Sunny Isles’ award-winning luxury resort to open an oceanfront Japanese tapas restaurant
Japanese fusion is coming to one of MiamiDade’s premier resorts.
Acqualina Resort & Residences in Sunny Isles Beach has announced the opening of Ke-uH restaurant, soon to open in the former space of AQ.
Joining Acqualina’s
Costa Grill and Il Mulino restaurants, Ke-uH will feature indoor and outdoor seating areas that overlook the ocean. Its menu concentrates on a tapas-style shareable plates.
This is the third South Florida restaurant for the brand, after Ke-uH in Weston and a sister restaurant, Kazumi, in Key Biscayne. Chef, founder and part-owner Carlos Delfino
collaborated with Master Sushi Chef Oscar Noborikawa from Nobu Miami to create the menu. Expect imported Japanese Hamachi yellowtail, uni, octopus and sweet shrimp, Scottish salmon, Yellowfin and Bigeye tuna from Central and South America and Bluefin tuna from the Mediterranean.
There are non Japanese menu items — sliders, baby back ribs, even pizza! — as well as vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.
“It’s the balance in every single bite,” said Chef Noborikawa in a press release. “For me, it’s the combination of the quality of product, the preparation, the respect of and care for every single ingredient and inherent discipline to create the perfect balance of citrus, spiciness, sauce for expressive sushi.”
Earlier this year, Acqualina Resort & Residences in Sunny Isles Beach earned three top honors in USA Today’s annual 2020 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. According to USA Today, Acqualina is the Best Destination Resort and the Best Waterfront
Hotel in the United States. In addition, Acqualina Spa by ESPA was named Best Hotel Spa in the U.S.
Acqualina and its ESPA spa also made the Forbes
Five-Star list in 2020.
KE-UH
Where: Acqualina Resort & Residences, 17875 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach
Opens: Jan. 4
Hours: Dinner 5:30-10 p.m. daily; bar open 5:30-10 p.m.
Reservations: 918-8000 or www.acqualinaresort.com
Connie Ogle: 305-376-3649, @OgleConnie
305