Miami's Best First Date Spot 2008

It’s hip to dip at this cozy fondue-lover’s paradise.

Reviews:

• “FANTASTIC!!!”
• “GREAT PLACE FOR A ROMANTIC NIGHT OUT!”
• “TAKE IT FROM ME!!!”
• “Fabulous evening”
• “just go for dessert”

Tips: Prime-time reservations often require several weeks’ notice.

The Melting Pot

Dine beneath the stars, and sometimes next to them, at this celebrity magnet of an upscale chophouse.

Reviews:

• “Not as great as it’s hyped up to be "
• “Avoid, Tuscan is better”
• “Looks like a colonial barn on the outside, not a cool sobe restaurant”
• “pretentious without a cause”
• “busy "

Tips: Valet parking will run you $15 over the weekend but will set you back just $10 on Monday through Thursday.

Prime One Twelve

Miami’s star chef Michelle Bernstein’s most intimate project to date offers lusty, aggressive dishes served in a vibrant atmosphere.

Reviews:

• “Very confusing experience.OVER PRIZED”
• “Food is a win/miss but Overall Great Experience”
• “$22 Prawn – Rip Off”
• “Simply the Best”
• “Beware! You are just taken for a ride at Michy’s”

Tips: Make sure to reserve a table, especially on weekends, or you may end up going hungry.

Michy’s

Wild rides and exciting games, this video game paradise has it all.

Tips: Head outside for even more thrills like the Dania Beach Hurricane that flies over dips and curves at 55 miles per hour. Don’t forget the batting cages, bumper boats, go karts, and kiddie rides.

Boomers Dania Beach

Zen gets plated at this fashionably themed eatery where Asian flavors collide in a way that would fill even Buddha.

Tips: If the weather is nice, outside is a good place to be unless you’re enamored with the thematic decor touches.

Karma

The fastest way to win (or lose) a bet in Miami.

Miami Jai-Alai

One of the world’s great cageless zoos features exotic animals from Africa, Asia and Australia.

Reviews:

• “Great zoo”
• “Family Fun!”
• “A must go!”
• “funness”

Tips: See the animal exhibits in style. Rent a family-sized safari cycle and pedal your way around. A two-hour rental for a large cycle (that holds as many as six adults and two small childrens) will run you $32. A smaller family bicycle is available for $22.

Miami MetroZoo

It’s a wide open menu within a wide open space at this stylistically cozy comfort food haven.

Reviews:

• “Nexxt Cafe”
• “Terrible service, worse food. Everything is greasy and they take forever! never again :(”

Tips: Save room for dessert, ordering specially-baked treats 30 minutes ahead of time. Many of the choices appear right out of the Grand Lux playbook, down to the box of chocolate chip pecan cookies.

Nexxt Cafe

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