The Sundy house, not Sunday house is a great stay-cation idea for locals. The inviting interior design of the three main dining rooms and the lushness of the Old Florida taru gardens are not to be missed, but they really only set the stage for an evening that will have both food lovers and those wanting something truly special bragging aloud and planning future visits. We arrived 15 minutes before our reservation, valet parked and entered the Bamboo lounge to soft jazz music.
Once we were seated right on time! Tasty, a bit of a different twist on the traditional calamari this one is in an olive and parmesan kind of chunky sauce , or lamb chops superbly cooked medium rare on the inside with a Dijon and herb crust on the outside and Panko crusted goat cheese cake they sure give you a nice cake of warm on the inside cheese, sitting on tasty arugula and crispy bacon bits that is drizzled in a fig vinaigrette, kind of sweet yet tangy and rich.
After dinner we enjoyed a cup of coffee and had to share both the Anjou Pear delicious and how classy does it sound! This is no ordinary cake β its warm like a molten cake and creamy like a rich pudding. Then, to try and justify our over indulgence in the sweets, we took a stroll through the gardens and smoked cigars among the exotic plants and landscape filled with cascading waterfalls, and little bridges. Then, we returned to the bamboo lounge to away the announcement of our car which much to our disappointment only took about 10 minutes.
The Sundy House is one of my favorite places in all of South Florida. Its international, its local, its unique and its moderate prices 50 per person without liquor are worth every cent. Sundy House serves excellent food in an old, beautifully-maintained house surrounded by spectacular, carefully-maintained, old-growth gardens. We were led directly to a table after deciding to dine indoors rather than in the garden, where it may have been chillier.
A basket of excellent whole grain breads was delivered to the table along with a dish of butter rosettes. We were in a handsome room a with two-story volume ceiling and walls painted with Florida theme drawings of herons and palm fronds. The east windows were covered with bamboo shades. As for the huge wall of south windows, I realized that the window portions were hinged together and the whole bunch of them could be raised along tracks that ran up the walls and along the ceilings.
