festival · Fort Lauderdale · 12 mi
“Timeless Tropics: Florida’s Changing Landscapes” Fine Art Exhibit at History Fort Lauderdale
History Fort Lauderdale
Free
Things to Do in Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Sunny Isles Beach is a wall of glass towers on a very good beach, with Newport Fishing Pier in the middle and Oleta River State Park's mangrove kayaking right across the bay. Aventura Mall is five minutes inland when the weather turns.
60 things to do · 284 upcoming events · 111 places to eat · Updated September 2026
This Weekend in Sunny Isles Beach
Fri 11 – Sun 13
theater · Pompano Beach · 20 mi
School Girls, Or the African Mean Girls Play
The Hive Black Box Theater
Things to Do in Sunny Isles Beach
60 places
Shopping
Aventura Mall
Third-largest US mall — and officially dog-friendly (leashed; on-site dog park).
Dogs OK
At night · Free · Hallandale Beach · 2.7 mi
Casinos
Seminole Hard Rock Guitar Hotel (casino, Hard Rock Live, Oculus light show, Bora Bora pool day passes); The Casino at Dania Beach (free live music, Stage 954); Gulfstream Park Village.
Shopping · Hallandale Beach · 2.7 mi
Dania Pointe & Gulfstream Park Village
Open-air lifestyle centers; PopStroke, Lucky Strike, racing.
yes (outdoor)
Park · North Miami Beach · 2.8 mi
Oleta River State Park
Florida's largest urban park: 15 mi of MTB single-track, mangrove kayak trails, Friday sunset and full-moon paddles.
$6/carleashed
On the water · North Miami Beach · 2.8 mi
Oleta River
Mangrove trails to the Sandspur Island sandbar; Friday sunset paddles, monthly full-moon tours, Sunday SUP yoga.
Attraction · North Miami Beach · 2.8 mi
Ancient Spanish Monastery
12th-century cloisters shipped over by Hearst. Often closed weekends for weddings — call.
$10No dogs
Where to Eat in Sunny Isles Beach
111 spotsMichelin star · North Miami Beach · 2.8 mi
Mutra ★ (new 2026)
Israeli tasting — The breakout of the year; small and personal
$$$$Michelin star · Bal Harbour · 4.1 mi
The Surf Club Restaurant ★
Thomas Keller retro-American — Old-Florida glamour, oceanfront Four Seasons
$$$$Waterfront · Hollywood · 4.5 mi
Billy's Stone Crab
Stone crab house — Family-run since 1975 with its own boats; from Oct 15
$$$
Nothing else within 15 mi