Hoosie U.
Yelp
A lovely new addition to Kendall in Miami. First off, restaurant is located in a big plaza. There's a lot of free parking. Came here during the evening, so I don't know how sufficient parking is during the day. Restaurant is located on the first floor and is very large, clean, and new. Restaurant had a romantic, dark feel during dinner.
The food was delicious. My husband ordered the steak and shrimp entree, and it smelled so heavenly. It came bubbling when it was delivered. I ordered the salmon entree and it was very tasty. Fish perfectly cooked (you can specify the temperature) as it was laid on a bed of mashed sweet potatos, eggplant, and tomato. Somehow, that combination worked. However, both entrees were lacking side dishes. He ordered tostones, and I ordered Cilantro rice. Rice was fragrant, and tostones were standard - crunchy.
The con here is the price and size of the rice side dish. It was too small for the price. For the price of both entrees, I think both entrees should have come with an included side dish. In addition, since it's a relatively new restaurant, I think the service was ok but can use some refinement. We had two ladies asking us about drinks. One of the servers was our main server, and the other seemed like a bar server. It felt like the bar server was trying to upsell us on drinks. The quality of alcohol being used in the mixed drinks didn't seem to be of high enough quality to warrant the price, as observed by my other half. So that's another reason for the dock.
They have live music on Friday and lunch specials too. I think they are worth coming to check out again. The food was great, at least.