Ava Tampa

"We went to Ava for brunch on a Saturday. We were met by a hostess off few words and were eventually seated outside. Then we waited, and we waited. I think we waited 20 minutes before a server came and gave us water. No introduction or anything. Eventually we got our order in for food. The wait for the food was not that bad. The food itself was also pretty good. Everyone liked it. If it weren’t for automatic gratuity, there would have been no tip whatsoever."

"To our surprise, there is an Ava in SoHo. We loved the pizza at the Joinery location, and we're excited to try this location. The decor is very nice and spacious. I started with a ravioli (average) and the bread service, which was the best restaurant bread I've had—the texture of a soft donut with a perfectly crispy exterior. Paired with the whipped ricotta and honey, it's AMAZING. I had to have the Bestia again, but it's not as good as the joinery location(less cheese and sausage). The margarita pizza was very good with pepperoni. Service was okay, but I would definitely return for the bread service option."

"Great place and food. They have a private room that can seat 8-12 people. We had a great waitress and service for our 2+ hour dinner celebration. The lamb rub was excellent."

"We came in for a happy hour around 530pm. Ordered the meatballs and basilica pizza and the mussels. The meatballs tasted like chef boyardee can meatballs. It was terrible. And it was room temperature which means it was precooked and just put on top of hot tomato sauce. The mussels had good flavor. They forgot our bread so we had to ask the food runner to bring us some. And then the bread ended up tasting like “ coal”. I watched them put it over high fire and “ grill “ it. And that Smokey flavor was too pungent for us to enjoy dipping the bread in the mussel pesto sauce. The pizza was the best thing. It was tasty and decent 8inch size. The drinks were also good as we only ordered a beer and Tito’s grapefruit. The restaurant itself was very big, open and bright. The bartender was friendly. But you can see she was overwhelmed as she worked the entire bar and high top area alone! While other staff was shooting the shxt and laughing. The restaurant has potential but definitely needs a revamp on the food. Would I come back? Definitely not for food but maybe for drinks."

"Went to Ava for the first time Saturday morning for brunch with my mom. The service, food, and atmosphere was top notch. We had originally gone to another restaurant in Hyde park but left due to poor service. We arrived at Ava a few minute before opening and their doors were locked. We were going elsewhere but then a sweet young lady named Or ran out to greet us. She said they were just opening in a few minutes and we could come in and look at the menu. Not many places do this she was amazing. We then had Jacob as our server, he gave us great recommendations and we had an amazing brunch. We will be back again for brunch and to try dinner here. Amazing service with delicious food, too!"