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15 Best Latin American Restaurants in Miami

The 15 best latin american restaurants in Miami, sorted by rating and curated by TastyPals editors.

The best latin american restaurants in Miami are Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke Pines, Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | Doral, Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar, and more. Start with Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke Pines 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
Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke PinesFrancisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | DoralPisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar
15 Best Latin American Restaurants in Miami
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Top picks at a glance

#1Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke PinesLatin American • Miami • value#2Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | DoralLatin American • Doral • value#3Pisco y Nazca Ceviche GastrobarLatin American • Doral • value

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated latin american restaurants in Miami. The picks are sorted by Google rating and review volume to give you a reliable shortlist. Picks span Miami, Doral and Coral Gables.

Quick picks

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.
Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar
Latin American • Doral
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.
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Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke PinesView →
  2. 2. Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | DoralView →
  3. 3. Pisco y Nazca Ceviche GastrobarView →
  4. 4. Bulla GastrobarView →
  5. 5. Mordisco MiamiView →
  6. 6. Miami To Brazil Rodizio DoralView →
  7. 7. La Rosa GastrobarView →
  8. 8. Bocas HouseView →
  9. 9. Miyako Doral Japanese Restaurant & Sushi BarView →
  10. 10. Garden HouseView →
  11. 11. Miranda Cuisine and BarView →
  12. 12. Baires Grill - DoralView →
  13. 13. Divieto RistoranteView →
  14. 14. The Doral YardView →
  15. 15. Amara at ParaisoView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Havana 1957 Cuban Cuisine Pembroke Pines
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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
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | Doral
Google
Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats | Doral
Doral • Latin American
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Doral dinner
Mood
Doral
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar
Google
Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar
Doral • Latin American
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Doral dinner
Mood
Doral
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Bulla Gastrobar
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Bulla 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.

15 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 →
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 →

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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 →
La Rosa Gastrobar — La Rosa Gastrobar has settled into its Coral Gables corner with the kind of unhurried confidence that takes most rooms years to develop. The design makes a clear argument from the start: a giant rose climbing one wall, sidewalk tables positioned to catch the ambient murmur of the nearby fountain, and a bar that reportedly pulls people in before they've committed to the full evening. On weekends, live performances by Angel Carlos are a fixture — by most accounts, the music lifts rather than crowds conversation, which is a meaningful distinction for a room that clearly understands it's as much about atmosphere as it is about what arrives on the plate. This is, by design and by reputation, a place that flatters whoever you've brought along. The kitchen operates at the intersection of Latin instinct and contemporary restraint — a positioning the menu earns through specificity rather than ambition alone. The Ceviche de Branzino is consistently cited as the anchor dish, known for clean, acid-forward simplicity that lets the fish do the work without embellishment. The Croquetas de Jamón y Chorizo have built a reputation as a decisive, confident small plate — exactly the kind of thing that sets the pace for an evening. The Tiradito de Salmón is described in quieter terms, a subtler expression of the same Latin-leaning sensibility that runs through the rest of the menu. At a mid-range price point, La Rosa is regarded as genuinely generous — not a concession to value but apparently a considered philosophy about what a neighborhood room should offer. Coral Gables has no shortage of spaces that charge more and deliver a fraction of this corner's reported warmth. Reservations are advisable on weekends when live music draws a crowd; for a lower-key version of the same room, a Tuesday table is said to hold its own. View restaurant →
Miranda Cuisine and Bar — Miranda Cuisine & Bar has a geography problem that it appears to have solved entirely through cooking. Hotel lobby restaurants near Miami International tend to coast on convenience — Miranda, tucked into the EB Hotel in Miami Springs, has instead built a following among locals who have no particular reason to be anywhere near the airport. It sits at the top of its neighborhood's rankings, and the reviews that put it there are not from stranded travelers. The room is reportedly polished and attentive, the wine list real, the cocktail program taken seriously — the kind of setup that signals someone in the kitchen and behind the bar is actually paying attention. The menu runs internationally minded with a clear Latin spine. The Miranda Arepa — a grilled corn biscuit stuffed with pork belly and chicken, finished with pico and guasacaca — is the dish diners consistently flag as the one to order, the Latin signature that anchors everything else on the table. The smoked mahi fish dip is what regulars apparently push on newcomers, which is usually a reliable indicator of something worth starting with. For mains, the Spanish-style lamb shank is known for its tenderness, and the grilled churrasco has a reputation built on proper execution. Both are the kind of proteins that show up repeatedly in what people say they came back for. Service is the through-line across reviews — described as knowledgeable, well-timed, and warm rather than transactional. There is also a weekday lunch express format that makes this a legitimate business-lunch play, not just a dinner destination. This is a room better suited to a real conversation than a scene. If you are going, book ahead, open with the mahi dip, and let the lamb shank or churrasco carry the meal. View restaurant →
The Doral Yard — The Doral Yard is less a restaurant than a thesis statement about a neighborhood that Miami's trendier zip codes have spent years underestimating. It's an outdoor food hall built around a central yard — string lights, communal tables, the works — and what separates it from the usual food-hall mediocrity is a curatorial instinct with a genuine Latin American spine. The concept isn't a scatter-shot of trend-chasing stalls hoping foot traffic does the heavy lifting. The vendors here reflect how Doral actually eats: Venezuelan, Mexican, pan-Asian crossover, all orbiting a community that already cooks adventurously at home. The Yard just gave it a parking lot and a reason to linger. The individual stalls are the argument. Las Arepas de Maria is widely regarded as the anchor of the hall — the menu centers on Venezuelan corn masa arepas known for structural integrity and serious fillings, the kind of thing that reportedly holds together rather than surrendering to its own weight. Tacotomía runs Mexican tacos that diners consistently describe as street-adjacent rather than Tex-Mex softened for suburban palates. Yip Dim Sum Dumplings is the curveball: delicate folded dumplings showing up in a Latin-leaning hall, and by most accounts the non-sequitur actually works. Un Pollo's rotisserie chicken is the honest, unfussy anchor — straightforwardly roasted, priced at a level that makes the whole value equation make sense. Santo Dulce closes the loop with halos that have a reputation as the right last thing you eat here. Practical reality: weekday evenings before 7pm are reportedly your best shot at a table without a prolonged wait. The outdoor yard is the right call when Miami weather cooperates, which is most of the year outside of August. The move is to order across two or three vendors rather than committing to one — start at Las Arepas de Maria, detour through Tacotomía, end at Santo Dulce. View restaurant →

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