Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in Tampa

Bar Terroir

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Bar Terroir gives Tampa’s French dining conversation a provenance-led angle: not grand-room classicism, but the quieter question of where flavor comes from and how regional identity lands on the plate. With limited public detail on format, pricing, and chef leadership, the safer read is categorical: French technique filtered through a city better known for Gulf produce, Cuban history, and a fast-maturing restaurant scene.

Bern’s Steak House

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Grand Award

Bern’s Steak House in Tampa pairs impeccably dry-aged steaks with one of America’s most lauded wine cellars—then whisks you to its famed Dessert Room for baked Alaska, house-roasted coffee, and live piano in vintage-luxe surrounds.

Also recognized by James Beard Award, OpenTable, Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Steaks

Boulon Brasserie & Bakery

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Boulon Brasserie & Bakery anchors Tampa's Water Street district with a 200-plus-seat footprint and a beverage program serious enough to earn the Star Wine List #1 ranking in 2025. The format leans French brasserie, with the kind of brightly lit, high-ceilinged energy that suits both weekday lunch and a longer dinner. For Tampa, it sits in a category of its own on the wine side.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Bouzy

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Bouzy occupies a considered niche in Tampa's Hyde Park dining corridor, where wine-forward concepts and shareable formats have gradually displaced the neighborhood's older casual-American defaults. Located at 1640 W Snow Ave, it sits within walking distance of several of the city's stronger dinner options, making it a natural anchor for an evening that moves across courses and venues.

Charley's Steak House

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

It occupies the upper end of Tampa's casual-formal dining spectrum, where serious beef and a considered cellar define the experience rather than contemporary flourishes.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Columbia

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Florida's oldest restaurant, Columbia has anchored Tampa's Ybor City since 1905, earning a Michelin Plate in 2024 and consecutive Opinionated About Dining Casual North America rankings. The menu draws from Cuban and Spanish traditions built over more than a century, placing it in a different competitive tier than Tampa's newer fine-dining arrivals — a living document of the city's immigrant food heritage rather than a reaction to current culinary trends.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Élevage SoHo Kitchen & Bar

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Élevage SoHo Kitchen & Bar on South Howard Avenue earns back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) for a seasonal American menu that moves with the calendar rather than against it. A wine list spanning 140 selections with 1,500 bottles in inventory gives the program real depth for the mid-range price point. Operated by Mainsail Lodging & Development, it sits in Tampa's SoHo corridor among the city's more serious dining addresses.

Haven

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Haven occupies a quiet stretch of South Tampa's Hyde Park-adjacent corridor, holding back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 under chef Chad Johnson. The wine program, directed by Chris Belk, spans 700 selections across 4,000 bottles with particular depth in California, France, and Italy. Dinner at Haven draws a loyal local crowd that treats the room less like a special-occasion destination and more like a well-kept weekly habit.

Lilac

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Lilac brings John Fraser’s plant-forward Mediterranean language to Tampa’s Channelside dining corridor, with a prix fixe format and a serious wine program shaped around France, Italy, and Greece. The draw is not spectacle but control: seasonal Florida ingredients, olive-oil logic, polished hotel service, and a room built for a splurge dinner rather than casual grazing.

Also recognized by Forbes, Star Wine List

Meat Market Tampa

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Meat Market Tampa is a modern steakhouse at 1606 W Snow Ave with craft cocktails, an extensive wine list, and leisurely pacing for lunch, brunch, or dinner.

Ulele

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Ulele brings Floridian and seafood cooking to a converted 1930s water works pumping station on Tampa's Hillsborough River, earning a Michelin Plate recognition in 2024. Chef Patrick Quackenbush leads the kitchen under the Gonzmart family, whose Columbia Restaurant legacy anchors Tampa's dining scene. With a 120-selection wine list and a two-course meal running $40–$65, it occupies the accessible end of Tampa's recognised dining tier.

Union New American

Tampa, United States

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Union New American occupies a distinct position among Tampa's higher-end dining rooms, where the New American format allows a kitchen to range freely across regional American traditions without committing to a single culinary identity. Positioned on North Westshore Boulevard in one of Tampa's most commercially active corridors, it draws a clientele that reads the room as seriously as the menu — a combination that places it in conversation with the city's other four-dollar-sign tables.