Blue Door At Delano
(305) 674-6400
1685 Collins Ave
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
25.7918
-80.1296
Neighborhood: City Center
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In Short
Located in the ultra-swank Delano Hotel, this hot spot is frequented by Miami scenesters. The door isn't blue, but the food lives up to the hype, melding Florida ingredients with haute cuisine. The results yield creations like a foie gras "burger," blue crab cakes served with guacamole, slow-roasted duck with bananas and passion fruit crepe souffle.
User Reviews
lcosta02
July 03, 2009
My wife and I did the cabana dining for Valentine's Day this year. The experience was great. The food was good, not spectacular, but good. Too expensive though.
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ZailSolomon
January 10, 2009
Recommend making reservations, or you could wait some time to be seated. Took my husband there for his birthday dinner and it was very good. We tried the house special crab cakes and it was very good, with wonderful sauces. I had a crab chowder which could have been more flavorful - not to thick, though and that's what I prefer. My husband had the lobster, I had the pan roasted chicken - and they were both absolutely delicious. I give this two thumbs up! Attentive service, delicious food, a bit pricey on wines. Pros: good, attentive service, delicious food Cons:pricey wine list
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ROFLMAOPOE
August 14, 2008
Blue Door was truly impeccable in almost every way. The location of the restaurant was fantastic, the beautiful interior decor of the Delano hotel, complete with flowing white curtains makes simply entering the restaurant itself a luxuriously stylized event. Blue Door offers both inside and outside seating. The inside seating looked relatively conservative in terms of decorations and set-up whereas the outside seating was truly fantastic. Overlooking the Delano's pool, facing mile-high palm trees and surrounded by the infamous white decor, sitting outside at the Blue Door was one of the best seating arranagements I have experienced at a restaurant. People watching was inevitable as a constant stream of hotel patrons would traverse down to the pool, half a foot from the table at which I sat. Although it is always amusing to stare at strangers, perhaps the tables could have been pushed back a bit farther from the pool-going traffic. The food itself was great and was quite an ecclectic selection. Their menu was also a testament to the inventiveness of the chef who was able to take two different duck dishes and make them both radically (and deliciously) different on every level. The service was great, friendly and knowledgable waiters who did everything from pairing side dishes to main courses to constantly removing and replacing ashtrays in between courses. There was really never a moment where I felt unattended by the service, and I was dining on a Saturday night at 11:00pm so suffice to say it was packed. The service was nice enough that I left a 30 percent tip. It needs to be said that, while not cheap, the food was NOT overpriced. There are plenty of restaurants on the beach with far more extravagant prices, worse service and far worse food. I have been to plenty of such restaurants where the prices are through the roof, the waiters have bad attitudes and ultimately I leave feeling robbed and still hungry. This is not such a place, Blue door is worth it!
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What to Drink:
Celebrity patrons can drop $1,100 for a bottle of '79 Petrus, but the rest make do with a less renowned but quite versatile wine like 1996 Louis Max Savigny les Beaune ($65).
Save Money:
Come for the ritzy buffet brunch on Sundays, served from 11am to 3pm, and valet parking is complimentary.
Know Before You Go:
If you're somehow unimpressed with the eatery's respectable wine list, feel free to bring your own bottle. Corkage fees do apply.
Category:
Payment Methods:
American Express, Diners Club, Discover, Visa, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
Romantic Dining, Special Occasion Dining, Celeb Hangout, Outdoor Dining, People Watching, Online Reservations, Date Spot, Bar Scene
Cuisine:
Smoking Permitted:
On the patio
