The Best Waterfront Dining Near West Palm Beach

The waterfront dining landscape around West Palm Beach has changed significantly in the past two years, and most of the changes are upgrades. New openings have added genuine ambition to a category that was previously dominated by the same handful of obvious options — and a few underrated spots that have been here all along are finally getting the attention they deserve.

Here's where to eat with water at the center of the experience, on both sides of the Intracoastal.

Kyma — 151 N Olive Ave, West Palm Beach

Kyma's first location outside New York City is the WPB dining story of 2025—26. The Modern Greek restaurant occupies three levels at 151 N Olive Ave: Kelari, a wine cellar—inspired main dining room at street level; Avli, a covered courtyard bar; and Tarazza, an open-air rooftop that is currently the highest dining terrace in West Palm Beach.

The Tarazza rooftop is the reason this place earned immediate attention. The views from this elevation — across the Intracoastal to Palm Beach Island, with the water lit from above and the skyline of a city that's clearly mid-transformation stretched out below — are among the best restaurant views in South Florida. The food matches the setting: fresh Greek seafood, grilled whole fish, mezze that rewards exploration. This is not a rooftop bar that happens to serve food. The kitchen here is the point.

Book ahead. It's been full since opening.

Tutto Mare — 70 Royal Poinciana Way, Palm Beach

The Royal Poinciana Plaza on the island just landed something genuinely significant: Palm Beach's first true Intracoastal waterfront restaurant. Tutto Mare is the Florida outpost of the Tutto il Giorno group — Hamptons royalty, with locations in East Hampton, Southampton, and Sag Harbor — and they chose the former Celebrity Room space specifically because of the water access.

The alfresco terrace sits directly on the Intracoastal. Southern Italian seafood, the kind of wine list you'd expect from a group that built its reputation in the Hamptons, and a room that feels — correctly — like a place the Palm Beach crowd has been waiting for. The bridge trip from WPB is five minutes. It's worth it.

Spruzzo — 251 N Narcissus Ave, West Palm Beach

Before the new openings, Spruzzo was already one of the best water-view dining rooms on the WPB side. Perched on the 8th floor of The Ben, Autograph Collection, the Mediterranean-inspired kitchen is consistent and ambitious in the right measure, and the outdoor seating with Intracoastal views delivers the kind of evening where you notice you've been sitting for three hours without looking at your phone. Worth knowing for: when you want reliable over flashy, and when you want to walk from your building rather than drive.

Elisabetta's — 185 Banyan Blvd, West Palm Beach

Elisabetta's is the spot people in WPB tell their out-of-town friends about. The Italian-focused menu plays to the setting — right on the Intracoastal at Banyan and Flagler, behind The Ben, with outdoor seating that makes the most of downtown WPB's evening energy. It has enough buzz to feel like somewhere, and enough Italian-American comfort cooking to make you want to come back. Go for the pasta. Go for the view. Go for both.

The Seafood Bar at The Breakers — 1 S County Rd, Palm Beach

Ten minutes from most WPB addresses. The Breakers' oceanfront position gives this restaurant a setting that no property on the WPB side can replicate — Atlantic Ocean views, the hotel's landmark grounds, and a raw bar program that has been the benchmark in Palm Beach County for decades. For residents who think of the bridge as a short commute rather than a psychological barrier, this becomes a regular stop. Lunch on a weekday is the move — the room is quieter and the value is excellent.

Café des Beaux-Arts at Whitehall — 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach

Most people don't know this exists. On the grounds of Henry Flagler's mansion — Whitehall, now the Flagler Museum — there is a restaurant. Not a museum café in the cafeteria sense. An actual dining room, steps from one of the most remarkable Gilded Age interiors in the country: 75 rooms of marble and mahogany that Flagler built in 1902 as a wedding gift for his wife.

The restaurant occupies the Flagler Kenan Pavilion, a glass-walled space adjoining the mansion. The setting is extraordinary — natural light pouring through the glass ceiling, the museum's grounds visible through the windows, and the sense that you've found something most of your neighbors haven't. It runs as a reservation-based tea and prix-fixe service, Tuesday through Friday from 11:30am to 3pm, with a newer a la carte "PICNIC" option for a more casual visit. Museum admission is required, but that's not a drawback if you understand what you're walking into.

The move: plan a weekday. Tour the museum, have lunch in the pavilion, walk the grounds. Flagler's private railcar is on display. The Intracoastal is visible from the gardens. This is not a dining experience you replicate anywhere else in South Florida.

The Flagler Museum is at 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach — five minutes across the bridge from downtown WPB.

This guide is provided by DO Homes Group, a West Palm Beach real estate team. For personalized recommendations, contact our team.