Bagatelle
It always feels like a party at Bagatelle, so it stands to reason that it would be a fabulous spot to spend New Year’s Eve. The French bistro will have two special prix fixe packages that include new dishes, available for New Year’s Eve only, along with bottle service.
The first seating, priced at $150 per person, offers Dom Pérignon Welcome Toast and a savory three course meal. Some of the options include Napoléon de Crabe d’Alaska (Alaskan king crab, hearts of palm, avocado, jalapeño-mango salsa), Trio de Veau (roasted veal tenderloin, braised cheek, cripsy sweet bread, spinach subric, sauce gribiche) and Croquant Praline & Chocolat (hazelnut & chocolate fondant), to name a few.
The second seating, priced at $425 per person, offers a Veuve Cliquot Welcome Toast and a savory four-course meal. Some of the dish options include “Eggxciting” de Caviar Siberian Ossetra Petrossian & Blinis,Risotto à la Truffe Blanche (carnaroli risotto rice, porcini mushrooms, Alba white truffle, and parmesan emulsion) and Croquant Praline & Chocolat (hazelnut & chocolate fondant).
Hakkasan
With The Weekend and KYGO performing that evening, The Fontainebleau is going to be a very good spot to celebrate New Years. Our pick of the litter is Hakkasan which will have a four-course prix-fixe menu for $295 per person from 8:00 p.m. – 10 p.m. The menu includes shared crispy tiger prawns with mango, Alaska crab meat siew long bun and steamed har gar with golden leaf. The individual appetizer is the peking duck with Petrossian caviar.
Entrées served family-style include the charcoal grill Chilean sea bass with truffle sauce, pan-fried waygu beef with black pepper sauce, crispy lobster with eggplant, salt and pepper, stir-fried asparagus with mushroom pioppini and royal fried rice with abalone and morel mushroom. For dessert, guests will enjoy a milk chocolate mousse with Kalamansi espuma, black tea angel food cake and dark chocolate sorbet.
There is an earlier menu from 6-7:30pm for $195 per person as well.
Jaya at The Setai
If you haven’t made it to the new eatery in The Setai, Jaya, New Year’s Eve is as good a time as any—if not better. Jaya will have one seating at 7 p.m. and will offer a five-course dinner menu that includes a Foie Gras “Torchon”, Eggs “62 degrees” with croquant filo dough, smoked salmon, petrossian caviar, and crème fraiche, Scallops “Melba” with perigord truffle cream, Short Ribs “Bordelaise” with sweet potato, plum and amaretti, petite jardinière, and jus gras, and for dessert, Chocolate “Variation” with ganache, whipped chocolate cream, and dark chocolate sorbet, and Chef Mignardises. The Jaya menu is $555 per person.
Alter
This little foodie hotspot in Wynwood is offering up a $250 7-course prix-fixe seating that includes a bottle of Billecrat Salmon Brut Rosé Champagne per couple. The meal begins at the perfect hour of 9:30pm so you’ll be poised to toast midnight at the end of your meal. If that’s a little late, there will be a shorter 5-course meal at 7pm for $125 offering up a flute of bubbly per person instead of a bottle.
While they haven’t revealed the menu yet, we’re pretty sure it will be delicious as Alter has been named the Miami Herald’s 2015 Restaurant of the year.
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