The Gibson Room
Bar · Miami
2224 SW 22nd St, Miami, FL 33145
Highlights
Cocktails, hearty bites, and live music in a moody, sophisticated setting.
Cocktails, hearty bites, and live music in a moody, sophisticated setting.
"The Gibson Room on Coral Way has no shortage of qualities we look for in a martini bar: great food, severed animal heads on the wall, moody lighting, chandeliers, and live jazz. Coming here hungry is certainly a good idea. They serve an impressively crispy pork schnitzel, foie gras flan, and more rotating dishes. But it’s a great place to hang out regardless, especially since there's always either a band or DJ playing here. Your martini order here should be obvious: the Gibson." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo
"The Gibson Room is a bar and restaurant on Coral Way from the Ariete team, which explains why the food menu is a lot more creative (and tasty) than what’s at your average bar. They serve impressively crispy fish & chips, foie gras flan, and a tamal en cazuela with duck chicharron. Coming here hungry is certainly a good idea, but it’s a great place to hang out regardless. Sit at the perfectly dim bar with a martini, think of names for each of the animal heads lining the wall, and enjoy the live jazz and vinyl DJs they host almost every night." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo
"Order — what else — the house Gibson, a crisp, bracing martini that swaps olives for pickled onions, adding a tangy, savory edge to the classic. At the Gibson Room, it’s elevated with a dash of dry sherry for a subtle nutty note, and served tableside from a Japanese shaker tin into a chilled glass. Two pearl onions round it out, offering just the right bite. This dimly lit bar, part of chef Michael Beltran’s portfolio, sets the mood for indulgent pairings like maduros fondue with blue cheese and black garlic or bone marrow with buttermilk biscuits." - Alona Martinez
"You can dress The Gibson Room up or down, like that reliable pair of chinos you’ve worn to the last five years’ worth of qualifying life events. It can be good for drinks in under an hour, and there’s live music Thursday through Saturday to help facilitate breaks in conversation. Or, you could sit for an impressive meal of manicured bar food with descriptions that sound like nicknames sailors might give to one another: “bone marrow st. roe,” “the burger,” and “hot banana cake.” If a table feels like too much pressure for this unripe relationship, go sit at the bar and see if you have the same taste in prestige television." - ryan pfeffer
"Yes, Gibson Room has a bit of a man cave decor going on, with all those severed animal heads and trophy fish lining the walls. But it’s still dim, energetic, and—particularly on nights when there’s live jazz—a fine place to let loose your aura of sex appeal like a skunk spraying its musk. The house gibson martini is appropriate for nights like that, and the food is much more ambitious than your average bar food. Get the velvety tamal en cazuela with roasted foie gras." - mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo
