The Drexel

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   Chris

   VIP

   London

   14 reviews

   3.0

   14 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   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 Boston

   21 reviews

   3.0

   21 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   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 City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   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 City

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   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

   VIP

   Tampa

   16 reviews

   5.0

   16 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   Beautiful, elegant restaurant . Branzino was delicious.
   

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   Debbie

   Montreal

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   Good food great Seevice Consistently great! Will go back when we visit south Beach again
   

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   Nikolaos

   New York City

   16 reviews

   2.0

   16 reviews

   Dined on February 8, 2025

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

   Service was extremely slow, we sat down at 7:45 pm and got mains at 9:10pm. Food was delicious. Would be great to give staff more training on service
   

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   Sharon

   VIP

   New York City

   51 reviews

   4.0

   51 reviews

   Dined on February 5, 2025

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

   We love the Drexel and its atmosphere, service, and usually the food. This time however the chicken under the brick was disappointing. It was not a full small stocked chicken instead it was ore of two breasts flattened and cooked under a brick. It was dry and tasteless. The rest of the meal was their usual delicious preparations. I hope they are able to correct this because we like the restaurant very much for special occasions since we do not live on Miami Beach.
   

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   Andrea

   Philadelphia

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on February 3, 2025

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

   Food was excellent. Cocktails were amazing. Enjoyed the evening.
   

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    Erix

    Miami

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on January 31, 2025

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

    The service and food was excellent as usual. Alejandro the bartender really made this an even more wonderful. Experience for my wife and I. Thanks to all
    

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