Yardarm Lounge

They have definitely stepped up their game from last year. Much better outside wait staff. Carol the bartender inside has always and continues to be outstanding.

Best damn fried seafood baskets in west central Florida. Puts St Pete, Tampa, Clearwater, etc to shame. Hell, maybe even Key West. Its that solid.
Basket had four whole hushpuppies, fresh fried chips, excellent tender scallops. Monkey piss beer is actually quite good for $ 1.
Pure Florida bliss, this place. Highly recommended.

The food comes from the same kitchen here & at the Monkey Bar. My crab claw meat salad was decent, a good amount of crab meat over romaine salad, 2 slices of tomato and 2 halves of hard boiled egg. A disappointing experience as a whole…
Will not go back for food

Jumbo stuffed shrimp wrapped with bacon is awesome! Waitress very friendly & checked on us often, Will definitely come back.

We were looking for a place to eat after an afternoon at the excellent Homosassa Springs park. There are 3 restaurants at the Riverside Resorts in Homosassa — we were drawn by the reviews of ‘The Monkey Bar’ with the view of Monkey Island — but all 3 restaurants are contiguous and have the same menu. The Monkey Bar actually has the worst view of the island. We ate at the indoor restaurant upstairs (the Yardarm Lounge) because the band at the Monkey Bar was a bit loud and we were told there would be families/​kids at the downstairs restaurant (Riverside Crab House. We had the 12 blue crab dinner for 29.50. You had the option of 6 garlic and 6 steamed, we ordered 12 garlic. For 2 people that was a LOT of crab (they are smaller than Maryland crabs but not small by any means) — but you eat slowly so we never felt extremely full. Came with only 4 hush puppies — a shame, because they were the best hush puppies I have ever eaten. Crabs were great, they’re sautéed in garlic so you really don’t even need to dip them in the butter they provide. We did start with the crab stuffed bacon wrapped shrimp skewers, also great. Service was a tad slow — she forgot to bring the drink I ordered but made up for it by bringing us one on the house. Key lime pie for desert was tasty — I believe the crust was graham and nut, it had more to it than just a graham cracker crust.). Watching the monkeys was fun (5 of them play on an island in the middle of the river) — but even without that draw we’d come back.

The Yardarm is located on the Homosassa River and is actually attached at the hip by the Monkey Bar, which is the outdoor patio section. The Yardarm itself is enclosed (helpful when the noseeums come out to prey, I mean, play) and also boasts Buzztime Trivia besides a full menu and full bar. Perfect place to watch the sunset while chilling in old Florida.

very good service fantastic view of the river and monkey island. good food at a good price.