BeyBey is back on the Sunset Harbour circuit, quietly sliding into its South Beach groove with a grill-forward menu built around a new live-fire charcoal kitchen. The relaunched room, part jewel-toned dining room and part garden, now centers shareable, smoke-kissed plates meant to keep the neighborhood crowd hanging out late. Early reservations are locking in for the oversized short rib and the coal-finished sweet potato, two dishes that have already turned into table-to-table chatter.
After pausing service in June 2024, the restaurant reopened in December 2025 following an 18-month overhaul, as reported by Miami New Times. The reset was a practical one: the owners wanted a kitchen that could actually handle live fuel instead of the cramped setup the restaurant originally launched with.
Owner Tiger Saliba told Haute Living that the team closed specifically to pull permits and rebuild the cookline around a true charcoal and wood hearth. The reworked layout keeps the flames in sight from the dining room, and Saliba says nearly everything that leaves the pass now gets at least a light kiss of smoke.
A Grill-First Reset
The menu leans hard into live fire and cross-cultural ideas: a massive za’atar short rib is cooked low and slow, then finished over coals, and vegetables get direct smoke and char, according to Modern Luxury. The sweet potato arrives slow-cooked, then blackened over embers, and several small plates pull from both Yucatán and Lebanese technique to bridge those flavors. Dessert stays linked to earlier menus, with the labneh cheesecake still showing up as a familiar finale, per contemporary reviews.
Who’s In The Kitchen
The relaunch brought Mérida-born chef Roberto Solís into the fold to help shape the Yucatán-meets-Lebanon direction, a move covered in Haute Living. Geoff Lee remains in place as chef de cuisine, and the team says much of the menu is built for sharing, with large cuts, grilled vegetables and sauces that let guests dial in the heat at the table.
What’s Next For Sunset Harbour
The owners have rolled out daytime lunch service and an honor-style pour bar, and a recently approved permit clears the way for a 24-seat cocktail bar at the back of the restaurant, per reporting by Miami New Times. The comeback lands in the middle of a wave of neighborhood shakeups, with longtime Sunset Harbour staples closing in recent months, and the revamped BeyBey is explicitly trying to push against that pattern by leaning into locals and late-night energy. Closures like Sardinia’s exit were noted by Eater Miami as part of the broader trend.
