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Where to eat in Tampa

63 hand-picked places in Tampa, chosen for people who are in town for something and have one night to get dinner right.

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Top Tables in Tampa

Bern's Steak House Steak house · $$$$ · SoHo
4.6 stars, 4,100+ reviews. Since 1956, one of the largest wine cellars on earth and the upstairs Harry Waugh Dessert Room.
1208 S Howard Ave, Tampa, FL 33606
Rooster & the Till New American restaurant · $$$ · Seminole Heights
The chef-driven small plates room that made Seminole Heights a food neighborhood. Sit at the kitchen bar.
6500 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33604
Ulele American restaurant · $$$ · Tampa Heights / Riverwalk
4.5 stars, 5,000+ reviews. Native Floridian cooking in an old water works building on the Riverwalk, with its own brewery.
1810 N Highland Ave, Tampa, FL 33602
Columbia Restaurant Spanish restaurant · $$$ · Ybor City
4.5 stars, 4,500+ reviews. Florida's oldest restaurant, 1905. Get the 1905 salad tossed tableside and catch the flamenco show.
2117 E 7th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605
American Social Bar & Kitchen American restaurant · $$$ · Tampa
On the Riverwalk downtown, every screen on. Bar food and a patio, which is the Tampa answer most nights.
601 S Harbour Island Blvd #107, Tampa, FL 33602
Whiskey Joe's Tampa American restaurant · $$$ · Tampa
On the bay off the Courtney Campbell, sand under the tables. Casual, waterfront, sunset is the reservation you want.
7720 W Courtney Campbell Cswy, Tampa, FL 33607

Sports Bars in Tampa

Press Box Sports Emporium $$ · Westshore
42 screens including a matrix wall. The default Tampa spot for a full slate of games.
Yeoman's Cask & Lion $$ · Downtown
British pub downtown with a Topgolf Swing Suite attached. Walkable from the arena.
North 30th Sports Pub & Grille $ · University / USF
4.4 stars, 140+ reviews. Forty plus big screens and a sightline from every seat. Laid back, cheap, loud.
Peabody's Restaurant, Bar & Billiards Sports bar · $$ · New Tampa
Games, billiards and a long bar. The New Tampa hang for a whole afternoon of football.
15333 Amberly Dr, Tampa, FL 33647
American Social Bar & Kitchen American restaurant · $$$ · Tampa
On the Riverwalk downtown, every screen on. Bar food and a patio, which is the Tampa answer most nights.
601 S Harbour Island Blvd #107, Tampa, FL 33602
Whiskey Joe's Tampa American restaurant · $$$ · Tampa
On the bay off the Courtney Campbell, sand under the tables. Casual, waterfront, sunset is the reservation you want.
7720 W Courtney Campbell Cswy, Tampa, FL 33607

Pizza in Tampa

Eddie & Sam's NY Pizza $ · Downtown
4.5 stars, 1,580+ reviews. Real New York slices made with Brooklyn water. The downtown standard.
Best NY Pizza $ · Carrollwood
4.6 stars, 190+ reviews. Thin foldable slices, no atmosphere, no complaints.
Tampa Pizza Company $$ · Downtown
4.4 stars, 490+ reviews. Late slices and whole pies steps from the Riverwalk hotels.
The Nona Slice House Pizza restaurant · $ · Safety Harbor
Dave Portnoy rated it 8.1. Tampa Bay counter turning out a proper crisp, foldable New York style slice.
997 Main St, Safety Harbor, FL 34695

Breakfast in Tampa

Oxford Exchange American restaurant · $$$ · Downtown, across from UT
A restaurant inside a bookstore inside a beautiful 1891 building, with a glass conservatory dining room. The prettiest breakfast in Tampa and it knows it. Daytime only.
420 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606
Oak & Ola Restaurant · $$$ · Tampa Heights
Ferrell Alvarez cooking Gulf Coast Southern at Armature Works. Weekend brunch only, and the biscuits and the pork are the order.
1910 N Ola Ave, Tampa, FL 33602
Himes Breakfast House $$ · South Tampa
A no-attitude neighborhood breakfast room doing lemon ricotta pancakes and loaded grits. Open 7am to 2pm, closed Mondays. This is where South Tampa eats before noon.
La Segunda Bakery & Cafe Bakery · $ · Ybor City
Baking Cuban bread since 1915, still family-run, still supplying half the city. Get Cuban toast, a guava and cheese pastry, and a cafe con leche standing up.
2512 N 15th St, Tampa, FL 33605

Late Night in Tampa

Hattricks Bar & grill · $$ · Downtown
Open to 3 a.m. every night, two blocks from Amalie Arena. Wings and a burger after the show.
107 S Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602
The Bricks American restaurant · $$ · Ybor City
4.5 stars, 620+ reviews. Kitchen and bar run to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday in the middle of the Ybor strip.
1327 E 7th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605
Zeko's Grill $ · Seminole Heights
The drive-through runs midnight to 4 a.m. daily. Gyros and burgers when nothing else is open.