THIS RESTAURANT HAS CHANGED NAMES La Marea Restaurant

THIS RESTAURANT HAS CHANGED NAMES La Marea Restaurant Restaurant Review:

In Spanish, “marea” refers to the ebb and flow of the tides, and it’s an eerily apt name for this upscale restaurant of South Beach’s Tides Hotel, considering the regularity and frequency with which it has changed chefs and identities in the past two decades, and varied culinarily. Cuisine currently has no particular identity except “pricey resort food,” a mélange of competently prepared items that seem aimed at accommodating a wide range of travelers’ tastes and sophistication levels rather than at gastronomic excitement. Grab a table on the outside patio overlooking Ocean Drive and relax over drinks and a couple of small plates (recommended: crab cakes with two sauces, tempura shrimp fritters, crispy fish tacos), and enjoy the South Beach scene without actually being in it.