Restaurants near Stay Inn - Bartow

Service was outstanding as was the food. Caesar Salad and Fiocchi are a must do. The butternut squash ravioli melts in your mouth.

The Terrace Grill is a real treat. I have been going for years, and I continue to enjoy the new decor and very much enjoy their food. I normally eat plant-based and am thankful to find a plant-based option on the menu every time I go, either the vegetables & quinoa grains bowl or the cauliflower steak, which are both very good. Service is excellent and attentive, as well.

Kid friendly food choices and very delicious. Birthday cheers was a highlight for my son.

First time dining in Lakeland, an interesting little city and home to my Detroit Tigers. The restaurant is tucked away between an older, warehouse type district and the city’s commercial center across a sizable lake - with parks scattered along the lakefront, dotted with sculptures and pedestrian walkways. The restaurant itself is of rustic western architecture with a converted barn-like interior trimmed with wormwood and featuring cowhide-upholstered booths. Decor includes wall-mounted deer heads and longhorns, as any Texas steakhouse ought to display. The menu is pretty straightforward: Steak, steak and more steak with a smattering of chicken entrees, pork chops and a surf/turf option involving shrimp. For those who need greens, there is no salad entrée per se but a dinner salad is available, along with sides of asparagus and broccoli. For a high-end steakhouse, I thought their filet mignon could have been more tender. I order my steaks medium rare - warm red center - and this cut was cooked exactly how I ordered it, but it was “chewy” in texture such that I was left with a juiceless mass that couldn’t be swallowed until long after the flavor was gone. The sides - garlic mashed redskin potatoes or a salted-skin Idaho baker, were just fine. The dessert list features at least a half dozen supersweet cakes, brownies and ice cream combinations but the entrée menu has such massive amounts of beef that I had no room for dessert. What was truly remarkable about this experience, however, was the service. Our waitperson, Amber, was just the right amount of attentive. She answered all our questions, was cheerfully willing to accommodate some special requests, and kept us in her field of vision even though the restaurant was jam packed - so when it was time for the check, for example, all I had to do was give a little wave. In addition, the manager stopped by our table to check on us. I would recommend this place to my friends any day.

The only real problem was using OpenTable to make my reservations. In the future, I will just call the club and bypass open table. Open table made a mess of it.