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Miami Map: Tropical ChineseTropical Chinese Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Cuisine Chinese
Hours Mon-Fri 11:30am-10:30pm; Sat 11am-11:30pm; Sun 10:30am-10pm
Address
7991 Bird Rd
Location West Miami, South Miami
Transportation Take U.S. 1 to Bird Rd. and go west on Bird, all the way down to 78th Ave. The restaurant is between 78th and 79th on the north side of Bird Rd
Reservations Reservations highly recommended on weekends
Phone 305/262-7576
Prices Main courses $10-$25
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V

Frommer's Review

This strip-mall restaurant, way out in West Miami-Dade, is hailed as the best Chinese restaurant in the city. While the food is indeed very good -- certainly more interesting than at your typical beef-and-broccoli place -- it still seems overpriced. Garlic spinach and prawns in a clay pot are delicious, with the perfect mix of garlic cloves, mushrooms, and fresh spinach. But this isn't your typical Chinese takeout. It's not cheap. Unlike most Chinese restaurants, the dishes here are not large enough to share. Sunday-afternoon dim sum is extremely popular, and lines often snake around the shopping center.

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