Novikov Miami

"The proper place to flaunt that after-game getup, Novikov Miami is the cool kid in town when it comes to high-end Asian dining. With sushi, dim sum, and a mean Peking duck, the dishes are as “Instagramable” as the Biscayne Bay views." - Dara Smith, Olee Fowler

"Novikov is a very fancy restaurant in Downtown where most of the people in the large, shiny dining room are wearing suits and spending incredible amounts of money on a really big menu of mostly Chinese and Japanese dishes. The food here is just OK in some places (like the spicy prawn moneybags) and actually pretty good in others (like the Peking duck and the majority of the nigiri selection). Also, their wasabi martini is delicious. But there aren’t many situations where we’d ever want to eat in a restaurant that feels like a sentient hedge fund who also DJs on the side - even if we somehow weren’t paying for it." - Ryan Pfeffer

"Novikov is a Chinese/Japanese/sentient-gold-bar-inspired restaurant in Downtown owned by a man whose nickname is "The Blini Baron." And the crowd here are the kinds of people who also might give themselves an unironic caviar-inspired nickname. The bar can get pretty crowded on the weekends, and that is where you want to be for peak chisme while clutching your wasabi martini, a cocktail we actually really like. Not all the tables in the dining room are conducive to eavesdropping, but the two-tops along the edges are close enough to each other that you will hear talk of celebrity sightings and light embezzlement while you poke away at overpriced—but pretty good—sushi and peking duck. " - julia malave, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino

"Cost: $99-$199 per person. In the Great Bottomless Brunch Battle of Downtown’s sceney sushi buffets (a.k.a. Novikov and Zuma), Novikov wins. It’s hard not to compare those two. They’re just down the street from each other, serve a similar Asian-ish brunch heavy on sushi, and target the same Balanciaga-wearing demographic, who are here to pound nigiri to an untz-untz soundtrack. The buffet at Novikov is smaller, but the sushi is better and service is less chaotic. The dumplings are pretty good too. It’s those two things that you should be dedicating 97% of your stomach space to. In terms of atmosphere, Novkov is definitely an acquired taste—you’re equally likely to be sitting next to a professional athlete as someone who’s about to get arrested by the Department of Justice for financial crimes. Still, their basic bottomless drinks package for $99 (you don’t need the $200 one) is a pretty good deal considering the competition. " - ryan pfeffer

"This virtual-only restaurant inside Novikov delivers a wide range of Chinese fare and four creative dim-sum iterations: mushroom, duck and foie gras, coriander and shrimp with chili garlic sauce, and scallop and shrimp. Soft and pillowy on the outside, warm, and savory on the inside, Boy Choy’s dim sum feast is also served during Novikov social hours for $8, to pair with discounted cocktails offered onsite from Monday to Friday between 5 p.m. to 8 p.m." - Juliana Accioly