Diners' Choice: Great for outdoor dining restaurants in Tampa / Central Florida West

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Updated December 05, 2024

Looking for the best restaurants that are great for outdoor dining in Tampa / Central Florida West? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

LPCX Cafe

5.0

5 (24)

$30 and under

Colombian

Tampa

About the restaurant

LPCX CAFÉ is a local, rustic-Brunch, Coffee & Bakery Shop focused on thoughtfully created food.
We bake and cook with wholesome ingredients at the peak of their flavor.
We are proudly established locally in Florida in the Colombia district of Tampa, kindly serving a clientele from all over the world appreciative of simple, fresh and delicious cuisine.

Top review

Jennifer

Dined 5 days ago

The food was tasty. The service was a nice pace. I liked the ambiance outdoors. I didn't feel rushed nor ignored.

Faded bistro and Beer Garden

4.9

4.9 (835)

$30 and under

Beer Garden

Sebring

About the restaurant

Locals & visitors alike embrace and crave this unique approach to dining out. The cuisine ranges from a Bistro Lunch menu featuring cheese boards, flatbreads, quiche, Boar's Head meat sandwiches, crisp salads, fresh fish, and Certified Angus Beef burgers made with the Faded specialty blend to a Dinner Menu that adds Certified Angus Beef steaks, Caribbean Shrimp, and organic chicken. We take pride in using the freshest, locally sourced ingredients all the way down to the cup, brewing small-batch, Sebring roasted coffee from Strangely Warmed.
Choose a table under the warm glow of our tongue & groove pine ceiling, a hightop on the deck, or find a cozy nook in the garden. The restaurant is located in the heart of Downtown Sebring and is easily accessible with street parking as well as a large onsite parking lot.
We look forward to welcoming you and invite you to relax and stay awhile.

Top review

Stephanie

Dined 5 days ago

Food is always delicious, and the garden is comfortable and beautiful.

Packard's Steakhouse

4.8

4.8 (719)

$50 and over

Steak

Palm Harbor

About the restaurant

The newly reimagined Packard’s Steakhouse is both upscale and warm, featuring rich layers of finishes that focus on the same earthy tones of the famous Copperhead Golf Course that it overlooks. Named in honor of course architect, Larry Packard, this contemporary setting is open to the public, and offers an enticing new menu featuring the perfect blend of a traditional, fine steakhouse including Petit Filet Mignon, Bone-In Ribeye and Kurobuta Pork Chop, with non-traditional, innovative twists. Patio dining is also available, plus a welcoming bar that offers superb wine selections, a classic martini and unique cocktail creations. Be sure to save room for dessert! Reservations required.

Top review

DavidVIP

Dined 2 days ago

First time going since it re-opened and it was excellent. Ambience and service first class as well.

Blu Kouzina

4.8

4.8 (1294)

$31 to $50

Mediterranean

Sarasota

About the restaurant

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Blu Kouzina is bringing its signature, wholesome Greek cooking to the Sunshine State after gracing for the past five years Singapore’s culinary scene. The acclaimed restaurant, born out of the founders’ passion for the food of their native Greece and their love of sharing a hearty, family meal with friends, has set up a second home in Sarasota.

Fresh and quality ingredients, mostly grown organically, and sourced from well established, local producers are used in dishes that are both traditional and creatively contemporary. What remains uniquely Greek and genuine are the flavors and the scents of extra virgin olive oil, fresh fish or succulent lamb that will take you on a journey from a beach-side taverna to a rural mezze shop.

Top review

vincent

Dined on Dec 25, 2024

this restaurant does every dish in a fantastic way. as good as its ever been.

Stillwaters Tavern

4.8

4.8 (548)

$30 and under

American

St. Petersburg

About the restaurant

Stillwaters Tavern opened in 2015 on Beach Drive offering modern American fare in an inviting post-industrial space. Casual, approachable food with impeccable service are the hallmarks of Stillwaters Tavern. With 20 beers on tap, wines on tap, and original cocktails created in-house, you’ll be able to find the perfect libation to go with your food. Come people watch on Beach Drive and enjoy a casual lunch or dinner at Stillwaters Tavern

Top review

Annmarie

Dined 6 days ago

What a wonderful night out I had with my adult children at Stillwater. Everything was wonderful from beginning. The recommendations of food and drinks - by the server - Mike Navarette - were spot on for all of us. Everything was amazing. I look forward to spending another wonderful evening at Stillwater again - will definitely be a repeat customer Mike - our server was amazing! We will be requesting him next time

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Popular dish

fried chicken salad

Popular dish

roasted beet salad GFV

Flavio's Brick Oven Bar - Siesta Key

4.7

4.7 (1466)

$30 and under

Italian

Siesta Key

About the restaurant

Our casual restaurant has a retro contemporary theme which includes a carved wood bar topped with marble, granite table tops and bright turquoise and red accents flanking the wood-burning brick oven. Terrace seating is shared with our fine dining concept Bella Roma.

Flavio, a third-generation chef from Venice, Italy, says his Farinata is not available anywhere else in the area. The thin pancake (much like a tortilla) is made of chickpeas, baked in the wood-burning oven and enhanced with rosemary and other savory toppings.

Among Flavio's thin-crust pizzas (his grandfather's recipes) are the popular Quattro Stagioni (fresh mozzarella, mushrooms, prosciutto, olives) and the Pizza Vegetariana with assorted grilled veggies. The rustic bread and focaccia are made on the premises. Flavio's also serves up house-made pasta dishes, plus veal and seafood entrees.

We look forward to serving you!

Top review

edVIP

Dined on Dec 10, 2024

Flavio’s has been and remains a wonderful place for dinner. The staff is phenomenal — every single one. And the food is outstanding. Love love love it.

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Fresco's Waterfront Bistro

4.7

4.7 (789)

$31 to $50

Seafood

St. Petersburg

About the restaurant

Due to COVID_19 and demand, we are only accepting Walk Ins over the weekend. All Reservations will be for outdoor dining, if you have a preference to sit inside please make a note and we will do our best to accommodate. There are 10 metered boat slips that are city owned. We look forward to serving you!

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Aline

Dined on Dec 24, 2024

The food and outside seating were great. Baja fish tacos, salmon and ahi tuna platter were well prepared. Our server lacked hospitality and enthusiasm.

Bavaro's Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria-Sarasota

4.7

4.7 (1092)

$30 and under

Italian

Sarasota

About the restaurant

For parties of 13 or more please call the restaurant.

*Weather may interfere with your reservation, we will do our best to accommodate you.*

Out of passion, tradition, hard work and integrity, Bavaro’s opened its doors in March 2009 as the first traditional Neapolitan Pizzeria in the state of Florida. Determined to share their family recipes with the world, Dan Bavaro, his wife Anna-Maria, and their five beautiful children packed their U-Haul, left their friends and family, drove from New Jersey to Tampa, and set out to provide for others the same love, energy, and authenticity that they experience around their own dinner table.

Top review

Paul

Dined on Dec 24, 2024

The service was outstanding, and remarkable, due to the specifics of this particular night. Our group was at Bavaro's in Sarasota during a busy holiday week, and on a night when the restaurant was a little understaffed, yet filled to capacity with patrons. Even the food met the standard that we have come to expect from Bavaro's. I tip my hat to you Bavaro's.

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Social Roost Kitchen & Bar

4.5

4.5 (92)

$30 and under

American

St. Petersburg

About the restaurant

Welcome to Social Roost, located at the corner of 1st and 1st in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg! Social Roost is a local concept by owners, who brought their favorite dishes from around the world back to their hometown to share with the community. Here you will experience dishes from an amazing globally inspired scratch kitchen and the most amazing hand crafted cocktails St. Petersburg has to offer, all served in an upscale casual, fun, and vibrant atmosphere.

Open for Brunch and Dinner Everyday Tuesday - Sunday. Closed Mondays.

People's Choice Award- Best St. Pete Restaurant
Peoples Choice Award- Best Cocktail Tampa Bay
St. Pete Life- Best St. Pete Brunch
Best of the Bay- Best Wait Staff
Best of the Bay- Best New Restaurant

Executive Chef Susan Burdian

Top review

GerardVIP

Dined on Dec 17, 2024

First time here and definitely will be back. Service and food was Excellent!

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Popular dish

Chicken Samosas

Acropolis Greek Taverna - South Tampa

4.4

4.4 (66)

$30 and under

Greek

Tampa

About the restaurant

Acropolis Greek Taverna - South Tampa is located few minutes away from Downtown Tampa.

We specialize in Mediterranean food and fun! Fridays and Saturday nights we have live music and do Zorba dancing performances and plate breaking, all in Greek fun! We offer a wide selection of Mediterranean food from salads and wraps to shish kabobs, fresh seafood, and lamb.

If you would like to experience unique food in a fun and diverse environment along with amazing cocktails and service, make sure to make a reservation right away! Yamas!

We are Honored to be Best of the Bay Award Winner for 2022!

Top review

darla

Dined 6 days ago

Love this place! Great food, great service, great atmosphere.

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Experience

Live Entertainment - Belly Dancer & Live DJ

Experience

$5.00 Martini Mondays

Experience

$6.00 Tito Tuesday

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