Best Historic Restaurants in University of South Florida

This is a fabulous restaurant! Our server was Jean and he was great! Very attentive, made really good recommendations and his personality was great! The 1905 salad is very good, Grouper Jimmy is an excellent entree and so is Cannelloni de Langosta! The fresh bread is to die for! The sangria (blanco) was the best sangria I have even had. It was made at tableside which was fun to watch Jean make it. This is a really wonderful restaurant and one that I highly recommend. Thanks to Jean and Columbia for a fantastic family lunch with our son and daughter in law!!

Meatball appetizer was excellent as was the pork chop entree. The tuna saltinbocca not so much. Preparation was good but tuna was tasteless. Our waiter, Tom, was excellent.

Mallory B at the bar gave us great service - thank you

I don’t leave a lot of reviews but I feel like this place is deserving. We chose this restaurant because we saw the Christmas decorations. We sat at the bar for a few drinks before moving to our table. The Old Fashion was great and the girls really enjoyed the “Cindy Lou”. When we decided to move to the table we were greeted by the friendliness waitress. We ordered a few appetizers but I would say that the bursts with duck prosciutto was the winner. For Dinner it was a toss up between the short rib dish and the Sea Bass. Although the smash burger was pretty good also. Looking forward to our next visit.

We went for their Christmas Eve dinner. This was an amazing meal. One of the best I have ever had. From the hor d'oeuvres to the appetizers and then the salmon, duck, rabbit and langoustine. Then topped off by an amazing dessert. Of course, accompanied by a delicious lemon drop martini. The atmosphere was festive, and the wait staff missed nothing. Lilac is definitely on our list of favorite restaurants. Can't wait to go back. KUDOS!