Carbone

About Carbone

Full table service is the whole model here — captains working the room from the 5:30pm opening, Italian-American classics arriving in courses, and a soundtrack that leans on jazz, old-school hits and lounge-leaning house rather than anything that competes with conversation. The 49 Collins Avenue address puts it at the quieter southern end of South Beach, and the room fills with couples more than groups, an American and South American crowd that skews 30 and up. Friday and Saturday are the nights to book well ahead, when the kitchen runs until midnight instead of the 11pm close kept the rest of the week. Dress smart elegant; the $$$$ band is real, and this is a sit-down evening you plan around rather than drop into. Open year-round, with a 4.4 rating across some 3,200 reviews to show for it.