road warrior's Reviews

A great meal

The name says it all: This place is the big fish – the Big Kahuna – in pretty much all respects – the excellent seafood, the hip scene, and the perfectly mixed cocktails. I (and all of Miami, it seems) come by for the Friday night happy hour at the big bar that wraps around a gnarled Banyan tree. I take my cue from the restaurant’s name and always order one of the big fishes on the menu like the whole yellowtail snapper or the massive seafood platter with everything you can think of hauled in from the sea – lobster, shrimp, tuna, and scampi. Miami may have had its share of bad press a couple of decades ago but judging from the view here – freighters steaming by on the Miami River, airplanes roaring above, and cars and trucks rumbling over a nearby bridge – this is most definitely a city on the move.

Reviewed on: April 30, 2006