Ariete
Florida
Ariete is a restaurant in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, trading at 3540 Main Highway. The official site presents it as a Cuban-American restaurant led by chef Michael Beltran, with a dining room that has operated for around a decade and a kitchen style rooted in local ingredients, French technique and Cuban heritage. The venue offers both à la carte dining and a chef’s tasting menu, and the restaurant’s published hours show evening service through the week, with later last-seating times at weekends. The food offering is distinctive rather than generic. The menu changes with the seasons, but the current house style includes snacks such as calabaza brioche bread service and caviar pastelito, followed by dishes like grilled oysters, hamachi, tuna conserva, mango and fennel salad, turbot, rabo encendido, tamal with braised rabbit, pork chop and foie gras. Larger-format plates include canard à la presse and short rib, which suggests a restaurant aiming for a more elaborate, celebratory meal than a standard neighbourhood bistro. Ariete also places clear emphasis on tasting formats and structured dining. Its Versos Sencillos menu is offered alongside à la carte dishes, with a wine pairing available, and the site notes a multi-course progression built around rotating options. Desserts include flan, tarte tatin, arroz con leche and the Ariete Sundae, reinforcing a menu that balances Cuban references with contemporary plating and a wider fine-dining cadence. The overall character appears to be intimate, chef-led and strongly regional, with the restaurant describing itself as a home for Miami as much as a dining room. Public contact details, reservations and private-event enquiries are all handled directly through the restaurant, which indicates an actively operated independent venue rather than a hotel outlet or chain concept. The result is a Coconut Grove restaurant experience centred on modern Cuban-American cooking, seasonal change and a polished dinner service.