Chef Creole Seasoned Restaurant
Creole restaurant · Little Haiti ·
Oxtail, griot, stew conch, fried fish & wings
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Oxtail, griot, stew conch, fried fish & wings
"Chef Creole's menu isn't all exclusively Haitian, but it's the first name that comes to mind when many Miamians think of Haitian food. It's more of a general Caribbean American restaurant, and it's one of the best places to take in the wide selection of regional staples Miami does so well. The menu has Haitian classics like griot and ke bèf, but it also features great grilled conch. There are currently five Chef Creole locations in South Florida—including one inside the Miami airport—but our favorite is in Little Haiti, because there’s an outdoor tiki hut. Take your container of food, grab a Prestige beer, find a table, and sway to the kompa music playing overhead while you munch on bannann peze." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo
"Wilkinson “Ken” Sejour has been celebrating his Bahamian and Creole roots for years at his original Chef Creole restaurant, which Anthony Bourdain visited in No Reservations. The restaurant now has several locations all over Miami, serving plenty of steamed, stewed, and fried seafood offerings, including shrimp, conch, and fish, accompanied by generous sides of traditional rice, beans, and plantains. Wings, barbecue ribs, and griot are also on the menu, available daily for takeout." - Juliana Accioly
"Chef Creole is a Little Haiti institution, and also another place where you can count on receiving a styrofoam box full of delicious Haitian and Caribbean food. The oxtail, grilled conch, and wings are a great call here. You can take it to-go (they have a drive-thru too) or walk it across the parking lot to their outdoor seating in a little tiki hut with a roof made from palm fronds. It's a lovely place to drink beer and eat oxtail on a breezy day." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo
"The Chef Creole drive-thru can get a little hectic, so put that Toyota in park, order at the counter, and enjoy your oxtail and conch underneath their little palapa, which is the only place to sit down and eat here. This palapa, unfortunately, doesn’t come with a stellar view (unless you find NW 54th St. sexy). But it does come with some really solid Haitian and Caribbean food served in generous portions at reasonable prices with access to cold Prestige. That’s better than staring at your check engine light while you wait 20 minutes in the drive-thru." - virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer
"Wilkinson “Ken” Sejour has been celebrating his Bahamian and Creole roots for years at his original Chef Creole restaurant, which Anthony Bourdain visited for one of the episodes of No Reservations. The restaurant now boasts several locations all over the Magic City (including a spot in the MIA Airport), serving plenty of the steamed, stewed, and fried seafood offerings that have made it popular, including shrimp, conch, and fish, accompanied by generous sides of the traditional rice, beans, and plantains. Succulent wings, barbecue ribs, and fried chicken are also on the menu." - Juliana Accioly