Best Restaurants for Special Occasions in Windermere

I don’t know why we hadn’t come sooner, but now we know better. We frequently are dining in the Sand Lake I drive area for the fine dining experience, and Ocean Prime is now our go to place … food and ambience were on point, a great menu and the service out of this world. My husband loves lobster pasta, but wasn’t feeling the menu’s lobster linguine tomato based sauce, so Sherri (amazing!!!!!! Server) ask the chef to make a cream based sauce- delicious! For the chef to make a such a concession and it was prefection, meant so much to us for making a meal an fantastic experience, and not just the ordinary steak seafood chain meal. The Ocean Roll was truly masterful blend of flavors in a sushi roll - the chili garlic sauce was nothing like we had before (wish I could put it on every roll in life now) perfect blend of spicy/salty with high grade tuna/salmon, avacodo, humachi, and we added cream cheese - so good we see ourselves coming back just for the sushi and cocktails. The grouper was perfectly balanced and prepared. We tried the crème brûlée and cake carrot cake both excellent. The service was 7 star experience. They even called to check how was our experience! Can’t say enough how grateful and perfect the front and back house made our night that we will not forget this beautiful memory.

From the moment we walked in the service was amazing and the attention and eye contact was impressive. We felt like we were the only ones there. Thank you for sick an wonderful experience.

We had a fantastic meal at Christmas brunch. It’s difficult to have a buffet and still keep food fresh and appealing. This kitchen did a fantastic job. Instead of big platters of smoked salmon and accompaniments, they had salad plates with a bit of everything. You could just pick it up and take it to your table. Just enough to enjoy. Same for the salad. I’ve never bothered with a green salad at a brunch buffet , but they had small bowls of a simple green salad and crocks of a couple homemade dressings. Delicious. The roasted potatoes and blistered tomato frittatas were amazing. The service was exceptional.

Chris took great care of us as did the rest of the staff at Norman's. We both enjoyed our holiday-themed cocktails and our food and wine were delicious. Definitely a return trip for us!

Very fun and beautiful- good breakfast, excellent service