{"id":2395161,"date":"2026-04-29T21:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2395161"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:44:17","slug":"braxton-berrios-bethenny-frankel-and-more-stars-hit-gaia-miamis-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/braxton-berrios-bethenny-frankel-and-more-stars-hit-gaia-miamis-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Braxton Berrios, Bethenny Frankel and more stars hit Gaia Miami&#8217;s opening night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dubai has landed in Miami. <\/p>\n<p>Fundamental Hospitality \u2014 the UAE-born powerhouse behind hot spots like\u00a0Shanghai Me, Alaya, and La Maison Ani \u2014 quietly previewed its first US outpost in Miami this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Stars like Bethenny Frankel, Braxton Berrios and Larsa Pippen attended the four-night preview of Gaia Miami last Thursday to Sunday, a source told Page Six.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gaia\u2019s Miami outpost (pictured) opened with a starry showing last week.  <span class=\"credit\">World Red Eye<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Mediterranean (pictured) was opened by Fundamental Hospitality.  <span class=\"credit\">World Red Eye<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>We\u2019re told partners\u00a0Evgeny Kuzin\u00a0and\u00a0Izu Ani\u00a0\u201crolled out the red carpet\u201d for a handpicked group of the coastal-Floridian city\u2019s most influential names for a first look ahead of the\u00a0official\u00a0opening later this week.<\/p>\n<p>To kick things off, the Mayor of Miami Beach, Steven Meiner, led a ribbon-cutting ceremony. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside, the scene leaned more private members club than restaurant preview,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re told couples Kevin and Kate Love and David Lee\u00a0and\u00a0Caroline Wozniacki dined alongside NBA icon\u00a0Pat Riley\u00a0and NFL\u00a0standout\u00a0Jon Vilma. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bethenny Frankel (seen here) attended the opening and called it the best restaurant in Miami. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Braxton Berrios (second from the right) attended the opening with friends.  <span class=\"credit\">World Red Eye<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Larsa Pippen posed for a photo with Jonathan \u201cFoodgod\u201d Cheben.  <span class=\"credit\">World Red Eye<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Claire Holt was seen arriving with her fianc\u00e9, developer\u00a0Andrew Joblon, alongside real estate bigwig\u00a0Alex Witkoff.<\/p>\n<p>Housewives spotted dining throughout the soft launch included Bethenny Frankel, Kiki Barth, Alexia Nepola and Pippen \u2014 who wore an eye-catching gold dress for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Frankel even took to Instagram to give a rave review for the restaurant, calling it \u201cthe best restaurant in Miami.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The starry guest list included developer\u00a0Jorge Perez, Major Food Group co-founders\u00a0Jeff Zalaznick\u00a0and\u00a0Mario Carbone, nightlife mainstay\u00a0Chris Paciello, branding mogul\u00a0Steve Stoute and architect\u00a0Kobi Karp.<\/p>\n<p>Influencer Jonathan \u201cFoodgod\u201d Cheban also dined there and took to social media to share his experience at the new eatery, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DXmhZQCkWDl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writing in the caption<\/a>, \u201cGood luck getting in.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kevin and Kate Love dined alongside Mario Carbone (pictured above).  <span class=\"credit\">World Red Eye<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alexia Nepola hit the hotspot with her husband, Todd.  <span class=\"credit\">World Red Eye<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cheben (seen here at Gaia Miami) also posted about his experience.  <span class=\"credit\">World Red Eye<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of the city\u2019s biggest business heavyweights were also in tow, including Dave Grutman and his wife Isabela, and Pura Vida founders Omer and Jennifer Horev. <\/p>\n<p>The menu includes fresh Mediterranean\u00a0dishes like tuna with truffle, tuna tartar with caviar, watermelon salad, Greek salad, baked feta cheese, Greek-style meatballs and lobster pasta. <\/p>\n<p>As for desserts, patrons can indulge in fried Greek doughnuts, Gia cheesecake, filo mille feuilles, coconut cake, the \u201cDirty Cookie\u201d with\u00a0toasted\u00a0hazelnut,\u00a0pralines\u00a0and tahiti vanilla ice cream.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai has landed in Miami. Fundamental Hospitality \u2014 the UAE-born powerhouse behind hot spots like\u00a0Shanghai Me, Alaya, and La Maison Ani \u2014 quietly previewed its first US outpost in Miami this weekend. Stars like Bethenny Frankel, Braxton Berrios and Larsa Pippen attended the four-night preview of Gaia Miami last Thursday to Sunday, a source told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2395162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[23908,24003,347618,21818,344786,23170],"class_list":["post-2395161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-bethenny-frankel","tag-celebrity-news","tag-dubai","tag-lifestyle","tag-miami","tag-restaurants"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Braxton-Berrios-Bethenny-Frankel-and-more-stars-hit-Gaia-Miamis.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395163,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395161\/revisions\/2395163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}