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Best Steakhouses in Miami 2026
Steakhouse · Miami · 7 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026
No other American city eats steak the way Miami does — at 10 p.m., in sunglasses, with a magnum of something pink on the table and a tomahawk arriving by motorcade. The steakhouse here is less a restaurant than a stage, and the best of them know it: Prime 112 turned South Beach into a power room two decades ago, David Grutman made the wagyu tomahawk a piece of theater, and Michael Mina quietly cooks the best beef in the county thirty minutes north of the noise. Seven rooms, ranked on the meat, the scene and what the bill actually buys — because in Miami the two can run in opposite directions.
1.Prime 112
The South Beach steakhouse that built Miami's power-dinner scene; book three weeks out to close a deal you also want to celebrate.
Myles Chefetz opened Prime 112 at 112 Ocean Drive in 2004 and effectively wrote the template for the modern Miami steakhouse: USDA prime and dry-aged cuts, a bacon program thick enough to be a course, and a dining room loud with the city's deal-makers and the people watching them. The truffled lobster mac and cheese is the dish everyone orders and nobody regrets; the Kobe beef hot dog is the wink. It is not quiet and it is not cheap, but more than twenty years on it is still the table that says you have arrived in Miami. Book through Resy two to three weeks ahead for a weekend.
Reserve on Resy; the dry-aged bone-in ribeye and the truffled lobster mac.
2.Papi Steak
David Grutman's theatrical South Beach room where the wagyu tomahawk arrives in a briefcase; book for a celebration with a four-figure budget.
Papi Steak, the steakhouse from nightlife operator David Grutman and David "Papi" Einhorn at 736 First Street, is the loudest, latest and most photographed beef in the city. Cuts are seared at a thousand degrees, the room runs on bottle service and a DJ, and the signature is the 55-ounce "Beef Case" wagyu tomahawk, delivered to the table in a flashing briefcase for a sum that flirts with four figures. It is spectacle first and steak a close second, but the steak is genuinely good — and nowhere else in Miami commits to the bit this hard. Book through Resy weeks ahead, and earlier still during Art Basel.
Reserve on Resy; the wagyu Beef Case for the table, if the budget allows.
3.Bourbon Steak Miami
Michael Mina's serious, butter-poached steakhouse north of the scene; drive to Aventura for the best cooking and the calmest room on this list.
Bourbon Steak sits inside the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort in Aventura, half an hour from South Beach and a world away from its volume. Michael Mina's signature technique — cuts poached in herb butter before they hit the grill — gives the beef a depth the scene rooms do not chase, and the trio of duck-fat fries arrives free at the start of every meal. This is the steakhouse for the diner who came to eat rather than be seen: a deep cellar, polished service, and a quiet enough room to actually talk. The trade is the drive, and it is worth it. Book on OpenTable a week ahead.
Reserve on OpenTable; the butter-poached ribeye and the duck-fat fries.
4.The Capital Grille
Brickell's reliable business-dinner steakhouse, dry-aged in house; book for a client dinner that needs to land without drama.
The Capital Grille at 444 Brickell Avenue is the steakhouse you book when the dinner matters more than the photos. It dry-ages its own beef on the premises, pours from a long and sensibly priced American list, and runs the kind of unflashy, professional service that closes business. The bone-in dry-aged sirloin and the Stoli Doli pineapple martini are the house markers; the private rooms handle the deals you do not want overheard. It is a national name, but the Brickell room earns its place by being the one downtown steakhouse you can trust on a Tuesday. Book on OpenTable, often same-week.
Reserve on OpenTable; the dry-aged bone-in sirloin and a Stoli Doli to start.
5.Smith & Wollensky
The waterfront classic at the tip of South Beach; book a terrace table over Government Cut and watch the cruise ships clear the channel.
Smith & Wollensky occupies the prime corner of South Pointe Park at 1 Washington Avenue, where its terrace looks straight down Government Cut as the cruise ships and freighters pass close enough to read. The New York steakhouse brand brings the expected dry-aged USDA prime — the porterhouse for two is the move — but the reason to come is the view, the best of any steakhouse in the city. It is more polished than rowdy, a place for a long sunset dinner rather than a late scene. Book a table on the rail through Resy a few days ahead, and time it for golden hour.
Reserve on Resy; the dry-aged porterhouse for two, on the terrace at sunset.
6.Red, The Steakhouse
South Beach's Italian-leaning beef specialist on certified Angus prime; book for a steak dinner that cares more about the cooking than the crowd.
Red, The Steakhouse, on Washington Avenue in South Beach, came south from Cleveland with a single obsession: certified Angus prime, sourced tightly and cooked plainly. The kitchen leans Italian around the edges — a serious burrata, a good chopped salad, pastas that are not an afterthought — but the center of the plate is the beef, and the dry-aged ribeye holds its own against rooms that charge more and shout louder. It is a grown-up, unflashy alternative on a strip that rarely offers one. Book through OpenTable; weeknights are usually open, weekends want a couple of days.
Reserve on OpenTable; the certified Angus dry-aged ribeye and the burrata.
7.STK Miami
The DJ-driven steakhouse for a group that wants dinner to turn into a night; book for a birthday, not a quiet meal.
STK Miami runs the chain's signature formula — a proper steakhouse menu welded to a nightclub — and in Miami the formula finds its natural habitat. A DJ works the room from dinner onward, the cuts are solid mid-weight USDA choice and prime, and the small-to-large portioning is built for a table that wants to graze and drink as much as carve. Nobody comes here for the best steak in the city; they come because the birthday dinner needs a soundtrack and the sliders, the lil' BRGs, are genuinely good. Book through OpenTable, and ask for a booth if you are a group.
Reserve on OpenTable; the mid-cut filets and the lil' BRG sliders for the table.
How Miami eats steak
Miami runs its steakhouses late and loud. Reservations skew toward 9 and 10 p.m., the room fills as much for the scene as the sirloin, and the bottle service that defines South Beach nightlife bleeds straight into dinner. Dry-aging is the local benchmark — Prime 112 and The Capital Grille both age in house — and wagyu has become the flex, from honest A5 flights to the four-figure tomahawks that arrive with sparklers. Tipping follows the U.S. norm of 18 to 20 percent, and a 20 percent service charge is increasingly added automatically for larger parties, so check the bill before you double up.
Geography matters. South Beach concentrates the scene — Prime 112, Papi Steak, Smith & Wollensky and Red are all walkable from Ocean Drive — while Brickell is where the business dinners happen and Aventura hides the quietest serious kitchen in Bourbon Steak. The high seasons, Art Basel in December and the Grand Prix in spring, turn the marquee rooms into genuinely hard tables; book weeks out or aim for January. For the wider picture, compare the global field in the best steakhouses worldwide guide, and map the rest of the city through the Miami dining guide.
Where not to book
Skip these for a serious steak
The hotel-lobby chain steakhouse on autopilot. Miami has plenty of generic surf-and-turf rooms riding a resort's foot traffic, with frozen sides and a markup tied to the address rather than the beef. If a steakhouse will not tell you how its beef is aged, eat at one of the rooms above instead.
Papi Steak or STK if you want a quiet conversation. Both are built to be loud, late and group-driven. For a deal dinner or a date you can actually hear, The Capital Grille in Brickell or Bourbon Steak in Aventura are the calmer rooms.
Frequently asked
What is the best steakhouse in Miami?
Prime 112 on Ocean Drive is the city's defining steakhouse, the South Beach power room where Myles Chefetz built Miami's modern dry-aged scene in 2004 and where the deal-makers still sit. For raw spectacle, David Grutman's Papi Steak runs a louder, later, more theatrical room; for serious cooking without the scene, Michael Mina's Bourbon Steak in Aventura is the quiet pick. Choose by whether you want to be seen or to eat in peace.
How much does a steak dinner cost in Miami?
Plan on $120 to $200 a head at a top Miami steakhouse before wine, and well north of that at the South Beach scene rooms. A dry-aged bone-in ribeye runs $70 to $95 on its own, sides are large and shared, and the wagyu tomahawks at Papi Steak climb toward four figures. The Capital Grille in Brickell is the most predictable spend; the Ocean Drive rooms are where the bill runs away from you.
Which Miami steakhouse is best for a business dinner?
The Capital Grille at 444 Brickell Avenue is the business-dinner default: dry-aged on the premises, a deep American wine list, private rooms, and a quiet enough room to close a deal. Bourbon Steak at the JW Marriott in Aventura is the alternative when you want Michael Mina's cooking away from the tourist crush. Prime 112 works for a deal you also want to celebrate, but the noise is part of the package.
Do you need a reservation for Miami steakhouses?
Yes, and for the South Beach rooms you need it well ahead. Prime 112 and Papi Steak book out two to four weeks for prime weekend times and run on Resy; Papi Steak in particular is a hard table during Art Basel and Grand Prix week. The Capital Grille, Smith & Wollensky and Bourbon Steak are easier, often bookable within the week, but a Saturday at any of them still wants a few days' notice.
What should you order at a Miami steakhouse?
Start with the dry-aged bone-in cuts — the prime ribeye at Prime 112 or the porterhouse at Smith & Wollensky — and order the truffled lobster mac and cheese at Prime 112 if you only get one side. Papi Steak is built around its wagyu tomahawk; Bourbon Steak's duck-fat fries are the house signature. At Smith & Wollensky, ask for a terrace table over Government Cut and watch the cruise ships clear the channel.
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