off their regular menu, per the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, which organizes the annual program.
⭐️ Notable restaurants participating: The list includes Michelin-starred restaurants Cote Miami, Le Jardinier Miami and Stubborn Seed.
Cote, the acclaimed Korean steakhouse in the Design District, is offering a $35 lunch Monday-Friday.
Le Jardinier, also in the Design District, is offering $35 lunch and $60 dinner Tuesday-Sunday.
Stubborn Seed, located in South of Fifth, is serving $60 dinner Monday-Thursday and Sunday.
Nobu Miami, the high-end sushi restaurant in Miami Beach, is offering a $60 dinner Monday-Thursday and Sunday.
Joe's Stone Crab Restaurant in South of Fifth is offering $35 lunch and $60 dinner on varying days.
The intrigue: Some of the most audacious restaurants in Miami are lowering their prices for Miami Spice, including Papi Steak, (in)famous for serving a $1,000 steak in a gold briefcase.
$60 will get you a 6-oz filet mignon (probably just on a regular plate).
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