• Dinning in downtown Hollywood, FL.restaurant image by Svetlana Kashkina from Fotolia.com
  
  Downtown Hollywood is a artistic community where art galleries and bistros, live music clubs and cafes all rub shoulders. The sheer variety of different cuisines and styles of restaurants in downtown Hollywood might make the choice of a location for fine dinning or snacks difficult. Many of these restaurants require a reservation, so call ahead to be sure.
  
  

Transylvania Romanian Restaurant

• The Transylvania Romanian Restaurant in downtown Hollywood offers an authentic taste of Romanian cuisine and is regularly filled with Romanian locals, especially for the all-you-can-eat buffet. As of 2010, this buffet opens every Sunday at 12 p.m. and costs $9.50. The owner and host is John Baleanu from Romania who presides over this brightly painted restaurant. The staff also entertains its guests with live music, dancing and a selection of special events. The restaurant is open seven days a week, Mondays to Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Fridays to Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Reservations are recommended and all major credit cards are accepted. Dress is very casual, jeans and T-shirts are perfectly acceptable.
   
  Transylvania Romanian Restaurant
  113 South 20th Ave.,
  Hollywood, FL 33020
  (954) 929-0777
  restauranttransylvania.com
  
  

Le Tub

• Le Tub is an American restaurant which began life as a Sunoco gas station. The loving restoration and transformation by its owner, achieved with treasures found along the shoreline, have made Le Tub into a unique multi-level outdoor dining restaurant. The food is superb, Le Tub's famous sirloin burgers were voted the best by "GQ" magazine and even received a mention on the Oprah Winfrey show. As of 2010, burgers start at $11 and snacks and full meals are reasonably priced from $5 to $12. Le Tub is open 365 days a year, from noon to 4 a.m.
   
  Le Tub
  1100 North Ocean Drive
  Hollywood, FL 33019-3309
  (954) 921-9425
  theletub.com
  
  

Mama Mia Restaurant

• The Mama Mia Italian restaurant opens everyday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. Mama Mia's offers indoor and outdoor dining with generous portions of traditionally prepared seafood like scallops, calamari, clams and mussels served in a marinara sauce. A new express lunch packet, ready to go in 20 minutes, offers 14 choices of dishes, such as Ziti Siciliana, Shrimp Diavlo and Penne Ala Vodka. The bar special on Fridays include three for one drinks and two for one snacks. Valet parking is available and reservations for dining are recommended. Smoking is only permitted in the outdoor areas.
   
  Mama Mia Restaurant 
  1818 South Young Circle
  Hollywood, FL 33020
  (954) 923-2800
  miagrill.com