A gourmet pizza place in a former garage complete with still-operational carwash.

A bright spot on a dingy street, this café offers home-made pastas that pack 'em in, with crowds of carbo-cravers queueing up on the pavement. Rich scents...

Size definitely doesn't matter at this tiny neighbourhood Italian spot, where people willingly wait out on the street for a table. The stellar cuisine...

One of the city's finest and fussiest big-bucks restaurants, Casa Tua is a sleek and chic country Italian-style establishment set in a refurbished 1925...

Not so much a wine bar as a grape emporium. Its shop sells 2,000 wines by the bottle and some 40 varietals for sampling, dispensed via Enomatic machines....

Danny DeVito has opened an Italian chophouse in South Beach, and its opulence is certainly worthy of a Hollywood star. The $6m interior puts on the glitz:...

The name may mean 'crazy', but the only sign of insanity here is the fact that there are only 90 seats - nowhere near enough to accommodate the legion of...

The ideal chaser to the city's martini madness, this hangout is a vast homage to beer. But there's also an impressive gourmet menu that includes sausage...

One of the few restaurants in Miami with an actual view of the water, this pricey pasta joint is also known for its links with the pretentious Il Mulino New...

An idyllic match for the elegant and Italian-inspired oceanfront resort of Acqualina, acclaimed Italian restaurant Il Mulino New York brings with it a...

Best known for its London West End and New York Broadway locations, Joe Allen has a stylish and unpretentious branch in Miami, hidden among the condos on...

Designer Kelly Wearstler has fashioned an ethereal homage to the beach at sunset. The soothing aesthetic - peach, beige, ivory and pink hues - is a classy...

Second only to Pizza Rustica for late-night bingeing, South Beach's only gourmet sandwich bar caters to a fabulous mix of clubbers, drinkers, limo drivers...

This is the long-standing, uncrowned holder of the title of 'the Beach's best Italian' - although fans of Casa Tua, Escopazzo and Macaluso's would beg to...