Bette Ann "Poshy Schlossy" S.'s Profile

I recently moved to downtown, and I have been struggling to find good restaurants within walking distance from my apartment.  Last night, my friends and I ventured out to try Wok Town.  After reading about it on Thrillist a while back, I finally got to try it.  Just as the other reviews have said, this place is super clean.  You do not sit down and place your order; you order from a counter.  The seating is very minimal in the sense that they have bench seating and some tall bar stool type seating.  My friends and I did not order any appetizers, but we ordered a few sakis (they only carry cold saki), a couple of Kirin Lights, 1 veggie/tofu wok with Mongolian sauce, one chicken with broccoli ginger sauce , 1 beef with Mongolian sauce, and 1 Singapore style curry noodles with chicken.  The food was not expensive at all.  For all the drinks and food we got, it cost about $60.  We had so much food that we ended up taking some home.  The food was really good.  I felt very healthy eating it.  Each wok dish comes with a serving of white rice.  The best part about this restaurant is that they deliver.  Granted, this isn't the BEST oriental food that you can find, but it is really tasty and very healthy.  The owner/manager came over to us to chat which I thought was really nice.  My friends and I also really liked the music that was playing--all 80's.

Overall, I really enjoyed my experience at Wok Town.  The menu is small but has enough options to chose from.  I definitely will be back, and I definitely will order for delivery.

I love when I go some place to eat with low expectations, and then I am surprised at how good it is!  I am not a huge fan of eating on Lincoln Road.  I think most of the restaurants are overpriced and not that amazing.  My girlfriend decided to celebrate her birthday at Meat Market this past Sunday.  We were set up with a nice table outside.  Despite the wind because of IDA, we had fabulous time.  Both the service and food were excellent.
I started with oysters on the half shell.  They were served with this jalapeno vinaigrette which was really tasty.  I have never had that type of vinaigrette with oysters before.  For my main meal, I got the Lobster Crab Cake.  This was truly delicious.  It was hardly breaded, and just fell apart with a slight touch of my fork.  I really enjoyed it.  My friends all got steaks, and loved them.  For sides, I highly recommend the Gouda Tater tots.  This were out of control.  They were almost juicy because of the cheese on the inside.  The mac n' cheese was also delicious.  It is made with thin tubes (think Kraft Mac n' Cheese).  I liked how it was not too rich.  The wine list was HUGE, with wines at various price points.  We skipped dessert and opted for some Tasti Delight.

Overall, I was pleasantly surprised with my meal.  Yes, this restaurant is PRICEY, but the food is quite good.  Also, they offer half portions for less money, which is great.  I definitely think I will return.

I have been on a quest to find the best Chinese food in Miami, and I think I finally found it.  While this may not be "off the boat from China" Chinese food that you can find in NYC, this is pretty close.  My girlfriend and I came here on a Thursday night.  The restaurant was in the middle of nowhere--in a strip mall.  Gotta love it. First thing I noticed when I walked in was the amazing wine storage wall.  Looked very professional for a Chinese restaurant.  There were a lot of great wines on the wine list.  We ordered a particular pinot noir; however, our waiter came back to us and told us they were out of it.  He offered us 2 other bottles of wine, both which were more expensive than the one we ordered, for the price of our original selection.  Very good service.
For dinner we ordered Wanton Soup, Salt n Pepper Shrimp, and Sizzling Beef in Black Been Sauce.  We asked our waiter for recommendations, and he recommended the beef.  I always determine how good a Chinese restaurant is based on their Wanton Soup.  Tropical Chinese had delicious Wanton Soup: the perfect mix of saltiness with tender shrimp wantons.  Our main dishes were delicious.  I asked for the Salt n Pepper Shrimp to be cooked with the shells (you eat the shells and all), the test of a true Chinese chef.  These were delicious.  Very tasty with the perfect about of jalapeno.  The Sizzling Beef in Black Bean Sauce was very tasty and tender.  I don't usually order beef, but I really enjoyed this.
For dessert, they bring you half an orange, which was nice.

Overall, our service was great, the food was great, and the wine was great.  I definitely will be back.  I would like to try their dim sum.

WOW! I am so excited that Ayesha came to the island!! Key Biscayne is an amazing place to live but it definitely is laking in culinary diversity.  Ayesha just opened about 3 weeks ago, and after hearing rave reviews, I decided to try it tonight with my friend.  The restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating, so we decided to sit outdoors.  The menu is the perfect size.  Many times when I eat Indian food in Coral Gables, I am really overwhelmed by the menu . This menu has everything from Samosas to Biryani to Naan to Tandoor, but it is manageable for the novice Indian food eater.  
My friend and I started with the Vegetable Samosas.  These were fantastic.  Then we split the Navrattan Sahi korma, Shrimp with Apna Curry Sauce, and Onion Naan.  We were worried that we ordered too much, but this turned out to be the perfect amount of food.  The korma was fantastic-- lots of veggies like broccoli, peas, carrots, etc in a delicious sauce.  The shrimp were also amazing.  The dish came with 8 jumbo shrimp which was perfect for my friend and I.  The sauce was spicy- but not too spicy.  The onion naan was out of this world.  Dipping it in the 2 different sauces was the best.  The dishes also came with rice (a lot of Indian restaurants make you order rice, so this was a nice change).  The service was perfect.  Our waiter was able to give us knowledgeable advice on what to order.   A nice touch was when the manager came out to ask us how we were doing.  He told us that the next time he would let us try Indian wine (we were already drinking wine).  I did not even know that existed!

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my experience at Ayesha.  The prices were good for Key Biscayne (for our meal + 2 glasses of wine, the bill came out to $58). The service was good, and the food was great!  I am so happy that Ayesha came to the neighborhood.  I definitely will be back.  (They said they were going to be starting delivery as well!)

Eating here seriously reminded me of the time when I ate in a hole in the wall Italian restaurant in Brooklyn and felt like I was surrounded by the mafia.  This place is no joke- authentic as can be and DELICIOUS.  The Frank Sinatra music in the background adds a classy touch.

I dinned here with a group of 6.  The chef, Michael, prepared his top recipes for us.  We didn't even order, he just surprised us, which was AMAZING.  To start we had a tomato and mozzarella salad, which was made with the freshest mozzarella, the Sinatra Shrimp, which were absolutely OUT OF THIS WORLD, Michael's famous meatballs, which were phenomenal, and a delicious salad.  The Sinatra Shrimp were so spicy that my nose started running--THE SIGN OF GOOD SPICE! I loved them.  I think I had about 4.  They are served on a garlic toast and there are spicy peppers all over them.  The meatballs that everyone raves about are a MUST.  These meatballs are not like those at Prime 112/Prime Italian.  There is no need for a knife with these meatballs, they just fall apart with your fork.  So tender and so delicious.  The mounds of ricotta cheese on the sides were just decadent.  I was in heaven.  
I was already full after the apps, but onto the main course we went! Michael made us a delicious Panzenneti pasta with chickpeas and chopped ham, grilled tuna, chicken Parmesan, and something like a baked ziti (except it was not ziti pasta).  The pastas were AMAZING.  The sauces were just to die for.  The chicken Parmesan was pounded so thin, it just melted in your mouth.
When I thought I was going to have to be rolled out in a wheelbarrow, dessert was brought out! We had a sample platter of everything.  The Ricotta cheese cake was like nothing I have ever had.  It was beyond amazing.  As I am writing this, I am craving some.  The yellow cake with icing and sprinkles was also so moist and delicious.  Who knew that such a simple dish could be so amazing!?  

I cannot wait to bring my dad who was born and raised in Brooklyn to this little slice of heaven in SoBe.  I definitely will be back!

My boyfriend and I took my friend from NYC here this past Saturday.  We had a gift certificate to La Marea from http://Restaurants.com, so we figured we would try it out.  The Tides really is a beautiful hotel, right on Ocean, and it gives out of towners a great place to post up and people watch.  We had an amazing seat outside (I highly recommend sitting outside) where we could watch all the supped up Cadillacs drive by.  It was hilarious- we saw everything from The Lion King characters painted on the back of a Cadillac with hydraulics to a bright zebra Cadillac raised like 6 feet above the ground.

La Marea has a great wine list at reasonable prices.  We ordered a delicious bottle of Flowers Chardonnay without breaking the bank.  To start, we were brought warm flat bread with a delicious hummus.  MMMM so good!  We all kept our orders light since we were going out afterwards.  I ordered the Hamachi dish and the Watercress salad, my boyfriend ordered the Tomato Mozzarella and the BBQ fries, and my girlfriend ordered mashed potatoes and mushrooms.  The food was good...not the best, but I did enjoy it.  I guess I enjoyed it even more because we had a gift certificate.  

We had a really cute waiter who we had a lot of fun with.  He brought out my girlfriend a birthday shot because it was her birthday which was really nice of him.

Overall, the food was ok, I probably would not go back here without a http://Restaurants.com gift certificate, but the service and the atmosphere were great.  Also, the menu has a wide variety of options at different price points.  For example, they have sandwiches on the menu for like $10-12.

Last night, my girlfriends and I ate at Loftin's in order to hold our monthly book club meeting.  The atmosphere of the Versace Mansion fit in perfectly with the book we had just read.  This was my second time dining at Loftin's.  After my first experience at Loftin's, I vowed that I would not go back, but due to our lovely book club, I was persuaded to eat there again.

When we arrived, we asked to sit out by the pool/fountain.  The hostess said that due to the rain (about 6 hours earlier) they were not sitting anyone out there, which we understood.  However, when we finished our dinner (only 1.5 hours later) there were about 3 tables sitting outside.  We were less than thrilled about this.  

We sat down, and had to ask for the Miami Spice menu.  Loftin's really tries to hustle you for a buck.  They don't readily give you the Miami Spice menu, and they add an additional 22% gratuity onto your tab (outrageous in my opinion).  

My friend ordered the lobster fricassee and the skirt steak from the Miami Spice menu, my other friend just ordered the fettuccine, and I ordered the lobster fricassee and the Mahi Mahi from the Spice menu.  The food took a hot minute to come out.  I was SHOCKED that such a "upscale" restaurant did not serve some sort of bread or olives before dinner.  The lobster fricassee was very good.  I enjoyed the Marsala sauce and the gnocchi added a nice touch.  My Mahi Mahi was sub-par.  I just don't think Loftin's does fish well.  The last time I ate at Loftin's, I also ordered fish and did not like it.  The Mahi tasted way too salty.  I tasted my friend's skirt steak, and it was good...nothing amazing.  I also tasted the pasta- again nothing amazing.  For dessert,  I had the vanilla ice cream and my friend had the passion fruit sorbet from the Spice menu--because let's face it, those were the only 2 choices.  Pretty weak in my opinion.  

Overall, the food is OK...nothing amazing at all.  The atmosphere is amazing, but unfortunately, the food does not match.  The service was not worth the 22% that they tack on--no if's, and's, or but's...it is 22%.

Would I go back? Probably not....

MMMM so I must say, I think that I am the queen of spice, and La Cofradia had some of the most delicious spiciest ceviche I have ever had.  I dined at La Cofradia with 2 other friends.  None of us had ever been there, so we decided to try it out.  The restaurant was packed.  We actually had to wait a few minutes for our table, which was not a problem.  Once we sat down, my first comment was on how COMFORTABLE the chairs were.  They were just so squishy and soft!  The atmosphere was super cool-- giant painting on the ceiling was awesome!  

We were not drinking that night, so we all ordered sodas.  The sodas came in glass bottles which I LOVE.  I think that just adds class to a restaurant (even though they are more expensive).  Our waiter was fabulous.  He REALLY knew the menu backwards and forwards.  He advised us on 2 ceviches to get.  They both were DELICIOUS.  We got the traditional ceviche, which was really tasty and we got a spicy ceviche with this red pepper spicy sauce on the side.  MY NOSE WAS RUNNING MMMMM! That's the sign of awesome spicy food.  For my main course, I got the Seafood Saltados over veggies which was fantastic.  It was everything I wanted from a dish--guilt free, healthy, and delicious.  My friends got the tuna and the short ribs- which they both loved.  We were so stuffed that we passed on dessert.  At the end of our meal, our waiter came over and asked if we would like a drink on him.  We weren't drinking, but I had a glass of champagne.  I thought that was so nice of our waiter and added a very special touch.

I definitely will be coming back here in the future.  Service and food were excellent.

I am giving this a 3.5.  My girlfriend and I decided to bike from Key Biscayne all the way to Balans on Brickell this morning.  When we arrived at Balans around 11am, it was PACKED.  We were seated outside at a cute table outside.  I immediately noted to myself that Balans is dog friendly.  There were about 10 dogs there with bowls of water.  I have to say, the service was just OK.  We waited about 10 minutes for somebody to come and take our drink order.  When our waitress came, she was very honest about the drink choices.  I asked her if the juice was fresh squeezed, and she told me it was "fresh squeezed" but out of a jug...so it really wasn't squeezed at the restaurant.  I just stuck with water.  For brunch, I ordered the Croque Madame and my friend ordered an egg white omelet.  The food came out quickly which was a plus (made up for the slow start).  My croque madame was delicious.  Reminded me of being in Paris.  The salad that accompanied it was really tasty as well.  My friend's egg white omelet was really "watery".  I hate omelets that come out with juice on them.  Either the omelet was undercooked or the mushrooms in the omelet let off too much water.  My friend had to take her napkin and soak up the water- no joke.  After that, she enjoyed her omelet.  The onion sourdough bread that came with her omelet was delicious.  The check ended up coming quickly, and the bill was surprisingly cheap.

I definitely will be back to Balans.  I enjoyed my food.  I probably would not order an omelet there.  The service could use a little improvement, but I will definitely be back (and I will bring my dog).

My coworker made a VERY VERY bad choice and decided to have her birthday lunch at Bice.  I have worked in Coconut Grove for 2 years and have managed to stay away from this notorious tourist trap; however, I had not choice in this situation.

The restaurant was EMPTY....After eating there, I understand why.  They start by serving some sort of focacia bread.  Not bad. I mean you can't really go wrong on bread.  I decided to order the warm goat cheese and beat salad, and my coworkers ordered 3 salmon salads, the steak sandwich, and the pesto gnocchi.  The food took a hot minute to come out, and by hot minute, I mean a long time.  My beet salad was ok.  My expectations were not high, so I honestly was not let down.  My coworkers complained that their salmon was still flapping (Salmon is supposed to be served at medium, but this was definitely borderline raw).  The pesto gnocchi was weird.  It was not really "pesto" like.  It had a funny taste.  For dessert, the waiters did a nice little dessert presentation with some tirimisu (did not like the tirimisu, but it was nice of them to bring out something for my coworkers' birthday).

Finally, when we were ready to pay, the waiter seriously had a break down.  We had one credit card (mine) and the rest was going to be paid in cash.  It seriously took him a good 20 minutes to figure out how to subtract the cash and then run the credit card.

Lesson learned. No tourist traps for Poshy Schlossy.