5300 Chophouse - Doral

Came here for the nice dinner night of my bachelorette....and wow it was amazing! It 's inside a hotel, oddly we were the ONLY table there on a Sunday night, but we didn 't care, the 5 of us loved it. The service was phenomenal, the selection (although minimal) was great, the food was absolutely perfect and the desserts were just WOW! 2 of us had the T-Bone (5 out of 5 stars) 1 of us had the arugula salad (so fresh and flavorful) 1 of us had the pork belly (soooo amazing) 1 of us had the salmon (4 out of 5 stars, it was farm raised salmon) We shared the flatbread and for dessert shared the salted caramel cheesecake (to freaking die for) and the key lime pie (was good but I 've had better)

*Miami Spice Lunch* Visited 5300 Chophouse for my first Miami Spice sampling of 2018 and at $23 per person this deal is very hard to top. The restaurant itself is within The Blue Hotel in Doral, a very spacious restaurant with a great looking bar just feet from the swimming pool. We appeared to be the first table of the day but at 11:30am it was fairly early for lunch. Began with the Arugula Salad which was even better than the description; fresh arugula twisted together with a cucumber and served with figs, feta, a nice raspberry vinaigrette and some extremely delicious roasted pecans. Next up for me was the Mofongo with Pork Belly and the Tropical Mahi-Mahi for my fellow food lover across the table. Both dishes were presented beautifully and with care. My pork belly was delicious; resembling a giant succulent Chicharrón, it was greasy, as expected, but ohhhh so tasty. The mofongo was slightly on the dry side which is why I believe the small bowl of chicken broth accompanied it. Drizzled over with the broth, it became much more appetizing. My friends Mahi-Mahi also came out looking fabulous; served on tostones with asparagus and a tropical corn salsa over the top. We were both blown away by how delicious everything on the table was. Finally the 4 layered white and dark chocolate mousse with bourbon cream sauce. Officially called the Chocolate Genoise Trilogy this mousse was so light and airy it literally melted in your mouth! Overall a nice quiet restaurant away from the hustle and bustle, with friendly staff and some amazing food.

So a group of 6 of us visited 5300 Chophouse for their Miami Spice 2018 lunch. I must start my saying that $23 really is a great deal. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere, lots of natural lighting and is located right next to the pool of the Blue Hotel in Doral. To get in to the restaurant you must go through the hotels gate, as it is located inside. Now, my favorite part of any visit... the FOOOD. To start s my appetizer, I chose the arugula salad. And let me tell you, it was pretty yummy. It looks like a small portion in the photo, but its actually the perfect salad portion once you break it apart and mix it. I love the sweet taste of figs and raspberry with any salad. For the entree I chose the Mofongo with pork belly. It was really good, I can't say it was the best Mofongo I'd ever had because I would be lying. But it was definitely good, especially drenched in with the chicken broth. The pork belly was my favorite, it had the perfect crispy layer with the nice juicy fat right after, and yummm (as unhealthy as it is, I love my chicharrones). One of my friends also got it, and she felt the same way. Normally, my boyfriend and I like to share two different meals so we get a taste of more variety. In todays case, there was an exception. He chose the crab lobster tortelli... I must admit it was not my favorite. We both found it to be bland and it did not by any means impress either of us or our other 3 friends who chose it as their entree. For dessert, we all chose the Chocolate Genoise Trilogy as it was our only option. This had great texture and I enjoyed the taste, but nothing that wowed me. Over all, in my whole honest opinion... would I go again? most likely not. Did I feel upset at overpaying for good food that wasn't great? No, luckily we had Miami spice and for the price I wasn't even mad. The service was not the best, but it wasn't terrible.

This place seems like it is fancy when you arrive because you have to enter through the hotel gates but the service was definitely lacking. There were only three tables sitting including us and any time we wanted something we had to flag the waiter or waitress or hostess down to get something (no one was ever formally introduced as being our server and any time something came out it was brought by a different person). I do have to say the hardest person working was the person who seated us. I do not know if she was a hostess but she was bringing out food taking orders and overall picking up slack from the other three people on staff who only seemed to be gossiping by the bar. Now since it is miami spice month my friends and i like to sample everything on the menu so we each ordered something different. The best part of the entire meal was the arugula salad as an appetizer. The dessert was a close second because it was just the right amount of sweet but the other appetizer on the menu and the entrees were definitely not what i expected them to be. The soup of the day was vegetable soup and sadly it tasted like it came straight from the can. The mofongo and pork belly looked promising but was definitely lacking flavor, the pasta was tough and also lacked flavor but the garlic bread deserved a better meal to be paired with. I can't say too much about the Mahi because it was so salty that everyone at the table tried it in order to persuade our friend that it wasn't that bad but it seriously was. Maybe we went on a bad day but the overall experience of this place was bad and i won't be going again.

Came here for lunch during Miami Spice week. Staff was nice and very attentive. My friend tried the mofongo- it was phenomenal! The chef was nice enough to come out and talk to us! For this price and the quality- you cant beat it! Will def come back