Best Fun Restaurants in Orange Park

We went for my wife’s birthday dinner. They greeted us with a sweet card for my wife and champagne for all of us … a very nice touch. The food was excellent from oysters and squash soup to our entrees of lamb chops and flank steak. The craft cocktails were creative and very tasty; the Rue version of an old fashioned is smooth and delectable. The service was superb; attentive and helpful with food selection. This has become one of our favorite restaurants. Gabby and Scott do an outstanding job!

First Time Visit/ Birthday Celebration and Post Op Recovery To celebrate my birthday and 3 week post op from having major surgery, my sweet family made a reservation at Cooper’s Hawk last night. We were immediately greeted by a very sweet hostess and seated promptly. A HUGE thank you for accommodating my last minute change from the table to a booth!! Major KUDOS LOVE!! Shortly thereafter, our server Gabriella (hopefully I spelled her name correctly), who is beyond impeccable, guided us through the menu and the pairing options. She was extremely attentive to our wishes and at no time made us feel rushed. For beverages, we went with the flight create your own and fell heavenly in love with Sweet Red!!! For appetizers, we chose the classic tomato bruschetta (YUM), Crispy Brussels Sprouts and my son’s favorite calamari ( w/out chili sauce) - not certain if it was the manager who was bringing our appetizers but WHOLLY MOLLY, I just felt like a queen last night!!! The service was just beautiful!!!! For dinner, my husband and I elected to share the dinner special - surf and turf (AMAZING)!! My son chose a ribeye and I can’t honestly say how he liked it, because it was gone before I started eating my own meal. Growing boy!!! LOL. My daughter elected to get lobster and she was just in heaven. We elected not to grab dessert but Gabriella did bring me some truffles with a candle to celebrate my birthday!!! Much LOVE!!! We had a beautiful evening last night. Once again, I just want to say to the ladies and gentlemen at Cooper’s Hawk, Thank You!

We really enjoyed our meal! The food was absolutely amazing. The only downside was our service was pretty slow. We wanted to order another round of drinks, but by the time our waiter checked on us, we had finished our meal. Not sure if they were understaffed, or if it was just because it was during the holiday season and our waiter was working on a lot of tables with larger parties, so we were understanding, just a little disappointing given the attention to detail in other areas of our meal.

Little disappointed that they were out of some of the menu items on a Tuesday night around 6pm. Our server did not mention this in advance. We had a reservation and the table was missing a set of utensils. Everyone agreed that the food was excellent.

Do not use open table for your reservation at Ted Lobster, they Do Not use Open Table for reservations. The waitress did get us seated immediately and everything went well.