Welcome back to our series on most talked about eateries! We’re closing out the summer with a mini-series on the most popular restaurants in major U.S. cities, as measured by how many people post online reviews about them. You can read our quick primer about the series here. As a recap:
- Consumers overwhelmingly use online reviews to decide which restaurants they’ll patronize
- They mostly care about recent reviews
- Restaurants with lots of reviews tend to have positive ratings and attract more customers
We analyzed millions of online reviews during June and July to make our list. The top restaurants are the ones that were talked about the most on Yelp, Google, TripAdvisor, and other business review sites during the first two months of summer. (So, “recent reviews” means in June and July of this year.)
As an aside — Miami customers are tough on restaurants! These are well-reviewed eateries, yet most get around 3 or 3.5 stars on Yelp.
As you’d expect, Miami’s most popular restaurants include lots of Latin American and Carribean menus. Read the whole list below.
1. Komodo
- Fare: Asian fusion
- Recent reviews: 178
- Yelp score: 3.5 stars
- 1 dish to try: The $92 Peking duck
- Extra credit: Take a gander at cool pics of their lounge
2. Wynwood Diner
- Fare: Diner
- Recent reviews: 107
- Yelp score: 3 stars
- 1 dish to try: The Fat Boy
- Extra credit: Learn more about their spaces
3. Dolores But You Can Call Me Lolita
- Fare: American, tapas, cocktails
- Recent reviews: 106
- Yelp score: 3.5 stars
- 1 dish to try: Prime NY strip carpaccio
- Extra credit: Take a virtual tour
4. The Big Cheese of Miami
- Fare: Pizza, Italian
- Recent reviews: 105
- Yelp score: 4 stars
- 1 dish to try: Seafood pizza
- Extra credit: Get a coupon!
5. Carolina Ale House
- Fare: American, sports bar
- Recent reviews: 186
- Yelp score: 3 stars
- 1 dish to try: Brisket burger
- Extra credit: Read our blog post all about LM Restaurants, parent of the Carolina Ale House
6. Sabor A Peru
- Fare: Peruvian
- Recent reviews: 80
- Yelp score: 3.5 stars
- 1 dish to try: Pollo apanado
- Extra credit: Their whole website is in Spanish!
7. El Pub
- Fare: Cuban
- Recent reviews: 79
- Yelp score: 3 stars
- 1 dish to try: Cubano sandwich, of course
- Extra credit: El Pub makes a cameo in this story about touring Little Havana
8. Yambo
- Fare: Nicaraguan
- Recent reviews: 77
- Yelp score: 4 stars
- 1 dish to try: Whole fried snapper
- Extra credit: They make a rib soup with bull testicles
9. Boteco
- Fare: Brazilian
- Recent reviews: 66
- Yelp score: 3.5 stars
- 1 dish to try: Moqueca do boteco
- Extra credit: Peruse a gallery of fun times at Boteco
10. San Pocho
- Fare: Columbian
- Recent reviews: 64
- Yelp score: 3.5 stars
- 1 dish to try: Bistec san pocho
- Extra credit: Again, the whole website is in Spanish!
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