The Rack
Tampa, FL 33606
Phone: (813) 250-1595
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- S Packwood Avenue
- Best of Citysearch:
- Sushi 2005
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 11am-3am, Sat-Sun 4pm-3am
Message from The Rack
Hyde Park's only gourmet pool hall serving sushi till 2am
- Sushi delivery
- Billiard tables
- Daily drink specials
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Editorial Review for The Rack – by Laura Reiley
The Scene
There's respectable play at most of the tables in the cool, low-lit, leather-couched space--but players tend toward the amateur, not serious cue-toters. Overall, the crowd is mainly professionals and hipsters, mostly in their 30s. The place makes for a fun date or a fun place to look for one.
The Food
The grouper volcano roll (baked grouper on a California roll), the Blue Gardenia (smoked salmon, crab, smelt, avocado) and the Rack (eel, crab stick, cucumber and cream cheese) are each a complex marriage of cooked and raw, crunchy and softly plush. Even the classic standbys are fresh-tasting and carefully rolled. There are also spins on some barroom staples: Beer-battered onion rings are sweet and greaseless, the Iron Man coconut fried jumbo shrimp can be a charred mess, and the crab cake sometimes boasts too much filler, so you may want to go the chopsticks route.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasNine blue-felt pool tables ($8 per hour, $6 each additional), a couple of those stylin' electronic dartboards and a handful of other toys will keep you busy if there's nobody fun to flirt with.
Happy HourMonday-Friday 4pm-7pm, count on two-for-one specials on well drinks, drafts and house wines.
User Reviews for The Rack
05/14/2008 Posted by FloridaRobert
STRANGE LITTLE PLACE... It is really not a Pool Hall and not a Sushi place... I REALLY ENJOYED IT... Good crowd (lots of people that have jobs and are not married) But, try to find a parking space a midnight... It will not happen... I'll be back in Tampa next year and hope it is still there, since these little hidden gems tend to disappear.
Pros: Good crowd
Cons: Not enough parking
02/22/2007 Posted by sjconlon
This joint serves up the best sushi & happy hour you can find. Friendly atmosphere, great pool & nightly specials during the week. I highly recommend coming here. It is a local's favorite so if you are visiting the area you will get a flavor of what the locals in Tampa really like. But CitySearch is really crappy...I couldn't even type the name of the place in my review because it said that the "r&ck" spelled with an a is an inappropriate word...I would rather use the local 813area website that gives much better information about Tampa.
Pros: Great Sushi, Good Crowd
Cons: Limited parking
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