My brother in law treated us here tonight. Food is great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Calamari, Grouper Sandwich, Fish Tacos
Lovelyn Robbins
We had lunch at Blue Dog yesterday April 24 and OMG it was amazing. Having lived here 7 years in Florida we’ve been to Blue Dog many times but never ate outside on their patio. Our server Karen Bacalla was certainly in her wheelhouse. Karen was serving multiple tables and personalizing everyone on the patio made it like a party atmosphere and nobody knew each other when we sat down. We felt like VIP’s Our hats off to the chef, the peel & eat shrimp appetizer was huge and the old bay seasoning never disappointed. My coconut rum butter sauced mahi mahi with pina colada rice was absolutely the best very delicious. My husband had grouper bites to die for, Karen recommended that as well as the She crab soup and it’s a MUST have dish.Thank you Karen and Blue Dog for serving such wonderful dishes and having an amazing atmosphere ? we’ll be back for sure ? ?.
We finally got to have dinner here after never getting past Micheli’s. ? We were quickly seated on a busy Saturday. Our server was great, the atmosphere was great, and our food was delicious. Fried shrimp, mullet sandwich and key lime pie. We really enjoyed our visit and will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sandwich, Homemade Key Lime Pie
Kaipo Lasher
Always nice to see familiar faces when I go there... Everyone there also was enjoying there meal... Love it...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mike Kunz
Great beer selection and excellent food. Sat outside and enjoyed the birds by the canel. Update, still awesome food and service. Daily specials are really good also.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Frank Gorman
Wonderful place. Ice cold pitchers of beer, with a cooler in it to keep beer cold. Delicious fresh grouper sandwiches and outstanding Conch Chowder. Friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grouper Sandwich, Sandwich, Grouper, Fish Tacos
George Way
Great food choices. Pleasant staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Soup, Grouper, Blue Crab Cakes
Susan King
Great spot in Matlacha! Fish sandwich is excellent.
Very nice little diner. Everything we tried had good flavor. First time trying mullet, which is locally caught according to their menu. Reasonably priced
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
ej ej
A good place to have lunch in Matlacha. It can be a little hit or miss with the quality varying between good and very good. If the weather is nice it's fantastic to eat on their outside deck. There's a decent amount of parking at the restaurant but on a busy day it can be a challenge to find a place to park.Update 5 years later (original review 2018): Still an excellent choice for lunch or dinner if you're visiting Matlacha or Pine Island (or just want to drive over from Cape Coral or Ft. Myer). If you've never had mullet before, try their Mullet Sampler Platter. You'll be amazed. It's listed as a "Starter" on the menu but it's enough to be an entree, and every bite of it is delicious: smoked mullet dip, blackened mullet (incredible), and fried mullet.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sarah W.
I was really excited to try this place, as I’ve heard many good comments about their food. My husband and I were sat, and multiple people kept walking by looking at us without even greeting us or simply asking us what we wanted to drink, so we left after several minutes. Really disappointed as I had my eye on a few things I wanted to try and wanted to support a local business.
Service: 1
Kathy Guilmette
My burger was great, my fries were over cooked and like sticks, clam chowder was too thick with flour base. Didn't find any clams in the chowder. Wouldn't recommend that. Service was good. Atmosphere was fine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
niyaso cannizzaro
Food was sub par. I ordered triple tail tacos. They were totally bland. The most boring taco ever!
My brother in law treated us here tonight. Food is great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Calamari, Grouper Sandwich, Fish Tacos
We had lunch at Blue Dog yesterday April 24 and OMG it was amazing. Having lived here 7 years in Florida we’ve been to Blue Dog many times but never ate outside on their patio. Our server Karen Bacalla was certainly in her wheelhouse. Karen was serving multiple tables and personalizing everyone on the patio made it like a party atmosphere and nobody knew each other when we sat down. We felt like VIP’s Our hats off to the chef, the peel & eat shrimp appetizer was huge and the old bay seasoning never disappointed. My coconut rum butter sauced mahi mahi with pina colada rice was absolutely the best very delicious. My husband had grouper bites to die for, Karen recommended that as well as the She crab soup and it’s a MUST have dish.Thank you Karen and Blue Dog for serving such wonderful dishes and having an amazing atmosphere ? we’ll be back for sure ? ?.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Soup, Grouper
Coconut shrimp wrap was chefs kiss
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Soup, Coconut Shrimp Wrap
We finally got to have dinner here after never getting past Micheli’s. ? We were quickly seated on a busy Saturday. Our server was great, the atmosphere was great, and our food was delicious. Fried shrimp, mullet sandwich and key lime pie. We really enjoyed our visit and will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sandwich, Homemade Key Lime Pie
Always nice to see familiar faces when I go there... Everyone there also was enjoying there meal... Love it...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great beer selection and excellent food. Sat outside and enjoyed the birds by the canel. Update, still awesome food and service. Daily specials are really good also.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful place. Ice cold pitchers of beer, with a cooler in it to keep beer cold. Delicious fresh grouper sandwiches and outstanding Conch Chowder. Friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grouper Sandwich, Sandwich, Grouper, Fish Tacos
Great food choices. Pleasant staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Soup, Grouper, Blue Crab Cakes
Great spot in Matlacha! Fish sandwich is excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sandwich, Grouper
Pet friendly on the dock.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Very nice little diner. Everything we tried had good flavor. First time trying mullet, which is locally caught according to their menu. Reasonably priced
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
A good place to have lunch in Matlacha. It can be a little hit or miss with the quality varying between good and very good. If the weather is nice it's fantastic to eat on their outside deck. There's a decent amount of parking at the restaurant but on a busy day it can be a challenge to find a place to park.Update 5 years later (original review 2018): Still an excellent choice for lunch or dinner if you're visiting Matlacha or Pine Island (or just want to drive over from Cape Coral or Ft. Myer). If you've never had mullet before, try their Mullet Sampler Platter. You'll be amazed. It's listed as a "Starter" on the menu but it's enough to be an entree, and every bite of it is delicious: smoked mullet dip, blackened mullet (incredible), and fried mullet.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I was really excited to try this place, as I’ve heard many good comments about their food. My husband and I were sat, and multiple people kept walking by looking at us without even greeting us or simply asking us what we wanted to drink, so we left after several minutes. Really disappointed as I had my eye on a few things I wanted to try and wanted to support a local business.
Service: 1
My burger was great, my fries were over cooked and like sticks, clam chowder was too thick with flour base. Didn't find any clams in the chowder. Wouldn't recommend that. Service was good. Atmosphere was fine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Food was sub par. I ordered triple tail tacos. They were totally bland. The most boring taco ever!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4