Gecko’s Grill & Pub

1900 Hillview St, Sarasota
(941) 953-2929

Recent Reviews

Roy Stump

Served all 13 of us 45 min to close with a smile and great food! Really great staff!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Nacho El Grande Platter, Cuban Sandwich, Chicken Wings, Ahi Tuna, Chicken Sandwich

Big Al

Excellent craft beer and whiskey menu, there's always something new to try. Bartenders and servers are always so nice and knowledgeable. Love this place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Noah Ja Ja Oha TtV

When you first arrive, you get a sense you are not welcome...feels slighlty dark almost evil, definitely not a warm loving atmosphere or employees. Wouldn't recommend talking shi* behind a customers back either, made it obvious for sure. F-. Food was good though.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 1

Deborah Sue Reed

Awesome Foods and the waitress she was Awesome ? and I was with my two

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Debbie Albuquerque

I like this place! I go to Gecko in different locations and I like the atmosphere and the service. I was happy to have Peter assisting us. Attentive, professional, dedicated! This time I chose a margherita flatbread, well done, yummy, the dough a little drier than my preference, but it didn't take away from the overall flavor. Congratulations to the Geckos’ team who try to maintain the standard of the restaurants.Parking: Parking exclusively for customers

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Nacho El Grande Platter, Taco, Wrap, Sandwich, Salad, Chicken Sandwich

katya madden

Update March 2024I have numerous times reviewed this restaurant favorably but tonight we had a disappointment..We saw a Reuben sandwich and instead of corn beef, we substituted salmon. The price of this regular reuben sandwich was $14.25 with one sideWe were surprised to be charged $22 ! For this with one side which made no sense to us since a full salmon dinner with TWO sides was only 18This makes no sense to usIt would have been the same price or cheaper if we had just accepted the corn beef Reuben and ordered a SIDE of salmon, which is only six dollars.Do you see my point? Bad businessWe don’t eat meatBut if we ever eat there again, which is unlikely, we would take home the meat for our puppy, since they’re charging us for it anywayPast review. They have a killer Cajun pastaa wonderful Siesta salad..my friends like the boom boom shrimp and well I actually can't remember the last disappointing meal.outside tables with heat lamps in winter.. and they have parking. I do not like the inside frequently even though it's not bad looking because there's always so many TVs with sports... it's what it is a sports bar and sometimes I'm too cold in there and it's too noisy... but other times it's okay. It is what it is...

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Blade Sharpe

A pub or sports bar type restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating. Service was very good and so was the food. Burritos and burgers were good sized portions.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Emerson Del

Outdoor seating available, and parking easy !I’m really un impressed with this place, we went to go get happy hour drinks and were met with a server who kept running off because she didn’t have any answers to what was on for specials.Then she ID’d us, which is fair, we look young but lol we are 30.Anyway, showed our Canadian IDs and were rejected because they don’t accept that kind of ID and they wanted a passport. The manager then proceeded to tell us about how crime was up in the area. Which furthers my point on why I wouldn’t bring a passport as ID. Anyway if you want alcohol here make sure you have a SIN Card, a T4 Tax Form, 3 government issue IDs birth certificate.The atmosphere was chill, it’s like a dark sports club vibe with an option to sit outside.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Harold “Hal” Sicks

Food was extremely tasty!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Steve Rice

Shrimp was awesome service was good there for UK basketball

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Wings

Wanda Stiffler

Our family of 5 usually loves this place, But not really tonight,Service was ok, the food was meh. The chicken in two of the chicken parm Was ordered grilled came out deep fried and way overcooked, when we told the waitress she said she would tell the cooks….I had chicken tacos with hard crunchy chicken,? the fish was cut up in pieces on the sandwich instead of just one piece ?‍♀️ the last dinner was a turkey wrap and my daughter said it was good. We waited a long time for our food. It was really an off night at our favorite Gecko’s

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3

Mandinita

I go here for the Purdue alumni club basketball watch. Their food is above average bar food. I really like their homemade chips. Service is always good. Drinks are strong! Love it. Always a good time.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Shane Jones

Great staff, good environment, and good beer

K M

Review is based on a pickup order. Website for ordering is very user friendly and easy to navigate. Our order was ready on time and, according to who we got it for, the food was very good. The interior is pleasant with friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kathleen Seaman

Great sports bar. Awesome selection of craft beers and other beverages. Large variety in the food menu.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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