Restaurant in Palm Beach, United States
Live-fire cooking that justifies the resort price.
Florie's is the strongest case for a serious dinner in Palm Beach: Mauro Colagreco's first U.S. restaurant, set inside the Forbes Five-Star Four Seasons Resort, built around live-fire cooking and a 320-selection sustainable wine list. At $$$ per head with hard-to-get reservations, it earns its place as Palm Beach's most credible destination dining room. Book three to four weeks out minimum.
Yes, book Florie's — but plan at least three to four weeks ahead, especially for weekend dinner or Sunday brunch. As the signature restaurant at the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, Florie's carries the weight of chef Mauro Colagreco's first U.S. address: a 200-seat room built around live-fire cooking, an oceanfront terrace, and a wine list of 320 selections from sustainability-focused producers. At $$$ pricing (two courses, excluding drinks), it is not a casual drop-in, but for a special-occasion dinner or a serious Sunday brunch in Palm Beach, it is the most coherent high-end package the island offers.
The dining room runs warm and unhurried rather than loud or performative. Mint green and bronze accents pair with white wicker on the terrace, keeping the atmosphere grounded in Florida without veering into resort kitsch. The open kitchen is genuinely open — request a booth nearby if you want to watch the live-fire action. For the quieter, more atmospheric seat, the oceanfront terrace is the call: Atlantic views, natural light, and enough separation from the interior buzz to hold a real conversation. After its 2019 opening as part of a $45 million-plus resort renovation, the room has settled into a confidence that newer properties in the market still lack.
The dinner menu is built around Colagreco's live-fire techniques: stone hearth oven, yakitori grill, and spit-roasting. Florida ingredients anchor the menu , local fish and citrus feature prominently , alongside nods to Mirazur, Colagreco's three-Michelin-starred flagship in Menton, France. The tandoor-roasted lamb shoulder crosses over from the Mirazur repertoire. The Florida red snapper ceviche with leche de tigre and canxa corn represents the local-ingredient approach at its clearest. From the stone hearth, eggplant with scamorza espuma and Parmigiano-Reggiano is worth ordering, as is the yakitori wagyu beef. Desserts lean on precision over spectacle: the tiramisu with lemon biscuit and mascarpone cream draws on a family recipe, and the white chocolate mousse with yuzu-mango sorbet reads as a reliable palate reset.
Sunday brunch is a separate event worth its own reservation. Interactive chef stations cover custom omelets, waffles, and pancakes, while salt-crusted whole fish, tandoor-roasted suckling pig, and chicken à la broche signal that this is not a hotel buffet in the ordinary sense. A champagne bar is included in the format.
The wine list covers 320 selections across 1,300 bottles of inventory, with strength in California and France. Pricing is $$$, with many bottles at $100 or above. Corkage is $75 if you bring your own. The list is curated around sustainable producers , a framework worth engaging with rather than ignoring. Ask sommelier Sam Scales for guidance; the program is large enough that direction is genuinely useful. Florie's Bar runs a separate seasonal cocktail menu built on citrus, herbs, and botanicals grown in the Four Seasons' onsite garden, making it a credible pre-dinner stop rather than an afterthought.
Palm Beach's dining scene has always skewed toward legacy establishments and resort dining rooms that trade on location rather than cooking. Florie's changed that calculus when it opened in January 2019. Colagreco's choice to plant his first U.S. flag here, rather than in New York or Miami, gave Palm Beach a restaurant with genuine international culinary credibility , the kind you might associate with Le Bernardin in New York City or The French Laundry in Napa in terms of the chef's global standing, even if Florie's operates at a different format and price point. For a food-focused traveler arriving in Palm Beach, this is the restaurant that justifies the detour. If your frame of reference is destination-level cooking at chef-driven restaurants like Lazy Bear in San Francisco or Single Thread Farm in Healdsburg, Florie's sits in a recognizable tier , ambitious, produce-led, technically serious , while operating inside a Five-Star resort context that adds service infrastructure most standalone restaurants cannot match.
For the Palm Beach explorer who wants depth over convenience, Florie's is the anchor. Browse the full Palm Beach restaurants guide, check the Palm Beach hotels guide if you are not already staying at the Four Seasons, or explore the Palm Beach bars guide for pre- or post-dinner options beyond Florie's Bar.
| Detail | Florie's | būccan | Coolinary and the Parched Pig |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price tier | $$$ | $$$ | $$$ |
| Cuisine | French American / Mediterranean | American | Contemporary |
| Booking difficulty | Hard (3–4 weeks out) | Moderate | Moderate |
| Setting | Five-Star resort, oceanfront terrace | Standalone, lively room | Standalone |
| Dress code | Smart casual | Smart casual | Smart casual |
| Wine list | 320 selections, sustainability focus | Standard | Standard |
| Meals served | Lunch and Dinner | Dinner | Varies |
Book three to four weeks ahead for dinner, longer for peak season (December through April). Sunday brunch requires its own reservation and fills quickly given the format. Walk-ins at Florie's Bar are more feasible if you want to access the cocktail program without a full dinner commitment. The dress code is smart casual throughout. For groups, the 200-seat capacity means the room can handle larger parties, but coordinate directly with the Four Seasons reservations team to discuss seating arrangements. No phone number is currently listed in our data , book through the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach directly.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florie's | French American | Hard | |
| būccan | American | $$$ | Unknown |
| Coolinary and the Parched Pig | Contemporary | $$$ | Unknown |
| The Butcher's Club | Steakhouse | $$$$ | Unknown |
| Flybridge | American Seafood | Unknown | |
| HMF at the Breakers | Unknown |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
Arrive knowing this is Mauro Colagreco's only U.S. restaurant, connected to the Forbes Five-Star Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, so service expectations and prices ($$$, two-course dinner $66+) are calibrated to that level. The dinner menu is built around live-fire techniques — stone hearth oven, yakitori grill, spit-roasting — so order accordingly rather than treating it like a standard resort steakhouse. Sunday brunch with interactive chef stations and tableside preparations is a separate reservation and fills independently. Request the oceanfront terrace when booking if you want Atlantic views instead of the interior dining room.
Florie's seats 200, so larger parties are operationally feasible, but confirm group-specific arrangements directly with the Four Seasons at 2800 S Ocean Blvd when booking. The open kitchen and terrace layout suit groups looking for a relaxed, shared-format dinner rather than a quiet, intimate setting. For private event needs, the resort infrastructure supports buyouts and private dining rooms, though those details are best confirmed at time of reservation.
For a less resort-anchored experience at a lower price point, būccan on Peruvian Avenue is the strongest local alternative — more casual format, strong local following. HMF at The Breakers is the closest comparable in terms of resort prestige and price tier, though the format leans more cocktail-bar-forward than cooking-forward. If the live-fire technique and Colagreco's Mediterranean-meets-Florida approach is the draw, there's no direct substitute in Palm Beach, which is part of why Florie's holds its position in the market.
Smart casual is the documented dress code — no need for a jacket, but beachwear and athletic wear are out. The Four Seasons Resort setting means guests generally dress up slightly more than the code technically requires, so business casual or resort smart will put you in line with the room. The terrace runs more relaxed than the main dining room, but the same code applies throughout.
Yes, particularly for occasions where the full package matters: Forbes Five-Star resort setting, an oceanfront terrace, tableside preparations at Sunday brunch, and a wine list with 320 selections backed by an on-site sommelier. The $$$ price point and live-fire cooking format make it a stronger fit for milestone dinners and anniversary meals than for casual celebrations. If the goal is pure cooking prestige, Florie's is the only Mauro Colagreco restaurant in the United States, which gives it a credential most Palm Beach alternatives cannot match.
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