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The dining room of Manoli, the new Greek restaurant in Coconut Grove.<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Manoli<\/p>\n
A new Greek restaurant has just opened on Main Highway in Coconut Grove.<\/p>\n
From chef Emmanouil \u201cManoli\u201d Aslanoglou comes Manoli, located in the former home of Sereia, the Portuguese restaurant from Michelin-starred chef Henrique S\u00e1 Pessoa that closed in 2025 after only a year.<\/a><\/p>\n Aslanoglou, who was born and trained in Greece, is hoping for better luck. He has worked in the kitchens of Nammos in Southampton as well as Michelin-starred spots like Le Manoir aux Quat\u2019Saisons in the UK and Arzak in Spain. He has also led restaurants in Greece, including Vassilenas in Athens.<\/p>\n The new restaurant, he said, is \u201cdeeply personal to me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt reflects the way I grew up eating in Greece, food made with care and meant to be shared,\u201d he said. \u201cThis menu gave me the space to cook instinctively and stay true to my roots. I wanted to bring that feeling to Miami, where every table feels like home and every meal feels like a celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n The restaurant, which seats about 140 diners indoors, across an outdoor patio and at the bar, has been redesigned a bit, stepping away from the green booths and darker palette of Sereia, instead focusing on bright blue and white and light wood and sculpted wall niches.<\/p>\n The menu includes small plates with grape leaves, saganaki (pan-grilled cheese) and crispy feta in phyllo as well as mussels, gyro tacos with Black Angus ribeye and keftedos (traditional Greek meatballs). There\u2019s also a raw bar serving items like oysters and bigeye tuna tartare.<\/p>\n Diners can try a touch of the traditional with the Avgolemono soup, made with roast chicken, egg and lemon.<\/p>\n For entrees, expect pastas like Athenian lobster and pastitsio, often referred to as Greek lasagna. There are also grilled items like lamb chops, prime beef, branzino and fresh fish in season.<\/p>\n When it\u2019s time for dessert, a server will roll over the dessert trolley, offering an array of housemade desserts: profiteroles, baklava, chocolate cake, crispy crea custard or yogurt with preserves. Not on the trolley are Greek donuts, which come straight out of the kitchen when you order.<\/p>\n Where: 3540 Main Highway, Coconut Grove<\/p>\n Hours: 5-10 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday and Sunday; 5 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday; closed Monday-Tuesday<\/p>\n Reservations: OpenTable<\/a><\/p>\n More information: www.manoligreek.com<\/a> or 754-285-5702<\/a><\/p>\n Connie Ogle loves wine, books and the Miami Heat. Please don\u2019t make her eat a mango.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dining room of Manoli, the new Greek restaurant in Coconut Grove. Courtesy of Manoli A new Greek…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-353434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353434","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=353434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} The bar at the new Manoli Greek restaurant in Coconut Grove. Courtesy of Manoli <\/p>\n
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The sculpted wall niches at Manoli Greek restaurant, now open in Coconut Grove. Courtesy of Manoli <\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/manoli3.JPEG\" "\\"manoli3.JPEG\\"")
The interior of Manoli Greek restaurant, now open in Coconut Grove. Courtesy of Manoli Manoli<\/p>\n