Dayna is the best! Makes amazing drinks and provides friendly, yet efficient service. I recommend anyone looking for a great drink and meal in a chill, upscale environment to come to Grove and ask for Dayna! read more

Quite honestly, I don't have much to say. I was not overly impressed, but nothing crazy happened that I'd give lower than 3 stars. We?went with a large group and the servers were great, but nothing special to write home about. The food was good, again was not overly impressed, especially with the higher prices. One of our party members' steak was cooked wrong, mentioned it to the server and they immediately brought it back to fix but took the entire plate so he was left with nothing while everyone else was eating their meals. Typically in a nicer place you would expect the waiter to leave the dish so they can enjoy their sides while the meat is recooked. It is nice, however, that they cut their own meats and bake their own bread - you rarely see that anymore in a restaurant. TLDR - not great, not bad. Will we return? Likely not read more

Great place for lunch or dinner. I've never had a bad meal here or problem getting a table. Our most recent experience was the dueling pianos event in the ballroom. The food was decent. The atmosphere felt like a wedding though. My husband and I were super disappointed. We love dueling pianos too. We typically go to lounge style. This was not that. As I said, I felt like it was a wedding with typical wedding songs. People dancing in the middle of the room. My suggestion would to place the pianos in the middle of the room. Add cocktail tables around them. Maybe not a dinner experience. lol. Completely different from what was put on... though I may be wrong. The event was sold out twice. If this is what the area wants, I do not. read more

GROVE - American Near Me - Lakewood Ranch, Florida

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Great place for dinner or happy hour. Great food. Great service. Great vibe. We rent a room for a celebration of life and it wasn't that expensive. read more

Dayna is the absolute BEST bartender at the Grove. She went above and beyond to take care of her guests. She was very attentive and a great conversationalist. After a long, hard day at work it was a pleasure to have her attend to me. Would definitely go back just to have her serve me. There drinks and food was not bad either read more

We were seated quickly. Our server was friendly. The cocktails are good. The bison ribeye was very tender. The sauce on it was good, but the steak did not need to be smothered in the sauce. They should offer to have it on the side. The twice baked potato was underwhelming. It did not have enough toppings. They had only two asparagus on the plate. It's perplexing that they would skimp on vegetables. The ribs were good. read more

GROVE - Bison Ribeye - American Near Me - Lakewood Ranch, Florida

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Arrived on a Sunday morning with my family for brunch. Large restaurant with modern decor. Inside, and outside covered seating. Large menu and a full bar. Food and service were very good. We started with beignets. These were excellent and were as good ad those served in New Orleans. I had the breakfast burrito, which was filled to the max and very tasty. Some other entrees my family ordered were chicken & waffles, eggs Benedict, New England clam chowder, and french toast. Some cocktails we had were red sangria, and mimosas. The servers were very attentive. The restaurant was less than half full. , read more

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This place is enormous & I love the very large bar. We've eaten here for their famous happy hour & also came in on Thanksgiving for drinks & dessert. Their other restaurant - Pier 22 has fabulous desserts. We enjoyed ourselves both times at the Grove & are signed up for their loyalty club. I will say though that I was very disappointed with the price of Buffalo Trace over a large ice cube - $22! When I inquired about the high price as I perused my bill, they checked the computer & noted that other bourbons that are higher end like Angel's Envy was $14 which is much more reasonable. If you get Buffalo Trace without the large rock - it's $20 which is still too high for a 2 oz pour! read more

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Attended a financial talk at The Grove, which included a free lunch. I had heard good things about their food, so I was looking forward to it but unfortunately, it didn't quite live up to expectations. Lunch was served after the talk, and before eating, I went to wash my hands. That's when I noticed the burgers sitting outside the door, waiting to be served. This was disappointing, as it didn't seem like they took great care in handling the food. The burgers were served medium but had clearly been sitting for a while. While they were still warm, they lacked flavor and didn't stand out. I understand that this may not be their specialty, but it would have been nice if they had put a bit more effort into serving fresh, well prepared food for the group. Overall, a letdown considering their reputation hopefully, their regular menu offers a better experience. read more

GROVE - American Near Me - Lakewood Ranch, Florida

This place is always solid. Been here on different occasions ; brunch, dinner in the dining room , hang out at the bar , meet group of friends on the back patio. Tonight I hung with a group of friends in the back patio for drinks, apps and some dinner. They have a great happy hour menu that's hard to beat ( both in price and good quality) Tonight I had a meatball appetizer ($6) from the happy hour menu, a Tito's vodka mule ($9) and a prosciutto fig flat bread. Had a great time, service was good and the food was on point. The place always has a somewhat higher end professional atmosphere. read more

GROVE - Prosciutto flat bread .... Always great - American Near Me - Lakewood Ranch, Florida

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My husband and I ate here recently with a big group of friends. We once again got ribs (this time it was just a half rack, I'm not even sure if a full rack was available like it was the last time we were here). Knowing that we didn't like the coleslaw that was to come on the side I asked if there was something we could substitute it with. I was told that I could pick out one of the sides and there would be no additional charge, unless it was the asparagus. I love asparagus, but I chose the roasted potatoes and was assured that there would be no additional cost. You can imagine my surprise when we were brought the bill and I WAS charged for the potatoes, two bucks. I reminded her that I was told that there would be no charge and she told me that she was told in the kitchen that she had to charge me. That's when she should have stepped up and told the kitchen that she had told me that there would be no charge, and then not charge me. You don't tell someone that there will be no charge and then charge them. You can let the customer know that there would be a charge in the future, but you don't charge when you said that you wouldn't. When we weren't brought a basket of rolls like we have received in the past I asked about it. I was told that they had recently decided to not serve rolls unless the customer asked for them. I feel that if they were trying to avoid waste by not bringing them out without being asked, they could at least offer them. My review of the food is as follows: my husband and I split the ribs. The two ribs that I had were perfect, sadly, his were not. He got the end that was burnt to a crisp and they were inedible. He did not tell me he had that problem, or I would have brought it to the attention of the waitress. The grouper artichoke gratin was just okay for me, but my husband seemed to enjoy it. The fries that came with the ribs were great, and the roasted potatoes that I had to pay $2 extra for were good. My husband says we won't be back...........I guess he really didn't care for the charcoal ribs. read more

We ate Thanksgiving dinner and it was a very nice meal. It was our first time eating at Grove and we would definitely eat there again. Drinks were good. Food was good and service was great. read more

Atmosphere - Good. As you enter the restaurant there is a large bar that seats about 20 people. There is tons of seating inside and a fairly large patio dining area. Service - Disappointing. To say that our server was not attentive would be a huge understatement. The restaurant was not busy and yet our server could manage to check with us after our entries arrived nor even after we finished the meal. However, did he spend plenty of time hanging out with another table of patrons. Food - Very Good. My wife and I shared an order of the meatball appetizer, which was excellent. My entree was the Stuffed Chicken. The chicken was lightly breaded and pan fried perfectly. It was stuffed with the perfect amount of bacon, cream cheese and a poblano cream sauce. The mashed potatoes were a little dry, but I requested extra sauce which I added to the potatoes. I ordered the Pineapple Upside Down Cake. It came with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The cake was pretty good, but I have had much better. Overall Value - Very Good. The portion size was reasonable and the food tasted very good. In fact, had the service been better I would have considered giving the dining experience 5 stars read more

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First time customer and I was amazed how large this restaurant is. There is inside and outside seating and a huge bar. The atmosphere is very modern and inviting. We had a drink at the bar before dinner and were there in time for happy hour. There is a huge drink menu at very reasonable prices. I ordered a Cosmopolitan and it was very good. We were a party of 4 and took an outside table to dine. There were only 3-4 other tables of diners so it was quiet enough that we could easily carry on a conversation. The menu is huge! There are probably 20 appetizers, lots of salads, and land and sea entrees. We started with a meatball appetizer, which was on the happy hour menu. 2 large meatballs with a great sauce and cheese. Definitely a 5. For my entree I chose the braised short ribs which were served with mashed potatoes and asparagus. We didn't wait long at all for food and it came out piping hot. My meal was delicious. The short ribs were super tender and the sauce was tasty. I couldn't have asked for a better meal. Where they fell one star short was service. Although the restaurant was mostly empty, once our server took our order, we never saw him again. Someone from the kitchen brings the food to your table so we didn't see our server. He never came to see if we wanted more drinks, which we did, or to see if our orders were correct. We finally tracked him down to order dessert. He brought the desserts before taking away our dinner plates. I would definitely return and hope for a different server. read more

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Attended a beautiful event here recently. The restaurant is attractive and clean. The service is good and the food is merely okay, but I was eating from a limited menu, not the full menu so I'll have to go back and try what else they have to offer. read more

Excellent for Brunch! Went to this restaurant for the first time for Brunch. We've only been here once and it was for this brunch. There were 7 of us meeting here on this Sunday. We arrived with a reservation and were seated immediately at 11am. When we arrived the restaurant was empty! In the winter when the snowbirds arrive this will not be the case!! The restaurant is large, spacious and beautiful. They have tables and chairs, booths and large tables for big groups. They can accommodate all size parties from large to small. They also have private party rooms. There is a large bar and a wine cellar. We were seated at a large booth and our server Julia came to take drink orders. I ordered an espresso martini and it was yummy. We ordered Beignets for the table to start. They were served with fresh berry coulis for dipping. For my brunch I ordered Eggs Benedict. They were the most delicious Eggs Benedict I've had in a long time!! They were prepared perfectly!! They were served with breakfast potatoes. The service was impeccable. Our server was Julia and she was excellent. Everyone enjoyed their meals and had a good time. This restaurant also has a decent sized covered patio. read more

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Great Thanking meal.. staff very pleasant and food warm and on time.looking forward to our next meal and cocktails

Located in the middle of a busy business park with other restaurants movie theater and bars. They have a pretty extensive menu and a very hip vibe with both inside and outside dining. Wait staff was pretty efficient and we did not have to wait for service. I ordered a braised short rib and there was a tuna nachos, seared sesame tuna and pork osso bucco all was prepared well and a very solid meal. Definitely a return visit in the future. read more

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I love coming to Grove for any occasion. Whether that is alone at the bar watching the game or a big family get together in the dining room. They have an excellent menu with a great selection (I suggest steak) and their drinks are very good too. The service is the best in town. read more

Food was cold and undercooked and served way too quickly so I'm guessing it wasn't made fresh. Will not be back unfortunately.

We were going to the cinema which is about a block away so we looked for a restaurant close to the cinema. We made a 615 reservation on OpenTable. We got to the restaurant it's 612 and checked in gave him my name. They seated us immediately beautiful beautiful restaurant. Our servers name was Ashton and we ordered a salad to share and it was delicious. Salad was wonderful although it took about 20 minutes for them to bring it out. We ordered salmon with maple syrup and it came with rice mixed with wild rice and it came with broccoli all of which were terrific. The broccoli had some seasoning on it and over it and it was perfectly done and the rice was wonderful so other than it being slow, it's a great restaurant and everybody should try it. This is an easy five star restaurant. read more

We only stopped at the Grove for drinks, but we'd love to go back and try the food! We had beer (can't mess that up lol) and espresso martinis. I prefer my espresso martini with baileys or kahlua and didn't think to ask for it made that way. It was good... but for me very strong espresso liquor flavor. Bartending staff was friendly. Atmosphere is great! read more

The interior of the restaurant is very nice. Our server was fabulous. Brought us water after being seated, share with us some specials and that happy hour was happening, which we appreciated. We ordered the 8oz prime rib dinner with twice baked potatoes and asparagus. The meat was prepared perfectly (medium-rare) and the sides were tasty. For the price not a bad meal at all. And did I mention our server waited for a fresh batch of rolls to come out of the oven to serve them to our table - perfect! read more

GROVE - 8oz prime rib dinner with twice baked potatoes and asparagus - American Near Me - Lakewood Ranch, Florida

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Stopping in for the Thanksgiving feast and although we had some "challenges", everything worked out great. We have been doing the Thanksgiving buffet on and off since this was Polo Grill. We were in town this Thanksgiving so made reservations again. Stopped in for our 1:15 feast and was surprised they redirected us away from the ballroom to the dining room. We were seated and then handed some menus with $$$ on them. We were a little surprised expecting the buffet. Well, it turned out we accidentally made dinner reservations and not buffet reservations. OH NOOOOO!!!! We explained this to the waitress and then THANKFULLY Jennifer Bradtmueller, the General Manager, came to our table and our rescue. She said there was the possibility of a no-show for the buffet so we just ordered some drinks and waited. Jennifer stopped by and updated us several times and then came with the good news, and transferred us to the buffet area. She was a Thanksgiving blessing for sure! As usual we overdid the eating. Fresh rolls, turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberries, broccoli casserole, chicken and noodles, fresh green beans, prime rib carving station, shrimp, mussels, grouper cakes, salads, and a crazy good dessert bar. Everything was great and we waddled our way out to our car. Many thanks to Jennifer for making it a true Thanksgiving. read more

Watch your wallet! Two days following dinner I was notified by my credit card company that my 20% tip was changed to 84% tip by the restaurant or server. This is credit card fraud, it's illegal and hoping will be prosecuted however beyond that this leaves such horrible distaste for this multi million dollar company. Thank You Capital One! read more

GROVE - American Near Me - Lakewood Ranch, Florida

Fantastic first visit. I wondered if there was any way the food would look like the amazing online menu pictures but it did. Good portions, great flavors. Had the Bison sirloin rare and it was full of flavor and cut like butter. My wife had the grouper piccata , I had a taste and it was very good. Friends had the seafood Cobb salad and jambalaya. Apps great, calamari wasn't very chewy at all and the tuna nachos had nice thick cuts of tuna. Escargot was prepared properly and was a nice treat Highly recommended read more

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Sat at the bar for HH on 3/22. Amber provided great service and great cocktails. Her food recommendations were good. The braised short rib dnd the white trout catch of the day were very good. The bar is huge with low noise level, we loved it. We will be back. read more

We went to the Groove Saturday evening. It was a party of four. One of the best places to sit here is the bar for ambiance and decor, but it was full. We were seated outside, aside from being really hot the chairs were comfortable and ambience wasn't bad. Our waiter was a pleasant guy, but we waited for long periods of time to get drinks and food. I wasn't upset enough to never go back because I am very patient and we were just chilling and looking to just relax that evening anyway. The food was good, calamari was very tasty, French dip was decent and what one might expect for a French dip, the other person in my party said the fish and chips were fare, and the only criticism was the person that ordered the chicken referred to it as being small for an entree. Overall the food was decent and I would return for a meal in the future, but remember if it's a weekend keep in mind the wait times might be a little longer for your meals and drink. LiI'm patient enough and will return. Ps they make a good cocktail. Food 7.5 Ambiance 8.0 Service 7 read more

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OUTSTANDING! Hubby and I ate here for Christmas Eve and we thoroughly enjoyed everything! Service was amazing and the ambiance is gorgeous. We ordered herb Chicken w/ mashed potatoes and a Lobster tail w/ wasabi tuna and sticky rice. Absolutely phenomenal! To finish, we had the Key Lime meringue graham cracker crust pie. Left very happy and full. read more

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Third time we've been here. The first two times we only ordered drinks and appetizers which were fine. Tonight we were celebrating a birthday and decided to do an entree dinner instead. I had the blackened cod with linguini and my partner had the yellowfin tuna. My cod dish was almost inedible. The blackened cod was like a rubbery leather texture. The linguini was the only redeemable part of my entree. The yellow fin tuna was tasteless and not properly seared. It was a very poor meal considering the prices I paid overall. I would've expected more from this "fine dining experience ". Highly doubtful that we will return. read more

I came here for happy hour. They don't even have ranch sauce. Food was cold. Service was terrible. Don't waste your time.

Food Service is discusting.. Bar service good..managers suck terrible food and they think they are the only place around waterside to eat..

Delicious food Hannah our server was fantastic and fun! Great ambiance and overall a great experience. read more

Derby Saturday was a nightmare! Had high hopes for the Grove. Not sure if it was new waitstaff or temps it was brutal. Server had zero knowledge of basic cocktails and the ingredients. Even the bar or restaurant manager came over, the 1st time he came in hot and heavy. Never argue with customers PERIOD! read more

I cannot believe and/or begin to explain the experience I witnessed tonight. Terrible. Absolutely terrible. I have been going to must restaurant in the area but Tonight was unacceptable. Waited almost an hour for our food, The place was too loud. Our $30 meals came out, the lamb roast being dry meat and very small sides you get a tree of broccoli on it which was so odd and honestly gross. Food was not up to par for the price and the hype. Someone approached the table offering a free dessert after the bad food but at that point all we want is to leave the restaurant. I would have taken my family to McDonald's from the beginning instead of choosing this. This used to be a very nice busy restaurant in the area but not anymore clearly something has changed. read more

A variety of good food with a pleasant atmosphere. The bar area is very nice as well! read more

Very large selection of items on the menu. Prices are a little high compared to other similar restaurants

Went to see the so-called dueling piano's. Paid $250 for dinner and the entertainment. Dinner was good but very small quantity. Desert was good. Had to pay extra for anything to drink (iced tea etc.) the dueling piano's were a sad excuse for entertainment. Very disappointed . For the dueling piano 's I'd rate it a 2 stars. For the food 3.5 stars. Never more to return. read more

Thanksgiving Dinner was about the worst we've ever experienced dining out despite it was Thanksgiving!! Prices go up and food quality is poor ! read more

Flat bread soggy, water with lemons long wait, Mussels asked if they were fresh or frozen. The waitress had no clue. Then the manager came over and had no clue either second time never again. read more