We decided to stop and eat at Anita's on the way home from Nokomis beach. The servers were friendly and attentive, but the food was just average tasting. My patty melt lacked seasoning and flavor, but the beer battered fries were crisp and tasty. The country fried steak was okay, the gravy was pretty tasty and the home fries indeed looked home made. The inside is designed to be like a nostalgic dinner. It was comfortable and clean. read more

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Not good on quality of food and poor service! Sorry Just not too impressive and waiters !? read more

This place had a cool ambiance with old sports cars hanging up everywhere. We went for breakfast and the food came out perfect BUT it was ruined by all of the ants crawling all over the table and window. I killed about 10. When I mentioned it to the nicest waitress, she acted surprised and said she would let management know. I just wanted to get out of there. I look under the table and there are ant traps on the floor. They knew. They need to get a good exterminator. read more

Anita's is our go-to breakfast/brunch place in Nokomis. They have a large interesting menu, delicious grilled biscuits, and we've enjoyed every meal we've had there. Waitresses are always friendly & they work together to serve you drinks right away, and then take your order. A nice service that you don't find often find anymore. I had the Sunrise Omelet, which had a half of avocado on top! My hubby had the Irish Benedict. Both were delicious. We'll be back, we always are! read more

Anita's had fantastic breakfast! I got the country fried steak and eggs and it was delicious. I had already started eating when I realized I forgot to take a picture first, so I promise the eggs look better when they bring them to the table! Great service. I definitely will be coming back whenever I'm in town! read more

Anita's Restaurant - American Near Me - Nokomis, Florida

First trip in after new owners about 5 months ago. I was in a rush and didn't have time for the 16 minute cook time for the broasted chicken, so I opted for a shrimp po boy with a side Greek salad and they were both fresh and tasty. The server was extremely busy but very friendly and attentive. The owner was nice enough to stop but to check on my group and was sharing his new plans for the future of the restaurant. This is worth a stop and seems to be very popular for breakfast offering several unique omelets. read more

Anita's Restaurant - Shrimp Po Boy - American Near Me - Nokomis, Florida

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First time visited. We came for breakfast. The restaurant ambiance is a little older however everything is very clean and well maintained, including their restroom. The service staff, their prices and food quality was excellent in all ways. We will return. Thank you. read more

Love having breakfast at Anita's. Always a great food and good memories. I go every time i am in Venice

Good food ! Felt like I was in a Diner almost like Lester's Diner in Fort Lauderdale. Always packed with people. Waitress was fast and friendly and always checks on you if you needed anything else. I ordered Liver & onions with side of potato salad and mom ordered Classic burger with side of mac and cheese . We also had their famous pineapple upside down cake. We both were full and ready for our long drive . read more

The Mission: June 12, 2022 Our quest for the top 3 breakfast spots in the Sarasota, Vamo, Osprey, Nokomis, Venice, North Port, Englewood corridor. Anita's is our 7th entry / challenger. Eggs Benedict w/Ham, Florentine, or specialty (seafood, veggies, corned beef/hash, or others) and hash browns/potatoes and grits are the sides. (((as of this writing & reviewed on Yelp so far - The Breakfast Cottage, Eggstraordinary Cafe, BLVD Cafe, Max's Table, Willow's Cafe, Toasted Mango Cafe.))) Executive Summary: A very nice place with great service. Very good eggs Benedict. Off the top, the service here was extra ordinary by Nicole who made many suggestions and helped us tune our order. As well the daring request of splitting my order so I could try one each of the gold standard egg Benedict. (smile) I received the Eggs Benedict with Canadian bacon/ham with tomato and a lovely Hollandaise Sauce that I was afraid of when it came out so generously adorned......but it was fantastic! English muffin was warm and not soggy. the egg was cooked a bit yolk firm. Ham/bacon was nice product and cooked properly. 6/10 My other was an Eggs Benedict Florentine with spinach & tomato. Eggs were perfect on this one. The spinach was fresh and a little bit too lemony and wet/oily for my tastes. I prefer a little more of a cooked/saute texture. My side was home fried potatoes and they were classic and perfect. Light and crisp and firm. Muffin was NOT soggy or wet as many spinach and tomatoes are put on drenched in liquid, oils, butter, or tomato 'juice'. 7/10 My wife got the Eggs Benedict seafood w/shrimp & lobster, tomato. It was very good, Eggs done perfect. the shrimp was not a great product and I suspect by coloring and size maybe a canned deal? but tasted goo with the lobster pieces. A good showing with a not soggy muffin. The grits my wife got were cool, had an firm 'air cap' on top and were not too tasty. 6/10 My daughter has been checking out Avocado Toast as we travel around. This entree LOOKED awesome with nicely sliced avocado on top of a healthy bread slice base. She was not aware there was going to be feta on it, and at that an extremely generous amount throughout. She was not a fan and we will just chalk this up to a bad selection/choice. N/R Parking was awesome because we arrived post early bird, and then before what looks like a brunch rush!!! The parking lot was PACKED and two cars waiting for my spot. There were 10 plus in line at the front door. So be prepared, they are very popular and you can see why! One note or 'nit': with table service I HATE having to go up to a register and wait behind two other folks to pay the bill. I really expect to be taken care of an tip accordingly. Also the suggestion (sign at register) that I should tip in cash so the merchant does not incur the merchant fee and likely short the staff the 3% on tips just rubbed me a little (while I stood in line for 5 plus minutes in the middle of an access aisle being 'excused' and sorry'd' the busy wait staff?) I dunno, just don't like the optics or admonishment. We will see if Anita's makes it into the TOP 3 finalist round in a few weeks/months??? They are a very strong contender so far!!! Why don't you check them out yourself!!!!!!!!!! read more

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I wish I could review the food. We arrived for breakfast, parked the car and saw the ramp. Halfway up, it made a turn which is normal. Unfortunately at this point there's a large bench placed there. No way my wheelchair could get past so we left hungry. read more

Everything was delicious! It was busy, not many parking places left, but we got a table right away. Our waitress was amazing! She had a huge table of 12 and she hustled to get to everyone. I had corned beef hash with eggs, grits and a grilled biscuit. Hubby had a veggie omelette with potatoes. Sister had quiche. We were all pleased. read more

Anita's Restaurant - Corned Beef Hash & Eggs with grits - American Near Me - Nokomis, Florida

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This was my favorite breakfast place for many years. It recently changed hands, and it is not the same. The morning we were there, they had one severely overworked waitress taking care of the customers. My omelet was good, but my wife's pancakes were tough and basically inedible. There are many better options in the area, so I don't think I'll be back. read more

Food was good and the service was excellent. We visited for lunch on a Sunday afternoon and it was fairly busy with church people but it thinned out after a bit and we were able to get a booth fairly quick. Ambience was good, nice and cool inside on a HOT Sunday afternoon. read more

Amazing place! Driving down from Tampa to Miami we stopped here to eat something to drive at night, we end up being surprised by the flavors and quality of the food. Served by its own owner Yonni, she gave us great suggestions from their new dinner menu. We tried Saganaki and Greek salad for apps, I had roasted chicken which was cooked to perfection and my husband had the gyro which was perfect. The highlight of the night was dessert, homemade baklava, the best one we've tried so far. This place is a must, service was homey and food delicious! read more

Alway love stopping here for breakfast. We make a trip to this side of Florida and make sure to stop at Anita's family restaurant for breakfast. The food is cooked to our request. The booths provide a quiet space for personal conversations. The staff is very friendly our waitress was Mary S. Loved that she kept my coffee cup full and was always available. I had the Greek omelette with grits and grilled biscuit, my wife had two eggs over easy and home fries and pork chop (2). If you are ever in this area stop by and enjoy some good cookin! read more

Anita's Restaurant - Grilled biscuit, Greek omelette, and grits yummy! - American Near Me - Nokomis, Florida

Great breakfast scrambled eggs with onions. My wife had a omelette called Aneta's favorite. We had a pancake with fruit on it and honey. She had berries on the side. Coffee was decent waitress named Nelly and yesterday one named destiny. We're great, but the restaurant is going away they are changing it to a bar called the blue barracuda so it's probably the last time we'll ever be here. read more

Great service, excellent food! Our waitress was wonderful, energetic. Highly recommend! Comfortable setting! read more

If you love liver and onions with bacon, you must come here-- rate this a "6"! Folks either love lor hate it. Lots of perfectly sautéed onions couple with fresh mashed potatoes made with cream and butter! Yum. Most amazing was the beef Au Jus drizzled on the liver and the potatoes- - deep rich long stewing authentic true beef flavor which " portends" my guess that their beef dishes are SUPERB. My liver dish was seasoned perfectly. They have a hot roast beef open faced sandwich I believe. Sadly the meat omelette my family had was almost tasteless, hence the four star. Did not finish half, brought home, still in frig. I LOVED the vaulted high ceiling and dining room on the " second floor" of the building. Wonderful airy free unencumbered feeling as you sit fully relaxed happily eating. Great booths, open seating excellent distancing. They told us of their famous Thanksgiving spread they do each year, lines waiting. But this Covid inhibiting year they had few folk come. I WISH I knew - - our organic Costco Turkey was still frozen so no thanksgiving day meal. Next year we shall be here. Coming back soon to further explore their extensive menu! Enjoy! read more

Very friendly staff. Location was extremely clean. The menu had a great selection. They use applewood bacon so it comes nice and crispy. Food was deliver hot and tasted great. In today's economy price point was good. read more

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I wasn't even aware of this place when I stopped here. I was just driving and looking for a place to stop for breakfast. It was definitely a little gamble that paid off. On a Sunday morning, I was able to be seated right away and had a waitress there within seconds. I ordered the stuffed French toast and a single pancake. They were both prepared very well and full of flavor. Prices were about the going rate and the portions were perfect. The location made it easy to find and right on the way for me. I definitely don't have a bad thought or thing to say about Anita's. I'm only in town for another week, but I think I will be returning here a few times. read more

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We love Anita's. Convenient location. Good food. Great service. We always ask for Jammie Williams to serve us. She has spoiled us so much over the last three years. We will be back again soon. Thank you, Mickey & Donna read more

Anita's Restaurant - American Near Me - Nokomis, Florida

About 15 of us came for a nice social breakfast. We enjoyed our breakfast, Mimosa and coffee. Alice, our wait person, gave us excellent service, we all said that we liked the food we ordered, and the prices were affordable. Me and my wife, the 2 of us, ate our meal for $26. We had a great time here, on a busy Thursday morning. We had been asked for our orders about 7 minutes after getting seated. Everyone on their team was in A+ mode. We enjoyed the service, meals and the price. No automatic gratuity was forced on us and I think we all gave great tips to the team. I HIGHLY recommend this establishment. read more

ALWAYS live coming here.. When i come from Minnesota 2xs a year i always make a point to come see the BEST Greek restaraunt in Florida. The music to the decor to the Awesome waitress and her helper. They stayed open for us. We didnt knw they closed at 2:30 but they stayed open jst for us. And the Amazing Chef snd kitchen staff stayed around to make our visit beautiful. Forgot to take pictures but..We chatted w the staff about where they are from and Musicals we all have seen. They never rushed us out of there and for that we were very generous w the tip. It may seem like a small building but the Menu is something u will never forget read more

My wife had the pulled pork sandwich and I had the French dip sandwich. We both had fries and they were really crispy and good. How do these diners make their fries so crispy? They must batter them. But however they do it, it's good. My wife said her sandwich was messy (and I have photo evidence that I cannot post because she'll kill me). The French dip had a decent amount of beef and cheese. When dipped in the au jus, it made it tastier and of course wet. Service was prompt and friendly. Overall, it was a solid lunch read more

What a treasure nestled on 41 in Nokomis. I went there for lunch today with 3 friends and 3 Guide dogs in training. The food was delish--we tried all three soups (tomato bisque, clam chowda, and Italian sausage) to rave reviews! The blue cheese wedge salad was huge and good, the tuna melt was perfect and a chicken Caesar salad enjoyed as well. Bonus is you can order breakfast for lunch too! It was a great exposure for our pups too who settled nicely! read more

Anita's Restaurant - American Near Me - Nokomis, Florida

Stopped in here for breakfast while visiting my aunt, and even though it was on Father's Day, we were able to be seated right away. Ample parking when we showed up right around 9, but by the time we were leaving the lot seemed pretty packed. Had a delicious and large portion of pancakes for myself, and my aunt got a breakfast burrito that she said is one of her favorites. I added chocolate chips and strawberries to my pancakes, she got home fries, and we both had a side of bacon added. Our waitress was polite but not the most personable, and the acoustics in this building seemed to amplify conversation quite a bit. So it's not a quiet place to grab breakfast, but very noisy with a homecooked-meal/family restaurant type of atmosphere. We'd definitely stop in again, just maybe not on a busy morning like Father's Day so we have a better chance of hearing each other. read more

Had breakfast here and enjoyed every bite. The service was impeccable and our coffee cups never empty. Try the country Benedict. Great biscuits and gravy with a sausage patty and an egg on it. If you can, ask for Lori. Outstanding, friendly, server who makes a great yogurt parfait. read more

Anita's Restaurant - Yogurt parfait made lovingly By Lori, our outstanding server who who working on her day off. - American Near Me - Nokomis, Florida

Good food and kind people operating the business. I could recommend it as a hidden gem of a restaurant in Nokomis

Anitas is a popular place for breakfast lunch and dinner it seems . We ordered Anitas egg Benedict , the eggs was cooked perfectly sauce was light and rich at the same time could use a bigger slice of ham to atleast cover half the English muffin. The breakfast sandwich on a croissant was filling , nothing memorable except for the delicious seasoned hash browns . and chocolate chip pancakes with powdered sugar and scrambled eggs, can't go wrong with that . For us , this is a regular breakfast place , nothing fancy or stands out with flavors . Price was very reasonable . read more

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2024 GROSS, GROSS, GROSS! I came in and was approached by what I thought was the waitress. I told her three times what I wanted but she didn't seem to understand and called over the other waitress. The "Broasted" chicken? was HORRIBLE! The meat was OLD, STALE, and TOUGH, GROSS! It was smaller than even the smallest chicken you'd see in a store. I started to think it might be a pigeon which was even more disgusting. The chef serves things they wouldn't eat themselves. Time to call the inspectors in. read more

Ate at Anita's two days in a row. Food was amazing! First day had French toast so good. Second day had the hash benedict it was perfect! Highly recommend stopping by Anita's. read more

Had not been here in a long time and was surprised by the crowd of folks enjoying their meals. I found that the menu has a front and back for breakfast and then there's an additional separate menu that has a front and back for lunch. There seems to be a set selection and the server looked at me kind of funny when I was trying to make substitutions on my lunch entrees. Guess it is best to go with the server's suggestions. The food was okay and the portion was good. I was disappointed that there was no brown gravy, because this place appears to be a diner. There are plenty of tables and booths and big groups are easily setup with a couple of tables. The only real area to work on, would be the service. Our server did eventually come by and get our order and someone else delivered our food. I had to raise my hand a couple of times to try and get my coffee refilled. Other than that, the food was good and fresh, so we will come back. read more

Amazing breakfast amazing waiters amazing service the food is so good I was gonna buy more to save for breakfast for the next day. Anita's is amazing. read more

Anita's Restaurant - The car on the wall - American Near Me - Nokomis, Florida

It took 30 minutes from the time we sat down to actually getting our breakfast. But it's season and I get that it took a little longer. However, our eggs, home fries, and bacon were all cold. My chicken fried steak was hot, only because of the gravy. We were just about finished and I asked to see the manager. THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN THE SERVICE WAS THE ATTITUDE OF THE MANAGER. She barely listened, insisting that she needed to talk over us. She told us we should have said something before eating! She also wanted us to know that she knew what we were doing in complaining AFTER eating - trying to weasel out of the check! If she had opened her eyes before her mouth, she would have seen potatoes were still on both plates, along with uneaten cold over easy eggs and toast, bacon too. As I attempted to get in one more comment, she told me if I persisted she'd call the cops, and then ran back into the kitchen! I've eaten in thousands of restaurants in my life and could count on one hand the number of times we've complained. So, a manager who's completely out of touch and chose to tell us we were wrong doesn't sit well. While the food has potential, the best place in town is the Breakfast Cottage. They were pretty busy when we drove by, which is why we went to Anita's. The food at the Breakfast Cottage is ALWAYS hot, tastes great and the staff attitude is outstanding. Save your money! read more

We were here for breakfast this morning. It was terrible!! It was not busy, we waited more than 45 minutes for our food. The biscuits and gravy were cold and had a terrible taste. The veggie omelette I ordered was greasy as well as the hash-browns. read more

My wife's crab cake Benedict was good but the ordered crispy hash browns weren't and they were super soft. My big country sausage Benedict was BAD. I am known to clean my plate but just ate 1/3 hoping I'd adjust to undercooked scrambled eggs, mushy hash browns, and strange unfamiliar tasting sausage and gravy. Won't go back or recommend to anybody. Very good waitress. read more

Good food with cheap prices. Cute decor and we had good service. Came back to try their dinner menu. We were pleasantly surprised. Had their all you can eat fish fry for 9.99. Very lightly battered fresh and very good. My wife had the chicken kebabs and she loved it. read more

Fresh and tasty grouper sandwich special! Friendly service. Good prices. Can't wait try their breakfast!

We went there for breakfast. I ordered a tea. My tea bag came out as if it has been moist prior, when I opened it, it was attached to the outside paper and herbals were barely looking. For breakfast I ordered GF toast w/avocado spread, tomato and bacon. Needless to say my bread was not toasted, and I never received my tomato. Now, I'm not sure if you've ever eaten GF bread but it's not the best to begin with, toasted is always best. I eat it bc I'm allergic otherwise it wouldn't be my preference either. The avocado had some glaze over it and tasted sour; truthfully I've never tasted avocado this gross. I took one/two bites out of my food and gave up. My husband had eggs over easy and home fries and son had a waffle- they said it wasn't the best, but edible. At the end, I had a zoom call and stepped out while they finished, my husband paid, and they did not remove my meal. This was the nastiest breakfast I've eaten to date. If I could give it a zero I would. The waitress was super nice and friendly, it's just the food is horrible read more