Top 5 Restaurants for Valentine's Day Dinner in New Smyrna Beach, Florida

New Smyrna Beach offers an array of restaurants where lovers can indulge in a romantic Valentine's Day dinner. Whether you prefer a casual or intimate setting, New Smyrna Beach restaurants are certain to provide a memorable experience on the night of love.

The Grille at Riverview: Guests can enjoy an elegant dinner in a relaxed atmosphere as they enjoy spectacular sunsets and watch dolphins frolicking in the Atlantic Intracoastal. Begin your Valentine's Day dinner with Happy Hour between the hours of 4pm and 7pm.

Guest who prefer to dine early can take advantage of discounted meals offered in the Sunset Menu served between 4:30 pm and 6 pm. Diners receive a complimentary glass of wine, beer, or well brand cocktail with their meal. Entrees range in price from $11.95 to $16.95 and include: Oven Roasted Pork Loin, Blackened Mahi Mahi, Chicken Penne Alfredo, Chopped Sirloin Steak, Baked Herb Crusted Salmon Salad, and "The Grille" Crab Cake dinner.

The Riverview Grille dinner menu offers dozens of appetizers, soups, salads, and dinner entrees including four Chef's Specialties. Entrees range in price from $15.95 to $44.95. The Riverview Grille is known for serving the freshest seafood on the island and offer exotic seafood fare such as raspberry encrusted mahi mahi, char sui Atlantic salmon, mussels capellini, and java crusted tuna.

The Grille at Riverview
101 Flagler Avenue
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169
Phone: 386.428.1865
Website: www.TheGrilleAtRiverview.com

Norwood's Seafood Restaurant: This iconic establishment has been serving New Smyrna Beach since 1946. Known for its astounding wine collection and aged Angus beef, Norwood's offers an eclectic menu that offers something for everyone.

Popular selections include: seafood pot pie made fresh with the catch of the day, seafood pesto, fresh wild caught seasonal fish, Angus beef prime rib, and create your own surf and turf dinners.

This year, Norwood's is offering a special Valentine's Day dinner menu with entrée prices starting at $14.99. Guests can call ahead to reserve preferred seating.

Norwood's Seafood Restaurant
400 Second Avenue
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169
Phone: 386.428.4621
Website: www.Norwoods.com

The Garlic: This popular beachside restaurant offers exquisite pasta dishes, fresh seafood, and an array of "Il Forno" (in the oven) appetizers and entrees. Guests can enjoy live entertainment as they dine in the Tuscan-style setting of The Garlic's dining room.

The Garlic offers a bounty of wine selections including champagne and sparkling wines; American, Italian, French, and German white wines; and American, French, Italian, Australian, and South America red wines.

Popular dinner entrees include: Eggplant Parmigiano, Pasta Puttanesca, Tuscan Chicken, Chicken Parmigiano, Chilean Sea Bass Frances, Pork Osso Buco, Rosemary Roasted Chicken, Cedar Plank Salmon, and Bocce Ball; a 16-ounce filet mignon meatball.

The Garlic Restaurant
556 E. Third Avenue
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169
Phone: 386.424.6660
Website: www.TheGarlic.net

Flip Flops Grill and Chill: Perhaps one of the most renowned restaurants in New Smyrna Beach, Flip Flops is operated by Chef Danny Veltri, winner of Hell's Kitchen Season 5 reality show cooking competition. The environment of Flip Flops is casual, but food selections are anything but.

One of the more popular entrees includes Chef Danny's Mahi Gone Bananas; the dish Gordon Ramsay declared as disgusting. Diners at Flip Flops adamantly disagree and find the lightly blackened mahi mahi topped with grilled banana halves, tomato relish, and key lime coconut sauce to be a delightful palate-pleasing sensation.

Flip Flops dinner menu offers an array of appetizers, salads, pita pizzas, sandwiches, burgers, and entrees. Popular entrees include: Pan Seared Chilean Sea Bass, Nori Wrapped Tuna, Barbeque Baby Back Ribs, Cumin Scented Shrimp with Watermelon Pico de Gallo, Black Angus Top Sirloin Skewers, and Chicken and Figs. Entrée prices range from $19 to $24.

Flip Flops Grill and Chill
725 E. Third Avenue
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169
Phone: 386.424.0161
Website: www.FlipFlopsGrillnChill.com

PJ's Sea Shack: This beachside restaurant offers casual indoor and outdoor riverfront dining. Happy Hour is offered weekdays from 4 pm to 6 pm, along with Early Bird specials. PJ's entrée selections encompass fresh seafood, fried seafood baskets, steaks, and hand tossed brick oven pizzas.

PJ's has earned a reputation for offering a unique selection of brick oven pizzas. Selections include: Shack Attack. Botcha Galoo, Mama Mia, Loose Zeus, Ms. D' Pesto, Hawaii Pie-O, and Atlantic BLT.

PJ's Beach Buckets are a fun way to enjoy seafood dinners. Entrees are served in rustic beach buckets and include red potatoes, cole slaw, and corn on the cob. Selections include: Lobster Bake, Clam Bake, Shrimp Lover's, Eskimo Legs, Feeding Frenzy, and Pinch Me.

PJ's Sea Shack also offers a nice selection of steaks, chicken, pasta, sandwiches, burgers, and fresh seafood including grouper, salmon, mahi mahi, lobster, shrimp, crab legs, and scallops. Entrée prices range from $12.95 to $29.95.

PJ's Sea Shack
491 E. Third Avenue
New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32169
Phone: 386.428.8850
Website: www.PJSeaShack.com