Downtown Naples Restaurant Guide

5TH Avenue South & 3RD Street South Listings

DOWNTOWN
NAPLES

RESTAURANTS

1010 6th Avenue South
Naples, Florida 34102
Benjamin Brown | [email protected] | 239-260-3271
Armando Perez | [email protected] | 239-260-3257

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ALBERTO’S ON FIFTH Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Italian

Full Occupancy: 140
Private Rooms: NO
Semi Private Rooms: NO

About: Chef Alberto Varetto creates the finest in contemporary Northern Italian cuisine. His culinary interpretations
emphasize seasonal ingredients, while creatively respecting the great traditions of Italian gastronomy. The glory of
Italian cooking is fresh ingredients, served at their peak and handled in a way that flatters, rather than masks their
personalities. With Alberto’s on Fifth, Chef Alberto plans to continue his culinary journey through fine dining with dishes
of bold authentic flavors inspired by his Piedmontese heritage of French-influenced Italian cuisine.

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AQUA Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Mediterranean Style Seafood & Steak

Full Occupancy: 150
Private Rooms: 2-25 Seats
Semi Private Rooms: NO

About: Aqua has a totally redesigned fresh air look with an expanded open air dining area in front. The main dining
room is behind and has almost the same open-air dining feel thanks to the all glass front consisting of 9 ft. tall sliding
glass doors which stay open most of the time. The interior is completed by a large two-sided teak and holly bar which is
the late night crowd favorite. Aqua features a mouthwatering Mediterranean style cuisine based largely on fresh wild
caught local fish, the finest quality steaks available, and market fresh locally sourced vegetables complemented by an
the finest cocktails, an expanded wine list, and a large selection of beers. Aqua is open daily for lunch and dinner as well
as for late night libations.

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BICE Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Italian

Full Occupancy: 225 Seats
Private Rooms: Aurelio Room 40 Seats
Semi Private Rooms: Aurelio can be shared with other groups

About: The best outdoor of 5th avenue lets you enjoy a meal in a beautiful and cozy ambience. An elegantly decorated
room allows you to enjoy lunch or dinner in a NY style ambience. 3 Terraces: 1-(24 seats) faces 5th Ave., 2-(14 Seats)
Faces 5th Ave., 3-(60 Seats) Faces 3rd. Our Chef Gennaro Somma, was born and raised in the province of Naples, Italy. He
is specialized in authentic Italian and Mediterranean cuisine and has worked in most regions of Italy. We are proud to
introduce him to his first international culinary experience here at BICE, Naples.

Terrace1 Terrance3

Terrace2 Main Dining

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BISTRO 821 Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Steak & Seafood

Full Occupancy: 180
Private Rooms: 30-32 Seats, upstairs overlooking 5th Ave.
Semi Private Rooms: NO, Main Dining Room 100
Other: Additional seating outside (number varies)

About: Located on trendy, cosmopolitan Fifth Avenue South in the heart of historic Olde Naples brings a taste of Miami’s
South Beach to the Gulf Coast. Our décor is colorful, warm, soothing, and sophisticated urban chic. We describe our
Menu as Natural Fusion blending the very best and freshest that nature has to offer! We offer a variety of freshest
Seafood, Choice Steaks, Pastas, and award winning desserts concentrating on the finest ingredients available daily.
Special party/group menus available.

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CAFÉ LURCAT Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Steak & Seafood

Full Occupancy: 180
Private Rooms: Exclusive 2nd Level 130 Seats; Private Room 36 Seats / 45 Guests for Cocktail-Style
Semi Private Rooms: 12 Seats
Other: Balcony (special booking only) 40 Seats

About: Café and Bar Lurcat is a hip venue that boasts serious food and voguish design. A perfect blend of classic old
world style with a Noveau twist, Lurcat’s lounge is ideal for casual cocktails and a la carte bites, while our dining room
creates the perfect ambiance for an exceptional dining experience featuring sophisticated American comfort food.
Lurcat's distinctive flavors are complemented with a global list of 200 wines. Make a reservation and see why Lurcat was
voted 10 Best Wine Lists by Food and Wine Magazine. Café Lurcat’s chef-driven menu features sophisticated American
comfort food prepared from fresh seasonal ingredients. Quell your cravings with one of our menu traditions including:
Tuna Tartare, Pot Roast with Red Wine and Chilean Sea Bass marinated with Miso.
Bar Lurcat offers a casual "small plates" menu available for happy hour, dinner and late night dining where guests can
relax, socialize and enjoy serious wine with great food.

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CHOP’S CITY GRILL Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Steak & Seafood.

Full Occupancy: 250 Seats
Private Rooms: NO
Semi Private Rooms: NO

About: At Chops City Grill, we are proud to offer you more choices, better quality, and more value than traditional steak
houses. Chops City Grill is a restaurant that was created to offer the best in steaks, seafood, and style. At Chops City
Grill, we are one of a handful of restaurants in the country that takes the time to dry-age our beef on premise in our own
dry-aging room. Each steak is perfectly aged until it reaches its maximum flavor and tenderness. Although this time-
honored method is achieved through great expense, care and diligence, we are convinced that this old fashioned
process is the only way to insure perfection.

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HOBNOB Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Steak & Seafood

Full Occupancy: 250-270
Private Rooms: NO
Semi Private Rooms: 30-35 Seats

About: Here we provide an eclectic American Style Cuisine menu that is fresh, clean, and simple. Designed with a sexy
swagger and a trend setting bar, this is “the place to be”. Our menu is created in with a style that is American, "clean and
fresh". Chef's Tony and Jeremy are in constant collaboration on the newest trends and ingredients to bring to your table.
Our beef, as well as our fish are brought in fresh daily and filleted on site. Our daily pasta creation is also made in house
fresh daily. You will not find a better restaurant in Naples!

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OCEAN PRIME Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Steak & Seafood

Full Occupancy: 275
Private Rooms: 2 Rooms – 44 Seats / 82 Seats
Semi Private Rooms: NO

About: OCEAN PRIME’s menu specializes in pairing incredible seafood and prime steaks, with delectable sushi,
appetizers and desserts. Among these items are the Prime Roll, tempura shrimp, cream cheese, scallion and beef
carpaccio; Alaska Halibut, with lobster ravioli, asparagus, and sweet corn emulsion; Blackened Snapper with corn
spoon bread and jalapeno tartar; Black Truffle Mac and Cheese, and the famous Ten Layer Carrot Cake with cream
cheese icing and pineapple syrup.

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OSTERIA TULIA Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Italian

Full Occupancy: 140
Private Rooms: NO – Bar seating 16
Semi Private Rooms: NO

About: Osteria Tulia opened in January 2013 in downtown Naples as one of South Florida's most anticipated restaurants.
Tulia quickly became known as Naples' hottest restaurant and continues to earn "best" awards and high rankings. The
buzz is due to Chef/Partner Vincenzo Betulia's passionate following locally and worldwide after 13 years as a leading
chef in Naples. Diners and critics alike praise Tulia as on par with the hottest, chef-driven, rustic Italian restaurants in
New York and other top dining destinations in the U.S. Expect the highest-quality from artisanal growers in Italy as well
as America, house made cheese, sausage and pasta, local produce, seafood fresh out of the water, and meat from farms
that make the smallest eco-footprint possible.

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PAZZO Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Italian

Full Occupancy: 250
Private Rooms: NO
Semi Private Rooms: NO

About: Pazzo! is a friendly neighborhood restaurant that just happens to have an outstanding world class “affordable”
menu that serves real Italian food! At Pazzo!, we make all of our own sauces, pastas, desserts and everything in between
from scratch! At Pazzo! What makes us even more special is our staff … we are a family. Our staff is the true reason that
Pazzo! is more than just a restaurant … it’s like coming home.
Our unique atmosphere is at once romantic, casual and crazy …! It’s the perfect destination for a special date or the
place you can go night after night with friends and family. We offer a wide variety of menus (with close to 60 menu
selections!) not counting what new dishes we come up with along the way! Pazzo! also offers an exciting 250-bottle
wine list that, not only has the best in Italian varietals, but also includes wines from California, Australia, New Zealand,
Oregon, and beyond.

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TRULUCKS Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Steak & Seafood

Full Occupancy: 240
Private Rooms: Capris Room – 45 Seats / 65 standing reception
Semi Private Rooms: Naples Room - 20 Seats / 25 standing reception, with the terrace doors open, can provide a unique
inside-outside party for up to 36 seated guests. Naples room is private to sound, but the patio glass door makes it semi
private.

About: We invite you to escape to Truluck's. A getaway for the senses. Come savor the freshest Crab, direct from our
own fisheries. Delight in our fresh-catch seafood menu or prime tender, juicy steaks prepared to perfection. Then
complement it all with delicious wines by the glass and bottle. Don’t miss our fabulous Half Price Cocktail Hour in the
Stone Crab Lounge! Enjoy half price Cocktails, featured wines and appetizers.

Naples Room Capris Room

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VERGINA RESTAURANT Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Italian

Full Occupancy: 430, outside 100 -120 Seats
Private Rooms: NO
Semi Private Rooms: NO

About: Restaurant offers exquisite authentic Italian cuisine, but also variety of popular Mediterranean dishes with
modern flair, boasting a truly imaginative menu, served in a unique environment of modern elegance where old world
quality meets new world innovation. Our exclusive menu tempts a wide range of palates. Our Culinary Team are
purchasing the freshest, most delicious ingredients to create gourmet pastas and specialty dishes with strong emphasis
on seafood supplied mostly by the local Fisherman, and all that with romantic flair from Lombardy trough Tuscany all the
way to the Emilia-Romagna region. Our Specials will take you to a delicious journey through to many Mediterranean
places, from Spain, France and Italy, all the way to Turkey.

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YABBA ISLAND GRILL Located on 5th Avenue South

Type of Cuisine: Steak & Seafood

Full Occupancy: 250 Seats
Private Rooms: NO
Semi Private Rooms: 50 Seats

About: Yabba specializes in wet aged steaks, fresh seafood and fresh stone crabs. In fact, we are determined to offer the
freshest and most affordable stone crabs on 5th Avenue (we don’t have to maintain boats, pay the crabbers or “sweat
the weather”… we just charge less!) Yabba has a very big menu from steaks to chicken, fresh seafood, burgers,
sandwiches, salads, pasta and sushi. We have a lot to offer and customers will have more options to choose from,
making it easier to please everyone at the table!

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BARBATELLA Located on 3rd Street South

Type of Cuisine: Italian

Full Occupancy: 300
Private Rooms: NO
Semi Private Rooms: Bar area: 50 Seats
Other: Second area: 25 Seats

About: Barbatella in Old Naples: a new kind of restaurant that will grow on you in the same way that the leaves and
branches of a grape vine develop out of a shoot: a Barbatella.
Imagine the rustic landscapes of the Italian regions, each one with its own identity defined by its cuisine. Our ingredients
are Mediterranean in origin and global in connection. They give flavors to our menu that will lift your spirits and tease
your taste buds.
Barbatella has a beautiful courtyard setting with views along historic Third Street South. Inside the restaurant are casual
and relaxed dining rooms with brick floors and wood accents, one of which holds the pizza oven and custom gelato
counter that enliven the decor. There is a twenty-seat bar which features 100 wines available by the glass, made
possible by a state-of-the-art wine preserving system.

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CAMPIELLO’S Located on 3rd Street South

Type of Cuisine: Italian

Full Occupancy: 250
Private Rooms: NO
Semi Private Rooms: Courtyard: up to 20 Seats

About: Housed in Historic Naples Mercantile Building, Campiello offers inventive Italian cuisine inspired by a traditional
Tuscan country cooking. Voted Best Italian and Best Pasta by Naples Illustrated 2015, we invite you to explore our chef-
crafted menu featuring dry and fresh pasta, wood-roasted and rotisserie-grilled specialties, decadent dolci and wine
from local and global vintners. From award-winning cuisine to Italian inspired ambiance, guests enjoy our open kitchen
concept, Michelangelo-influenced interior, scenic outdoor courtyard and balcony views overlooking Third Street
South. Our Motto: Eat well, Laugh often, Live long. Campiello features a rustic contemporary Italian menu featuring
savory meats cooked over open fire, pizzas from the wood-burning oven and modern interpretation of traditional Italian
dishes. Each month, the nuances of regional Italian cooking are presented with our regional "Tour di Italia", a changing
menu developed to honor the depth and breadth of the cuisine. From our conservatory to our courtyard to our balcony,
we offer beautiful private dining areas for all your large party needs including weddings, birthday parties or business
meetings.

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CONTINENTAL Located on 3rd Street South

Type of Cuisine: Steak & Seafood

Full Occupancy: 100 – 200 including bar
Private Rooms: Ballroom 40
Semi Private Rooms: Main Dining area 60 Seats, backs will be facing the bar

About: D’Amico’s The Continental American Provisions and Craft Bar is Naples newest addition to Third Street South.
The perfect blend of steak house and craft bar, The Continental adds even more allure with a meticulously designed
indoor and outdoor setting of New York Steakhouse meets 1920’s Parisian Bistro. Explore our fare from land & sea while
enjoying classic libations with a twist. Our steaks, hand cut by a fifth generation butcher, use only the finest Prime,
Wagyu and Piedmontese beef. We feature a 30 seat Craft Cocktail Bar and live entertainment seven days a week.

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RIDGEWAY BAR & GRILL Located on 3rd Street South

Type of Cuisine: Steak & Seafood

Full Occupancy: 100+
Private Rooms: 44 Seats, one table of parties up to 20 seats
Semi Private Rooms: 80 Seats, climate controlled patio.
Other: Outdoor Garden: 42 seats
Other: Outdoor Courtyard: 42 seats, cocktail reception 35-75 ppl

About: Dine in a variety of settings. An air-conditioned patio overlooks a garden lush with flowers and plants, an open
air front porch offers great sightseeing of a bustling village with views of one-of-a-kind luxury boutiques and the Farmers
Market on Saturdays. The Chef’s Garden is a hidden outdoor sanctuary that gets you close to nature. And indoor seating
affords a casual elegance for lunch and a warm ambience for dinner in the evenings. Event/function menus available.

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SEA SALT Located on 3rd Street South

Type of Cuisine: Seafood

Full Occupancy: 200
Private Rooms: Chef’s table: 15 Seats
Semi Private Rooms: Glass Door: 8-40 Seats

About: Chef uses 130 different types and flavors of salts from around the world to season his innovative dishes and put
his unique touch on Florida's finest ingredients. Our contemporary seafood cuisine is prepared from the finest seasonal,
organic and sustainable ingredients that come directly from local farmers and day boat fisherman whenever possible.
Chef Aielli continually works on challenging himself and his staff to ensure that a visit to his restaurant is always a
refreshing and memorable experience. Sea Salt’s aim is to create an exquisite experience by meeting and exceeding our
guests’ expectations. We believe that by providing a variety of menu and dining options, we give you the opportunity to
select the experience of your choice.

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TOMMY BAHAMA’S Located on 3Rd Street South

Type of Cuisine: American

Full Occupancy: 160
Private Rooms: NO
Semi Private Rooms: NO

About: Located on charming, historic Third Street South and a short walk from the Naples Pier, the original Tommy
Bahama Restaurant & Bar is the ideal spot for lunch, dinner or Happy Hour. Our gracious staff's unparalleled hospitality
will instantly make you feel like a Florida local. Dine on our festive, spacious patio or watch the culinary team in action
from a table near the open kitchen.

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BLEU PROVENCE Located on 8th Street South

Type of Cuisine: French

Full Occupancy: 180
Private Rooms: Wine Cellar: 16, Crayton Room: 60, Main Dining Room: 60, Outdoor Garden: 60
Semi Private Rooms: NO

About: Bleu Provence is the perfect venue for creating memorable, one-of-a-kind dining experiences for friends, family,
and business associates. You may enjoy the wonderful selection of elegant food and fine wine that is readily available on
our menus, or we may coordinate and arrange a custom dining experience based on your specific needs and group
size. Whether you are planning a birthday party, an anniversary celebration, a wedding reception, or a casual get
together with friends and family, Bleu Provence is the perfect destination . . . C'est très bon!

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