Gigi Rigolatto Makes the Delano Feel Like the Delano Again
Paris Society’s first U.S. restaurant lands at the newly renovated Delano Miami Beach with a 24-clam linguine and a foot-tall tower of pistachio gelato
The Delano hotel is finally back after years of renovation, and this was my first time inside since the doors reopened. Walking through that lobby felt like walking through years of my own memories. Same bones, major facelift. The restaurant makes its case before you reach a table: you enter through a little boutique at the front, and past it, candles sit on every table in the dining room. At night the room runs mostly on candlelight. We arrived too early to catch it in full, but I watched the room start to glow around 9 as we were heading out. It gives the whole space a vibe.
Gigi Rigolatto is the first U.S. restaurant from Paris Society, the hospitality group Laurent de Gourcuff founded in 2008 that now runs more than 70 venues, with Gigi outposts in Paris, Saint-Tropez, Rome, Dubai, and Bodru…
