Best restaurants near me in Cypress Gardens, FL

This was our first experience and the restaurant was lovely . We loved the ambience which included the piano player centrally located. We announced when we made reservations here on OPEN TABLE that it was our ANNIVERSARY as well as to the server assistant DIANA that greeted the table and provided water and also took our wine order. My Chicken Alfredo (yes, I'm a simple gal), was very average and the chicken was over cooked enough, my husband ordered veal parmesan that he thought was quite nice. The 2 appetizers we ordered were average at best , the bruschetta tomatoes were not seasoned and the baguette was crumbly yet tasty, the fried mozzarella was breaded nicely but rather thin and the marinara was quite thin almost like tomato soup. The 2 salads were nice as well as the bread. The caesar salad was quite the upgrade cost and hard to account for in comparison the the 2 salads but its the only salad I enjoy. Victor our server was polite and his table work was quite nice and his presence was also 9/10 as he had a large table responsibility as well as others to attend, Diana his assistant checked on us a couple of times after the wine as well and also brought us the check after we declined dessert during her dessert menu presentation. She nicely also took our leftover entrees and bread to box up in the back. Upon returning I was surprised to see our bagged to go food sat on the floor to attend to the large table before returning them to us,I felt that was quite impolite, idk, maybe that's just me, I'll leave that for others to interpret. Piano playing LOVELY , oddly, happy birthday was played 10 times guessing lol, but speaking of celebrations, dont know why they asked if we were celebrating, because, there was nothing mentioned of it by anyone. My husband loved it so much, minus the 3/5 star rating we are giving, as one offs can happen and the place is lovely as my opening statement indicated :)

Food was excellent and did not take long to he served. Service was good. Was a bit on the expensive side. We had a 2 year old, a 4 year old, and 2 adults. We each got 1 alcoholic beverage and our total was $143. For the convenience of not having to drive anywhere it was worth it for this trip, however, may look elsewhere for our next trip for dinner options only due to price.

Service always superb and the the server is fantastic but for a city like Winter Haven, FL a meal for a single person at a price of about $120.00 is way too high. I have been there in the past more often but have cut down due to the pricing. I also suggest to change the menu more often. The same choices that had been offered 8 years ago are still being offered nowadays with very little variability.

We were looking for a quick bite before hitting the road and it was an excellent place to go

Family dinner- food was well prepared including market fresh lobster, Cajun chicken linguine,grilled chicken tenders with fries,Mac and cheese, grilled trout, and flounder with coconut shrimp. Neighboring table was loud with celebration was the only negative.