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1445 Pennsylvania Ave. Miami Beach, FL 33139

305-672-4765

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Miami New Times
Recommended
Best Restaurant For The Hearing Impaired
Award Winner 2001

Cuisine(s): Contemporary, Eclectic

Hours: Daily 7pm-5am

Price: $$$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, Diners Club
Attire: Club wear

Features: Banquet Facilities, Catering, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Smoking, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Late Night

Entertainment: Live Entertainment
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended, Call-Ahead Seating Available, Recommended on Weekends

Parking: Street, Valet

Description

This restolounge's sex-centered gimmickry (supposedly aphrodisiac food, a grass-covered floor, belly dancers, soft-core porn flicks) might be dated, but its perennially packed Monday and weekend club nights suggest there are still many people who want to party like it's 1997. Although some of the sensual stuff plays havoc with the concept of fine dining (DJ music that overwhelms table conversation; incense that overpowers food smells), a few of Miami's best local chefs have made their names here - most notably Michelle Bernstein and most recently Top Chef competitor Sandee Birdsong. Offerings include intriguing specials like goat cheese flan with fresh blackberries and lemon zest, along with predictably lavish classics: seared foie gras; a lobster/mango/avocado napoleon with truffle vinaigrette; and a lux take on surf and turf (filet mignon with Cuban coffee sauce, plus a lobster tail).

Forbidden Fridays

10:00 p.m. every Fri.

DJs spin open format
DineDance

Every Sat.

Music is open format.
Legendary Tantra Mondays

Every Mon.
The Balkan Party

Every Wed.

2001 | Best Restaurant For The Hearing Impaired

Perhaps it's the music, spun by DJs who damaged their own hearing so long ago they have ear-practice pads rather than ear drums. Possibly it's the ever-playing Kama Sutra movie, inspiring both moans of delight and screams of "No, not again!" Maybe it's the fashionable crowd, whose very clothing is loud, or the ever-present buzz that follows celebrity diners Jim Carrey or Will Smith like tinnitus. But the requirements for getting past the big boys holding the ropes at Tantra no longer stop at... More »
2000 | Best Tourist Trap

Sex sells, and Tantra is well aware of it. You could even call this restaurant self-aware, the play toward sensuality is so over-the-top. That's why the cuisine has been labeled "aphrodisiac," and dishes have been given fanciful names: A tomato salad is called the "Love Apple" and a Roquefort-Bartlett pear salad is called "The French Kiss." In addition to the menu, you've got owner Tim Hogle, self-confessed "dentist to the stars." Then there's the Tantric décor, designed to stimulate... More »

Bromantic Wednesday Night: The Ultra Movie, Swedish House Mafia, and Getting Hard

By Jose D. Duran | Thu, March 22, 2012

Even though Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week have turned into a nine days of EDM, we've keep it pretty low key. Until last night. First stop: The world premiere of Ultra Music Festival's... More »
The Mantra at Tantra

By Camille Lamb | Thu, June 29, 2006

A leggy blond in a curve-hugging pink dress stretches out on a leopard-print couch, her eyes shut and her face relaxed — she's oblivious to the very public arena of Tantra (1445 Pennsylvania Ave., Miami Beach, 305-672-4765). Her suit-clad suitor o... More »
Buddhist Foodists

By Lee Klein | Thu, February 26, 1998

My wife turns to me and notes that we are walking on grass, noteworthy, I suppose, because we're inside a restaurant. "If the menu has a Hee Haw theme, we're outta here," I tell her. But as the words leave my mouth I start taking in the room and ... More »

Main Menu

Miami Romance Month
$36 Per Person Plus Tip And Tax; Our Regular Full Menu Will Also Be Available

Vietnamese Noodle Soup
nourishing lemon grass broth assorted asian vegetables and egg noodles

Love Apple
hand-picked vine ripe tomato layered with laura chenel goat cheese discs and fresh picked basil leaves, drizzled with basil oil and toasted pine nuts

Black Rock Grill Ribs
asian inspired baby back ribs served with a warm bok choy salad

Moroccan Mussels
steamed spicy mussels with tomatoes harissa sauce and black thai rice

Tantra Temptations
“cooking Is Like Love, It Should Be Entered Into With Abandon Or Not At All” $36 Per Person Plus Tip And Tax

Beef Tenderloin
braised cipolin onions, confit porcini, celery root puree with shavings of black truffles

Indian Inspired Chicken Tikka
boneless thigh meat marinated in yogurt, served with warm chick peas salad, ginger and garlic sauce

Grilled King Salmon
salmon pinwheel with gingered black thai rice, napa cabbage & shitake stir fry with sweet bell peppers and a soy sake glaze

Seafood “hot Pot”
lobster, shrimp, scallops, fish coconut broth, straw mushrooms and asian aromatics

Desserts
chef’s daily selections

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Tantra Restaurant & Lounge

1445 Pennsylvania Ave. Miami Beach, FL 33139

305-672-4765

Description

10:00 p.m. every Fri.

Every Sat.

Every Mon.

Every Wed.

2001 | Best Restaurant For The Hearing Impaired

2000 | Best Tourist Trap

By Jose D. Duran | Thu, March 22, 2012

By Camille Lamb | Thu, June 29, 2006

By Lee Klein | Thu, February 26, 1998