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Nexxt Cafe Editor's Pick

by / August 7, 2011

Nexxt Cafe Miami Beach

Nexxt Cafe on Lincoln Road

In the decade-long renaissance that has transformed South Beach into a global metaphor for the good life, no factor has been more important than the revitalization of fabled Lincoln Road, known decades ago as "the Fifth Avenue of the South." And as Lincoln Road has blossomed and evolved, no factor has been more important than the 1998 arrival of Nexxt Cafe, one of the first national franchises to rise up from what had previously been a bohemian landscape of funky local stores and restaurants.

Nexxt proprietor Bo Onur showed vision and courage when he opened his bustling 130-table European-style sidewalk cafe at the intersection of Euclid Avenue, opposite Euclid Circle, where Roller-bladers and skateboarders seem almost as commonplace as pedestrians. At Nexxt Cafe, a retro coffee shop ambience meets cool postmodern architecture in a sleek, savvy monument to people-watching and leisurely discourse. And the passersby here are not just any people -- we're talking models, media moguls and movie stars. 

When it comes to food, Nexxt Cafe offers a vast array of reasonably-priced choices in a menu that reads like a magazine. Asian-influenced dishes co-mingle happily with hefty salads, fresh seafood and good old American favorites including scrumptious sandwiches. But no matter what you eat, save room for one of the delectable fresh French pastries Nexxt concocts daily.

 

Restaurant Details

Rating:
3.5 - 3.5 stars based on 325 reviews across the Web
Address:
700 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Phone: (305) 532-6643
Cuisine: American
Price: $$
Attire: Casual
Payment: Cash, All Major Credit Cards
Reservations: No
Parking: City Parking garage two blocks north
Chef:  
Website:  
Bar Service: Full Bar
Outdoor Dining: Yes
Delivery: No
Take-Out: Yes
Catering: No
Wi-Fi: Local
Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible
Hours: Mo-Th 11:30am - 11pm
Sa-Su 8:30am - 11pm
Fr 11:30am - 12am
 
User Reviews

Reviewer:

Tee from Sarasota, FL

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

4-Good

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

3-Fair

Review:  For now when I come to South Beach, this is where I would eat. I gave it mostly 4 stars because it took a while waiting on our checks and then more time trying to pay for it. I'm assuming it was so busy because it was Thanksgiving weekend. But the service was good. The ambience was nice. I think i would've been nicer if there was some type of circulation under the tent. But the FOOD and my SMOOTHIE was amazing!!!!! It was worth the wait and the money!!!!!! I ordered the crab cake bites and the Hawaiian smoothie. Everything was soo flavorful and so fresh! I will definitely return because I enjoyed it soo much!


Reviewer:

Colette from Long Island N.Y

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  Amazing restaurant. Food was so awesome I spent my 3 nights on vacation at Nexxt!


Reviewer:

Sam Benton from Atlanta, GA

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  One of the best places to eat on South Beach. I'm from Atlanta and go to South Beach 3 to 4 times a year. I always eat at Nexxt when in town. Big portions and great tasting food.


Reviewer:

Annette from Southern California

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  I loved this restaurant! If you go to Miami, don't miss it. The food was very good! I ordered a chicken & shrimp dish. It came with mashed potatoes. The shrimp had an alfredo/scampi sauce on it. The chicken had melted cheese on it & some kind of wine sauce maybe. Too bad they were out of the macaroni n' cheese balls appetizer.


Reviewer:

Liza from Miami, FL

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

4-Good

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

4-Good

Value for Price:

4-Good

Review:  We like the restaurant when we just want to chill out and sit outside at Lincoln Rd. The food is great and of course the cheese cake they rock.... Love coming here on a Sunday afternoon.


Reviewer:

Odette R from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

4-Good

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  I visit Nexxt every time when I'm in Miami, love to sit at the terrace and enjoy the people, the food, the drinks, great taste and very special. Eyecatcher: the deserts! Great place.


Reviewer:

Robyn from Washington Heights, NYC

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

4-Good

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  Every time I come to South Beach (with and without the kids) we come to Nexxt. I love the area, right in the middle of everything and it is totally worth the small wait depending on what time you get there. You must must go if in the area. The food is great and the drinks are better. ENJOY!


Reviewer:

Sofia from NYC

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  A must each time I am in South Beach. I dined at Nexxt 3 out of the 5 days I was in the area. One day I went twice. The atmosphere, the food, the service...all great.


Reviewer:

Susie from Miami, FL

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  Great! I love it. I go there twice a week. You have to try it!


Reviewer:

Mario from Florida

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

4-Good

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

4-Good

Value for Price:

3-Fair

Review:  The service was very slow, the waiter forgot the dinnerware and very very slow service.


Reviewer:

Luis from Pembroke Pines, FL

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  Great atmosphere, the servers are knowledgeable and courteous. Extensive menu selection. The salads are the best!


Reviewer:

Carla from Ireland

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  Even though I was only in Miami for 5 days I managed to eat there three times! I cant remember what it was called, but there was an amazing chicken starter thing where the southern chicken was wrapped in a tortilla or something like that!!! It was sooooo good!!!!


Reviewer:

Susan from Maryland

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

3-Fair

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  A different sort of South Beach dining.  Very much part of the Lincoln Road action.  Excellent food.  And lots of it!  Be prepared to share.


Reviewer:

Bonnie from Florida

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  We go to South Beach from Orlando about every 2 months.  We only eat at Nexxt.  We are immediately made to feel very welcome.  They even welcome our dogs, which is big plus for us.  We recommend it to everyone we meet on the street who asks us about a good place to dine.


Reviewer:

Lisa from Scotland

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  I was on holiday for 2 weeks and ate in Nexxt 3 times, the menu is delicious, the staff are very friendly, helpful and courteous.  The atmosphere was amazing everyone was chilled out and visibly enjoying themselves.  I would really recommend a visit as I would love to go back if I am ever in Miami again.


Reviewer:

Kayla from Bahamas

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

4-Good

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  It was excellent it reminded me of another restaurant that I have visited in Florida.


Reviewer:

Ben from Pennsylvania

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  Ate there several times,  the food and service was great.


Reviewer:

Betsy from NYC

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  The most diverse and delicious menu. The wait staff is amazing, as well as the food. I highly recommend this place.


Reviewer:

Andrew from Miami, FL

Recommended:

No

Overall Rating:

Service:

1-Bad

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

4-Good

Value for Price:

4-Good

Review:  Having dined here many times over past few years, every single time I go to this place I encounter horrible service and disinterested staff. However I keep giving it the benefit of doubt and keep going back because the menu, portions, ambiance and value for money are great but they take too long to bring your drinks, appetizers, main dishes, etc and usually screw at least one of the orders up in the process. You have to keep asking for what you ordered/requested. I think that they need new management for sure, and the staff better training/supervision as they are arrogant. Making you feel like they are doing you a favor and seem to forget that you pay their wages.  My last visit at the weekend will be the last. We had a table of five at 3pm, whilst the restaurant was quiet (by Nexxt standards), the staff made us play musical chairs and switch tables for half an hour and then when eventually got the table it took forever.  Two tables next to us, a five and a four came after us and both ate and paid before we had even received our appetizers! (we didn't even have anything difficult)

Please don't think I'm just whining try the restaurant for yourself, it's in a great location, but whilst walking down Lincoln check out some of the other restaurants, because there are loads of other great places to eat.


Reviewer:

Michael & Susie from Farmington Hills, MI

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  As soon as I sat down and viewed everyone around me at other tables dishes coming out I said Oh my lord, this is my favorite restaurant in the world.  Once my food came, I confirmed it.  The menu is amazing.  The atmosphere is great.  I went there on a Saturday night and we decided to go back the next night because it was soo good.  That Sunday night was our last night in Florida and we went back to a place we had been the night before.  With all the wonderful restaurants to select from, we went back to Nexxt Cafe.


Reviewer:

P.R. Norton from Fairport, NY

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

4-Good

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  We have been coming to South Beach for years, and our "Favorite" place to eat, people watch, and have something different every night is "Nexxt", the portion"s are huge, something for everyone, and a desert menu to die for. Everything is made fresh and comes hot, we like it so much we don't eat anywhere else. 


Reviewer:

LW from Jacksonville Beach, FL

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

4-Good

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  If you have been to Cheesecake Factory then you have been to Nexxt.  It is literally the same menu, price point, etc.


Reviewer:

South Beach Magazine Reader
from Daytona Beach, FL

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Reviewer:

Tino from Miami, FL

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

2-Poor

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

4-Good

Review:  Love eating at Nexxt.  Reminds a lot of the Cheescake Factory menu.


Reviewer:

Gina from Washington, DC

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  The waitress told us that we ordered too much food. She wasn't kidding. This restaurant gives you a great selection of food, huge portions, and is inexpensive. We come to South Beach every year and always eat there at least once.


Reviewer:

Cali from Texas

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  After walking down Lincoln Road Mall, this was the only place that was jam packed. The outside seating was pretty close and crowded, but the candle-lit tables were nice. The food was awesome! You will not be able to finish your plate, you get soooo much food! The price runs about $15 a plate and the drinks are about ten each. I highly recommend this place for dinner! Were going back this week.


Reviewer:

South Beach Magazine Reader from Atlanta, GA

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  Nexxt was absolutely Wonderful, the menu is very similar to that of the Cheesecake Factory, but the food is more exciting and creative. I had a great time there with friends, excellent for a date if you want something exciting. When I go back to South Beach, it is an absolute must that I go back!!


Reviewer:

South Beach Magazine Reader from Miami, FL

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

3-Fair

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  The food and environment were great.  The service needed improvement but it was okay.


Reviewer:

Mike Kaplan from West Hartford, CT

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

4-Good

Review:  This restaurant is awesome. The food is great and the atmosphere is even better. Offers both indoor and outdoor seating. Huge servings and great smoothies.


Reviewer:

Eric from Indiana

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

4-Good

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  The food was outstanding and whatever your order, there will be lot's of it. Great atmosphere, outside tables tight but once you sit, not a problem. Lot's of rubber-neckin' watching all the people.


Reviewed by  Rikki V. from Atlantic Beach, NY

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

4-Good

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  Would DEF recommend this place. We did Nexxt Cafe four times during our last visit and loved it. This cafe has one of the best locations in Miami Beach. It's on Lincoln Road outdoors under the palms, and gives a great opportunity to watch the passing parade of people. Food is also really good and they have a huge selection to choose from.


Reviewed by  Alana from NYC

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

5-Excellent

Ambiance:

5-Excellent

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

5-Excellent

Review:  First, let me start by saying this cafe has surprisingly great food and cocktails. The salads are HUGE and very tasty. The drinks were fun, just what you would expect from an outdoor cafe on Lincoln Road. All this said, if you want to experience Nexxt Cafe just know that they are super busy and you'll probably have to wait for a table and your drinks (order two at a time, it helps with all the waiting). But, since it's in such a great setting, no one seems to mind waiting. Everyone sitting around us was having fun and the feeling was quite contagious. Would absolutely say give the place a try.


Reviewer:

MantisGirl from Washington, D.C.

Recommended:

Yes

Overall Rating:

Service:

3-Fair

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

5-Excellent

Value for Price:

4-Good

Review:  This is a great place for brunch.  The Bloody Marys are fantastic!


Reviewer:

Laura from Nashville

Recommended:

No

Overall Rating:

Service:

3-Fair

Ambiance:

4-Good

Food Quality:

3-Fair

Value for Price:

3-Fair

Review:  This restaurant is great for people watching, but it is the Cheesecake Factory with a different name.  The menu is literally the exact same.  If you are on vacation and wish to try something new, steer clear of this chain restaurant in disguise.


 
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