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Fort Lauderdale, Florida Restaurants

From bootlegger barges to sleek modern interiors to picnic tables alongside barbeque pits, Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurants offer myriad cuisines to enhance your vacation experience.  The following top-rated list was compiled from multiple guidebooks and popularity polls, and we've highlighted those you won't want to miss.     

FRENCH QUARTER
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Restaurant

This popular Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant resides in a former 1920 Red Cross headquarters building, just off bustling Las Olas Boulevard.  The food is both creole and French and favorites include shrimp maison, bouillabaisse, crab cakes, and escargot appetizers. 
 
CAP'S PLACE
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Restaurant

You have to ride a ferryboat across a short stretch of the Intracoastal to reach this bootlegger barge-turned-restaurant, known as Cap's Place.  Opened in 1928, this former rum-running restaurant and gambling casino is listed among the National Register of Historic Places.  FDR and Winston Churchill dined here. 

Traditional, expertly prepared seafood dishes such as Florida or Maine lobster, clams linguine, clams casino, and oysters Rockefeller grace the menu. 

BLUE MOON FISH COMPANY
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Restaurant

Here's another restaurant famous for its seafood, as well as its gorgeous views of the Intracoastal Waterway.  Favorites
include pan-seared snapper with asparagus, sea bass fillet crusted with macadamia nuts, and rare-charred tuna. Appetizers include choices from the raw bar, a sushi sampler, tasty crab and crawfish cakes.
 
 
BROOKS
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Restaurant

French chef Bernard Perron has perfected distinctly Floridian dishes, including red snapper in papillote, broiled fillet of pompano, and sweet lemongrass linguine with bok choy and julienned crisp vegetables. Chocolate souffle is an excellent dessert choice.  The elegant interior of this Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant is filled with replicas of old masters, cut glass, and antiques. 

CAFE MAXX
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Restaurant
    
This popular gourmet Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant showcases tropical delights including jumbo stone-crab claws with honey-lime mustard sauce and black-bean and banana-pepper chili with Florida avocado. 

Desserts such as praline macadamia mousse over chocolate cake with butterscotch sauce stay the tropical course.  Cafe Maxx offers an extensive wine list.

MARK'S LAS OLAS
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Restaurant

Star chef Mark Militello is among South Florida's finest, and his contemporary restaurant is abuzz with an eclectic clientele.  Militello's Florida-style preparation blends flavors from Caribbean, southwestern, and Mediterranean traditions.  Every item on the menu is sure to please, and especially note the grilled spiny lobster with conch sauce and plaintain mash, tender crab-crusted grouper, wood-oven-roasted salmon, and chocolate truffle cake.  Reservations are essential.

GRILL ROOM
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Restaurant

For a memorable evening with great food, opt for the grand style Grill Room in the historic Riverside Hotel.  Savor grilled steaks, chateaubriand, rack of lamb and unbeatable caesar salad (prepared table-side) in an elegant setting complete with live piano music. Choose from an extensive wine list. The adjacent Golden Lyon Bar has the feeling of a British pub.

TOM JENKINS BARBEQUE
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Restaurant

Here's great Southern barbeque at value prices.  Spare ribs, baby back ribs and chicken are all grilled perfectly over wood and doused with a sweet barbeque sauce developed from family recipes of the two owners. Side dishes, such as macaroni and cheese and collard greens, are homemade.  Desserts include sweet potato pie and apple cobbler.  No alcohol and no credit cards.

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DIRECTORY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA RESTAURANTS:

13th Street Take Out
510 NE 13th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.527.4277

33rd & Dine French Cafe
3330 NE 33rd Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.630.0235

American Pie Italian Restaurant
21 West Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.527.1414

Anthony's Runway 84
330 SW State Road 84
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.467.8484

Antojitos Mexicanos II
608 S State Road 7
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.979.3881

Aruba Beach Cafe
1 E. Commercial Boulevard
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida restaurant
954.776.0001

Bahia Cabana Beach Resort
3001 Harbor Drive
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.524.1555

Bellante's Pizza & Pasta
10281 Pines Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.435.7090

Bennigan's
665 NW 62nd Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.771.2800

Betty's Soul Food & Barbecue
601 NW 22nd Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.583.9121

Bistro La Tavernetta
926 NE 20th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.463.2566

Bistro Mezzaluna Restaurant
741 SE 17th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.522.6620

Blue Moon Fish Company
4405 W. Tradewinds Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.267.9888

Bongusto Ristorante
5640 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.771.9635

Brasserie Las Olas
333 E Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.779.7374

Brooks
500 S. Federal Highway
Deerfield Beach, Florida restaurant
954.427.9302
 
By Word Of Mouth
3200 NE 12th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.564.3663

Cafe Iguana
17 S Ft Lauderdale Beach Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.763.7222

Cafe Maxx
2601 E. Atlantic Boulevard
Pompano Beach, Florida restaurant
954.782.0606

Cafe Martorano
3343 E Oakland Park Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.561.2554

Cafe Seville
2768 E Oakland Park Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.565.1148

Cafe Vico
1125 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.565.9681

Caffe' Italia
3471 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.561.3900

Capone's Flicker Lite Pizza & Raw Bar Restaurant
1014 N Ocean Drive
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.922.4232

Canyon Southwest Cafe
1818 E. Sunrise Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.765.1950

Cap's Place
Cap's Dock
2765 N.E. 28th Court
Lighthouse Point, Florida restaurant
954.941.0418

Carlos & Pepe's 17th St. Cantina
1302 SE 17th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.467.7192

Casa D'Angelo
1201 N. Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.564.1234
 
Casablanca Cafe
A1A and Alhambra Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.764.3500

Catfish Deweys
4003 North Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.566.5333

Charley's Crab
3000 NE 32ND Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.561.4800

China May Restaurant
2321 N State Road 7
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.966.0840

China Pavilion Restaurants
270 S Flamingo Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.431.2299

Crab House Seafood Restaurant
4402 N University Drive
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant

Creolina's
209 S.W. 2nd Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.524.2003

Crepe Christina Restaurant
2736 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.566.2880

Dan Marino's Town Tavern
300 SW 1st Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.522.1313

Darrel & Oliver's Bistro 17
211 NE 2nd Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.626.1701

Door to Door Subs
3085 NW 64th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.746.9391

Eddie Hill's Restaurant
134 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.454.0023

Eduardo de San Angel
2822 E. Commercial Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.772.4731

El Rancho Rotisserie Chicken
610 N University Drive
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.433.7378

Emerald Coast
4519 N Pine Island Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant

Ernie's Bar-B-Que and Lounge
1843 S Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.523.8636

Ferdos Grill
4300 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.492.5552

Flanigan's Seafood Bar & Grill
2505 N University Drive
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.964.3793

Floridian
1410 E. Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.463.4041

French Quarter
215 S.E. 8th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.463.8000
 
Frog And Toad Pub
5782 NW 9th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.491.3697

Georgia Pig
1285 S.W. 40 Avenue
(State Rd. 7/U.S. 441, just south of Davie Boulevard)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.587.4420

Gibby's Steaks & Seafood
2900 NE 12th Terrace
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.565.2929

Grill Room on Las Olas
Riverside Hotel
620 E. Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.467.2555
 
Grill 66
2001 SE 17th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.728.3500

Hard Rock Cafe
2606 Sawgrass Mills Circle
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant

Himmarshee Bar & Grille
210 SW 2nd Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.524.1818

Houston's
1451 N Federal Hwy
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.563.2226

Il Toscano
2282 Weston Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.385.5883

Indigo
620 E. Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.467.0671

Jack's Old Fashioned Hamburger House
4201 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
                                                                                     Jackson's Steakhouse
450 E Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.522.4450

Jah.Net's Jamaican Cuisine
12530 Pines Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.450.5678

Joe Knows Lunch
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.977.5454

Johnny V
625 E. Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.761.7920

Jungle Queen Riverboat Dinner Cruise
Bahia Mar Yacht Basin
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.462.5596

La Bamba Mexican & Spanish
10169 W Sunrise Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant

La Bamba III Mexican & Spanish
4245 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant

La Bonne Crepe Restaurant
815 E Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.761.1515

La Mia Focaccia
6303 NW 9th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.772.9499

La Molienda
119 W Oakland Park Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.564.6961
 
Le Cafe De Paris
715 E Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.467.2900

Le Tub
1100 N. Ocean Drive
Hollywood, Florida restaurant
954.921.9425

Legal Seafoods
2602 Sawgrass Mills Circle
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant

Lester's Diner
250 State Road 84
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.525.5641
 
Lil Reds
1705 W State Road 84
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.463.7886

Los Comales
3495 N Dixie Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.561.7827

Louie, Louie Bistro
1404 E. Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.524.5200

Mai-Kai Restaurant and Lounge
3599 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.563.3272

Mark's Las Olas
1032 E. Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.463.1000

Max's Grille on 1st Avenue
330 SW 1st Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.779.1800

Mr G's Italian Restaurant
207 N State Road 7
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.972.2230

Murphy's Law Irish Pub
300 SW 1st Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.525.0044

Oasis Cafe
600 Seabreeze Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.463.3130

Old Heidelberg Restaurant
900 W State Road 84
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.463.6747

Outback Steakhouse
SE 17th St
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.523.5600

Peking Palace
213 S State Road 7
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.972.9670

Plum Room At Yesterdays
3001 E Oakland Park Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.563.4168

Pollo Tropical
11429 Pines Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.430.2250

Porterhouse Bar & Grill
201 SW 2nd Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.522.1253

Primanti Brothers Restaurant
901 N Atlantic Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.565.0605

Primavera
830 E. Oakland Park Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.564.6363

Rainforest Cafe
12801 W Sunrise Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant

River House
301 SW 3rd Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.525.7661

Roadhouse Grill
3300 E Commercial Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.772.3777

The Roasted Pepper
9893 Pines Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.450.8800

Rooster's Restaurant
7100 Southgate Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.726.0603

Royal India Restaurant
3801 Griffin Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.964.0071

Ruggero's Restaurant
1025 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.523.2225

Rustic Inn Crabhouse
4331 Ravenswood Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.584.1637

Ruth's Chris Steak House
2525 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.565.2338

Sage French Cafe
2378 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.565.2299

Saigon City Vietnamese Restaurant
4301 N State Road 7
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.731.6488

Sea Watch
6002 N. Ocean Boulevard (Rte. A1A)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.781.2200

Shula's on the Beach
Sheraton Yankee Trader
321 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.355.4000
 
Silver Fox Cafe
3200 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.566.4372

Skyline Chili
2590 N. Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.566.1541

Southport Raw Bar
1536 Cordova Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.525.2526

Stefano's Subs
979 N Nob Hill Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.476.7827

Stevie B's Rib Cafe
2116 NW 124th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.432.3322

Sukhothai Restaurant
Gateway Shopping Center
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.764.0148

Sushi Toi Japanese Restaurant & Thai Cuisine
3811 N Federal Hwy Oakland Park
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.564.4422

Sweet Tomatoes
15901 Pines Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.441.3559

Tarpon Bend
200 SW 2nd Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.523.3233

Tom Jenkins B.B.Q.
1236 S Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.522.5046

Trafalgar Tavern
2671 E Oakland Park Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.563.7003

Tropical Acres
2500 Griffin Road
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.989.2500

Try My Thai
2003 Harrison Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.926.5585

Tuscan Today Trattoria
1611 N Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.566.1716

Umberto's Restaurant & Pizza
2100 E Oakland Park Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.566.5226

Victoria Park Restaurant
900 NE 20th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.764.6868

Vie De France Cafe & Bakery
Galleria Mall
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.565.7544

Villa Roma Pizza & Restaurant
6870 SW 195th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.689.0602

Wally Tavern
3320 NE 33rd Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida restaurant
954.390.0927

Whale's Rib
2031 N.E. 2nd Street
Deerfield Beach, Florida restaurant
954.421.8880

Wolfgang Puck Cafe
Sawgrass Mills
2610 Sawgrass Mills Circle
Sunrise, Florida restaurant
954.846.8668