Osteria 56 — Restaurant in Miami

We decided to go out to eat for New Year's Eve and made reservations here. Right off the bat, we wanted to order our drinks so we can toast and review the menu but the server said we had to order drinks, appetizer and dinner all at once. She said because it was New Year's Eve, she had a different process to taking our order. OK, understandable, I guess. So after she took our order we waited for our drinks and eventually received WINE glasses for the champagne. They stated they ran out of champagne cups and the wine glasses were all they had. Ok, we had no other choice (Poor planning as it is tradition to celebrate the new year with champagne). Two of us ordered beer and looks like they ran out of beer glasses as they severed the beer in the same small cups as the water. The food comes out, which was good, rang in the new year while eating desert and it was time for the check. We gave her cash and split the remaining balance on three credit cards. She came back complaining (in Italian) something that the credit card system is asking how much tip but the tip was already automatically included in the bill and really none of us understood as she was speaking in Italian. We ordered our food either in English or Spanish and she understood us but when we asked her to speak English or Spanish so we could understand what she was saying, she said the restaurant is an international restaurant and they speak Italian and if we don't like it we should have stayed home (in clear spanish). What? On the way home, my son brought up a good point. No matter how great the food was, there is no reason to go back there. There are many great restaurants in Miami that have great food AND great service, and there is no reason to go back for great food but poor service. I think I'm going to take my...

Superb! It happens to be right next to one of the offices I work out of and so I had to give it a try and I was not disappointed. First off it is located in an old Miami house that has been converted right off of Biscayne directly across from Andiamo. The atmosphere was very pleasant simple decor but warm and inviting. The service was excellent and they were all really Italian in there so the accent transported us before the food did.

Their Prosecco by the glass was a top notch wine with Cava like qualities that was an instant hit with us. In fact we stuck to it for our whole meal.

We ordered an arugula salad (Insalata di rucola cacio e pere ) with I believe pecorino cheese, thinly sliced pears and sliced almonds. Yum.

The (I fritti romani) was a soft fried selection of zucchini flower, cod fish, cauliflower and tomato rice ball. Delightful.

I was going to order something off of the menu when they told me that they have a house Carbonara that is one of their specialities and not on the menu. Mind you real carbonara has no cream it is egg yolk that creates the sauce for the pasta and they used guanciale not pancetta which is very rare in town. All the pastas are made fresh daily and you can tell the level of quality in every bite. Yumola!

The wife had the Pan seared codfish in chickpeas sauce with a hint of rosemary. She was delighted and left nothing on the plate.

Pricing was very fair especially considering the amazing quality of every dish.

Wonderful to have a new Italian venue in Miami that delivers the real deal without overpricing the journey. This is a must...

Baiocco is Excellent!!!

Baiocco is truly an Italian cuisine staple.

From the moment you walk in you feel like you just transported out to an of the beaten path restaurant somewhere in the outskirts of Rome.

Everyone here was Italian including most of the people eating at the restaurant. I have been wanting to come here for a while until we decided to give it a try. The restaurant is charming and very cozy. You can feel the love and warmth of the people that work here. Attention is very noticeable and they were all very attentive and efficient.

We had a few appetizers worth mentioning.The fried artichokes and also the rice croquettes... incredibly good 👍 😋.

For main course we had pastas from their daily specials; pacchieri with tuna and also the linguini with mushrooms. This was the best pasta I've had in a long time. Fresh pasta and mushrooms... sauce was delicious. Light but packing a ton of flavor.

The wine list is very good without being pretentious. Mango Panna cotta dessert was a highlight. Creamy, luscious not overly sweet.

I can't wait to come back here and...