I truly hate leaving bad reviews, though, I feel it’s my duty when I pay for a bad experience, especially at a place with this much unnecessary hype. I’ll start with the positives which is that the place is stunning. The building is iconic and they’ve done a nice job restoring it, as far as I got to see. There was an upstairs I didn’t get a chance to visit, but that’s okay. The second good thing I’ll say is that the guacamole in the lounge was fantastic. Like, truly amazing. I’m a huge fan of guac and you won’t believe how many places, yes, even Mexican ones, don’t do a good job with that very simple dish. The cocktails were also great. So overall, the night started out fine. When we finally got seated in the dining room, the place was packed and buzzing. Kinda reminded me of an elevated cafeteria with tables very close to one another, and lots of them. I get it. You’re trying to squeeze in as many people as possible, but typically, that impacts service, which it did, plus, it got pretty loud. The acoustics weren’t the best in either of the rooms. That takes away from the illusion of a ‘fine dining’ experience. This place is sort of reminiscent of what Sexy Fish and Gekko use to be. If you’ve gone to either in the past when they opened, you know what I’m talking about. Lots of buzz at the beginning, but unfortunately, that and all else falls short after a while. If changes aren’t made, I can see this happening to ZZ’s soon enough. Yes, I can tell this early on. Sadly, their main food from their very large menu was not that great. The corn appetizer was decent, and the raw fish dish was okay. All else fell short, including the branzino. The dessert at the end was just okay. Onto the service…it started out great and then others started assisting and they didn’t know what was going on, if things got ordered, etc. Lack of communication didn’t help. It’s a shame that hey add the tip on the bill automatically, but honestly, paying for bad service, even in Miami, is quite standard these days, and they always hope to get something on top of that, lol. The last thing they did, which I disliked the most, was that they added bottled Panna water to the bill which we did NOT ask for. Three of them, in fact. I told a server who was merely standing nearby and he said what we were drinking was bottled Panna, which was BS. I never once saw a bottle of Panna, much less, 3 of them! The right thing to do was to take it off the bill, which of course, he did not. He didn’t even care for what I was saying. The bill came out to just over $600 and only 3 of us truly ate, the 4th person only had 2 drinks and a dessert. Flavors and service just isn’t there to justify this price, and I certainly hate being lied to. There are plenty of good options in Miami where paying that amount, or even more, is worth it. This just isn’t one of them. You can people watch elsewhere for far less, eat much better food and get good service. I’d rather support those other businesses.