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We review Oliver's Bistro in Miami Beach!
We review Oliver's Bistro in Miami Beach!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipNSU student, station manager, Paulina Rojas, is ready to get you acquainted with her modern pick.
She says that this restaurant is the perfect blend of an elegant and laid-back vibe.
A place with chic and cool decor that serves as the perfect photo backdrop.
Get your selfie timer ready for this Instagram worthy spot.
It's located in Miami Beach and it's called Oliver's Bistro.
Hi, my name is Nicolas Legrand, I am the owner of Oliver's Bistro in Miami Beach.
My wife and I decided to move from France to open a restaurant in Miami Beach.
We had a restaurant before in France in the city of Lyon.
So from breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, menu like here is the most local kitchen, local food.
We have some few European and French items, which is like escargot, boeuf bourguignon, beef tartare, and mostly it's a daily kitchen.
The area where we are located it's on West Avenue, which is the avenue where there are more condos in Miami Beach and most of the locals they live there.
So the ambience, it's a corner bistro like European style where you can find in Paris or in Italy.
Just you come, you grab a chair, you sit down very easy.
Oliver's Bistro is a nice and local and cozy restaurant in Miami Beach.
So Paulina, what can you expect when you walk into Oliver's Bistro?
Well, definitely your mouth will drop instantly.
You will not even care that, well, it depends on when you come, but parking was really easy for me to find.
Okay.
But on a busy day, it's probably gonna be a little bit tougher.
But you wanna get to that seat.
You wanna sit down and have a nice meal with anybody you bring.
It's a definitely like, depending on the type of like vibe you're going for.
Mmhmm.
If it's more at night, it's a perfect like date night.
It's very intimate, it's quiet, the music in the background is very low, so you can hear the other person talk.
So it's a very nice spot to grab a pic or you know, enjoy a nice meal.
What did you think when you walked in, Madison?
The lights were great, they were beautiful outside.
It made it feel really welcoming.
I really liked the inside as well.
Very many opportunities for photos.
There's a wall of flowers as well with lights on it.
So it was really cool.
I liked it, I thought it was nice.
It's so funny nowadays because every time, 'cause I happen to own restaurants and we talk about, well, do we do it?
Like, do we give in?
Do we do the Instagram wall?
I would rather people just love their experience but I understand that this is such a big thing now, you know?
Did you Instagram?
I didn't.
I'm not young enough to Instagram, I don't think.
But no, what I thought about this place.
[Michelle] Oh, come on, Paul, never.
What I thought about this place was I was actually the least attractive person in there.
Everyone there was good looking.
I mean, I'll say that.
And it was, yeah, no, but this was a really bumping place and I get the impression that if you went Paulina, like in the evening, it would be less busy.
But this was, we went like around brunch time, but it was like lunch brunch.
It was very loud, very noisy.
Oh.
Really?
I mean, extensive, extensive array of stuff, but yeah, it was bumping.
Yeah.
Definitely.
Was it too loud?
No, because, no, I'm a good sport.
No, I'm just saying it was loud.
Right, right.
It was definitely loud.
I mean, I sometimes love that, you know?
You have to be ready for it.
But sometimes I want liveliness, you know, not on my table, but definitely on everybody else's.
[Paulina] Yeah.
So tell me a little bit more, what did you eat when you went this last time?
So I had the specialty fish that they had there.
[Michelle] It was a whole branzino that you had.
Yes, the whole branzino.
I had, I asked the server, what's the best thing on the menu?
He recommended that, that's not usually my usual pick.
I really enjoyed it.
And you know, it was really fresh fish and I had a little bit of lemon on top, perfect.
It was honestly perfect.
They had Greek goddess sauce, like drizzled on the bottom.
[Michelle] Okay.
And that was just like the best part of the whole meal.
Okay, how about you Madison?
I had a chicken curry dish.
It was good.
I am, you know?
My eyes are digging into your soul right now.
What does good mean?
So I somehow have to fill that.
So I am somebody who likes a lot of flavor, a lot of seasoning.
Okay.
And it was good, but it was definitely something that the waiter had said was a favorite, a top dish.
And as a top dish, I expect it to be fulfilled, to be the top dish.
Right.
So when I ate it, I was let down, but I wasn't, you know, maybe it's something that you have to try another time.
Maybe it's just the timing I went, you know?
People were coming.
Well, maybe you just didn't pick the right dish?
Yeah, it could've been that too.
I mean, not every restaurant has everything, you know?
Yeah.
Up to everyone's standards.
Yeah, yeah.
It's hard to know everyone's palate.
Exactly, yeah.
The list is extensive.
I mean, there's just, it's too, it's like the LSAT.
I mean, it was, there's a lot.
The menu?
Yes, yeah.
There's a lot of stuff on there, and so the guest I was with, I just said, hey listen, why don't we do like three, four appetizers and we'll split an entree.
Get another.
And then the server said, try the tartar, the escargot, because we didn't want brunch.
Okay.
Yeah.
And then we had the rodeo burger, which was, that's, you know, barbecue, medium rare.
That's the only way to eat meat.
No, I'm kidding, no.
Sorry if you don't.
I like mine well done.
But I don't care, no, I'm kidding.
[Michelle] You had a fresh goat cheese arugula salad.
Do you want to tell me about that?
[Paul] That was nice.
Who doesn't like arugula?
I mean like, no, seriously, I grow it, it's delicious.
Really?
[Paulina] Oh, I didn't know.
[Michelle] And I grow a really spicy arugula.
Was your arugula at Oliver's?
Do you, no?
It's only at my house.
Oh, only at your place, okay well.
Anybody have anything sweet?
The key lime pie we had.
Oh, you had key lime pie?
How was that?
That was delicious.
Yeah, that was delicious.
So what you had was good?
I'd go back.
Okay, okay.
Yeah.
So let's talk a little bit about the prices.
Branzino can be pretty expensive.
What did you think about the prices?
Yeah, I think it was really fair.
Yeah, I would definitely go back and get it again.
The prices for a college student, you know, it was good for one weekend out.
It's great.
I mean, it's South Beach.
Let's be honest, you're not, this isn't Minot, North Dakota pricing.
I mean it's, so you're gonna get, I think it's actually reasonable considering other places.
Yeah.
If you go east, you're gonna be paying 30% more.
Oliver's Bistro was your pick.
Sum it up for me.
It's a beautiful spot.
Especially get your phone out, make sure you wanna get this on Instagram.
It's especially good for, you know, a date night, late at night, intimate spot.
So yeah, definitely check it out.
Paul?
Extensive menu, reasonable price considered South Beach.
And not even a date, just I'd go back.
Madison?
I'd say I'd go back to try it out again 'cause sometimes you gotta give it multiple tries.
You can take the perfect group shot and enjoy a delicious meal at Oliver's Bistro.
Located at 959 West Avenue in Miami Beach.
They are open daily for brunch and dinner.
Reservations are accepted where the average price for dinner without drinks is about $45.
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