Gators Riverside Grille

4255 Peninsula Point, Sanford
(407) 688-9700

Recent Reviews

Steven V

Don't waste your time trying to call. Their number is not active it goes straight to busy tone (regardless when you call). Only service is dine in.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Tom Jarosik

Always a

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Eve ramirez

The place is cute. Our waitress was super nice but had way too many tables. Still her service was ok. The food was nothing to brag about. We order two burgers and we’re so salty you could literally see the salt on it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

Robert Gioffredi

Let me start by saying we had a great server that really hustled. Overall service from order to tab was a bit slow due to staffing. Just not enough people. The place sits literally on the river & is just what we were looking for. Typical bar food but done well. Fairly priced & very tasty. And, as I said a hustler for a server. We'll be back to enjoy again. BTW, just minutes from Sanford Airport if you need to kill an hour.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Ruth Ellis

The food is good, As the name says you eat and can look out on the river. They do have music on thr weekends as

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Richard Boggs

The wait staff looks miserable. They were busy, but the staff went out of the way to give them the "don't ask me for anything vibe". After we sat there in plane view for 12 minutes, we gave up a left. I gave a good rating for food and atmosphere because I have been at this cool hangout in the past. It is a shame the staff isn't happy to have business.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Kitty Pavich

Food takes too long!!! We were the first to order when it was almost empty. A burger and chicken wrap took 1 1/2 hours!!! The bar maids and waitresses are very good. Do not go on weekend, it will take 2 hours to get food. We were told that a cook had quit. OWNER NEEDS TO GET HIS LAZY BUTT IN THERE AND HELP!!! He was sitting at the bar and drinking.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Karen Foster

Got sick from the wings fries were like

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Winston Alvarez

Food actually only tried the chicken wings and probably the best in town Try it with Buffalo Garlic sauce.Service is great but they have to deal with guests showing sometimes slow and sometimes busy full so it is hard for them to have extra service personnel and only few ppl showed.Atmosphere is great and some mosquitoes on sunset but it is beautiful outdoor bar over looking at the River.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Teresa Bodle

Food was great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Delaine D.

Service was fairly slow. Food pretty good, except our queso was cold. My family enjoyed the dockside view

Anna V.

I went here with a larger group of 9. There were no tables large enough so we sat at two of the picnic tables next to eachother, which was fine. We had a baby with us and no one came by to see if we needed a high chair or anything. After a few minutes of waiting for a server, my husband went and found a high chair in another room for us. A few people in our party were like 10 minutes late or so, which worked fine because a waitress didn't even come over before then. We all ordered food at the same time and the food seemed to come out at sporadic times. Half of our group got their food, ate, and were given their check before the other half even received their food! When we did receive our food, it was nothing great. The jalapeño egg rolls seemed to use pickled jalapeño instead of fresh and that made them not as good. They were also served with marinara, which is a weird choice. The egg rolls were blah, and the fish in the fish and chips was really hard. It was cool that the restaurant was on the water and people could ride up to it on their boat. It may be a fun place to just come hang out and drink, but if you want decent service and food, go somewhere else.

Jerry Heckathorn

Bartender spent more time dancing behind the bar than worrying about where our food was. It took so long to get our fried appetizers that they allowed us not to pay for them. Horrible experience......just keep driving to the next stop.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Sara Jane Selesky

We waited 90 minutes for a chips / salsa / queso appetizer and never got it. Cancelled the rest of our meal too since they were understaffed but didn't inform us. If they told us food was taking forever ahead of time, we would have just had our drinks and left happy. But the waiting without any communication as to what's going on is why I'm rating food and service so low. Just be honest and communicate with the guest!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kelly Herman

Are waitress wasamazing!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sandwich

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