Kill Your Idol

After you’re finished spending all of your money on giant margaritas on Ocean Drive, venture slightly off the beaten path for one last drastically less-​expensive drink (or four).
Kill Your Idol is a perfect little punk-​ish hole in the wall bar, the type I’d choose to frequent at home in Brooklyn. My boyfriend and I had a few affordable beers and vodka drinks. The bar is set up with a small stage up front and on NYE they had an awesome 2 piece band playing some late night tunes, with a bada** chick drummer, I’ll add.
Five stars, Miami must-​see.

Would be 5 stars if it weren’t for people lighting up. Great dive bar with good half price drinks, friendly bartender, and awesome chill music playing (spoon, postal service, bob marley, sublime). We only left because they allow smoking inside (gross!!!) so that was a major bummer. Knocked off 2 stars for that. Otherwise good place and wish we could have stayed longer

This freaking joint rocks. ½ price happy hour till 10pm. Bar tender said he won’t make a Martini with crappy rail vodka — because he likes his his customers. Two mixed drinks during happy hour with call booze $ 11 tappers for like $ 2.
The bartender is very skilled at drink making and negotiating the varied customer base. The décor rocks — man eating shark… Skin diver… Wait item not a skin diver it’s Bruce Lee and astronaut… Among other decorations.

My last night in Miami I settled down for a disco nap around 9:30pm. A visit to Monday’s gay night at Kill your Idol was dear on my itinerary. But I knew people didn’t start showing up until midnight with the drag show starting at 1am.
In alarm I awoke groggy after a hard sleep.
Afraid I had missed my plane, I realized it was 1:30am. Insomnia set in, so around 3am, I put on my clothes and headed down to the bar for a cheap PBR.
The place was not as large or as packed as I had remembered it. The music was good —
loud, modern, electronic, with hip hop beats, scattered, not poppy but danceable.
The walls covered in Grafitti, the bar wall cupboards filled with retro vintage bric a brac — it was delightfully funky.
«Can I have a PBR?» I told the cute Latin bartender.
«If you say please.» He smiled.
$ 1.
(I obviously said please.)
The drag queens eventually emerged.
One with a long blonde super model wig and a beard. Later I realized the beard was a piece that had been glued on. Her partner in crime had a rats nest sort of Amy Winehouse dread locks that puffed up on top and then trailed in the back. Her bright red lip stick had been applied on the lips and beyond covering the rim of her mouth, suggesting a clown, or a busy mouth.
In felt like 1989.
The 20 some odd people holding court were cute and easy to strike up conversation. We drank $ 1 beers until 5am and then continued the party elsewhere.
Monday’s — gay night
Drag show at 1am
$ 1 PBR tall boys all night.
Summary
A neighborhood bar that alludes the South Beach cheese for a more local feel, and one of my favorite gay bar nights ever.

While the Lost Weekend received a better review from me it’s because I found it to be a larger venue with better music. Kill your idol played rock music which isn’t really my style. My friends and I also thought the bartender was rude & not very good at serving us. He forgot to give her the shot she ordered, overfilled my drink to where it was spilling all over & took too long to get our drinks. To his credit, he was the only bartender on ladies night, but we still didn’t feel that part of the bar was completely crowded and were confused why they were understaffed on one of their busiest nights.

I love KYI. I love playing here, chilling here with friends or seeing other love bands here. This place is a diamond in the rough… the anti-​miami beach venue.
Come check it for your self and also go to lost weekend next door while you’re at it.

We went looking for a proper dive bar smuggled in Miami Beach, and Unilocal led us to a bar called Kill Your Idol, which indubitably gets star recognition based on moniker alone. It’s kind of a bizarre place, with a weird metal + grunge + hipster + non-​hipster + woo girl karaōke night vibe.
In short, a pretty good dive bar. It’s the type of place where you order well drinks and domestic beers (hello Miller Lite, my old friend), watch something alternatively weird on TV (i.e., not Sportscenter), and look at the strange artifacts accrued in the bar’s collection.
In that respect, Kill Your Idol is no Li Po Cocktail Lounge in SF, but it’s pretty darn close.

Great and strange decoration, but make me feel so different when i got in here. A lot of type of drink. Enjoyed your drink with a cake sound so funny, but it is really different feeling that i can not explain. You should come and try to feel it.

Decent place. I wouldn’t recommend coming without your own group. Drinks are expensive, but not above south beach norms. They have a good number of pool tables, a punching bag machine, and 2 sides of to the bar; one pumping music and one more chill.

Excellent bar and staff! We came in for a beer after exploring and were seconds away from happy hour ending without realising. He gave us the happy hour deal anyway! PBR on tap, cult movies on the tv, good background music and lots of things to look at. What more could you ask for!

This place is local for me and plays awesome music. When I get sick of the crowd at Lost Weekend I walk next door. Why not?!?

A tiny bar with supercool décor — like an astronaut upsidedown hanging from the ceiling.
Superfriendly bartender. Friendly guests. There is a old pinball (Playboy) on freeplay that is really tired.
Decent craft beer bith on tap and bottle.
It’s a divey bar in the way I like — tiny, cool details and friendly crowd. And most important of all not just the regular taps. We were here around 10 on a weekday and it was plenty of room.

Chill spot just off SoBe when you need a break from SoBe. Affordable drinks, relaxing ambiance, and the occasional Kung Fu flick on their projector screen. Unfortunately they DO allow smoking.
Call ahead of time and see what is in store for the evening because I’ve inadvertently walked into a burlesque show which was fun and tasteful. Their bartenders are all personable and helpful.
GREAT happy hour from 8pm until 10pm. So when the Lincoln rd happy hours are finishing up Kill Your Idol’s doors are just opening and happy hour is kicking off.
It’s a very casual environment so if you are dressed up for SoBe you will look like a tool. Bring a friend and your camera because there are all kinds of conversation pieces strewn about the walls to keep you saying «WTF».

Very cool vibe and interesting art all over the walls. Jackie chan? Astronaut? Haha. Cheap drinks. Happy hour until 10pm ad then daily specials start. Free drinks for ladies on Wednesdays after 10pm. We got 6 drink tickets each for well drinks and pbrs :)
Chill place to be and nice bartenders. There is live music also. A little down from the restaurants on espanol a way.

I can’t say enough positive about this place. It’s a punk bar pool hall hang out. Great prices on drinks. You can get out of here having a good time listening to live music or dj for under $ 20 for drinks where just around the corner everything in South Beach is double that price
If your vacationing in SB make Kill Your Idol your first drinking stop and you will return every night. More importantly you will return home with some of your money as well as memories. SB is not a budget vacation but this bar helped stretch my night time dollars and I had fun doing it.

Just say yes to 90s dance and alternative music and a very special dance floor on the second level. Great ambiance and décor. Definitely didn’t feel like Miami — this bar is where the hipsters hang. :-)

Cool place, great décor, great music and art everywhere. I love it! Except they allow smoking indoors. In 2015. What on earth are they thinking? Why allow 5 smokers to ruin the place for 50
non-​smokers? The smokers can go outside to smoke, as they have in civilized places for decades. Totally insane. It’s like walking into an episode of Mad Men. We had to leave after one drink because the air was unbreathable.

I went to KYI on four of my five nights in Miami. Their 8−10pm happy hour is a great way to start out the evening, and the staff is very friendly.
Each night is a different theme-​drag night, ladies night, karaōke night, etc, so there’s something for everyone here.
Two critiques-​they only have four beers on tap and the music is sometimes too loud.
If you’re looking for a chill atmosphere with down to earth people, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better place than Kill Your Idol!

This place is fun it offers an alternative to the mainstream crowd that is connected to the business next door Lost Weekend. They hold live rock shows and show movies on their projection screens. It has a cool upstairs area where you feel like you are in the DJ’s room and hanging out. The second floor also has a stripper pole for if you want try your moves out. The bar get’s packed but the skilled bartenders get your drinks out fast, I never waited more than 4 minutes. They book great local talent in the past month I have seen Octo Gato here and Bella Luz, both really great!

Es ist schwer in South Beach eine Bar mit guter Rockmucke abseits der Glamour-​Touris zu finden. Aber KILL YOUR IDOL ist die Ausnahme. Es ist Freitag und gerade läuft Ramones und für zwei Cuba Libre nur 15 $ bezahlt. Geile Deko, an der Decke hängt ein Astronaut. Top!

One of the more interesting and cool looking bars I went to in Miami, but the vibe was off. Bartenders ignored me with no one else waiting to order, instead entertaining a pack of bros by one bartender trying to throw an ice cube into the other’s cleavage. Kind of a sigh and roll the eyes moment.
I’d go back to check out a band on that high stage, that looked cool, but aside from that I’d take my Miami adventuring elsewhere.