Crystals, Candelabras, and Actually Good Steaks

Big budgets and big flavors are welcome at Maple & Ash

Inside the decadence that is Maple & Ash (Photo Courtesy of World Red Eye)

America's top-grossing steakhouse has landed in Miami with all the subtlety of a Kardashian wedding. Maple & Ash, which debuted at Miami Worldcenter this past spring, is a two-story spectacle that brings Chef Danny Grant's wood-fired cooking to a city already swimming in high-end restaurants.

Is this just another fancy steakhouse? Yes, it's definitely a fancy and flashy steakhouse—but one where the food holds its own against the spectacle. Walking through velvet curtains feels like entering five different restaurants at once, each space with its own personality but unified by melting candelabras and that stunning crystal palm centerpiece dangling overhead. The music plays on the louder side, and the chairs aren't winning any …