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A secret refuge of service and luxury tucked into one of the world's most exciting destinations. Z Ocean Hotel offers an intimate new vision of the South Beach escape. Chic, sexy and private, the hotel offers epicurean indulgences. For those who wish to step out from our romantic accommodations and on- property amenities. South Beach offers something for every taste.
Below are some suggestions for top things to do in Miami that compliment the Z Ocean Lifestyle. Contact our concierge for any arrangements, insights or further options.
Beaches
Sobe: The American Riviera- Miami's South Beach is exciting all year-round. The embodiment of excess, South Beach is an international playground offering non-stop nightlife, sandy shores, unique architecture and beautiful people. Tourists are drawn to South Beach for the culture, the diversity of the community, ethnic neighborhoods, food and music.
Dining
Jerry's Famous Deli
With a unique mix of food, atmosphere and service, the Jerry's Famous Deli family stands out in the American restaurant landscape. Jerry's has established a reputation as the quintessential delicatessen restaurant. From the menu to the moderate prices, to the delivery and catering services, people who love food have found that there is a lot to love about Jerry's.
Big Pink
Big Pink's open kitchen features chrome and white tile, however, everything else is pink: from their barstools to their tables. At Big Pink everything is made from scratch. From freshly ground turkey burgers to mounds of our famous hand cut fries and chips to our pastry chef's amazing desserts to even homemade salad dressings.
Barton G
The restaurant evokes the timeless elegance of its predecessors while offering a relaxed ambience for a new generation of diners. There is a neo-classism throughout the menu with innovative interpretations of American fare juxtaposed to dishes reflecting the global influences that infuse contemporary American cuisine.
Michael's Genuine Food
Michael's Genuine Food & Drink is a showcase for the cuisine of Chef/Owner Michael Schwartz, with prices designed to encourage frequent dining. This unpretentious bistro seats 90 indoors and out, with another 14 seats at a handsome bar. Doubling as a casual neighborhood dining spot and a culinary destination, the bright, airy space in Miami's evolving Design District showcases Schwartz's trademark new American cuisine at prices designed to encourage frequent dining.
Asia de Cuba
With critically acclaimed and wildly popular locations in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Scottsdale and London, Asia de Cuba is truly one of the most exciting dining destinations to open in Miami in recent years. Designer Marcel Wanders' 'Sleeping Beauty's Castle' fantasy offers a stunning backdrop to Asia de Cuba's imaginative cuisine, which incorporates the best of Asian and Latin flavors into sensational dishes intended for sharing.
China Grill
China Grill provides a globe-spanning culinary adventure in a spectacular setting. While Asian flavors & techniques are an influence, the menu is labeled "World Cuisine" with virtually every dish prepared on either grills or woks using ingredients gathered from pantries around the globe. Portions are generous, dramatically presented & meant to be shared family style.
SushiSamba
A trendy hot spot with a new spin on fusion cooking. Japan meets South America, look for the city's first Sushi-Ceviche bar, sakes and sambatinis. SushiSamba has an eclectic menu of both traditional and non-traditional fare, appetizers include Yellowtail Tataki, the Otsumami and the Bobo Brazil Roll.
Casa Tua
Delicious dishes include truffle risotto and ravioli filled with burrata mozzarella from Puglia, romantic signature aroma of amber-scented candles and the sounds of soft European lounge music pervade every room and handmade backgammon tables add an unexpected element of fun to the lounge.
Devito South Beach
Guests are invited to experience the classic contemporary twist on traditional Italian décor known as "Global Glam," while the modern day outdoor dining area, featuring several private cabanas and custom Cedar settees, brings a unique Italian "Palazzo" ambience to the restaurant. A unique array of the very finest fresh ingredients are used in their recipes for bold and contrasting flavors and textures that reflect the season.
Quattro:
Quattro Gastronomia Italiana, a truly authentic Italian restaurant in South Beach. Located on famed Lincoln Road, Quattro Gastronomia Italiana will serve authentic Northern Italian Cuisine, closely adhering to traditional methods of preparation and using only the finest ingredients imported from Italy. Quattro will feature monthly tasting menus that will highlight the food and wine from a particular region of Italy.
A Fish Called Avalon:
Located in the heart of The Art Deco District on Ocean Drive, A Fish called Avalon feature Modern American Seafood with tropical influences along with impeccable service. Nightly entertainment further captures the true ambiance of South Beach.
Joe's Stone Crab:
Open only during stone-crab season (Oct-May), Joe's reels in the crowds with the freshest, meatiest stone crabs and their essential accouterments: creamed spinach and excellent sweet-potato fries. The fried chicken and liver and onions on the regular menu are considered superior. The Key lime pie is the best in town. If you don't feel like waiting, try Joe's Takeaway, it's a lot quicker and just as tasty.
Nemo's:
The buzz of the kitchen, a breeze wrapping around open rooms, drifting smells, jeweled lamps and ostrich prints, jazz notes, people talking and dropping by the interactive kitchen's open counter creates a relaxed and inviting rhythm. Chef Mike Sabin plans his seasonal menus around the freshest products available throughout the year, putting together unique combinations of ingredients to achieve consistently fresh, sophisticated cuisine.
Meat Market
The menu offers prime cuts of meat, delicate seafood and produce available and offered on a daily, weekly or seasonal basis under the acute supervision of acclaimed Executive Chef, Sean Brasel. Meat Market features a crudo bar serving fresh tiraditos and an adjacent bar that will mix unique, handmade cocktails.
Prime 112
Prime One Twelve caters to the carnivore in all of us with its thick, juicy cuts of meat and more atypical dishes such as Kobe-beef hot dogs. It also suits the mood of Atkins and South Beach Diet fanatics, who practically mainline beef in order to stay svelte. Other options include, macaroni and cheese with truffle; French onion soup, tater tots and apple pie.
Smith & Wollensky
Smith and Wollensky's Miami Beach steakhouse is a premium steak and chop house specializing in dry-aged prime beef. In addition to the highest quality steaks, Smith and Wollensky offer a wide array of fresh seafood and shellfish bouquets. Entrees are generally served a la cart and guests can choose from any of our signature side dishes as an excellent compliment to the perfect meal.
Proof Restaurant
"Proof" Restaurant in South Beach presents an eclectic fusion of local, seasonal cuisine from Chef Jordan Marano, a charismatic and self driven culinary icon graduating from The Culinary Institute of America and making his mark at famed China Grill in New York. This South Beach landmark's signature dishes include the lobster and plantain crusted Mahi-Mahi with Asian pear Carpaccio and chimichuri, as well as, their popular spicy peanut Thai lollipop wings accompanied with fresh Asian slaw.
660 Mediterranean
660 Mediterranean Kitchen is a charmed hideaway and delectable dining destination that evokes a European experience, complete with Med-style menu and romantic enclaves behind the bougainvillea set for two. A new menu presents Mediterranean cuisine with fresh seafood, meat and pasta.
Tapas and Tintos
Quite the authentic tapas style restaurant on South Beach's beautiful Hispanola Way. The feel of this establishment is very quaint. The tapas are addicting, from the manchego platter, Serrano ham and garbanzos to the tasty grilled seafood platter.
Sra. Martinez
Sra. Martinez brings modern and innovative cuisine to the flourishing restaurant scene in Miami's Design District. Sra. Martinez is a sanctuary to locals and tourists who seek superior food in a meaningful environment where they can enjoy remarkable music, art and late night energy. The space is reminiscent of a cozy bistro with warm leather booths, soft lighting, and a calming simplicity.
Local Attractions
AmericanAirlines Arena
The AmericanAirlines Arena is a state-of-the-art multi-purpose facility that is South Florida's pre-eminent sports and entertainment venue. Its professional staff is committed to providing the highest standards of service and to ensuring the best possible experience for both you and your guests.
Landshark Stadium
A sports and entertainment venue that's held four Super Bowls, two World Series and spectacular world-class events. A place that's known as much for the luxuries it offers as for the legends it's hosted. The stadium obtains one of the largest hi-definition video boards and LED ribbon board in the world, more than 2,000 flat-screen TV monitors, including several 103-inch plasma displays, to ensure you won't miss any of the action.
Miami Beach Golf Club
The 18-hole course at the Miami Beach Golf Club facility in Miami Beach, Florida features 6,903 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 73.0 and it has a slope rating of 127. Designed by Bruce Devlin/Robert von Hagge, Arthur Hills, ASGCA/Steven P.
Forrest, ASGCA, the Miami Beach golf course opened in 2002.
Museums
Bass Museum
The Bass Museum of Art was established by agreement in 1963 when the City of Miami Beach accepted the gift of the art collection of John and Johanna Bass upon condition that it would maintain the collection in perpetuity, provide for the exhibition of the collections, and keep it open and available to the public. This building is now the centerpiece of the city's historic district and was placed on the National Register in 1978.
Wolfsonian Museum
The Wolfsonian-FIU is a museum located in the heart of historic Miami Beach, within easy walking distance of the world-famous Art Deco hotels. Its fascinating collection of objects from the modern era (1885-1945) focuses on how art and design shape and reflect the human experience. The museum further engages the visitor by complementing its collection with thought-provoking discussions of the context and connection among its objects.
World Erotic Art Museum
The WEAM is minutes from Ocean Drive and the beach, restaurants, bar and shops and in the center of the historic and fashionable art deco district. The WEAM is a must for all liberated art lovers; it is fun, sensual, erotic and educational. The collection includes art, sculptures and artifacts from many of the world's influential cultures and present exquisite ancient to contemporary classics.
Nightlife
Halo Lounge
Halo Lounge is a unique, contemporary boutique lounge situated on Michigan Avenue and Lincoln Road, plush comfortable sitting, state of the art lighting, fresh cocktails and eclectic, electronic jazzy lounge music allows everyone to enjoy an easy, unforgettable evening.
Louis
Louis is a new French nightclub in town. The club is inspired by 18th century European opulence; it has a chic and decadent aura with a few modern twists. There's scrawling graffiti art, French electro-punk decor and the gorgeous wait staff that wears military influenced uniforms.
Mansion
Mansion is set in the massive 1235 Washington Avenue space that was originally built as the French Casino in 1936, and has housed such legendary nightclubs as Glam Slam, Club Z and Paragon; Mansion projects a sensual and intimate vibe throughout its multi-level area. With six bars on two levels and a main-room stage to host fashion shows and live performances, we predict Mansion will rewrite South Beach nightlife history for years to come.
Mynt
Mynt is the place to be in Miami Beach's nightlife scene. A venue surrounded by the most attractive models in town. The original mint green interior by designer Juan Carlos Arcila- Duque has given way to a darker and richer motif with sexy photo murals lining the walls. Dance amongst the partiers while resident DJs spin sexy, stimulating sounds and highenergy house. Downstairs the beat drops with the latest in hip-hop and R&B.
Set
The 8-foot elephant tusks curving suggestively skyward set the tone at the Opium Group's new club on Lincoln Road. The lingerie-clad dancers encased in plexi-glass cylinders and the svelte young ladies grooving atop Makassar ebony tables let you know you've entered a different sort nightlife venue. Either way, you quickly get the message that no expense was spared to produce a club where über-VIPs languish in luxury surrounded by those sleek physiques South Beach is famous for.
Performing Arts
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Experience the Florida Grand Opera, the renowned City Ballet, the New World Symphony and the Cleveland Orchestra at Miami-Dade County's largest and most esteemed performing arts center. Set on the heart of Downtown Miami, this exquisite structure is one of the nation's most celebrated new architectural designs.
The Fillmore Miami Beach
The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater is a 2,600-seat concert hall in South Beach. The art deco building takes its hybrid name from two sources: the Fillmore concert halls founded in the 1960s by rock promoter Bill Graham; and entertainer Jackie Gleason, whose television variety show aired live from the building from 1964 to 1970.
Lincoln Theater
The theater was designed by famed theater architect Thomas W. Lamb in association with Robert E. Collins. A jewel of Art Deco architecture, it contains sleek, curving shapes and intricate stylized floral reliefs on its coral-pink facade and elegantly appointed interior. Now seating 713 in spacious, comfortable chairs, the auditorium contains a stage with over 2000 square feet of space, clear sightlines and near-perfect acoustics. Host to classical concerts, including ensemble and chamber programs, the Lincoln is one of the best venues in South Florida to hear classical music, as well as the occasional dance or world music performance, in a comfortable, modern and at the same time, historic location.
Shopping
Bal Harbour Shops
Miami's most esteemed, upscale shopping experience, the Bal Harbour Shops, is set in a
lush open-air, garden with waterfalls and exotic foliage. In addition to legendary boutiques
such as Christian Dior, Gucci, Prada and Versace, shoppers can also enjoy charming outdoor
cafes, salons, an art gallery and two of the best department stores around, Neiman Marcus
and Saks Fifth Avenue.
Lincoln Road
Lincoln Road is a pedestrian mall between Lenox Avenue and Washington Avenue. It is an
area thriving with shopping and dining venues. Unique stores offer items not typically found
in malls, and restaurants and cafés are common. Most restaurants offer either indoor or
outdoor seating, including in the middle of the pedestrian mall area. And without question,
the people watching on Lincoln Road can match any place in the world.
South of 8th & Collins Select Shops
Select stores located right in the heart of Collins Avenue, with fashionable designers such as Zara®, Guess®, Armani Exchange®, Kenneth Cole®, Nicole Miller® and Mac®, the possibilities are endless.





