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Pompano Beach

Explore our curated restaurants, hotels, bars, and wineries in Pompano Beach.

Accolades in Pompano Beach

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Pompano Beach has 14 restaurants and 7 bars in our guide. One Wine Spectator Award of Excellence is citywide in our guide. Curated wine programs are held by Cafe Maxx, RGS Steakhouse, and La Perla di Pompano, and by the bars The Foundry and La Vie Mediterranean. Pompano Beach is the main cluster with 13 venues in our guide. Beach, Downtown Pompano Beach, Cypress Road, Cypress Rd area, and Pompano Beach Pier also appear in the top neighbourhoods. The food range runs from Brazilian rodizio and Sicilian-Italian cooking to Peruvian, contemporary American, and beachside grill fare. Among the standard wine programs are Zoe's Beachside Grill in Beach, Sea Mario Italian Restaurant, Aromas del Peru, and Galuppi's in Pompano Beach, plus South Bar & Kitchen in Downtown Pompano Beach. 26 Degree Brewing Company and The Hen and the Hog Smoke House Cantina carry minimal wine programs.

Restaurants with the strongest wine focus

These three restaurants share curated wine programs and a more deliberate approach to the meal.

  • Cafe Maxx

    Contemporary American fine dining in Pompano Beach with a curated wine program, corkage allowed, and BYOB permitted. The kitchen is known for Tuna Sashimi Pizza and Guava Pink Peppercorn Glazed Duck Breasts, and the room offers both a la carte and prix fixe formats.

  • RGS Steakhouse

    RGS Steakhouse is a Brazilian rodizio steakhouse in Pompano Beach. The restaurant has a curated wine program and pours craft cocktails, with family style service, a buffet format, and a sit-down steakhouse format.

  • La Perla di Pompano

    La Perla di Pompano is a family-owned Italian bistro with Traditional Sicilian-Italian cooking in Pompano Beach, a curated wine program, and an a la carte format. The room is intimate.

Where the dining scene clusters

Beach, Downtown Pompano Beach, and Pompano Beach each show a different side of the city’s food and drink scene.

  • Zoe's Beachside Grill

    A Beach restaurant with South Florida American Beach Grill cuisine, a standard wine program, and an a la carte menu. It sits on the oceanfront and has live music on the outdoor terrace.

  • South Bar & Kitchen

    South Bar & Kitchen is a Downtown Pompano Beach bar with a standard wine program in our guide. The bar is part of the food and drink corridor in Downtown Pompano Beach, Broward County.

  • Galuppi's

    A Pompano Beach bar with live music seven nights a week and views over the golf course and sunsets. It carries a standard wine program and classic cocktails on Federal Highway.

Planning FAQ

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in Pompano Beach?

There are 0 Michelin-starred restaurants in Pompano Beach in our guide. That citywide figure covers every one of the 14 restaurants we publish in our guide for the city of Pompano Beach, Florida.

Which neighbourhoods matter most for serious dining and wine?

Pompano Beach is the main cluster with 13 venues in our guide. Beach, Downtown Pompano Beach, Cypress Road, Cypress Rd area, and Pompano Beach Pier also appear in the top neighbourhoods.

Which places have the strongest wine programs?

Cafe Maxx, RGS Steakhouse, and La Perla di Pompano all have curated wine programs in our guide. The Foundry and La Vie Mediterranean also have curated wine programs in Pompano Beach.

Where should I go for wine-led meals rather than casual drinks?

Cafe Maxx, RGS Steakhouse, and La Perla di Pompano are the clearest restaurant choices for a wine-led meal, all with curated wine programs. They sit alongside The Foundry and La Vie Mediterranean on the bar side, which also carry curated wine programs in our guide.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Restaurants

Selected entries from the current guide for Pompano Beach.

Cafe Maxx restaurant in Pompano Beach

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Cafe Maxx

Cafe Maxx has anchored the Pompano Beach dining scene at 2601 E Atlantic Blvd for decades, operating in a tier where Florida coastal cooking meets considered technique. The restaurant sits within a local dining corridor that includes destinations like Calypso and La Perla di Pompano, drawing regulars who want substance over spectacle. Advance planning is advisable, particularly on weekends when demand along the Atlantic Boulevard corridor runs high.

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La Perla di Pompano restaurant in Pompano Beach

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La Perla di Pompano

La Perla di Pompano occupies a Federal Highway address in Pompano Beach, Florida, placing it within a dining corridor that runs between Fort Lauderdale's established restaurant scene and Boca Raton's northern edge. The name signals Italian coastal sensibility, and the Pompano Beach setting, a city whose identity is tied to its Atlantic shoreline, frames the kind of seafood-forward, ingredient-led dining that defines the South Florida coast at its most direct.

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Peking Duck House restaurant in Pompano Beach

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Peking Duck House

Peking Duck House on East Atlantic Boulevard brings one of China's most ceremonially rooted dishes to Pompano Beach's diverse dining corridor. The restaurant anchors itself in a cuisine tradition that demands technique, preparation time, and tableside presentation. For South Florida diners seeking Peking duck outside Miami's Brickell dining concentration, this address on the Broward County coast offers a focused point of reference.

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The Hen and the Hog Smoke House Cantina restaurant in Pompano Beach

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The Hen and the Hog Smoke House Cantina

On North Federal Highway in Pompano Beach, The Hen and the Hog Smoke House Cantina brings together the twin American traditions of low-and-slow barbecue and Tex-Mex cantina cooking under one roof. The name alone signals a menu built around the tension between smoke and spice, pork and poultry, pit and plancha. It sits on a stretch of Federal Highway that has become one of South Florida's more eclectic dining corridors.

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Hotels

Selected entries from the current guide for Pompano Beach.

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Bars

Selected entries from the current guide for Pompano Beach.

26 Degree Brewing Company bar in Pompano Beach

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26 Degree Brewing Company

26 Degree Brewing Company occupies a spot on East Atlantic Boulevard in Pompano Beach, placing it at the intersection of the city's growing craft beverage scene and its beachside bar culture. For a stretch of Florida coast better known for dive bars and seafood shacks, a dedicated brewing operation represents a distinct category shift. It sits closer in spirit to the tap-room model than to the neighborhood gastropub.

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Galuppi's bar in Pompano Beach

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Galuppi's

A Federal Highway fixture in Pompano Beach, Galuppi's has built its reputation as a genuine neighbourhood gathering place rather than a destination venue. Regulars return for the familiar rhythms of a well-worn local bar — the kind of spot where the room has its own social logic and the drinks arrive without a long explanation. It sits comfortably in Pompano Beach's mid-tier bar scene, a few degrees removed from the area's waterfront tourist circuit.

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La Vie Mediterranean bar in Pompano Beach

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La Vie Mediterranean

La Vie Mediterranean brings a coastal Mediterranean sensibility to Pompano Beach's South Federal corridor, a neighborhood better known for its proximity to the Intracoastal than for destination dining. The kitchen draws on the flavors of the northern Mediterranean rim, and the bar program sits within a broader South Florida tradition of spirit-forward hospitality that rewards guests willing to look past the beach-bar defaults.

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Wineries

Selected entries from the current guide for Pompano Beach.

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