Mangroves

11/13/08

Hottest Male Bartenders in Town!!

by roxy6219 at Citysearch

Dave and Mario are not only two of the best bartenders in town, the are SUPER HOT!!!! Go check them out ladies ( and some gents)!! You will not be disappointed with their superb service or hottness, no joke!! They have an amazing martini list, one of my favorites is the dirty margarita martini. The food is great too. I went for Valentines day and had Alaskan King Crab legs and Sea Bass-DELICIOUS !!!!! This is a great place to bring a date, it is very romantic for dinner, and at night there is a great looking crowd. I have also celebrated birthdays there, and it has always been a blast!!

• Pros: Bartenders!!!

07/21/09

Beef tartar so damn good

by sumthom at Citysearch

I can not stop thinking about the truffled beef tartar on bread crisps. Just so damn good. All the food was really nice. I just can not get his appetizer out of my mind. The sushi rolls are huge, I could not finish my meal. Sit in the white room ask for Jason and eat the tartar....get a double order you will be in heaven

05/11/09

Loved the Night

by jsknight at Citysearch

Wow....great food, good service, big portions, 2 can split an entree. Sushi Rolls were some of the best I have ever had.

• Pros: food

02/16/09

Valentines Day was Divine

by pattyleeM78 at Citysearch

This was our second Valentines Day Dinner at Mangroves and it was fantastic. 4 courses with such wonderful choices in each course. My husband and I each had a different appetizer so we could share, so we had the crab cake and the shrimp in the pastry with an amazing truffled cream sauce. We did the same for the second course having the soup and the salad. The lobster bisque was so good we wanted more and the waitress gave us a second bowl. For dinner I had the huge Alaskan crab legs with the scallops and my husband had a strip steak with shrimp, both meals were very good and cooked perfectly. We should not have had the second soup, we ended up taking food home. The dessert for two was a warm torte with chocolate oozing out of the center with chocolate covered strawberries. The whole meal and service was just an overall great experience, especailly with a set Valentine Menu on such a busy day.

• Pros: Food and Service
• Cons: We wanted a table in the white room but they could not move us

01/22/09

Always Happy

by emilyjenson at Citysearch

I absolutley love Mangroves. Iv'e been there twice for New Years Eve and it's a perfect pick to start your New Year off right. They go out of their way to make it a special evening while still having the full menu at regular price. Mangroves single handedly changed my opinion of the restaurant-by-evening, club-by-night concept. The cuisine is nearly unmatched in Tampa Bay, they take great care in their service and the ambience is lovely.

11/21/08

WOW! Unbelievable SUSH in Hyde Park!!!

by TReedNY at Citysearch

While staying at the Marriott Waterside Hotel during a recent business trip to Tampa, I knew that our small group wanted to try dining at one of the local restaurant that specialized in unique offerings of fresh seafood but had no idea where to go. Thankfully, after spending a half of an hour schlepping through the Yellow pages endless offerings of ?fried? or ?all you can eat? seafood restaurants; I asked the hotel concierge for his suggestion and was recommended Mangroves located down in the SOHO district of Hyde Park.

As New Yorkers we were intrigued as to what the ?SOHO district of Hyde Park? in Tampa offered and decided to give it a try. On a side note, although I did not know it at the time, but this would prove to be the best dining experience during my stay in Tampa.

After catching a cab to the restaurant, we made our way inside and after a few moments of taking in the exquisite decor, I immediately knew that I was in the right spot. This place is classy.

Once we were seated I asked about any house specialties or unique creations. To which the server replied that the chef had a real talent for making sushi rolls that were like nothing else around and that specifically that we should try the Volcano roll. I decided why not, and ordered one. To say that I knew what to expect would have in no way done justice to how incredible this roll turned out to be!

This Volcano was nothing like I had ever had and the presentation was stunning. The roll was filled with fresh tuna, cream cheese, and asparagus, wrapped in seaweed & rice, topped with avocado and was cut into bite size pieces that were arranged on the plate in a circle which was filled with steaming scallops and sea bass that had been baked in a spicy mayo. WOW! What a creation. This roll was so good that we ordered another one and enjoyed every bite of that one as well.

Without a doubt, Mangroves will be one of the first places on my list the next time I am in town.

T. Reed

10/21/08

Special Birthday

by emmamariejohns4567 at Citysearch

I planned my best friend's 40th birthday upstairs and it was perfect. The owner and manager helped me plan the party and helped me select the food and how to set it up. It looked beautiful the food was delicious, I got so many compliments on the food and service. The birthday girl was surprised and had a wonderful time. Thank you Mangroves!

09/05/08

Great anniversary

by GB23 at Citysearch

Made reservations for my anniversary, and our experience was fantastic from the momenet we arrived to the end of the night with drinks outside. Dave our server, knew it was our anniversay and gave us some champagne with raspberries. Kara loved that. Our service was exceptional and the food out of this world. Started with crab cakes and short ribs. Dinner we had snapper and lamb both great. I will continue to come back.

07/20/08

High Standards

by sklein70 at Citysearch

I must say it is impressive when you waiter tells you that they are sorry that they are out of tuna because when it was delivered the chef refused it because it was not up to his standerd grade. I was disappointed that I could not eat any tuna but it also reassured me that Mangroves does only cook you top quality food. My very frienly waiter talked me in to the sushi roll of the day for our appetizer with the gag grouper?...melt in my mouth amazing, best roll I have ever eaten. For our dinner we had the snapper and the fish of the day once again the gag grouper? I could not get enough of this fresh fish that the waiter said just was caught the day before. The sauce was so good, rosemary and basil oil. My boyfriend really enjoyed the chimichuri? snapper too. The restaurant and bar has a very warm feeling nice colors and beautifully designed, very chic!

07/16/08

Now thats what I call VIP service

by Bklynkid69 at Citysearch

Me and 5 of my friends came down from NY last Friday. We had mistakenly made dinner reservations for Saturday night. I call the resturant early Friday hopping I can change my reservation to Friday. I spoke to Tony and he quickly said, just tell me what you want and I'll make it happen. Tony then asked if we would you be staying for late night. I told him I did'nt know that mangroves turned intoo a late night club. He assured me that it was the hottest spot to be on a Friday and Saturday. Being we had never been to manrgoves I decided to take his word, and asked if he would be waitng on us, his response was if you ask me to. When we arrive (late) Joey the manager showed us to our VIP table set us up with our menu's for late night food. Tony shortly followed and instead of acting like a waiter, he sat right down like he was part of our party. Little did we know the night Tony had instore for us. We ordred a bottle of Goose and ton's of awsome food. Tony not only brought our food quickly (throught the mad crowd of people) our table was constantly spotless, our drinks always full. He even went as far as introducing us to some hot chicks that we chilled with through out the night. I told tony that if he ever moves back to NY he's got a job in my nightclub. Whenever we come back to tampa, Mangroves and Tony will be our first choice. Rock on Mangroves.

• Pros: Service by Tony