GuideUpdated July 15, 2026

9 Best Restaurants in Coconut Grove, Miami

The best restaurants in Coconut Grove, Miami — Contemporary, Brunch and Seafood and more, each rated 4.0★ or higher. Top pick rated 9.8★. Curated by TastyPals.

The best restaurants in coconut grove in Miami are Bayshore Club Bar & Grill, CRAFT Coconut Grove, Level 6 Rooftop Restaurant Miami, and more. Start with Bayshore Club Bar & Grill if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Carlos Mendez9 ranked picksPublished July 15, 2026Updated July 15, 2026
9 Best Restaurants in Coconut Grove, Miami
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CRAFT Coconut GroveCRAFT Coconut Grove is the kind of all-day room I send people to when the group can't agree — open 8am to 10pm, so it works for a lazy brunch or a late-ish dinner, with indoor and outdoor seating that suits the Grove's wander-in arts-and-dining energy. The flagship here is Neapolitan pizza, and that's where I'd start: the Caprese is the staff favorite for a reason, and the Quattro Formaggi is the one to order when you want something less obvious. Build around the table with the Tuna Tartare — avocado and crispy quinoa giving it crunch and lift — and the Skirt Steak, which earns its buttery-tender reputation. The Crispy Chicken Sandwich is the crowd-pleaser that keeps the indecisive happy. Cocktails are genuinely well-made, not afterthoughts. At $20–30 a plate, it's comfort food priced for sharing rather than splurging, which is exactly why it holds together at a bigger table. No celebrity chef, no Michelin star — just a reliable, shareable neighborhood spot that knows its lane. View restaurant →
Level 6 Rooftop Restaurant MiamiSix stories above Coconut Grove with Biscayne Bay opening up to the horizon, Level 6 is INK Entertainment Group's committed translation of Barcelona onto a Miami rooftop. Chef Chris Tierney's kitchen is built around a specific premise — Spanish technique sharpened by South Florida produce — rather than the blurred pan-Mediterranean drift that tends to colonize concept restaurants in this city. The interior, designed by Studio Munge, features a statement wall of Ben Medansky's three-dimensional glazed ceramics, giving the room an aesthetic argument beyond the undeniably striking view. The menu centers on a small collection of dishes that diners and press consistently point to as the table anchors. The Ibérico Bellota Hand Sliced — carved tableside — is the kind of move that only works when the sourcing holds up, and the Bellota designation indicates acorn-fed pigs at the top of the Ibérico classification, so the product itself makes the case. The Paella de Mariscos, built around Argentinian shrimp, is reportedly generous in proportion without losing focus. The Pulpo and Whole Boneless Branzino represent lighter routes through the menu that come up repeatedly in accounts of how a table here tends to be structured. Worth noting: the sherry list is quietly serious — the Cesar Florido Moscatel Dorado and Bodegas Hidalgo Pedro Ximénez are there for those willing to let a Spanish dessert wine close out the evening properly. At price level two, this rooftop operates in a range where the view could easily become the product and the food an afterthought — that doesn't appear to be the case here. Reservations are strongly advised on weekends. Aim for dusk, when the bay shifts, and open your table with the Gambas al Ajillo and the Paella de Mariscos. View restaurant →

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Narbona Coconut GroveTucked into the back corner of Cocowalk, Narbona is the rare Coconut Grove room that earns its old-world conceit honestly. The Uruguayan-Italian estancia look — walls lined with wine bottles, open chef stations — could read as set dressing, except the market behind the dining room actually makes the dairy, the pastas, and the gelato you're eating. That's the whole pitch, and it holds. Watch them roll fresh pasta and bake pastries while you wait; it's a genuinely good reason to bring a group that wants to graze. Start with the empanadas — the beef short rib and the onion-mozzarella both — then split the crab ravioli and the pappardelle mignon, a rich tangle of pasta and tender beef. Save room: the Trufata Narbona, pistachio gelato rolled in crushed pistachios and dulce de leche, is the dessert you came for whether you knew it or not. The $35 three-course lunch is a steal; dinner runs $80-90 a head. Open from 8am daily, so it pulls double duty as a croissant-and-coffee morning stop too. View restaurant →
Monty's Raw BarCoconut 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 →
KokoKoko is Grupo Bakan's argument that Coconut Grove can hold something more intentional than a breezy ceviche spot with a water view. The team behind Wynwood's Bakan built this one around pre-Hispanic technique: tortillas pressed daily from imported Criollo corn sourced out of Oaxaca, chips toasted over cherry wood fire rather than fried, and a back wall reportedly stacking over 400 mezcales and tequilas like a reference library with a very good return policy. At 170 seats with an open kitchen, the room skews cosmopolitan — the kind of crowd that came for the mezcal and stayed for the agave worms without needing a dare. The Grove's leafy, unhurried pace suits the kitchen's priorities better than a louder neighborhood would. The menu centers on dishes that take Mexican regional cooking seriously. The Ceviche Bakan draws on local-caught fish in a bright, acid-forward preparation that diners consistently describe as restrained without being timid. Duck enchiladas bring genuine weight to a menu that could easily lean on tropical lightness alone. The Aguachile de camarón with fresh mango is the dish that gets mentioned most: a green-chile base with mango threading sweetness through the heat, positioned at the intersection of Oaxacan tradition and South Florida produce. On the drinks side, the Oaxaqueña Michelada and the Caribeño are the cocktails the regulars reportedly return for — the bar program treats mezcal with the same seriousness the kitchen gives its corn. Practical notes: the patio is the call when the weather cooperates, and the Grove's canopy creates a remove from the rest of Miami's dining corridors that feels deliberate rather than accidental. Thursday through Saturday, a reservation matters; without one, the mezcal bar is reportedly a fine place to wait. At price level two, the move is the aguachile, the duck enchiladas, and whatever the mezcal wall suggests you haven't tried yet. View restaurant →
Jaguar Restaurant - Coconut Grove - MiamiJaguar in Coconut Grove has no apparent interest in competing with the high-gloss dining rooms of Brickell or the see-and-be-seen decks of South Beach, and that restraint is a genuine positioning choice. The restaurant has built its reputation on a Latin-accented contemporary menu that reads as rooted in real culinary tradition rather than assembled for trend-chasing, and the mid-range price point — unusual for Miami at this level of ambition — is reportedly what keeps a cross-generational crowd of Grove regulars returning on weeknights without much deliberation. This is a room that the neighborhood has claimed as its own, and the menu reflects that relationship. The Ceviche Sampler is consistently where diners and reviewers begin, and it anchors Jaguar's identity as a kitchen that takes acid and citrus balance seriously — the preparation is known for brightness rather than blunt heat. The Lomo Saltado draws attention for threading Peruvian wok technique into a Miami context, its soy-and-ají amarillo base giving the dish a savory depth that distinguishes it from more straightforward Latin beef preparations. The Churrasco is among Jaguar's most-cited plates, with its grilled char described as structural to the dish's flavor rather than ornamental. The Pork Pernil — long-cooked, with crackling skin reportedly its defining characteristic — is the menu item that regulars are least likely to abandon regardless of what else is on offer. The Guacamole rounds out the table well and is worth ordering alongside the Ceviche Sampler as the meal gets started. For practical purposes: the patio is where the Grove's tree canopy does its most atmospheric work, so request outdoor seating when you book. Early-evening weekend reservations are the move if you want that space without a wait. View restaurant →

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