Bonita Springs, on Florida's west coast, has a population of about 42,000 citizens. With its tropical climate, visit the city's beach anytime throughout the year. Like many Florida beach towns, Bonita Springs boasts several seafood restaurants where you can try out the local catch.
Roy's specializes in Hawaiian-fusion cuisine. Signature dishes include seafood cioppino, citrus tarragon grilled salmon, split-pea and rock-shrimp soup, seared monchong, dynamite grouper, Roy's roasted macadamia-nut-crusted mahimahi, prosciutto-wrapped shrimp and crispy fried whole-hog snapper. In addition, select from a range of Hawaiian cocktails, such as the Original Hawaiian martini, 1988, Roy's Island mai tai, Fred and Ginger, and the cranberry margarita. Roy's also offers gluten-free dining options. The restaurant is open for dinner seven nights a week and offers a special "Aloha Hour" between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. every night except for Saturday.
Diners at the Bonefish Grill can choose from such options as grilled fish, steaks, sautéed and baked seafood items, soups and salads and handheld fish options. The bar offers a range of specialty house martinis, fine wine, whiskeys and draft beers. Private dining can also be arranged. Bonefish Grill also offers gluten-free dining options and has a kids' menu.
Pincher's Crab Shack employs local fishermen to supply its menu, which includes such items as fried calamari, pincher claws, hot crab and cheese dip, soft-shelled crabs, jumbo lump crab cake, fish and chips, and garlic-and-butter blue-crab clusters. From the raw bar, sample such items and peel-and-eat shrimp, clams, oysters and jumbo wings. Pincher's Crab Shack also serves real grouper caught directly from the Gulf of Mexico. In addition to its seafood specialties, you can also have pasta, sandwiches, soups and salad.
Rodes Fresh and Fancy is a family-owned-and-operated seafood restaurant that has been in existence since 1990. Menu items include fish and chips, fried shrimp, Rodes crab cakes, grilled or blackened salmon and fresh grouper salmon. From the raw bar, select from such items as peel-and-eat shrimp, shrimp cocktail, stone-crab claws and oysters on the half shell.
