Bette Ann S.
Yelp
The Dunes at the Ritz on Key Biscayne is one of my favorite places to spend Sunday Funday. One of Key Biscayne's best kept secrets, The Dunes is a fab burger bar with plush white couches, amazing bar tenders, and chill house music.
The burgers are delicious and enormous (they better be for the price tag they are sporting). I always get the turkey burger with brie which is so juicy. The fries are amazing...I don't know what oil the fries are cooked in, but they are to die for. Also, the manchego cheese appetizer is really good. If you sit at the bar and don't want to spend money on food, the bar tenders will bring you flat bread with some sort of tomato dip and olives. Very yummy.
Enough about food, onto the drinks. Every single drink that I have ever had at The Dunes has been phenomenal. My personal favorites include the frozen blueberry mojito, the super spicy michalado, and the pina coladas. The Dunes has a great selection of beers for all the beer drinkers out there. If there is a drink that you want that is not listed on the menu, I guarantee that Tony or Mario (2 of the bar tenders) will know how to make it.
The service is the best (it is a Ritz so it should be top notch). My boyfriend is a vegetarian, and while there are no veggie burgers on the menu, the chef was able to make him one of the most delicious veggie burgers that he ever had.
Besides the food and drinks being amazing, the atmosphere is killer. The Dunes is right on the beach and has the perfect SoBe vibe without being in SoBe. On Sundays starting around 3, they have a DJ spinning house music. Every time I have guests in town, I always bring them to The Dunes, and every time my guests always say "I cannot believe this is how you spend your Sundays!" The Dunes really makes you feel like you are on vacation even if you are not.
Overall, The Dunes has great food and drinks, but it is very expensive (I'm talking $16-$20 for a burger); however, taking into account the experience, I think it is well worth the price tag. The Dunes is not as wild as SoBe (although I did see Brooke Hogan at The Dunes haha). You will definitely see families with children eating at the plush white couches. I prefer to spend my Sundays doing something like this as opposed to going to Nikki's Beach. The Dunes is definitely worth the toll and the drive over the bridge.