Places to eat, downtown Tampa, Embassy Suites

[corky4man]

We are staying precruise at the Embassy Suites, downtown Tampa and will need a place to eat dinner. What is available for a moderately priced family dinner?

[SeaPA1]

Lots of options:

In the Channelside entertainment complex, about 1/2 mile away:

*Stumps Supper Club is good. "Southern" cooking - fried chicken, bbq, stuff like you'd find in an old South kitchen.

*Thai Thani (Thai food) is very good

*Food at Splitsville (the bowling alley) is surprisingly good; pizzas are excellent, sushi, burgers & sandwiches, but also have steak & other higher level foods

*Precint Pizza is pretty good; NY style pizza, along with other basic Italian dishes

*a greek restaurant (Taverna Opa) opened a few months ago; haven't eaten there yet but it smells good.

*There's also a Hooters and a burger-type joint. They are, well, Hooters and a burger joint.

 

Another couple of blocks down the Channelside, Zelda's Cafe has good food. Not much to look at from the outside, but staff is friendly & food good as to variety & quality. It's owned/run by a Jamaican guy who worked in the kitchens in the cruise industry for a long time. A bit of a long walk - might be better to take a cab or hop on the trolley (board right by your hotel, take it to the Port Authority stop; Zelda's is back about 1/4 block in the direction from which you came - shares a building with a BP gas station).

 

Or you can ride the trolley to Ybor City, where there are a bunch of very good restaurants in various price ranges. Columbia is excellent (Spanish/Cuban cuisine), Acropolys (greek) excellent, Carmines (cuban/italian very, very good.

[legion3]

^^^^^^

 

 

Yep, what he said!

 

 

Pretty decent stuff at Channelside I will add that the Tina Tapa's is excellent spanish food.

 

The Columbia is hard to beat in Tampa and a city landmark!

[themnms]

^^^^^^

 

 

Yep, what he said!

 

 

Pretty decent stuff at Channelside I will add that the Tina Tapa's is excellent spanish food.

 

The Columbia is hard to beat in Tampa and a city landmark!

 

 

I definately will be trying it!! Many recommendations for it. Would you recommend making a reservation for it?