Great Places to Celebrate
Do you really need to make your restaurant reservations now? Graduation is a time to celebrate and a celebration requires a nice meal and a nice meal needs a reserved spot! Soooo…YES! UF holds graduation ceremonies three times per year. Spring graduation features the largest ceremony, one that includes both a university-wide ceremony at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and individual college ceremonies, as well.
Fall 2020 graduation is currently scheduled for December 18th and 19th. Hopefully, you have already read our hotel blog and made your hotel reservations. But if you are coming up with your entire family, you may want to reserve your favorite restaurant as well. Many of the restaurants get extremely busy, both for fall and, even more so, for spring. Summer graduation is typically smaller in size.
To help you out, we are listing the restaurants that take reservations and noting if they require a deposit to hold the reservation. Obviously, this is not a list of all possible places, but these are some of our favorites. For other restaurant recommendations, see our blogs on restaurants for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. We continually add to this list as we discover more restaurants and obtain updated information. But our original suggestion holds: make your plans EARLY, especially for the Fall and Spring graduation weekends. Early plans translate to a smooth and happy graduation celebration.
Reservations and Restaurants for Graduation
- Amelia’s Restaurant – Taking reservations. The restaurant calls a week before to get credit card info to confirm the reservation.
- Antonio’s Italian Restaurant – Located a little further out in Micanopy in a quaint house but well worth the drive. Taking reservations.
- Bahama Breeze – Taking reservations.
- Dragonfly – Taking reservations.
- Embers – Start taking reservations on March 1st for Spring graduation. Leave credit card info in case of cancellation/no show.
- Gators Dockside – Taking reservations.
- Harry’s – Not taking reservations but takes call ahead.
- Liquid Ginger – Taking reservations for up to parties of 40 people.
- Mark’s Prime Steak House – Taking Reservations (does not do private rooms for graduation) Will start taking reservations at the new year for Spring Graduation. Takes credit cards to hold any reservations.
- OAK (Original American Kitchen) – Taking reservations.
- Paramount – Taking reservations.
- P.F. Changs – They will take reservations for up to 3 months out. For parties of 7 or more, call 352-570-7785.
- The Social at Midtown – Not taking reservations but will take calls ahead.
- The Warehouse Restaurant and Lounge – Taking reservations.
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