Miami: Orange Blossom (July 2016)



My spouse and I visited the Orange Blossom for happy hour on a Sunday afternoon in early July 2016. The Orange Blossom serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. The Think Hotel Group owns the restaurant, in addition to other hotels and restaurants in Miami. The Orange Blossom is the restaurant for the hotel Boulan South Beach.

The restaurant is located near Collins Park on Collins Avenue across the street from the Setai Hotel. The restaurant reopened in 2014 in the space that formerly held the restaurant called Charles St. The owners named the restaurant after the Orange Blossom Special, the luxury train that transported Northeasterners to Miami from the late 1800s to the 1950s so that they could spend the winter in Florida. After learning the origin of the name of the restaurant, we were intrigued to research on our own, but we almost did not enter this low-profile restaurant from Collins Avenue because it was difficult to determine what type of restaurant its name represented. The restaurant space is rather inconspicuous from the street and from its modest signage, so be sure to venture further, because great things await just inside the door. It features vintage print wallpaper, attractive lighting, and reclaimed wood. A chalkboard wraps around the top of a post near the bar and lists juice specials. Both table and booth seating is available, in addition to a few seats at the drinks bar and several more stools at a communal dining bar.

The Orange Blossom serves upscale American cuisine and specialty drinks. The cuisine focuses on fresh ingredients and locally-sourced products. The Orange Blossom offers a daily happy hour from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, weekends included. We ordered from the happy hour food menu and tried the tempura shrimp and the meatballs (served with a hearty bread). As with most South Beach bars and restaurants, the Orange Blossom adds an automatic 15% gratuity to your bill.

We enjoyed our time at the Orange Blossom, and we would return for a complete meal sometime.







 
 

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