BAOLI Miami, the iconic restaurant and nightlife venue located on Collins Avenue in South Beach, has reopened under the direction of Riviera Dining Group (RDG). BAOLI Miami launched with a new menu exploring Indonesian, Thai, Indian, Balinese and Nepalese flavors, colorful ingredients and cooking techniques. The updated aesthetic transports guests with lush tropical foliage, a curated mural from artist Mateo Humano, two back-lit walls ideal for perfect photo moments, gold finishings, and exotic wood. RDG is known for operating some of Florida’s most exciting experiential hospitality concepts including Miami hotspots MILA, MILA Omakase, MILA Lounge and MM Club, as well as AVA MediterrAegean and MM Club in Winter Park, FL.
“We pride ourselves on creating innovative, sensorial experiences for guests,” said Marine Galy, partner & chief branding officer at Riviera Dining Group. “By acquiring operations of BAOLI Miami, we’re able to continue providing guests with memorable experiences while simultaneously adding new venues to our luxurious and rapidly expanding portfolio.”
“It is such an immense joy for me to go back where I started with the BAOLI brand in Miami years ago, knowing where we can now take it under the RDG management and standards that we have built through our different venues,” said Michael Ridard, BAOLI Miami co-owner and RDG partner. “This is now the best time, and the best is yet to come for BAOLI.”
The Miami venue takes inspiration from the brand’s flagship location, BAOLI Cannes, an instant hit amongst A-list clientele and the movers-and-shakers of the French Riviera since its debut in 1999. Mirroring the Cannes location’s transformative nature that allows guests to smoothly transition from dining to nightlife, BAOLI Miami seamlessly merges France’s trademark sophistication with Miami’s unique vibrancy. BAOLI Miami features curated programming including live entertainment, and a rotating lineup of the world’s top and up-and-coming DJ talent, setting the stage for elevated bottle service, vibrant nights, and an unforgettable upbeat atmosphere.
“BAOLI is a concept that brings me back to my roots and revives young adult memories," said Greg Galy, RDG founder, “As the opportunity presented itself to partner up with brand owner Christophe Caucino and Michael Ridard, it felt like a natural move to revive these memories with a modernized twist and under the standards of RDG.”
Under RDG’s culinary direction, BAOLI Miami’s extensive new menu offers South East Asian fusion cuisine, exploring unique and diverse Asian flavors featuring only the freshest ingredients. Small plates include toro & caviar, made with fatty tuna and Osetra caviar and pork belly served between steamed buns and garnished with pickled cucumbers. Tributing its roots, the menu offers maki rolls including the negitoro served with smokey shoyu and shiso along with crudos such as the crispy rice, made with either tuna tartare and dried pineapple or salmon tartare and yuzu kosho, and the tuna watermelon marinated with citrus and drizzled with truffle sauce. For the main course, guests can relish in BAOLI’s salmon served with Penang curry and garnished with Thai basil or the pineapple Nasi Goreng, Balinese fried rice served with chicken & shrimp. Ending the night on a sweeter note, guests can choose from a variety of delicacies such as the pistachio warm cake, served with hazelnut ice cream and white chocolate or the crème brulee infused with lemongrass and topped with wild berries.
Tuna Watermelon
Guests can also luxuriate in BAOLI’s new cocktails such as the rainforest, a refreshing herbal cocktail made with lime juice, basil syrup, Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto, Citadelle Gin, and Fever Tree Sparkling Lime and Yuzu soda, or the Thaï break, a vibrant, tropical cocktail made with lime juice, pineapple juice, passion fruit syrup, Belvedere Pear and Ginger Vodka, and Fever Tree Ginger Beer.
BAOLI Miami is located at 1906 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139 and isopen Wednesday to Saturday for dinner service from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. and late-night bottle service from Wednesday to Saturday until 3 a.m.
Riviera Dining Group (RDG) is the innovative hospitality company behind Miami hotspots MILA, MILA Omakase, MILA Lounge and MM Club, as well as AVA MediterrAegean and MM Club in Winter Park, FL. In March 2023, RDG acquired operations of BAOLI Miami, the iconic restaurant and nightlife venue located on Collins Avenue in South Beach. Envisioned by Marine and Greg Galy through their travels, experiences, and thirst for discovery and adventures, Riviera Dining Group opened its first restaurant, MILA, in Miami Beach, FL in January 2020. Balancing genuine hospitality, fine dining, and refined nightlife, RDG restaurants have quickly established themselves as the go-to destination in the upscale Miami and Orlando social scenes. RDG transforms how people experience dining and creates moments with high-end, luxurious, and transportative cuisine. The luxury hospitality group has an impressive team of partners, chefs and managers who have worked extensively to elevate the brand to what it is today including 26-Michelin Starred Chef Michaël Michaelidis, partner & head of culinary. RDG empowers all of its outlets to elevate culinary standards and achieve a new level of gastronomic excellence across the group’s entire portfolio.
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