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15 Best Seafood Restaurants in Miami

15 Miami seafood restaurants for fresh fish, oysters, and ocean-forward menus.

The best seafood restaurants in Miami are Cajun Boil Seafood Restaurant Brickell, CRAFT Key Biscayne, CASA NEOS, and more. Start with Cajun Boil Seafood Restaurant Brickell if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Carlos Mendez•15 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
Cajun Boil Seafood Restaurant BrickellCRAFT Key BiscayneCASA NEOS
15 Best Seafood Restaurants in Miami
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Top picks at a glance

#1Cajun Boil Seafood Restaurant BrickellSeafood • Miami • splurge#2CRAFT Key BiscayneSeafood • Key Biscayne • moderate#3CASA NEOSSeafood • Miami • moderate

Who this guide is for

The best seafood restaurants in Miami range from raw bars and oyster counters to full seafood tasting menus. These picks are sorted by rating and reviewed by TastyPals editors. Picks span Miami, Key Biscayne and Brickell.

Quick picks

Cajun Boil Seafood Restaurant Brickell
Seafood • Miami
Cajun Boil Seafood Restaurant Brickell is a seafood pick in Miami when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
CRAFT Key Biscayne
Seafood • Key Biscayne
CRAFT Key Biscayne is an easy seafood option in Key Biscayne in Miami to suggest without needing a long explanation.
CASA NEOS
Seafood • Miami
CASA NEOS suits a night out when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Editorial details
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Cajun Boil Seafood Restaurant BrickellView →
  2. 2. CRAFT Key BiscayneView →
  3. 3. CASA NEOSView →
  4. 4. Marabu RestaurantView →
  5. 5. Mercato della Pescheria Miami BeachView →
  6. 6. NARBONA Key BiscayneView →
  7. 7. Rusty Pelican MiamiView →
  8. 8. Monty's Raw BarView →
  9. 9. Tiki TikiView →
  10. 10. Wilde on the PorchView →
  11. 11. Truluck's Ocean's Finest Seafood and CrabView →
  12. 12. Seasons 52View →
  13. 13. Milanezza Key BiscayneView →
  14. 14. Joe's Stone CrabView →
  15. 15. CoconutsView →

How the restaurants compare

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Cajun Boil Seafood Restaurant Brickell
Miami • Seafood
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
splurge
Best for
date night
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for CRAFT Key Biscayne
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CRAFT Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne • Seafood
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
Key Biscayne
Mood
Key Biscayne
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for CASA NEOS
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CASA NEOS
Miami • Seafood
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
New openings
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Marabu Restaurant
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Marabu Restaurant
Brickell • Seafood
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
Brickell dinner
Mood
Brickell

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.

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Monty's Raw Bar — Coconut Grove has always known it's prettier than it is practical — the banyan roots, the bay light, the unhurried tempo of a neighborhood that never quite decided whether it wanted to be bohemian or bougie. Monty's Raw Bar resolves that tension by choosing neither. It plants itself at the waterfront and insists on ease. The space lives more in open air than under a ceiling, and that's the point — the water does the heavy lifting, the prices stay honest for Miami, and the whole arrangement is unapologetically built for the kind of evening where the check arrives slower than the sunset. This is a place for people who want a real occasion without the theater of one. The menu centers on seafood that earns its place in this setting. The Seafood Tower is reportedly the move that sets the tone — cold, architectural, a little theatrical in the right way, the kind of centerpiece diners say makes everyone at adjacent tables reconsider their order. The Conch Fritters are consistently described as properly Caribbean in their logic, the kind of thing Miami should do better than it usually does. The Grilled Octopus has a reputation built on patience — the kitchen is known for treating fire as a technique rather than a shortcut. The Seafood Rice Paella reads, by all accounts, as the long-game order, the dish that rewards a slower pace and a second glass of whatever you're drinking. The Ahi Tuna Tacos are a lighter opening move if you're not ready to commit to the Tower. Sit as close to the water as they'll put you — the interior reportedly loses the plot. The late side of golden hour is when the bay light flatters the room most, and a weeknight arrival around 7 keeps the pacing where it should be. The practical line: let the paella anchor the table, and give the evening room to breathe. View restaurant →
Joe's Stone Crab — Joe's Stone Crab is not trying to be a restaurant of the moment. It has been the moment — in Miami Beach, in the American seafood canon — for over a century, and it operates with the quiet authority of an institution that has nothing left to prove. White tablecloths, a seasonal rhythm the city has long organized itself around, and a service floor reportedly staffed by veterans who move with practiced ownership of the room: the setting is built for occasions that demand ceremony. This is the kind of dinner where the cheque arrives and nobody reaches for it nervously, because the experience was always the point. The stone crab claws are the reason you are here, and everything else on the menu acknowledges that plainly. Served chilled and cracked with the house mustard sauce, they are consistently described by diners as delivering a sweetness that is dense rather than delicate — the cold presentation widely credited with concentrating flavor in a way that distinguishes the preparation from warmer alternatives. The kitchen's restraint, in this case, appears to be the technique. The fried fish and grilled fish round out the menu with the kind of direct, sourcing-forward approach the restaurant is known for — no elaborate construction, straightforward execution. The fish sandwich, by most accounts a regular's order, is regarded as deceptively simple and reliably satisfying for those who look beyond the headline item. Practical reality: Joe's operates seasonally and does not apologize for its own demand, so booking well in advance is not optional — it is the baseline. The main dining room is the appropriate setting if the occasion warrants the full register of the experience. Diners who know the room recommend ordering the stone crab claws in medium for the most favorable shell-to-yield ratio, and letting the mustard sauce arrive before anything else. That, by all accounts, is the move. View restaurant →

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