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3 Best Places for Empanadas in Miami

Where to find the best empanadas in Miami — each restaurant rated 4.0★ or higher. Top-rated at 9.8★. Spanning argentine and vegetarian kitchens. Curated by TastyPals.

The best places for empanadas in Miami are Pasiones Argentinas Miami, La Cosecha Argentinian Steakhouse, Love Life Cafe. Start with Pasiones Argentinas Miami if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Carlos Mendez•3 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
Pasiones Argentinas MiamiLa Cosecha Argentinian SteakhouseLove Life Cafe
3 Best Places for Empanadas in Miami
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Top picks at a glance

#1Pasiones Argentinas MiamiArgentine • Miami • moderate#2La Cosecha Argentinian SteakhouseArgentine • Miami • moderate#3Love Life CafeVegetarian • Miami • value

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated spots for empanadas in Miami. Whether you're a local hunting your next regular or visiting and want to eat well, these picks are sorted by quality and review depth.

Quick picks

Pasiones Argentinas Miami
Argentine • Miami
Pasiones Argentinas Miami occupies the former Don Domingo space on SW 137th, refashioned into something warmer and more deliberately Argentine than what came before.
La Cosecha Argentinian Steakhouse
Argentine • Miami
La Cosecha operates out of Medley — an industrial corridor northwest of Miami proper that most dining guides skip entirely — and that location is itself a statement.
Love Life Cafe
Vegetarian • Miami
Love Life Cafe is doing something Miami's plant-forward scene has rarely managed with this kind of conviction: making vegetarian food feel genuinely abundant rather than aspirational or apologetic.
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Editorial details
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Pasiones Argentinas MiamiView →
  2. 2. La Cosecha Argentinian SteakhouseView →
  3. 3. Love Life CafeView →

How the restaurants compare

Pasiones Argentinas Miami
Miami • Argentine
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
steak
Mood
Casual
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La Cosecha Argentinian Steakhouse
Miami • Argentine
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
steak
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Love Life Cafe
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Love Life Cafe
Miami • Vegetarian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Plant-based
Mood
Casual

How we chose

We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →

Room tone

Lighting, pace, and general energy all need to support the reason someone clicked this guide.

Food fit

We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.

Useful range

The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.

3 ranked picks

Pasiones Argentinas Miami — Pasiones Argentinas Miami occupies the former Don Domingo space on SW 137th, refashioned into something warmer and more deliberately Argentine than what came before. The room reportedly skews cozy without tipping into cramped — useful for a date, workable for a family that claims a corner table and commits to a long meal. What the restaurant is known for, consistently, is a kitchen that centers on the parrilla tradition: fire as the organizing principle, ingredients treated without unnecessary complexity, and a menu that doesn't reach for concept when craft is the actual offer. In a Miami dining scene that frequently mistakes novelty for identity, that kind of focus carries real weight. The parrillada is the anchor, and diners repeatedly point to the picaña as the specific reason to return — it's the cut that appears most often in the conversation around what Pasiones does well. The milanesa has its own following: the dish is reportedly executed correctly, meaning properly pounded and breaded without the greasiness that undermines lesser versions across the city. Empanadas are described as savory, well-sealed, and consistently filled — no structural failures, no halfhearted portions. The menu also extends into pasta and gnocchi, which signals a kitchen drawing from the broader Argentine culinary tradition rather than narrowing exclusively to the grill. The strategic order, based on what regulars and reviewers flag, is to open with empanadas and build toward the parrillada — with picaña as the cut to prioritize. Staff members Jessie and Madeline come up repeatedly in diner accounts as genuinely attentive to pacing, so following their lead on timing is a reasonable call. The restaurant opens at 11am daily, which makes a weekend lunch — before dinner service fills the room — the most practical window to target. View restaurant →
La Cosecha Argentinian Steakhouse — La Cosecha operates out of Medley — an industrial corridor northwest of Miami proper that most dining guides skip entirely — and that location is itself a statement. This is not a steakhouse designed for the South Beach expense-account crowd or the Brickell happy-hour circuit. Chef-owner Rosana has been running this kitchen since 2011 with over 25 years of Argentine culinary experience behind her, and the room — casually elegant, lined with photos of celebrity guests — reads less like a concept than a personal project. The clientele skews toward Miami's substantial Argentine and broader Latin American community, people who know what a proper parrilla is supposed to produce and will notice immediately when it falls short. That built-in accountability is, arguably, the most reliable endorsement a steakhouse can have. The menu centers on the cuts and traditions that define Argentine asado culture. The entraña — the skirt steak that Argentine grill masters treat as a benchmark of the parrillero's craft — is the dish diners most consistently praise here, with multiple reviewers describing it in terms of outright perfection. That's a high bar for a cut that demands precise fire management and confident seasoning. The salchicha parrillera, a coarse-ground sausage standard at any serious Argentine asado, appears as a guest selection and signals that the kitchen isn't editing its menu for unfamiliar palates. Provoleta and empanadas anchor the appetizer run, and the tomahawk and chorizo argentinos round out a menu that stays resolutely in its lane. For dessert, the dulce de leche crepes are called out as a signature — a classic Argentine finish that the kitchen evidently takes seriously. A few practical notes: La Cosecha's hours are genuinely unusual. The weekday window runs lunch-only (11am–5pm), while Saturday flips to dinner service (6pm–10pm), and Sunday is dark entirely. Plan accordingly — Saturday dinner is effectively the prime slot for the full parrilla experience. Prices run higher than the industrial-park surroundings might suggest, but reviewer consensus holds that the food justifies the gap. Book Saturday early; the room is not large and the regulars know the schedule. View restaurant →
Love Life Cafe — Love Life Cafe is doing something Miami's plant-forward scene has rarely managed with this kind of conviction: making vegetarian food feel genuinely abundant rather than aspirational or apologetic. This is not a raw-bowl café with a green juice fetish and reclaimed wood on the walls. It's a full-menu, full-flavor room operating at a price point so disarmingly low that the whole premise — eat well, eat plants, eat now — actually holds up. By all accounts the crowd reflects that accessibility: families, post-gym regulars, curious carnivores brought in by someone who knew better. That kind of cross-section is harder to engineer than it looks, and Love Life appears to have landed it without trying too hard. The menu is where the cafe's reputation for playful ambition comes from. The Nacho Libre is consistently described as the table-converting dish — the kind of loaded, generous plate that makes the meatless angle irrelevant to anyone still on the fence. The Wild Mushroom Truffle Ravioli is reportedly the anchor of the savory menu, centered on the earthiness of mushrooms meeting truffle richness without tipping into excess — notable at this price tier. The Mac & Cheese is positioned as a proper entrée rather than a side dish dressed up, known for being creamy and substantial in a way that takes comfort food seriously. The Oshi Teriyaki Bowl reads as the menu's cleaner counterpoint: brighter in profile, the kind of thing diners reach for when the rest of the menu feels like a weekend indulgence. Mid-week visits are reportedly the move, when the room has more room to breathe. The practical play: anchor your order on the Wild Mushroom Truffle Ravioli, open with the Nacho Libre as a share, and don't talk yourself out of anything on price — at this tier, curiosity is affordable. View restaurant →

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