Atmosphere is fresh and bright with farmhouse vibes, clean lines and Simplistic decor. Inside is about 25 to 30 seating arrangements. Exposed industrial ceilings with plenty of lighting with white exposed brick. Lots of great items for breakfast and lunch here got things from crepes and pancakes to more traditional things like omelettes. Fresh pressed orange juice hot tea just to name a few. Service is also good! read more

Forked at Waterside - Cute playful breakfast/lunch cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

A friend and I walked in for lunch. The place had only one other table at 11:30 or so. After a minute or two, someone comes out from the back, looks at us, and asked if we need anything. We tell him we are in for lunch before we are told to pick a table. We pick a table by the window that is clean or not covered with trays of salt and pepper waiting to be refilled. Then we wait. And wait. And wait. After 4-5 minutes of no one greeting us, we leave. Not sure giving this place a second chance is needed after that encounter. 04.02.2026 read more

I was so excited to try this place! It is so cute inside and they had a live performer during Saturday breakfast who was phenomenal. Unfortunately, the food here was not very good for anyone I went with. All of us tried the Forked Benedict but we all of us had issues with it. All of us had frozen or cold hash browns, basically hard boiled (not poached) eggs, and soggy English muffins. The hollandaise was not very good either. It tasted like it was made from a powder. We also had espresso drinks and those were good but the latte had more foam than the cappuccino. We told our server, who was very kind about it, and he brought me pancakes to replace the hash browns and brought my friend a new English muffin. However for this price, I will not be returning. read more

Forked at Waterside - Forked Benny - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

The place is charming. The service is goods there's street parking here and the place is adorable. It can get pretty busy on weekends. The food and drinks here are pretty great. Also we were pretty impressed on how fast the food came out. And they were busy. Even then the food came out real fast and so did the drinks. We had some French toast and some apresso martinis. Overall the taste was perfect. This place makes real nice food. read more

Forked at Waterside - Monte cristo - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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The food was better than the service. The food was really goos and served super fast. However, our waitress Sasha was less than enthused. It's not that our service was "bad", but there was no personality. When we go out to eat, it's obviously not inexpensive anymore. So, what a customer wants is to be served... to feel they are important. Welp, we just never felt it. From the greeting to small talk to the entire eating encounter. While the food was good, I think everything on the menu was $14+. Probably won't be back. read more

Loud and good We had a good visit to Forked, starting before we even arrived. Thanks to one of the reviews on Yelp we learned we could call ahead and get added to their waitlist, shaving 20 minutes off of what would have been a 40 minute wait. It was also Sunday so after checking in we spent the other 20 minutes walking around the Farmers Market at Waterside. The time passed quickly. I had checked out their menu online and looked forward to trying their Let's Hash It Out, a corned beef hash dish with two eggs, hash browns or fruit, and toast or pancakes. I picked fruit because I'm trying to eat healthier, and the pancakes so I can soak them in syrup, a decidedly less healthy decision. It was a very good breakfast. The food took about 10 minutes to arrive, a good time for a restaurant that was busy. I was a little surprised with the hash. I typically see cubed or even smaller pieces of corn beef combined with potato and maybe other ingredients like onion or green pepper. Not at Forked, it was a pile of shredded corned beef with very few potato cubes. There was no question the dish had lots of savory corned beef. Different than usual. Parking in the area was challenging partly because of the Farmers Market, but we got a spot that was being vacated. The restaurant was loud. Service was great, from the pleasant hostess who remembered us from when we checked in when it was our turn to be seated, to our helpful server who did a perfect job. read more

Forked at Waterside - Let's Hash It Out - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Breakfast was amazing. Best scrambled eggs and bacon. Service was awesome and catered to our dog. However, due to having our dog with us, we sat outside on their lovely patio. Then came the bees. They stung a woman walking past then would land on tables, people and overall were very aggressive. We had a hard time with this as I am terrified of bees. We went back the following week and sat on the patio on the other side, again the bees kept coming at us so we had to get up and find somewhere else to go. This place is so good, but the scary bees are very off putting. read more

Second visit was a huge disappointment. Walked in, maybe 5 tables with guest, and counter completely empty. I'm alone, asked if counter was open. I'm figuring you'll get better service at the counter if you're all by yourself. Hostess ask what I would like to drink? Off to a good start. Hostess brings my water and coffee no spoon no cream and walks away quicker than I could ask for either one. I figure it's OK. My server will be right up six minutes later no one has come by the counter. In fact, I only saw one server who was busy bringing refill drinks to another table. Got up to see hostess, no hostess. Guess no food for me. Off I go to eat elsewhere. Food pics are from my first visit. Drink special menu is from today's July 2024 disappointment visit. read more

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The only positive was the taste of my corned beef skillet. Hostess sat us at a dirty table (observed that no-bus boys were just not doing a good job at any table) and left menus no silverware, waitress asked about drinks, someone else brought drinks, waitress took order still no silverware I also asked for a to go container before my meal came to separate before eating, food was delivered by another person still no to go or silverware (observed that others also had hot food with no silverware) asked and they brought it, finished meal and waited/waited for the bill and finally our waitress asked haven't they brought your bill yet, waited again finally our bill was brought by another person asked her to not leave we were ready to pay also informed her that we would not be returning and reasons why. Also observed other tables with a waiter who did everything instead of 4ppl. Customers have less entertainment money and should be able to feel they got their money's worth and we definitely did not! read more

Just recently found "Forked" at Waterside. I met up with a friend and we both loved our breakfasts. The corned beef hash was fantastic as were the eggs and the perfectly cooked crispy hash browns. I would like to see a slight tweaking of the pancakes but they were still good. The service was very good as is the atmosphere. I will definitely be going back again soon. The tall fresh squeezed OJ was good but outrageously expensive. Our server was Dakota and she was fantastic. read more

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Servers overwhelmed. No management on site. Food slow to come out. Food cold when it arrives. Been going there since it opened.

This place is a disaster. The hostess had to seat people, clear tables, wait tables and run food. My lunch was terrible and the chicken was dry as a bone. The cook, not chef, needs to be fired because they'll never make it with food worse than Waffle House. No shade to Waffle House. read more

Zy was awesome. He was the man - greeted us with a smile upon our arrival and handled a group of 14 women with grace and ease. The cappuccinos were excellent and the breakfast was satisfying. Thank you Zy for making our lady gathering one to remember. read more

Great Food, Great Service, and Very Quick. I highly recommend Ziya. We had the Elvis's French Toast and Gluten Free Pancakes.

I have been to Forked several times since opening. Steadily going down hill. Wait was understandable on a Sunday morning. Manager walking around with an overly soiled dishrag to help clear tables. Food was overpriced and underwhelming. Server was a space cadet often forgetting requests like coffee creamer. Toast tasted like it had not fully cooked when the bread was made. Will not be returning. read more

Located at Lakewood Ranch's Waterside Place, Forked is in a great location! But is it all that it's hyped out to be? I think you'll have to be the judge of that one. But first... Let me tell you about our experience! Forked doesn't allow you to make reservations online and you also can't call ahead to get onto their waitlist. So what did we do? Put our name on the waitlist and walked around the Farmers Market until we got a text that our table is ready. So when did we go? Sunday morning! Forked is the cutest! You walk inside and you are met with smiles, clean and bright colors all around. My first reaction to when we sat down was how stick our table and menus were... It honestly reminded me of when I was in high school and went to Applebees on a Friday night with friends... just gross! Our waitress was super friendly which made our experience much better. But the food? Not worth the high prices... In my opinion. The eggs could've used some salt and pepper when cooking. The pancakes were thin and tasted no different than boxed pancakes. The Hangover Burger was super greasy. Really, the only two dishes that were favorites were the Banana Nutella Crepe and Berry French Toast. I'd like to come back and see if maybe during the week the quality of food would be different! read more

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not a bad place to stop in but beware that it gets very busy sunday morning for brunch. we had to wait quite a while for a table for 3 and eventually just sat at the bar. it took a while to get anyone's attention but the bartender/waitress was very kind. it took soooo long for the food to come out and mine was pretty mediocre. the loaded/stuffed tots were very good though. read more

This restaurant has the rudest and the most unwelcoming staff ever. We walked in and barely got greeted. We waited about 30 minutes because the hostess says "we opted out" when we never even got a text that we checked in. When we finally sat down, we waited 10 minutes without a waiter coming to our table before we got up and walked out. While we were sitting, several waiters walked by our table. Worst experience ever. read more

The food is terrible. Not worth the price. Got the steak and eggs. I'll show you a picture of the steak. You come up with your own conclusion. I couldn't even get a knife through it. Hollandaise sauce was completely broken and looked like curdled milk. Crepe was as thick as French toast with no flavor. read more

Forked at Waterside - Steak? - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

We went to Forked with a group of six on a Sunday at 11 o'clock in early January. The wait was about 15 minutes, which isn't bad. Personally, I find it a little overrated, but here goes.... I had the Chilaquiles, which was below average - underseasoned, under salted, and the hashbrowns underneath had absolutely no flavor. My husband had the Count of Monte Cristo, which could've used some kind of accompaniment. The coffee was good. It's OK breakfast food, but nothing special. We will not be returning. read more

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Hands down worst breakfast spot I've been to in town and go to many. Called and asked if they did call ahead seating, hostess says no. Turns out they do reservations so corrected that and made a reservation for outside. Got there and there's no outside seating available, got seated inside next to a live musician that was completely inappropriate for the indoor space. Couldn't hear ourselves talk. Our waitress took our orders and was never seen again. Flagged down a manager who says "oh yeah I took her off the floor to help on the kitchen line" and thus we were left with no waitress the rest of the meal. Food took 40 minutes to come out and one never came. We had to go ask for it. Food was not good. Horribly managed place. Go anywhere else. read more

Do not go here. Place is a joke. This past weekend my wife and I went to the restaurant sat outside waited 10 minutes. Nobody ever cared that we were there so we left. read more

The Triple Bowl has EVERYTHING you'd want in a breakfast. Eggs, bacon, potatos, cheese... delicious. If the coffee was slightly better I'd say this is a home run. Waitress was always timely and checked in on us which helped get us in and out within the hour. read more

Zy was a great server. Seemed to be in charge of the whole restaurant. Great service!

I took my daughter here for lunch! We were there on a Saturday around 1:30 and it was not busy. I didn't really like the table they sat us at. In the middle of the room but it was fine. Our waitress took awhile to come and greet us and wasn't super attentive throughout the entire time. The food was well presented and served hot and in a timely fashion. I had the chicken tamales and really enjoyed them. You have the option of scanning your invoice and paying with your phone which is what I did-quick and easy. It's a cute place. And I would like to go back and try out some of the other items on the menu! read more

Forked at Waterside - Chicken tamales - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

My husband and I took my dad and his girlfriend to Forked for brunch on their visit down here from NC. Forked just opened recently, so we went in expecting to give them some grace. It was on a Sunday with the Market going on outside, so naturally the restaurant was busy. We were quoted 45 minutes, but it actually ended up taking an hour and a half before we were seated. The hostesses did not really have a grip on the times or the seating. Once we were called up to be seated, so we're 20 other parties all at the same time. And even though we were amount the first to walk up to say we received our text to be seated, we continued to be overlooked for another five minutes and the hosts scrambled to figure out what was going on and continued to seat others before us. Now with all of that being said, once we were finally seated, everything took a much better turn. Our server was awesome and she actually was from NC, so that sparked conversation with my parents. She was very sweet and on top of things. My husband and I ordered mimosas with oh, and they had coffee. I appreciate that the oj is fresh squeezed, but we could've done without the pulp in the mimosas. The food was incredible! That is their shining light and between that and our server is why I did not give this review less stars! We had the Kickin Chicken Pomodoro Omelette, the Very Berried Treasure French Toast, S'mores French Toast, and the Elvis Hunk of Burnin Love French Toast! All of our meals were so yummy! The portions were perfect, and everything had amazing flavor! The decor is cute! They have some fun signs and murals throughout. They also have indoor and outdoor seating. We were seated inside thank goodness because it has been too hot for outside. We will try to go again during the week when it's maybe a little slower and see if we have a better seating experience, but the food definitely did not disappoint! read more

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Had an amazing breakfast with outstanding service! Zy our server was just fantastic and made us feel so welcomed. This will definitely be a regular spot for us!! read more

Forked esthetics were clean and spatially appealing. The menu has something for everyone and quite tasty. Our server Julianna was knowledgeable about each plate and had a fun personality. read more

Get the corned beef hash dish with eggs! Excellent. Connor was a great server! Great location at waterside.

Victoria was our server and she was fantastic. While looking amazingly busy, she took care of us as if we were her only customer. Love, the fact that all of our food was hot and the coffee was delicious See you back the next time read more

Service was fast and friendly. Setting was very nice. Food was mostly OK, except for the chorizo skillet, very light on the chorizo. Would come back but not get the skillet. read more

We stopped in for brunch while out of town and were glad we found this spot. The Forked Bites were great to share as an appetizer for a fun spin on traditional tater tots. My friend enjoyed the chilaquiles but said it needed a bit of salt/seasoning for her taste. I had the Chicken Florentine Crepe which was good but I asked for a side of pine nut basil pesto and much preferred that to the hollandaise. The sweet to savory ratio was good, though. The restaurant is cute with indoor and outdoor seating, but had quite a wait when we went for brunch around 1 on Sunday. Several people around us were complaining about how long it was taking to get their food, be checked on, etc. considering the indoor seating wasn't even full, but we didn't think it was that unreasonable. We did have to flag our server down a few times for drink refills, to order, etc. but in general it wasn't terrible. The food was good, and the portions were a reasonable size for the quality and price, but if I was local it would be a little more pricey than I would swing regularly. For a different stop while in the area, it was great. read more

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Sadly I have to give this restaurant one star. We are currently building a home at Wild Blue in Lakewood Ranch and we decided to checkout Waterside while in the neighborhood. We happened upon Forked and thought let's get something to eat before we venture on. We sat outside and waited for the waitress to come out to great us which never happened. So I went inside to let the waitress know that we were sitting outside for 10 minutes. While inside she handed me a menu and silverware wrapped inside a napkin. She came out 5 minutes later to take our order. She came out with coffee and we asked if we could have cream and sugar and spoons since the silver wrapped in the napkin did not come with spoons. She came out and left one spoon and a small tray of sugars which only had two regular sugars inside. When she came back with the food some twenty minutes later we asked if a we could have some regular sugar and straws for our water. She seemed to upset her that we were asking for something. Keep in mind that there was only one other table with patrons in the entire restaurant. She never came out to check on us. Finally I went inside and asked if we could have a warm up for our coffee she went inside and came out with one cup of coffee and set it in the center of the table and left. At this point I went inside and asked for my check, leaving our meals not even half eaten. We just wanted to Leave at this point. I paid by check at the counter and left a note on the paid receipt The service was terrible. Apparently after reading the receipt she decided to come out to ask what was wrong and we told her how we felt. We told her this is our first experience in the neighborhood and you made us feel as though we were bothering you. She began to try to contradict our sentiments, and I told her that we were not looking for a confrontation, and that we were leaving feeling as though we were not welcomed in the restaurant. This was such a poor dining situation and I hope that server Sumner V. learns something from the experience. read more

Not sure what I hated more about my experience, the service or the food... The service was awful, our waitress made us feel unwelcome from the second we entered the restaurant. Our food took forever to arrive, and when it did, only 3 people in our 4 person party received their food. The waitress told us the last order would be here in a minute. 15 minutes pass by, still nothing. Finally, the waitress stops by our table and asks if we need anything else. We told her we were still waiting on our 4th person's food and she finally goes into the kitchen to grab it. While we were still finishing our food, our waitress drops the check off at our table... The food was bland and mediocre and we even ordered some of the "Forked Favorites." We could also tell everyone's food had been sitting out for a while. Safe to say we are not coming back. read more

Came for brunch but left hungry as I found that my meal was not well prepared. Other plates at the table were okay. Coffee was decent and the service was enthusiastic. read more

Quick and easy.....$6.00 for a cup of coffee. We noticed several people turning around and walking out but didn't know why at first.....then we realized why. Unreasonable and totally inconsiderate to the public. Food is nothing more than average. Breakfast for one will cost more than $25.00, without the ridiculous six dollar cup of coffee, free refills, oh boy, no thanks. Save your money eat elsewhere. Won't last with these overboard prices. read more

The staff was super kind and friendly and the food was incredible, great atmosphere! I highly recommend to get THE DON skillet (american, cheddar, mozzarella cheese, ham, sausage, bacon, eggs over potatoes) it also comes with toast or pancake. It's a LOT of food for a great price! My fiance had the hangover burger and that was very tasty as well! read more

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Who doesn't love brunch and mimosas?! The food was great, the drinks were unique and fun and they have Mickey shaped pancakes for the kiddos! We love it here and will definitely be back! Kimberly was also an incredible server and made us feel right at home! read more

Great food and breakfast drinks! Kimberly was our server and was super sweet! We come here often and will definitely be back

I wish I would've taken a picture of my Huevos. They were SO good. Our server was really sweet and the place is very clean and cute.