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The concept is crafted to feel like a discovery, intimate, effortless, and made for long nights that turn into mornings, as h.wood Group co-founders John Terzian and Brian Toll described it when the project was first announced. The room delivers on that promise. Dark and sultry, with wood, stone, and marble, amber lighting, jewel-toned accents, and curving banquettes, Bar Shishi channels Tokyo\u2019s tucked-away cocktail bars and intimate listening rooms with a specificity that most Miami concepts do not attempt and fewer achieve.<\/p>\n
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A 12-seat bar anchors the space, while a vinyl DJ booth and 108 private spirits cabinets give the lounge a distinctly members-club-ish feel. Those cabinets belong to annual RIVANI members and include personalized plaques and priority reservations. Eddie McDonald, known as Eddie Mac, curated the vinyl program specifically for the bar, selecting more than 100 records to set the room\u2019s tone through the night.<\/p>\n
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Behind the bar, Senior Bar Manager and Certified Japanese Ice Master Kevin Lee made cocktail preparation part of the evening\u2019s spectacle, serving drinks built around hand-carved diamond ice, Japanese kakigori-style shaved ice, cobbler shaking, and cocktail throwing. The Guava Kakigori, combining rum, guava, yuzu, and shiso in a sculptural take on Japanese shaved ice, and the Hakushu 12 Old Fashioned served over a hand-carved ice diamond were among the opening evening\u2019s standout pours. Japanese-inspired bites including Hamachi Crudo, hand rolls, and A5 Wagyu Katsu accompanied the cocktail program.<\/p>\n
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RIVANI founder Robert Rivani described the concept as giving tenants the ability to entertain like they are at a private members\u2019 club in Tokyo, right here in Miami Beach. The building\u2019s tenant roster reflects that ambition. Playboy Enterprises plans to relocate its global headquarters there. Shark Tank investor and FUBU founder Daymond John also operates out of the building. The $125 million redevelopment, which Robert Rivani acquired for $62.5 million in 2024, is positioning itself as South Florida\u2019s most experiential commercial address.<\/p>\n
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Dana Baran, April Irene Donelson, Angela Birdman & Alexa Nepola<\/p>\n
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For The h.wood Group, Bar Shishi represents a significant step in the company\u2019s expansion beyond Los Angeles, following Delilah Miami in Brickell and building toward a national and international footprint that now includes The Nice Guy Dubai and The Bird Streets Club in West Hollywood. The Miami Beach location, steps from Lincoln Road and operating as both a private RIVANI amenity during the day and a public destination by night, is the group\u2019s most specifically conceived concept to date. The opening night suggested Miami Beach was ready for it.<\/p>\n
Bar Shishi is located at 1691 Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach, on RIVANI\u2019s third floor. Public evening service runs Wednesday through Saturday from 7 PM to close. Reservations drop daily at midnight for the following 30 days.<\/p>\n
The Haute Read<\/p>\n
The h.wood Group has built its reputation on rooms that feel inevitable in retrospect. Delilah made the supper club feel essential again. The Nice Guy made the hidden door a cliche worth restoring. Bar Shishi, tucked behind a guardian lion on the third floor of the most ambitious office redevelopment in Miami Beach, is the most specific thing the group has attempted yet. An opening night that drew Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak before their weekend shows suggested it landed. The city will spend the rest of the season finding out what it has.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is Bar Shishi Miami?<\/p>\n
Bar Shishi is a Japanese-inspired cocktail lounge and vinyl destination from The h.wood Group, located on the third floor of RIVANI at 1691 Michigan Avenue in Miami Beach. The nearly 2,000-square-foot space draws inspiration from Tokyo’s hidden cocktail bars and intimate listening rooms, featuring hand-carved ice, a vinyl DJ booth, and 108 private spirits cabinets.<\/p>\n
What cocktails does Bar Shishi serve?<\/p>\n
Bar Shishi’s cocktail program is led by Certified Japanese Ice Master Kevin Lee and features hand-carved diamond ice, Japanese kakigori-style shaved ice, cobbler shaking, and cocktail throwing. Signature drinks include the Guava Kakigori and the Hakushu 12 Old Fashioned, alongside Japanese-inspired bites including Hamachi Crudo, hand rolls, and A5 Wagyu Katsu.<\/p>\n
Who is behind Bar Shishi Miami?<\/p>\n
Bar Shishi is a collaboration between The h.wood Group, the Los Angeles hospitality company co-founded by John Terzian and Brian Toll, and RIVANI Founder and President Robert Rivani. Senior Bar Manager and Certified Japanese Ice Master Kevin Lee leads the bar program.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday, September 17, the Los Angeles-based hospitality company behind Delilah and The Nice Guy debuted its most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[161911,161912,161913,161914,63927,161915,161916,161917,123,125,124,161918,106973,161919,161920,161921],"class_list":["post-407654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-bar-shishi","tag-bar-shishi-opening","tag-bar-shishi-reservations","tag-delilah-the-nice-guy-miami","tag-h-wood-group","tag-h-wood-group-miami","tag-john-terzian-brian-toll","tag-kevin-lee-japanese-ice-master","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-rivani-miami-beach","tag-robert-rivani","tag-sushi-restaurant-miami-beach","tag-the-dana-agency","tag-vinyl-lounge-miami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407654","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=407654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Brian Toll, Robert Rivani & John Terzian<\/p>\n