Last night I had a date with my dad and decided to take him somewhere new! Gigi in Midtown is another perfect example of what Miami has been screaming for a niche of downtown cool casual inexpensive hipster restaurants that bring on the good food and good vibe and leave behind overpriced and over done. Service was friendly and cool. Decor was understated and laid back. Food was mostly on point and the menu is short and sweet.
Some highlights were the Gigi Buns we tired the chicken ones and it was a literal pillow of heavenly flavor that melted slowly onto my taste buds and made from a serious party in my mouth! The BLT pork belly and pickles was great minus all the flat bread but, take some away and the pickled veggies and pork belly together were awesome. Shiitake Mushrooms with dancing fish flakes were just, to die! We had to order those twice. Corn from the grill, yum. Pink Key West Shrimp, holla!
The Snapper Ceviche wasn't worth it the fish was tasteless and it laid on a shmear of what was supposed to be sweet potato puree but it was more like flavorless baby-food. The presentation was beautiful but, I don't want to look at it I want to eat it. The Beef Noodles were drowning in sauce and the noodles were a bit soggy, next time I will definitely go for a rice bowl or try another noodle bowl. Dessert, usually my favorite part of the meal was disappointing the peach crumble was anything but, a peach crumble and the carrot cake got lost in layering and forgot about taste...
Besides some of the not so good dishes this place is for sure a new favorite spot. For a Wednesday night it was slammed good thing we arrived early so we sat straight away. One last thing I must mention is that it gets noisy I mean loud! So if your thinking quiet conversation this isn't the place when it gets busy.
Thanks for dinner Dad!
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