On a recent Saturday night my wife and her mother tried Red Koi. Unlike most Miami-ites, we like to eat dinner before 10 pm, and arrived at the restaurant around 7:30 to find it mostly empty. As the night was cool and there were no smokers at the patio tables in front of the restaurant, we chose to dine outside.\r
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The waiter arrived and took our drink orders, including a dirty martini ordered by my mother-in-law. Service was mostly attentive (although became a little slower towards the end of the meal as the restaurant filled).\r
Although she enjoyed her drink for $10 I expected to see a more martini in the glass . . .\r
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We opted for the appetizer platter, which was a good size for three, and tasty. My wife ordered the Red Koi Beef Special, I went with a chicken thai curry dish, and mom-in-law the beef thai curry. Everything was wonderful except for my chicken. The sauce was delicious, but the chicken breast was drier than sand paper. Seems like it had been stewing in the sauce for hours, instead of cooked to order. Despite that error, we enjoyed the meal.\r
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The prices were resonable (except for the liquor, seriously $10 for one martini?!). We will definitely return, and hope the chicken has more life next time . . .
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