Boatyard Waterfront Bar and Grill in Sarasota

captain Greg and Ty were very fun, energetic hosts and parasailing was amazing!!!

Wonderful location, food, and service!! We had a friendly server named Amanda and the crab cake sliders and desserts were delicious👍Waterfront seating is fun- will definitely go back😎

Stopped in for a light bite. We got an order of wings and the kitchen gave us two orders on the house! Wings were good and spicy! Washed it down with a beer while watching the draw bridge open and close. Service was quick and friendly. Wished their beer selection was larger.

Delicious food with an amazing view. Watching the boats go by with something for everyone. This restaurant is a must!

Food isnt that good. Try a margarita. They are really good

The music was nice, location was great, but the menu seemed a bit limited. If you're looking for a family friendly place, this would be.a good spot to check out. The high top chairs outside on the deck are BRUTAL! We would have stayed for dinner, but we bailed after appetizers simply because the chairs were too uncomfortable to tolerate any longer. That said, I'm sure if you stay somewhere else in the restaurant it wouldn't be nearly as bad.

Great ambience & music! Food was just ok!

Great food! Great Atmosphere! Love this place! We come to Siesta Key for a week every year and eat here st least twice!

The mahi fish tacos were delicious. The server was very attentive.

Definitely a nice place to visit. Good atmosphere, friendly waiter, and a good drink. Only down side was the inconsiderate family behind us. I will definitely go back though. The view is beautiful and I love sitting right on the water. Prices are good as well!

The grouper portion was tiny and the meat was mushy. Salad main was overpriced for iceberg lettuce, but the view was beautiful.

The location is very nice and I was looking forward to eating there. Once we arrived we were sat quickly and our server was very nice and quick. The food looked great when it got to the table but I was sooo disappointed in the taste . It had no flavor what so ever. We also had so many flies at the table it was kind of disgusting and just made it worse, although I do understand the flies is not their fault . I spent 60 on two entrees and I feel it was a waste . I wouldn’t come back here .

This place was good. It is waterfront so that's cool. To be able to see the boats dock nearby to come to eat here. The food was good. What I really enjoyed was the coleslaw. It has granny Smith apples and cranberries in it. The pasta was really good, and I enjoyed my shrimp and flounder! There was a guy playing music, so it was kinda hard to sit and have a conversation at the table.

Great views. Friendly staff. Visited a few times now, drinks only. Saw other people get served food which looked appetizing, pub type food.

A perfect location to be outside and enjoy the beautiful weather with good food and beer. The service was great, thanks Lyndsey!! We have been a number of times and always great.

It was okay. Loved being able to look out over the water but had to keep our window closed because of the smokers outside of it.

Great atmosphere, on the water. Pleasant, helpful staff, excellent food and good drinks. We had the grouper basket, Mahi-mahi tacos and Clan Linguine. All prepared quickly and we're delicious. Dine inside, outside exposed or outside covered.

Loved this place! Service was good, food was excellent (which is not easy to say about Florida). And the view of the water from this second floor dinning area outside was just perfect. Easy parking too. Will definitely be going back!

This place was a great stop for food while we were out boating. The food was great and the view of the intercoastal was beautiful. They were filming a episode of some MTV reality show while we were there but the staff still made sure we were taken care of.

Lisa, our waitress, was great. She gave us a suggestion and was not wrong. The food was great! Loved the atmosphere. We will definitely go there again!!

The outside seating was nice. A bit pricey. Portions to price dont compare. They could be bigger. Pasta that was ordered was undercooked and the sauce was more of a thinned down liquid consistency than the thick and creamy sauce it advertised. Live band was decent. Table was off balance and drinks kept spilling over anytime it was touched.

Sent my dish back twice and still couldn't eat it. My husband did like his dinner. Our server was very nice

I've been going to the boatyard for years. Good service. The setting is nice. Great views of the water. I've had several things from the menu. I have no complaints. The main menu is a little overpriced for what you get. We normally go during happy hour. Prices were decent. Our most recent visit there was no HH menu. The bar tender verbally told us what was on it. Pretty much the norm but we had no idea until we received the check how much they had increased the prices. If you want a view it's a great place. If you want a good HH look further.

I paid $22 for this plate (crab stuffed flounder and broccoli. The slaw is from my husband's plate, I think he felt bad). The Cesar salad was an upcharge. It was fine to taste, but very overpriced. This is not how I remembered it was from 2 years ago.

Great salad, good burgers and attentive service. Can't beat the view!

Wonderful casual dining on the water. We sat outside with a perfect breeze & watched the sunset. The live nightly music was really enjoyable too. We had great service & staff was very friendly. We had the best chowder we've ever had here. Also had fish & chips that was delicious and a wedge salad with homemade Blue cheese dressing. Definitely a new favorite place. Can't wait to go back

We were thinking in dinning in this restaurant nevertheless because of the horrible customers experiences is not an option any more .

Great food, great live music, beautiful view a d awesome service.

Great views. manager and staff very friendly. Sunday's live Reggae music and fun atmosphere. Food average.

Views are amazing right on the water food and service are great very cool place

Nice music and atmosphere, plus food was really good. I has the fish and chips.

Great Views.. Wonderful Staff, great prices

Seems nice if You sit outside? The hostess wasn't pleasant, sat us where there was no air circulation. Finally asked our server if we could move, which we did.Didn't have anyone come back for way too long so we left...So, good luck if You venture out to go there.

Nice atmosphere and music. Food was delicious and good quailty. Burger and chicken caesar wrap were really good. 4 stars due to price...slightly overpriced. Noah was a fun server. We will be back.

Nice view, not too many menu options but food was delicious. No straws either.

When in Sarasota, I like to go here for salads. So good! My husband loves the flounder. Great food and service!

Got bullied by management when addressing our poor service. Threatening to call the police scaring my 5 & 6 year old, thinking they were about to go to jail because we were stating that were not comfortable paying full price for our freezer burnt $27 Mahi. Beyond horrible service right along with the horrible food. We asked for a discount not a free meal, we did not deserve to get cops threatened. Period.

Happy it was open but they have changed the menu and there was no beef on the menu!! I was looking forward to Surf n Turf, but no longer on the menu!! The fish are as good but not what I was looking for.

Seems like every table is right next to the water. You'll get a great View. Food and drinks were just okay I'd say.

We were there celebrating my wife's friends life, it was a nice little up stair banquet room, on the water, great views as you can see , bars and food was good , price was ok for being near the water , not to crowded, all in all would visit again.

They gave our outside seats away after waiting for them. Then when we got our water the cup was so dirty we had to leave.

Cassidy is amazing. The hostess Jordan is terrible and ruined our bachelorette party. She made us wait 3 hours (despite being told 2) and we were never seated. This place is pretentious and obnoxious and you should avoid at all costs. There are many far better restaurants that are waterfront that are far better and worth the money without the sass.

Their food is horrible, you can get better food from the frozen aisle at the grocery store. The manager should never be able to work in the service industry as she is the rudest human I have ever encountered when talking to her about the food that our entire table did not enjoy nor eat.We got stuck paying $100 for food we DID NOT eat. I would have happily paid for 50% of the tab but when that was suggested the cops were threatened. I have never hoped a business went out of business before, but the people that run this establishment don't deserve to take up such a prime location for such bad food and customer service.

What a great place for great food and a live band that started at 4:00… they were amazing not playing lod so you can still talk. Highly recommend this location for a meal and good drinks.

I know with covid menus are little different by my waiter told me the menu on Google been wrong for over a year...so if you want rib eye they don't have it...if you want surf and turf not the place...if you want nice bay view with like burgers or fish and chips then go here..if not keep looking... the 3 things I wanted they didn't have and they didn't try to make it right either...i should of left but I was lazy

I really enjoyed my dinner, great view from patio, great food, awesome service. Highly recommend

The location and view is great here, and the staff were all very nice! However, the food was mediocre at best, and my husbands dish was terrible. He ordered the grouper with bourbon glaze- I swear it was straight ketchup squirted on top and they called that a bourbon glaze! Yuck! We were a party of more than 10 people, and not one person said that their food was good, only fair. I had high hopes, and all of the staff were great but sadly the food wasn't. I would not recommend and we will not return.

Went for the first time on Saturday, the location is great, the food was very good, meals were hot and tasty. Our waiter (Noah) is the best he just took that extra step a couple of times that just leaves you saying "I will come back". Music was perfect and the views on the water relaxing.

The entrees are just not worth the price. The taste and care was not there. Great view of the water and live music was ok. But $25 for red snapper with Bourbon Glaze that was a sweet cocktail sauce and tasteless slaw was very disappointing. Out side chairs are extremely high and difficult to get in a out of.