Miami Spice Bal Harbour 2026: 4 Restaurants, 4 Ways to Dine

Four menus, one compact Bal Harbour dining plan

For current program details, see the official Miami Spice guide and participating-restaurant directory.

Miami Spice Restaurant Months marks its 25th year in August and September 2026 with specially priced three-course meals across Greater Miami and Miami Beach. This year's structure starts with $40 brunch and lunch menus, moves through $50 and $65 dinners, and adds a Miami Spice Reserve tier beginning at $95. In Bal Harbour, the official participant list is unusually focused: exactly four restaurants, all positioned along a short stretch of Collins Avenue.

That compact geography makes the neighborhood useful as more than another restaurant list. Three choices sit at Bal Harbour Shops, while the fourth is across Collins Avenue at The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort. The cuisines and formats are different enough to build a simple decision guide: Makoto for a polished Japanese lunch, China Grill for a social meal built around sharing, Atlantikós for Greek flavors in a resort setting, and Slim's for either an accessible steakhouse lunch or a full Miami Spice Reserve occasion.

Makoto: the Japanese lunch to anchor a shopping day

Makoto has long been a Bal Harbour Shops destination, pairing chef Makoto Okuwa's contemporary Japanese cooking with a dining room that works naturally before, during or after an afternoon of shopping. Its 2026 Miami Spice offer is a $40 lunch served Monday through Friday, giving the neighborhood guide a clear starting point.

The choices cover several sides of the restaurant. Appetizers include spicy edamame, wagyu gyoza, tempura shishito peppers and tuna crispy rice with serrano chile. Entrées range from koji chicken breast and miso salmon to crispy pork belly, whole cauliflower and a sushi-and-maki assortment. Strawberry-yuzu cheesecake and Okinawan tres leches bring the meal to a more playful finish. Choose Makoto when the goal is variety within one three-course lunch rather than a single heavy centerpiece.

China Grill: Miami Spice as a shared table

China Grill gives this year's Bal Harbour lineup its strongest sense of return. The influential restaurant reopened at Bal Harbour Shops in June 2026, bringing its high-energy, Asian-inspired world cuisine back to Miami in a format designed around dishes arriving continuously for the table. Its Miami Spice participation includes a $40 lunch and a $65 dinner, with the current Bal Harbour program guide listing lunch seven days a week and dinner Sunday through Thursday.

The dinner is also promoted as a China Grill Family-Style Feast, which makes it the most naturally communal option among the four restaurants. The experience begins with a choice of the restaurant's signature crispy rice before moving through small plates, entrées, shared sides and dessert. This is the pick for diners who would rather compare flavors together than order four isolated prix-fixe meals. It also offers a timely way to see how a recognizable Miami name has been reworked for its new Bal Harbour chapter.

Atlantikós: a Greek lunch in resort mode

Across Collins Avenue, Atlantikós changes the setting from open-air shopping center to oceanfront resort. The restaurant sits inside The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort, with a blue-and-white room and a menu grounded in Greek dishes adapted for Miami. Its $40 Miami Spice lunch is currently listed for every day of the week, making it the most flexible option when a weekday-only lunch does not fit the plan.

The menu moves from marinated olives, Santorini fava, Cretan dakos and spinach pie into chicken souvlaki, pastitsio or a stuffed portobello mushroom with smoked Metsovone cheese and Florina pepper cream. Orange pie, loukoumades or frozen yogurt completes the three-course format. Atlantikós is the choice for a slower resort lunch, especially for diners who want Greek comfort dishes and a break from the energy of the Shops.

Slim's: choose the lunch deal or the Reserve experience

Slim's approaches Miami Spice from both ends of the price ladder. The glamorous Stephen Starr steakhouse at Bal Harbour Shops offers a $40 lunch Monday through Friday, while its $95 Miami Spice Reserve menu turns dinner into the neighborhood's biggest splurge. The room draws on Hollywood's golden age, and the regular menu's prime cuts, raw bar, caviar service and martini focus carry that sense of occasion.

At lunch, choices include pigs in a blanket, escargots, tomato gazpacho or beet salad, followed by a burger, grilled salmon or chicken Caesar salad; steak frites is available with a supplement. The Reserve menu moves into shrimp cocktail, steak tartare and escargots, followed by an eight-ounce filet mignon, roast chicken or grilled branzino, a side, and desserts that include tableside bananas Foster. Pick lunch for a lower-cost introduction to the room, or Reserve when the steakhouse experience is the point of the evening.

How to choose your Bal Harbour Miami Spice table

For the broadest lunch selection, start with Makoto. For a group that wants the meal to unfold communally, book China Grill. Choose Atlantikós when schedule flexibility and a resort setting matter most, and save Slim's Reserve for the night that should feel like an occasion. Because all four are so close together, the decision can be based on mood and menu rather than a cross-county drive.

Miami Spice menus, prices and participating days can change, and supplements, beverages, tax and gratuity may not be included. Confirm the current offer directly before booking. With that final check made, Bal Harbour's four-part lineup becomes one of the easiest neighborhood-sized ways to experience the range of Miami Spice 2026.