El Novillo - Miami

I absolutely love El Novillo. It’s a beloved staple in Miami. I've been dining at El Novillo since I was a child, which means I've been enjoying it for over 30 years. The food is excellent, the service is top-notch, and the portion sizes are very generous. The decor hasn't changed much either, which adds to the delightful nostalgia of the place.

This place is a true hidden gem. The food and service are excellent. There's nothing quite like a family-owned restaurant that has endured through the years. You can always count on having a fantastic meal here!

Greta is a fantastic restaurant for family dining. The food is excellent, and the service from the staff is top-notch!

Clutch! Our go to restaurant that never misses and is always on point! Love this place.

I recently visited El Novillo with my family not too long ago and I have some mixed opinions about this place. We had a good meal, but it just wasn’t “amazing”. A family friend who used to live in Miami 20+ years ago had hyped it up for a long time and we decided to give it a shot it’s a nicer Nicaraguan steakhouse serving all the traditional meat dishes, with some specialties like chicken churrasco, seafood dishes, and more. There’s a good variety of Nicaraguan appetizers, and they bring out some garlic bread, salad, plantains, and rice beans with all entrees, which is actually really nice. We got chicken churrasco, steak churrasco, and repocheta el novillo as an appetizer. The sides weren’t very good other than the plantains those were great. The chicken churrasco was actually surprisingly better than the steak one it was quite juicy and flavorful. Really nice! The steak was kinda chewy and not quite what I was hoping for. Cooked to perfection, just not that tender. For a restaurant that proclaims “world famous churrasco”, I would expect the best of the best. I just unfortunately can’t say it was the best! Our food came out in a timely manner and service was good, other than our first waiter not speaking any English and him needing to bring us a different one not really any big complaints though. Awesome atmosphere though, I have to say!! I just think, in general, this is one of those places that was once incredible, and has since fallen off a bit. You can see that from all their awards plastered on the wall by the entrance looks impressive, but then you see most them are from the late 90s and early 2000s. It also would make sense why our family friend was raving about this place they probably hadn’t been here in 15+ years. So would I recommend this restaurant? Probably not unless you want to try chicken churrasco. That’s really good. This place has tons of potential hopefully they’ll make the necessary changes to head in the right direction again!!