Elcielo Miami By Juan Manuel Barrientos 31 Southeast 5th Street, Miami, FL 33131

"The experience, the drinks - can be perceived as expensive. If you go here, you expect to spend money. After trying other “Michelin Star” restaurants - this was our favorite, some of the best food, and experience we’ve ever had. I prefer to eat in a quiet atmosphere, it was romantic and calm. They bring out the dishes fast, and yes - they are small. This is a food “tasting”, but after 18 items - we were stuffed. They were very attentive, answered any questions, and explained every dish. Only issue was - you can’t repeat. Every dish that came out, surprised us more. Not every dish is perfect, but for the experience - it was worth it."

"When I tried this restaurant in Medellin Colombia you have highly expectations of how the food will be and especially how flavors will be! I’ll stick with the one in Medellin as flavors of their general Colombian ingredients are much better in every way but when friends want to try upscale Colombian food this is what I will always recommend. Experience in general was amazing but there’s a few here and there “The Experience” Tasting Menu wasn’t very accurate on flavors but everything was perfectly executed. Ps. Not everyone speaks English so you must find that employee who does in order to get what you want to order. We had trouble figuring out the bottle of wine of our choice since one of their employee wasn’t comprehending English very well."

"Wow what an experience! I was worried because of some of the negative reviews I read, but rest assured that you will be well taken care off, everyone was really nice and respectful! All of the food in the “experience” was amazing, the people that complain of not having Items “a la carte” should go to another type of restaurant, the experience takes about 3 hours so be ready to sit down and enjoy your food, they also have a bar option with some menu items which is faster in case you don’t have time, thank you everyone for making my anniversary so special!"

"We had a wonderful experience for our anniversary at El Cielo. Gorge was a wonderful waiter who walked us through all of our 19 courses with wonderfully paired wines. A once in a lifetime experience."

"What an experience! That’s not only a meal with a Micheli star, it’s an amazing experience. Food was delicious, we loved everything. Service was amazing, servers were around all the time. They brought our dishes right perfectly timed. The chocolate therapy is a nice experience in the middle of the meal. I loved all the explanations and reference from Colombian traditional food. The tasting manu has plenty of small dishes that you feel satisfied at the end."