It is one of Jacksonville's best sport bars, especially for young people and the Wings are pretty great also.

Great place to watch the NCAA Basketball tournament! We went to watch the Miami game, but ended up seeing Fairleigh Dickinson beat Purdue in the biggest upset ever. It was an active crowd, with some watching games, others playing video trivia at the bar, and others just enjoying the food. Our party of three just stuck with appetizers and enjoyed all of them. The fried pickle chips were flavored perfectly, and had a good bite to them. The spinach dip came with either tortilla chips or pita bread, and since we couldn't decide our server Kendyl brought some of each. The buffalo shrimp was good bar food. Kendyl was on top of everything, refilling drinks with consistent frequency, and a smile. Overall a great experience for less than $30/person all-in (drinks, food, tip). read more

Save yourself the trouble and just don't. Mediocre bar food and very slow poor service. Two stars is generous.

Great food, great atmosphere, very good waitress!!!. &, they got me to try Gator bites!!!!! What's not to love??.......... Did I mention the gator bits were absolutely delicious & a big surprise!!!! Bravo!!!! read more

Gator's Dockside Oakleaf - Chicken Wings Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

We were out and about and were looking for a place to go to eat. I looked at the reviews, some of them seemed to not give the place a chance. We were seated and Felicia came by to take care of us. It seemed like she was being pulled in many directions and still did an amazing job. The restaurant is very cozy and well laid out. We ordered: Gator Taters Bowl of Chili Combo Platter Breaded Wings We really liked it. The manager was out on the main floor helping the waitresses. They all interacted with us and just a nice overall experience. Thank you read more

Great new place for Gators in Oakleaf So much bigger than their previous location Now on with the food Waiting for the pretzel read more

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So the new location, which a bigger building has been open for about a week, and it's still a disaster. I'm assuming they increased the amount of tables by 25% but didn't bother to increase their kitchen staff. We attempted to come here on Sunday and was told there a 30-35 min wait for food once we sat down. So we left. Came back tonight AYCE wings and still a disaster. 20 mins for the first round and over 30 mins for the second round. The server didn't even seem concerned until we asked a different server for a manager. Just....horrible experience. read more

Service was better than my gyro, But totally worth going again. We had the best waitress her name has slipped my mind. But we were seated in big horseshoe booths by the bar area. I love that area. Service has always been better in that nook and cranny. Husband had the French dip and I had gyro. One son had hotdog and the other chicken tenders. Food came out quick and it was hot and fresh. Was all good. read more

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Best wings worth the price and the quality is awesome. I ordered using door dash and it was super fast & easy to use. The service and packaging it top notch. Highly recommend! read more

Gator's Dockside Oakleaf - Best tasting Chicken wings worth the price. So Yummy! - Chicken Wings Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

I was in there having dinner along with several other people at the bar with Chad maybe 20% of people sitting there that could be. Bartenders were more interested in carry-on personal conversations and joking around with servers and taking care of their customers. At one .2 female bartenders are actually dancing behind the bar while people are sitting here with empty drinks. Bartenders also love to make smart ass comments to the customers. I had a very simple issue that could very usually have been resolved and asked for the manager. There were two managers obviously on duty and both of them didn't even bother to come see what I wanted to talk to them about. I contacted corporate and never heard back from them. Obviously this company lack of care or concern for the customer slows all the way down from corporate into and infectall the employees. read more

This place used to be really good. The last two times we have been at this Gators, it has been very under-whelming. The fries were cold and the wings were super small and overcooked. We won't be back. read more

My fiancée got lemon pepper wings and I got Cajun ranch, and we both ordered the wings grilled. Neither hers nor mine had any discernible seasoning, we couldn't taste anything other than a charcoal flavor. Worst part was our two orders of 10 wings was $40, and that's without fries or even celery sticks. read more

WOW, haven't been here for years & this place has gone to the dogs. a salad had lettuce, shredded carrots (very sm. amount & croutons for 5.99. the do fry wings, but tell you they are grilled. can't eat anything fried, said they fry then they grill after integrating the waitstaff. will never go again. read more

Brooklyn is an awesome waitress she made my night wonderful the two times I went there she was the one who helped me ... once on take out and once dining in. This place has the best waitresses/waiters I ever see. You can tell they like there job and they make your experience nice. Big kudos to Brooklyn tho you got to get her for server if you are there for dine in. Good is great every time too. Plus the new building they are in compared to before yeah major upgrade the new one is so nice now I actually looked around like wow! read more

I follow Gators Dockside on FB and saw them post about 99 cent wings special. It wasn't too busy in there. They also posted a picture of some wings and I just knew I wanted those because they looked amazing! So we went in around 9pm. They close late, so it wasn't like I was getting in at closing time. Our waitress Linda took our orders. I ordered the ones that were pictured in their post, which were "breaded chipotle honey" and also "hot garlic" A young man brings out our wings and I noticed mine were not breaded. He said, he noticed that too and took them back to get them fixed. Two minutes later our waitress Linda comes back with those same wings that the young man took back and says, " These ARE breaded." I showed her the pic on the Gators Dockside post and she still said that they are the same. I told her they are not, mine aren't breaded. You can clearly see in the picture of my order that they are not. They looked absolutely nothing like what they posted. I asked her if she could have them fixed and she just kept saying that my order is breaded and it depends on whose cooking them. So according to whoever the cook was that evening, this was his/her version of "breaded" wings. I'm confused because they weren't even "lightly" breaded. I am a chef, I know what breaded is. Let's talk about the sauce, it was not what I know chipotle honey is, this was honey bbq. At this point I was very frustrated. Mostly at the fact that our waitress Linda would not fix my order. On to our other order of wings. It was hot garlic flavor. The wings itself were dry and room temp. They splashed a little sauce on the plate and threw the wings on there. You can clearly see that in the picture. Now, I'm angry. I also noticed the people at the table next to us were also complaining about their food. Seems to me like the cook may need some training or a different type of job. I really don't like it when I have to leave bad reviews. I had reached out to Gators and showed them the pictures. They said a manager would get back with me. But, I never heard back. So, I went ahead with my review here. 1 star because I could not get my order fixed, the cook can't cook, and the waitress was rude. Even through all that, I still left her a tip. Shouldn't have, but I did. I will not ever be back. read more

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This has been the by worst place I've ever been too. They messed up my order, and when my server tried to make this right. The manager did not want to come over and apologize. If you want to eat at a place where they don't prioritize the customer come here you will be treated like crap. read more

Great place for a family gathering. Food, service and price were all great . Will definitely be going there again

Will definitely be going back. Ordered The Diner via DoorDash, a bacon double cheeseburger with egg on Texas toast. Ordered the burger medium, but it arrived as well done (probably from the steam in the container continuing to heat the meat). Even so, the burger was still juicy and well seasoned. The bacon broke apart easily with every bite. Fries are crinkle-style fries which do not travel well. Luckily, I live close enough that only the top couple of fries were soggy. Fries could have used a little more salt for my taste, but were still really good. I wouldn't order this to be delivered again, but I'll be going back. read more

Wings are a magical thing. I came here with my best friend a couple weeks back . It was my first time at the new location. My reason for 4 stars was because we waited for 20 minutes for a server to realize we had not been helped. Once we were acknowledged and greeted by our server for the night, everything was great. Food was hot and fresh. The also we're doing bogo margaritas! I don't know about you, but who does not love a good margarita!? The wings were well sauced and flavorful, not over cooked and extra ranch on the side as requested. Would have been 5 stars but hopefully , the next visit won't be so long of a wait! read more

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It's too cold here is one measure it constantly turn down the AC when he gets here and you can't stay long because it's too cold read more

Gator's Dockside Oakleaf - This is awesome place but they keep it way too freaking cold you come in here and you can't even stay long because the AC is so low. - Chicken Wings Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Very yummy food! Server was kinda new so I didn't hold much against her with wait times or drink refills. We will be back!!! read more

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Tried to give this place a 2nd chance and only had a call in order for chicken tenders and gator tators. Asked for the tenders extra wet and extra ranch and that's it . Well we get the food there is no sauce on the tenders. They then give us a very small cup of sauce, which is fine and then they gave us one small cup of ranch for eight chicken tenders and gator taters. I then asked for extra ranch because we were charged for it and the girl said that there was no one in the back to get ranch. This place sucks . I will be sure to let people know how lazy the workers are read more

Went for a last minute drink, ordered some food as well. The service was not the best, my drink tasted very watered down, our waitress was really slow but the food was pretty good. The atmosphere was kinda what you would expect for a bar during COVID at 10pm. Nothing much more to say, I'd be okay with not going again. read more

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Food was good service not so much, took forever to get drinks she walked past us bringing or order and to go box like she forgot we were her customers and the only time we seen her was getting or food and bringing our check she walked past us many times but never once checked on us for drinks or anything and that's not good for a tip driven industry. read more

My wife and I have been going to Gators Dockside since it was on 103rd st and when it moved to Oakleaf we still enjoyed the atmosphere and food, but when it moved to its now location some time ago things seemed to go down, food is still goo, but the service decline, figured we try it again since it had been a while we were seated and after 15 mins had not been waited on while 3 women seat behind us were waited on immediately, we got up and walked out, last night 2 of my granddaughters came over and they said they wanted to go to Gators, so we walk in seated and it's 10 min before we are asked if we have been helped, we were about to walk out, but we stayed and it will probably be my last time going there. read more

Nice new restaurant. Was greeted politely by the hostess and our waitress. We ordered wings and were immediately told that we could only have one flavor on the 10 piece wings. We explained that at other Gator's Dockside locations they allow this and the waitress explained that their policy was they they weren't allowed. She was very friendly.... we asked to talk to a manager, and there was no manager there at the time. We ordered our wings and they brought them out plain with 2 different sauces and bowls for us to mix them ourselves. The manager then came and explained that it is their policy at this location because they are too busy and handle more volume than the other locations. There were a total of 10 customers there at the time. This is just poor customer service. The wings were cold, dry, and obviously not freshly cooked. They were also very small, more like quail wings than chicken wings. I won't be returning. read more

Soooo....... The only negative is I was under the impression, that I would be eating on a dock....lol I was wrong. But the service and food more than made up for the slight disappointment...... The decor alone is appropriate for the place, a giant gator near the hostess stand. Great photo opp, I would have took a picture but I think they were having a mini meeting in front of it. Our waiter was pretty awesome, I wanna day his name was Jason. Quick to respond and very knowledgeable with the menu. Drinks were good I got Long Island ice teas and water. We started with gator tail for an appetizer (it was fried just right) it was seasoned well and the dipping sauce was good also but we didn't need it. I got the fully loaded nacho for my meal and it was layered with goodness. Normally you get some chips with all the toppings piled on top. These nachos was layered in a way that you had meat and cheese with every bite!!!!! I also tried the jalapeño burger, it was cooked medium how we asked and flavors were on point. read more

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They need a refresh of their menu. Too much deep fried dishes. They need more healthy options.

It's ok. Wife's wings were cold. I ordered their two chili dogs lunch. I think there was chili on them but not sure. I asked if it was could have coleslaw on top. Was charged an extra dollar. Won't have that again. read more

We come here regularly as one of our weekly rotation spots to have lunch. Sit outside in the bar area. Service is great and food is always good. Try the gator take ale and play a game of trivia on the TV screens for fun. read more

Ate in dining room yesterday. Food was fine, but servers were not wearing any face coverings. I will not be back to dine in if that doesnt change... read more

Perfectly seasoned and fried wings as always. Everything was great except for the over cooked rice side dish. read more

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This place is the best restaurant I've been to. Clean, friendly staff, excellent food, and plenty of TV's to entertain you. The pretzel with the Queso Blanco I highly recommend. Do not pass by, stop in and enjoy. read more

Nice place, clean and spacious, booths do not have cushions so it's hardwood. The hamburger was good and the boneless wings were delicious but the garlic Parmesan felt like it was cheap Parmesan cheese thrown on top read more

Wow, I was told this was good place to eat. Not so good for the take out though! Several of the items on my order were completely screwed up. Have you ever seen a dry chicken breast between 2 pieces of bread? That's what my Chicken Club looked like today. Don't bother. read more

This is a fun place to go to watch the games and sports. They have a lot of TV's to watch whatever you want. Some good buy one get one drinks. However, This definitely isn't the place for some unforgettable food. The gator tale is tough/ chewy and for the price of it that is not good. The wings are definitely not fresh anytime I've ever went. The food doesn't have anything that makes it stand out from any other restaurant, you basically go for the environment and good service. Service is great! read more

Food was okay. Fried fish really greasy and dark like cooked in old oil. Servers were eating at the bar. Is that usual? read more

Gators is an awesome , relaxing atmosphere kind of place . The staff is really nice and the food is delicious. It's a bar /restaurant highly recommend for a quick bite to eat or just to go on a casual day . read more

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This place was a train wreck on Saturday night when we went. It was hard to tell if they were short handed or badly managed. Our Waitress was working very hard, but was not able to keep up. The food was hit and miss. All three of our fries were old and soggy. Our wings were and sandwiches were good. A bit concerning at how many small flies there were. By no means is this a relaxed environment. It's get your food, eat and get the heck out. Not a first date option. read more

Decent service, although I ordered my wings all flats and they came out half flats and half drums so I was instructed to physically remove the drums and place them on the plate the server brought, while I waited for them to bring my other half out. Odd...also my onion petals were soggy and cold so I had to wait for them to recook new ones. But aside from this our drinks never went empty and out nachos were great! read more

Gator's Dockside Oakleaf - Chicken Wings Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida