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Key Biscayne, FL 33149

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Rusty Pelican - Miami - Key Biscayne, FL
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Rusty Pelican - Miami - Key Biscayne, FL
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Rusty Pelican - Miami - Key Biscayne, FL
Rusty Pelican - Miami - Key Biscayne, FL
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Rusty Pelican - Miami - Key Biscayne, FL
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Best

Despite the negative reviews posted here, I've yet to have a bad meal at the Rusty Pelican. The new menu is a major step up from previous offerings. Give it a try. Pros: Vie...

Worst

I have been to the restaurant many times prior to renovation. Our family went recently for my daughter's birthday. The new renovation is beautiful, very modern mid century. I will...

Editorial review from Urbanspoon 11/1/2009

i cant wait for the pelican to reopen, i love it.....................\r the breakfast here is awesome...... more

Editorial review from Urbanspoon 7/26/2009

View is the only good part of restaurant. Steak tough, fried shrimp flavorless and linguini clumped. Friendly but inadequate servers got dessert incorrect and did not do anything special for anniversary when mentioned at beginning of meal. (numerous other tables had sparkler and song). Server named Alfredo. Go just for drink and view and you SHOULD be happy. more

Avoid this tourist trap like the plague 7/1/2009

Waiters with attitude, incompetent front desk and poor quality food, Don't complain they will get upset more

Editorial review from Urbanspoon 4/15/2009

There are three key ingredients to every successful restaurant and Rusty Pelican has location in spades. In addition prepared to be pampered with wonderful food and charming service. more

Editorial review from Urbanspoon 3/25/2009

2nd time around.....The food and view was just as I remembered...VERY GOOD! However,the attentiveness from our waiter was not what we expected. The only time he came around was to take our order, clear the plates and bring us the check. more

Editorial review from Urbanspoon 3/25/2009

Amaaaaazing and very beautiful!!! more

Editorial review from Urbanspoon 2/18/2009

What can I say but perfect!!!\r The food was so good and the service out of this world.\r \r and the View is so nice, you can also eat outside they have fire pits what a nice place to go for a special night. more

Editorial review from Urbanspoon 1/11/2009

When you sit outside you overlook the waterway and Miami beach. The food is great and the atmosphere is worth the $$$ more

Editorial review from Urbanspoon 1/10/2009

Great view, excellent food and 5 star service. The Sunday brunch is a bit crowded but excellent. The evening view of Miami and superb cooking is magic more

Editorial review from Urbanspoon 12/20/2008

I go to the Rusty Pelican Every Time I'm in Miami. The Food is great and the view is amazing. Service is second to none. more

best sunday brunch 7/10/2008

I've been to RP Sunday brunch at least for 15 times times. 90% of the time the service was great and the food was good with great selection of fresh seafood: oysters, crab legs. Shrimps are little tastless. But there is so many choices of food, that if you don't like one, just move to another. Unlimited champaign or mimosas. Pros: food, value, view more

Great Service 5/24/2008

In reading the reviews below... wow, did we go to the same Rusty Pelican? Pros: Excellent Service, especially for private dining Cons: forced valet parking, and valet is also inefficient more

Terrible reviews for last 2 years - get new managment 5/11/2008

WORST MOTHERS DAY BRUNCH EVER. The website advertised mother?s day brunch for $32.95. This is a reasonable price for Miami and so despite awful reviews online my family decided to give it a try. We arrived at 11 am and had to be shuttled in from offsite parking. The place was extremely crowded and very difficult to get in and out of the table. When the bill came it was $45.00 per person and when I mentioned it to the server he said they always charge $45.00 despite the website price of $32.95. The catering manager was sent over to my table. She was very rude and said ?did you come here for the price or for the food? (terrible food). She said they told people when they made reservations what the ?real price? is but no one told me. I would never have given the Rusty Pelican a chance despite awful reviews if I had known it would be $45.00 per person. GO SOMEWHERE NICE FOR $45.00 PER PERSON. more

Not a good review since 2006 5/11/2008

$550.00 for 9 people on Mother?s Day included a shuttle bus in the heat from offsite parking, horrible food, cramped conditions and rude management. All of the meats: pork, roast beef, ham; were extremely dry and tasteless. The table with the oysters, shrimp and crab legs was hidden in the back corner and designed to limit access. With the crowds of people it was impossible to get to the table. The restaurant supplied 1 tong for the crab legs, 1 tong for the oysters and 1 tong for the shrimp to limit access. Everyone was grabbing the food with their bare hands. Yuck . . .bacteria and raw oysters is never a good combination. I can think of many, many better places to spend my next Mother?s Day. DON?T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON BAD FOOD. more

CROWDED, HOT AND $$$$ 5/11/2008

500 people crowded into a hot, noisy room . . .does that sound like a fun Mother?s day? Once it?s all over get in line for the shuttle bus to take you back to your car ? was that supposed to be fine dining or an amusement park? Don?t waste your money on this horrible place. Terrible food and even worse management. more

WORST MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH 5/11/2008

The horrible online reviews are true ? STAY AWAY. I arrived at Rusty Pelican, Key Biscayne, for Mother?s Day to discover they were doing offsite parking and shutting everyone over like herds of cattle in the 91 degree heat. The tables were all numbered and extremely difficult to get in and out of. The lines for the food were ridiculously long and old women were grabbing shrimp out of the buffet bowl with their bare hands. The waiters were serving everyone mimosas without checking ID. They filled up my 16 year old nephew?s glass with champagne. Last time I checked champagne was still considered alcohol. When the bill arrived I realized why they were serving so many Mimosa?s and getting everyone drunk. The advertised price of $32.95 had been increased to $45.00 and the manager, Chris Marmanillo, refused to offer the online price. He had nothing to say when I asked why the mother?s day brunch was posted on the website but the price had not been updated as well. He said he had nothing to do with the website. Conveniently the website is not mobile designed so I could not pull it up on my phone to show him and he refused to let me use the internet to show him. When I got home to view the website, the Mother?s Day event had been removed completely from the site. Why is the price increased for the same food, worse service and a horrible atmosphere? He did remove one person from the total price of the bill, but that was after arguing for 15 minutes and didn?t compensate for the increased cost. TERRIBLE FOOD AND HORRIBLE MANAGEMENT. FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO ENJOY THE VIEW. more

Lousy and $$$ Food 2/15/2008

I was there on 2/14/08 with my fiance and another couple only because they wanted to go. I had previously been there for mother's day 2 years ago and the food was not that great that time either, apart from the chaotic service. This time however, it didn't seem so chaotic except that the food was really bad. The menu was too small to choose from and way too $$$$ for the quality that it was. The salmon was totally dry and so was the filet mignon. Between the four of us, the bill came out to $400.00 including tip which the waiter did not earn. I had to ask him for water 5 times. It was a shame that between me and my fiance we had to pay $200.00 for a meal of that caliber. I suggest you fire your chef. That place has a lot of potential but the food is really crappy. I should have went somewhere else, let me tell you I'm really sorry I wasted miles, gas and the money for the meal. Not to mention the $50.00 tip that the waiter DID NOT EARN. This is the second and last time I ever go back there. Thanks for the mediocre cuisine. Oh and one more thing, they don't do well on holidays. I guess they can't handle the traffic. You're better off going to Burger King or something. Pros: The view and only the view. Cons: Food, Service, Price more

Crusty Pelican 1/28/2008

First things first, we were told we would see the sunset from our table when we asked the hostes and the waiter three times they all said yes, but as the sun went the down we had to go outside to see it. Next the two stakes were over cooked and the sea bass was was over cooked and gamey in an Ocean type of way. We were over charged for the lobster and stake. Pros: NONE I think there was a Pro in the bathroom. Cons: Don't go... more

The Rusty Pelican and Flies 8/16/2007

Too many flies, poor service. Asked staff to remove a brunch item after a child picked it up, bit it and returned the item to the tray. Staff appeared flustered and did not address the issue. Great location, eat somewhere else Pros: Great View Cons: SERVICE IS POOR more

Worst service ever. 8/5/2007

This was the worst service experience I've had at any restaurant in United States. We put our names first on the hostess' list and waited in the bar while group after group were called ahead of us. After waiting 1hr, I asked for the manager who's only response was ""oh, I'll get you a table"". By this time it was too late and my wife and I left. The staff was hispanic and indifferent. All of the groups that arrived after us and were seated before us were hispanic. I would not recommend this establishment. The environment was as unwelcoming as it could be, almost like you had to beg them to please let you pay for the priveledge of eating their over priced food. It was just a terrible and unwelcoming experience. more
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    Decorated with white-clothed tables and aquariums, this bay restaurant maintains a steady flow of diners throughout the day. The menu includes traditional steak and seafood...

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  • Hours: monday: 12:00PM-10:00PM, tuesday: 12:00PM-10:00PM, wednesday: 12:00PM-10:00PM, thursday: 12:00PM-10:00PM, friday: 12:00PM-11:00PM, saturday: 11:00AM-11:00PM, sunday: 10:00AM-10:00PM
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