Chef John Fraser's Water Street restaurant — Fraser earned eight consecutive Michelin stars at Dovetail in New York before launching JF Restaurants and bringing this Eastern Mediterranean–forward room to the Tampa Edition. One of four Tampa Michelin-starred restaurants as of the 2026 Florida guide, running modern Mediterranean cooking that draws on regional traditions across the Mediterranean basin. The room is intimate and design-forward; the format is built for an unhurried multi-course evening. Tampa's Michelin recognition is real (the 2022 Florida guide brought formal recognition to a city that had been building toward it), and Lilac is among the rooms that earned it. For destination Mediterranean dining in Tampa's newest restaurant corridor.