2025 Centurion Award winner

Awarded against five published criteria, checked on public evidence.

Bern's Steak House

Best Steakhouse in Tampa · FL

Restaurant · Tampa, FL · Since 1956

The overview

The wine list is the legend

Bern's Steak House has been a Tampa temple to beef and wine since 1956, dry-aging its own steaks and pouring from one of the largest restaurant wine cellars in the world — hundreds of thousands of bottles. Dinner ends upstairs in the legendary Harry Waugh Dessert Room, a warren of private booths built from old wine casks.

Family-owned and gloriously over-the-top, Bern's is a Michelin- and Beard-recognized institution — a maximalist dining experience unlike anywhere else in Florida.

The award record

Every award, on the record.

Each Centurion Award is its own dated annual record, and staying current means clearing the bar again each new year. Open a year for the full citation and verification details.

2025 Centurion Award

Best Steakhouse in Tampa Tampa, FL · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →

Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.

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Location1208 S Howard Ave, Tampa, FL 33606
In business since1956
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