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Best Tasting Menus Under $200 in Miami 2026
Per person, before drinks · Miami · 7 menus ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 7, 2026 · Updated June 7, 2026
One hundred and thirty dollars. One ten. Sixty-eight. Miami built a reputation on $400 steakhouses and bottle service, but its best value sits at the chef's counter. Every menu below runs under $200 a head before drinks. Five hold Michelin stars, one a James Beard Award, and the cooking ranges from Coconut Grove Cuban to Little Haiti omakase. We ranked them on the cooking and the value together. This is not the Miami of the magazine spreads. It is the city's real food, priced so you can eat it on a Tuesday and still cover the valet.
1.Ariete
Michael Beltran's one-star Coconut Grove tasting, Cuban heritage and a short rib that resets the room, around $130. Book it for a Miami dinner.
Ariete on Main Highway in Coconut Grove is the Michelin-starred soul of Miami's own cooking, chef Michael Beltran's room where Cuban heritage meets fine-dining ambition. The tasting menu runs roughly $80 to $130 a head before drinks, with a higher chef's-table option, and the short rib is the dish people come back for. Beltran has built a local empire from this corner, but Ariete is still the flagship and the best argument for Miami as a serious food city. Book a table or the counter, take the tasting, and order the short rib whatever else you do.
Reserve on the Ariete site; take the tasting and order the short rib.
2.Boia De
A one-star Italian hidden in a strip mall, pasta that reroutes expectations, from around $70. Book it for a diner who thinks Miami can't cook.
Boia De sits in a Buena Vista strip mall behind a pink sign, a tiny one-Michelin-star room from a chef couple that serves some of the best Italian food in the state. The menu moves fast, dishes appearing and disappearing, with a tasting and à la carte both landing roughly $70 to $110 a head. The pasta is the headline, exact and inventive, the wine list short and smart. It seats few and books out, the opposite of the Miami cliché in every way. Book as far ahead as the calendar allows, sit at the counter, and let the kitchen send what it is proud of that week.
Book the moment a date opens on the Boia De site; sit at the counter.
3.Cote Miami
David Shim's one-star Korean steakhouse in the Design District, the Butcher's Feast at $68 the best deal in town. Book it for a group.
Cote Miami in the Design District is the Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse where the grill is built into the table and the value is hard to beat. Chef David Shim's Butcher's Feast pairs four chef-selected cuts with a spread of Korean banchan and stews for $68 a head, and the Steak Omakase is the longer set option above it. It is a one-star meal that runs like a party, the smoke and the searing part of the show. The room is loud, dark and fun. Book a table for four or more, take the Butcher's Feast, and let the staff work the grill.
Reserve on the Cote site; take the Butcher's Feast with a group.
4.Ogawa
Masa Himeno's ten-seat Little Haiti omakase at $195, a one-star counter for the price of a steak. Book it for a quiet splurge.
Ogawa is a ten-seat omakase counter in Little Haiti, chef Masa Himeno's one-Michelin-star room set $195 a head, just under the line and a fraction of what a starred omakase costs in New York or Tokyo. The neighbourhood is unglamorous and the room is plain, which is the point: everything is on the counter and the fish. Himeno trained long and speaks the room quietly, the pace measured. It is the most intimate seat on this list. Book a counter stool weeks ahead, arrive on time because the service moves as one, and leave your phone in your pocket.
Book a counter seat on the Ogawa site weeks ahead; arrive on time.
5.Uchi Miami
Tyson Cole's James-Beard-winning sushi in Wynwood, Hama Chili and Walu Walu, omakase around $135. Book it for the sushi Miami was missing.
Uchi Miami brought Tyson Cole's Austin sushi institution to Wynwood, the chef a James Beard Award winner whose original Uchi reset American sushi. The omakase runs around $135, with à la carte from roughly $110, the Hama Chili yellowtail with ponzu and the Walu Walu wagyu-and-oscietra the signatures that travel from Texas. The room is a slick Wynwood box, busy and well-run. This is the modern, maximalist style of sushi rather than a silent Edomae counter, and it fills a gap the city had. Book a table or the bar, take the omakase, and add the Hama Chili to start.
Reserve on the Uchi site; take the omakase and start with Hama Chili.
6.Ghee Indian Kitchen
Niven Patel's farm-driven modern Indian in Dadeland, a tasting from $40 and cheddar naan worth the drive. Book it for the best-value table here.
Ghee Indian Kitchen in Downtown Dadeland is chef Niven Patel's farm-driven modern Indian, much of the produce grown at his own Rancho Patel farm. The tasting runs around $40 to $55 a head, the lowest on this list and one of the best-value serious meals in Florida. The cheddar naan, the smoked lamb neck and the green millet are the dishes to build around. Patel is a James Beard nominee who cooks regional Indian with American produce and no shortcuts. It is a suburban room worth the drive south. Book the tasting, order extra cheddar naan, and bring people who like to share.
Book on the Ghee site; take the tasting and order extra cheddar naan.
7.Azabu Miami
A 40-seat Ocean Drive Japanese room with a hidden omakase behind it, sushi from $95. Book it for sushi without the South Beach circus.
Azabu Miami on Ocean Drive is the sibling of Hiden and The Den, a 40-seat Japanese dining room with a hidden omakase counter tucked behind it. The dining-room menu runs from around $95, the crispy rice with spicy tuna and the tempura-battered yuzu-lobster roll its crowd-pleasers, while the back counter runs a longer omakase for those who book it. It is a calmer, more serious room than its South Beach address suggests. Book the dining room for the à la carte and the hidden counter for the omakase, and ask which neta is running that night.
Reserve on the Azabu site; ask about the hidden omakase counter.
Over the line
Right at, or over, $200
Stubborn Seed, Jeremy Ford's one-star room in South of Fifth, runs its tasting at $200, exactly on the ceiling rather than under it. It is excellent and worth a special night, but it sits at the budget's edge, not inside it. Find it in the full Miami dining guide.
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Hiden and The Den at Azabu all run above $200, from roughly $245 upward. They are fine meals, but they belong on a different ranking. Book them when the budget is open, not when the cap is $200.
How to book a Miami tasting menu
Book the small rooms the moment a date opens. Boia De and Ogawa seat very few and sell out fast, so set an alert for their reservation windows and take whatever night appears. State dietary needs when you reserve, because the omakase and tasting formats leave little room to swap on the night.
Match the room to the night. Cote and Uchi are loud and good for a group; Ogawa and Boia De are intimate and built for a quiet splurge; Ghee rewards a drive south with a table of sharers. Reserve a week or two ahead for weekends, less midweek. Compare the field worldwide on our best tasting menus under $200 worldwide ranking before you choose.
Frequently asked
What is the best tasting menu under $200 in Miami?
Ariete in Coconut Grove is our top pick, chef Michael Beltran's one-Michelin-star tasting that runs roughly $80 to $130 a head before drinks, with the short rib its signature. It is the best argument for Miami as a serious food city. For Italian, Boia De in Buena Vista holds one star with a tasting from around $70; for Korean steakhouse value, Cote's Butcher's Feast is $68. Ariete wins on the whole package; Cote wins on the price.
Which Miami Michelin-starred restaurants cost under $200?
Five on this list hold stars and stay under the cap. Ariete and Boia De each have one star with tastings from roughly $70 to $130, Cote has one star with the Butcher's Feast at $68, and Ogawa has one star at $195 for its omakase. Uchi is a James Beard Award winner with an omakase around $135. Miami's pricier starred rooms, like Stubborn Seed at $200 and L'Atelier from $245, sit at or above the line.
How much is a tasting menu in Miami?
Across this list, menus run from about $40 to $195 a head before drinks. The lowest is Ghee Indian Kitchen's tasting from $40, and the highest under our cap is Ogawa's omakase at $195. Cote's Butcher's Feast is $68, Uchi's omakase around $135, and Ariete and Boia De land in the $70 to $130 range. Above the line sit Stubborn Seed at exactly $200 and the luxury omakase rooms from roughly $245 upward.
Where can I get the best-value omakase in Miami?
Ogawa in Little Haiti is the value leader among starred omakase, a one-Michelin-star ten-seat counter at $195, far below what a comparable seat costs in New York or Tokyo. Uchi in Wynwood runs a James-Beard-pedigree omakase around $135 in a livelier room, and Azabu on Ocean Drive hides a quieter omakase counter behind its dining room from a higher base. For the most intimate counter, book Ogawa; for the buzziest, book Uchi.
How far ahead should I book a Miami tasting menu?
It depends on the room's size. Boia De and Ogawa seat very few and book out weeks ahead, so set an alert for their reservation windows and take any night that opens. Ariete, Cote and Uchi are larger and fill weekend seats a week or two out, while Ghee and the Azabu dining room are more forgiving midweek. State any dietary need when you reserve, since the tasting and omakase formats leave little room to change a course on the night.
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