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    Thirsty Turtle Pub

    4.5 (2 reviews)
    InexpensiveBars
    Open 11:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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    Swampy's Bar & Grille - Close-Up Gator Bites with Swampy's Rémoulade Sauce!

    Swampy's Bar & Grille

    3.8(551 reviews)
    6.3 mi
    $$

    Up here for a long weekend kayaking and we had just floated down from the head springs. Yeh it was…read morea long trip. Pulled our kayak up on the edge and grabbed a table for food and drinks. Great atmosphere here. Service was pretty good. As to be expected in a crazy place like this. The food was pretty good with a few things that we thought could be better but all in all a sold summer lunch spot. Now we have to paddle back up the river!!!

    The reason and pretty much the only reason to visit Swampy's is because of the atmosphere. The best…read morething about Swampy's..you can order a drink and go and sit on the wall and put your feet in the beautiful clear water. Oh wow, what a place we live, it's so amazing! If it's during the day, tube floaters, paddle boarders, and small boats pass by making for some fun entertainment. However, the food and service are really lacking but has been for years. And it really doesn't matter...due to the atmosphere, people will continue to come here no matter what! It's literally that great! If you are at the bar ordering a drink due to the fact you will wait for a table, no matter the time of day...Do not get stung by the huge amount of bees that surround the soda station and the right side of the bar. I understand that the bartenders and servers are busy but service and attitudes are to the extreme! I think that businesses forget to tell their employees...people are PAYING to eat here. Most on vacation and don't want an attitude. But again, due to the atmosphere...most people will overlook the attitudes. Anyway, the food is severely lacking. We are locals and have eaten here many a time. Just remember the prices on the menu are not because the food and service are amazing...it's because of the atmosphere. P.s. please stop serving glass to people who are drinking and heading to the water.

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    The Tipsy Skipper - Painkiller TGIF

    The Tipsy Skipper

    4.4(39 reviews)
    18.8 mi

    Def like tiki adjacent in deco but the drinks are pretty good and they use the legit items. It was…read morekaraoke night so low on tiki vibes but I had a Saturn and a tropical itch. Tasty balanced and I would go back. Good deal for Ocala

    Another review I swore I wrote years ago! It took us a while before we made it here when we first…read moremoved to the area. It was super busy when we went our first time and it was not during happy hour on several occasions we have visited. We live close and visited here a bunch the first 2 years we moved to Ocala and have visited less and less since then. There have been several occasions we have stood at the bar waiting not only to be greeted but also waited very long times to receive our drinks. In their defense, many times the bartenders were busy attending to patrons or making drinks. However, there were several times some bartenders were just talking to friends or messing around. The drinks here are super detailed so they take some time and TLC. I will say, most times our drinks taste delicious and the presentations are magnificent! The decor is so cozy and the ambiance is consistent. Hubs and I absolutely love Tiki themed bars and fell in love with Hawaii after our visit years ago so this place is perfect for us. We also like this place because they are open later than most places in town. We recently visited for a nightcap and it was definitely different. I recently had referred someone here because she was looking for Hawaii themed food (they used to serve food) and she informed me they did not serve food. That sucks because we always meant to try it but never did. Looked good. When we recently visited, they did not have physical menus and were referred to QR code cards on the bar. Our bartender was attentive and helpful with choosing a drink during our recent visit. He actually went out of his way to make the orange peel twist in a perfect manner. I appreciated that! I was going to suggest to hubs we have another drink and then a roach crawled across the bar. I discreetly informed the bartender of the dead roach I killed when we closed out and he took it away. Usually this place is clean and tidy so I was surprised to witness the roach. They do have seating outside as well but we usually sit inside to listen to the themed music.

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