There are two kinds of people in this world - ones that roll their eyes at places like this and ones that are giddy with anticipation as soon as they see the very first billboard screaming "free orange samples" and "come see our giant gator." I'm firmly in the latter camp. I LOVE me some roadside crap stands and Florida Citrus Center does NOT disappoint. While not *quite* as awesome as the billboards lead you to believe, it's still a solid road trip stop and worth 15 minutes of your time. That "giant gator?" Well, it's a big lacquered dead one but dang if it isn't big. The baby gators? Yep, they have a very nice and spotlessly clean aquarium displaying them. The babies ARE alive. If you are in the market to buy some Florida oranges, this is the place. I'm not sure if the prices are good or not, but my oh my do they have tons of fresh citrus for sale. And if you like dead gator heads, real alligator feet backscratchers, postcards featuring topless women and / or fat and hairy men, and picture frames / mobiles made out of shells, get ready to drop some serious cash here. Thankfully I was leaving just as the tour bus full of blue haired grandmas pulled up. read more

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We stopped here to use the restrooms and to top off our gas tank. It is what it is. If you want quality citrus fruits, go somewhere else. Nothing about this place should lead you to believe that you'll get anything better than gas station / convenience store products. For those giving it one or two stars, what were you really hoping to find here? Is your bar that low that you thought this would exceed your expectations? Either way, the store is jam packed with last minute tourist items that you need for friends and family that you may have forgotten while on vacation, and this is your last chance to make someone happy with a gift from Florida. They sell fruits and plants too, so if you think someone would like to grow a lemon tree or an orange tree, grab one on the way out (pay for it, don't just grab it). Overall, a nice visit for what I expected it to be. read more

FCC on US ! in St. Augustine is my go-to stop heading north on I-95. It has a welcoming and efficient staff lead by a dynamo manager name Kelsey who is like a whirlwind, but always has the time to cheerfully help the customer with whatever they need. She sets the tone and environment and makes it a pleasant shopping experience. The store is neat, clean, orderly, and inviting. Not glitzy or campy at all. Five stars all the way! I can't think of a better place to get (orange) juiced while heading north...... read more

Tourist trap with rip off prices. The worst of the worst. Not worth the stop. Don't expect to find $1 bags of citrus. They sell crappy juice oranges for $1 apiece. We also got boiled peanuts. I wanted my son to try them. He said they tasted like vomit. I thought he was exaggerating. I tried one... Yup, vomit flavored peanuts for $5 a bag. What a rip off. read more

This is a retro roadside Florida orange vendor. It reminds me of driving through Florida when I was a child and stopping to pick up some fresh citrus products. I sampled the sweet juicy oranges and they tasted just as good as they looked. I wish I had more time to spend here, but I'm sure I'll be back again! read more

Great place to pick up oranges! Nice tasting bar to try Naval, Honeybell or Red Naval oranges. Awesome fresh OJ. Not free. At Marathon gas station. Prices same as I95 tourist gas prices. Same tourist treats & knick knacks. Nice folks, large parking lot. read more

I have to first and foremost thank the king gentleman that worked there. He stocks the oranges and he also helped direct me to the different varieties of oranges to try. I learned so much about oranges and the variety they have, navel oranges and ruby red grapefruits. The best part of stopping by is sampling the 5 choices of citrus fruits. They are so sweet and I wasn't going to pass up buying one. I also bought this orange juice contraption used to drink the orange juice directly from the orange itself. They had rum cake and many selections to choice from. I got the lime rum cake. The lady who worked the register was so friendly and hospitable. Her name is Helen, she is such a sweet lady. Happy we got to pass by and grab some oranges for the roads. read more

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This place is the worst. It's a big scam and a ripoff. They charge 20 cents a gallon more than any of the other gas stations. Pumps are broken. Extra charges to use credit cards. I will avoid this place like the plague in the future. read more

It was really disappointed from the billboard advertisement on the highway. Elections aren't great and prices on their item is just ridiculously high. They advertised indian river fruits $1 a bag. Funny how 2 oranges in the bag and its a $1. And the biggest packaged fruits were way too expensive. And the souvenirs are not significant but priced high market. Anyways, I just thought that they had tricky was of doing business and I wished that they would advertise appropriately. read more

Florida Citrus Center - Display - Souvenir Shops Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

What's with these low ratings? I had a blast at this little tourist shop. I saw the billboards and stopped in hoping to pick up some good souvenirs before we hit Georgia. They also advertised baby alligators, so where can you go wrong? I got exactly what I was promised: baby alligators and a HUUUGE stock of every kind of tourist souvenir I could have hoped for. Specifically, my friends from up north requested a Florida snowglobe and this place has rows and rows FULL of them! You want shot glasses? You got it! Disney T-shirts? You betcha! What about a bag gift for grandma? Check! They even had an entire barrel full of really cute $1 keychains for those on a tighter budget. Now I will say, however, that I did not use the restrooms here. My fiance did and he said they were less than amazing, but nothing to complain about. I will definitely return again when driving through the state for souvenirs. read more

We bought 6 big, beautiful naval oranges that were absolutely tasteless. What a waste of money.

Overpriced and awful oranges. The bag says produce of USA, sticker on orange inside says produce of Mexico. They were as dry as Halloween gourds. read more

Florida Citrus Center - Oops! - Souvenir Shops Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

Don't bother. This does not live up to my fantasy of stopping at a roadside place and pick up a bag of Florida oranges. Every Florida Citrus Center is also a gas station, and your low quality oranges come with a thin film of gas fumes. Baby alligators in the tank were cute. Bathrooms were disgusting. The small convenience store is jam packed with cheap souvenirs. We left without oranges, and smelly like gas fumes. read more

Don't believe the negative reviews. This is a classic roadside Florida Citrus stand. If Florida orange crops are bad you can't expect miracles. For the last few years they have had to deal with blight, mold, freezes and hurricanes that have had devastating effects. This year the crops are bouncing back... Don't believe me, Google it for your self... We just stopped by on our way from Miami to NY. The staff was helpful in helping us pick oranges and grapefruits... Before we left the lot we sampled one out of each sack. They were every bit as good as ww ever had. read more

My husband and I were returning from a trip to Orlando and stopped to get oranges after seeing the many, many signs along the highway. We anticipated sharing these with our neighbors. We'll, all of the oranges in the 8lb bag were rotten. We paid $14.95 and had to put the in the trash. Yuck. Don't waste your time. They are paying for billboards not investing in a healthy orange product. read more

What a nice tourist trap. I am so happy I was able to stop here. The store also has a gas station, so you can hit two birds with one stone. The store has many many different Florida novelties, from magnets to salt water taffy, tshirts, little jewelry boxes, and tshirts. Most of the items are reasonably priced. They also have bags of oranges and little orange trees for sale. The trees were a little temping, but I had to remember where I live!;) Definitely a good stop to make when heading out of the state on 95. read more

Great stop convenient right off 75, so glad we chose to go as employee outside was very helpful answering questions about lemon tree purchase. Cold fresh fruit samples are offered too! Inside there's huge selection of souvenirs in all price ranges. Kids items are plentiful & priced fair, & employees were so kind. Highly recommend for families w/children to shop. read more

Not sure whose idea it was to make a gas station or a fruit stand into a tourist trap, but that person definitely had a business mind. Anyway, this isn't a place you could miss. Giant neon signs all over the highway will direct you here saying Indian River fruit, or pecan rolls, or fireworks, etc. immediately off of I95. Fairly convenient location. There are a couple buildings. There are gas pumps at both locations. They advertise a price on the billboard but when you get to the pump, you will realize that it's for cash price. Card prices are up to $0.10 higher per gallon. How deceiving. The do have fresh fruit samples for free in front of the store. The gift shop is filled with nicknacks, t shirts, decorations, and candies. Crappy quality things for higher prices. Restrooms are decent in terms of cleanliness. Overall, convenient place to get gas and grab some fruit for the road. I'm not really into the gift shops so this just looks like a big tourist trap to me. The deceiving prices are annoying too. I'm hesitant to rate this with 1.5 stars but I really am not a fan. read more

Saw the signs for seeing baby alligator so stopped also wanted some real ,fresh florida fruit. Avoid this place spent$40 on garbage. Literally threw oranges away as one after another was try tasteless and old. read more

I had to give them one star. Bill boards advertise One pound of pecans shelled $5.99 when you go in and ask for them as they are advertised they tell you that that's the one pound bag that's ground up in fine crumbs for baking and breading. I fussed with him telling him that was false advertisement!!! Said well that's what we have for $5.99 This is not good business. They push there items on you trying to get you to buy more than you need. We did buy some oranges. Very dark skinned like they are diseased fruit. But they still taste good. But way overpriced items for sale. We left and went over to the place opposite this store. It's more than likely owned by same family. Same deal. No we don't have any, only shelled ones for $5.99 is the bag there used for baking. I told him to it was false advertisement. If we had time I would have called cops and got him to sell me the one pound bag of shelled pecans like it was advertised. Shady people there. Buyer beware. Don't stop here. Too pricey and false advertisement schemes just to get you in the store. read more

Bought two bags of oranges for 30 bucks. Got home that night to discover only about 10 oranges that were not rotten! Tried calling them many times for resolution but no one picks up the phone. Buyer beware!! read more

Please DO believe the bad reviews. Sure, the staff is nice, but the oranges we bought were awful. We also bought a bag in Jan 2018. That bag was bad, but not nearly as bad as the one this year. We should not have given them another chance. Total waste of money. Needless to say, we'll never be back. read more

As one other reviewer stated, "DO NOT BUY FRUIT HERE". My daughter was traveling with friends and they stopped at this store. She purchased me a bag of oranges to bring back as I was born and raised in Florida. The oranges these people sell were bruised, old, and on the verge of being rotten. After attempting to find a decent one in the 1/4 bushel bag, I ended up throwing them all away. This sucks as my daughter was trying to bring me the awesome oranges I remember eating while growing up in Florida. read more

Dont waate your time at this tourist trap. Billboards promise a 13 foot aligator and orange juice. The gator is stuffed. The oj was fresh from the same bottles you buy from the supermarket. Fresh, my ass. Indian river fruit, like the supermarket. Water downed trash. I tried to buy a glassfull, they didn't even have any to sell. Baby gators were cute. Gift Shop offered the typical florida themed imported trash and treats. Nothing unique. Rude staff. The only redeeming quality was the free samples of juice you couldn't buy, plus oranges, grapefruit and watermelon. read more

Very awesome place! Fruit was really good and the staff was really helpful. Great experience!!!

Tourist trap, and a bit on the expensive side I thought, but by this point we were ready to get the hell out of Florida so we paid the extra for convenience. Toilets were awful also, very gross. But again, by this point on the trip we were ready to head home so we sucked it up to continue on the 15+hr drive from here quicker. Next time I'm in fl, hope to find a local place to pick stuff up instead of this place. read more

They've got all of your tourist needs alligator head check orange juice check sea shells check ash tray with the word Florida on it check.

DO NOT BUY ANY FRUIT FROM HERE!! This place is a fraud. They sold us rotten oranges. We got home and half of the bag was not eatable. The rest possible ok, green and not very tasty. A TOURIST TRAP!!!!!!! Never buying fruit in FL to take back home. Just pay a hell of price at a good fruit market here in WI. read more

This place is crap overall. I visited it twice, didn't get better. They had cool souvenirs, but the prices! I may be from the city, but I like a good deal here and there. Either learn how to treat customers properly, advertise right, or just get the hell out of business! read more

Be cautious when buying fruit from FCC . What a disappointment They even bagged the rotten oranges ! They bag on the site I assume they think they can pass off the rotten ones to tourist. 1/2 the bag was rotten & moldy all moldy was facing inside so to the eye it looked beautiful. I suggest you open bag prior to leaving parking lot and inspect ever piece! read more

They changed the price on items and lied about saying one of there orange rum cakes were fresh but it was 1 year expired. Never go here DONOT COME HERE!!!! read more

The WORST!!! Employees were extremely rude about tasting products.... Got home with a few bags of orange s ... Half of them were ROTTEN!

I stopped by this citrus center due to the promises of the billboards: fresh fruit & pecans. I was told one price and then charged another at the register. Don't buy the bagged fruit as it is the old stuff. Dry & discolored. Also double check the size of you pecan bags. I purchased the 5 lb and found the 2 lb in my bag. The nuts were a mixture of fresh and dried up nuts. This is not a good place to do business. I reached home and I'm still pissed that people could be so dishonest. read more

Do not stop here! Bought bags of oranges, grapefruit and tangerines. The tangerines were fine. The grapefruit and oranges were cull fruit that I am sure could not be shipped out of Florida. There was a mix of rotten, small and blemished fruit. Very disappointed. You can get cheaper and higher quality fruit at your supermarket at home. read more

This is in my humble opinion, a tourist trap. Advertises $4.99 a pound for fresh shelled pecans, leaving out the detail that the pecans are actually pecan dust from the sheller and pecan halves are $10.99 for 10 oz. The 'bags of fruit for $1' are 2 oranges in a plastic bag. You can do better at the grocery store. But if you're looking for a stop on the highway, you can be entertained. Buyer beware. Forewarned is forearmed! Have fun. read more

An amazing story: On our way home from Orlando, our family stopped at this roadside citrus store to use the facilities and buy some oranges and souvenirs. We were happy with our purchases and continued up the road. An hour or so later, our 7 year old daughter started crying. She realized that she had lost her prized toy dinosaur. (Parents and readers of Knuffle Bunny books will know this feeling.) After some thought, we figured that she most likely left it at the Florida Citrus Center while she was checking out the cool conch shells. On a whim, I called them and asked if they had found a plastic dinosaur. At first, they didn't find anything, but hours later, lo and behold! They called back and the Dino was found! I begged the lady on the phone to send it to us and asked how I could send her some money for the shipping. She said not to worry. She would pay for the shipping herself!! I was stunned at her kindness, and thanked her profusely, knowing that once she found out the shipping would be a huge pain, she'd most likely let it slip her mind. But I was wrong!!! The precious dinosaur arrived in the mail today!! I can't wait to see the look on my daughter's face when she comes home from school!! Thank you, kind lady from the Florida Citrus Center!!!! Your patience and generosity will never be forgotten!!! Best customer service ever!! read more

After trying the free orange samples I purhased 7 half bushel bags and 1 quarter bushel bags of oranges to give as gifts back home - my bad I purchased without closely checking the bags. The day after buying the oranges and packing them in the car my thumb poked a hole in one. That night I took the bag out of the car and opened it finding several mouldy oranges and many less appealing oranges. After opening all bags we ended up throwing away 5 bags and giving 2 1/2 bags to a local food bank. The oranges were not fit for gifts. Upon closer inspection I see the bag said #2 or better and when I went on line I saw what this meant - the oranges looked great in the bag but !! Suggest you really check out what you buy. read more