Fratelli La Bufala

Service: Staff was professional, helpful, and nice.
Food: Everything the server recommend was very good, but I especially liked the pizza and the pasta.
Ambiance: It’s cute! They have a lot of tables inside and the bar has a tv. Outside they probably have 4 – 5 tables. We sat outside cause the weather was really nice, but if you can’t take the heat, go inside where it’s air conditioned hahaha

This was my 2^nd time going to this place. I went with my 8yr-​old son, who love pizza. The temp. inside was too hot. The server was very nice guy. I parked in front of the restaurant on the pay-​to-​park area on the street around 6pm. Around 6:45pm another server comes to me and ask me to move my car because is valet parking now on the middle of my meal with my son. I told him that I’ll move my car when I done eating. He didn’t like my respond and I guess he called the owner who came out and asked to move my car nicely. He also told me if valet parking tow away my car they are not responsible. I didn’t like that and at this point we were almost done eating anyway. So keep in mind that valet parking own the public street parking in that area. I’m not coming back to this restaurant ever again. I didn’t got to enjoy the meal with my son.

Amazing place with great food, great service, great people, and amazing wine. Looking forward to coming back to this place.

If you want a taste of old Italy in a cozy relaxed super friendly atmosphere with superior quality tasting food then this is your place. Just 2 blocks in from the beach on 5^th and Washington, you will be warmly greeted and immediately seated. We had the fresh mozzerella and riccota pruscheto plate to start and the fettuchini alfredo and the iprena pizza. Soooo good. Roberto was fantastic and made it very special. Exceptional service all around and unmatched food. You wont be disappointed only hard thing is choosing what to eat and finishing it all.

As written before. This is THE place. Best pizza in Miami period. Should I continue? more review? Forget about the décor and how small it is, this is the place for pizza. The focaccia? Maybe the best I’ve had including Italy! The dough has a special flavor to it that makes it that much more interesting…
Service? Also impeccable… Management? Also very good…
Keep up the good work…
Enjoy

Fratelli accommodated a large group of us with great energy!
They were accommodating to the varying palettes of our group — from the most grand meateaters to vegans. We all loved the bread that they provided us. But the star of the show for me was the gnocchi.
Usually when friends offer me to try some of what they got, I take them up on their offer. But not this time. Once I started on my gnocchi, I saw nothing else, smelled nothing else, wanted nothing else. I got the gnocchi with a pink sauce and by some sort of culinary magic the sauce binded with the copious amount of pillowy mozzerella which created a massive cheesy goodness that I can’t quite describe. It was rich indeed, but the portion was large enough to fill me up (where I usually have leftovers.)
Everyone left on the brink of a food coma. I know I’ve harped on the gnocchi enough, but it’s honestly some of the best I’ve had anywhere and I can’t wait to come back for it.
One star taken off just because it was a rather loud place to be. We had a large party and I couldn’t hear the person next to me unless they were speaking loudly in my hear — much less me being able to communicate with someone a few seats down. Service also isn’t the speediest, so be sure to not come on a completely empty stomach (or just chow down on the bread they give.)

Crazy, crazy good!
We had prosecco with the Unilocal check in, and then ordered salads and gazpacho.
The pasta with octopus and shrimp was aaaa-​mmmazing! So good, so succulent, just the right amount of spicy.
Paccheri, large tubes with mushrooms, smoked mozzarella, red bell peppers, and cherry tomato sauce was sumptuous, earthy and delicious.
The pizzas are really great – wood-​fired with fresh veggies and fresh mozzarella. Our resident pizza expert claims this is the best Italian food in Florida.
Desserts were great – try the scoop of vanilla gelato with a tiny pitcher of espresso to dump over it.

Great as usual! We had fresh mozzarella appetizer and the Lasagna! Service was superb… ROBERTO IS THE BEST!

I love getting my fix in whenever I spend a long day on Miami Beach ! The mozzarella here is fresh and the pizza tastes just like the ones I used to eat while roaming the streets of Italy. I normally don’t like pizza crust but there is just something about the crispy crust at FLB that makes it irresistible. Each pizza is personal sized but the calzones are huge. If you are a big group, I would suggest ordering multiple pizzas and splitting them up amongst yourselves (because they are all that good).
Service is extremely friendly and everything is delivered to your table hot and ready. We went on a Sunday evening and they were attentive and very accommodating with our large party. You can find them on Groupon sometimes as well, definitely worth the buy! Don’t forget your Unilocal check in for a free glass of Prosecco either :).

Big fan of this place. Very authentic and my buddy got the pizza and said it was truly authentic and tasty. In had the calzone and it was awesome.

The food its really good!!! The service teally good and the price its really good for the service!!! We will definitely will go again! Dog friendly

Definitely recommend this homemade and authentic Italian pizzeria! Everything was delicious and the tiramisu was better than any other place we have tried. Used groupon discount. Would come again.

Amazing pizza restaurant that is just 5 min walk from ocean drive! Definitely better pricing and good quality than a bunch of other restaurants out there. Pizza taste amazing with a super thin crust. Would definitely revisit in the future!

Absolutely AMAZING! Who would have though that South Beach would have such delicious and authentic Italian food! Bye bye. all the tourist restaurant traps!
We came here for lunch on a weekday. Service was a bit slow, but overall the experience was very good. Our server started us off with two glasses of prosecco (YAY for Unilocal check-​in). Our lunch experience just got good! They don’t have a special lunch menu, just the regular menu to order from. Prices are very reasonable here. We got the Linguine ai Gamberi with shrimp, zucchini and cherry tomatoes. When the dish came, I thought it looked very plain and something I could make at home. However, one bite into the pasta and I was in love. It was so flavorful and delicious! I couldn’t stop eating it! We also got the La Parma Pizza. Simple ingredients, but absolutely divine. The crust was very thin (the way I like it), the sauce and everything was so yums! Our server also gave us this spicy oil to put on the pizza which made it even better. If we had tried this restaurant earlier in our trip, I would have definitely came back for dinner. However, it was already our last day in Miami! Definitely will come back next time.

Came here before a night out in South Beach with some friends. I’d say everything that we ordered was very good, although nothing knocked my socks off. We arrived around 6:30 to surprisingly a packed house. We came armed with a Groupon for 4 which allowed us to order any 2 pizzas and any 2 pastas.
Shortly after arriving, we were greeted by our incredibly sweet waitress. Tip: There’s a Unilocal check-​in for a free glass of prosecco. Although most restaurants do not allow promotions to be combined, our incredible waitress made an exception and brought us 4 glasses of prosecco in exchange for our Unilocal check-​ins.
After the prosecco arrived, we were given a bread basket. The bread, though a tad-​bit stale, was perfect for soaking up the olive oil and vinegar. For dinner, my wife and I split the gnocchi and the Margheritana pizza. In record time, our pizzas and pastas arrived less than 10 minutes later. The gnocchi, was very dense but had out of this world flavor with little pieces of fresh mozzarella and ricotta scattered throughout the dish. The pizza, in true authentic Italian-​style was topped with red sauce, fresh mozzarella and eggplant.
All in all, we definitely enjoyed our meal at Fratelli La Bufala. The service was great and the meals come out very quickly which is perfect if you want to line your tummy before a night of drinking. I would definitely recommend this place if you’re looking for something moderately priced, delicious, and quick on the beach.

I’m back to loving this place
Food has always been fantastic
And the service has improved to meet that
Ricotta gnocchi is excellent
The burrata is divine and the diavola pizza I just can’t live without
I will miss coming here
They need to open in Texas
Grazie!

Would totally recommend this place for a date night or with family, or with a large group of friends. Tips are automatically added to your bill (17%) but the customer service was great, so that shouldn’t matter.
We got the margherita pizza with pasta and octopus. Best meal of our night in Miami!

My trips to SOBE as a native Miamian are few and far between. However, on those rare occasions I almost always stop by for a Ripienone Calzone. It’s the best calzone I’ve had in Miami.​It’s filled with bufala ricotta, smoked bufala​mozzarella, neapolitan salami & tomato sauce all in a perfectly cooked crust (charred in some areas for smoky flavor, never soggy). Pizzas and gnocchi are also solid but for from transcendent. I’d avoid the grilled sausages, they were fine but the plate felt thrown together and it didn’t make much sense as an entrée. Service, if that;s important to your dining experience, is efficient but can be a bit robotic. Artsy décor and a tv usually showing a soccer game complete the interior. Dine outside to people watch as an added bonus.

I read great reviews and this alone peaked my interest as I LOVE pizza but more importantly Neapolitan style pizza. Mostly in south beach you will find corner pizza stands with half baked pizza which I hate because it dries up the sauce…
Now to my review I was greeted quickly and seated right away. My drink arrived just before my super quick brick over hot gooey beautiful pizza arrives …
The taste test. Chewy crust was perfect not soggy. Not dry. Chewy perfect. The sauce was just right. Light in taste but heavy enough to see it and taste it. I do dislike when there is not enough sauce on a pizza. …
The mozzarella was perfect too. Just enough to to over right to the edge of the sauce revealing the right amount of red around the pizza.
This is a must must visiting if you love Neapolitan style Brick over pizza that is made perfect and you are in Southbeach.
I will be back !!!

Si buscas comer una pizza estilo italiano en Miami, este es el lugar. En la esquina de Washington Ave. y la 5^st.
El local tiene una estética de cantina italiana. Tanto las pizzas como las pastas son de excelencia. Verdadera pizza a la piedra, de esas difíciles de encontrar en USA.

This place could and should be much better than it is.
I have been in their restaurant in Barcelona and oh man, I could feel the big difference yesterday when I ate a small margherita with just a few pieces of buffala… the carbonara pasta was nice and tasty, but a bit small portion for the price. The dessert was delicious (ricottina) but I also found it a bit small… overall, I went out disappointed. The staff look unhappy and not sor friendly nor hardworking, and the place looks a bit forgotten… I was sad to come with a high expectacion after my Barcelona experience and having such a mediocre dinner…

Molto buono! Impecable service from Pablo our server, always with a smile! Pizza muy rica y excelente servicio y rápido! Grazie

Buena comida pero muy mala atención, es terrible ir un viernes en la noche, deberían entrenar más a sus empleados