top 5 restaurants in Sowal area

[Mphoto]

Hi!
My family and I are coming to Sowal in a couple of weeks and I was interested to see what are people's top 5 places to eat in Sowal. We enjoy eating out a lot and wanted to see what people thought were the best. Thanks so much!

 

[skippertoo]

Mphoto Check out the Dining sub/ forum and you will see lots of opinions. My top 5 are:
Cafe Tango
D & K's
Shades
Angelina's
open
looking forward to next trip to try Gravel Road which will probably become number 3 on my list. We will see.

 

[native]

And the top five are

D & K's (softshell crab and coastal cajun)
Stinky's Fish House (dinner)
Old Florida Fish House (sushi and crab salad on apps menu)
Hibiscus (vegetarian breakfast and smoothies)
Seagrove Village Market (awesome lunch)

 

[Beach Runner]

My current top 5 are:
Borago (fine dining)
Caf? 30-A (fine dining)
Bud & Alley's (fine dining)
Wild Olives (casual dining)
Shades (casual dining)

I have the most funn (and the food is grayt) at the Red Bar for lunch. I don't care for their dinner menu. Special mention goes to Hibiscus for breakfast.

 

[scooterbug44]

My top 5:
Borago's (fine dining)
Amore (casual & takeout) - REAL italian pizza!
Bud & Alley's - good food in the restaurant (fine dining) and the open air bar (casual) is one of the few places w/ an ocean view and tapas
Red Bar/331 (casual) - best crab cakes & mashed potatoes ever in a funky atmosphere
Vintij (fine dining) - great food and wine (you just pay a cork fee) w/ an everchanging menu

 

[JB]

Mphoto Check out the Dining sub/ forum and you will see lots of opinions. My top 5 are:
Cafe Tango
D & K's
Shades
Angelina's
open
looking forward to next trip to try Gravel Road which will probably become number 3 on my list. We will see.

If Shades is one of your top five, you need to get out more.

 

[steele mama]

My top one is Borago.

Don't forget Amore for outside casual dining!

 

[DuneAHH]

We have so many grayt restaurants...it's hard to narrow it down to 5.

D&K's Cafe
Yianni's
Borago
Red Bar - lunch / 331 Cafe - dinner
Don Pedro's (super casual: BREAKFAST!!, Lunch, Supper)

 

[skippertoo]

If Shades is one of your top five, you need to get out more.

Shades is a good solid casual place to eat. If you had bad food it was you (They probably found out where you live:funn.

They do it up very well and are open for menu suggestions if you want to change things up like order extra shrimp or ?. Best Tap beer selection in the area too. As long as Sweetwater 420 is on tap we will be there;-). Only thing not good there is the service but I really don't expect it at Shades (great service that is).

I will amend my 5th slot from open to Blue Orleans, another place that has a very good casual menu.

 

[Paula]

• Red Bar is a must - casual and a SoWal classic
• D&K's because I've heard so much about it, though I haven't been there myself - if the Coastal Living editorial staff thought it was worth going there for their 10 year magazine anniversary, it must be darn good
• Cafe 30A - upscale
• Yianni's (the location itself isn't impressive, but the food is quality - you can bring your own wine)
• Boragos (more

Italian) or Basmati's (more Asian)


Casual:

• Wild Olives (I heard the cheese plate is awesome and they have a Friday evening wine tasting with appetizers) - also great place to stock your vacation pantry with specialty pastries, cheeses, sandwich meats, wine, other fine foods/drinks (it's a very upscale deli-type place)
• Angelina's if you go with kids/family for Italian Food and pizza
• Amore Pizza, especially if you plan to sit outside