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The Mediterranean restaurant located in Miami invites you to come enjoy of this month Chef's Choice by Estrella Damm special prices  

El restaurante mediterráneo, ubicado en Miami, te invita a disfrutar este mes de precios reducidos gracias al evento Chef’s Choice. Todos los detalles aquí.

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – With lush green gardens set in an enchanting environment outside, to a charming and rustic European style eatery inside, Cafe Roval, located on 58th Street and NE 4th Court in Miami’s Morningside area, is a sight for sore eyes.

Hidden in a centuries-old stone pump house, and surrounded by lush backyard gardens, a Japanese-style pond and a romantic ambiance that’s hard to find in Miami, Café Roval {5808 NE 4 Court, Miami, Morningside; 786.953.7850} has become one of Miami’s go-to date night spots. And now, this romantic place has a new chef at the helm—and with it, a new, drool-worthy menu.

Hidden in a centuries-old stone pump house, and surrounded by lush backyard gardens, a Japanese-style pond and a romantic ambiance that’s hard to find in Miami, Café Roval {5808 NE 4 Court, Miami, Morningside; 786.953.7850} has become one of Miami’s go-to date night spots. And now, this romantic place has a new chef at the helm—and with it, a new, drool-worthy menu.

Owned by SOBE visionary and pioneer Mark Soyka (of Soyka, News Cafe, and the very missed Van Dyke Cafe) this reimagined gem sits beaming just waiting to be discovered. I don’t know about you, but I can’t remember the last time I dined at a remodeled 1923 former fresh-water pump house. Walking up to Cafe Roval, I felt eager to explore every inch of this historic location.

Café Roval's coral house is a charming structure. But that cute little building is just the half of it. If it's romance you seek, you'll find it in the restaurant's outdoor garden. Everything about it screams "happily ever after" for the couples canoodling over wine, caviar (market price), and mussels ($23). Tables are strewn around a grotto with waterfalls and statues.

Last week, the South Beach Wine & Food Festival brought in chefs from around the country — and the world. Among them was Uri Jeremias, the internationally acclaimed Israeli chef known for his fish and seafood restaurant, Uri Buri, in Acre, Israel.

It was another of those lovely Miami nights….no humidity, a warm soft breeze and walking into the barely 2-month-old Café Roval just off Biscayne and 54th felt like I had traveled many days to this green oasis of coral, wood, lush vegetation and small pools and ponds. 

In 1998, Mark Soyka was driving somewhere between Miami Shores and Aventura on Biscayne Boulevard when he spotted a familiar hooker. Until just a few months earlier, she had worked in the empty lot next door to the then-54-year-old's eponymous restaurant at the nexus of Little Haiti, Morningside, and the Design District.

 The who: Miami restaurateur Mark Soyka branches out after a 15 year hiatus with the opening of his newest concept, Cafe Roval. Soyka has tapped Nuno Grullon (R House) to run the kitchen. The space: At a historic coral pump house in Morningside, just down the street from his namesake restaurant, Soyka employs that same industrial-luxe feel he pioneered so well at his namesake restaurant.

Mark Soyka is a man of many repertoires. He's been molding the Miami restaurant scene since the creators of Instagram were still in diapers, back when every lunch didn't get a photoshoot. And after a 15 year hiatus, he's back.

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