Tampa Restaurants

This is the travel page for Tampa Restaurants. Tampa is a city on Florida's west coast. Some popular tourist attracts in Tampa include Busch Gardens, the Lowry Park Zoo and Adventure Island. Ybor City is a historic spanish neighborhood in Tampa that is a popular weekend hotspot filled with nightclubs, bars and shopping. A must-see festival is the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, also know as "the Mardi Gra of Tampa". It takes place annually on the last two Saturday's of January. For more information on tourism in Tampa see the Mahalo pages on a Tampa Vacation and Tampa Hotels.

• Bern's Steak House (Hyde Park) Steakhouse, Phone: 813-251-2421 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "At Bern's, you order and pay for grilled steaks of perfectly aged beef according to the thickness and weight (the 60-oz., 3-in.-thick porterhouse can feed four adults)."

• • Fodor's Choice  : "Owner David Laxer ages his own beef, grows his own organic vegetables, roasts his own coffee, and maintains his own saltwater fish tanks. Cuts of topmost beef are sold by weight and thickness."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "Tampa's landmark restaurant serves some of the best steaks east of the west."

• • TripAdvisor 4.5 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Mise en Place (Hyde Park) Eclectic, Phone: 813-254-5373 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "[Chef Marty Blitz and his wife Maryann] present the freshest of ingredients in a creative, award-winning menu that changes weekly."

• • Fodor's Review  : "The chef combines seemingly incompatible ingredients to make a masterpiece, such as veal scaloppine with a porcini risotto cake, artichoke ratatouille, kalamata-olive demi-glace, and gorgonzola fondue."

• • TripAdvisor 3.5 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• The Castaway (Hyde Park) Seafood, Phone: 813-281-0770 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Gorgeous ocean views trump the inconsistent seafood at Castaway, where crab legs, coconut shrimp, and daily catches reel in a steady crowd of locals and visitors alike."

• • Fodor's Review  : "The menu changes frequently, but favorites have included shrimp in garlic-chardonnay sauce and coconut shrimp with orange-horseradish sauce."

• Armani's Italian, Phone: 813-207-6800 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review  : "This northern-Italian-style rooftop restaurant has good service, a great view of the bay and city, and one of the best sunset views along the gulf."

• • TripAdvisor 4.0 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Roy's Asian, Phone: 813-873-7697 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review  : "Chef Roy Yamaguchi flies in fresh ingredients daily from around the Pacific."

• • TripAdvisor 3.5 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Columbia Restaurant (Ybor City) Spanish, Phone: 813-248-4961 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "You can't help coming back time after time for the famous Spanish bean soup and original "1905" salad."

• • Fodor's Choice  : "The paella is possibly the best in Florida, and the 1905 salad -- with ham, olives, cheese, and garlic -- is legendary."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "Family-owned since it opened in 1905, Columbia Restaurant is the oldest restaurant in Florida and legitimately historical."

• • TripAdvisor 3.5 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Big City Tavern (Ybor City) New American, Phone: 813-247-3000 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "The food's pretty good, too, especially the roasted duck with mango and basil risotto."

• • Fodor's Review  : "In the ballroom of the historic Cuban social club with an ornate tin ceiling and dark wood furniture, this sophisticated dining room serves many well-prepared dishes, from veal scaloppine with lemon potatoes to sake and almond glazed pan-roasted salmon."

• • TripAdvisor 4.0 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Restaurant BT (Hyde Park) Vietnamese, Phone: 813-258-1916 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Chef Trina Nguyen-Batley is a genius, creating a chic, sophisticated, stylish oasis of French Vietnamese fare that's as gorgeous as it is delicious."

• • TripAdvisor 3.0 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Wine Exchange (Hyde Park) Mediterranean, Phone: 813-254-9463 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "The menu is rather simple, featuring pizzas, pastas, salads, and sandwiches, but daily specials are more elaborate, including grilled Delmonico steak, blackened pork tenderloin, or Dijon-crusted salmon."

• • TripAdvisor 3.5 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Bernini of Ybor (Ybor City) Italian, Phone: 813-248-0099 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review  : "The Caesar pizza (basically topped with Caesar salad) is among the best of the wood-fired pizzas."

• • TripAdvisor 4.5 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Cafe Don Jose Spanish, Phone: 813-985-2392 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommendation: "[T]his Spanish-themed restaurant is among the best within a short drive of Busch Gardens."

• Four Green Fields (Hyde Park) Irish, Phone: 813-254-4444 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommendation: "Just across the bridge from the downtown convention center, this thatched-roof Irish pub may be surrounded by palm trees instead of potato fields, but it still offers the ambience and tastes of Ireland."

• • Lonely Planet Selection: "Feast on Irish stew, shepherd's pie or corned beef and thicken your brogue in this authentic thatched-roof cottage that looks straight out of County Killarney."

• Kojak's House of Ribs Southern, Phone: 813-837-3774 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review  : "Family-run since its doors opened in 1978, this casual eatery has been voted a Tampa favorite year after year in local polls."

• • TripAdvisor 3.5 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Bella's Italian Cafe (Hyde Park) Italian, Phone: 813-254-3355 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "The restaurant's authentic Italian fare is delicious, from the paper-thin carpaccio with garlic, olives, capers, and basil, to the old-fashioned spaghetti and meatballs."

• Mel's Hot Dogs American, Phone: 813-985-8000 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommendation: "[Mel Lohn's] red-and-white cottage offers everything from "bagel-dogs" to bacon/cheddar Reuben-style hot dogs."

• HappyCow: Tampa Vegetarian Restaurants

• Udipi Cafe Phone: 813-962-7300 Google Map
  • HappyCow 3.0 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• • TripAdvisor 3.0 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Grass Root Phone: 813-221-7668 Google Map
  • Happy Cow 5.0 Rating (Note: Community rating; may change)