Miami Spice 2025: Dine at Michelin-starred restaurants for $35
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Frugal foodies, rejoice. Miami Spice returns next week.
Why it matters: The summer restaurant discount program gives diners a chance to eat Michelin-starred meals at budget-friendly prices — while supporting local restaurants during their off-season.
🤑 How it works: Running from Aug. 1-Sept. 30, Miami Spice Restaurant Months features over 300 local restaurants.
- Order prix fixe, three-course meals for $35 each for lunch or brunch and $45-$60 each for dinner. (Drinks, taxes and gratuity not included.)
- Each menu comes with an appetizer, entree and dessert. Just remember to ask your waiter for the Miami Spice menu specifically.
- To qualify, restaurants must offer 30% savings off their regular menu, per the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, which organizes the annual program.
⭐️ Notable restaurants participating: The list includes Michelin-starred restaurants Cote Miami, Le Jardinier Miami and Stubborn Seed.
- Cote, the acclaimed Korean steakhouse in the Design District, is offering a $35 lunch Monday-Friday.
- Le Jardinier, also in the Design District, is offering $35 lunch and $60 dinner Tuesday-Sunday.
- Stubborn Seed, located in South of Fifth, is serving $60 dinner Monday-Thursday and Sunday.
- Nobu Miami, the high-end sushi restaurant in Miami Beach, is offering a $60 dinner Monday-Thursday and Sunday.
- Joe's Stone Crab Restaurant in South of Fifth is offering $35 lunch and $60 dinner on varying days.
The intrigue: Some of the most audacious restaurants in Miami are lowering their prices for Miami Spice, including Papi Steak, (in)famous for serving a $1,000 steak in a gold briefcase.
- $60 will get you a 6-oz filet mignon (probably just on a regular plate).
❤️ More restaurants we love:
- Red Rooster Overtown (My review)
- Cafe La Trova
- Glass & Vine
- Rusty Pelican
- Michael's Genuine Food & Drink
- Beauty and the Butcher (My review)
- Blue Collar (My review)
- Doya (Review)
😋 Restaurants we want to try:
- Uchiko Miami Beach
- Sra. Martinez
- Aguasal by José Andrés
- Rao's Miami Beach
- Lido Restaurant at The Surf Club
💭 Martin's thought bubble: I went to Cote for Miami Spice last year and had the optimus prime steak sandwich. Highly recommend it.
- This year, I'm going to Stubborn Seed after enjoying their non-Spice menu back in 2022.
Here's the current list of participating restaurants. (More may be added.)