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Jaguar Sun is split almost perfectly in half between a bar and dining room, like the ratio of an ideal peanut butter and jelly sandwich. You could come here just for drinks or only bucatini - but that’d be a little bit like only eating the top slice of that peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The best way to enjoy Jaguar Sun is by consuming a little of both because it’s probably the best dinner-and-drinks combo in Miami.
The small restaurant is located on the first floor of a highrise apartment in Downtown. There are generally about four pasta variations on the menu - plus other great things like the must-order Parker House rolls. The bucatini is great if you prefer your noodles blanketed in a snowstorm of parmesan and pecorino, but the agnolotti is the best. The little pasta pillows are stuffed with blue crab, corn, and saffron - and each one contains a combination of sweet and savory that makes us forget how to speak for about three seconds.
Emily Schindler
The cocktails - which are all well-balanced despite having a novela of ingredients - make Jaguar Sun a solid option for a dinner before a night out. It’s also a great place to bring a date you might not know that well or a boss who desperately wants to be hip. Whatever the occasion, this place is incredibly consistent and reliable - just make sure you’re taking advantage of everything it has to offer and not leaving half the sandwich uneaten.
Food Rundown
Emily Schindler
These fluffy rolls come two per order with a side of honey butter. We appreciate that there are only two per order, because if there were six on the table, we’d most likely eat them all before the entrees arrived.
Emily Schindler
This agnolotti is a top-three pasta in Miami. It’s slightly sweet thanks to the corn - but also cheesy and you can still taste the blue crab among all those flavors. If you’re with a group, it might be worth getting two of these on the table.
Emily Schindler
This dish keeps it simple: al dente bucatini, a whole lot of shaved parmesan and pecorino, and enough black pepper to cut through all that cheese. It is exactly what you want if you’ve been craving pasta for the last nine days.
