Check out the best restaurants in Westchester. Whether you want Chinese, Cuban, Mexican, Argentinian, Colombian, Chilean, or fine dining, Westchester has all your cravings covered.

 

Kon Chau Chinese Restaurant

8376 SW 40th St. Miami, Fla. 

(305)-553-7799 

When you think of South Florida cuisine, Cuban sandwiches, pastelitos, and tostones come to mind, not dim sum and lo mein. But Westchester is the one area in Miami to go when you’re craving Chinese. And even though it’s hard to imagine that you’d find good, authentic Chinese food in a city that doesn’t even have a Chinatown, Kon Chau Chinese Restaurant comes through for the task. It’s one of the only places in Miami where you can get roast Peking duck, beef honeycomb (otherwise known as cow stomach), and chicken feet. Kon Chau is an unassuming, hole-in-the-wall, but don’t let its outside appearance fool you. The food is out of this world. And even if chicken feet and cow stomachs aren’t your things, Kon Chau has something for you too. Go for the chicken lo mein or roast pork fried rice for a less adventurous take on Chinese food, and make sure you order a quart of the jasmine tea to take home. 

La Carreta

8650 SW 40th St. Miami, Fla.

(305)-553-8383

Eighty percent of Westchester’s population is Hispanic, so it’s no surprise that Westchester has its share of amazing Cuban restaurants. And while we couldn’t include all of them, we do have to mention La Carreta. Sure, there are multiple La Carreta restaurants in Miami. But, there’s something special about the La Carreta in Westchester. It is the place to go for any major event. The Miami Heat wins, La Carreta. Curfew lifted, La Carreta. Pitbull comes to town, La Carreta. The La Carreta in Westchester is more than just your standard Cuban restaurant, it's a hallmark of the Westchester community. Serving classic Cuban food that even abuela would approve of while functioning as the town square of Westchester, La Carreta is the place to go for an experience that’s uniquely Miami. 

Graziano’s

9227 Bird Road Miami, Fla

(305)-225-0008

If you’re looking for somewhere a little fancier, somewhere to impress your out-of-town in-laws, then go to Graziano’s. It’s the best place to go in Westchester for a good steak, a great steak. Serving the freshest cuts of locally sourced beef that have been perfectly seasoned and then grilled on a real wood-fire grill, Graziano’s puts your local steakhouse to shame. But Graziano’s more than just a place for a good meal. You see the thing that makes Graziano’s so great is that the attitude and the atmosphere of the restaurant are so distinctly Argentinian. It’s the place where you start out with a glass of wine but ultimately end up ordering the bottle. It’s the place where you unbutton your pants and order dessert because life’s short. It’s the place that you’re making a reservation for right now. 

El Palacio De Los Jugos


9095 SW 40th St. Miami, Fla.

(305)-553-6553

So you grew up in Miami, huh? Well, you really can’t say that you’re from Miami or have ever lived here if you haven’t been to El Palacio de Los Jugos. Serving classic Cuban cuisine that’s better than your abuela’s —sorry, not sorry, but it’s the truth—El Palacio de Los Jugos is the ultimate Cuban cafetería. That’s why it’s been recognized by some of the top food blogs, magazines, and people in the United States. I’m talking Eater, Miami.com, and Bon Appetit, and even the infamous Martha Stewart. To go to El Palacio de Los Jugos to have a gastronomic, cultural, and linguistic experience all wrapped up into one. While sipping your batido de mamey and snacking on chicharones and tequenos, you might see old Cuban men arguing and wondering why you can’t understand them even though you took Spanish all through college. But, that’s just El Palacio de Los Jugos for you: simple, authentic, good, and definitely Miami.  

Pamela’s Restaurante Chileno


8469 SW 40th St. Miami, Fla.

(305)-225-6365

Oftentimes, Chilean cuisine gets forgotten in Miami. And that’s nearly a crime because you’re depriving yourself of some of the best seafood you’ve ever had. With nearly 4,000 miles of coastline, if there’s anything Chile knows how to do, it’s seafood. And if you’re going to have Chilean cuisine in Miami, the place to go is Pamela’s Restaurante Chileno. Pamela’s is a lowkey authentic, Chilean restaurant that’s perfect for date night. It has a great selection of wine, and the food might inspire you to sell all your belongings and become a fisherman in Chile—yes, it is that good. When you go to Pamela’s, start out with the erizos y machas en salsa verde, sea urchin that’s served in a to-die-for onion and cilantro sauce. Then for an entree, either order the mero con camarones a la mostaza, fresh Grouper with shrimp that’s served in a delectable mustard-based sauce, or the chupe de locos, abalone casserole—after all, abalone is a Chilean specialty.

OTHER PLACES TO EAT:

There are so many great places to eat in Westchester that we had a hard time narrowing it down. To see more great places to dine, kickback at, and have a drink at, read the Burger Beast’s guide to Westchester or the Miami Herald’s article on Westchester.