With 165+ participating restaurants and a redesigned online hub, Visit Lauderdale's signature culinary program enters its biggest and most discoverable year yet.
More than 165 restaurants are taking part in Dine Out Lauderdale this year — the most in the program's history, spanning everything from waterfront seafood to a MICHELIN-starred chef's counter. For the next two months, every one of them is serving three courses at a set price.
It runs August 1 through September 30. Lunch is $35, dinner is $45 or $60, and the Lux tier is $75, with each restaurant curating its own menu.
It's a milestone year for a program that has become one of the destination's signature culinary traditions. — and a reflection of just how far Greater Fort Lauderdale's dining scene has come.
A reimagined way to explore
A lineup this size deserves a better way to navigate it. This year, VisitLauderdale.com introduced a reimagined Dine Out experience: a redesigned hub with a refreshed menu presentation that makes the whole program effortless to browse. Filter by neighborhood, cuisine, or price. Compare menus. See exactly what each restaurant is serving before you book.
It has never been easier to plan a night out.
Built alongside our partners
A lineup this size takes genuine collaboration. Ahead of the program, Visit Lauderdale hosted a series of webinars connecting participating restaurants with some of the most respected voices in the Greater Fort Lauderdale culinary industry — sessions on building a prix fixe menu that performs, marketing it well, and turning first-time guests into regulars.
That investment shows up in the lineup. This year's record participation is the direct result of it.
From the waterfront to a MICHELIN Star
The list reaches across the destination. Lunch at Beach Terrace Restaurant in Deerfield Beach comes with the ocean right in front of you. Aruba Beach Cafe sits steps from the Lauderdale-by-the-Sea pier. At Ocean Prime, you can pull up by boat.
The top of the destination's dining scene is well represented, too. Greater Fort Lauderdale holds five MICHELIN recognitions, and the destination's MICHELIN-Starred Chef's Counter at MAASS is participating, along with Daniel's, A Florida Steakhouse, serving a $75 Lux dinner.
Beyond the table
This year also brings one of the most ambitious slates of experiences the program has ever offered.
MAD Arts in Dania Beach presents "Ode to Tomato," six courses built around the city's history as the former Tomato Capital of the World, with projections and storytelling between them, on select August nights. Temple Street Eatery begins dumpling classes and pottery workshops on August 5, where you eat your ramen out of the bowl you just made. Wan's Mandarin House opens August 1 with a class on classic Asian appetizers. There are food tours on Las Olas and in Pompano Beach, a Cocktail Club dinner at The Wilder, and cake decorating at Lovelee Bakeshop.
Before you go
Ask for the Dine Out menu.
Book ahead for weekend dinners and anything with a class attached.
And if you're heading across town, take the Water Taxi. Easier than parking.
Two months, 165+ restaurants, and the biggest table Greater Fort Lauderdale has ever set.
