cioppino

you can cut the fillet with a fork...

this is my experience of my last visit – lackluster, slow, unsmiling service. except for the nice older man who served the water. not unusual for calamari’s. i had to go prompt them to get me a drink and to get my bruschetta. the salad when it arrived was smaller than i expected and kind of boring, with large calamari rings, a few shrimp, mussels and clams -not the marinated squid with tentacles that i’m so fond of. i told the waiter that the salad looked unusually small and he took it away and brought it back telling me it was bigger. i don’t think it was.

sipping mimosas near the water, while gentle tropical breezes caress your face takes any dining experience to a whole new level. the ritz-carlton key biscayne, nestled between swaying palm trees and lush tropical foliage, has recently jazzed up their sunday brunch, by adding southern-inspired dishes and live entertainment every second sunday of the month.

lighting the worse i have ever experience. spaghetti with seafood was good. would not order vegetable soup again. server not well versed relative toenu components. would not recommend restaurant

their tuna tartare is to die for. every time i go to the ritz carlton in key biscayne i feel as if i would be heading to a mini vacation. it amazes me that is only a short drive and the island feels like being in another completely different place than miami. i love the property and i think this ritz carlton has some of the best restaurant in key biscayne. starting with cioppino and followed by the recently renovated cantina beach.

so i told my friend kim if she wanted to come along on a thursday night and try the cuisine. i have been at cioppino with friends and hubby before but going with kim anywhere is great because as opposed to my husband, kim will talk to you the entire night, i just listen and eat.

the tuna tartare was exquisite, and if it is pretty displayed as a piece of art it just taste much better for me. i think i am a visual person, in fact i know i am, in high school i couldn't learn anything unless i made pictures out of history classes and such.

i am not a big meat eater but i have heard cioppino serves some of the best filet mignon in the entire state. this dish delivered my expectations. the rosemary potatoes were soft, flavorful and you would not find a rough spot anywhere, meaning, i hate whe

recently i had dinner at cioppino within the ritz carlton, key biscayne. it was the most breathtaking food and wine experience i have ever had, literally. i was eating so passionately and so rapturously that i caused an obstruction in my airway. it was th