Fort Lauderdale Restaurants

Fort Lauderdale's residents are proud of the food that their ecosystem affords them and this is translated into the extensive number of restaurants available to the city and the general vibrancy of the dining scene. Enjoy the finest seafood, traditional American fare or any of the many international cuisines on offer; Fort Lauderdale has them all.

Local cuisine

With its prominent coastal location, its no wonder that Fort Lauderdales local cuisine is based so heavily around seafood, the vast majority of which is caught locally, making it extra fresh and delicious. Seafood restaurants cook up mouth-watering dishes such as peppered papaya and shrimp patties, wine-baked oysters and crab, portobello mushroom scallop salad, lighthouse shrimp with kiwi-plum salsa and baked stuffed hybrid striped sea bass. The choice of dishes available is endless and lovers of marine cuisine will really find themselves in their element in Fort Lauderdale. For meat lovers, the city has the usual relationship with barbecue restaurants that the rest of the country has, so youll find no shortage of char-grilled steaks, ribs and other beef products.

Where to eat

The citys choices for eating out are extensive and pretty much whatever you are in the mood for, Fort Lauderdale has a restaurant that serves it. French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, South East Asian and South African are among the international options available and can be found distributed fairly evenly across the city. Las Olas Boulevard is a good place to head to find a restaurant of any description but in particular, youll find some of the citys best seafood restaurants located here.