Andre Balazs’ Standard Hotel and Spa might well be considered “the antidote to South Beach” with its Zen-like simplicity, its yoga-centric guests and the quiet quality of the Lido Bayside Grill where the Mediterranean menu is fresh and healthy but by no means tastes like health food. Credit Chef Mark Zeitouni’s passion for seasonal and organic ingredients, his simple preparations of deftly grilled meat and seafood paired with a variety of flavorful sauces and small plate sides.

Enjoy a mix and match lunch of small composed salads like classic Greek, tuna Nicoise or field greens topped with ceviche or creamy burrata cheese.  Add on a few mezze like lemony hummus, baba ghanoush and mixed olives and you’ll feel transported to the shores of Santorini. The dinner menu expands on that rustic simplicity with a variety of just-charred seafood, steak, and chicken entrees plus a marinated tofu with raw coconut chutney that will keep the vegetarians smiling as well.

Sides of sauteed broccoli rabe, shaved brussel sprouts and chick pea fries just might convert a die-hard carnivore to eco-conscious dining. While the Standard Hotel offers a variety of do-it-yourself spa treatments, a co-ed hammam and a serene atmosphere just minutes away from club land, there is no pressure to give up bad habits more convincing than delicious fare in a breathtaking setting to help diners make better choices. Simply put, the Lido Bayside Grill is all about uplifting cuisine.

Lido Bayside Grill
40 Island Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139