One of Tampa's top special-occasion restaurants with live jazz nightly and a menu of impeccable seafood and prime steaks. The V Lounge offers a sleek, dimly lit setting for pre-dinner cocktails, and the happy hour food — $7 Rockefeller oysters, $9 truffle tartare, $15 South African lobster — represents some of the best upscale happy hour bites in the city.
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Cozy
Romantic
Hip
Upscale
Good for groups
Known for cocktails
Known for wine
Live music
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Takes reservations
Outdoor seating
Is that score good?
Almost everywhere scores 4–5 stars, so each site's score is shown against every venue in the Atlas rated on that site — here in Tampa, and across the US. The gold bar is this spot.
Rated higher than 87% · tied with 6% · lower than 6% of the others
· median ★ 4.0
Across the US1,653 rated venuesTop quarter
1.02.53.03.54.0THIS SPOT4.55.0
Rated higher than 71% · tied with 11% · lower than 18% of the others
· median ★ 4.3
Each bar counts venues at that rating (0.1-star steps), lowest on the left; the curve starts at the lowest score anyone has. Ratings captured October 7, 2026.
