SLS Brickell’s Jose Andres & Michael Schwartz Cheffed Restaurants Are Taking Fall Reservations

Bazaar Mar by Jose Andres

SLS Brickell Hotel & Residences’s two big-name, celebrity-chef-overseen marquee restaurants are both set to open this fall, at about the same time that the rest of that residential and hotel tower built by the Related Group and managed by SBE debuts.

SBE Group has just begun accepting reservations on OpenTable for Fi’lia, an Italian restaurant created by Miami-made Chef Michael Schwartz beginning October 15th, and Bazaar Mar,  a seafood spectacular by big-time celeb-u-Chef Jose Andres, beginning Tuesday November 15th. The mid-Fall timing coincides logically with the first opening month or so of Miami’s high-season, when we’re getting lots of global attention but everyone in the world hasn’t arrived yet. Sounds like the perfect time to open a restaurant.

F’ilia by Michael Schwartz.

A Look Inside the SLS Brickell as They Prepare for Opening Day

October 3rd is the big day. The SLS Brickell will officially be open, although the site is very clearly still under construction. We were lucky enough to get a hard-hat tour of the project from bottom to top this week and wow! Brickell is in for a treat! Here are some of the highlights from our outing:

The residential lobby has a really cool textured finish on all of the walls and the ceiling.

The hotel lobby has a dramatic curved staircase & direct entry to Fi’lia, Michael Schwartz’s newest restaurant in Miami. They will serve ‘honest Italian food,’ according to their instagram profile @filiarestaurant. (Check it out for pics of the plates).

Speaking of Fi’lia, here is a snap of the progress in the restaurant. It will have an open kitchen and be the more casual of the restaurants in SLS Brickell.

Up on the pool deck, things are coming along with the poolside restaurant and the signature Philippe Starck duck already in place. The pool deck has 2 large pools, a reflection pool and 2 jacuzzi’s along with cabanas and the restaurant.

Along side of the pool deck is the start of the meeting rooms. We anticipate many distractions from those meetings with the views of the South Brickell skyline and all of the action from the pool. But, what do you expect from Miami?

Up top, the residents will enjoy a private pool deck that they will not share with the hotel guests. (Sorry, guys. You have to pay to play.) This deck is on the 54th floor with crazy views all around.

The penthouses have private rooftop terraces with their own private pools.

Back down on the ground level, we toured Bazaar. That is the more fancy seafood restaurant that will have custom tile murals with mermaids, leopards, boating wildlife and all kinds of fun things. The spot will also have a fish tank and separate sushi room.

They already have plenty of parties booked, including a farewell party for a certain much-loved Miami Heat player.

The residences should start closings as well in October, but are pending their TCO (temporary certificate of occupancy). Currently there is only 1 unit remaining, a 50th floor penthouse for $1,698,900.

The hotel is already booking rooms, with a crazy introductory rate of $200/night! I’m sure that won’t last long, but get it while it’s hot! See you there!

Related Just Unveiled SLS Brickell’s Dramatically Diagonal Balcony Lights

Photo by Marcos Viñas, courtesy Instagram @anapaulacg.

The Related Group’s SLS Brickell condominium tower in the heart of Brickell is fast approaching completion, with closings comin’ up soon. How soon? According to Carlos Rosso, Related’s Luxury Condo Division President, they’re planning on September 1st. In anticipation, the tower was set ablaze last night with a dramatic outdoor lighting scheme of dominated by diagonal rows of twinkling blue dots affixed to small promontories poking out of the building’s balconies, then wrapping around the building at the corners. The effect is really very cool, although last night was a test. How did the test turn out? Well, it looks pretty great,. but as you can see a few big chunks of balcony lights stayed in the dark. Looks like someone might have to do some more testing, Christmas light style.