Mango's - Miami
Restaurant · Miami Beach
900 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Highlights
Live Latin music, dancing, and energetic shows nightly until 5 AM.
Live Latin music, dancing, and energetic shows nightly until 5 AM.
"Mango’s is ‘90s South Beach preserved in amber, a throwback to the days when rollerblades used to outnumber rental Slingshots on Ocean Drive. Is the food good? No. The drinks? Even more no. But everyone’s just there to watch professional salsa dancers get flipped on their heads and sip overpriced cocktails that look like blue toilet water. It’s the kind of silly, loud, in-your-face fun South Beach used to be known for. And, for locals, it’s a chance to have a full-on touristy night that serves as a reminder of the chaotic energy that still pulses through this city, making it such a unique blend of tacky and iconic." - virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer, mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino, mariana trabanino, virginia otazo, virginia otazo
"Mango’s comes in last place on this guide when it comes to food and drinks, which are both of the quality we expect from a classic Ocean Drive tourist trap. However, Mango’s beats the snot out of every single place on this guide when it comes to production value. This place puts on a damn show. Around 8pm, the bar turns into a stage, where a flurry of back-to-back performers (who also pull double duty as servers) do everything from salsa dancing and Celia Cruz impersonations to a magic show. The dinner and a show package costs a little over $100 per person. Is that too much? Yes. But if you enjoy getting drunk off comically large mojitos that taste like gasoline and playing tourist, you'll have an unexpectedly good time." - ryan pfeffer, mariana trabanino
"Find a bunch of $10 drinks here from opening until 6 p.m. including a mule, a strawberry mojito, and more (Monday-Thursday only)." - Missy Frederick
"Alright, this is a weird one, but bear with us. As a restaurant, The Ocean Drive tourist epicenter Mango’s is not good. It is, however, a surprisingly fun and nostalgic encapsulation of the endearing absurdity of Miami—specifically South Beach. We realized this while having an unexpectedly good time at Mango’s wild variety dinner show during research for our guide to the least-awful clubstaurants in Miami. We’ll say this though: don’t make your friend pay. Treat them, because this place is more expensive than it ought to be, and also because scamming your way into free things is another beloved Miami tradition that might influence them to stay." - ryan pfeffer
"This sounds like a joke. And there is a healthy amount of irony that goes into enjoying Mango’s. But this place is genuinely one of the most well-preserved slices of ’90s South Beach left, and their nightly dinner show is an absolute attack on the senses that will put a big, dumb smile on your face. You can enjoy it by coming here and paying way too much money for dinner. But the Mango’s hack for locals is to just walk in and sit at the bar. The show starts around 8pm, and if you come 20 minutes before, there's usually no cover fee. Stick to beer or straight liquor—the cocktails here are nuclear waste. But the variety show is pure, unfiltered South Beach tourist trap energy. And we kind of love it." - ryan pfeffer
