Channelside Bay Plaza — Attraction in Tampa

I like "Splitsville" its an enormous bar with great food. Lots of amusement. Bowling lanes, pool tables, darts and more. There are other businesses there too that I haven't been to like a chocolatier shop and more. The outside has a bar in the middle of the area for outside lounging. There are a bunch of tables with umbrellas for shade but not enough. (I hear they're going to remedy that). They have live music outside at times. If your lucky you can watch a cruise ship dock or depart. They dock right there. That's pretty cool to watch. There's a huge parking lot right there and a parking garage across the street. The aquarium is there and a museum. If you looking for something to do and you cant come up with any ideas go there! Day or night you won't be...

Channelside is one of the cooler places to hang out and have a drink in Tampa. Tinatapa's has a great indoor and outdoor bar - so you can enjoy the beautiful Florida weather or choose to be in air-conditioning - the choice is yours. Splitsville has bowling and turns into a nightclub on the weekends. Wet Willie's has your drink fix and Hooter's has wings and beer. There is an IMAX movie theater on the second floor and a Japanese and Thai restaurant - so you have plenty of options on what to do. The shops nearby have been slow to develop, but are coming along and I have no doubt that in the future Channelside will be a huge powerhouse in Tampa as we get further from the 2008 recession. Who wouldn't want to invest in a place so...

What a waste of $10, what a waste of time. There is nothing open during the day and I'm not even sure anything is open at night. Anything here that was once worthwhile has closed: restaurants, the movie theater, shops, and even the parking ramp is locked. We paid $10 to park under a building to walk around aimlessly in the sun, drink a cup of coffee, pull on locked doors, and to avoid eye contact with the aggressive Hooters hostess. The aquarium is nearby, but good luck not getting trampled if you happen to be here on the weekend. There was a nice little candy store here, but the cashier was too busy making smoothies to sell any chocolate, so I skipped the salted caramels and headed back to...