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15 Best Family-Friendly Restaurants in Miami

15 Miami restaurants that work for kids, parents, and everyone in between.

The best family-friendly restaurants in Miami are CVI.CHE 105, Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke Pines, Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | Doral, and more. Start with CVI.CHE 105 if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Carlos Mendez•14 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
CVI.CHE 105Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke PinesFrancisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | Doral
15 Best Family-Friendly Restaurants in Miami
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Top picks at a glance

#1CVI.CHE 105Peruvian • Kendall • value#2Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke PinesLatin American • Miami • value#3Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | DoralLatin American • Doral • value

Who this guide is for

The best family-friendly restaurants in Miami make it easy to bring everyone — with menus that have range, rooms that absorb noise, and service that doesn't make parents anxious. Picks span Kendall, Miami and Doral.

Quick picks

CVI.CHE 105
Peruvian • Kendall
CVI.CHE 105 is one of the better-known peruvian spots in Kendall in Miami, which makes it a practical place to start.
Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke Pines
Latin American • Miami
Havana 1957 in Pembroke Pines is a deliberate act of nostalgia — founder Eduardo Aroaz built the chain around a very specific fantasy of pre-revolutionary Havana, and the Pembroke Pines location co…
Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | Doral
Latin American • Doral
Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats in Doral has built the kind of devoted local following that charcoal grill spots either earn fast or don't earn at all.
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Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. CVI.CHE 105View →
  2. 2. Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke PinesView →
  3. 3. Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | DoralView →
  4. 4. Pisco y Nazca Ceviche GastrobarView →
  5. 5. Bulla GastrobarView →
  6. 6. Mordisco MiamiView →
  7. 7. Limoncello Miami Beach - Best Italian restaurant Miami BeachView →
  8. 8. Pollos & JarrasView →
  9. 9. Bocas Grill KendallView →
  10. 10. Osteria PositanoView →
  11. 11. Pane e VinoView →
  12. 12. Carnicero Steakhouse KendallView →
  13. 13. Fonda SabanetaView →
  14. 14. Pasta e BastaView →

How the restaurants compare

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CVI.CHE 105
Kendall • Peruvian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
family dinner
Mood
Kendall
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Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke Pines
Miami • Latin American
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
family dinner
Mood
Casual
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Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | Doral
Doral • Latin American
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Doral dinner
Mood
Doral
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Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar
Doral • Latin American
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Doral dinner
Mood
Doral

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.

14 ranked picks

Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke Pines — Havana 1957 in Pembroke Pines is a deliberate act of nostalgia — founder Eduardo Aroaz built the chain around a very specific fantasy of pre-revolutionary Havana, and the Pembroke Pines location commits to the bit completely. Think vintage memorabilia, a Mojito Bar stocked with over 120 rums from around the world, and live salsa kicking off at 6:30 on weekend evenings. At a single dollar-sign price point, that combination of atmosphere and affordability is genuinely unusual, and it's what diners consistently cite as the reason they come back. The menu centers on the kind of Cuban cooking that has clear right and wrong answers, and by most accounts Chef Juan Luis Rosales doesn't deviate from the script — which is exactly the right instinct here. The Ropa Vieja is the anchor: long-braised beef reportedly broken down into the tender, tomato-rich shreds the dish is known for, served alongside black beans and sweet plantains. Croquetas are widely regarded as the move to start, prized for the contrast between their crispy exterior and creamy interior. For anyone going full spread, Yuca con Mojo and Lechon Asado round out the table in the way Cuban comfort food is supposed to — starchy, porky, unapologetic. The Flan reportedly holds up as a proper finish rather than an afterthought, which matters more than it sounds at this price level. Practical reality: this place fills up fast on weekends, and the live music is a significant part of why people show up, so coming on a quiet Tuesday misses the point. Book ahead, come on a Friday or Saturday when the rum bar has context, and plan to stay a while. View restaurant →
Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | Doral — Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats in Doral has built the kind of devoted local following that charcoal grill spots either earn fast or don't earn at all. The premise is straightforward: cook meat well over real fire and trust the neighborhood — which, in Doral, is a Latin American crowd with high standards for exactly this style of cooking — to sort it out. By every account, the restaurant has held up its end of that deal, drawing repeat visitors who come specifically for the pollo a la brasa, reportedly finished over charcoal with the kind of smoke and skin-crisping that gas-heat shortcuts can't replicate. The room is casual and the prices are firmly in budget territory, which only sharpens expectations for the cooking itself. The Francisca sampler is consistently flagged as the right starting point, offering a range of the charcoal chicken and grilled meats in a single shareable spread — the kind of order that makes sense when you want to understand what a place does before you commit to a single lane. The chicharrones have their own reputation as the table's indulgent detour, and the patacón picado — fried plantain loaded with toppings — is cited as the crunchy, generous counterpoint to the heavier grill items. Aji and chimichurri appear to be the house sauces that anchor everything, and by most reports they're doing real work on this menu. This is a group-friendly, family-facing spot built around sharing and volume — not a quiet dinner for two. It runs busy at peak hours, so coming slightly ahead of the dinner rush is the practical move. Start with the sampler, add the chicharrones and a patacón, and lean on the house sauces throughout. View restaurant →

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Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar — Pisco y Nazca has built a reputation as one of the more committed Peruvian spots in Doral, which is saying something in a Miami neighborhood that takes its Latin American food seriously. The concept — cevicheria meets cocktail bar, Peruvian kitchen meets gastrobar format — is exactly what it sounds like, and by most accounts it works. The room runs loud and lively on weekends, the crowd skews social, and the whole setup is calibrated for groups who want to drink well alongside their food rather than treat the two as separate transactions. The menu centers on the kind of Peruvian cooking that made Lima one of the world's more interesting food cities: bright acids, layered heat, and technique that doesn't announce itself. The ceviche tradicional is the anchor — fish cured in leche de tigre, the preparation Pisco y Nazca is most consistently praised for, and reportedly kept sharp rather than softened for a nervous palate. The causa de pancita and tuna tartare tacos represent the kitchen's range, moving between traditional Peruvian form and something with a little more crossover appeal. Diners consistently point to all three as the reason to come back. On the drinks side, the pisco sour is the obvious order — the house version is described as properly made, which matters more than it sounds when so many spots treat pisco as a novelty rather than a serious spirit program. This is a reservation-ahead situation on weekends; it fills, and the format rewards showing up with a group and a plan. Start with the ceviche tradicional and a round of pisco sours, work through the causa de pancita and tuna tartare tacos, and let the evening run at the bar's pace. View restaurant →
Bulla Gastrobar — Bulla Gastrobar has built its Miami reputation on a format that travels well: modern Spanish gastrobar logic, small plates designed for sharing, and a gin-tonic list long enough to anchor a whole evening. The Doral location carries that same blueprint into a room that by most accounts runs loud and lively — the kind of neighbourhood anchor where the space itself is doing a significant portion of the work. The appeal here is less about destination dining and more about the accumulated pleasure of a long, unhurried table, and the room appears calibrated for exactly that. The menu centers on the kind of dishes that reward grazing across multiple rounds. The croquetas de jamón are the opening argument — reportedly the benchmark against which the rest of the table tends to be measured, known for that contrast between a crisped exterior and a molten, jamón-rich interior that diners consistently cite first. The smoked salmon montaditos and the watermelon salad are understood to keep things bright and shifting between richer bites. The paella is positioned as the group-order centerpiece — the dish that makes more sense with four people around the table than two, and that diners seem to treat accordingly. Practically, this reads as a better date-night option when the room's energy is part of what you're after rather than an obstacle to it — the gap between tables is not the point. Weekends fill quickly, so a reservation is the sensible move rather than the optimistic one. The structure most diners seem to follow: open with the croquetas and a gin tonic from the deep list, move through the montaditos and watermelon salad in waves, and bring in the paella once the table has settled into the evening. View restaurant →
Limoncello Miami Beach - Best Italian restaurant Miami Beach — Limoncello occupies a particular lane on Miami Beach that is harder to find than it should be: the honest Southern Italian trattoria that locals return to because the kitchen is doing the work, not the lighting designer. White tablecloths, a welcome that diners consistently describe as genuine rather than performative, and a room that reads as romantic without announcing itself — this is the neighbourhood Italian that the neighbourhood actually uses, which in Miami Beach is its own form of credibility. The price sits at a level where a proper meal with wine remains accessible, and that accessibility seems deliberate. The menu centers on handmade pasta, and that is where Limoncello's reputation is built. The tagliatelle and the seafood linguine are the dishes that appear most reliably in what regulars recommend — both reportedly handled with restraint, the sauces constructed rather than piled on, which is the Southern Italian approach and the right one. The burrata is the opener diners return to, and the branzino is the fish main the room is known for. The namesake limoncello is, by all accounts, offered on the house at the end of the meal — a small ritual that lands correctly every time. The format that makes the most sense here: a shared burrata to open, a handmade pasta each, the branzino if the table wants a second course, and a bottle of Italian white running through all of it. This is a room that works for a date and works equally for the kind of neighbourhood dinner that doesn't require an occasion. Reserve for weekend evenings — it earns its crowds without courting them. Start with the burrata, commit to one of the handmade pastas, and let the limoncello close things out. View restaurant →

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