This is a hard 3 stars to give because musically it's an almost perfect 5 stars! I came here Saturday night with a lady friend. We went for the "Stevie B Spring Love Music Festival", a 4 hour celebration of classical music (if you lived in Miami or NYC between the 80s and 90s).
Vivo is the outdoor entertainment area of Dolphin Mall, located near the parking garage (we were able to get a good spot) and their restaurant row (including Sports and Social as well as PBR Country Music Bar).
We went General admission, and stood near the back to dance & go around the different restaurants. However, we still had a pretty good view of the stage. Audio was great as well, from both the musicians as well as my attempts to sing.
"Spring Love, Come Back to Me"
"Because I love you (the postman song") aka cortavena music
"L.o.v.e" by Erotic Exotic
If any of those songs bring back nostalgia then you're in the right place.
So why only three stars? Well the three pop up bars they had in the area had a limited selection of drinks. I get it that a mojito is a little more complex to make in a concert setting , so I just enjoyed rum and cokes. However, they had no wine at any of the pop up bars. My friend - who's a wine drinker - tried her number2 choice but alas they didn't have Malibu rum either. This was also the case at the ventanita (the part of Sports and Social with the outside window directly at the concert area.
Our culinary fortunes improved somewhat at the inside bar of Sports and Social where she got her wine and me my mojito. We also enjoyed ham croquettes and yuca fries from Sergio's (not my restaurant :) who apparently provides their late night menu.
Another thing that could be better were the bathrooms. Both in the men's and women's the water pressure was low and both soap & paper towels ran out fairly early.
Music 5/5
Food & Beverage (outside) 3/5
Food & Beverage (inside) 4/5 read more