ZOI Restaurant & Lounge

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   GIANCARLO

   Miami

   5 reviews

   2.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on February 15, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   I don’t know what happened to this place, but its new ownership is far from what it was. The prefix menu for Vday was a bit of a surprise as the only option was kebab or fish, both for two. The appetizer dips were very good but that is about all we can say positive. There’s now a DJ perched dangerously on top of the water feature playing just awful elevator music at a high volume, then you have a breaks in the music with a belly dancer who balances a sword on her head to distract you from the bellows of grease smoke hitting coming from the kitchen, more on that later. It felt like ocean drive with less tourists. The waitress was accommodating but not present enough. The bus people didn’t speak English and never offered to fill our glasses with water or clear up some of the plates. Then main course come out the kabobs were small, overcooked and tasteless. The chicken tasted like gasoline and the lamb was very strange. We also paid extra for steak because when I heard for $120 you only get 2 kabobs I figured it wouldn’t be enough, which was nice of the waitress to accommodate but I didn’t know it was going to taste like a catchers mitt. We left most of it on the plate. When the waitress finally came around to our table she asked if we wanted a box and we said absolutely not. We thought this would’ve been a signal to prompt her to ask us if we enjoyed the food, but she didn’t. She just looked puzzled and walked away. 20 min later she brought the check and we left as soon as we could. But not before one more disappointment, a quick stop at the bathroom, yuck. Needless to say, this place is not what it once was, hope they find some help turning the place around.
   

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   Yamila

   Miami

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on February 9, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great food, very small portions. We arrived at 7:30, were instantly seated , and fire show started around 8:30. The show was a belly dancer with torches and a sword. Ambiance is jungle like , and there is a pond in the middle. Music is very morrocan .
   

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   Daryl

   Fort Lauderdale

   172 reviews

   4.0

   172 reviews

   Dined on February 7, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great service in a lovely outdoor environment. Food was excellent. I would love to hear more about the history of the beautiful coral rock building in which it's located. It must be a historic landmark???
   

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   Agustin

   VIP

   Miami

   41 reviews

   5.0

   41 reviews

   Dined on February 6, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   EXCELENT FOOD, BEAUTIFULL PLACE, AND EXTEMELY GOOD SERVICE. HOUR SERVER MADE US FEEL AT HOME. IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SPELL HIS NAME, BUT HE IS FROM TURKEY, AND IS MARRIEDS TO A CUBAN, SO HE SPEAK 3 LANGUAGES. TRY TO HAVE HIM TAKING CARE OF YOU, AND YOUR EXPERIENCE WILL BE OUTSTANDING !!
   

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   Amber

   Charlotte

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 23, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Ambience, food and service was incredible!! All the food was incredible but the chefs selection of spreads is a can’t miss as well as the hot mezze cheese.
   

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   Brian

   VIP

   Miami

   21 reviews

   4.0

   21 reviews

   Dined on January 13, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   Started with the Baba ghanoush. One of the best we've ever had. Went on to a Greek salad which was very fresh and refreshing. Before we were finished with our salad, our entree arrived. We both had the lamb chops which were tough, but tasty. This was on a Monday, earlier in the evening, and only a few other patrons dining. We may give this another try on a different day and time, but overall, not 100% satisfied.
   

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   Lexaa

   Miami

   3 reviews

   1.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on January 11, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   after 10 minutes nobody attended us. and there was a cat roaming around the restaurant
   

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   Elizabeth

   VIP

   Miami

   7 reviews

   3.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on January 1, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   La comida estuvo excelente como Siempre pero de veras Que espere mucho más esfuerzo de su parte al ser el último día del año, muy poco ambiente festivo, el show fue 20 min y ya luego todos cenaban y se iban pues en el restaurante no se sentía que era el 31 de diciembre. El DJ fue el único que se mantuvo hasta el final pero la verdad parecía un día normal y corriente. Repito la comida estuvo deliciosa pero jamás optaría por este lugar para pasar de nuevo una fecha especial.
   

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   June

   VIP

   Miami

   19 reviews

   5.0

   19 reviews

   Dined on December 5, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It was our first time there and it was for our anniversary. Zoi has easily become our new favorite Miami restaurant with 5 stars across the board. We're going to take a few friends out for dinner there this Friday when they have a belly dancer and are really looking forward to that experience as well.
   

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    Max

    VIP

    Naples

    3 reviews

    2.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on November 29, 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3

    All the food was tasteless. For examples vegetables in greek salad had plastic taste, tomato’s were not ripe. Octopus had too much soils and seasoning, ribs did not taste fresh. We let the server know and didn’t eat the ribs nor octopus, but he didn’t even offer to remove it from the check. If you want Mediterranean there are much much better places in Miami!
    

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