Michy's

12/12/08

BUYER BEWARE!!!!!

by joeandmich at Citysearch

I haven't felt this disappointed in over a decade. The food sounds very "high brow" so you would expect it to have been halfway decent. I make better steaks and I can't even cook. We spent over $200 for about $30 worth of appetizer sized food. I left feeling violated especially when they charged us $18 just for a glass of riesling.

Buyer beware!!!!!

• Pros: You only have to pay $5 to self park
• Cons: Mediocre food at high end prices!

09/11/08

Scam food

by Francamente at Citysearch

I went there three times and the last time the check was a whopping $ 600 for the four of us and totally not worthed......

The place is loud and too bright, the staff is nice, the wine list is extensive, but the food is a big disappointment because i think the main ingredients are cheap quality meats and seafood covered up with sauces too heavy and too rich with butter and cream or perfumed with truffle oil and other scents to disguised what is under the plate.

The portions are so tiny that i had to order many "little" dishes and by the time i got home i was sick with "rich food overdose"

Chef Bernstein has been prized and awarded everywhere for her cuisine, and i think she is a very talented person to come up with such intricate recipes and her presentation is beautiful but she should use better ingredients for the prices that she charges in that location and with that horrible decor, i am absolutely not going back.

• Pros: service
• Cons: food, ambiance

09/10/08

Don't expect the food to be good or special at Michey's!

by sapodilla at Citysearch

We went to what I thought was one of the best restaurants in Miami. It certainly is renowned. However the food lacked everything. The bill was exorbitant! The salads were mushy. The polenta was tasteless and stodgy. The shrimp was so salty it burned my tongue. The sweetbreads were breaded and not very good. What a pity because I really wanted good food. I was so disappointed.

• Pros: Nice photos in the hallway. Nice staff.
• Cons: The food was salty and not up to scratch. what a pity!Looks out ontoBiscayne Blvd.which is not very pretty.wh

03/18/08

Very confusing experience.OVER PRIZED

by fwguy at Citysearch

I have been at Michy's twice. I moved here from NY 6 months ago and finally decided to give it a try after hearing so many contradictory reviews from friends. I have to say the food and ingredients in general are top quality, even thought many of the dishes seem totally self indulgent to me. On both visits we found execution problems. The first time the "croquetas" were frozen in the core, not cold, frozen. The "short rib" on the first visit was tiny and the meat was tough. On the second visit the piece we got was twice the size and very moist and flavorful, truly delicious. Salads were good, the Ceviche had too much of a ginger taste.On the second visit we ordered the "cuatro leches" cake and the fruit on the sauce was sour, and tasted/looked like it had been sitting there for days again in the first visit the cake was perfect. Wine list is very good but be prepared to pay a 400% mark up price .Service was just good for Miami stanards but if you now better it is just barely average. When I had to go to the restroom I was shocked to see the wall needs to be scrubbed and painted urgently! they were out of soap and paper towels, and the restrooms were not clean.

It seems to me that the owners spend all the money they save in rent , maintaining the locale and training employees in a great PR firm because the place is totally overrated and extremely over prized for the overall experience. I think this place has a great potential but they need to work on consistency and execution. All the problems we experienced could be forgiven to a small neighborhood place, but not to a restaurant that charges you as much as a NYC 4 stars restaurant. Overall a terrible value for what you spend there.

• Pros: Different experience for Miami, good quality ingredients
• Cons: Location, decor an overall value.

03/10/08

$22 Prawn - Rip Off

by gomiata at Citysearch

Went to Michy's on a Sunday night. Menu said "Prawns" plural. Price was $22. When dish came out it was one prawn - good size but not super large - about an under 8 for $22. It was undercooked to boot. Sent it back and came out OK. Tasted watery so might have been frozen - not sure. Checked with a friend in NY who writes restaurant reviews and said he never heard of a $22 prawn - very overpriced. Wine prices also overpriced. There was nothing by the glass that was not $15 or higher and second rate - White from Chile that was more for a glass than the whole bottle cost. Since there was nothing drinkable by the glass we ordered a bottle of Sancerre for $58. Wine was good. Saw the same bottle in the wine store for $18 the next day. Food was very good but a rip off. Would not go back.

• Pros: Good Food
• Cons: Overpriced

12/16/07

Beware! You are just taken for a ride at Michy's

by raphaelb at Citysearch

The decor is awful considering it is the result of the transformation of an old retail store into a cold looking overcrowded restaurant with some fabric hanging from the walls. The sticky plastic "Dinette" style chairs are very uncomfortable. The food is really not noteworthy. I had to send my snapper back twice for being undercooked and finally just gave up. We had to ask for salt and pepper since none was availble at the table. Service was slow and spotty. The portions are ridiculously small and the prices are insultingly high! The menue is very limited and unimaginative. This reminded me of the old classic "The Emperor's New clothes"--does Michelle's name carry so much weight that nobody will wake up to the fact that you are just taken for a ride at Michy's?

• Pros: None
• Cons: Unimaginative food, small portions, insultingly high prices.

09/19/06

Rip off

by alfamilan at Citysearch

On Saturday night we made a reservation for 7:30, but arrived at 7:00. Getting seated early was no problem, and the service was generally ok. My wife picked the quail dish. I had the Salmon. In a word our food was mediocre at best. My fish was OK, but small and not worth the price. The quail, however, was just bad. We were expecting a nice bird for the price. Instead what we got was something that looked like it was scraped off a pan. Awful side of rabo encendido? dish. All this with 2 glasses of wine, and a dessert (beignets, bland) for $150. What a rip - avoid this place like the plague. Many better restaurants in Miami for a lot less.

• Cons: bad food ambiance

08/25/06

Bad dining experience

by travelxfood at Citysearch

I just finished dinner at Michy's, not even decent food, horrible service!

Michys seem to have a knack for some critics, but leaving me decidedly underwhelmed. It's one of those places where the food is detailed on the menu in an absurdly overwrought and precious fashion, and ends up being simply not that great. Nor, in my opinion, particularly creative. Granted, I often find myself the odd-person out in my ambivalent at best view, hence the title, but there it is.

Boring atmosphere, below average food. The seafood platter appetizer, frozen shrimpsno flavora mediocre oyster selection, thats it.. Pasta carbonara with frozen peasinedibleCod main special bland beyond recognition with overcooked vegetables. In all a horror story.

• Cons: FOOd, ambiance, decor