I heard
about Vizcaya from Tasting
Tampa’s Top 10 list of restaurants in the Carrollwood area. I haven’t had one of their top ten
restaurants fail me yet, so I was excited to see that Vizcaya had posted a deal
on LivingSocial for $50 to spend for only $28 (you can still get the deal by
clicking this link).
Last
weekend we went there for dinner. Being
a weekend, it was pretty crowded, but we got a table out on their patio without
a wait.
I started
with a basil pear martini and Lance had a mojito. My drink was sweet and refreshing – Lance’s was
tasty, but could have just been lime and mint flavored water.
Their crunchy
bread was served with olive oil drizzled with balsamic, peppery romesco sauce,
and garlic – If we had more of the dipping sauce, I probably would have
finished the bread basket.
We
ordered the Datiles con Panceta (dates stuffed with Manchego cheese and Serrano
ham, wrapped in bacon then fried), the Cazuelita de Conejo (wild rabbit, fire
roasted peppers and mushrooms in Rioja wine sauce), and the Paella de Mariscos
(jumbo prawns, scallops, grouper, calamari, mussels, and clams over saffron
stewed Spanish Bomba rice).
The
dates were terrific – I would definitely order them again. The flavor of the rabbit was very good, but
unfortunately there were so many tiny hidden bones that it was pretty difficult
to eat. The paella tasted very authentic – $27 is a bit more than I'd normally spend on it, but with the
LivingSocial coupon it was definitely worth it. The rice was so good that we
took the leftovers home even after we ate all the fish. Overall a really wonderful meal and we went
home with full bellies!
Vizcaya
Restaurant & Tapas Bar is located at 10905
N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33618.
They are open 11:30am – 2pm and
5:30pm – 10pm Monday – Friday, 5:30pm – 10pm on Saturday, and closed on Sunday.
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