"Darden’s 31st prime-seafood room, opened 2023 at Mizner Park; book the V Lounge to impress a Boca client."
Eddie V’s opened its thirty-first dining room in September 2023, in the Mizner Park space that once held Ouzo Bay. At 201 West Plaza Real it runs to 10,566 square feet, four private rooms, and a V Lounge with live jazz nightly. The kitchen flies in prime seafood and broils USDA prime steaks; entrées land between $40 and $90, and a full dinner runs $75 to $130 a head before wine.
Eddie V’s carries no celebrity chef; it is a Darden Restaurants brand, the same group behind The Capital Grille, run to a national prime-seafood playbook executed by a local kitchen team. What that buys you is consistency. The parmesan-crusted Dover sole is filleted tableside; the Chilean sea bass comes Hong Kong-style with sizzling ginger and soy; the cold seafood tower stacks oysters, jumbo shrimp, king crab and lobster. Steaks are USDA prime, hand-cut and broiled at high heat, and the 16-ounce bone-in ribeye is the one to order. Finish with the Bananas Foster butter cake.
Entrées run $40 to $90, with a full dinner landing $75 to $130 per person before wine. The Boca Raton location opened in September 2023, the brand’s thirty-first, at 201 West Plaza Real in Mizner Park. For how it sits among the city’s prime rooms, see the best steakhouses worldwide.
The dining room seats around two hundred across banquettes and high-backed booths, with the V Lounge up front where a local jazz act plays nightly from the small stage. Lighting is low and warm, the kind that flatters a suit; sound sits at a steady hum until the band starts, after which the lounge gets loud and the back rooms stay conversation-easy. Tables are generously spaced. Dress is smart, jackets common but not required, and four private rooms handle parties from eight to forty.
Book Eddie V’s to impress a Boca client because the room reads expensive without theatrics, the private dining rooms close off a deal in privacy, and the wine list is deep enough to order up without a sommelier’s help. The V Lounge buys you a pre-dinner drink with live music before you move to a booth. See the Boca Raton dining guide and the best restaurants for impressing clients.
Not for a quiet first date: the V Lounge runs live jazz nightly and the main room hums at two hundred covers. Ask for a back private room to talk.
Yes, if you want a reliable prime-seafood and steak dinner in a polished room rather than a chef-driven tasting menu. Eddie V’s is a Darden brand, so the cooking is consistent rather than adventurous: the parmesan-crusted Dover sole and the cold seafood tower are the safe orders. Expect $75 to $130 per person before wine. For something more personal, browse the Boca Raton dining guide.
Not hard outside season. Eddie V’s takes reservations on OpenTable and usually has tables within a few days, though Friday and Saturday at 7pm in winter book a week or two out. For a client dinner, request one of the four private rooms when you reserve, and ask for the V Lounge if you want the live jazz.
Smart, with jackets common but not required. Most men wear a sport coat or a collared shirt; women dress business-smart to cocktail. There is no enforced jacket rule, but the room is dim and dressy enough that shorts or athletic wear will feel out of place. Mizner Park itself runs upscale-casual.
Start with the cold seafood tower or the crab fried rice, then the parmesan-crusted Dover sole or the 16-ounce bone-in ribeye. The Chilean sea bass, Hong Kong-style, is the signature fish. Finish with the Bananas Foster butter cake. Steaks are USDA prime and entrées run $40 to $90.
Reserve on OpenTable. Private dining rooms by request.
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