From award-winning restaurants and waterside cafes, to gourmet bistros, this cultured coastal community celebrates good food and wine in venues that take full advantage of its natural beauty and temperate climate.

Diverse cuisine includes French, Italian, Spanish-American, Asian and Caribbean food, with some very fine fusions thrown in the mix.  You can even find restaurants here that serve healthy portions of Amish soul food.  

Of course, fresh seafood is the mainstay of local fare, and raw bars serving oysters, clams and mussels are everywhere. Sarasota also has dinner theaters, burger-and-beer joints out of the 50s, and a whimsical eatery where you can watch fish swim under your plate. 

ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE

15 South
Blue Dolphin Café
Hemingway’s
Christopher’s
Café L’Europe
Crab & Fin
Chef Caldwell’s
Columbia
Kilwin’s Chocolates
Lido Grille
Morty’s Bagel Café
Tommy Bahama’s Tropical Café  

CITY ISLAND

New Pass Grill & Bait Shop

LONGBOAT KEY

Blue Dolphin Café
Chart House
Café on the Bay
Ciao Italia!
The Colony Restaurant
Dry Dock Waterfront Grill
Euphemia Haye
Harry’s Continental Kitchens
Isabella’s Eatery
Island Juice & Java Deli-Café
Mar Vista
Mattison's Steakhouse & Wine Cellar
Maureen's Palm Grille
Moore’s Stone Crab
 

Nosh-A Rye
Pattigeorge’s
Sunset Bar & Grill at the Hilton  

SIESTA KEY

Broken Egg Restaurant
Javier's Restaurant and Wine Bar
Miguel’s
Ophelia’s On the Bay
Turtles Restaurant

SARASOTA

Alley Cat Café
The Bangkok Thai
Barnacle Bill’s Seafood Restaurant and Market
Bijou Café
Café Baci
Café Campestre
Café of the Arts
Caragiulos
C’est la Vie!
Chutney’s Etc.
El Greco
Da Ru Ma Japanese Steakhouse & Seafood
Divino
Epicure
First Watch
5-One-6 Burns
Fleming’s Steakhouse and Wine Bar
Hillview Grill
Il Panificio
La Fille du Boulanger
Lazy Lobster
Madfish Grill
Main Bar Sandwich Shop
Marina Jack’s Restaurant and Dinner Boat
Mattison’s City Grille
Mediterraneo
Michael’s on East
Morel Restaurant
Morton’s Gourmet Market
Pacific Rim
Patrick’s
Phillippi Creek Village Oyster Bar
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Sage
The Sarasota Bread Company
Siam Orchid
Silver Cricket
Taste of Tokyo
Tropical Thai
Uva Rara
Zoria’s
Vernona at the Ritz-Carlton
Zak’s Steakhouse