04/14/09

Great Place for Steaks.

by LeslieCooper

Great food although it's off the beaten path of south Beach.. Located on 41st street. The steaks he had were great.. The crowd was mostly older stuff rich guys and young model girls posing trying to catch one of the old rich guys.

• Pros: Great Food
• Cons: Stuffy crowd

01/28/09

Great

by Joe7686

Great wine list, good food and worth the cab ride. The service was excellent although it was A BIT LOUD.

Will make a second trip when in town.

09/19/08

One of a Kind Experience

by anr1978

We frequented there during Miami Spice Restaurant Month. It was a great ambience and I felt like we served very well, the servers were very attentive. The "spice" menu was a good variety and I thought that the food was excellent and the variety of breads that came in the basket were tasty. The only thing that I didn't like was that we were charged for the birthday sparkler b/c it was two of the diners' birthdays. They sang to us though! When I go back, I defintely want to try the regular menu and see all that they really have to offer.

• Pros: Service, Food, Dessert
• Cons: Charge for Birthday Sparkler

09/07/08

Miami Spice customers treated like second class citizens

by MiamiSpice

We booked dinner for the Miami Spice menu, not expecting it to be as lavish as the regular high-priced menu.

Boy were we right. The portions were tiny- my caesar salad was drenched in dressing and cheap parmesan cheese- I have had better at Macaroni Grill.

The tenderloin was tasty, but the waitstaff delivered the wrong temperature steak to myself and my 3 dinner companions.

The presentation was very plain..I guess if you are ordering from the Miami Spice menu you don't even get a garnish.

The potato salad was the size of two quarters.

In addition, the Cheesecake was flavorless..How do you make cheesecake flavorless?

The service was ok. Not great. Definitely not 5 star.

I have heard good things about the Forge but I guess they treat the Miami Spice customers as second class citizens. I ask why they are even participating then?

08/12/07

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11/17/06

Beautiful Place but?

by wrharbour

Since moving to Miami I had always heard about the Forge. I finally went last month and was not blown away. The restaurant itself is visually appealing. The menus were large (so large they assist you in opening them as they have been known to break glasses on the tables!) The steaks were nice. What you would expect?but it felt like it was past its prime. The service was sub-par. A nice experience but don?t expect too much. Do ask for a tour of the wine cellar!

11/12/06

Charming European ambiance, bring a flashlight (the servers do), great food, great service

by dpennsobe

If you?ve never been to a high end New York steak house, The Forge?s heavily seared dry aged beef, delicious homemade sauces (not even needed the beef is so good), and delectable sides deliver that experience to south Florida. I had the filet on the bone ($55). When I return, I will have the filet mignon off the bone ($30) as one of my dining companions chose, as the extra $25 didn?t deliver anything but bone, fat and extra work. BEWARE, THE SERVERS WILL SEDUCE YOU WITH THEIR SPECIALS BUT WON?T MENTION THE PRICE OF THE $90 NY STRIP STEAK, OR THE $40 LOBSTER TAIL SIDE DISH.

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Having dined here in the late 90?s, I was pleased to see that the food has improved, as has the service. The extensive wine menu offers something for most every pocketbook. The $49 bottle of Chianti we ordered was excellent ($30 at the supermarket ? a reasonable restaurant markup). The antique bottles of Chateau Lafite Rothschild (at over $1000) was impressive, as were the pages and pages of options in between.

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The library room (with lovely Tiffany glass panels - one panel from the Trinity Church in NYC and antique crystal chandeliers originally purchased by Jacqueline Kennedy and used in the White House) is definitely romantic. The lighting in this dark paneled room, however, is dim. The servers used flashlights to show us our food. With decent eyesight, I was nearly unable to make out the bill ($150 EACH including tip ? and we went on the cheap with wine). The $16 souffles were worth every penny (I preferred the Belgian Chocolate.

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The service was very attentive, friendly and professional. The hosts were prompt and pleasant. Top class. We will definitely return for special occasions as the price puts it out of our range on a typical night. This is definitely the type of experience I seek out if on vacation or entertaining business clients.

• Pros: Delicious dry aged, heavily seared steak, courteous professional service, romantic ambiance
• Cons: price

This rococo Miami institution celebrates the joys of living (and dining) large.

by Contributor

In Short
The sweet smell of money mingles with the heady aroma of dry-aged steaks cooked on an oak-fired grill. For 30 years, the Forge has been culinary ground zero for Miami's well-off and well-fed. Inside, the ornate decor features antique brick walls, pressed-tin ceiling, giant tapestries and stained-glass windows. Steaks, chops and grilled fish, prepared with little regard for current culinary trends, dominate the long and pricey menu.

07/18/06

Lost in Miami

by pnotfreak

Once upon a time The Forge was great, unfortunately not anymore, from bad service to mediocre food, nothing works the way a prestigious restaurant should. Horrible from the prices to the huge portions of non-quality food, to the lack of attention. Not recommended.

• Pros: nothing
• Cons: price food service

05/11/06

I won't be back

by rbartels

They messed up our check several times and pretty much forgot about the table throughout the entire meal. Even when the birthday cake came out, the waiter couldn't find anyone to sing with him to it became a one man serenade. There were additions to our check that we didn't order and what we did order came out different than the description. The food was nothing to write home about. I don't recommend it.