Las Olas Gourmet & Wine

Anyone who rates this less than 5 should really just  -  stay home and microwave soup, or simply join all the tourists at the mall, or ON Las Olas, where you can find your $20 french crepes and $20 noodles "pasta" with salty, mystery meat.

Because THIS is a cute friendly wine beer bistro, that's only a 2-block walk north, off 8th Ave, with fresh salads, hummus pita, grape leaves, fresh GOAT cheese, some Gouda, real chicken, always amazing pizza baked to order.  Ask.  Try the wine, it's called wine-tasting.

The owner is a friendly guy, and his family, have been around since we (also) "stumbled in" back in 2005-6.  Las Olas Gourmet Wine, now called Rumi Lounge, who cares what the name is.  My friends from NY, MI, GA all request this place as "that great Mediterranean place".

Really had a lovely experience here on Friday night and was pleasantly surprised.  The middle eastern plate with falafel, hummous, and tabouli was out of this world.  Obviously, they know what they are doing and all was fresh and homemade.  They happened to have a group of middle eastern musicians playing that night, which added to the fun and the ambiance.   The pizza that the people next to me got looked absolutely delicious and the vibe was laid back and chill.  We will definitely be back.

Stumbled upon this winebar after yelp got us lost looking for a Greek place. The service was fantastic and the food was even better. We ordered the hummus platter to start and a bottle of white (it was 11:30 am). The wine wasn't chilled so they comped us each a glass while we waited. I had the tuna melt which was yummy (and not dripping in mayo, ick!). My bff had the prociutto sandwich and direct quote, "I want to make love to this sandwich".

The wine selection is great and the food is great as well. Cute place, definitely plan to return next time I'm in S Florida!