The Drexel

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   Riccardo VIP

   Greater Boston2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Delicious, healthy food, simply prepared. We keep coming back.
   

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   David VIP

   Wilmington3 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on March 1, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Nice place but $28 martinis, whew. And while their menus have “pizzas and pastas” there is only one on menu and one off menu option.
   

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   Timothy VIP

   Cleveland9 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 24, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Drexel is one of Miami Beach’s best restaurants. It’s our favorite places to entertain friends and family.
   

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   BrianaF

   Fort Lauderdale7 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 22, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This restaurant is one of my favorites in Miami. It’s on a great street for people watching but still a quiet vibe at the restaurant. The food is amazing and the service is great!
   

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   Sean VIP

   Greater Boston8 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on February 21, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Overpriced and lacks sides. Portions are big, but without a side you barely want to finish the dishes. $49 for Lamb Chops with minimal sides. $30 for sizable chicken dish, but no side (maybe potatoes you should add) was exhausting to finish. It was too much of the same thing.
   

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   Chris VIP

   London14 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on February 16, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Unfortunately the start of our visit to The Drexel was below expectations. It was a Saturday night but any restaurant should know how to be able to seat people with reservations in good time. There were so many people waiting for 30-45 minutes or more for their reserved table that the outside of the restaurant was chaotic. We got shown inside near the very noisy bar 35 mins after our reserved time. Once seated the service picked up and the food was excellent.In fact the pizza was as good as any I have ever eaten. It was just unfortunate about the wait time. We know Miami Beach and this is just not good enough. We got one free top up of sparkling wine as a comp, but I always prefer to pay for good service and food. For the food and service (once we got seated), we'd try again next time we are here.
   

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   Dan VIP

   Greater Boston21 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on February 16, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   OK, let me start up by saying the food at the restaurant was solid… Unfortunately, everyone’s reservations were running at least 30 minutes behind… In fact, I had bumped into a very large party and they have been waiting for over 50 minutes and then decided to leave the restaurant. I felt the wait staff were in the weeds all night. As a quick, our server was lovely. My daughter ordered the flat iron chicken entrée, which was good, but it came with no sides, which was really strange. We ordered a side of brussels sprouts which came in at $21 - which is absolutely insane. Probably would’ve given this four stars, but given the long wait times for for everything, and the brussels sprouts that required me to take out a second mortgage. I only gave three stars .
   

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   Keven

   New York City1 review

   1.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   The food was solid and my server was a gentleman but I was shocked by the lack of professionalism by the hostesses at the front. I've never experienced this before, and am a Miami Beach local... I had made a reservation and showed up 5 mins early, just to be told they were at capacity and tables would open up in 20 minutes. 20 minutes later, I patiently waited in the queue again to ask how many groups were still ahead of me (despite reserving...). A hostess started checking for me, then stopped mid-sentence, and started helping multiple groups who randomly approached the host stand, and who had not been waiting in the queue behind me. I assumed maybe they had been waiting longer than me, but then spotted a few who definitely showed up after me the first time. A second hostess appeared, asking me all the same info (3rd time now) - she said they only had indoor seating. At this point, I had been waiting 30 minutes, so I asked how much longer to sit outside. She suddenly goes "oh never mind, we have a table outside" - we proceed to an area with several outdoor tables available. This is an unacceptable way to liaise with patrons, especially who have made a reservation.
   

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   willy VIP

   New York City4 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Eggplant and octopus appetizers were ridiculously small portion for the price. The pizza was limp and horrible Branzino was good but small Good service and ambience but a food and value disappointment
   

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    Ginny

    Tampa16 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on February 14, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Beautiful, elegant restaurant . Branzino was delicious.
    

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