Cheap cool shells. Tiny shop. Smells like dead seashells. Ladies are nice. Couple old dogs keeping…read morethem company worth a stop if you are on a mission to bring home a beautiful shell for a few bucks or a sand dollar for $0.25

While in Sanibel I noticed tables set up in front of this building (which was hit by Hurricane…read moreIan). They are selling beautiful things - hand painted seashells, jewelry, photo gifts & Bridgit's Pies (delicious key lime pie!). Please stop by & support this business. You'll be glad you did! Sweet service, great prices.

On the Sanibel Island, you can find brightly colored shops like the T Shirt Hut inviting you in…read more With a bright pink exterior and turquoise blue doors it feels like the shops have a Caribbean vibe. I tried taking a selfie and the owner offered to take a real picture for me. How thoughtful! The store is a bit bigger than most shops and the better of the merchandise are the t-shirts and sweatshirts. They were of better design and quality without being too expensive. By better design, I mean the shirts were not cheesy or super touristy. It does not look like you got the shirt at a giveaway. The designs and cuts were just enough to say casual beach wear and if you wanted to stock up for gift giving it won't break the bank. There are shells to buy in the back of the store as well. Sand dollars were in good condition and they have a good variety of smaller colorful shells too. Good people working there as I was not pressured to buy something. The overall shopping experience was enjoyable. I would recommend checking it out!

Fantastic selection! Cute souvenirs! Great prices. The owner…read morewas super friendly. Highly recommend this shop.

So many nice shops. Spare at least an hour and stop here. We went in 5-6 stores and bought…read moresomething in every one!

Periwinkle Place Shops is widely recognized and makes it so easy to find almost everything in one…read morestop. The Shops offer a variety of women clothing stores to suit almost every taste, there are children+toy stores, eateries, a souvenir shop (and not a cheesy one either)- to name a few. While this place isn't flashy with De La Renta, Karan and the like, the clothing stores- for instance, are exclusive in their own tasteful Sanibel way. Some clothing can be too pink and turquoise for me (think of Vineyard Vines), but then there's the other side of Sanibel that's almost clean-cut with a minimalist feel. As was the case when I purchased 3 different minimalist-styled tops from two of the women's clothing stores in the plaza. Parking is a breeze. Grounds are immaculate. Take your time and venture to the 2nd floor also. In the many years hubs and I've been coming to the island, bringing gifts home has always been easy.

I love this place so much it was beautiful and was SOOOOOO AFFORDABLE I got big shells small shells…read moresand dollars all kinds of stuff for only 32$ it didn't take to long to check out yes they don't have machines to check out and yes they write the receipt by hand it only takes abt 5 -7 mins not to long they did accidentally mix up my stuff with someone elses stuff but we worked it out it it was all right very nice and respectful workers they were so kind and they told me where to find shells and shark teeth anyways I loved it so much it was so much fun there was kinda a lot of ppl there but it was still fun I'm greatful I could go I think u should go too.

Such a cute little store!!! Definitely a must see when in the area!! Has so many different shells…read morebig and small. Shark tooth's. Shirts. Looks small but has so many options! Glad I stopped in! And the price is pretty decent!

Another great place in the Olde Sanibel Shoppes that we always frequent. My mom loves this store…read moreand loves chatting with the owner. They have the coolest little gifts and fun things, really you could spend hours in there browsing. We're so happy to hear they opened again and will always support them!

I just found this store and I love it! I found so many fun things - hair clips (I have a ton of…read morehair and I can never find one that works) lovely handmade jewelry, coasters, local art work and so much more. Don't miss it! The customer service is excellent also!

So happy the shop recovered from the Hurricanes & I was able to find exactly what I wanted.‼read more

I highly recommend Tuttle's Sea Shell Shop. The ambiance here is always inviting and comfortable…read more He has very unique and consistently outstanding pieces. Mr. Tuttle is very sweet and kindhearted.

We were excited to visit and support the Bubble Room, as they'd been closed for a long time due to…read morethe storm damage. The restaurant is full of kitschy decorations, toys, photos of yesteryear and a unique place to be sure. The seating for four was a little tight - tables are close together and the buzzing staff skirted by fairly continuously during the meal. Everyone was friendly and overall, the service was OK. The food on the other hand, was pretty mediocre. The fish dishes were overcooked and tough. A raw tuna appetizer was discolored and off (we didn't eat it). The fish dip app was weirdly baked and average in taste. Deserts were very good and one should definitely get a slice of their cake (even to share). Although the meal wasn't overly expensive, it wasn't cheap either. There are better options in my opinion on Captiva and Sanibel. Glad I went here once, but that's probably my only visit.

Food was okay. Way too much going on. Decoration made me recognize the vastness and lack of…read moreimportance of time. At the end of the day, nothing we do matters and none of it ever will matter. We're all just tiny ants doing meaningless tasks. Once our grand kids die, the truth is no one will remember a single thing we do. Does anything even matter or is everything inherently meaningless? I was twenty-six when my father died. We buried him on a grey Tuesday, the kind of day that feels embarrassed to exist. A dozen people stood around the grave, umbrellas dripping, saying the small true things people say when words have already failed. He had worked forty-three years in the same factory, raised three children, loved one woman until her own heart gave out first, and kept a tiny garden where tomatoes grew sweeter than anywhere else. That was his whole life. When the minister said "ashes to ashes," I remember thinking: that really is it. A handful of soil, a few photographs that will yellow, grandchildren who will forget the sound of his laugh. The universe didn't pause. The traffic lights kept cycling. Somewhere a star burned out and no one on Earth noticed. Most of us will leave even less. We wake, we worry, we fall in love, we nurse someone through fever, we stand in grocery lines humming songs we half-remember, we grow tired and old and frightened and brave in ordinary proportions. We try to be kind on the days we can manage it. We fail, we try again. And then, quietly, we're gone. The bedroom we painted that soft impossible blue gets painted over by strangers. The jokes that once made our friends collapse in laughter die with the last person who understood them. Eight billion hearts beat right now, each certain it is the center of something, and every single one will stop without moving the stars even a fraction closer together. Yet every night I still catch myself talking to the dark like it might be listening. I say thank you for the way my daughter's hair smells after rain, for the friend who answered the phone at 3 a.m., for the brief, ridiculous joy of a perfect cup of coffee on a morning when nothing hurts. I don't know to whom I'm speaking--God, the dead, the empty air--but the gratitude feels necessary, like breathing. It's absurd: this stubborn refusal to let the story end with "and then it meant nothing." I think that refusal is the most human thing about us. So yes, we are small. We are grains of salt spilled on a table that stretches farther than longing can reach. But salt still remembers the sea. And sometimes, when I kiss my child goodnight or when a stranger and I laugh together over some small shared stupidity, I feel the ancient tide moving in us anyway--something that insists, against all evidence, that love is not just a trick to keep us breeding, that tenderness matters even when no one is keeping score. Maybe that insistence is delusion. Or maybe the delusion itself is the thinnest, brightest thread connecting us to whatever made the stars in the first place. I don't know. I only know that tomorrow I will wake up and make breakfast and try, once again, to be gentle with the unbearable brevity of being alive. And that feels, for reasons I will never explain, like enough. Waiter was nice!

Due to the storm, this place was closed when we went there and completely empty looked like a nice…read moreshot, but no longer there.

Closed currently. December 2023. I'm sure due to hurricane ian. So sorry guys. Be kindread more

Love this adorable little shop It was a unique place to stop in and look around. I would highly…read morerecommend

What an adorable gift shop in SWFL! This store is located a few doors down from my hair salon so it…read moremakes it easy to browse each time before or after my hair appointments. I've gotten many engagement and home warming gifts here. It's easy to get lost browsing through their store. If you are in the area and looking for a unique gift, I'd give this place a shot!

Used to love this place. Now covered with MAGA and "Gulf of America '25" merchandise and entire…read morestore is overpriced. Slow service - would not waste your time here. Plenty of better shops across the street.

Probably the best place on the island currently for good sunglasses and beachy clothing. My old…read moreoakleys broke while visiting sanibel and out of all the other stores I tried, this was the only one that had oakleys and other top brands. Huge store. Staff and service were great. Price on Oakleys were just below the Oakley website so not upcharged at all