Rusty Pelican Reviews

We started with some blue point oysters. Delish. Ordered the board for 2 . Soooooo good! Snapper, steak and lobster risotto. Served with mashed polenta but we substituted for purple mashed with goat cheese. The flavors melded together perfectly. Highly recommend this dish. The service was a little slow but we didn t mind. The views are amazing. We watched the sunset and the boats and jet skis on the water. Beautiful setting. It was windy, but a wonderful dinner.

Excellent service, beautiful views, delicious food and fantastic drinks and wine list. Our new favorite restaurant in Miami.

This restaurant has an incredible view overlooking Biscayne Bay and downtown. Most seats gave the bay and your view is extraordinary. The service is impeccable. Several servers attend to your needs and service your table. We celebrated my birthday and it is one of the most romantic places I ve been to. The food is absolutely delectable. The dessert and the candle blowing ceremony is unique and different than any other. Love this restaurant. Will be coming again.

Food was absolutely scrumptious, and what a fantastic view! The vegan options were nothing like I ve had before; definitely a place to come back. Although the afternoon hostess could have been warm and welcoming; instead she was cold and robotic.

What a treat! Do not miss it! Excellent view, tasty entries!!

A great experience to celebrate Christmas with the family away from home. The staff do everything possible to make people forget the cent: braziers, blanket (more blanket please), auxiliary heating .... the Pelican board is a feast for the eyes and the taste buds. A great time

Just a fantastic place. The food here is outstanding and it has the best skyline view of Miami hands-down. Great place to come on a date or anniversary for dinner. They also have very large banquet rooms or business meeting rooms with spectacular views of the marina and downtown. I attended a BNI business networking breakfast this morning. The food was excellent and the service very professional. This is a classy place.

Amazing food !!! Absolutely everything was outstanding.

Service is poor waiting 45 min for our dish, they can and should do better

Great place the service was quality service and very professional

Sky line from fear
Very elegant place .... both bar and restaurant

You want a romantic evening where sea, food and view make it special you're in the right restaurant. Let yourself reserve a table outside and you will be enchanted by the view of Miami. Below you can see some pictures, but when you look at them you'll be amazed ... what to say more is fantastic. Courtesy, professionalism and dishes to scream. An experience to do in Miami.
Cost $$$
Final evaluation

Great restaurant. Service second to none. Food presentation and taste was great. The view was amazing.

Great atmosphere and for sure 1 of the most gorgeous sunset. Regarding the staff: from the valet parking to the waitrees/waiter to the manager, everybody are very kind and professional. I ll would like to work and manage a place like Rusty Pelican, great job to the owner s corporate

Always great !!!! It's going to start yo het cooler outside and enjoy your evening out side

Food was amazing as well as the view. Make sure to visit this place at least once

First time here , good food nice view but front desk personal not professional at all . I prefer other places , this one not as expected

Really loved this place. Would've given 5 stars, however, they were understaffed when we went for lunch. We ended up walking to the bar to get our refills rather than waiting for our waiter, who was tasked with too many tables. The food was fresh and delicious, and what a beautiful view. Perhaps they aren't always in an understaffed situation, so we'll try again.

Amazing amazing amazing . Phenomenal service went here for Valentines dinner when you sit outside the view is amazing between 5 o'clock and 9 o'clock to see the sunset and the city lights. Had a 5 course meal here and it was the best experience ever. The waiter Alex was so nice and helpful. And it feels like everything moves so smoothly here at this restaurant. I hope other customers treat their waiters with more respect here. They give you a friendship-type of catering. Thank you Rusty Pelican for an amazing Valentine's Dinner.

This was our first stop in Miami. We LOVED it. We got immediate outside seating. The hostess warned us that it was very windy outside and offered again to seat us inside (you can't switch once you're seated.) The view was incredible. There is also a nice public beach just across the street from the entrance. Parking is tight but that seems to be the norm.
Our drinks were delicious and strong. I ordered ceviche but it was definitely not what I expected. I did eat and enjoy most of it but it was more of a cold fish soup.

The place is beautiful, the attention is excellent, but NOT the food. Order shrimp cocktail. They brought me 10 shrimp boiled on some ice, not even a dip. I am surprised that a gourmet place does not offer a real shrimp cocktail. Despite being very well in the ranking and being full of people. I did not like the food.

Pity experience broken glasses badly washed glasses not even common bread

I celebrated my 60 years birthday. We checked several restaurants before we decided to join Rusty Pelican. It is a nice place, very nice view over Miami Skyline.
Very god dinner. Very good service and our waiter gave good recommendations.
We had a very nice and good evening there. unfortunately the restaurant (air condition) was very cold, more cold than outside and the waiter could not change it.
Overall we had a very good evening with good food.
Regards
Claus E, Denmark

Fantastic dinning experience. Our server, Chris, made a few great suggestions that made our visit even better...all while he was training another waiter.

The view is a given. Everyone, in our party of four, had a phenomenal meal...from the Lamb Shank, the Sea Scallops, Grouper, to the Whole Snapper.

Thanks for the experience. Now, off to Los Angeles in the morning.

The place was great, the crews were nice and accommodating, and the food was just super worth to try. I really get what I paid for. I am very satisfied with this experience and I would love to come back here again. Highly recommended!

Fantastic. Worth every moment. Chris made it a great experience. Thanks, Chris.

Beautiful view, great drinks, and an amazing view of our city! The waitress did take a while to come back and forth with our food and orders, but otherwise it was a great experience. I was there Sunday the 2nd with some friends for brunch.

A luxurious place with stunningly beautiful view. Impeccable service. Not cheap. We ordered a dish for two ($110, it included a lobster, red snapper, a steak, mashed potatoes and rice)- it was delicious, and its size is ok for three.

the kitchen is very weak. cooks need to be changed a long time.
The kitchen is very weak. It's a pity. The view is good. Cooks must be driven for a long time.

Always a great experience and amazing views of the beautiful Miami skyline!

Fried calamari are my favorite aside from the beautiful views of corse. Always great to visit. Friendly staff as well.

Excellent place to eat and spend with the family the view is great the attention and fantastic service I recommend it

We make a reservation to eat outside to celebrate but we were 40 minutes late so at the time we arrived there was no table outside and that was ok, our mistake BUT.... Our welcome message was that we can only be at the table 2 hours and then you will have to leave the table. We asked for the courtecy of having a table outside after dinner just to have drinks until the restaurant close and it was NOT possible. MY MESSAGE... Why say no to something that can be possible. NO Extra miles with customers.

This view is amazing and the remodeled restaurant is very nice, but this is one of those places where the portions are so small it's almost insulting. My husband and I are small people who don't eat a lot, but after ordering an appetizer and two entrees, we paid our $100 check and left very hungry! The food tasted good and seemed to be good quality, but an entree of scallops came with three bite-size pieces of scallop on a tiny scoop of risotto. An entree of mushroom ravioli came with 5 bite-size pieces of ravioli. Unbelievable.

My reccommendation: go there for drinks to enjoy the view, but have dinner elsewhere.

Beautiful views and decent food. I went here for a graduation ceremony and the catered food was buffet style. They did have a bit of a problem keeping up with the food. We had a buffet line of people waiting for more sandwiches to come out of the kitchen.

Not a bad restaurant. You just pay more for the view.

The most spectacular restaurant in Miami. The furniture and decoration Mid Century. A great view. I recommend the salmon.

We were denied a glass of wine because i didnt carry the passport, just a european ID. Of course that might be the law but 2 weeks earlier we were able to drink several of them with same ID. Anyhow the approach by the waitress and management was less than polite for a restaurant of this kind. The best service was provides by the valet, but we had to wait 20 minutes to get out of parking.

Service was great, ambiance was great, food was great, overall just a great place.

My food had insects in salads after I could not eat well I have the photos

Roberto was our waiter and he made the experience so special. The view was incredible and the food was delicious! Great service and beautiful ocean front view! Definitely a place to visit for dinner in Miami!

I Love This Place..!! Beautiful Views..!! The Food Is Always Good.. and the Staff Always Pleasant..!! Enjoy..!!

Horrible experience, I went at 5 in the afternoon and they wanted to sit at the bar. How am I supposed to go to this place that is famous for its "sea views" and you want to sit at the bar? There were empty tables outside and inside, but my partner and I have tattoos, we were with our baby and apparently we were not "good image" or so the girl they have at the reception gave us to understand, I went immediately and never but never return to this unpleasant place. 0 stars, very bad treatment with the staff.

Excellent the place, the food and most important the service. We had a wonderful night with a beautiful view of the city.

Was amazing. Minus getting my car booted for not using valet parking.

Amazing food and great service. Highly recommended for anyone who is visiting Miami. The only thing is the price. However if you aren t worried about money then this is the place to go

Food is fantastic, ambiance the max, staff very friendly, had a very good time

BY far one of the best restaurants Ive been too.
View is amazing, would recommend requesting outdoor seating
Food is reasonably priced, and tastes amazing. Would definitely return

The food was good but some small portions.

BE VERY CAREFUL TO ONLY PARK IN THE RUSTY PELICAN LOT OR YOU WILL BE BOOTED AND IT WILL COST YOU $$$

Excellent restaurant. Recommend the crab cake small dish tasted amazing. Recommend sitting outside at night. View was amazing. Food was great. Wifey loved it. Would come back. Picute is of Chocolate Sabotage dessert. Delicious.

Very fine dining with the BEST view of the city! Sit on the back patio if you're visiting Miami and be amazed! Terrific wine selection and the Rum Tres Leches for dessert is delectable!

Excellent restaurant and best times in Alwikand (lunch)

Really nice ambience and views at night. Average food.

The place was very crowd we found place in the bar in a little table the food was delicious the waiter was great

the place was full but we had a reservation we decided to stay at the bar on a small table the food was delicious and the attention was magnificent

Undercooked food had to be sent back. Ended up sick all night. It's a good thing we got the meal free! I'll NEVER eat there again.

Amazing views, great food, excellent service. What else need to be said.