Wine Dine and Play: Seabreeze Island Grill And Raw Bar

Seabreeze Island Grill And Raw Bar

The Seabreeze Island Grill in Redington, Florida serves sustainable seafood with happy hour specials








Sustainable Grill With Early Bird Specials
Redington Shores, Florida
Cuisine Style: Seafood
Average Price: $
Overall Rating: 2/5
Dined in: September 2018
By Sean Overpeck (CFE)
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The Seabreeze Island Grill & Raw Bar owned by Matt Loder, Sr., and Greg Pohn was voted best waterfront and outdoor dining for the 2018 Tampa Bay Newspapers Reader’s Choice Awards. The restaurant is a laid-back spot with a waterfront deck to the inlet, serving seafood and cocktails with happy hour deals. Seabreeze Island Grill and Raw Bar, opened at the start of 2012, with beef selections that are raised on Florida farms, scallops from the Northeastern United States that are sustainable, shipped fresh, and never frozen. The salmon is farmed from 1 of 6 brands given a ‘good choice’ rating by Seafood Watch for being sustainable and eco-friendly. The grouper and hogfish selections are fished off the coast of Florida, and their fish spread is smoked in the Florida Keys with amberjack and mackerel. They are also known for the narrows fruit salad with pineapple-mango vinaigrette. 

Menu:
    • Getting Started
    • Shell Bar
    • Soups and Salads
    • Sandwiches
    • Fresh Fish
    • Seafood Platters
    • Crab Dishes
    • Doesn’t Swim
    • Pasta
    • Combo Plates
    • Sides

My wife and I arrived during happy hour where my wife had an Avión tequila with grapefruit and I had Yuengling beer. We started with the happy hour boneless wings in a choice of buffalo sauce, jerk seasoning, or habanero with six to an order. This appetizer is one of three courses on an early bird happy hour special that is $12 per person.

Deep fried wings in buffalo sauce at Seabreeze Island Grill in Redington, Florida
Seabreeze Grill / boneless wings

For my wife's entree, she had the Chicken Marsala cooked with mushrooms and reduced in the wine and served with two sides of the person's choice. Sides offered to include French fries, a tropical Coleslaw, fresh vegetable medley, garlic red potatoes, or black beans with rice. My wife’s chicken was grilled to the correct temperature and still came apart without any rubbery aspects that some restaurants produce from cooking the chicken too long. For my entree I had the grilled Caribbean mahi Oscar topped with crab meat, asparagus, and a hollandaise sauce also served with two sides. The fish was mild in flavor, but the hollandaise sauce lacked the flavors of lemon and butter you come to expect, but otherwise a good dish, especially for the price.

Mahi Oscar with crab and asparagus at Seabreeze Island Grill in Redington, Florida
Seabreeze Grill / Mahi Oscar

Other early bird selections include mahi tacos, shrimp pasta, rum pineapple chicken, grilled jerk mahi, and mojo roasted pork. This is one of the best early bird deals mixed with happy hour cocktails that I have seen in the Tampa Bay area and mixed with the beautiful views of the inlet waterway, makes for a good experience, joined in with the other activities such as live bands that the restaurant offers. 

Dessert:
The early bird special changes depending on what the feature for the day is. For us, it was cheesecake, one with a caramel sauce and the other with a mango. Both cheesecake cuts were from an outside source and delivered versus being house-made based on the texture of the cake, that made it really no different from large chain restaurants that order their products from the Sysco truck, like The Cheesecake Factory. Considering that they go to such great effort to offer sustainable seafood from reputable sources, it is a shame they do not do the same for the dessert selections. 

New York Cheesecake with mango sauce at Seabreeze Island Grill in Redington, Florida
Seabreeze Grill / Cheesecake


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Final notes, review basics, observations, and more pictures:

Most reviews are subjective, depending on the writer; but they should also be responsible, and respectfully written, upholding the truth, and accurately conveying the experience to the best of the writer's knowledge, even if it includes metaphors the restaurant may not like to read about. My ratings are by the stars I award (from 0 to 5). The rating is calculated on a point accumulation of six separate factors based on individual experience. They include wine and other beverage selections, plate presentation, customer service, restaurant or café ambiance, food quality, and wow factor. To see more details of this rating list, read this article:

Overall from this experience and the score factors outlined in the ‘about page’ section, based on my individual experience and rating, I give Seabreeze Island Grill a 2 out of 5 stars, meaning that they were far above the average dining experience of most restaurants.

Scores are detailed in the factor chart below:

Formula Factor Conclusions and Overall Ratings for Seabreeze Island Grill
Max Points Possible:
Total Points Awarded:
Total Points deducted:
Ambiance
11
9
2
Food quality
11
5
6
Plate presentation
10
8
2
Customer service
12
9
3
Alcohol and other beverages
10
7
3
Total regular points awarded
54
38
16
Total percentage — less the Bonus

0.703703703703704

“Wow” factor BONUS
5
1
0
Total bonus percentage

0.0185185185185185

Total percentage and bonus for a final star rating

0.722222222222222

Stars Awarded (see chart below)
             0 - 5
2

**A full break down and explanation of the observations and point disbursement is available in the linked article above. To receive a detailed copy of your score, feel free to contact me at any time and I will provide it to you.**


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Overall Star Rating:
2 of 5 Stars: 
72% Rating with a 1 point “wow” bonus
An Above Average Dining Experience
Seabreeze Island Grill Wine rating:
3 of 10
Old World selections: 
France, Italy

New World selections: 
Argentina, California, New Zealand, Washington State
Corkage fees:
Seabreeze Island Grill does not list any corkage fee’s however, most American restaurants charge $25.00 per bottle
Restaurant style:
Casual dining
Cuisine Style at Seabreeze Island Grill:
American, Seafood
Allergen or dietary accommodations: 
Local, Low Carb Choices, Pescatarian, Vegetarian Options
Reservations:
Not Required, but Recommended
Walk-Ins:
Accepted, but not guaranteed
Dress code:
Casual attire

It’s Florida, everybody wear’s flip-flops!
Child policy:


The Restaurants reviewed on this site may have a kids menu or cater to them; however, for full enjoyment of food and wine, it is recommended that kids not to be in attendance, unless they have been trained in proper etiquette. 
If not then:
Hire a Babysitter! 
Seabreeze Island Grill Experiences:
Trendy, Hotspot, Great bar, Great outdoor dining, Rustic, Scenic views, Tourist grabber, and a Neighborhood Gem.
Payments:
Cash, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express
Parking:
Seabreeze Island Grill has a private lot
Wifi
The restaurants reviewed on this site may have Wi-Fi, but do not require you to go online, because the excitement of the food and wine alone will keep you too entertained instead of checking your social media and emails.
Noise level:
Medium
Smoking:
Seabreeze Island Grill is a non-smoking restaurant with a non-smoking patio
Patio or terrace:
Yes





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Food Prices 
(excludes, alcohol, taxes & 20% gratuity’s)

$£€¥ -                Under 50.00 (inexpensive)
$£€¥ x 2 -          51.00- 99.00 (moderate)
$£€¥ x 3 -          Over 100.00 (pricey)
$£€¥ x 4 -          Over 200.00 (expensive)
$£€¥ x 5 -          Over 400.00 (very expensive)


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 Alcohol prices:

$9.00 USD




Seabreeze Island Grill & Raw Bar:

17855 Gulf Blvd 
Redington Shores 
Florida 33708




Contact Information: 

Restaurant website:
Maître d or host:
+1 727-498-8688
Website Contact:
Serving hours:
Eastern Standard Time
(GMT, Zulu, or UTC - 5:00)

Sun - Thur
11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Fri - Sat
11:00 am - 12:00 am
Happy Hour: Mon - Fri 
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Social Media 
And 
Accolades for Seabreeze Island Grill:
Seabreeze Island Grill Facebook link                










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The worlds best restaurants is a subjective list of who is writing it and changes on a regular basis. The Wine Dine and Play best experiences are based on my highest rated stared restaurants, meaning that the visit was an outstanding or extraordinary experience. From cafés, chains, mom + pops, hole in the walls, to fine dining including a few Michelin spots. Visit the Top 100 page to see the entire list.


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DIFC, Dubai, UAE
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Cape Town, South Africa





Other Seabreeze Pictures:

The inlet called the Narrows attaching to Boca Ciega Bay view from the Seabreeze Island Grill
Seabreeze Grill / Inlet Narrows of Boca Ciega

Patio views of the inlet at the Seabreeze Island Grill in Redington Shores, Florida
Seabreeze Grill / Patio view

The bar at Seabreeze Island Grill in Redington Shores, Florida
Seabreeze Grill / Bar

Vegetable and potato sides with the early bird menu at Seabreeze Island Grill in Redington Shores, Florida
Seabreeze Grill / Vegetable Sides

Cheesecake with caramel at the Seabreeze Island Grill in Redington Shores, Florida
Seabreeze Grill / Cheesecake with caramel




“Culinary perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, 
But in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”
-Angelique Arnauld (1591-1661)



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