Restaurants near Masonic Temple

The Pearl is one of my wife and I favorite places to eat. We eat here every anniversary and also in Tampa when ever we are visiting family. Honestly we enjoy all the Cameron Mitchell restaurants. Keep up the good work !

This was our first time here and it was lovely. We sat in the 4 season room next to a water feature that kept some of the noise from larger parties from being overwhelming. The holiday decor was festive and though the room was surrounded by big windows and a tall ceiling it was warm and very pleasant. We ordered a selection of appetizers and sides and everything was delicious. My only “negative” is that I wish the short rib arancini had more sauce with it. Our service was prompt and the server was knowledgeable and attentive without being distracting. We will definitely be back!

We went to Valentina’s for lunch with friends from out of town, and this ended up being a perfect choice. Everyone loved their food, and the cocktails were great. Our waitress was Jersey, and she was amazing and welcoming, and the restaurant looked so festive for the holidays.

Really nice atmosphere. Spotless and tasteful. Our server, Amy, was really great. Friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable. We went on a Friday night at 5:30. Not super crowded when we arrived, but by the time we left the restaurant was pretty full. Food was really good. For apps, we had the shishito peppers and the meatball. Both very good. If I were to be super nitpicky, I would prefer less sauce on the meatball because the meat was super high quality and the abundance of sauce kind of overpowered the meat. But I would definitely order it again. For mains, we had the burger and the braised short rib. Both very very good. Burger was high quality meat and cooked perfectly. I'm a short rib snob, and this was up there. Very good. I would prefer potatoes instead of risotto with short rib, but that's just personal preference. The risotto was very good, but if given a choice I would have opted for like a chunky mashed potato to pair with it. The root vegetables were seasoned nicely and cooked just right. Excellent dish. For dessert, we had the bread pudding. I asked for the maple bourbon sauce on the side, and for me, this was the way to go. The bread pudding itself was moist and just sweet enough. The vanilla ice cream was enough of a topping for me, so I didn't think it needed the sauce. If you like your bread pudding on the sweeter side, then go for the sauce. I dipped my fork in it and it was very good. I just prefer things a little less sweet so I opted to not put the sauce on top. Would absolutely order it again. I did order a before dinner drink (Weller Special Reserve bourbon, neat) and they gave me a generous pour. We will definitely be back. We live close by, and this restaurant will be on our rotation for sure

Great lunch w siblings - everyone happy w menu & choices. Seated at a table by the front door - very cold.