i just love this place!!! every time I go i'm very happy with the food the music and the service,…read moreSuch a great experience here. parking is kind of tricky in this area. great for a date night =o)

The ambiance is great, very nicely decorated with a nostalgic touch and darkish colors…read more I went there with two friends for dinner, and we liked it a lot. The service was on point, and the servers were friendly and very attentive. We ordered three cold appetizers (hummus, artichoke hearts, and watermelon salad), one warm appetizer (baked feta cheese), a lamb main dish to share, and a bottle of wine. The portions were good, and the food was tasty. Everything was fresh and well combined. TIP: They have free parking spots across the street; check with the staff.

First timer at Homa Persian Cuisine Fantastic and pleasant…read moreatmosphere. Great food and friendly staff .Will be back! 5 Food 5 Service 5 Ambiance

We came for the first time. And it was very authentic Persian food…read more We had the eggplant dip. The pita was the Persian paper thin bread. They gave us raw onions. You only get them in a real Persian restaurant. We had gheymeh, koobdieh and solanti. We also had the Persian ice cream and fanloodieh. The food was delish and the service was great.

Great prices and great flavor. Dropped in and got the chicken Shawarma rice bowl. Was delicious…read more Definitely alot of flavor and filling. Also a great price!

The cooking lady was cross contaminating the food touching the meat and picking up the phone and…read moretouching ovens and then food with the same gloves. The bun was cold, the food was cold.

Whenever I come to Miami, I always come here. The food is very authentic and excellent quality. The…read moreowner is sometimes here and he's a really nice guy. I strongly recommend a visit.

Delicious. Flavorful. Clean. Authentic. The turmeric cauliflower with tahini and herbs is FIRE! I…read morecouldn't eat it all and grateful to have leftovers. I also ate the beef, with salad and hummus. Flavorful, delicious ... served with warm pita. .. 5-star lunch in Miami without the scene. Just great flavors!

Food is tasteful and well presented, I enjoyed the ambiance it was familiar as well as great for a…read morefriends date. The service was just how I like it not rushed but attentive. They had belly dancers shows as I visited on the weekend, definitely Recommend!! If you like hookah they have that as well!

Beautiful restaurant inside and out. The food was cooked to perfection with labanese authenticity…read more Everyone was very attentive. Truly a gem

So we originally intended to eat at El Turco, but there wasn't enough seating under shelter in a…read morerainy day so they escorted us over to Oliva, but the seating host failed to tell us its two different menus and different price points. We came for dinner time just before the late evening rush. Server was kind and attentive. To start they brought us olives in oil and bread. Anatolian cocktail: The passion fruit chilies cocktail with tequila was very well balanced between sweetness and spice. Appetizer: carrot yogurt dip, and as I can't eat bread she offering julienned carrots and cucumbers to eat it with. It was so tasty. Meal: we shared the Turco Platter which comes with three types of meats (chicken, fiber and beef), bulgur wheat, onions and salad. Good and plentiful, enough for three average appetites, or for a couple with two kids. Plenty of dessert options but we went with goat milk ice cream with pistachios and it was lovely--not too sweet not too rich. They brought complimentary tea at the end which was a nice digestif.

I'm so glad a friend introduced me to @olivamiami Sunset Menu before August ended! A full 4-course…read moreTurkish feast for just $40 & every bite was amazing! Fresh mezzes & salads (yogurt w/chili, garlicky spinach, juicy tomatoes, mint, walnuts & pomegranate). Mains like the Doner Platter, Adana & Chicken Shish were tender, flavorful & filling. The sweetest ending baklava, coconut cakes, pumpkin w/tahini & silky caramelized pudding which were my fave!! They closed it off with some delicious Turkish tea to help settle the tummy with the explosion of flavors! Their setting is perfect for date night! White tablecloths, beautiful decor & perfect music for the sense! From start to finish, this meal was a true Turkish flavor journey. We are already planning our next visit! Special shout out to Alps (like the French Alps but he's not French!)... He was patient with our group & attentive to every need down to the music! Really some amazing dine out service! And remember, it's Oliva by El Turco, so make sure you land in the right place!

Food was 10000/10! My favorites were the beef carpaccio and the Dubai cheesecake. Everything was…read moretasty though! We sat outside and loved the people watching. The service was great and they were super nice. Going back for sure.

Such a wonderful experience at Zina in Miami! I had the short rib ragù pasta, and it was the…read moreperfect choice. What really made our visit special was our server, Jeff such an amazing person! He made us feel so welcome and cared for, and his warmth added so much to the evening. Thank you, Jeff, for making it memorable. I would happily come back!

I stumbled upon this place accidentally for lunch today, and what an amazing find!…read more Had the Uzbek bread, dumpling soup, meat, pies, noodles, and seriously the best Turkish style liver I've ever had. Inside is very clean and well decorated. Everything is super fresh, and the flavors are very well balanced. You can tell the chef puts heart and soul into the food.

If I were to do this again, I'd go back for more of the Uzbek dishes, specifically, since it's a…read morecuisine that's harder for us to come by, the kitchen seems to do these very well, and the non-Uzbek dishes we tried were of mixed success. The menu is a melange of Russian, Turkish, Uzbek, and generically Mediterranean offerings. To start, we had the Mediterranean-leaning "combo platter" with baba ghanoush, hummus, and tzatziki ($16) and the Russian-leaning herring with potatoes ($15; "tomato, cucumber, carrot, mushroom, cabbage, kimchi"). These were so-so. The baba ghanoush and hummus were both extremely smooth, almost whipped in consistency, almost unpleasantly salty. (We love salt and don't shy away from it at all -- but this was excessive.) I personally love a few chunks of eggplant in my baba ghanoush (like a beautiful Jordanian version I had earlier in the day from a stand in Aventura Mall) and a lot more tahini in my hummus, but of course these are stylistic differences / preferences. Tzatziki was very garlicky. The combo came with sliced cucumbers and a bit of pita -- but not anywhere near enough for our family. We did end up eating the surfeit of spreads with our main courses, so all ended well. Herring with potatoes was nothing like the menu description. Instead, it came with, yes, just pickled herring and roasted potatoes (and a huge, huge mound of thinly sliced raw onion, a few sprigs of parsley, a sprinkle of dill, a sliver of lemon). The baby potatoes were nicely roasted, but the pickled herring was quite mediocre, a touch mushy, and almost certainly not prepared in-house. The only distinctively Uzbek dish we tried was the Fried Lagman ($19; "stir-fried hand-pulled noodles in a mix of beef and vegetables, served with eggs"). I can't speak to its authenticity, but it was made with well-textured noodles topped by tender, well seasoned beef, bell peppers, grape tomatoes, and very thinly slivered omelette. The progeny who ordered it enjoyed it very much. Beef shawarma ($19; "cooked on a vertical grill, served in pita bread with tomato, cucumber, lettuce, yogurt sauce, and spices, with French fries on the side") was beautifully presented, a generous portion of thickly-sliced meat wrapped in a very thin layer of flatbread (lavash and not pita?) with a crisscross grill pattern. The Beef Kebab ($24; served with french fries and tomato sauce) was moist and tender, well seasoned. I think the slightly bland tomato sauce was meant for dipping, but the beef didn't need any accoutrements. Fries were fair, either undersalted or not salted at all. I wish we'd held on to the ketchup that had been served with the fries that came with the shawarma. The grilled branzino ($38) was nicely prepared, a medium-sized (about 1 lb) fish beautifully grilled and drizzled with reduced balsamic, served with salad, rice and a side of lemon. The skin was crisp, the fish fresh. Note that food is brought out as it's prepared and some mains may come more quickly than others. We didn't have a huge problem with this as our manners free family is under orders to eat food when it arrives, while it's hot, rather than to wait until everyone's food arrives. Also, we generously poach from one another's plates, and the last one to get her food hadn't been all that hungry for dinner to begin with. The eat-it-as-it-arrives policy turned out to be a good one since the lag time between arrival of the first main and arrival of the last was about 40 minutes. The first few to receive their meals would've had to eat their food stone cold. Sim Sim doesn't serve alcohol, but does have a beautiful tea service and hookah, and allows diners to BYOB without corkage. (All the Russian diners around us seem to have gone the BYOB route and ordered a hookah, which we also didn't see advertised in house.) It's in a strip mall as most restaurants are in this part of Florida, but has pleasant-enough outdoor and indoor seating areas. The outdoor seating is beach style. Think: white plastic chairs and tables. There was a single low wooden Uzbek style dining table on a platform outdoors and perhaps one indoors as well, IIRC. Our wait staff was very pleasant. One server gently pushed salad and Uzbek bread on us, which we declined, but sort of wish we hadn't after watching nearby diners who were probably of Uzbek descent. We're dining with vegetarians on our remaining days in the area, who wouldn't have enough protein options here, but do wish we had time for a return visit. Bookmarked for our next trip.