Ophelia's on the Bay
The date-night room. A small dinner-only house at 9105 Midnight Pass Road on the south end of Siesta Key, open daily 5 to 10pm. The menu is printed fresh every night around the day's catch and Florida produce. The signature is Paella Ophelia — snapper, tiger shrimp, scallop, clams, mussels, duck confit, and lobster butter — and the starter the card names is the colossal lump blue crab cake. The cellar holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and a 200-plus-selection, sommelier-driven list. Official pages are dinner, reservations, and 941-349-2212. Top-tier priced, no lunch, not a walk-in plan.
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The menu is printed fresh every night and changes daily around the day's catch and available produce — so no two visits are quite the same.
An intimate, upscale bayfront dinner house on the south end of Siesta Key — a candlelit room and garden over Little Sarasota Bay, with a daily-changing menu of local fish and a serious wine list. A special-occasion room.
Food: The "Paella Ophelia" ($$$$) — snapper, tiger shrimp, scallop, clams, mussels, duck confit, and lobster butter — is the signature; the colossal lump blue crab cake ($$) is the starter to get.
Drink: Lean on the Wine Spectator–recognized wine list ($$$$) — it's the heart of the place.
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