Top Ten Restaurants in The Villages\
 

I went onto Yelp, which has been a trusted guide for me when searching for good restaurants, especially when I’m traveling. I sorted all the restaurants in The Villages (must be “inside” the bubble and golf-cart accessible), based on what received the best over-all reviews (not necessarily the most reviews). Here is what came up as the top ten (is your favorite listed here?)

1) Chicken Salad Chick
2) Coastal Del Mar
3) Legacy Pool Bar and Grill
4) Island Fin Poke
5) First Watch
6) Reveille Cafe
7) Harvest
8) Kung Fu Chef
9) Koyame
10) No. #1 Chinese

I eat at Harvest and Coastal frequently. The other 8 not for me. IMO List is missing Chop House, Lopez, Prima, Havana, Blue Fin and Mezza Luna.

Can you get to Mission BBQ or Honey Baked Ham on a golf cart?

Too many restaurants to pick a favorite. We like a few of these.

Neither is golf cart accessible.

Not legally, no. But you can park your golf cart at Petco and walk across the street to the plaza where HoneyBaked is located.

If you want to be sneaky, you could go out the gate at Jeffrey Drive off Tarrson and cross Griffin onto Rolling Acres, and then cut into the parking lot behind Home Depot. From there you just follow that little drive around the corner into the parking lot where Mission BBQ is located. You're risking a ticket though since it's still illegal to cross that road and drive on Rolling Acres on a golf cart, even that half-block stretch that most people don't use.

Thanks - I’m still learning the far north area around Spanish Springs, I’ll delete them from the top ten list, and edit with the next two restaurants.

Thai Ruby is “OK” - Sumter Landing - For real good Thai, you’re gonna need to drive down to Orlando.

Ick not one decent place

There are 2 very good Thai restaurant in Ocala. Ayuttaya and Thai Orchid.

Try TripAdvisor. You’ll get a whole different list.

Haven't been to the first two. Funny how they have the pool bar at Lopez rather than the restaurant. Haven't ate at the pool bar in years, but memories of it are not pleasant. Haven't been to 4,6, 7,9 or 10 either.


My favs:
1) Ruby Tuesdays at Spanish Springs
2) Kung Fu Chef
3) City fire at Sumter
4) Lopez restaurant (Although they just changed their menu and got rid of the penne pasta alla vodka, ouch, my favorite.)
5) Chop House at Sumter

Non to my liking maybe I'll try King Fu upon my return.
Not a fan of breakfast in TV I prefer home fries on the grill if I wanted fried potatoes I'd order French fries. Some think SPAM is a gourmet food

Very True - In my travels, I have found that lots of chains and franchise-type places are rated high on Trip Advisor. For me, I have found Yelp to be very helpful, especially if I’m in A strange town or city, and want something really good and authentic for the area, and not a franchise-type restaurant that I can eat at back home. That’s just me though - for those that want something more “familiar” when traveling, then Trip Advisor is a good option for those folks. I’m extremely adventurous when dining out, and I love to explore and try different restaurants, especially unusual ethnic places.

Top 10 restaurants are only top ten for the person listing them. If we are eating out it needs to be better than what we can cook at home. We do eat at Mission, the food is good, the service is above and beyond. But the best part to speaking with the WW2 or Korea, vets, they are so interesting.