The Monty Christo is fantastic! Cool decor and a fun atmosphere. Good and fast service. I had a salad and it was huge and delicious! Prices are fair and they have a good beer selection. read more

Stopped in with a business associate for a few beers and a bite to eat, we arrived a little after 5:00 PM on a Tuesday and found the restaurant mostly empty. The hostess was very friendly and led us to a booth on the left side of the restaurant where we were greeted immediately by our server Jaiden she dropped off a few menus and a list of cocktails and beers then stepped away for a few minutes allowing us to make our decision. We ordered a few beers and gator taters for a starter - living in Florida one can appreciate really cold beer and this place has really really cold beer. The gator taters arrive after a few minute and we placed our meal choice. For some reason I thought the gator taters were potato skins so I was a little taken back when this bowl of casserole like potatoes arrived but I must admit they were delicious. We ordered fried chicken sliders and a philly cheese steak with crinkle fries. Both entrees were perfectly executed and like the gator taters absolutely delicious so this was much better than the "bar food" I was expecting - the staff here is very friendly and attentive.The restaurant is very spacious and although ghostly quite during our visit I'm sure on game day this place could get busy and loud. It was also very clean, this was my first visit but definitely not my last... read more

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Some people like to make fun of Yelp, but this is why I trust Yelp's overall ratings over Google Maps overall ratings. As of today, this location is rated 4 out of 5 stars. When we pulled up to this location, I pulled out my phone to check in on Yelp and saw the 2.5 overall rating and adjusted my expectations. Even with that, this place was terrible. The menu sounds and looks so promising, but no one in our party of 4 was happy with the food. We met up with another couple that we hadn't seen in quite some time, so we were mostly there for the company, but wow, we all feel like we were robbed. We all got some version of boneless wings. I'm guessing the flavors could be great, but when the chicken is so overcooked, it doesn't matter. I can't express to you how badly the food was overcooked. The fries and the tator-tots had zero seasoning on them except maybe a tiny sprinkle of salt. So boring! My husband had a terrible stomach afterwards too. I had high hopes for this place. The food is terrible. Maybe we went on a bad day? My husband said he hasn't been in a long time but that it used to be really good. That's why we were looking forward to it. Things are way too expensive these days to just throw it away on terrible food. read more

Came in for lunch. I really wanted some good wings. Well that is what I got. I order hot honey traditional wings with a side of fries. Everything came out pretty good. read more

Gator's Dockside - Wings - Seafood Near Me - Eustis, Florida

Stopped in on a Sunday night for some football and wings. The place was nearly empty, which felt like a warning sign, and now I understand why. We were the only table with just a few people at the bar. Ordered wings and a BLT, but it took over an hour to get the food. The waitstaff seemed disengaged, sitting at a table and not paying attention. The wings eventually arrived, but there was no BLT. After being ignored, I had to ask the staff about the rest of the order. The service was terrible. It used to be okay, but I likely won't be back. read more

The hot dog sliders were cold and my Turkey burger was gross. Hot dog buns were stale and the coleslaw was warm. The turkey had a weird taste. The cook should have more pride!! we will never be back. we paid for everything as we don't like to complain and have stuff taken off the bill. we just won't be back. EVER! but on a good note, we went to China King buffet in Eustis and had some food redemption. read more

First time going we had slow service but good food. Second time much better. The sweet and savory snapper is my favorite.

The shrimp & grits are delicious. It had a nice kick to it from the chorizo cheese sauce. It has shrimp,grits, sausage, tomatoes, scallion onions, chorizo cheese sauce. read more

Gator's Dockside - Shrimp & Grits - Seafood Near Me - Eustis, Florida

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We went to this restaurant to watch the FSU football game. They had sound, so that was a plus... but everything else was just ok. It works for a quick outing. Cleanliness could be better (floor/ tables), but no issues with service. read more

Gator's Dockside - a man and a woman sitting at a table watching tvs - Seafood Near Me - Eustis, Florida

Looks nice and fairly clean Was not busy Server was polite but not very accessible Service was very slow Order took very long Meal was okay but was just okay Server was not prompt with check after being asked to prepare it. Server had to be tracked down to get the check so we could pay and leave. Nothing great here to draw us back. read more

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Have wanted to try this place and finally made it. Decided to sit on the covered patio. Was seated next to a woman who was smoking. Decided to eat inside since there was not a table to escape the smoker. The door locks to the patio so we had to have a server let us in. Was seating inside, which is decorated nicel and modern with several TVS and a bar. Took about 5-7 minutes until a server (Amy) asked for our drink order. That was about another 20 minutes until she brought the drinks and took our order. Then there was at least a 30-minute wait for the food. She did refill the drinks while waiting but no comment on the meal so slow food must be the norm. The food was mediocre and service continued to be poor. I won't be back read more

Gator's Dockside - Bar - Seafood Near Me - Eustis, Florida

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Our food and service was good on Thursday, 7/10/25, but the restaurant was warm. A lady in our party asked for the manager. She asked the manager if he could do anything about the temperature. He said the AC was on in a very dismissive manner. As he walked away he made a snide comment about the lady, the manager name was Thomas. read more

Good food,took a while, not real busy today either? All good though. Lots of tv', games kids friendly read more

Gator's Dockside - Rueben coleslaw - Seafood Near Me - Eustis, Florida

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I Think Gators Dockside Is Some Of The Best Gator Tail, Chicken Wings, And Southwest Eggrolls And Fireball I'd Ever Had. The Service Was Also Great! Jason Payne read more

We've only visited this location one time due to the bad experience we had several months ago, which is unfortunate because we love gators.. When we were first seated, we noticed the two servers in our area arguing over who was going to get our small party of 2, and a larger party of 6. Our server eventually reluctantly came over to us and was not very attentive through our meal. We are always very laid-back, understanding and undemanding and always tip more than expected. So, this was disheartening. The food was good, as we've come to expect from gators, but the service has made us not want to go back. Maybe we will eventually, but we'd sooner go to another location. read more

Service was lousy. The celery was past fresh, need to be tossed in the garbage. Asked for tots, got fries.

Was driving down 441 looking for a place for dinner because I was told that the Frogger's next to the hotel was always cited by the health dept. Anyhow I tried the fried alligator appetizer which was expensive and sort of tasted like popcorn chicken but at least I can say that I ate alligator. The night I went was the Monday of Labor Day weekend and not too many people there. They had the wing special of 99 cents each wife had a chicken salad. The server we had was very good and was right there to refill drinks. Food came out quickly and tasted good. The only thing is we thought wife's chicken was supposed to be grilled but it came out cold. Most likely from a can and that doesn't really bother me because most restaurants use chicken like that. My bone in wings were great. Don't live in the area so it's not like I'm going back soon but I would if I traveled that way again. read more

I order from this Gator's Docksife at least once a month sometimes more. I love their wings bc they are fresh and the sauces are good! However, they are not dependable sometimes they close earlier than the times advertised. The food is sometimes good but sometimes not cooked well. When I order I must give precise instructions on how to cook my food bc you never know how you may get it. Tonight I ordered the Gyro which comes with a side. I choose onion petals. It comes with a Cajun Bayou sauce. The Gyro came on a toasted pita bread and held together by 3 long toothpicks. That was nice and helped to hold it together so it wasn't too messy to eat!! Yay! The onion petal and Cajun dipping sauce is really good with a spicy kick. The customer service is usually good too. read more

Gator's Dockside - Gyro with Onion Petal w/ Cajun Dipping Sauce - Seafood Near Me - Eustis, Florida

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Not the place to go for a meal on a Friday night. More wait staff than customers, waited 17 minutes while several waitstaff walked by, no drink order. After 20 minutes we left with not one person asking for our drinks much less to see if we would like to order. You can always rely on Denny's for a late night dinner and friendly staff... not impressed with Gators read more

1st of all, we ordered an appetizer, and our waitress decided that all we were going to get. I had to get her to order our food. Which was awful. I had wings, and they were not good. I feel we definitely wasted $50.00. I think the fact our service was so bad that it just ruined our whole dinner. I will say, there's been times I have had meals at places where the service was excellent, and it made the food way better. So, Gator Dockside...get it together if you want people to return. Teach your servers how to serve. read more

Had it delivered . Fish and chips. Fries weren't cooked and the fish was hard and the breading just fell off. My wife ordered the gyro tasty , but cold read more

This place is OK. I couldn't imagine myself giving a stellar review of a Gators unless I had incredible service and outstanding food but I know what I'm walking into when I come here. Service is always mediocre, mostly slow, and food is always just alright. Most of the time they do a good job with their wings and they will actually grill them for you (if they're busy, they'll flash fry them first) if you ask. I really like the Sweet Thai Chili and the Scooter sauces. Even though I don't think a Gators Dockside is the cats meow, I can say that this location is better than most and they've got tons of televisions to watch your favorite games. read more

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Let me set the scene, the restaurant is dead and my girlfriend and I are going out for dinner and drinks because Sunday night football is on. The hostess waved us away and pretended to be too busy to talk to us as we waited at the door for about 5 minutes. When we were finally sat to eat our food and watch Sunday night football at the SPORTS BAR there was music playing instead of Sunday night football AT THE SPORTS BAR. As well as our waitress looked at us and said "what do you want" with a straight face and no smile. She then proceeded to try to take my valid 21+ ID to the bartender and when I gave her a secondary form of ID to cross reference she gave me a dirty look. Our appetizers were clearly frozen and reheated, and our wings were also frozen. One of our French fries were LITERALLY still frozen. And our server never checked to ask us how our food was except when she was finishing waiting on another table while we blatantly watched her chitchat with the bar tender the entire time we were there. $60 for some of the worst service and food quality I have ever had. read more

A week ago my husband, daughters & a couple that are close friends (7 of us) decided we wanted wings for dinner and to play a couple games of pool. We usually go to Froggers in Altamonte but wanted a change. We were sat at the high top table next to the pool table. There was only 4 other tables in the restaurant that were occupied. The server we had got our drink orders and came back about 20 minutes later with drinks. We ordered our appetizers and decided we would wait a few minutes to order our dinner since we were looking over the menu since we weren't familiar with their menu. We told her we needed refills, she went to the pool table and asked the guys if they needed another beer. She brought them both a beer and forgot about the rest of us at the table. We finally placed our order, when our food came out she then refilled our drinks. We had to keep reminding her we were missing fries, ranch and my daughters food. After we finished eating she brought my daughters food. She was more entertained by the men at the bar (apparently all the servers are with the regulars). I am a restaurant manager myself and know how much tips mean to a server. I explained to the server I was highly upset that she didn't care about us at the table, she could care less but I still left her a 20% tip on a $230 tab! We decided to give Gators Dockside another try last night. As soon as we walked in the server we had last time went to the hostess and told them not to seat us in her section. It was completely apparent that she was running her mouth the every employee on the floor about "what happened at our last visit" our server we had was ignorant and had a attitude the whole time like we shouldn't even be there. I bit my tongue! We ordered our food and they forgot my whole meal! The guy in the kitchen (curly hair with a hat) brought our food out and couldn't tell us what wings were which flavor as my family all ordered 10 wings each. They had to taste them to figure them out. Everyone else got their food except for me. The server thought it was quite funny. The manager came out trying to make my order (you can tell her was confused of the whole situation) my husband and daughters were super upset because they could see how the servers thought it was just funny to just be ignorant. No refills, no Togo boxes, didn't check on us anymore just brought the check and didn't say a word. Our server both times just wanted to sit at the bar & vape with the customers. No wonder why this place is basically empty, the service is HORRIBLE!!!!! I don't even know how they stay open!! The food my husband, friends & daughters had was really good but everything else was trash! If you are trying to enjoy a meal with your family and friends stay the hell away from this shit show!! read more

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Had to reduce rating, ordered cheesesteak and it was one of the best, but the Monte Cristo was a total failure. Was supposed to be two layers and batter fried but it came as basically a turkey sandwich deep fried and lacking any batter and hard. I am always afraid to comment in restaurant due to retaliation from kitchen. Ate 1/2 cause i was hungry and left. NEVER AGAIN. read more

If you want to waste your money on nasty tasting food this place serves then this is the place for you. The sad excuse for fish was RAW with 90% breading. Not one drop of seasoning or flavor. The shrimp had was not deveined and full of shit. The coleslaw tasted old and abandoned from the back of the fridge. Never ever will waste my time and money at this place. read more

Gator's Dockside - All batter, No fish! - Seafood Near Me - Eustis, Florida

Probably the worst Gator's I've experienced. Pretty simple I ordered a salad with grilled chicken. The chicken obviously was taken out of the fridge and was old. On the plus side my beer was cold read more

Ordered take out and they had it ready at the time of pick up. The hostess checked the order to make sure everything was correct before giving me the order. Good food. The chicken quesadilla was huge and the gator bites were very good. read more

We arrived as a party of 6 for the first time. We were met by our waitress who was very sweet and a great waitress but the kitchen staff should be fired. I ordered a gyro and even though it only took and hour to get everyone else was served in 45 minutes. I must say the gyro had to taste to the lamb which appears to be processed because no chef can cut perfect slices that resemble roast beef. I cannot speak for the others but one one person in our group enjoyed their meal My meal was comped which was not asked for but the right thing to do. In short the kitchen on this day couldn't cut the mustard read more

We recently went to Gators Dockside for the first time, and based on the experience we will go again sometime. I started with the chili, which was excellent, probably the second best I have had since moving to this area. I ordered it with onions and cheese. I facilitated between a burger and the Philly cheesesteak. The server said the cheesesteak was awesome so I went with that. It was very good, the onions and peppers nice and tender, though I wouldn't say awesome exactly. I had onion petals with it, which were also excellent, a twist on traditional onion rings. My wife had baby back ribs, and since. We shared our meals a little, I can report that the ribs were cooked to perfection. She had her bbq sauce on the side which like the onion petals and the chili, had a bit of a kick to it, but not too much for me. I had lemonade with my meal, and didn't get around to having a refill, so she offered to send a takeout cup with me, which was great. The cole slaw with my wife's meal was good, with its own twist of having cranberries in it. The French fries were, well, French fries, okay but not awesome. The only negative of the meal was our sitting at a booth near the door to the outdoor seating. A cold breeze blew in every time employees went out there to smoke, and they brought a wisp of cigarette smoke back in with them when they came back. I found myself hoping the smokers weren't cooks, but it is possible I suppose. The serve offered to move us,but it seemed like too much trouble at that point. We filed the detail away for our next visit. read more

I'm giving this place 2 stars because of the service. Our server failed to tell us about All You Can Eat Wings on Monday nights, even though we had never been to the restaurant before. We let her know we were first time guests as soon as we sat down. She looked at us as a table that she thought wouldn't give her a good tip, so we received bad service. The Gator Bites and Grilled Wings are really good. Great flavor. But the sever argued, when I asked why we wasn't told about the special. She tried to defend herself in a very offensive manner. The Manger Joey was very apologetic and worked hard to ensure that we would return. read more

Gator's Dockside - Seafood Near Me - Eustis, Florida

The restaurant was deserted when I arrived for lunch around 11:30. The waitress was polite, but slow considering I was her only table. I heard another worker tell her she had food up about five minutes before she actually brought it to me. When my buffalo chicken sandwich arrived, it was lukewarm and so over cooked that I couldn't bite all the way through the meat. I didn't send it back because I was in a hurry, so I ate my side of onion pedals and picked at the chicken to try and find some edible bits. Thoroughly disappointing. read more

Food was delivered to the wrong table. It took a long time to get the reorder. The reorder was incorrect and not cooked to order, the hamburger was medium rare instead of medium well. As an effort to appease us we were told we would receive a gator bites appetizer but that was also delivered to the wrong table. I have been a server and never delivered food to the wrong table. read more

We had 2 fish sandwiches and two fish baskets. Our food was fabulous the bun on the sandwich was one of the best I have ever eaten the fries were very good the coleslaw was great! Our server was wonderful we could not have had a better experience. The prices very reasonable. Would go back the next time we were in the area read more

This is probably one of the best restaurants in Eustis. The service was unbelievably awesome. Amy was the best and took care of our every need. We had a party of eight people and she did not skip a beat. The food was very good served on time and hot. Drinks were amazing. Service was great. Prices were very reasonable. read more

One star because I'm forced in order to leave a review. Worst experience ever. They can't count to 8 , then they bring 1 extra ( in the wrong sauce ) . The runner is licking bleu cheese off his hands and that's not even all. I don't want a free meal NOTHING !!! I WILL NEVER GO BACK THERE !!! read more

This place gets worse each time we go. Service is slow, very slow! Wings get smaller every visit and now Happy hour has changed. It's too bad because we all really enjoyed going. read more

Pretty disappointing when you go to a Rib and Wing restaurant and they have no ribs on a Friday afternoon. Should have just went across the street to Oakwood Smokehouse. read more

First time here. Gave it a chance instead of Applebees next door. I was pleasantly surprised. The mini burgers were really tasty, and I could get fresh vegetables for a side. The TVs are set up better here than next door too! It's open late which is also a plus. Every restaurant in downtown Eustis was closed by 8 pm last night (Sunday). read more

This place has two big signs on their front doors stating that due to the Affordable Health Care Act they will be sticking it to their customers by adding a 1% surcharge to your bill. #1 Way to repel your customers before they walk through the door. #2 This is just a hacked off Republican owner who did not get his way and he is taking it out on his customers. Do not flaunt your political agenda to your customers. #3 NOT LOGICAL THINKING!!! This is a government tax. Why don't they put up a big sign about the FICA tax or Medicare tax on their employees paycheck?? #4 Gators Dockside SHOULD be giving their full time employees health insurance anyway. I love their wings and the staff is great, but this kind of nonsense will keep me away from Gator's Dockside and take my business elsewhere. Their website says: "The costs associated with ACA compliance could ultimately close our doors." #1 If Gator's Dockside is going to wine about this, then show it's customers what their REAL "financial impact" is on their business. How did it's owner come up with the 1% surcharge? Show me the money. #2 If Gator's Dockside would have been treating their full-time employees better to begin with this would be a non-issue. What should "ultimately close their doors" is it's customer base fleeing to their competitors for such a nonsensical choice of it's owner. read more

Gator's Dockside - Stupid Owners AHCA Notice - Seafood Near Me - Eustis, Florida