Zaytinya - South Beach

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   Peter

   Greater Boston

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The service and food were superb! Add in the ambiance and you have a wonderful dining experience worth repeating.
   

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   Karolina

   New York City

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   The food was average, the service was pretty bad. I suspect this is not Jose Andres restaurant but he only licensed his name. His precious restaurant as SLS hotel was on a completely different level. The ambiance felt like a school cafeteria. People disinfecting menus in front of you and folding napkins is not how a restaurant at Ritz Carlton should conduct its business, customs should never see that. The food was coming way too fast and waitresses were taking our plates before we even finished yet no-one cleaned the table in between dishes. We had a tasting menu and all the plates were to share but then we got two full deserts each, which I think was a mistake. In general the staff seemed to be confused and not properly trained. We will not be back, there are so many more restaurants in South Beach and Miami with better food and service.
   

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   dixon

   VIP

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Delicious meal - highly recommend the tasting menu. Ryan was fantastic and took great care of us.
   

   Zaytinya - South BeachResponded 2 days ago

   Dear dixon Thank you so much for your feedback. See you soon Zaytinya Team
   

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   Mark

   Naples

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fabulous in every way! Cannot wait to return! The best Mediterranean cuisine we’ve ever tasted!
   

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   Zaytinya - South BeachResponded 2 days ago

   Dear Mark We appreciate your feedback and we cant wait to have you back Zaytinya Team
   

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   Josee

   Montreal

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Les plats sont délicieux, service attentionné et belle ambiance pour un brunch relax ! Nous avons mangé à la carte et pris des mimosas belle valeur pour le prix !
   

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   Bart

   Washington DC

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   They seriously overbooked for a holiday party - were delayed about an hour getting to a table and had a table pulled-in from the cafe at the last minute. The menu said cava at midnight even for guests arriving early in the evening and, of course, they stayed at tables until midnight - backing-up table assignments for later reservations. Poor planning for an event. Cone here any other time, just not for a special event like New Years Eve.
   

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   howard

   Miami

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was above average, but not great. The atmosphere was nice service was good. I was disappointed in the whole overall experience because of the level of involvement and gala type effect.
   

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   Manuel

   Baltimore

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   For $700 pr. couple, this restaurant did not deliver the dining experience one would expect for New Year's Eve. Many of the 6-course dinner courses, had a sameness to them, with dates and Greek yogurt and smoke. -The (smoked) beet salad was good. -The roasted Haloumi was good (with dates). -The roasted Brussels Sprouts would have been good, crispy, but they were put on top of Greek yogurt which just tasted weird and overpowered their flavor and texture. -The mushrooms were good but the same smoke flavor was used for them as the beets (?) and they were on top of some yogurt-y sauce. -The lamb was good but on top of a yogurt-y sauce. -The rice was great but had ... dates... so we ate around them at this point! So, sameness to the dishes... Perhaps it would have been a more successful meal had it not been 6 courses but rather fewer and more distinct. Another thing is that for a 6-course dinner, one would expect them to come out at different times to enjoy them. But, at one point, we each had were brought three of our courses together. The restaurant clearly wanted to move things along and speed up the dinner and move the tables. We began in the outside room - which is nice - but moved inside mid-dinner because of the incredibly loud music and when our decibel meter reached 98 decibels! We value our hearing and wanted to have a conversation which was impossible in the outside room with the live music. Damage can easily be done to customer's hearing with that level of loudness, not to mention that there are laws against it! Will we go back? Probably not, despite having a second home in the area and it would have been nice to have liked the restaurant more and put it into our restaurant rotation.
   

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   Yelda

   VIP

   Washington DC

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Very expensive! Paid $300+ for 4 breakfasts! ………..
   

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    Jasvinder

    VIP

    Toronto

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 7 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Exceptional service and food in a high quality restaurant
    

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