{"id":267128,"date":"2026-05-11T21:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267128\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:04:10","slug":"gigi-rigolatto-and-mimi-kakushi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267128\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigi Rigolatto and Mimi Kakushi"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Delano Miami Beach<\/a> is officially back in the restaurant business and it\u2019s doing it with truffle soy butter, Bellinis and one of the coldest Martinis on Earth.<\/p>\n

As the iconic South Beach hotel prepares to fully reopen<\/a>, it has debuted an entirely new food-and-drink lineup inside the property, anchored by two splashy new restaurants from Paris Society, the hospitality group behind hotspots in Paris, Dubai and Saint-Tropez.<\/p>\n

The biggest headline: Miami is now home to the first U.S. locations of both Gigi Rigolatto and Mimi Kakushi.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy of the Delano <\/p>\n

Gigi Rigolatto, which opened to the public on May 7, takes over a huge swath of the Delano\u2019s ground floor and pool area, bringing a kind of stylish Italian Riviera fantasy to South Beach in the form of yellow Siena marble, beach cabanas, Bellinis and vibes that may have you wanting to don your finest linen pants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The restaurant already has locations in places like Paris, Dubai and Bodrum, but Miami\u2019s version is solely focused on the Italian daydream theme: the menu includes handmade pastas, grilled octopus, Wagyu beef, giant prawns and a pistachio gelato that became so popular in Dubai that it\u2019s now a permanent signature across every Gigi worldwide.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy of the Delano <\/p>\n

Mimi Kakushi, the hotel\u2019s much moodier Japanese-inspired restaurant upstairs on the fourth floor, opened on May 1, inspired by 1920s Osaka jazz culture with an immersive Art Deco aesthetic.<\/p>\n

There, the menu swings between luxurious and slightly chaotic. Gyoza is filled with Wagyu and foie gras, tuna tartare comes with caviar and miso black cod and bone marrow with beef tartare all make appearances. The drinks are equally theatrical. One signature Martini\u2014the Nara Nara\u2014is served inside a block of ice at minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit, which the team claims makes it one of the coldest martinis in the world.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy of the Delano <\/p>\n

The hotel also brought back the legendary Rose Bar, now redesigned with velvet seating, burgundy marble and delicious cocktails. Meanwhile, Caf\u00e9 Delano rounds things out with espresso, pastries and a more relaxed European caf\u00e9 setup.<\/p>\n

Basically, the Delano isn\u2019t quietly reopening<\/a>. It\u2019s reopening like it fully expects you to stay out way too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Delano Miami Beach is officially back in the restaurant business and it\u2019s doing it with truffle soy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2019,123,125,124,2020,687],"class_list":["post-267128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-categories-restaurants","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news-eating","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}