The closest answer to a search for Mediterranean food near me in Brickell is not always in Brickell. Motek is the straightforward local choice inside Brickell City Centre, while Zaytinya requires a trip across the water to South Beach for a José Andrés mezze table. Coconut Grove adds Amal’s polished Lebanese cooking, and Wynwood brings Doya’s Greek-and-Turkish Aegean plates. The useful distinction is not simply distance: it is whether you want all-day dining, a long shared meal, a weekday lunch format or wood-fired meze. Here is what each restaurant actually offers, what it costs and how to plan the journey.
Ask Karpo in the app to compare Motek, Zaytinya, Amal and Doya for your preferred meal time, budget and neighbourhood. You can also ask for the booking order and the most practical route from Brickell.
Zaytinya, South Beach — José Andrés spreads a mezze table
Zaytinya is José Andrés Group’s South Beach restaurant, drawing on Turkish, Greek and Lebanese cooking through a shareable mezze table. Inside The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, the all-day menu moves through spreads, pide, vegetables, seafood and kebabs as shared small plates. The room combines white oak and bronze with Mediterranean-blue accents, and the outdoor patio sits at the ocean end of Lincoln Road. One practical detail belongs in the plan: a 20% service charge is automatically added to every check.
The address is 1 Lincoln Rd, South Beach, Miami Beach, FL 33139, so this is a Miami Beach choice rather than a Brickell one. Zaytinya is open Monday-Thursday and Sunday from 7:00 AM-10:00 PM, and Friday-Saturday from 7:00 AM-11:00 PM. Verified menu examples include $12 hommus or baba ghannouge, $14 falafel and $34 grilled lamb chops. It suits a group that wants to order across the table, an all-day meal or a seaside setting, provided you allow time to cross from Brickell.
Motek Brickell, Brickell — the true local answer to the search
Motek Brickell is the clearest answer when staying in the neighbourhood matters. The 255-seat kosher-style Mediterranean restaurant sits inside Brickell City Centre, with indoor and outdoor dining, an open kitchen, full bar and in-house bakery. Its fourth-floor room uses sunshine-yellow accents, floral warmth, communal tables, a 24-seat bar and an outdoor terrace. For larger groups, note the booking rule: parties of 10 or more must use Motek’s events form or contact its events team rather than relying on the standard reservation flow.
Find it at 701 S Miami Ave, Suite 412A, Brickell, Miami, FL 33131. Hours are Monday-Wednesday 11:00 AM-10:00 PM, Thursday-Friday 11:00 AM-11:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM-11:00 PM and Sunday 10:00 AM-10:00 PM. Prices include $15 classic hummus, $22 shakshuka, $27 chicken kebab and $32 chicken shawarma. This is the practical pick for all-day brunch, mezze, kebabs or a bakery stop without leaving Brickell. The free Metromover’s Brickell City Centre/Eighth Street stop is beside it.
Amal Miami, Coconut Grove — polished Lebanese mezze and set formats
Amal supplies the polished Lebanese version of the search. Its modern dining room centres on shareable dips, hot mezze, house-baked pita, grilled skewers and seafood, with family-style experiences alongside the regular menu. The interior uses dusty rose, muted terracotta and pastel blue with white plaster, natural raked oak, polished concrete, arched portals, tropical greenery and oversized woven-basket pendants. A useful late-booking detail applies Thursday-Saturday: diners reserving for 9:30 PM or later receive a complimentary cocktail token for the Level 6 rooftop upstairs.
Amal is at 3480 Main Hwy, Coconut Grove, Miami, FL 33133. Weekday lunch runs 11:30 AM-4:00 PM; weekend brunch runs 11:00 AM-4:00 PM. Dinner is Sunday-Thursday from 4:00 PM-10:00 PM and Friday-Saturday from 4:00 PM-11:00 PM. The stated formats are $28 for the weekday Lunch Break, $39 for weekend Lebanese brunch and $38 for afternoon tea. Choose Amal when the occasion calls for Lebanese dishes shared at a slower pace, or when lunch, brunch and afternoon tea are as important as dinner. Valet is listed at $25 Thursday-Sunday.
Doya, Wynwood — wood-fired Aegean meze in a garden setting
Doya is the Wynwood alternative: a modern Greek-and-Turkish Aegean meze bar where much of the menu is cooked over wood fire or charcoal. The restaurant is built around shared cold and hot meze, a theatre-style kitchen and a garden patio. Its warm, cavernous room pairs colourful Turkish ceramics with rope chandeliers, warm woods and plush velvet chairs, while large sliding doors connect it to the leafy patio. The calendar detail is unusually clear: Doya operates 364 days a year but closes on Thanksgiving.
The address is 347 NW 24th St, Wynwood, Miami, FL 33127. Doya serves Monday-Thursday and Sunday from 12:00 PM-10:45 PM, and Friday-Saturday from 12:00 PM-11:45 PM, with the bar open later. Prices include $14 fava, $18 muhammara, $24 wood-fired chicken thigh and $39 pistachio lamb kebap. It suits diners who want Aegean cooking, charcoal and wood-fire flavours, or a patio that feels distinct from a hotel dining room. Daily valet costs $20 from noon to 11:30 PM; Wynwood street parking uses PayByPhone.
How to choose
Start with Motek if the words near me are doing most of the work: it is the only one of the four in Brickell, it opens for late morning dining every day and it combines hummus, mezze, kebabs, brunch and a bakery in one address. Choose Zaytinya if the point is a José Andrés shareable table and the South Beach setting justifies the journey. Amal is the better fit for a structured Lebanese lunch, weekend brunch or afternoon tea, while Doya makes the strongest case for wood-fired Greek-and-Turkish meze in Wynwood.
The transport decision is specific. Motek sits on Brickell City Centre’s fourth floor beside the free Metromover’s Brickell City Centre/Eighth Street stop, but Brickell Metrorail has no transit parking. Zaytinya requires the trip from Brickell to Miami Beach; The Ritz-Carlton publishes $27 outlet parking with validation, compared with $50 visitor parking. Amal lists $25 valet Thursday-Sunday, and Doya offers $20 valet daily from noon to 11:30 PM. Ask Karpo in the app for the right booking order before you leave, especially if your party has 10 or more people or you are aiming for a late table.
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Ask Karpo first
Before leaving Brickell, ask Karpo in the app to compare the four restaurants by meal time, price and neighbourhood, then check the relevant hours, booking rules and parking details. For a local meal, start with Motek at Brickell City Centre; for Zaytinya, plan the trip to South Beach and check the Ritz-Carlton parking option; for Doya or Amal, confirm the valet and late-dining details before setting out.
