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Castaways Restaurant the
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
7 reviews for Castaways Restaurant the
I went here twice and couldn't have had two more different experiences. First time it was very quiet, romantic. The service and food were fantastic.
Second time was during their Sunday morning brunch (quite expensive). It was a mad house, service was HORRIBLE. I literally had waitresses pushing me out of their way time and time again. They were mixing spoons between dishes, there were dirty dishes left out beside food, etc...
I'm totally stumped by all these bad reviews. My husband and I eat brunch here every time we come to town. They have everything from omelet stations to crab legs and oysters. My only complaint is the price.... at $25 a head you can quickly rack up a bill.... but the view makes up for it.
I went here once on New Years Eve and got a great of fireworks being shot in the sea. They have a big selection of food, but are quite expensive.
Good place to go for brunch, especially if you have a sweet tooth. This place has a great location - right on the water so the view from every seat is gorgeous. One of those places where you are more than likely to spot a dolphin swimming about while you dine - which is always a plus. They have a good selection of food with carving station, etc. The station that you HAVE to check out at the end and MUST have is the Banana Fosters and Cherry Jubilee dessert chef. MMmmMMMmmMMmm. SO GOOD and I love it just for this reason.
I had an iffy feeling about the place, but the outside appearance had caught our attention to go and try it out. We ordered a pork appetizer that wasn't cooked all the way, and I ordered a new creation crab sushi appetizer as well. Imagine you leave rice in tupperware or a carryout box and you don't microwave it - well that's how they served it with the crabmeat in between. I've never eaten sushi like that before. When the manager came and asked how everything was, I just wanted to know if they served it like that on purpose. He said that's how corporate told them to do it. It then clicked with my iffy feeling that this was a franchise and maybe there's a connection between the Castaways on North Ave. beach in Chicago. I've good experiences with the Castaways in Chicago though. I told him that I'd recommend that they make it with fresh rice instead. He didn't like my description of the way the rice tasted, either. My entree that I ordered was shrimp and scallops, and they were prepared differently than what I expected from what I read on the menu. I didn't even know that there was pasta in there, and couldn't understand why it just wasn't listed in the pasta section. I also tried the keylime pie. It was somewhat overly creamy - maybe more milk or something more than I'm used to. I may come back and try burgers or something, but I'd definitely try some place else if I was visiting Tampa again.
Naturally mostly seafood. Couldn't find anything I liked to eat. It was quite annoying. There are nice views and you can see the beach. Had been there a couple different times. Once on a prom date. That was awkward.
We stopped at The Castaway on the way to the Tampa airport for lunch. We sat outside and the view was nice but there is so much water in Florida and so many places are overlooking the water, I can't say I got too excited about it. But then you are looking at people on the beach so depending on whom you see; it just might ruin your appetite. It seems like a fairly upscale restaurant, especially inside. They were voted the #1 brunch *again*. I just read reviews on Citysearch and they got low remarks there as well. 3 people ordered 1 salad and 2 hamburgers and we waited over 30 minutes for the food to arrive. We were told first that it was fresh meat and that takes time, then we were told that a large party came in before us so we would have to wait for their food to finish before we got ours. The restaurant was less than half full. Naturally we had to scarf the food down in order to make it to the airport on time. The service wasn't all that great either although our waiter did give us free refills on our drink even though we were barely half way through with the glass we had.
