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The Carambola

3.1 (32 reviews)
Closed • 7:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Breakfast omelette
Carolyn H.

Delicious food and wonderful service at the Hilton's restaurant , all three meals were outstanding and service was just the same as our servers Brooke and Melody took great care and just great customer service. The had both indoor and outside seating which was perfect to watch the sunset and get that beautiful view. They also had a bar service so of course we had late night cocktails our bartender made some fantastic drinks so while staying at the Hilton or just go by and enjoy this wonderful restaurant with its terrific food and service will definitely return as it's our new favorite place to stay in Clearwater.

Boom Boom Shrimp and Bourbon selection is excellent! Wife got the coconut shrimp and raspberry mule she loved both. View is amazing as well!

Delicious waffle fries, cubano sandwich and lobster roll with Caesar salad
Jo T.

Ya know, for a hotel restaurant I *had* pretty low expectations: high price, mediocre food. HOWEVER, The Carambola actually blew me out of the water. This review will be focused on their lunch menu, but will briefly touch on their breakfast selection. Lunch (4/5): I was thoroughly impressed with their appetizers, especially the coconut shrimp! Even though there's only 5 on a plate, I got it twice. What is so unique about it is the fact that they serve it over a sweet Thai chili sauce AND Thai peanut sauce. Best combo EVER! The entrees come with the option of chips, fries, or side salad. Just bite the bullet and get their waffle fries. So good. It's a combo of Arby's curly fries and Chick-fil-A's fries!!! I love that they have low calorie options as well. Caribbean Conch Fritters were pretty good - think of it as hush puppies. Lump crab cakes were also very tasty! Now the Cuban Sandwich was pretty hefty, a little salty for my taste but my boyfriend loved it. Turkey burger was a little questionable for me because of the flavor/smell, but it was passable for a low calorie option. I think my boyfriend's lobster roll was okay as well. Dessert: we only had it once, but we got the Key Lime Pie tart -- so good! If their other desserts live up to that standard, I'm sure the other desserts will be just as good. Breakfast (3/5): includes your typical Hilton continental breakfast such as yogurt, fruit, milk, breads, etc. Then it includes the "hot" breakfast bar which includes scrambled eggs, potatoes, sausage links, omelette bar, cheese blitz (? Forgot what it was called, it's an excuse to eat cheesecake for breakfast. It's a mini crepe/egg roll thing with cream cheese), and French toast. They charge $4/person if you get items from there. Apparently, if you're a Hilton diamond member they still charge you...? I should've asked for my clarity on that lol. Anyways, the highlight of breakfast for me were the omelettes but that was it. They randomly included dragonfruit in the fruit section which I've never seen before. Nice seats, open area with the hotel bar a couple steps away and the view of the patio opening up to the beautiful, white sandy beach. TLDR: get the appetizers

Neal E.

Carambola is a restaurant located inside of the Hilton Clearwater Beach Hotel. Carambola serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. First time visiting Carambola - was for lunch. I had a soup and salad: the Conch soup (a tomato based Conch soup) - very thick, more like a stew, and very tasty. And then a Mixed Greens salad with seared Ahi Tuna. Very light and tasty. The next morning I had breakfast here, I opted for the Breakfast Buffet, which includes custom omelettes. I ordered an omelette with spinach, mushrooms, onions, sausage, and Monterey Jack cheese. The omelette was well made and flavorful. From the buffet I selected some bacon and a biscuit with sausage gravy. Sausage gravy was a bit bland, added a bit of black pepper and hot sauce to give it some flavor. The biscuit was the wrong texture - they should be flaky. I'm guessing this is due to how the biscuits are stored in a steam based table on the buffet. Also had a glass of V-8 juice and coffee. I will ding them for having a lousy selection of hot sauce - as ONLY the green Tabasco Jalapeño hot sauce. Service was good.

"Minimal Minestrone" soup for lunch from Carambola restaurant at the Hilton. Half a star.

So. $9 for a vegetarian option of the soup of the day - "Minimal" Minestrone Soup. It was watered-down after being taken from the can to make it stretch and fill the coffee cup they served it in. Underwhelmed is an understatement for this lunch. Oh, and while we sat here we watched the bartender polish glasses before putting them away.......by breathing into them then drying them with the towel. One after another. So I recommend getting shots if you're gonna order drinks so the alcohol will kill whatever bugs he might be carrying.

a view of the beach and pier

Drinks are sub par. When you are staying at the Hilton your safe choices to drink and roam are limited. We went twice. We ordered the charcuterie, thinking it would be as magnificent as the one at The Hilton in Carillon Park. Nope!! It was definitely not worth $22! The bread choice wasn't even one that you could put your meats and cheeses on. You can order a dirty martini and get two olives and it satisfies you more than this charcuterie! God forbid if a large group comes to the bar because you will then be ignored due to little to no staff present to help out. We never once saw a restaurant manager stepping in or anything. Running 4 restaurants out of one kitchen maybe biting off more than this location can chew! We visited during "Slow" season. I would only think busy season let's fresher food options be more available. One day, while on the beach, we did order the nachos. Ummmm yeah don't do that! Chips were stale and the pico de gallo looked old enough to throw away and start fresh. Our room view will always be the only reason that I want to return

French onion soup is so good!

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I got the cheeseburger. It was huge, seasoned perfectly and came on a fresh bun! I highly recommend!!

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Caprice salad was average. Pretty small but good. Salmon was very good. Service was good and quick.

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delicious boom boom shrimp appetizer, good bourbon grouper dinner. ice cold a/c indoors, good service.

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