Mangroves Grille

Second dinner here as I'm at a conference. Their burger is delicious and the staff friendly and attentive.

ate there twice during last stay. very friendly and hospitable staff. food was excellent. will go again next time.

Very happy with the food and service.

All I can say is Wow!

The employees try hard here and seem very nice. The food is decent and there is effort in the service but better training is needed. The soup comes out without a spoon so the waitress has to go in the back to fetch a spoon. Wouldn’t it be better if the cook put the soup up on the counter with a spoon or at least have the spoons available at the counter for the waitress.

I won't go so far as to give this restaurant five stars (as a few others have done) but I will say it's a notch above the typical hotel restaurant. Catering primarily to hotel guests who choose the convenience of the hotel restaurant, it serves lunch and dinner, while breakfast is a free hotel only for hotel guests.

We ate here twice, once for lunch and once for dinner and were pleasantly surprised. Expecting the usual two or three-star hotel restaurant, Mangroves is clearly a solid 4-stars. I think they could be even better, but they're most likely hamstrung by Hilton management on making as much profit as possible. The service we had both times was very good.

Staff and atmosphere are great, however the French dip I ordered was literally deli meat drowned in jarred gravy and almost inedible. Others around had meals that looked better, but I was severely disappointed with my order and left hungry.

This restaurant is inside the Embassy Suites USF, Tampa.
I ordered the red pepper soup and a cheese burger.
I can’t state any positives here. Be prepared to wait for a very long time for your food to be served (I waited for around 55 minutes for a soup and a cheeseburger)
The soup was extremely salty and it was evident it had been reheated in the microwave (inconsistency in temperatures, one spoon very hot, next cold). I could not finish it. I requested my burger to be medium-well and oh man, it was well, well, very well done. One thing was for sure, it was not raw!

Bottom line: Not recommended.

Due to events they had on going, and all of 5 groups they had to close the kitchen early, hate to see them in a busy time.