Vida

Ate here few times while we stayed here. Lunch was by far the best. Good sandwich options & burgers. Not too busy. At lunch, able to order sushi off the Blade menu easily with sandwich from Vida. Breakfast was annoying — we opted for a la carte — and waited a while for food. Waiter explained that the chefs dedicated to a la carte also did the room service & basically admitted our orders weren’t a top priority. Dinner was unimpressive. Had to speak to manager to order sushi (Blade) & sandwiches together after rude hostesses said no, they are two separate restaurants and you cannot order from both. They went so far as to say «No, you cannot order take out from one and eat it in the other seating area». (Both Vida and Blade share a seating area — so they appear as the same restaurant and act as such for breakfast & lunch). The manager sent us a cheesecake, which was a nice gesture — but doesn’t erase the rude.
We’ve come to the hotel a few times the past few years and this place is always ok — never great, unless you eat the pants off the buffet — then I imagine/​hope it must be better.

Waltzed in for early breakfast after a brisk walk on the boardwalk, no expectations…
Seated right away…
Two buffets running, the continental and the full… Not feeling ravenous, I opted for the a la carte and a mimosa. Egg white with salmon, veggies, fruit cup and potatoes… It was unremarkable, but also executed by someone with experience. I nearly chipped a tooth on the unidentifiable object that was hard as a rock in my omelette… The manager was professional and removed the item from my bill, but I found it odd… I would still return… I’m sure it was an anomaly that is not some kind of malicious deed. Though the eggs could have used more seasoning and more onion… Just my humble opinion…
The roasted and seasoned tomato was pretty tasty, they should give you two…

Inside the Fontainebleau Miami Beach you have few dining options. None are Reasonably priced — resort pricing is the order of the day.
At vida food quality is not commensurate with prices but what are you going to do, walk up A1A?
Just pay and order smart
Full buffet including juice and coffee is $ 30 per person. (2016)
I ordered À la carte for $ 17
Any better ideas? Start walking

The menu says the surf and turf dinner (for two) includes Prime Rib, but instead, they gave me a thin sirloin steak. I complained. They insisted it was prime rib. I am 63 y.o. and have been ordering prime rib and steaks all my life, and I know the difference. They gave me a discount on my meal, but I want Unilocal readers to know that the menu is wrong… false advertising… it is not prime rib.

Ive been here a few times over the past few years. The staff here are friendly and having to eat breakfast here was delicious and dinner was pretty good. Not the best place to eat but I enjoyed it.

Place is Horrible for serving mediocre food for these high prices. Turkey Club sandwhich is an insult to anyone who has been to a good Deli. Can probably get a better club at a supermarket. Sushi is not good either. Over cooked rice and not Evenly cut. Crab and corn risotto is ok and the onion is soup is decent but the best thing we had is the Coffee. This restaurant needs to stop raping people with pricing.

Pretty good food, but the dessert. The dessert is EVERYTHING. The Warm Chocolate Fondant. AMAZING. I often come just for that, but usually end up getting an appetizer/​dinner as well.

Wow I have no words for this place we ordered a miso soup and Asian tea and sushi roll believe me or not most terrible soup and most terrible sushi and tea I have ever tried since I’m visiting from NY I kinda know what is good taste of good sushi restaurant and this place is totally made just to get money out of you and 0 quality no taste in food at all omg if don’t wanna ruin your mood and have fucked up day after so do your self a facer do not come here you will be much happier to skip this spot !!!

This is a basic, underwhelming hotel restaurant. I ordered chicken and ricotta meatballs and a Caesar salad. The hostess raved about the salad and said it gets lots of compliments; it is a fine, basic Caesar but nothing outstanding. I would give the restaurant three stars as it is solid, but at $ 40 for lunch for one, it only rates two from me.

I had the breakfast buffet. The selection is good with nice looking pastries and bagels as well as hot options. The omelette bar can also do fried and scrambled eggs. I liked that there were chicken sausages available.
The focus of the omelette chef was to cram as much as he could into it. If you’re expecting a delicate French style folded omelette you’ll not find it here. Overstuffed ‘murican style for the win!
Also while it is the typically overpriced hotel breakfast, it ends up being cheaper to go for the buffet if you’re getting an espresso drink and a side with an a la carte order.

This place was so disappointing !! First off we ordered bloody Mary’s which tasted like store bought tomato juice and we and to ask for all the condiments to make it decent. Went with 5 friends we ordered a burger which the cheese was still hard on … Lobster salad which was nowhere near what a lobster salad should look or taste like … Lobster guacamole which tasted like salsa and was wayyyyy too tangy… would def not return

My friend and I went for a last minute late lunch. In summary, this was average.
Food: 2.5÷5. The free bread was actually very good – The rosemary loaf was very warm and soft. The cracker was crispy. I ordered the rock shrimp orecchiette, which was very average. The shrimp tasted like they were frozen just minutes prior, with that kind of watered down seafood taste. Pasta was not memorable. I wouldn’t order this again.
Service: ³⁄₅. We were seated quickly, but the server took a while to greet us and bring water. We also didn’t receive the bread service (flat Parmesan cracker and Rosemary loaf) until we had been waiting ¹⁵⁄₂₀ minutes after we ordered. But generally, the staff was very friendly.
Ambiance: ⁴⁄₅. The restaurant was very busy, but we got a table by the window, which gave us ample people watching opportunities but also was private enough that we could chat.

This spot seriously deserves 5 stars for breakfast, it makes me remember one of the reasons why I chose to stay at F. Bleau in the first place.
No matter how long the lines are in the morning, it was so easy to get seated, there are 3 friendly hostesses who never make us wait more than 10 minutes at most.
for breakfast you have two options, you can either order an entrée and be served at the table, or you can choose from the buffet such as continental for 24 or American for 30, it isn’t cheap but you can literally get as many plates as you please so you will be full for the day.
continental was just a range of fresh fruits, cereals or pastries
American was the entire buffet, pastries, fruits, eggs, custom omelets, piles of bacon, bagels, cereals and yogurts too
every single thing I have eaten in that buffet was delicious, from the egg benedicts to crispy bacon and fluffy scrambled eggs, and the freshest bagels with all kinds of cream cheese, cute little blueberry or corn muffins and very tasty airy croissants, I miss this place already
on some days I tried just regular breakfast with a berry platter and a bagel, ill admit this place is expensive, it was almost 15 for fruits which come with banana bread, and 7 bucks for a bagel, it really is a huge size so you get what you pay for
they also have unlimited refills on OJ [probably the best since its straight out of Florida, not that artificial crap], and the coffee was so good that I literally asked the waiter to write down the brand, it was Colombian so it was smooth and bold
the waiters were so friendly and sweet, and they served us very fast too, they even start to remember your name which is great on a personal level, it shows they care
service charge is automatically added to the bill, 18 percent
next time I come back here I will make sure that im the first one in line.

Staying at the Sorrento Tower on a first time exciting Miami vacation. We wanted dinner after a full day out and didn’t want anything extensive — Vida seemed to fit the in-​hotel need.
So met Camille (lead hostess) and Victoria at the desk. No greeting — a stare — ugh, could we see a menu? «American»? She says. We’re thinking ugh. American meaning English language?! No, duh was the look, or Japanese. So, leave it there — but you get the idea. Greeting was no smiles and was unbelievably B.A.D!!! (This is what you want greeting your guests!!!)
So we chose American and got seated right by the hostess highway area. Uhhhh, what about the rest of the nearly empty and many nice other tables? Again, another annoyed look, as I pointed another nicer more comfortable table. No words, just led us and sat us.
Wow! So here comes Alex, not warm but not unfriendly. Could do a world of hospitality training on him but he was decently pleasant and fine. The food — I don’t think any chef of any decent reputation would hang their future on the quality of food or ingredients. The ribs were lathered, slathered, soaked in bbq sauce that was wayyy too sweet. Bottom line. All those pit bosses out there would throw this back. Ok but far from great. The cole slaw lacks any flavor and the mashed potatoes. Hmm, from a box? Seemed lacking great flavor.
Ok, my other had salmon (Atlantic of course), and we should all know Atlantic means farmed which means grain fed. Ugh. Anyway it looked decent and was just that.
Servers did not seem happy, no one seemed happy and it became easy to be disappointed. This hotel needs to do better for its guests. Considering the price, I’d look elsewhere until they make changes! Whew, I’m done here!

It was a pretty good lunch I had with my Crab cake starter. Then I ordered a Ceasar salad and the Calamari. Unfortunately the Ceasar was WAY over dressed for my liking. If I had had a longer lunch break I’m sure it would have been taken care of. I did mention it to my server and he was prepared to take action, but I asked him not to worry. The Calamari were perfectly flash fried and made great croutons. Call me Coo Coo, but I love Calamari on my Ceasar. I’ve actually written to Carrabba’s to add it to there menu. No bites yet. You can have Shrimp, or Chicken, but alas no Calamari option. I say Try it you’ll like it!!! So order the Calamari seperate and toss them on your Ceasar. You’ll thank me I Gar RonTee it!

Vida is located within the beautiful Fontaine Bleu, so even if you end up not enjoying your meal, at least you’ll enjoy your surroundings. Everything is gorgeous. This review is based on breakfast only. I suggest you go with the American Buffet for 30 bucks. By the time you order a breakfast entrée, coffee and OJ it would probably be more than 30 and the buffet almost includes every entrée offered anyway. Good spread, all kinds of eggs, breakfast meats, pancakes, waffles, even meat and cheese plates, fruits and a ton of croissants. They also have an omelet station as well. The silver doll pancakes were my favorite thing, they were sooooo good, I want some right now. And the syrup was very rich and accompanied the pancakes perfectly. The staff here is super friendly and attentive… if I was in town for longer I would have came back here for dinner or something, they had a sushi bar.

This is a small bakery and to go sandwich shop inside the fountain blue hotel. It was very crowded but the line went quickly with three people working at the registers. The servers behind the counter were friendly and patient and very informative. They seem to be very proud of what they were serving. I ordered the Oreo cookie gelato and it was just delicious. I would love to go back.

Came here for the New Year’s Eve dinner buffet. $ 65 per person — I obviously had high expectations.
Few things were good, nothing out of the ordinary. There were some really delicious pizza, cheese and bacon balls, vegetable empanadas, and salami and cheese. I was pleased with the appetizers and based on them, was excited for the entrée options.
I was surely let down. I tried a number of items, nearly everything, and was unhappy with all except the prime rib, which was ok.
But then, dessert made me happy again. A huge variety of some really awesome desserts. However, I wasn’t fully satisfied upon leaving because the main part of the meal was a huge disappointment.
I would say it was worth more like $ 20, at most. Save your money for something better.

After a long three days of meetings at the resort, I was on my own for lunch. I picked Vida for it’s location (middle of the resort) and its trendy menu. I really enjoyed the Lobster salad; however, it was a bit pricy. The service was good, the waiter was attentive, and I saw the manager working the tables ensuring that everyone was being taken care of.
The restaurant was neat and tidy, not too busy. It has partial views of the resort. Overall menu was fair; however, it is pricey, but not considering where you are.

The Fontainebleau already has a culinary trifecta perfection in place: Hakkasan, Gotham Steak and Scarpetta. There is also Vida. The only problem is that Vida does not excel like the others and cannot be in that same category.
What it does do is provide you with an indoor dining option so that you can get away from the hot mess that is La Cote and their poolside dining (if you can even call it that). We opted for this trying to get away from 2 days of disappointment at the other places.
It is very beautiful inside and also provides for great people watching, albeit a little dizzying. You see everyone walk by the arched hallway framed by clear glass with frosted a bamboo design. We had the following:
Crunchy spicy tuna roll– excellent
Margherita pizza– very good
Gluten free margherita pizza– good
Chicken quesadilla– blah
The margherita pizza came with a side of a stringy piece of metal. At first it looked like a piece of burnt crust that had fallen off but once our friend picked it up we realized that it was indeed metal. They took the pizza back right away and offered to replace it. They also took it off the bill. The manager came by and apologized. He said they figured out it was a piece of metal that must have fallen off from the oven as they took the pizza out. It still doesn’t make sense but nothing we can do. I do know that had my friend bit into that or swallowed it, the situation could have been very serious. I was actually shocked that they did not comp the entire thing! That said, the place is very nice and I am sure this was a rare occasion and not the norm. I will give them the benefit of the the doubt.
We did not order any dessert or coffee because we were just over the lack of options at this hotel (unless you want to go completely upscale with your lunch). I wanted to give it three but had to take away the third star because of the metal incident and how it was handled.
I know I will be back to the hotel (because it’s one of my favorites) and I hope they have improved greatly by then.