Little India Restaurant

Diminutive in name but not in flavor, this hole-in-the-shopping-mall eatery is difficult to find. Masala and korma dishes are well-balanced, the shellfish in the tangy shrimp vindaloo is fresh, and tandoori chicken is actually juicy, but you’ll take your chances with the goat. Choose from ten types of bread — the keema naan (stuffed with […]

Lovey’s Roti

Lovey’s Roti is the place to go for West Indian-style roti and curry with a Trinidadian bent. Roti comes three ways (dhalpourie is with lentils, sada is thick like naan, and “buss up shut” is thin and ribbon-like), each made fresh to order. Chicken, duck, goat, and pork curries abound, as do some truly awesome […]

Marumi Sushi

Marumi, hidden in a sleepy strip mall in Plantation, defies the typical definition of a Japanese restaurant. The emphasis is on freshness and authenticity: a derivation of the Japanese practice of washoku, which favors of broad range of small bites over one main course. Take a glance at the specials board at Marumi — placed […]

Mrs. Smokeys

It’s just as the name implies: The ribs and chicken are smoked first, then barbecued with sweet, tangy, homemade sauce. Baby-back ribs are especially succulent. Even the barbecued beans and roasted corn in the husk are smokin’ good. The restaurant is self-serve, seat-yourself, and the casual nature of the place is complemented by an artistically […]

Nirala Sweets BBQ

In 2004, this small Indian storefront sweet shop expanded into the Texas-themed room next door from a forgotten barbecue joint. The deeply strange space now offers the usual weekday Indian lunch buffet alongside the less usual, like kebabs, paya (gelatinous cow foot), and a weekend brunch of halwa puri — flatbread served with a thick, […]

Rainforest Cafe

Rainforest Café has been at Sawgrass Mills for more than a decade, but for tykes and the young at heart, the restaurant’s gimmicks still seem fresh. Lightning flashes. Thunder cracks. A thin mist wafts. Monkeys chatter. Drums beat out an African rhythm. It’s all simulated, of course, but there’s enough going on to keep even […]