The 10 best restaurants for takeout and delivery in Miami

Make any night a taco Tuesday with “Taquiza at home,” a hearty Mexican dinner for four for less than $20 a person. You’ll get two pounds of meat (or veggies) and 20 hand-rolled blue corn tortillas, plus two sides (quinoa salad and elote). Every order comes with four non-alcoholic beverages. The restaurant also sells bottled margaritas to-go should you feel like making it boozy.

Make any celebration at home special with takeout from LPM in Brickell. Not only is the food from this fine-dining, French/Mediterranean restaurant excellent but so is the handpainted burlap tote bag in which it arrives. decorated by a member of LPM’s staff and unique to the artist, so chances are you won’t see the same bag twice. Plus, both lunch or dinner comes with a Spotify playlist of the cheerful French tunes you’ll hear at the restaurant. Cue the mix and prepare to be transported to the south of France.

Yes, you can enjoy the omakase at home. Wynwood sushi restaurant Omakai (and temporarily in Aventura as well) is packing up the chef’s-choice sushi meal for diners to feast on while staying in. The elegant black box has partitions for each portion of the meal and includes sauces in individual containers, a wet nap and chopsticks. The best part? On the inside of the box are printed instructions telling you exactly what to eat and in what order, plus how to dress each piece as if the chef had rolled it up before you and placed it on your plate. There are three options to choose from and both takeout and delivery are available.

One of the prettiest takeout options we’ve seen come out of lockdown is, hands down, La Mar’s. Though, are you surprised? The restaurant that used to serve dessert out of handpainted dollhouses at brunch and continuously wows with its vibrant ceviches and cocktails would be the one to take delivery up a notch. La Mar’s to-go orders are packed in sturdy boxes, wrapped in a colorful ribbon and marked with your name and timestamped so you know exactly when it was cooked and packed. Inside, you’ll find a menu and a link to a Spotify playlist to help recreate the dine-in experience at home.

Popsicles and paletas are one of the toughest foods to get delivered, but Paletas Morelia has figured it out. The local chain offers takeout and delivery on any of its tasty frozen treats and it’s not skimping on toppings either. Each order comes packed in dry ice and arrives with the finishings of your choice—think sprinkles, cookies, chocolate syrup and more—to DIY at home. Paletas Morelia has locations across the county, from Aventura and Bal Harbour to Coral Gables and beyond, so chances are you’re withing range no matter where you live. 

Feasting with the fam? Eating your feelings on the couch? Whatever it is, Yardbird’s fried chicken mainstay has you covered with grab-and-go boxes of its famous bird with all the fixin’s you need to enjoy a Southern-style meal at home. Easier to carry than a bucket, Yardbird’s packages come with sides and the option for drinks, like rosé and bourbon. Prices hover around the $100 mark and feed six to eight people (or two with lots of yummy leftovers!). All orders can be placed online for pickup and delivery.

What’s better than one poke bowl? A massive one to feed your entire crew. Poke OG’s DIY poke platters feed anywhere from four to eight hungry people and arrive with everything you need to assemble your perfect combo. Skipping carbs? Load up on zoodles. Like more rice than fish in your bowl? Poke OG makes it so you can have that too. Each order comes with plenty of soy and spicy mayo—sauce lovers, rejoice.

Get your Greek fix just like your yiayia would’ve done it—in heaping plates with enough food to feed a small army. Meraki Greek Bistro (both in Coconut Grove and Downtown) offers up poikilies, a variety of platters designed to serve parties of two or more depending on your order. Choose from gyros, souvlaki and other Greek specialities made-to-order and delivered warm, ready to eat.

Garcia Brothers, the wholesale and delivery counterpart of Downtown’s beloved seafood restaurant Garcia’s, is changing the way you order stone crabs: They’ve made all their packaging as sustainable as the crustacean itself, using biodegradable coolers to transport your fresh claws. Choose your size—medium, large, jumbo or colossal—and make sure to double up on Garcia’s house-made mustard sauce for dipping. Local pickup and nationwide delivery are available.

Miami’s late-night purveyor of gooey, made-to-order, donut-sized cookies is holding strong as one of the city’s best dessert delivery. It used to be that only FIU college students and people living nearby had access to these dank treats but thanks to a second store in the Miami Design District, nearly everyone can get their hands on these. If a box seems like too much—it’s not. Night Owl Cookies double as breakfast and, if all else fails, freeze wonderfully.