New upscale restaurants are popping up all over Miami-Dade. Here are some to try
From a Michelin-starred wagyu counter in Tokyo to the world’s best pizza chef, some of the most acclaimed dining names on the planet are setting up outposts in South Florida. Several high-end restaurants with roots in London, Tokyo, Dallas and beyond have opened across South Florida in early 2026.
For local diners, that means access to menus and dining experiences that previously required a plane ticket.
Here’s a look at the new high-end transplants that have opened up recently.
• Karyu, a Michelin-starred wagyu restaurant from Tokyo, has opened its first U.S. location in the Design District with a 12-seat kaiseki experience at $350 per person, featuring beef from the prized Tajimaguro cattle lineage.
40 NE 41st St., Design District
• Francesco Martucci, named the world’s best pizza chef for 2025, opened his first U.S. restaurant in Wynwood, featuring wood-fired pizzas baked in an oven built by Italian masons and a $200 multi-course tasting menu.
10 NE 27th St., Wynwood
• The Mexican, a Dallas restaurant praised by UNESCO as one of the world’s most beautiful, opened on Brickell Key with more than 10,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor dining space.
601 Brickell Key Drive, Suite 100
• Wayan, a Michelin-recognized French-Indonesian restaurant from New York’s SoHo, has opened in Wynwood in the former space of Norman van Aken’s Three.
50 NW 24th St., Wynwood
• Mottai, a contemporary Japanese restaurant from a Brazil-based group with 13 restaurants in that country, is now open at The Plaza Coral Gables.
2881 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables
• Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley, a popular Southern soul food concept from Dallas, opened its seventh U.S. location in Wynwood with an 8,000-square-foot space seating 208 diners.
2838 NW Second Ave., Wynwood
• Signor Sassi, a glamorous Italian restaurant from London’s Knightsbridge district open since 1984, has launched its first North American location in Hallandale Beach.
1006 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd., Hallandale Beach
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This story was originally published April 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM.
