When your taste buds are tingling and need satisfaction, Bonita Springs restaurants serve a variety of delectable delights. From casual to fine dining, there’s plenty of creative dishes to choose from for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
The Other Side
$$$ | (239) 992-7433 | WEBSITE
It’s always exciting to find a hidden gem and that’s what to expect when visiting The Other Side Bistro. The menu is enticing with starters, such as escargot and fried green tomatoes.
Salads are fresh and crisp, and the dinner entrees are creative with items like seafood pasta, blackened snapper, seared scallops, and grilled chicken fettuccini accompanied by an impressive wine list.
Vegan dishes and gluten free items are also on the menu. The lunch menu is equally as good, with assorted sandwiches, burgers, and wraps. Lunch dishes are filled with favorites that include quiche, meat loaf, and tenderloin tips.
Petar’s Restaurant
$$$$ | (239) 249-4064 | WEBSITE
Turn your dining experience into something special with a delectable meal at Petar’s Restaurant. Dine with delight as you enjoy a sumptuous dish created by Chef Petar. Serving dinner from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Monday through Saturday, indulge your tastebuds with world-class cuisine served with international flair. Simplicity, freshness, and sophistication are just a few of the ingredients infused into each imaginative dish.
Enjoy items, such as butternut squash soup, house made ravioli, filet and gnocchi, chicken roulade, and American Angus beef tenderloin accompanied by a glass of Champagne or wine. Finish the meal with an order of house crepes.
Bonefish Grill
$$$ | (239) 390-9208 | WEBSITE
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Subtle elegance is served amid a vibrant atmosphere of soft lights and candlelit booths, where guests wine and dine for lunch and dinner. Enjoy fresh seafood creations, such as parmesan-crusted rainbow trout and cold-water lobster tails, or maybe the preference is for a sirloin steak or chicken marsala.
Add a little sizzle to the meal with a hand-crafted cocktail, signature sangria, or a sparkling strawberry citrus martini. Kids have their own tasty menu with assorted items, such as chicken tenders and popcorn shrimp. Bonefish also offers family bundles to order that feed the whole family, plus include martinis with carryout.
Iguana Mia
$$ | (239) 949-2001 | WEBSITE
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When you have a hankering for south of the border cuisine, head to Iguana Mia for a taste of authentic Mexican fare. The atmosphere is inviting, the staff welcoming, and the food is on point.
For over 20 years, diners have feasted on entrees, such as Mahi-Mahi fajitas, brunchy enchiladas, and chicken poblano mac and cheese. Try one of the specialties of the house, like the pepperjack cheesesteak chimichanga or asada tacos.
Tortilla soup and taco salads are always freshly made, and traditional taco, tamale, burrito, and tostado dinners are menu favorites. A kid’s menu and assorted beverages are available.
The Seaside Bar and Grill
$$$ | (239) 288-1470 | WEBSITE
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Whether you’re looking for a place for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner, the Seaside Bar and Grill has delicious choices to satisfy the pickiest eater. The menu is diverse with specialties, such as Pina Colada French Toast and Chicken & Waffle, along with a bottomless mimosa for brunch.
Assorted soups, salads, sandwiches, and pizza provide a casual bite to eat, while fish and chips, grouper tacos, shrimp pasta, bourbon glazed pork chop, and pasta jambalaya satisfy hunger pangs.
Daily features like taco Tuesdays, wine specials Wednesday, trivia Thursday, prime rib Friday and Saturday, and brunch Saturday and Sunday, include live music.
Ristorante Enrico
$$ | (239) 949-2204 | WEBSITE
When there’s a craving for true and authentic Italian cuisine, Enrico’s provides satisfaction for the tastes you’re craving. Using the freshest ingredients of the highest quality, Enrico makes specialty sauces that are slowly cooked to perfection.
Begin your culinary journey with an order of fresh bruschetta followed by fettuccini or spaghetti. For lunch, choose from soups, salads, wraps, pizzas, calzones, and assorted pasta dishes.
For dinner, salads begin the meal, followed by a fresh pasta dish, baked Italian entrees, seafood, and chef’s specialties, such as Tuscan chicken, lobster ravioli, veal parmigiana, and baked ziti. Dine in or order to go.
Buffalo Chips Restaurant
$$ | (239) 947-1000 | WEBSITE
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When casual dining in an atmosphere rich in history, culture, and back-in-the-day friendliness is served non-stop, Buffalo Chips serves generous portions of it all. The palate-pleasing menu is mouth-watering from the start with an order of fried green tomatoes or a jumbo crab cake.
Savor the flavor of authentic Buffalo wings, Buffalo burgers, baby back ribs, and country fried steak. Also featured are fish tacos, Buffalo shrimp, blackened grouper, and assorted sandwiches, and salads. Wash it down with a cool brew, wine, or soda. Save room for a slice of key lime pie or a helping of bread pudding.
Molinos Italian Ristorante
$$$ | (239) 992-7025 | WEBSITE
At Molino’s Italian Ristorante, guests can expect an exceptional menu, exemplary service, and an impressive wine cellar that takes dining to a level of refinement. At the family-owned restaurant in business for over 16 years, diners are presented with authentic classic cuisine along with a variety of fresh seafood.
Replenish with a favorite libation from the full bar or a taste of the grape from the wine cellar. Located at the Promenade at Bonita Bay, Molino’s has the distinction of being the winner of the Best of Bonita Springs/Estero Awards in 2019 in the category of early bird specials.
Old 41 Restaurant
$ | (239) 948-4190 | WEBSITE
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When looking for consistency in good food and service, the Old 41 Restaurant has proven its worth by winning the Best of the Best Award 15 years in a row. It’s no wonder it stands out once you’ve sampled the breakfast or lunch menu.
Morning diners can enjoy a stack of pancakes, French toast, waffles, biscuits, and gravy, and eggs your way. Fill up at lunch with a plump bacon cheeseburger, home-cooked roast beef, or imported ham and Swiss. A fresh Caesar or Greek salad cools the palate and home-cooked turkey, or roast beef satisfies the hardiest appetite.
Figs Grille
$$$ | (239) 390-1700 | WEBSITE
Figs Grille is an experience where patrons are treated to continental dining featuring Mediterranean fusion cuisine amid a background of classic decor. Tantalize your taste buds with appetizers, such as tuna ceviche, grilled calamari, or mussels Portofino.
Please the palate with soup or salad, then satisfy cravings for traditional entrees, such as shrimp scampi, penne Bolognese, grilled salmon, duck, veal pizzaiola, pork rib eye, lamb tagine, or steak Barolo.
Celebrate the meal with Champagne, assorted port and sherry wine, martinis, and mixed drinks. Finish the meal with an Irish coffee or Espresso and coconut flan. Open daily. Reservations are accepted.
Chops City Grill
$$$$ | (239) 992-4677 | WEBSITE
When guests step through the door of Chops City Grille, they are immersed in elegance personified. Floor-to-ceiling draped windows, hardwood floors, and soft lighting evoke an intimate setting for a special meal.
The menu features a raw bar, assorted appetizers, chilled cocktails, and caviar. Entrees, such as imported and American wagyu steaks, fresh sushi, seafood selections including grouper, tuna, Faroe Island salmon, and seabass, filet Mignon, porterhouse and New York strip steak, and pork chops are perfectly prepared.
Dinner is served daily beginning at 5 p.m. Happy hour begins at 4:30 p.m. at the bar. Reservations are suggested.
Roy’s Restaurant
$$$ | (239) 498-7697 | WEBSITE
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Enjoy a taste of the “big island” of Hawaii from the comfort of the outdoor lanai at Roy’s Restaurant. Chef Johnson creates an intriguing menu of Hawaiian-inspired fusion cuisine that bursts with flavor and is sure to please.
An Asian influence is present in items, such as the Szechuan spiced pork ribs and crispy wok fried shrimp tempura.
Sample the flavors of a Lakanilau or lobster California roll, then enjoy an entree of roasted macadamia nut crusted Mahi Mahi. Dinner is served daily beginning at 4 p.m. Refresh with a flavorful cocktail at Aloha Hour beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Summary
Whether you’re interested in a casual meal with family and friends, a fine dining experience for a special celebration, or stopping by for happy hour and a light snack before enjoying a night out on the town, the restaurant selections in Bonita Spring off multiple vibes to suit every occasion.
Taylor lives in Atlanta, where she spends most of her time working in the food industry as a cook, bartender, and server. Today, she writes for Birch Restaurant as Taylor’s deeply passionate about food and wants to share it with you!
