By Rebecca Wallwork
EAT HERE NOW
The Delano Miami Beach reopens, introducing two new outposts for luxurious dining experiences. Italian favorite Gigi Rigolatto offers an indoor dining room, poolside tables and beach cabanas. Mimi Kakushi, the Osaka-inspired Japanese restaurant, meanwhile, will only be accessible to hotel guests and the Delano Members Club.
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The Design District continues to thrive as a go-to dining destination, with the recent openings of Karyu—featuring a kaiseki-style menu and sake-heavy beverage menu—and Yasu Omakase helmed by the talented Yasu Tanaka, who also recently opened a handroll bar, Pari Pari, in Wynwood. Another newbie worth checking out is The Roof at The Moore, an intimate space for cocktails beneath the stars. karyu-mia.com; yasu-miami.com; pariparimiami.com; mooremiami.com
In South Beach, Dubai’s Greek-Mediterranean eatery Gaia debuts this spring on South Pointe Drive. Fresh seafood anchors the experience, along with NYX, a velvet-textured, subterranean lounge. gaia-restaurants.com
On the Miami River, Casa Neos Lounge and its members-only Casa Neos MM rooftop expand the area’s dining-nightlife landscape, with late-night DJs and elevated bottle service in the third-floor lounge, and a more intimate ambience in the fourth-floor members-only club. casa-neos.com
Cactus Club Miami launches its second U.S. location. The venue’s open floor plan accommodates more than 280 diners, and includes a semiprivate dining room and a lushly landscaped patio. cactusclubcafe.com
Fans of Palm Beach’s Buccan can now enjoy chef Clay Conley’s sweet corn and ricotta agnolotti and other dishes in a new Coral Gables location on Miracle Mile. The space will also include Imoto, serving sushi and Japanese small plates, and the Buccan Sandwich Shop. buccancoralgables.com
Offering traditional Italian dishes in a contemporary setting, Seia arrives high in the sky in Brickell this season, with Biscayne Bay views from both the restaurant and the invitation-only members’ club, with a private terrace on the 55th floor. seiamiami.com
HIGH-TECH HEALING AND REFINED FITNESS
The season’s biggest wellness splash is the arrival of Miami’s first outpost of The Well in the Bay Harbor Islands. The all-in-one destination offers a bath house, fitness classes, health coaching, bodywork, IV vitamin therapy, acupuncture, and medical services to its members, residents and high-end business tenants. A second Miami location is under construction in Coconut Grove. thewellbayharbor.com
Elsewhere in the Magic City, bathing takes the spotlight with the opening of Hürrem Hammam Wellness & Spa in North Miami, and Grotto Baths on the way in Wynwood in early summer. Hürrem Hammam offers an authentic Turkish bathing experience under dome-shaped ceilings, while Grotto Baths honors the ancient tradition of communal thermal bathing, with a vast hydrotherapy circuit. hammams.com; grottobaths.com
Hotels step up their spa game this season, starting with the long-awaited opening of the Delano Miami Beach, which will debut a “social spa concept” called The Source by Delano, open to hotel guests and members, who will also enjoy access to a private pool and fitness studio. delanohotels.com
In North Beach, the Carillon Miami Wellness Resort has opened Cosmo Counter & Spa Miami, the nation’s first infrared sculpting studio. Treadmills, bikes and body rollers with infrared light panels turbocharge workouts, boost metabolism and enhance detoxification. Each 30-minute sculpting session can help burn up to three times as many calories as a traditional workout, and includes access to the Carillon’s thermal hydrotherapy circuit, private beach and oceanfront pools. carillonhotel.com
Downtown, Gale Wellness Spa is now open at the Gale Hotel & Residences, offering a co-ed hammam, sauna, cold-plunge pool and treatments like the Gale Fit Life body-sculpting massage. galehotelmiami.com
In Coral Gables, the gym scene glow-up includes the opening of Pause Studio, with its private infrared saunas and cold plunges, float therapy and restorative IV drips. pausestudio.com
Fellow newcomer Gratitude pairs a state-of-the-art gym, yoga and Pilates space with recovery studios offering Normatec compression therapy, red-light therapy and hyperbaric oxygen sessions. gratitudemiami.com
Tracy Anderson has landed in Miami, with a new studio in Coral Gables offering a full roster of muscular structure and dance cardio programming. tracyanderson.com
Pilates is the name of the game in Coconut Grove this spring, with the opening of Club Studio—pairing reformer Pilates with cryotherapy and red-light therapy—and BodyRok, the low-impact reformer concept with custom workouts like Buns & Guns and Six-Packs & Backs. clubstudiofitness.com; bodyrok.com
The cult-favorite Anatomy recently opened its newest and largest location in Aventura, featuring a comprehensive recovery space with hot and cold plunges, sauna, and steam room. anatomyfitness.com
Aventura is also where you’ll find Miami’s first covered rooftop luxury padel club, Icon Padel. Seven custom-designed courts are complemented by private cabanas, lounges, a recovery circuit, restaurant, bar and matcha cafe. iconpadelclub.com
Nearby, the new, third location of Mimi Yoga & Pilates offers infrared heated classes. mimiyoga.com