El Floridita Seafood Restaurant - Bird Road

El Floridita offers top-notch service that genuinely enhances the dining experience. The staff is attentive and knowledgeable, making sure you feel well taken care of throughout your visit. However, the food falls short of expectations. Despite the impressive presentation, the dishes lack the bold flavors you might hope for. If you're seeking exceptional service and don't mind a more subdued culinary experience, El Floridita might still be worth a visit. For me, the lack of flavor in the food is why I’m giving it three stars.

I wanted to try this restaurant for a while, and I finally got to. I was feeling for something simple, so I ordered the fried shrimp, with jasmine rice and a nice house salad. I had to say it was just what I wanted. The shrimp were nicely chrisp, but not over done. Salad was simple, but good. And of course the rice was good as any restaurant in Miami must. I will go again, when I have more time and can try some of the more elaborate dishes.

The portions are huge and food is certainly fresh. I enjoyed the experience and side options very much. The only downfall is that not all staff have the enjoyable and welcome attitude of our waitress which put a damper. At one point it even felt like a woman “tossed” the place on the table with no etiquette. The sauce is super fresh and they cater to preferences and needs. I wouldn’t recommend what they call creole or Caribbean sauce as it’s a homemade tomato sauce that tastes out of a can. Contrary to that, the garlic sauce was lovely and so was the appetizer of shrimp and chorizo. I’d return if craving some fresh seafood in the future, not for the service but a nice casual experience with family who may visit especially if they are picky about the cleaning of seafood because it is up to par.

I’ve been wanting to go for a long time. It was delicious. Will be going back. Highly recommend. Our kids liked the food also. Just delicious. And everyone was so nice. Very impressed.

The restaurant was very nice and nicely decorated, very comfortable. All the staff were very friendly and kind. I'm from New England and used to different fish choices and don't really care for what they had available. I ordered lobster bisque and I probably wouldn't order it again, it was a bit sweet but a very nice presentation. My friend ordered fried shrimp and that came with chicken noodle soup which she didn't want so I ate that and it was delicious. She also go a salad and it was a good size and very fresh. There were six shrimp on her plate so we split those which were tasty but a bit greasy. I would say that you should try it, they do have lots of options and there will probably be something you might enjoy if you like the fish options they have. Everything looked fresh. One more thing, the rolls were served warm with the most delicious garlic butter 🧈 😋 I'm sure if you wanted to try them you could call ahead and inquire about what kind of fish 🐟 they are serving that day and it would be easy to decide.

We went for lunch today, Dec 30. We ordered the “fresh” snapper, baked. There was nothing fresh about it. The white rice was greasy, the only good thing were the tostones which did not come with the meal, separate order. Will never go back.

I went here for lunch and this was a good stop. I ordered the scallops with black beans and the sweet plantains I like. I ordered a crab cake appetizer which had 2 cakes and they were very good. I had a small lobster bisque. This scallops were blackened and tasted great. I do recommend

Had an amazing lunch here today. I gotta say this place is awesome 👍🏼 For only $20 I had all of this and a small fish soup 🍲 The quality and the taste was a solid 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The service was also great 😊 Thank you El Floridita, I will definitely be back for more soon.