Aqua

Dining on Labor Day weekend was challenging in Clearwater. Until we showed up at Aqua, located in the Westin Hotel that is.Maranda was our server. She is very personable and provided suggestions for drinks appetizers and main course. I liked that. Cuban sandwich was hot and delicious. Fish tacos were also very good.The flat bread was much better than anticipated with a hot, crisp, light crust.Sadly, at 7:00 pm, the restaurant was mostly empty.This place should be busier, it was good food and service- worth the money.

This restaurant is inside the Westin on the Courtney Cambell Causeway. Parking is charged at 10 dollars an hour if your are not staying in the hotel. The bar area has a decent view of outdoors but the beach area is nothing special other than being well decorated. Looks like ththey did a little updating not long ago. The food is average and nothing special. Great if you are on an expense account and not so much if you are paying out of pocket. The flatbread margarita pizza had plenty of cheese but lacking any true Italian flavors. The half order of the wedge salad was very good. I felt that the portions were very generous for sharing. This is a typical hotel lobby restaurant and serves it's purpose.

A couple of changes at good ole Aqua sadly. Daphne is gone. There's no longer an option to dine in the little wine room, the service seemed to lack detail and attentiveness on what looked like a slow night. Got a few things wrong in the order, but got my wine switched out for the champagne I ordered. After that, had to move on, no time to change it, fix it, remove charges ect. Gotta keep it moving. Won't be back.

Stayed at the Westin and got dessert & breakfast here. Drinks were great! Dessert was just okay, and breakfast was a let down. They didn't have the full menu so it was a small buffet for like $17. Outdoors seating was cute and staff was pretty nice.

Service is miserably slow and when you finally get your food it is was terrible. We ate there twice while staying at the Westin. For dinner it took half an hour to get or food order in and another hour to get the food. They were not even a quarter full. The next morning we had breakfast there and all I ordered was a waffle and bacon. After almost 45min the waffle came out, still no bacon we finally got up and left after an hour and told them "don't bother" we were already late not expecting breakfast to take all morning. Don't waste your time or money with this restaurant especially for breakfast Just go to Starbucks on the other side of the lobby.There was also someone sitting at the bar (inside) with their dog who was barking while they were having a loud conversation on speaker phone for almost 20min and nobody working at the restaurant seemed to care even though everyone was looking at this guy annoyed.

Walk down to Aqua from my hotel to try something different for lunch. Ended up with the shrimp Caesar salad. Ended up being pretty tasty and the shrimp were very delicious. Did not have the opportunity to try anything else, but wouldn't hesitate to go back and try something else from the menu. I also sat by the window and had a really good view of the bay.

The waitstaff in a HOTEL bar/restaurant should really familiarize themselves with out of state IDs. I tried to get a glass of wine and dinner yesterday and was denied because the waitress thought my Arizona license was fake. I'm 30... I was so turned off by the whole experience I had to leave. I travel often for work, and have been relocated for Florida for 9 months and this has not happened to me anywhere else.

We came for an early dinner. The pictures are definitely lovelier than the actual restaurant. The online menus are completely out of date. Some prices are hefty for what you get. (2 miniscule crab cakes, as an appetizer, for 21 dollars is just ONE example). Having said that, the fish and shrimp tacos are both excellent and well-priced. The people who serve you are kind and efficient, especially Jimmy at the bar. But they could improve the food value and match the advertised ambience.

Catered food from here is meh. Have to order food for us to eat separately that's fresh. Great location on the water, although one side is the road. I was here for a conference for our company. Stayed here for two days at the latter part of our conference since we were short a night at our resort. Had a mixer out on the back patio of Aqua tonight. Nice patio setup. The cocktails and mixed drinks are good at least. The food offering is a pork loin, 4 cheese rancini, mine beef Wellington, chicken satay with peanut sauce, assorted raw sushi items, shrimp cocktail and some bruschetta. The chicken satay and the bruschetta are the only items I van eat here. The chicken satay is dry as ever and bland and of course it's cold. The sushi is super raw.Staff wouldn't let me take a look at the Aqua menu unless I went inside, how lame is that. Finally another staffer brought me out a menu at the patio. The 4 cheese wasn't so ooey or gooey for having 4 cheeses in it. The bruschetta was okay, needs more balsamic and more basic, one basil ribbon and the balsamic is much too sparse. Ordered two superfood salads with blackened chicken and feta on the side. Hoping the salads will be fresh at least. The two superfood salads with the grilled chicken quite a while to come out. Food takes about 35-40 minutes to come out, it seems. Staffer Jeffrey was cool and kept me posted on my slow food to come out. Food took about 45 minutes to come out. Had to ask for the feta, was supposed to be on the side for both of our salads. The almonds could be better slivered or halved for this salad. Whole almonds are a bit too hard for a salad to me. The salad as a whole wasn't too bad. The blackened chicken was tender and was warm at least. The quinoa was nutty. The Granny Smith apples are crisp too.

This place is incredible not just because the amazing friendly and professional service, the views but the food omg the food is sooo good.This restaurant sits inside the Westin Tampa Bay. The food and service are top notch. There's a great outdoor seating area where you are close to a small beach and watch boaters, jet skiers, kayakers and other water enthusiasts frolic. The menu is sizable and we tried a number of dishes.  As the name would imply fish and seafood fill the menu.  However there are other options including the signature Westin healthy options, and the less healthy but tasty burgers, garlic fries, chicken. There will something for everyone.  The food is definitely good. Service every time we've been has been spot on. A full bar, which is usually busy- but not to busy to be uncomfortable- provides excellent libations.