Best advice: reserve a table, order a bottle of wi...

Best advice: reserve a table, order a bottle of wine or cocktails so you can take in the fantastic view, and then have dinner elsewhere.

It s probably because historic South Beach is devoid of skyscrapers that rooftop restaurants are neither common nor expected. So kudos to Juvia for being the first to market (to my knowledge) in South Beach to offer outdoor dining with spectacular views of Miami Beach to the North and East from the rooftop of a Lincoln Road garage. I can recommend the view and the location, but I absolutely cannot recommend that you dine at Juvia.

The grilled octopus appetizer I ordered appeared and tasted as though it had been prepared that morning and kept warm under a lamp all day. The lobster ceviche was scant and tasteless. So much in fact that only twenty-four hours later the only detail I can recall about the ceviche is that it was served in a white bowl.