El Cielo Restaurant

31 SE 5th St, Miami - 33131
114 reviews
Latin American Colombian American
(305) 755-8840

Right now they are only serving the experience, a 21 course dinner. Pros Inventive delicious food, excellent staff, Santiago took great care of us. The food is 5 star, the experience is 3 (largely we prefer a la carte dining hence four stars overall. Lamb, duck, seafood all delicious. And the inventive serving of food makes it a fun experience. Cons We aren’t big fans of 21 small courses, as soon as you enjoy something it’s gone! And as a result the staff is constantly coming over delivering and clearing plates and explaining the next course, so your conversation is continually interrupted. Wine list a disappointment. First we were heavily up sold on the wine pairing before even being seated and seeing the menu. Secondly when we did see the list no vintages are shown and the sommelier only speaks Spanish so they aren’t able to assist most clients. The flatware was surprisingly of a cheap quality which was odd considering the beautiful plates and glassware. I doubt we would return.

The worst experience With people close mind. Really is a hell if you are not the same like the owners!!

Really good experience at so.field. all the employees are extremely nice and helpful. The tree of life is a must: a homemadebread very unique and tasty

This restaurant has high aspirations, and achieves many of them. They have a 10 and four item menu and an al la carte menu. The meal starts out with a very nice Tree of Life bread with a creamy cilantro butter. The flat bread is suspended by copper wires above a rock. The ceviche was excellent, the pompano in a banana leaf with rich was also excellent. The yuca gnocchi was a bit pasty, but good. The chocolate desert was very good. Service was also good and there were some decent wines on the menu.

The experience menu was amazing, they bring the 14 different plate, all different flavors and decoration. The service was very nice and fast. they explain everything they bring to the table. expensive but worth it. I recommend.

We haven’t heard about this restaurant, but since we live very close, we decided to go last minute! We didn’t know there was only a taste experience for Mother’s Day, but we decided to try it. And we loved! The restaurant is by Miami River and when the weather allows the outside menu is different. There was a sequence of small plates, and overall, they tasted very good! My favorite was the yucca bread on a tree iron and stone sculpture with a cilantro sauce! The other favorite was the tuna tartare and the milk soup! Delicious! When the dessert came there was almost no room left! In the meantime, there was an exotic chocolate experience washing hands! The coffee serving was unique! It is expensive, but we enjoyed!

We celebrated our anniversary. The food is fantastic, a foodie's delight. The chocolate hand wash is fun, and the ending with dry ice is a show stopper for coffee. But the clientele had some trashiness. It is not a refined atmosphere. It felt more like a night club or something, not a 5 star dining experience. One patron took off her jacket to wear a bra only until she decided to put her clothes back on. Another patron stood up to pose like a stripper while her friends took pictures of her. She did this repeatedly until the server or someone else forced her to sit down by bringing her water first at the table. It was really trashy. It will be our last time here because it does not feel like a special occasion fine dining place.

Such a nice experience in this restaurant, my favorite part was when they served you the coffe and the smoke that made you feel like in the mountains of Colombia ❤️Thank you Edgar and Diego for such a great customers service ??????

I was here three years ago and returned now with friends. Las time I found the service lacking but the food made up for it. This time both the food and the service are nowhere near the level they should be for a $187 a head (base price, no drinks) dining experience. There are 14 "courses" in the meal, there is "course" where chocolate is smothered on your hands so you can lick it, there is another "course" which consists of hand lotion dabbed on a rose petal that you are supposed to rub on your hands, this one you can't eat. The rest of the courses are laughably pedestrian; a tuna tartare, a piece of tuna on top of a pork rind, a single shrimp, a tasteless duck. Never again.

Overall, I would say this is overrated for the price (Miami location).Although the dishes were unique, the staff was under-enthusiastic and most of the dishes were just all right.I’ve paid far less for a tasting menu with better tasting food and greater portions. The wine tasting was generous and worth it.Definitely underwhelming for a $700 bill for 2 people.