Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Miami by diners

Comfort food. Just saying the phrase manages to create a feeling of warmth that suddenly envelops you and travels directly to your stomach. It's the small, happy dance you do in your chair as your mom puts your favorite dinner in front of you when you go home to visit. It's the infamous cranberry sauce that your beloved aunt makes every Thanksgiving. It's the inexplicably delicious French bread pizza that makes you remember the nostalgia of childhood when everything was simple and eating pizza for lunch felt like a dream come true.

There's a wonderfully subjective quality about comfort food because when it comes down to it, the only criterion it has to have is that it has to make you feel comfortable when you eat it. It's the dish you eat when you're having a rough day—like a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream—or it's the dish you eat when you have something amazing to celebrate—also a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream.

Whether you're out traveling for work, enjoying a road trip for solely play-related purposes, or just tired of figuring out what to have for dinner tonight, Stacker decided to help you find some of the highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Miami, using Yelp data current as of July 22, 2025. The restaurants that serve the starchy, salty, sweet, greasy, cheesy, flaky, buttery comfort food that hits close to home, exactly when you need it most.

Businesses in the "comfort food" category were selected using Yelp's ranking system, which calculates an adjusted rating value that takes into account the number of ratings as well as the rating score itself. Only businesses with at least 20 reviews and within a 10-kilometer radius of Miami were considered. Also, in an effort to highlight independent businesses and local chains, those with more than 10 locations nationally, based on our Yelp data, were not included.

Keep reading to find out if your favorite comfort spot made it or to find a new favorite!

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Natural Chicken Grill

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#15. Natural Chicken Grill

- Rating: 2.9/5 (86 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 13790 Southwest 56th St. Ste G Miami, Florida
- Categories: Chicken Shop, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Chef Yank's

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#14. Chef Yank's

- Rating: 3.3/5 (39 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 7900 Northwest 27th Ave. Miami, Florida
- Categories: Southern, Seafood, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Morgans Restaurant

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#13. Morgans Restaurant

- Rating: 3.6/5 (1918 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2800 Northwest 7th Ave. Miami, Florida
- Categories: New American, Breakfast & Brunch, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Los mejores Tamales de Miami

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#12. Los mejores Tamales de Miami

- Rating: 3.7/5 (24 reviews)
- Address: 1004 East 16th St. Hialeah, Florida
- Categories: Comfort Food, Cuban
- Read more on Yelp

Negroni Bistro & Sushi Bar

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#11. Negroni Bistro & Sushi Bar

- Rating: 3.8/5 (330 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 3201 Buena Vista Blvd. Miami, Florida
- Categories: Sushi Bars, Comfort Food, Cocktail Bars
- Read more on Yelp

Soulfly Chicken

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#10. Soulfly Chicken

- Rating: 3.9/5 (62 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2615 North Miami Ave. Miami, Florida
- Categories: Southern, Comfort Food, Chicken Shop
- Read more on Yelp

Havana Harry's

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#9. Havana Harry's

- Rating: 3.9/5 (2456 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 4612 South Le Jeune Road Coral Gables, Florida
- Categories: Cuban, Seafood, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Ms Cheezious

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#8. Ms Cheezious

- Rating: 4.1/5 (780 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 7956 Northeast 4th Ave. Miami, Florida
- Categories: Comfort Food, Sandwiches, Burgers
- Read more on Yelp

Blue Collar

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#7. Blue Collar

- Rating: 4.3/5 (1702 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 6789 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, Florida
- Categories: Comfort Food, Breakfast & Brunch, American
- Read more on Yelp

Madrono Restaurant

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#6. Madrono Restaurant

- Rating: 4.3/5 (483 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 10780 West Flagler St. Ste 17 Miami, Florida
- Categories: Latin American, Nicaraguan, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

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Bachour

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#5. Bachour

- Rating: 4.4/5 (869 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2020 Salzedo St. Coral Gables, Florida
- Categories: Bakeries, New American, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Taipa Peruvian Restaurant - Kendall 137 Ave

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#4. Taipa Peruvian Restaurant - Kendall 137 Ave

- Rating: 4.5/5 (242 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 3855 Southwest 137th Ave. Ste 3 Miami, Florida
- Categories: Peruvian, Comfort Food, Seafood
- Read more on Yelp

Osteria

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#3. Osteria

- Rating: 4.6/5 (170 reviews)
- Price level: $$$
- Address: 8001 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, Florida
- Categories: Italian, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Hate Mondays Tavern

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#2. Hate Mondays Tavern

- Rating: 4.7/5 (647 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 12461 Southwest 130th St. Miami, Florida
- Categories: Barbecue, Burgers, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

Organic Food Kings

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#1. Organic Food Kings

- Rating: 4.9/5 (24 reviews)
- Address: 12320 Southwest 56th St. Miami, Florida
- Categories: Vegan, Comfort Food, Burgers
- Read more on Yelp

This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 95 metros.