The Birdcage Cafe
An Ocean Drive cafe tied to the movie The Birdcage, serving big breakfasts, seafood and fishbowl cocktails from 9 am daily.
Revisado octubre de 2026
Good for a first South Beach trip, a group wanting easy cocktails with an Ocean Drive view, or a big breakfast after the beach. The trade-off: it's touristy, and the bill runs higher than the $$ suggests.
The fishbowl question
Drinks arrive in large fishbowl glasses, and that's the photo most first-timers are after. The reviews the restaurant quotes name margaritas and micheladas, along with oysters, ceviche, fried fish, nachos and steak fajitas. It's listed at $$, but this is Ocean Drive. One reviewer who came during a buy-one-get-one special still says to expect a decent bill. Ask the price of the big cocktail before you order it, and ask whether a happy hour or two-for-one deal is running. There's a separate happy hour menu, so timing your visit can change the total.
Breakfast to last call
Google lists it open 9 am to 11:30 pm every day, while the restaurant's own site shows later closings, up to 1 am on Fridays and Saturdays. Call ahead if you're counting on a late drink. Breakfast has its own menu, and reviewers keep mentioning huge portions, which makes this a solid stop before or after the beach. Lunch rolls into happy hour, then the sunset crowd settles in for cocktails facing the street. The 4.9 from about 7,700 Google reviews is unusually high for this strip. Plenty of those reviews name their servers, so service is clearly what people remember.
The movie and the strip
The restaurant says scenes from The Birdcage were filmed here at 1250 Ocean Dr, and the name leans into it. It sits on the busiest stretch of South Beach, facing the park and the sand, so your view is Ocean Drive foot traffic with the beach behind it. It's a tourist spot and doesn't pretend otherwise. That works for a first trip, a group that wants a lively, easy table, or a movie fan who wants a drink where it was shot. Locals after a quiet seafood dinner will do better a few blocks inland.
Reservas
Book through the form on the restaurant's website if you want a table at sunset.
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Google and the restaurant's site list different closing times, so call before heading over late.
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What are The Birdcage Cafe's hours?
Google lists 9 am to 11:30 pm every day, but the restaurant's site shows later hours, up to 1 am on Fridays and Saturdays, so check before a late visit.
Was The Birdcage movie filmed at The Birdcage Cafe?
The restaurant says the movie The Birdcage was filmed at its spot on Ocean Drive, which is where the name comes from.
Does The Birdcage Cafe take reservations?
Yes, there's a reservation form on the restaurant's website where you pick a date, time and party size.