In Miami Gardens, Yarumba Restaurant & Lounge serves Dominican classics by day and turns into a live-music hot spot by night.
Chef Danny Peñalo blends traditional recipes with refined technique, so goat stew, mofongo, and whole snapper share one menu.
How Yarumba won Miami Gardens’ hearts
Yarumba describes itself as a new concept in Dominican cuisine that mixes traditional recipes with deconstruction and fusion techniques.
Chef Danny Peñalo leads the kitchen, blending traditional recipes with refined technique, so you can find a Grandmother’s goat stew plated next to Angus ribeye and Caribbean lobster. 🇩🇴
Every dish is built on homemade spice blends and tropical ingredients.
During the day, Yarumba is a proper dining room that’s family-friendly and unhurried, with service that makes a weekday lunch feel like a special occasion.
As the evening moves in, lighting, music, and energy build toward one of Miami Gardens’ most distinctive nightlife destinations. 🌙
The live music lounge in Miami Gardens stays open until 3 AM on Fridays and 4 AM on Saturdays, making it one of the few Dominican restaurants in Miami with a full late-night entertainment experience. 🎶
A happy hour runs Monday through Friday from 4 to 7 PM, with signature cocktails like the Mojito de Chinola (a passion fruit mojito) and tropical rum blends. 🍹
That mix of Dominican food, hospitality, and a party that lasts past midnight is why this Dominican restaurant in Miami Gardens keeps winning fans. ❤️
Food Highlights 🍽️
- Dominican Flag Platter: Beef or chicken stew with rice, beans, tostones, sweet plantains, and avocado. 🇩🇴
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Churrascofongo: Your choice of mofongo stuffed with skirt steak and served over creamy pork belly sauce, topped with grilled shrimp and avocado slices. 🥩
- Dominican Sancocho: A thick Dominican broth with beef, pork, chicken, malanga, cassava, and banana, served with rice or tostones. 🍲
- Salmofongo: Salmon in a creamy shrimp sauce over a ripe plantain mofongo. 🍤
- Mocano Mofongo: Mofongo made with crunchy pork rinds and pork belly, covered in cheddar cheese. 🧀
- Surf and Turf: A 6 oz flap steak with a creamy sauce of shrimp, mushrooms, and herbs, accompanied by a ripe plantain mofongo. 🍄
- Thai Snapper: A whole boneless fried snapper stuffed with Thai rice, shrimp, vegetables, and ripe plantain, finished in coconut sauce. 🐟
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Glazed Pork Belly Chow Fan: Pork belly chow fan with shrimp, avocado, and a fried egg. 🍳
Atmosphere 🌴
Yarumba is an upscale, full-service dining room, and the daytime mood is family-friendly and unhurried.
At night, the lighting, music, and energy build, and the restaurant becomes a lounge with live bachata, merengue, and bands that keep the dance floor moving. 💃
The festive atmosphere is inspired by the streets of Santo Domingo.
It works for date night, large family dinners, or a late-night stop after an event at Hard Rock Stadium. 🥂
Bottom Line 🏆
Visit for chef-driven mofongo, slow-cooked goat stew, a whole stuffed snapper, a family-friendly lunch, and live music that runs until 3 AM or 4 AM on weekends. 🎶
Address:
4740 NW 167th Street, Miami Gardens, FL 33014 📍
📞 (305) 622-9700
🕚 Open Mon-Thu, 11 AM-10 PM; Fri, 11 AM-3 AM; Sat, 10 AM-4 AM; Sun, 11 AM-2 AM