PERL by Chef IP

We just dined at Perl in Aventura, and it was a culinary delight. The Miami Spice menu was a knockout, featuring the best steak in Miami--tender and cooked to perfection. The steak tartare? Pure European elegance. Homemade bread and fries added a special touch, and the desserts were a whimsical treat. The Lavash stole the show, balancing savory and sweet like a tightrope walker. The chef, originally from Bogota and now a local sensation, started as a caterer and transformed his passion into this gorgeous restaurant. With a mix of Japanese and Mediterranean influences, the food offered a delicious worldly view. Fresh bread, attentive service, and a chef who's also available for private events--what's not to love? Don't miss this gem!

Miami Spice at Perl This hidden gem of a restaurant in Aventura really surprised us - although the food was good it was the service that truly made this restaurant stand out! The service was EXCEPTIONAL! We were greeted by our server who had been there since the restaurant opened in 2020 and she was so outgoing, warm, and friendly, and truly excited about the food and the menu the restaurant served. She truly took exceptional care of us! If only the food was as good as the service was I'd rate the restaurant 5 stars but unfortunately some of the dishes fell a little flat. The food was very much 50/50 : either the dish was absolutely amazing or just not that great... This was our first time at the restaurant and were excited to try their Miami Spice Menu. We started with the grilled artichoke hearts which was a very simple dish but done very well. The artichokes were perfectly cooked a little crispy and had a great grilled flavor to them that went perfectly with the leek remoulade sauce. It was one of my favorite dishes - it was simple but fresh and full of flavor! Highly recommend! We ordered the beef tenderloin tartare as our second appetizer and was a dish I was really excited to try because i absolutely love tartare dishes. Unfortunately, this dish was just bad it was very disappointing. First of all, presentation was just bad on this dish. Although you know beef tartare is a rare dish or almost raw dish I don't think the dish needed to actually "LOOK" raw and it just looked bad on the plate. It looked like a raw beef burger patty that you picked up from the grocery store which made the dish off putting to eat or try. It didn't help that the beef tartare was round like a raw beef burger patty and the same frozen light pink color that you would see from a raw grocery store burger patty and it was served with a handful of fries so together on the plate it looked like you were getting ready to cook a raw burger at a BBQ and had fries on the plate for it. For such a high end place and for the high end price point they could have done something more elevated with this dish and rethought the presentation. Flavor wise the dish was ok, but not a great dish it, and we didn't finish it. Our server was amazing though and even though we didn't complain about the dish and simply left it she immediately saw we weren't a big fan of the dish and brought out the grouper carpaccio for us to try instead. Now that dish was absolutely DELICIOUS! Not only was the presentation of the dish absolutely beautifully and colorful and reminded you of summer but it was delicious as well and full of flavor. It had a little bit of a kick to it but it was fresh and light and absolutely perfect. I really wish we would have skipped the beef tartare and started with this appetizer instead. For entrees we both ordered the 10 oz hanger steak since it had been a while since we had a good steak and truly it was one of the best steaks I've ever had. 10 out of 10! Highly recommend! The steak was a great size (especially for Miami Spice) and was cooked perfectly medium rare. It was so soft and tender and it melted right in your mouth. It was served with fries and served with just a little bit of sauce on it that went perfectly with the steak. Again for such a nice restaurant, and compared to the rest of the menu, this dish was a very simple dish and wasn't very complex or different but it was a very good dish and executed perfectly. For desert we decided to order both the Miami Spice deserts to try one of each and the deserts fell a little flat here as well - it was 50/50. Although not the biggest fan of matcha... we decided to try the matcha cheesecake anyways but it wasn't to our taste - another dish we took two bites of and didn't finish. The cheesecake had an overpowering amount of matcha flavor to it and we were just not a fan of it, it tasted a little too earthy for our liking. I'm sure if you like matcha you'd enjoy it though. The Japanese ice cream sandwiches were tasted good but were not a wow dessert, they were just ok. It was two small halves of a macaroon looking sandwich filled with ice cream cut in half and served over a black napkin and the ice cream was good but nothing remarkable or special. For the beautiful restaurant we were in I feel like they could have chosen something more creative or beautiful to end the meal with or a desert that had a little more wow factor to it. We just expected a little more for desert to be honest. Overall the restaurant did have a couple of outstanding dishes and the service throughout was absolutely amazing - our server truly made the evening special.

Second time dining at Perl.Food is awesome, service is awesome. Charred Eggplant might be the best eggplant dish i've ever had.Perl Baby Gem Caesar with Candied Walnuts 10/10Faroe Island Salmon 10/10Great for groups.Rooftop available for Events.Outdoor seating available.5 stars.

Perl is fantastic. Food is always incredible, and fresh. Some kosher options which is also nice. Highly recommend.

Had a great dinner at Perl last night. Everything was delicious. Tony was a great server :) We didn't realize it was the first night of miami spice and enjoyed their specials. The PERL Cesar salad was also great! Highly recommend giving it a try, we will be back!

We've been back to Perl at least 3 times since my last review. We went last Saturday evening. The food continues to be delicious! We are always treated so well and the service is good. We had the tuna tartare and a Caesar salad to start. Delicious! We then had the sea bream and salmon. Everything was prepared perfectly. In a community where there are so many restaurants, we will continue to come to Perl for consistently fine food.

Great place for lunch or dinner. Nice and modern. Great background music that wasn't loud (tropical house when I visited). Food:Hearts of palm appetizer dish was superb! Never had it prepared just like that-unique combo of and delicious flavors. Mushroom appetizer was good. Drinks: That yellow jalapeño Service: Our server was so kind and great. I think he was from California. Parking:Free parking right next restaurant, they have a while section reserved for their customers.

Stopped by here on my birthday, 4/26, hoping they would be good for lunch. Nope they weren't, they were superb. The host, the server(Andrew) , the ambiance were outstanding. The food was flavorful, delicious. The broccolini was superb & so were the red snapper tacos. I ate outside which was a great choice. They have a bird in the cage above. Stop by here...u will not regret it.

Thank you to Chris and Chelsea for making my bf and I's experience here nothing short of AMAZING. When you come, ask for them because they're great. From you walk in, the place is so cute! It's on the small intimate side. It probably seats under 50 people at a time and that's including the bar seats. There is a modern stone aesthetic to it, even the bathroom is nice to look at it. We started off with the Crispy Maitake Mushroom. A good size for an appetizer, surprisingly. The Yuzu Vinaigrette is tart which I'm not a fan of. For me, my meal consisted of the table side bread which is some of the best I've had and the Bamboo rice. That rice was so aromatic. The Bamboo essence is potent but adds a delicious flavor to the rice and crispy shallots on top.They let us try the Panna Cotta along with the God's Gift for dessert I'll say the God's Gift won for sure. The Nutella croissant with the ice cream was so good. I fell in love with the first bite. The Panna Cotta is very light and lacks sugar but hey, if that's what you're looking for, it wasn't horrible.

service was ok. my Tuna. was horrible. couldn't eat. it. cooked wrong. my wife's fish was good. but i would never go back chef didn't come out when i ask for him offered me a shitty desert. too bad