Had a reservation for breakfast and had to wait about 5 to get in, no big deal. Service was insanely slow...something we started to experience a couple of times at Fontainebleau. Food was great thought, isn't that what counts? :-) read more

I am just writing a review on one item I ordered here. The Lobster Guacamole was delicious! This dish is very inventive and a fresh spin on lobster. I would make one recommendation, the pita they served it with should of been toasted inside of served cold. Or serve it with chips rather then bread. Anyway it was great and I will say it was worth the $17. read more

I loved this place. Great selection. Different flavors. Our server Terry was amazing. He was so attentive of our needs. He offered up options as my friend has many food allergies & he explained dishes in detail. Food was very good. prices not so much, but then again this is Miami Beach. I will be back for another visit. read more

Pretty good food, but the dessert. The dessert is EVERYTHING. The Warm Chocolate Fondant. AMAZING. I often come just for that, but usually end up getting an appetizer/dinner as well. read more

We had lunch and breakfast here, the lunch was good but nothing to brag about. The breakfast was really good, we had the buffet option that includes all the options. Eggs Benedict were my fave, the waffles where more like a waffle cone and the pancakes were too dense. Lots of options to choose from and fill you up for a day of swimming. read more

A very poor breakfast. It took forever to get food (to the point they refunded their automatic gratuity), and then the food was crap. Tables were mixed up during this process as well. I said I didn't order waffles, and then the waiter gave them to me anyway, and I had to flag someone down to tell them my saga (and lack of waffle interest). I did then get the correct meal 30min later. Roasted tomato and potato cake and other sides were fine; they just neglect the core meal. My eggs benedict had cold eggs served on untoasted and prebought crumpets. I could have bought my meal for $3 with a gorcer if I had a hotplate. Instead, it was $40. If you want breakfast on Miami Beach, walk over to the mainland, because this is the worst breakfast experience I've had. They have a crap chef, crap waiters, and an automatic 20% gratituity. read more

The food was absolutely Amazing and the service set the bar high. Our waiter Terence made suggestions and gave description about the food and drinks that was dead on. He also gave us some really cool suggestions on thing we can do during our trip and took the time to call one of the locations to get the line up of performer/entertainers that will be here during our stay. Every suggestion was very delicious. We came on a Tuesday afternoon and had the lobster artichoke dip with freshly made flat bread, eel sushi rows, salmon, mash potatoes, chicken quesdilla, and French fries. All of it was so damn good! May i had the Lychee martini was pretty tasteful. read more

My daughter and I had Mother's Day brunch at Vida as we were staying at the hotel. Fabulous. I don't know about the other meals but this buffet was over-the-top. Super. read more

The food here was decent, but the prices are as outrageous as you would expect for a restaurant in a pretty upscale hotel. There was 20% gratuity included on our bill for just my wife and I. Personally, I think that's lame. As a result, my water glass sat there for 15 minutes while I looked around for my waiter. And I got the breakfast buffet, he didn't have to do anything! My wife ordered a club sandwhich, someone else brought it to our table. 20% my arse. The only reason I'm giving 3 stars is because the eggs benedict on the buffet were delicious and the bacon was cooked perfectly. read more

I did not enjoy Vida as much as I expected as I enjoyed almost all of the other restaurants during my stay at the Fountainbleau. I found the service to be lackluster at best and the food was not well prepared at all. I guess once I was notified that the kitchen closes at 3pm and I arrived at 3pm as per my online reservation through opentable.com (which by the way, also had a 3:30pm reservation available) I guess that explains why the food was room temperature and flavorless. I would never dine at this restaurant again, nor suggest it to any friends...sorry. Also, if their kitchen closes at 3pm, 3p and 3:30p reservations should not be suggested on the web site. read more

There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.... Those were the thoughts that ran through my head while I dined at Vida. I had just arrived a few hours earlier from NYC and I was ready to have a good time. I knew it was going to cost me a pretty penny to be in Miami but I wanted to get what I paid for.... Found the set up of Vida and Blade to be extremely odd. It's basically in the same restaurant, so one would think you could order off either menu, no? Not the case. My dining companion was not into sushi so we opted for Vida. Wish we went to Blade, but I'm not confident it would have been that much better. Service was ify, although the waiter did try his best. I firmly believe that if you get the bread and it's not delicious it's not a bad idea to leave before your food arrives. That's just my experience... bad or mediocre bread usually results in food of the same quality. I couldn't decide what to get so I ordered the pesto pasta. My sister ordered a pizza. The pizza arrived 20 min before my food due to "a mix up" in the kitchen. Restaurants if you are reading this please take note: Do NOT serve someone at the table before the other person's food is ready. SERVE EVERYTHING AT ONCE. It totally ruins a dining experience for everyone at the table when they cannot eat together. The pizza was nasty, the pasta was anything but italian. The waiter gave us a free dessert for our troubles. We opted for the fondue thinking how can they mess that up... well somehow they did. It was not hot?! very strange. Thank god it was free. Wish this didn't cost us $100 but live and learn and don't return here. read more

I was very pleased with the service, staff and food. They were absolutely lovely to me and my toddler. I would go back again in a heartbeat. read more

Ordered Lobster Guacamole. I sent it back. It was DISGUSTING. I left and didn't have to pay

Very bad bad bad service, absolutely will not back here anymore. Food is very pricey but the quality is just so so. Not recommended!

Went here for breakfast twice on our vacation. We split the 3 egg omelet for $19 which was enough to feed two of us. One time the waiter split all the food in nice little portions for us, the next time they didn't. I got a $12 or $13 mimosa which was excellent. Very nice ambiance. read more

This is a basic, underwhelming hotel restaurant. I ordered chicken and ricotta meatballs and a Caesar salad. The hostess raved about the salad and said it gets lots of compliments; it is a fine, basic Caesar but nothing outstanding. I would give the restaurant three stars as it is solid, but at $40 for lunch for one, it only rates two from me. read more

Place is Horrible for serving mediocre food for these high prices. Turkey Club sandwhich is an insult to anyone who has been to a good Deli. Can probably get a better club at a supermarket. Sushi is not good either. Over cooked rice and not Evenly cut. Crab and corn risotto is ok and the onion is soup is decent but the best thing we had is the Coffee. This restaurant needs to stop raping people with pricing. read more

One of the best pastas I have had in at least the last five years but it gave me food poisoning. I know this because it was the only thing I ate that day. I have been suffering on my vacation ever since, the rest of Miami and now Spain. Haven't been able to get myself back to normal. The waiter, whom I wish I remembered his name, was absolutely fantastic and that is the reason I gave two stars. Had I not been in the bathroom since, based on that waiter and that dish, I would have given 5 stars hands down. read more

A tad expensive but that was expected. Food was great, eggs were too runny for me but my husband enjoyed them. The buffet was everything you wanted, I just wish I would have had the patience to wait for an omelette, there was a long line and I was famished! Would go there again and again. read more

Had the Short Rib Grilled Cheese for lunch. It was messy and difficult to eat. Taste wasn't anything memorable. Fries were good. Service was good. Atmosphere a little hectic. read more

I went here for breakfast and it was really good. I ordered off the menu instead of the buffet. The service was great and I would definitely go again. read more

Summary review of 4-5 breakfasts across three different visits in the past two years. Very consistently delicious and well run hotel restaurant. Their coffee is killer. I dont know what the secret is but keeps me coming back. Both the a la carte and sunday buffet are great. Service is low-touch (sometimes I just want a quiet morning of reading the paper while having some bacon and eggs) but very efficient and responsive. Bloodies are on point. Overall great breakfast spot that doesn't miss. read more

Wow I have no words for this place we ordered a miso soup and Asian tea and sushi roll believe me or not most terrible soup and most terrible sushi and tea I have ever tried since I'm visiting from NY I kinda know what is good taste of good sushi restaurant and this place is totally made just to get money out of you and 0 quality no taste in food at all omg if don't wanna ruin your mood and have fucked up day after so do your self a facer do not come here you will be much happier to skip this spot !!!! read more

Had the brunch buffet on Sunday. Pretty good, lots of choices but with the added service charge $75.00 per person without drinks is high dollar!! read more

Vida - New American Near Me - Miami Beach, Florida

I always stay at Fountainebleau, this time my experience was definitely different. The first time choosing this place over the other choices and won't be doing that again. Long wait for food and service when it wasn't even that busy. Food is cold, gave us attitude for splitting up the bill. Food was cold, eggs were cooked wrong, didn't want to give us warm or extra butter. Way too expensive for the food quality you received. It was like she took leftovers from the buffet and served us. read more

Food was excellent, service was not. We sat for at least 10 minutes before someone came over and there were probably 6 other people in the restaurant. I had the flank steak with a chimichurri sauce, which was fantastic, my hubby ordered the lamb which was equally as good. Had the banana creme brulee, yum!! read more

The brunch buffet is simply decadent. Endless choices from the regular brunch items to very special dishes. Go nuts and try as much you can but no matter what try the lobster mac + cheese!! read more

Great food! Great the staff! I went with a friend who has food issues. The waiter made sure to have her comfortable with her food issues. They made sure she was good with the food. The staff, the manager made sure she was comfortable well adjusted! I would come again! read more

It was good but not worthy of the price. Nice thing was chance to order of the vida menu and the blade sushi menu at the same time. So there was that. Service was good as well. read more

We are staying at the Fontainebleau so thought we would try this out for breakfast. Anyhow - we were really unimpressed by the food here - the high prices made it only worse. I had the full buffet which wasn't very hot, fresh or tasty- stopped eating because I was so bored with the food (only good part was the OJ). My wife ordered ala carte - similarly didn't finish her food it was so below standard. Service was ok - however they seemed to be in a big rush to get rid of us - not really appreciated at a buffet. read more

Great breakfast menu with lots of healthy options. Although sort of pricey, the service and atmosphere was excellent and I will definitely return my next trip in Miami! (Try their granola and yogurt with fresh fruit). Gratuity was also included so make sure you don't miss it! read more

Beautifully decorated restaurant, tables placed on a perfect distance from each other. Waiter was very professional. The portions are extremely small. I ordered the pan seared salmon, it comes with one side only and the sauce. I did not see the sauce but the side was 3 table spoons of brown rice and the salmon piece very small as well. Good gor someone on a strict diet. Restaurant was empty and it took 1 hour for the food to come. Espresso small and cold. The bread basket was good. My suggestion is to add another side and put more food on the plate. read more

I don't know what's wrong with this restaurant. Waiting almost two hours for the appetizers really pissed me off. Food sucks too

Nice restaurant within the Fountain Bleu restaurant. I had the burrata salad and Vida burger. Both were good, very nicely presented and good taste. Prices aren't bad. read more

Not worth it, don't waste your time or money, the worse sushi I had so far. The servers are nice but that don't make up for the quality of the food, very disappointed definitely not coming back here. read more

Matzo ball soup a-ok with noodles, chicken, carrots, celery. Service mixed. Gratuity included 18%.

Food was very bad and after i had the food here i got sick in my stomach. Not recommended at all. My friend got sick too

The food was fine but our waitress Denise which seemed to be the manager was so rude to her employees. I saw her giving all the employees really nasty faces while they were working and cleaning up. She also took all the tables, while everyone else was doing all the work, she literally did nothing but stand and watch an give bad faces as if people were being rude back to her. Someone else would bring us our water, our food, answer our questions, it's like she was just there to collect tip which is so wrong in a business. I don't want to go here again if that lady Denise is there because her service wasn't good as a waitress at all. So if she is going to be calling all the shots and being rude, she should at least be a good waitress herself to customers. On the receipt I even left her a note saying she should treat her employees better. Honestly If this is how the owner of this business wants to run it, so be it, but for the customers to be seeing this? So unprofessional, especially in a place like the Fontainbleau Hotel. read more

I had breakfast here with my family. The staff was very nice and helpful. They offered the kids at the table each their own portable dvd player and videos to choose from to keep occupied as well as a coloring book. The orange juice was DELICIOSO! Fresh squeezed and our glasses were frequently filled. The breakfast buffet was plentiful. The BEST breakfast potatoes I have ever tasted! The french toast off the menu was also the BEST I have ever tasted. It had a nice flavor with orange zest caramelized into the bread. I highly recommend this restaurant for breakfast! read more

We had breakfast at Vida inside Fontainebleau and had one our worse dining experiences to date. There was a table of 8 dining nearby who literally caused at least two diners (1 being myself) to leave due to their obnoxious behavior! One would think that @ $80 + for 2, you would be able to dine peacefully. Spoke to the host who apologized but did nothing to rectify the situation! read more