My husband and I came in for lunch. We were seated outside, and were given our menus. There were at least 6 couples spread out, and we saw about 3 different waiters. It didn't seem busy, pretty chill. Unfortunately, we waited for 15mins as we watched the other tables receive their food or checks. This was not the first time we were ignored when we tried to dine here, the 1st time we walked out. This time, my husband confronted the manager about it. Don't want to play the race card...but my husband is Cuban and I'm Filipino. We were the only brown ppl out there both times we tried to dine here ‍ coincidence maybe? But in total we waited a good 25mins with no service. The manager asked if they could have a do-over, maybe get us waters...no thanks. read more

We stopped here after driving by on A1A. Sat outside and ordered the Minorcan soup. Was very good with a hint of spice. I ordered grilled shrimp, black beans and rice, the mixed veggies and my husband had peel and eat shrimp. All was very good and the waitress was attentive. read more

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Our server Cassandra was great. Food was delicious. Beautifully set on the water. Would definitely go back.

Great service and great food! What more is there to say! Smoked fish dip was superb! Very generous serving and brought more crackers when we ran out. Dinners, sandwiches and deserts were awesome ! read more

drove an hour to get my aunt so we could try minorcan food as i had recently found out that my great great grandmother was a masters. then drove an hour and fifteen minutes here to be extremely disappointed. a white washed menu the only cultural things clearly offered was the minorcan clam chowder which was pretty decent i really enjoyed it. it was a bit on the spicy side but not too overpowering very flavorful. i was also impressed with the pumpkin spice cornbread although the other two were not as impressive. when it came to our main meals we were very disappointed. my aunt ordered aunt kate's seafood platter which was shockingly bland and lacking flavor. she ordered it fried and there was no salt that her i or my uncle once we got home could taste. really disappointing for being an 35$ entree. i got the chicken entree is was okay i thought it would be better the cheese was slightly overpowering. it had bbq sauce bacon fresh tomato with cheese melted on top. i feel like the only thing you're really paying for at this place is the view because boy it was beautiful outside seating. they could have more fans though for this florida heat but it was bearable after taking a quick trip to the bathroom. Maybe i ordered the wrong things on the menu but for being so far and reading the websites story i had higher expectations for some ethnic options. read more

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Our hotel concierge did not recommend Aunt Kate's for dinner, but after looking at reviews and the menu we decided to give it a shot. We should have trusted the concierge. The service was slow but somewhat friendly. The menu was changed to a Memorial Day weekend menu so we had limited options to choose from. If we would have known about the menu change we for sure would have gone somewhere else. Once seated and meals ordered it was the longest wait to get our food. The food was ok, nothing fantastic. My husband and I both had the Blackened Mahi Sandwich with fries. The setting was ok, but again, we should have trusted our concierge. We would not recommend this place. Try The Reef instead to be on the ocean with a great view of the beach and water. read more

This hidden gem is just what you need when you're tired of the same thing. The fish was fresh and tasteful but the Cajun Seafood Pasta was to die for. The best pasta in the state, yes I said it. I've had Seafood Pasta from all over and this is the best I have ever had. read more

Food, ambiance and staff are very kind and attentive. The atmosphere is soothing by the water. The food was great! And delicious.

We went to Aunt Kate's based on a family friend's recommendation, and sadly were disappointed. Our waitress seemed to keep forgetting about us, which wasn't ideal. The tables around us seemed to get these little complementary baskets of bread, and I'm fairly certain our waitress forgot ours. Complimentary bread is one of God's gifts to earth, but I was determined not to lose my dignity and ask for one in case they weren't free. I think we started off with the calamari, but their portion sizes were so small that they were gone before I really had time to process if they were good or bad. I ordered the fish tacos, and they were some of the worst I've ever had. The fish was super dry, and I just don't believe cheddar cheese belongs on a fish taco. I can't quite understand how this dish has won any awards. The sweet potato fries were the best part of the meal and I'm not completely convinced they didn't just come out of a frozen bag. The only person who ordered what seemed to be a memorable dish was my husband, who got the crab cakes and enjoyed them. We all fought for a bite just to confirm that something on the menu was worthwhile. If you're in the area, there are much better places to dine. read more

Have to say I am very dissatisfied with the fact that the tables are not spaced apart, our waitress had her mask under her chin (not covering her nose and mouth) and when asked the hostess to move to another area the waitress (with mask below her chin) had the nerve to scolded us (seriously!) This will be my last time at this establishment indefinitely mainly due to the extreamly rude and maskless waitress. It's a pandemic- follow the rules read more

Service and view is top notch, food is ok. The fish was overcooked but we had the calamari, fried green tomatoes, the seafood platter and fried oysters. I would come back. read more

Delicious food, great presentation. Server was engaging and helpful. Outdoor seating beautiful.

Excellent food right on the water. I don't understand all of the spotty reviews for this place because I absolutely loved my experience here. We had perfect seating outside on the deck overlooking the water. Very romantic if you're looking for a place to manifest those feelings and the food did not disappoint. We were promptly seated and I ordered fried green tomatoes and the calamari for apps with their flavorful sauces. They were shared with my sister and her husband and were gone within minutes. The bread basket is also free and so yummy! For my main, I ordered their fish tacos (you get three) with a side of cheese grits and black beans & rice. It was served with a southwestern chipotle sauce that tied everything together. Fresh and flavorful! The food was served in perfect timing and all of the dishes I saw coming out looked amazing. Really good home-cooked meals with good sized portions. The pitchers of beer were only $7 of which we had three and you can't really beat that gorgeous view of the sun setting on the water. Our server was Ariel and our entire service was excellent. She was a real sweetie. This is the type of place to go and relax, eat a good meal and enjoy the real Florida. When you're done with dinner and there's still light, go explore the grounds. The little beach and mini marina is way too adorable to miss. And I hear they provide free live music most days and for the money, Aunt Kate's is well worth the trip to Vilano Beach to experience this little gem of a restaurant where the locals go. FYI: The coconut salt scrub used in the bathrooms is amazing. A very nice touch. Your hands will smell faintly of coconuts and be as smooth as butter after using it. The also sell it for like $26 a jar. Make sure you check that out when you go. :) read more

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One of our St Augustine favourites! Fantastic food, and service is always great. Love sitting outside to watch the water.

Food is always good. I usually get the shrimp and grits, it's easily able to feed two people but I am always too ambitious and get it for myself. This time I tried the ahi with wonton chips for a light lunch and it was good, maybe a little too much seaweed salad tho. The customer service is usually about average. They aren't doing anything bad but it's not usually anything above and beyond, therefore they are getting a little above average rating. I really love that they have sampling of the salt scrub for your hands in the women's bathroom. I have always thought about buying a jar but since I come from Washington I don't want to put it in my bag. It's wonderful scrub and my hands always feel silky smooth. read more

Aunt Kate's - American Near Me - Saint Augustine, Florida

Their version of Shrimp & Grits!...good God Y'all!...unique, delicious comfort food. We had to wait an hour to get in on a Sunday, but the sunset over the water made it worthwhile...wait staff worked hard, but they could still use some help. Drinks were also special...had the Usina? Tea, or some kind of tea, with vodka & intense Ginger liquor...awesome read more

This is just what you want and expect in a Florida seafood restaurant. You're right on the water (great sunset view on a clear day), great seafood, very friendly service, and good prices. The seafood is just like it should be: simple and no weird sauces or entree combos, I had the blackened shrimp, black beans & rice, and cheese grits. I was hungry and still was barely able to finish my meal. Meals come with a basket of pumpkin bread and jalapeno corn bread. Top it off with a glass of sweet tea and it reminded me how much seafood "up north" (from FL and live in DC now) just isn't the same. If you're a Floridian you'll enjoy this place, if you're a tourist this is just the kind of Florida seafood place you need to check out. read more

Aunt Kate's - Blackened shrimp, black beans & rice, and cheese grits - American Near Me - Saint Augustine, Florida

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Food is good. Honestly, it's not the best I e ever had, but it's good and the portions are good as well. The real reason we go here every time we are in the area is for the fact that it's on the water and the patio area is gorgeous with fairy lights and a big tree by the waterside. read more

Must eat every time we visit St. Augustine. Definitely a family favorite. The bread, the gator tail, the seafood and the view on the patio! read more

The food unfortunately wasn't fresh-everything we had tasted frozen. Fish dip was a dollop of cream cheese and crackers in their wrappers. The service was okay and the ambiance was pretty by the water. I just expected better quality of food because of the high price point. read more

so good! we came in on a rainy friday around noon and were seated immediately. the hosts and our server were great and the vibes were very cozy. we got calamari for an appetizer, which was delicious along with the free cornbread for the table. i got the chicken tender basket with a side of mac and cheese, and the mac was insane. still thinking about it right now. overall, great experience and love to support local businesses! read more

This restaurant has no WiFi!!!! I tried to talk to the staff, and got told repeatedly that they don't have any service. I was attempting to get Uber to leave and had to walk to the lock bridge before I got service. This is unacceptable in 2024. NO WIFI!! I will never tell anyone to got to this establishment ever again. read more

My husband and I went to Aunt Kate's today for an early dinner. Arrived at 3:00 pm. There were just a few table with people seated at them. We choose a table outside and ordered drinks plus an appetizer of Fried Green Tomatoes. It took longer than usual to get our appetizers and it was good. Before the appetizers came we ordered dinner. Blacked shrimp with cheese grits for my husband and BBQ chicken and Steamed vegetables for me. In the mean time two other groups came in and were seated. About 30 minutes later both of those groups had their food and we were still waiting. 1 and 1/2 hours later we got our food. Food quality. My husbands shrimp was just ok and my chicken was so tough and dry I literally could not eat it. I flipped it over and the chicken was burned on the side underneath. I guess they thought I would not notice. Our waitress came by asked how our food was I told her mine was terrible. She offered to get me something else, but at this point I didn't have another hour or two to wait so I told her no thank you. She came back to our table and said she was taking my dinner off our bill. The manager came out and visited other tables and never came to ours. WONDER WHY??? We will never go back to Aunt Kate's again! Oh and by the way the two tables that came in about 30 minutes after us, left before we got our food. read more

My first experience arriving to a restaurant by waterway, Aunt Kate's is one of the few inter coastal waterway restaurants - and thankfully it's solid! I would recommend it for lunch over dinner as it's a very relaxed, casual seafood spot on the water. I also highly recommended the outdoor seating vs the indoor seating which needs a refresh. Well priced food - and all very good with excellent, fast service! read more

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Great place! Beautiful views......a "tweener" between two of our favorite spots.... More casual, better view, less expensive, better food and less crowded than Cap's...but not the "fun" drink at the bar looking at the water atmosphere Caps has (crowd has a definite Del Webb feel to it). A little classier than Beaches in Vilano, but Beaches has better wings..... The food was solid - good Grouper sandwich, good sweet potato fries, unique free bread, wings were just OK....and they had beets as a side!!!! And the rice dish.....FANTASTIC! Drove by sign on A1A 100 times, so glad we finally stopped - a new regular in the rotation - next time - going to get the shrimp app and have the local rice dish as dinner (don't know why it's an app....throw a couple shrimp/some chicken in there to go with the sausage.....make in an entree) - we'll be back!!!!! read more

Aunt Kate's - View from the patio... - American Near Me - Saint Augustine, Florida

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The manager and front hostesses are rude and aggressive and the atmosphere is uncomfortable. I left hungry and unhappy. We are locals with family in town and this place has gone downhill in the last several years. read more

Poor experience. Food was mediocre, I have seen better shrimp at a truck stop in the Midwest and drinks were not great. Rice was dry, fries were soggy and utensils were not all clean. . The famous cornbread is awful. I am not sure what the hype about this place is. Stuck us in the sun with an umbrella that didn't work and when we asked to change tables because of the extreme sun, they said no server was at the empty tables so we couldn't move...nor could we have an umbrella from an empty table that worked. We all crammed one end of the table to try to get out of the burning sun. Interestingly, within 10 minutes those same tables that had "no server" and working umbrellas (that we could not have) were filled. As we left I heard another group saying how inflexible the restaurant was to their need to sit together by adding chairs , so I'm sure it was not just us read more

I liked it. Had fried oysters beans and rice & coleslaw. All of it was good and plenty of it too. Service was a tad slow but I'm on vacation so who cares. read more

Very good. Friendly staff. Dogs allowed. Beautiful spot on the water. Affordable. Many options to choose from.

A laid back place with a nice view outside along the Tolomato river (part of the intracoastal). Seafood is great. If you order the whole fried flounder (delicious! ), make sure you turn it over after you eat one side ! And you better be hungry. They have a catfish special on wednesday night that's all you can eat for about $19. And they make a GREAT fried Catfish! ALL the food is great except just one thing but it's not a biggie. The Collard greens is like eating a block of salt. UGH !!! Do NOT get that. instead get the veggies and the Potato salad (which is very good as it has egg and a few bits of bacon in it and not too much mayo at all) Yeah, mayo is fattening but the salads not really swimming in it. I highly recommend. French fries are steak fries and they are also very good. To the chef: I would recommend cutting the salt in the collard greens in half (at least) and add a touch of Datil Vinegar sauce to wake up the flavor. Using too much salt kind of tells me you don't know how to season food and you just dump salt into everything. I KNOW that you're better than that as your other food is GREAT. We go to Aunt Kates regularly and love the outside (gets too hot in the summer thou but in late sept and on, it's just great.) Go there ! read more

Food was excellent. I had the half rake ribs, and my wife had the fried oysters. The service was good.

The place wasn't very busy but it took along while to be seated even after letting one of the servers know also they did not make any attempt to find the check in person. Not very clean, wine glasses were dirty, if you can't clean wine glasses what else isn't being clean. Found the food was ok but expensive. Service was ok not above just average. Would I take visiting guests there, no would not would we go there again probably not. read more

the hostess at the front on 5/11 at 7:25pm is bitter and miserable, she said they do not accommodate parties larger than 5 when there are clearly large parties of 6+ sitting at the picnic tables outside. She's better off just saying we are not seating anyone else for the evening. Great look for us wanting to try this for the first time read more

Cute place with waterfront outdoor seating. We were horrified by servers (many of them) with masks under their chins. Food was just ok - my peel and eat shrimp was tasteless; bread sounded interesting (assorted muffins etc) but poorly prepared. My husband did like his fish tacos and portions were large. read more

Aunt Kate's - View from deck - American Near Me - Saint Augustine, Florida

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The restaurant is in the vilano beach area in front of a river. The view is espectacular from the patio area to the picturesque view. The food was very bland and the service was ok. Nothing to rave about to my fans on yelp. Bon appetite! read more

The location is everything assuming the weather is good and you are outside looking at the water. We ate inside which reminded me of my high school days when we had to spend one semester in drama class on stage under the bright lights where you could see the pimple on the face of someone 20 ft away - and you wonder how this relates to a seafood restaurant? As I ate my unusual shrimp and grits (wish someone had said it would be hidden under a ladle full of dark gravy, may be a Florida thing but gravy is not something I ever had in Louisiana or the Carolinas on my grits) as I was saying this was eaten under the bright lights that would have illuminated the halftime Super Bowl show. We finished up wondering why someone did not install dimmers on the light switches when the place was built. Food is not bad, prices are reasonable, staff friendly. read more

Aunt Kate's - Disguised shrimp grits - American Near Me - Saint Augustine, Florida

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Aunt Kate's was great! We were only in the area for one night and it was recommended by the front desk attendant at our hotel. The peel and eat shrimp were perfection, lived being outside by the water, and the bartender makes an excellent painkiller. Highly recommend! read more

I love Aunt Kate's! They are open every day, and right on the water. Very affordable compared to others nearby and love their fish, soups, drinks, and specials. We take out of town guests here all the time and they always feel we took them somewhere special that not everyone gets to see. read more

Came highly recommend from good friends. It's COVID time and waited over an hour due to limited availability. It wasn't worth the wait. Food was average at best. Service slow. Spouse's meal was cold upon arrival at the table. Probably an okay place for lunch on the water. But if looking for a good dinner there are plenty of their better choices. read more

Waited 45 minutes for a table for nine on Fathers Day as the sun set over the intracoastal waterway. The She Crab Soup was to die for. I will be coming back just for the delectable soup. I had the seafood platter where I was only able to eat half of it. The shrimp and scallops were cooked perfectly. Love the atmosphere and the service was super. read more

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