With its beautiful bay-side attractions, breath-taking sunsets, and dynamic food options, Tampa alone is worth celebrating.
At times, however, there are certain events that call for that "extra special" venue of celebration.
This begs the question: "What are some of Tampa's best upscale dining experiences?"
We've done our research and put together our list of Tampa's most delectable and invigorating restaurants below:
Bern's Steak House
Bern's Steak House is the quintessential Tampa upscale dining experience. With its formal, classically European-style aura, Bern's maintains the very freshest ingredients and the world's largest wine collection as well as the most guest-centric service and hospitality you'll ever encounter.
Related content: Treat Yo'self to Tampa's Top-Tier Dining!
Terra Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse Tampa
Terra Gaucha Brazilian Steak House is an authentic Southern Brazilian-style churrascaria. Offering fire-roasted beef, lamb, pork, chicken and seafood served table-side by gaucho chefs, Terra Gaucha combines high-quality, simple, fresh ingredients into a wonderfully delectable meal.
Related content: Fine Dining Restaurants in Tampa with Private Rooms for Your Next Party
The Hall on Franklin
The Hall has reinvented the dining experience. Seven of the top local culinary experts collaborate under one roof, working to deliver the most unique dining experience possible.
Be sure to tour The Hall space with a cocktail in hand and engage local culinary chefs or enjoy sit-down service from knowledgeable and attentive staff. Create your own experience of food and beverage in this collective atmosphere where "we are all better together."
Related content: Looking for Dinner and a Show? Tampa's Theater Scene and Top-Tier Dining are Booming This Summer!
Watervue Grille
Watervue Grille focuses on fresh Florida seafood in a waterfront setting with the city’s best views of Downtown Tampa. The newly-renovated space has been designed to provide an inviting coastal feel with accordion patio doors and over-sized, picturesque windows that provide an open, relaxed dining experience.
Ocean Prime
Located at International Plaza and Bay Street, Ocean Prime is an upscale steakhouse and seafood restaurant. Enjoy a dining experience that immerses all of your senses in a classy and intimate atmosphere.
Mise En Place
Mise en Place is Tampa's premier restaurant for modern American cuisine, an exciting and dynamic fare with flavors reflecting the chef's insatiable love of food as well as the region and global community on the West Coast of Florida.
Eddie V's Prime Seafood
Eddie V’s features the finest food on America’s Gulf Coast.
Fresh, top-quality, and best cuts are showcased here with starters such as gulf oysters on a half shell and an all-lump crab cake, leading to entrées such as Seared Hawaiian Mahi-Mahi, sautéed Lemon Sole with Lump Crab, Swordfish Steak “Au Poivre,” and Broiled Georges Bank Scallops.
Also, a variety of USDA Prime steaks and chops are available. Side dishes such as Scalloped Potatoes Au Gratin, Creamed Spinach Almondine, Steamed Asparagus with Hollandaise, and Sugar Snap Peas with Sesame and Garlic are a must-try.
Ulele
Ulele is the proud creation of the renowned Columbia Restaurant Group. With native-inspired foods and spirits, Ulele is open for lunch and dinner in the lovingly re-imagined 1903 Tampa Heights Water Works building.
Be sure to enjoy their wide variety of appetizing entrees and hand-crafted drinks.
With so many flavorful options, what are you waiting for? Get out, celebrate life, and enjoy some of the best upscale dining experiences that Tampa has to offer!
Find more restaurants in Tampa by registering on 813area, your free guide to everything in Tampa Bay.
