Essensia embodies the simplicity and elegance of natural gourmet dining at The Palms Hotel & Spa. The concept focuses on the pure essence of taste and a genuine passion to provide the rare opportunity to slow down and indulge in a dining experience carefully crafted for the mind, body, and soul.
Essensia features tasteful worldly fare in a vibrant and sophisticated style. With an established career launching some of South Florida’s most successful dining establishments and a long track record creating exceptional green and organic dishes, our cuisine extracts a kaleidoscope of flavors from local, seasonal, sustainable and organic ingredients, creating a fresh and wholesome food concept, set to revive your senses.
The menus also include an array of lower calorie Spa selections, for our weight-conscious patrons, Experience the pure essence of taste while nourishing your body and soul at Essensia, a unique South Beach dining experience.
Essensia features a 65-seat indoor dining room plus al fresco seating for another 120 under the covered terrace and poolside deck. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
100% Sustainable, Organic & Biodynamic Wines
Complementing the seasonal menus is Essensia’s exclusive wine list, committed to being completely sustainable, organic, or biodynamic and has been selected for sharing Essensia’s mission to be good for you and the environment.
View our wine list
Essensia’s Organic Chef’s Garden
Located behind the Tiki Bar rests our new Chef’s garden. Just one of several green initiatives at the hotel, the garden is overseen by Chef Julie Frans where herbs are freshly picked and used in many of our scrumptious Essensia recipes. The garden consists of 6 individual beds, each 4′ x 6′, totaling 750 square feet of growing space. From our tomato salad with homegrown basil, ceviche with backyard cilantro, to brussels sprouts with sage and shiitakes. Essensia restaurant strives to deliver a genuine sense of well-being to guests by providing services and facilities that are both good for you, our community and the environment. Hosted every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., guests are welcome to attend the tour, which will commence in the sandy area in front of the garden’s entrance. Chef Julie will identify the organic produce, herbs and greens in the garden and prepare tasting utilizing ingredients from the garden.
Essensia Family Style Wednesdays
Getting your loved ones around the table at the same time may require expert scheduling, but it’s definitely worth the effort. Essensia Restaurant encourages South Floridians to break bread together every Wednesday night. It’s time to sit back, relax, share a pleasant conversation, and enjoy a healthy family style dinner with the people that matter most. Coinciding with Essensia’s free Organic Chef’s Garden Tours every Wednesday at 5:00 p.m., where kids & adults can pick, eat and learn about organic produce and eating healthfully, Signature Chef Julie Frans and her culinary team have created a family style sharing menu which will be available Wednesdays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Just like at home, family-sized platters and bowls are served to each table for guests to share amongst themselves. The Palms offers complimentary valet parking with dinner, up to 3 hours. For restaurant reservations, please call 305.908.5458 or visit www.essensiarestaurant.com.
NEW SEASONAL MENU ITEMS DEBUT AT ESSENSIA
Featuring homegrown produce and herbs, sustainable seafood and natural local meats Essensia Restaurant recently launched several new seasonal menu items, representing Spring in South Florida. Exemplifying the restaurants farm-to-table philosophy, the new Garden Crudités Plate features assorted raw veggies picked from the Essensia Chef’s Organic Garden located right in The Palms’ backyard.
In addition, Signature Chef Julie Frans and her culinary team are utilizing several new key ingredients in the menu, including caviar from Mote Aquacluture, Peruvian rainforest paiche from the Amazone and salmon from Loch Duart. These purveyors have been selected for developing technologies and sustainable practices for farming high quality products while preserving the earth’s natural resources. View the new dinner menu here.
“Essensia voted one of Miami’s top five hotel restaurants.” – Lee Klein, Miami New Times
“Elegant Essensia serves exceptional, healthful food…. I was immediately impressed by Essensia’s sprightly, modern menu with artfully sourced ingredients and a healthful bent.” – Victoria Pesce Elliott, The Miami Herald
“A classic hotel restaurant goes natural and organic… seasonal and organic ingredients take center stage at Essensia.” – Arielle Castillo, Edible South Florida
“How can it be that a relatively low-profile establishment fills so many chairs? The answer probably lies in the quality of the dining experience, which is solid.” – Lee Klein, Miami New Times
Sunday Brunch at Essensia
Essensia features a carefully crafted Sunday brunch incorporating organic and seasonal ingredients, served in a leisurely and relaxed ambiance. Patrons can enjoy a traditional breakfast buffet, including hot and cold breakfast items, waffles and omelets, European deli meats and cheeses, fresh seasonal tropical fruit and Pastry Chef Christopher Jennings delectable creations, which include a variety of pastries, cookies, tarts, and more, or choose from a carefully crafted a la carte menu with unique highlights such as Lobster Beignets and an Organic Egg Frittata. Brunch lovers can also sip on a variety of made-to-order smoothies, natural brunch cocktails, made with premium, mostly organic and artisanal spirits and bubbly at special brunch prices.
Sunday Brunch takes place every Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For reservations please call 305.908.5458 or email essensia@thepalmshotel.com Indoor and outdoor seating is available. Click here to see our Brunch Menu.
Essensia Restaurant Menus & Hours of Operation:
Breakfast
Daily 6:30am to 11:00pm
Breakfast Menu
Brunch
Sundays 11.30 am to 3.00pm
Brunch Menu
Lunch
Daily from 11:00am to 3:00pm
Lunch Menu
Dinner
Sunday-Thursday 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Friday & Saturday 6:00pm to 11:00pm
Dinner Menu Kids Menu Dessert Menu
3025 Collins Avenue
Inside The Palms Hotel
Miami Beach, FL 33140
