accolades
Creative Loafing
Top 50 Restaurants
""It’s hard to believe that it’s been four-and-a-half years since I lost my mind at this Dunedin-based unicorn. I’ve dined here at least a dozen times without ever having the same dish twice. It remains my pick for No. 1 in the region."
-Jon Palmer Claridge
#1 Restaurant 2019
"The flavors explode on your palate in combinations that surprise or amaze. I’ve run out of superlatives."
-Jon Palmer Claridge
Best of the Bay
Creative Loafing
Best Pandemic Metamorphosis
Best Overall Restaurant
"When the food is, in a word, poetic, who needs white linen?"
Best Chefs
Best New Restaurant
"There are no foams and few modernist tricks — just imaginative ingredients in perfect combinations to make you weak in the knees. "
Tampa Bay Times
Top Romantic Restaurants
"They have an eye to things that marry sweet and savory (lots of savory dessert elements), every hyper-composed plate a juxtaposition of color and texture without being fussy."
- Laura Reiley
Top 50 Restaurant
"What they excel at is preparing incredibly ambitious food in a microscopic open kitchen."
-Laura Reiley
press
4.5 star review
"I’m overjoyed to report that I’ve found this mythical gastronomic unicorn, not in some far off Shangri-La, but across the street from Dunedin Lanes."
-Jon Palmer Claridge
Tampa Bay Times
"As has been the case for so many years, chefs and owners Jason and Erin “Cricket” Borajkiewicz are still wowing diners with their contemporary and innovative takes on New American cuisine."
-Helen Freund
"The Restorative in Dunedin is Doing its own thing,
exceptionally well."
-Laura Reiley
plates on plates
"The chef-owners pride themselves on not repeating the same dishes over and over, which allows them to get creative and specialize in variety."
-Ainhoa Palacios