Dine with elegance Best service Out of this world dining Veal Parmesan you would die for Most enjoyable Highly recommended Can't wait to try the other temptations

Hailing from the New York area, we've always heard the stories about Rao's and the exclusivity of the restaurant. Apparently you buy the rights to a table basing it on the frequency, time, and dates you want to have dinner. Basically a country club type approach where you are waiting for somebody to pass away to get a membership. So seeing that Rao's opened in South beach, we tried getting reservations on our last few trips to SoBe and finally secured one on our recent trip at a reasonable time. The menu as described is largely Southern Italian, meaning pasta and red sauce which my wife ordered for her meal. Rao's pasta sauce is one of the best and I try to buy it when I can at the grocery store. I had the Veal Chop Parmesan which was well cooked and flavorful. We started our meal with the antipasto chop salad, which was your typical chopped salad with the addition of Italian cured meats. All in all, it was a very good meal. I feel a little let down given the cache of Raos's in the City. It's a very good restaurant, but not what I would consider fine dining.

Wow! It's like going back in time to a fabulous Italian restaurant with the best service. The food is delicious and serve in huge portions with giant smiles. I hope to return.

From the moment we sat down our waitress Jennifer made our dining experience so great! She gave us wine & food recommendations that we loved! The bread & focaccia were a yummy start to the meal then we got our appetizers! If order get anything please get the Caesar salad, it was one of the best Caesar salads I've ever had. I would come back to just to order this as my meal. It was crunchy and had the perfect amount of dressing! I also loved the Mozzarella Carozza, the Mussels were good but didn't stand out compared to the other 2 appetizers we ordered. For our pastas we ordered the Fiochette, Penne Vodka and Gemelli Veal Ragu. My favorite was definitely the Penne Vodka! It was creamy and had tons of flavor. I also really liked the Fiochette! It was very different from any pasta I've ever had, it was sweet with a touch of salty. Our waitress was amazing and brought us bread to dip into the sage brown butter that was leftover & which I HIGHLY recommend doing if you order this dish! I was not the biggest fan of the Gemelli Veal Ragu but my boyfriend really liked it. We also ordered the Chicken Milanese, it was nothing special and would definitely want to try the bone in Veal Parmesan over this. We saw the table next to us order the Veal Parm & it looked amazing! We really enjoyed our dinner at Rao's, the vibe, service and food made it a great place to celebrate a birthday!

So so happy I got to experience Rao's. One can only dream of getting a res at the NY location so of course I had to pay the Miami location a visit!!! And it did not disappoint. The restaurant vibes are cozy, sexy, and luxe. There are photos of all the celebs that dined there all over the walls. Really tells the history and legacy of the restaurant. The service was incredible. We had the best waiter who was so sweet and congratulated me on my birthday. He added a complimentary dessert for us which was so kind. The food was just simply amazing. No frills, nothing crazy but the simple and high quality ingredients shined through every bite. The penne was perfectly alden te and not too much cream in the sauce. The clam linguini was perfect and not fishy at all. They also gave such a generous amount of clams. The infamous meatballs were simple and delicious. You MUST get the meatballs. Can't wait to be back, till then, I'll keep dreaming of a reservation at the NY location