This is a beautiful fun spot, located on the water with great views. A great place to have drinks…read moreand food while watching the sunset. There is a lot of seating. Drinks and food are good but can take some time to order and recieve. Despite that, this is a must in Sarasota!

This is such a fun spot with amazing frozen drinks and food. We had the Elvis (peanut butter and…read morebanana) and mud slides and wow so delicious. The outdoor spot is cute and they had great music playing. We ate around the bar which had more shade, great staff too. We loved the buffalo cauliflower and sloppy Joe was perfect texture and flavor. Rueben was solid with plenty of meat and sauce. The area around this spot is so fun with lots of art to look at. The cute little green space out front had corn hole and seats. Would definitely recommend checking this spot out in Sarasota!

Fun atmosphere, terrible service, great food!…read more What else can you expect at a beach bar during the height of spring break? Bridge Tender Inn is located right on historic Bridge Street and offers a mix of indoor, patio, and dock side seating. There is lots of twinkly lights, live music, and super fruity, frozen drinks. If you got friends in low places than you will surely love this spot. Seat yourself. Expect a wait. The menu is a smattering of bar and gulf classics. Our buffalo shrimp and grouper nuggets hit the spot and my husband loved all of the Packers love around the restaurant.

Good and service is always good at this popular spot! We had a mix of appetizers and they were all…read moregreat, especially the mahi bites!

I 100% recommend! Great food, service, music! Best hole in…read morethe wall ever! Friendly, fast and fun!

jR's Old Packinghouse is a decades old mainstay with a "old Florida" feel in Sarasota, Florida. I…read moredropped in after trying to find a local sit-down restaurant for lunch for a party of four on an early Saturday afternoon. The down home digs were homey and inviting and we chose to eat outside in the covered patio out front. The menu is interesting and varied; I'd state some of the food is county-style and some has a Cuban flair. My shrimp entree, which I chose to have, accompanied by rice and beans was very good. My daughter selected the chicken fingers and the portion was hearty and she devoured it. JR's has a special brunch menu and live music regularly so check out their website for information. Check this place out if you like charming-go frills places with great food.

First time to Lefty's! I cannot say enough good things…read moreabout our experience at Lefty's! My husband's coworkers hosted his retirement party here, and everything was absolutely perfect. The restaurant served a delicious spread of appetizers, and all our guests raved about how good the food was. A special shoutout to the manager, Harry--he was completely awesome. From the planning to making sure our group was perfectly taken care of the entire evening, his hospitality made the celebration so special. Highly recommend hosting an event here! Definitely will be returning for dinner.

My margarita was great!…read more They are opened a little later than other places in the area. They have their own parking lot but this is also a lot of street parking if it's crowded. The patio area is nice but we opted to sit inside Everyone was really nice and the food came out quick Everything was fairly priced I feel. I wished my blacked grouper was a little more seasoned but I was happy with it. The portions of food are good size and the key lime pie was pretty good

Great stop, initial investment into your drink is high if you get the souvenir cup (this one was…read more$35) but refills are like $12 so not bad if you're drinking more than a couple. The cup's lid also closes so that's handy! The food was just ok, my nachos were nothing special to be honest, but my nana had the tomato bisque and that looked good. There was live music, plenty of seating and lots of unique flavors daiquiris! Worth a visit!

Rich was a great server!!!! The best the good was also…read moreamazing!! Very nice and gave great recommendations

The Lodge continues to shine-- great food great service in a fantastic setting overlooking the golf…read morecourse! Food quality is top notch and they are very consistent from visit to visit! Menu has something for everybody and continues to change along with weekly specials.

Gotta love this place. Especially since my beet salad with added salmon was over the top delicious…read more Love when I order just the right thing especially when I flxuate what to pick. Compliments to the chef since my salmon was cooked perfectly. All six of us enjoyed everything. Service was right on, atmosphere is high energy, round table for six is ideal and comfy, and it hit all the boxes for a great restaurant. Oh one last thing...I knocked over my dirty martini (yikes) and our waitress replaced it w/o charging...I greatly appreciated that.

This was my 2nd visit here but my first review. I didn't write my review the first time because my…read moreexperience with a party of 8 was absolutely perfect. So I thought I HAD to give it a second visit and see if my first time was just a lucky chance. Well, I went today for brunch and experienced another 5 star meal. Since it was as great a meal today, I'll comment on behalf of both. Greeted IMMEDIATELY upon entering the restaurant by a friendly up beat employee. The restaurant was very clean and seemed to be operating at a smooth pace. We were led to our table and handed our menus. Our server was with us almost immediately, smiling and greeting us to the restaurant. Menus were handed out and our questions were answered. We had 5 people in our party and ordered 4 blackberry Bellinis and I had a coffee old fashioned. We ALL raved about our drinks and after a few more questions, we ordered our meals: Crab Cake Benedict, Smoked Salmon Benedict, Chicken Sandwich and a Philly Steak Sandwich. All I can say is that EVERY plate was EMPTY! We ALL LOVED our food! It was hot, fresh tasting and delicious flavors. Even the fries were hot, crisp, fresh and seasoned perfectly. Forgot, Two of our party members ordered the wild mushroom torte, and...NOTHING left on the plate!! Our food was so awesome that we had to try 2 desserts: Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlée and the Carrot Cake and yes...they were demolished and joined the 'Clean Plate Club'!!!!! EVERYTHING WAS OUTSTANDING AND EVERYONE IN OUR PARTY LEFT WITH AN AMAZINGLY AWESOME EXPERIENCE! GREAT job by EVERYONE WHO WORKED TODAY. Mic drop experience and I can't wait to go back!!!

Service was excellent throughout. We were in the dining room and it was extremely loud. The oysters…read morewere terrific and plentiful and we ordered two dozen the level of Brian in. It's probably a matter of taste and batch because we found one of the less briny ones very briny, but all were small and yummy. Calamari as an appetizer was delicious. The clams casino were just OK and the octopus was very tasty and tender. The lobster and risotto were both average at best. The risotto was underdone (not enough complain about) but enough that the dish wasn't delicious. The crabcake was exceptionally good - all crab very little if any filler, and perfectly cooked. The fish dish, which I don't remember the name of, came out in a very tomatoey sauce, and it was supposed to be more of a New Orleans style. It was tasty and the fish was tender. It was just the sauce was surprising - just too much tomato. Cocktails were fantastic and probably a high point at the beginning of the evening! All in all good, but not a reason to journey as far as we had to travel to get there

Stopped in for lunch with friends while we were in the area and had a great experience. The…read morebartender was friendly, attentive, and made us feel welcome right away. The beer selection offered plenty of solid options and our food did not disappoint. I ordered the Pescadero rice bowl featuring fresh mahi mahi and it was fantastic. The Aztec salad served alongside it was light and refreshing. I'm already looking forward to coming back to enjoy the patio and catch some live music soon!

Cute place, unexpected find for sure! Friendly service, great food, drinks and live entertainment!…read moreCan't wait to go back!