AVIV
Middle Eastern restaurant · Miami Beach
2341 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
"Your college friends are in town and staying on Collins in South Beach. Options are slim around that area. But Aviv is a safe bet for a reunion meal with good food and a dining room calm enough to clearly hear Cynthia’s latest breakup story. They make ordering for the table easy with the tayim. It’s a family-style prix fixe menu that consists of four courses and always starts with hummus and salatim for the table to share. The whole group has to participate—and they should. It’s a reasonable $75 per person, and everyone can try most of the menu this way." - virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer
"Marking Philadelphia chef Michael Solomov’s return to Miami, Aviv made its debut inside the 1 Hotel early in 2025, serving a menu filled with best-selling dishes the James Beard award-winning chef has mastered during his career. In addition to the famed creamy hummus-tehina, signature dishes include saluf, a Yemenite flatbread baked to order; haloumi baklava with quince and pistachio; pompano with sea bean tzatziki, featuring extra-crispy skin; and a ribeye shishlik with grilled tomato and sumac onions. The real deal is to opt for the Tayim tasting menu, where the whole table participates. This $75 per person offering will fill your table with a feast that includes a hummus selection, salatim, mezze for each guest, al ha’esh offerings, rice pilaf, salad, and dessert." - Amber Love Bond
"The Israeli restaurant from the team behind Philly’s Zahav is a welcome addition to an area of South Beach full of display window empanadas. South Beach needs more upscale restaurants that don’t overcomplicate their food and care for you like a newborn puppy. That’s Aviv. The restaurant is huge, and the service is exceptionally smooth. They make ordering for a big group easy, too. Just do the $75 tasting menu. It includes hummus, a platter of salatim, one mezze, one grilled dish per person, and dessert." - ryan pfeffer, mariana trabanino, virginia otazo
"When it comes to well-known out-of-town spots (particularly in South Beach), we hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Not at Aviv. The Israeli restaurant from the same team behind Philly’s Zahav and Laser Wolf is a welcome addition to a neighborhood full of display window empanadas. It might not impress like some of its more famous siblings, but South Beach needs more upscale restaurants that don’t overcomplicate their food and care for you like a newborn puppy. That’s Aviv. video credit: Virginia Otazo video credit: Virginia Otazo video credit: Ryan Pfeffer photo credit: Michael Persico Pause Unmute This well-oiled machine is reliable for a big group dinner. The restaurant is huge, and the service is exceptionally smooth. You can safely meet tourists here to mingle at a big round table over hummus and kebabs. They make ordering for a group easy, too. Just do the $75 tasting menu. It includes hummus, a platter of salatim, one mezze, one grilled dish per person, and dessert. Food Rundown Kubbe Niya If you like tartare, order Aviv’s kubbe niya. The minced raw lamb mixed with warm allspice is a delicate dish with intense flavors. PlayMute video credit: Virginia Otazo Moroccan Cigars Spiced beef is packed so tightly inside the crispy, honey-glazed phyllo dough, you’d think the kitchen poached a professional cigar roller from Little Havana. PlayMute video credit: Ryan Pfeffer Lamb Merguez They say you should never see how the sausage is made, but we want to know how they get this coiled piece of meat so smoky. PlayMute video credit: Virginia Otazo Key Lime Knafe We’ve noticed a trend: out-of-town chefs trying to put a new spin on key lime pie. They usually flop. This not-too-sweet knaffe is a respectable effort—but we’re still ordering the soft serve over it. PlayMute video credit: Virginia Otazo" - Virginia Otazo
"Chef Michael Solomonov has long compared Miami to Tel Aviv due to their shared climate, beauty, and energy. At Aviv, Solomonov proves his theory with dishes that work amazingly well for the Miami lifestyle. If you’ve missed Solomonov’s hummus from his much-missed Wynwood hummusiya, Dizengoff, you’ll rejoice in finding it on Aviv’s menu, served with freshly made saluf, a Yemenite flatbread. The menu offers a good selection of shareable mezze like smoked sweet potato, fried cauliflower, and warm dates stuffed with goat cheese. Mains offered include wood-fired meats and fish, and vegans have several choices, including a mushroom shislik (shish kebab)." - Laine Doss
