Florida Eats · Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale restaurants: MICHELIN & James Beard, key lime pie & conch and more
What Fort Lauderdale has on our lists: 6 MICHELIN or James Beard honorees, 1 key lime pie and conch spot, 1 oyster bar, 1 fish camp or smoked fish spot and 1 of Florida's oldest restaurants (from 1949). Each hand-checked place had a 2025 or 2026 source when we looked in fall 2026. In all, Florida Eats maps 1,020 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Fort Lauderdale, nearest first on your phone.
MICHELIN & James Beard in Fort Lauderdale
Restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide Florida 2026 or named by the James Beard Foundation, reported as facts rather than scores. Across Florida: 217 Florida MICHELIN and James Beard restaurants.
Chef's Counter at MAASS
525 N Fort Lauderdale Bch Blvd, Fort Lauderdale
1 MICHELIN Star
Heritage
903 NE 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
Bib Gourmand
Daniel's, A Florida Steakhouse
620 S Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale
MICHELIN Recommended
Evelyn's
525 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Fort Lauderdale
MICHELIN Recommended
Larb Thai-Isan
6234 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale
MICHELIN Recommended
The Katherine
723 E Broward Blvd, Fort Lauderdale
James Beard semifinalist
James Beard: Best Chef: South semifinalist 2023 (Timon Balloo)
Keys classics: key lime pie & conch in Fort Lauderdale
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 32 Keys classics.
Southport Raw Bar
1536 Cordova Rd, Fort Lauderdale
Keys classicOyster barFish camp On the menu: raw oysters, clams, peel-and-eat shrimp, fried shrimp basket, smoked fish dip, conch fritters, Bimini bread
Casual dock-and-dine raw bar near Port Everglades with free boat dockage, specializing in oysters and clams.
Oyster bars & raw bars in Fort Lauderdale
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 68 Florida oyster bars.
Southport Raw Bar
1536 Cordova Rd, Fort Lauderdale
Keys classicOyster barFish camp On the menu: raw oysters, clams, peel-and-eat shrimp, fried shrimp basket, smoked fish dip, conch fritters, Bimini bread
Casual dock-and-dine raw bar near Port Everglades with free boat dockage, specializing in oysters and clams.
Fish camps & smoked fish in Fort Lauderdale
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 41 Florida fish camps and smoked fish spots.
Southport Raw Bar
1536 Cordova Rd, Fort Lauderdale
Keys classicOyster barFish camp On the menu: raw oysters, clams, peel-and-eat shrimp, fried shrimp basket, smoked fish dip, conch fritters, Bimini bread
Casual dock-and-dine raw bar near Port Everglades with free boat dockage, specializing in oysters and clams.
Oldest restaurants in Fort Lauderdale
In business at this address since 1960 or before, going by the place itself or a published history, listed from the oldest. Each note gives the source of the year. Across Florida: Florida's oldest restaurants.
Tropical Acres Steakhouse
2500 Griffin Rd, Fort Lauderdale
On the menu: steaks, prime rib, lobster · Since 1949
Family-run steakhouse on Griffin Road since 1949, with an on-site butcher shop; the last of what was once a small chain of Tropical Acres restaurants.
Gene Harvey converted an old frame house on Griffin Road into the original Tropical Acres in 1949; it was gutted by fire on April 1, 1964 and reopened on the same site that November.
Inspections in Fort Lauderdale
Florida DBPR has an inspection on record for 924 places we list in Fort Lauderdale. At their latest visit, by DBPR's own result groups: 841 places Met Inspection Standards and 83 places Follow-Up Inspection Required. Florida doesn't grade restaurants, and neither do we. Records through September 30, 2026. Each place's results are in the web search; what the results mean: Florida restaurant inspections, explained.
What Fort Lauderdale eats
Kinds of food among the 1,020 places we list in Fort Lauderdale, counted from DBPR's licenses and open map data.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Bar & Pub | 149 |
| Coffee & Café | 111 |
| Pizza | 62 |
| Latin & Caribbean | 60 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 47 |
| Sandwiches & Deli | 45 |
| Italian | 42 |
| Seafood | 41 |
| Burgers | 41 |
| Mexican | 37 |