Restaurants near Fountain of Youth

What a great restaurant - I would recommend it to everyone!

Incredible anniversary dinner from start to end. Sat on time with a welcome note and champagne toast. Incredible service from Kelly and other staff, expertly prepared appetizer and entrees,fabulous wine suggestion and pairing.... a wonderful experience.

First off let me give a shout out to our service, Josh A. He made our dining experience very pleasurable. Extremely knowledgeable about the menu and ingredients used. He was very attentive and checked on us regularly to make sure everything was fine. Our dinner experience was nicely paced, and we did feel either rushed or ignored. I had the Beef Wellington which was perfected prepared. The puff pastry was very flaky and the filet itself was perfectly cooked to a medium. I was pleasantly surprised to see this on the menu. Many restaurants to not prepare it as it's not easy to keep the pasty flaky and the temperature of the meet as desired, cooking to well done usually ruins it for me. The mashed potatoes were delicious, normally when they accompany my meal I don't eat them. The texture was wonderful, not hard and stogey and not runny. My dining companion had the blue cheese crusted filet, and it approved just as requested, medium rare. It was a very flavorful cut of meat and was also very tender. The mixed vegetables were OK, I prefer them cooked a little more and I'm not a fan when an upscale restaurant serves Haricot vert (green beans) with their dishes. The peppers, onions and carrots however, were very nice. The lobster and sweet pepper bisque was so flavorful and provided an ample amount of lobster. It was very pleasing; I would have preferred it to be slightly thicker as one would expect with a bisque. The mixed green salads served with the entrees were very fresh. I loved the parmesan peppercorn dressing but again a little too runny for my taste despite the fact it provided a wonderful flavor. Creme Brulee and Choclate Mousse were very nice desserts, but I felt not amenable to sharing. If you want to share, order one of their many delicious sounding crepe desserts. As we sat there, I heard many good things mentioned about the crepes and I noted the portion is shareable.

We throughly enjoyed our dinner! The ambience was moody and sophisticated. The service was exceptional! Loved the menu. And while we only had a beer, the drink menu was unique and vast. Wish we had more time to explore those!

My wife and I visit St. Augustine every couple of years, and Collage is our favorite restaurant for special occasions. The menu staples are all excellent, and the seasonal offerings are equally good. This visit, we had the octopus appetizer--probably the best octopus I have ever eaten. They do not serve cocktails if that information is important to you, but their wine list is good and reasonably priced. Uniformly excellent wait staff. Finally, a word about desert. At most places, I skip it. But everything here is great. Even the rum cake (which they often serve complimentary for birthday etc.) is very nice.