Best Date Night Restaurants
Five Palm Beach date-night picks: a tasting-table staple, French hotel dining, Italian polish, a steakhouse, and a Worth Avenue classic.
Picked and checked by hand; updated when hours, venues, menus, or source pages change.
Buccan is the inventive-American date, chef Clay Conley's James Beard–nominated kitchen built on small-plate, big-flavor cooking. Go when ordering half the menu together beats two separate entrees.
- Best when: a shared-plates date with real cooking
- Address: 350 S. County Road, Palm Beach
- Specific: James Beard–nominated chef Clay Conley; inventive American small plates
- Website: https://www.buccanpalmbeach.com/
Cafe Boulud is the dress-up reservation, Daniel Boulud's restaurant and one of the island's coveted dining rooms. Go when the night calls for a proper table and dinner runs late.
- Best when: a dress-up dinner reservation
- Address: 301 Australian Ave, Palm Beach
- Specific: Daniel Boulud restaurant; dinner daily 5:30–10
- Website: https://www.cafeboulud.com/palmbeach/
Bice is the Worth Avenue Italian, an authentic dining room part of an Italian restaurant brand that traces to 1926. Go when you want classic Italian on Palm Beach's signature street.
- Best when: classic Italian on Worth Avenue
- Address: 313 Worth Ave, Palm Beach
- Specific: authentic Italian on Worth Avenue since 1926
- Website: https://www.bice-palmbeach.com/
Le Bilboquet is the French bistro tucked on Via Encantada off Worth Avenue, with a palm-filled courtyard and a French pewter-topped bar at its heart. Go when you want mid-century French elegance and South Florida ingredients — and note the dress code rules out beach attire.
- Best when: a French-bistro dinner with courtyard seating
- Area: Via Encantada, off Worth Avenue, Palm Beach
- Specific: courtyard with potted palms; French bistro cuisine; no beach attire
- Website: https://lebilboquetpb.com/