element: steak. seafood. pasta.

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   debi

   Naples

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Third year going to Element Steak & Seafood for Thanksgiving dinner. Started with happy hour at the bar, Trey was the BEST bartender and was SUPER busy but handling everyone promptly. Trey makes the best drinks! Seating for dinner was on time and we were waited on promptly. Wine selection was stellar, we both chose the traditional Thanksgiving diner. Very good and had so much food we brought home the leftovers for another full meal. Portions are really big at Element! Can't wait to go again next year, but I'm sure we will be back during the year for dinner a few times. Love their outside space on a warm evening! One thing to note, we have been going to Element for 4 years and there is VERY LITTLE turnover in staff. The staff is well trained, pleasant, hard working and they all pitch in to help wherever it is busy, including setting tables, bussing, filling water, helping at the bar, serving food. You are well pampered.
   

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   Julie

   New York City

   17 reviews

   4.0

   17 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   We were looking forward to trying this restaurant but it fell a little short. The food was fantastic. We started with a wedge salad which was great, I had the seared sea scallops and the husband had the black grouper and they were both fabulous!! The service was very lacking by our waitress but I’m chalking it up to the holiday. My mother always said not to go out to dinner on a holiday but I didn’t listen. We will go back to this restaurant because of the food but I’ll make sure not to have that waitress. Do give it a try for the food!
   

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   Michelle

   Detroit

   18 reviews

   5.0

   18 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Excellent food and service on Thanksgiving and we will definitely return. Those Brussel sprouts! Tired of disappointing steakhouses in Venice and The Banyon House needs to visit The Element to see how a well run kitchen = a well run house.
   

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   Marion

   Tampa

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   The waitress was nice but the service was very slow. It was Thanksgiving and the turkey dinner was not very good. The turkey meat was very salty and tasted as though it was processed turkey.
   

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   Donna

   Orlando

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   I have eaten here multiple times and always had good food. Thanksgiving dinner was NOT good. Salty turkey undercooked root vegetables (too hard to even cut) and sausage dressing with large chunks of sausage that totally overpowered the stuffing recipe. My boyfriend’s sweet potato yams had a hard uncooked chunk in the middle. It was a big let down and I will not go back next thanksgiving. Veronica our server was wonderful .
   

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   Virginia

   Greater Boston

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Fabulous food, elegant atmosphere, and superb service! Very impressive!
   

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   Beverly

   Tampa

   19 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   19 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Service good, atmosphere good, Happy hour drinks a great bargain & also good. Soup lukewarm, creme brulee mediocre. Happy hour Tapas menu could for sure have one or two additions on it. Gruyere fondue did not taste much like Gruyere. Had a nice visit overall.
   

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   Robert

   Tampa

   53 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   53 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Lovely setting , though we missed the moving murals on the wall. The seafood( salmon and cobia were excellent.
   

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   Greg

   Tampa

   29 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   29 reviews

   Dined on 22 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Michele, Edward, Josh (server) always knock it out of the park and this time was no different. As always, I highly recommend them.
   

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    Olivia

    Tampa

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on 22 November 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 4

    This is our second time in here. The first time we were here, I had the worst meal of my life during my birthday 2 years ago. So me and my husband decided to give it another try for our date night, that only happened once every month. We got 3 appetizers that were amazing, and we decided to share the wagyu flatiron steak with additional bacon wrapped shrimp and side of gnocchi (special request). The gnocchi and the shrimp were amazing, but the steak was so chewy (we ordered med rare). So overall, for the food, I'd still give 5 stars because 4/5 items were great. But for the service I'd give 0 star if I could. JANICE was our server, at first she was fine, but we felt rushed by her when she took our orders. We wanted to order appetizer first and figured out what to have for dinner. She looked fine with it at first, until we start asking question about some items, if it could be modified. I can tell that she looked annoyed, she told us about "we wouldn't comp anything if you don't like the dish that was modified". I was little bit startled and felt like it was really rude when she said that, because I didn't expect my meal to be comp even if i don't like it or something were wrong about it. Anyway, I don't really care about that until we ordered our food, she came back 5 minutes after asking me how I would I like my food done ( which was side of gnocchi), after I told her " just olive oil, garlic and parm" she said that this is something that she should've known while she didn't even ask in the first place. And what bother us the most was, she rolled her eyes in front of us. After that moment I don't even bother to continue my dinner because it was so upsetting. And none of the manager even stopped by to check on us(which i don't really care at his point). But for the amount that we spent, which is almost $300 ( I still tipped 20% btw) , I feel like we could've gone somewhere else with a better service than what Janice gave to us with cheaper price.
    

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