Best Date Night Restaurants in Fort Lauderdale

The signature restaurant inside the W Fort Lauderdale, with a 15-foot jellyfish tank behind the bar and a dining room that opens onto the beach. It's the FTL beach-hotel date night that doesn't feel like a tourist trap.

• Address: 401 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
• Website: https://steak954.com/
• Price: $$$$

Pan-Asian-meets-Latin dining room with a gondola dock on the Las Olas canals. Book a waterside table and you're basically on the water — cruise-ship passengers on the Intracoastal wave as they pass.

• Address: 1200 E Las Olas Blvd Ste 101, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
• Website: http://www.casasensei.com/
• Price: $$$

Loud, theatrical, unmistakably Martorano — the dining room runs on hip-hop and red sauce. Dates who are into it leave singing. The meatballs and the Sunday gravy are the order.

• Address: 3343 E Oakland Park Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
• Website: https://cafemartorano.com/
• Price: $$$

Rooftop-leaning Japanese at the Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach. Sushi is serious, small plates are built for sharing, and the oceanfront views are a real selling point without dominating the room.

• Address: 551 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
• Website: http://www.takatorestaurant.com/
• Price: $$$

Intracoastal waterfront that locals have been bringing out-of-town guests to for decades. Tables open directly onto the dock — tarpon show up nightly at the feeding and the deck bar is a full date night on its own.

• Address: 1900 SE 15th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
• Website: https://www.15streetfisheries.com/
• Price: $$