I can’t visit Miami, without a dinner at Rusty Pelican in Key Biscayne. The Rusty Pelican is a waterfront restaurant with view of Biscayne Bay and the Miami skyline. I love this place. The location is perfect. Dinner during sunset…how romantic! Boats are in the water and the skyline lights up when it become dark. We did make a reservation earlier that day ( we were in the neighborhood). Our table was outside, like we asked, near a fire basket. The view is so wonderful and the outside area has a great ambiance. I like this restaurant because of the outside dining.
Our waitress was young and very nice and polite. I had the feeling she wasn’t experienced with serving. However she did a great job. Only one point of criticism. When she opened the bottle of wine, she didn’t remove the metal foil first. She twisted the wine opener through the metal foil and cork and pulled it out. Normally you do this gently, but she had to work hard to get the cork out of the bottle. This is not how you suppose to open a bottle of wine, because this way the metal can touch the wine.
About the food; this is what we had:
Main course: We both had the Sea Bass ($34.95 per meal)
Dessert: 1 Key Lime Pie to share ($5.95)
Drank: A bottle of Casa Lapostolle Sauvignon Blanc ($30)
Before the main course we got some bread. This bread is delicious. It is with melted cheese. I always have to look out, that I don’t eat too much of this bread. I don’t want to loose my appetite. We didn’t order an appetizer, so we got our main course. The Sea Bass was fresh and tasteful. It came with assorted fresh vegetables and noodles with Asian Citrus Broth. The plate wasn’t warmed up, so we had to eat fast, otherwise the food got cold. We European people like to eat slowly. After the main course we asked for some time, so we could finish our wine first. That was not a problem. After that we had a key Lime Pie to share. Nothing to complain about this piece of pie. The wine was good and gladly without metal pieces.
Positive:
View
The outdoor terrace
Food
Negative:
A huge parking lot, still not many parking space. Valet parking is taking a lot a space.
No warm plates (main course)
Hours
Lunch: Mon - Sat 11:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Dinner: Sun-Thu 5:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M
Fri - Sat 5:00 P.M. - 12:00 A.M.
Website:
http://rustypelicanrestaurant.com/
From journal Sunny Florida 2008