Castaways Restaurant   

I will admit that this was not our first choice for dining on a Friday Night, we tried to go to Bahama Breeze but we where told that it was going to be an hour and a half wait. My two friends and I just did not want to wade into the zoo they call a bar with no view, so we drove down the causeway a little further to The Castaway. The place looks and sounds great! We got a table out on the deck within a few minutes with our server Dennis at our table getting our drinks to us in minutes. Our table was right on the water, we could see the fish swimming in the water below and then the dolphins swam buy a bout the same time as the sun started setting. The food is awesome! Dennis recommended the Calamari for an appetizer, I had the spinach and Crab dip, and my other friend had the oysters. The house margarita with the Grand Marnier floater on it that Dennis recommended was fantastic! The menu was perfect! We all ordered off the Fresh Fish selection, they had Grouper, Snapper, Salmon, Ahi Tuna, Sea Bass, Scallops, Mahi Mahi and King Crab legs to choose from and then you could have it cooked any way you liked it with six different sauces to pick from to go with it. The grilled Grouper i ordered was perfect with the lemon dill sauce. One of us ordered the Ahi Tuna rare with the spicy chili sauce, it was huge and great! My other friend went with the blackened Mahi Mahi with the coconut sauce, just amazing! I am sure glad I saved some room for dessert, the fresh berries and cream finished the day on just the right note, I wanted to lick out the martini glass it came in! I had not even realized until Dennis brought the bill that it was bout the same time as we would have been getting a table at the Bahama Breeze. I have learned my lesson! Never again will I go to a place with no view, over crowded and so so food.

I love to go out almost every Sunday for brunch all around Tampa Bay, this is by far my favorite! The views are the best, the variety of food amazing and it has the highest quality! With one of the best priced Brunch in all of Tampa Bay. They have made to order Pasta, Omelets, Banana's Foster, Cherries Jubilee, a huge chocolate fountain, Sushi, Seafood bar with all sorts of crab legs, mussels, shrimp, oysters and crawfish, and that's just the beginning. What ever your craving is I am sure they have it, if not just ask, most times I have gotten it. Oh yea, did I mention the Champagne and Mimosa's?

We were at The Castaway a couple of weeks ago and had the best food, service, and atmosphere of any brunch buffet that we have ever had. If you are looking for a real treat, with Tampa's best view on a Sunday, go to The Castaway. We will be there every week for now on.

I discovered this restaurant about a year ago. Since then I go nearly every week for their Brunch. The Variety is the best I've ever seen and the food is great. It's always changing just enough that it never gets old. Have had dinner there a couple of times, and it's very good, but it's the brunch that keeps us going back.