Best Contemporary American Restaurants in Lakewood Ranch

We had a 1:30 reservation on Sunday but we found they were putting the food away about 2:30 PM so would advise an earlier reservation to be able to take your time and have a leisurely brunch.

Kona Grill is a beautiful restaurant, but unfortunately, the service and wait time were not up to par. I believe we may have had an inexperienced waiter who was unaware that Kona offers a prix-fixe menu. I indicated that we would order the prix-fixe on the OpenTable app. He did not present that menu to us and was also unaware that it came with a glass of wine. When we ordered our wine off the menu, and he later understood what we wanted to order, the manager, Autumn (who was outstanding, by the way), had to correct the mistake. She allowed us to keep the wine we ordered even though we were supposed to get the house wine. We entered the restaurant at 4:50 for a 5:00 reservation. It was nearly empty. We didn't leave until 6:45 because of all the mishaps. All in all, he tried his best, and the food was acceptable. It wasn't as good as I had hoped, but overall, the meal was acceptable, and the atmosphere was festive.

Great experience for a luncheon with friends. Attentive service and good selection of food and wine.

Went for evening out with my father. Sat us next to door and where pickup food station is (in between opposing booths eating by door) where focus was on those orders. Took several minutes to get service. When server showed up she was very very good. Food was well prepared - filet mignon cooked to temp requested! Would go again, but request seating away from entrance / pickup order space.

Great service and excellent food. We initially sat outside, but it was a bit cool and they graciously moved us to a table indoors. Will definitely return!