Euphemia Haye

I would give a 5 star for our desserts, but the service was so horrific I had to average at 3 stars. We waited at top of stairs for 10 minutes until I hunted down the hostess myself. Then we were seated on the porch, which was totally our choice. It was nice and quiet. But we waited 15 minutes before going back inside and asking for service! The hostess totally stepped up and took our order for us. Then the waitress brought our food without apologizing for making us wait forever. There should be a manager helping them out if they are going to seat their waitstaff this busy. Not happy!

Stopped in for dessert and coffee. The signature apple walnut pie was delicious. The whole place is looking like it hasn’t been updated since the 80’s.

The restaurant was fine but had some odd things that made it awkward. The duck was ok but not super amazing. It came with stuffing so it tasted more like a turkey dinner. The least appealing part of the restaurant is the odd situation with dessert. In order to have a selection of desserts they advise you to «leave your table and go upstairs to the casual restaurant». Ok… We didn’t come to a nice restaurant to be moved to an upstairs casual restaurant for dessert. We were dressed for fine dining and sent upstairs to an awkward group of people in blue jeans at a bar mixed in with people from the dining room. We ended up going to the Charthouse for dessert. I would not recommend going upstairs after dinner. The restaurant is going to lose customers with this odd ploy to free up dining room seats…

How do you mess up key lime pie when you pay over $ 10/​slice? They do, came like slop on a plate and tasted worse. $ 21.95 for a plate of butter noodles for kids! Are you kidding me. Steak sandwich should be named the fatty sandwich, the place is beyond over priced and food sucks. BTW, service was less than average and I was one-​of-​two tables in the place.

My family has been going here for over 20 years. The pepper steak is a legend in my family and totally worth the $$ and the weight you might gain after inhaling it! Service is always impeccable. Can’t beat a trip to the haye loft upstairs for a beautiful dessert after your perfectly cooked steak! Enjoy!

Awful on every level, believe the other one star reviews. I can’t imagine the low standards of anyone who recommends this place. Head to The Blue Marlin (worthy of five stars) on Bridge Street on Anna Maria Island a few miles North and then reconsider your rating of this has-​been.

What a disappointment! We had a family dinner at the Restaurant last night and were excited to have dinner at this place. The moment we arrived in the Restaurant we were shocked about the interior and décor, welcome back to the Seventies! Everything is so outdated that it is almost ridiculous. The moment we were served a very sweet banana bread, we should have known what to expect. Seriously a sweet banana bread to begin a meal? Our server (a nice guy) was giving us some history about the Restaurant and their specialties. He seemed overly excited about their food, so we expected some nice surprises. He recommended the Cesar Salad, one of their classics. At this point I realized that certain meals were prepared within the Restaurant, so there was this constant smell of food that was prepared behind our table. The Cesar Salad was one of these meals prepared outside the kitchen. Oh boy, what a show to make a salad. If you perform a show like this you better serve a fine salad. Unfortunately the salad was not good, far too much garlic in the dressing and the salad leafs were watery. I’d like to mention that they brought a cold salad fork for the salad, how pretentious. I ordered the pasta with shrimp as an appetizer and ended up getting a soup with overcooked pasta and shrimp in it. For the main course I ordered the Duckling one of their signature dishes. I do not recall seeing such poor presentation of duck. They cut the duck in half and put the entire half on my plate. How can you do that? That lacks passion and professionalism. The dishes of my family members were poorly executed and presented. If the Duck would have been fantastic, so what but the taste of it was not good at all. The Chicken Florentine was way too salty and the Veal Moussaka was just blend. I also have to mention that every single meal had parsley on it. Really? This is what my father put on each plate as a chef in the Seventies. We were told that they have a wide selection of cakes upstairs so we wanted to check it out. What we experienced upstairs reminded me of a really bad movie from the past. A piano player playing old fashioned songs, an outdated bar and a smell that reminded me of an antique store but not in a good way…
We decided to skip desert and leave.
Overall a really disappointing experience, I honestly do not know how this place can still be in business. I do not mind old fashioned Restaurants as long as the food is good but in this case it was just bad. Sorry!

This is one of my all time favorite places to eat. About twice a year we stay at the longboat key club and always book a reservation here. My go to is the Pepper steak. This might be too much for some because it’s completed crusted in peppercorn, but it’s my fav. The sauce is fantastic. I always get the creamed spinach and it never disappoints. Caesar is one of the best. The duck is always perfectly cooked. If you happen to be in the area and are lucky enough to to get a reservation. You won’t be disappointed.

Way over priced and not worth it. I left full but very unsatisfied. Now we didn’t eat downstairs but upstairs is old and dirty looking. The Caesar salad anchovy dressing was too fishy the house salad was all spinach leaves and the dressing was boring. The shrimp tasted frozen and the angel hair pasta had a clear broth over it basically like roman noodles. The chocolate ganache cake was bland, ice cold and nothing interesting. Don’t bring children unless they like flatbread pizza. They did accommodate us with 2 chicken fingers for $ 22.00.

This is my first time dining in this restaurant and it was simply delightful. The place was cozy and was had a dessert bar upstairs where you can have your after dinner coffee or cocktail and dessert.
I had the catch of the day which was salmon with lump crab and a side of vegetables. This meal was prepared so well, that all the flavors blended so perfectly. The salmon was prepared with just enough spices and grilled well, that it was moist and tender. The combination with the crab was truly a seafood delight! I thoroughly enjoyed this meal.
I had the chocolate mousse as a fitting finale for my meal, with cappuccino. I found the mousse to be too sweet for my taste, but the cappuccino was just perfect! I would definitely come back and try any of the delectable entrees on your menu.

We had an adult dinner date without the kids and this place was awesome. With awesome service. I had the pâté for appetizer but would rather had it with their regular bread rather than the toast it came with. My cousin got the escargot, that was excellent. I had the roasted duck and that was the best duck dish I ever had. I highly recommend this dish. We then went upstairs for their dessert, which is a must!

The restaurant is a little over the hill. Entrees are over priced and over cooked. Service was mediocre with the check showing up with no requests for dessert even though it was a special birthday dinner. Plates were covered with curly parsley that the chef said that everyone «eats it here»
Whatever the restaurant was years ago, those features have left it far behind.

Loosen your wallet here. It will be empty when you leave but you will be in food heaven. Loved the duck simply outstanding. Shrimp pasta is fantastic. Fresh fish is well done too.
The bread is worth it too.
Go upstairs for dessert after

DON’T BE A SUCKER. We had such high hopes for this place. We are new to the area and looking for a new Christmas Eve tradition. All I can say is, this place has no understanding of what a fine dining experience is supposed to be. Let me say at the outset, I will forgive almost anything if the place is lovely with ambiance. Euphemia Haye is very pretty but by the time we got out of there we felt insulted, rushed out and have no intention of returning.
The appetizer of fried green tomato was nice but it all went downhill from there. The pepper steak they are so proud of was barely edible. My husband gave me a bite and I could not chew it enough to swallow it. The pepper coating was so hard it was like tree bark, the steak itself was tasteless. They make a big deal of cooking this outside the kitchen on a lovely fire which makes it seem so festive that you don’t mind taking part (for $ 50.00!). Skip it. We’ve had better steak at chain restaurants. I was in such a Christmas spirit I decided to have their Christmas goose dinner. It was a plate of oily glop. I realize duck and goose are very hard to get right but at these prices you really should be responsible enough to make it worth eating. It was hardly edible.
After a mess of meal the server brought our check without being asked and told us that it was time to «go upstairs». We had no idea what this meant but he said it is what they do for dessert and «everyone does it.» So we left our cozy table (the only great part of the dinner) and climbed steps to join the rest of the suckers at the Golden Corral. The upstairs dessert area feels like a cheap diner. We felt insulted that after we paid a fortune to patronize their establishment they thought no more of us than to banish us to the cheap seats where we had to work hard to find any place to sit. They had maybe 25 different cakes and pies to choose from. You only get a piece of one so what’s the point of the buffet/​feeding-​trough lay out? I asked for French pressed coffee which tasted like dishwater and we had to send it back.
A fine dining experience should offer a few nice desserts which should be no more than a few bites of something wonderful to wash down with good coffee to cap a wonderful meal. There is one reason and one reason only for this dessert tactic: They want to get you up and out of your table and out of the way so they can usher in more suckers.
This place doesn’t care about your experience. They only want to clear tables and get rid of you to get another check. Sarasota is so flush with wonderful restaurants really trying to do a good job. Give ANY SINGLE ONE OF THEM your business and forget this place.

Do read past my first paragraph!
Arrived on a Sunday night at 630pm per our reservation and there were no cars in the parking lot and our group of 5 was concerned. We entered into the restaurant at the rear of the building and we were greeted by an odd smell (my brother thought mold, I thought it was like old butter left out (reisty).
We were shown to a large round table in an adjoining room. We ordered apps and dinner and 2 desserts.
The warm French bread was very nice.
For apps we had: PUMPKIN GNOCCHI with gorgonzola sauce and pine nuts (¹⁰⁄₁₀)!!! My mouth is still watering several days later; SNAILS LESLIE — escargot with mushrooms (x2) past around and enjoyed by all except one brother that cannot get past the fact that the slimily and slowly crawl across the ground before they are made into a delicious meal (⁹⁄₁₀) and Caesar Salad (not sure why anyone would order this but the bland brother ordered it) and it was a normal everyday run of the mill Caesar Salad (⁵⁄₁₀); FRIED GREEN TOMATO FUSION (⁸⁄₁₀) which was different and enjoyable in a good way.
For Meals:
1 — ROASTED DUCKLING — Crazy large portion, nicely cooked, nice flavor and fantastic stuffing. (⁹⁄₁₀)
2 — EUPHEMIA’S PRIME PEPPERED STEAK (x2) — top 5 steak of my brother’s life and he is not sheltered when it comes to food (¹⁰⁄₁₀), I felt it was good but not that good. (⁷⁄₁₀)
3 — GRECIAN LAMB SHANK — my brother who got it didn’t think it had any flavor, but my sister and I both tasted it and agreed at a table of great things, this was the best thing. Some people shouldn’t order lamb. (¹⁰⁄₁₀)
4 — VEAL SPECIAL (can’t recall the make up of the meal) — very tasty, my sister enjoyed it very much, but I had veal the night before at CasAntica in Sarasota the night before and I personally thought that veal dish was far superior, not to say this was bad by any means. (⁸⁄₁₀)
For Sides (Family Style):
1 — EGGPLANT PARMESAN — huge portion. If you like cheese, this is a dish you would love (⁸⁄₁₀)
2 — POTATO DU JOUR (a mashed potato concoction) (⁹⁄₁₀)
3 — GRANDMA MEYER’S POTATO PANCAKES — yes, please! (¹⁰⁄₁₀)
For Dessert:
1 — APPLE WALNUT CRUMBLE PIE — HUGE !!! the size of two fists (⁷⁄₁₀)
2 — CHERRIES JUBILEE (x2 — 2 person minimum to order) — the crispy portion turned to caramel (⁷⁄₁₀)
If you can get this meal, this is the way to go: Pumpkin Gnocchi (½ portion), Lamb Shank with the stuffing from the Duck dish and Potato Pancakes … all 10s IMO.
Please note: all portions were huge. A party of five hearty eaters could not finish all of the food above … but we tried. This was also by far the most expensive meal me had … so please keep that it mind.

I came here for Sarasota Restaurant Week — the dinner menu looked absolutely delicious with choices of New Zealand lamb Shank, Famous crisp Roasted Duck, and a seafood dish — choose a three course meal for only $ 29!
I had the New Zealand Lamb Shank braised in red wine garlic sauce with rosemary and greek seasonings. You can absolutely taste the ingredients and feel how soft the lamb shank is with your fork. It was truly divine! My friends had the famous crispy roasted duck that was filled with bread stuffing and served with a tangy, sweet sauce. It was also an innovative dish of many flavors and definitely filling. Along with the three course meal, we also tried the chicken noodle soup and salad as appetizer and chocolate mousse cake and pecan pie as dessert.
The service was also relaxed and courteous. Even though we had a large party, the food came promptly and the waiter we had was very nice and knowledgeable about the dishes and the wines!
TIP: Ask the waiters for a wine pairing with your dish! You won’t be disappointed.

I was taken there for my birthday while on vacation in Anna Maria Island. It was recommended by relatives who go at least twice while they stay in the area. This restaurant is located in a cottage near a beautiful neighborhood. You walk in to a very warm place with lots of greenery outside. Once inside you look out the windows to see only green foliage, it gives you a tropical feeling. This place is a classic, romantic, and elegant, you don’t find many of those anymore.
Excellent service and tasty food. Fine dining at it’s best. I had a veal with wine sauce that’s not on the regular menu. It was a delight to eat, I had so much on my plate that I had to share. I can’t remember what the other three companions had, but I didn’t hear any complaints.
After dinner we headed upstairs to their loft, which is divided in two sections: A bar/​lounge with live music, and the dessert room. This is a unique treat. The desserts are prepared on site. It’s a great idea as you don’t feel rushed to finish your dessert. This area is more casual with its own separate entrance so you just go in to enjoy a drink, coffee and dessert.
I didn’t give it 5 stars because I think it’s a little overpriced. OK, I didn’t pay the tab, but we’re dining out every day for 10 days so you get to compare prices from all the surrounding restaurants and this one was the most expensive. Do go there for special occasions and celebrations!

Close and intimate. Lighting, it would be nice to have some especially when reading the menu. VERY pricey for Luke warm cappuccino. And coffee in a glass with a straw is NEVER acceptable especially when you are paying $ 11.95 for it.
The desert selection was ok but it seamed there were a lot of pies nothing overwhelming except the ridiculously huge portions served.
The service is poor at best. I counted four hanging around and our server bring the lukewarm coffee and forgets to bring the cream. Twice reminded finally the cream arrives. Again, if it was $ 2 that might be okay, but not at $ 9.00 for fresh pressed!
One scoop of Edy’s Vanilla Bean was good but not worth the $ 4.95 for a four spoon scoop. Overall, great for an older couple’s date who have money to toss out on 1980’s dining.

Good but nothing remarkable. That pretty much sums it up. Never been here even after all these years living in the area, but friends invited us to join them and figured what the heck. Basically old school meats and fish. Seemed so «1980». Even the décor.
I had the lamb shank, which was fine, but like I said unremarkable. The DC had duck, which was good but nothing I’ve not had 100 times. The wine selection is nice and some nice things at reasonable prices and crazy things at crazy prices.
Got a gift certificate or live out on the key, fine, but not really worth the drive from the mainland.

After reading some reviews here at Unilocal we pinned this restaurant as an must visit.
We started off with a dry martini that was was perfectly made exactly as asked!
Taylor A wrote in her review «You must order the Pepper Steak!» and I say the same: «You just have to order the Pepper Steak!». It is really pricy ($ 50) but definitely worth every single penny!!! Everything else on the menu pales in comparison. Everyone at the table will regret they ordered something else. I love the fact that it is actually served with sauce!
We were lucky to get seated close to the live chef. We could smell the orange sauce served with the steak from where we sat. Lovely! The waiter was friendly, attentive and gave excellent service. We couldn’t ask for more!
Afterwards, we did like recommended on Unilocal — We went upstairs for dessert. We had read so much but was actually disappointed. :(
First of all, it was almost empty, still we got the worst seats available. At the door way by the wall.
Secondly, they have a girl whose specific task is to present the desserts. She did this rapidly and bored to death. No feeling.
Thirdly, yes there are like 15 different pies, but many chains even, have as good choices that tastes as good and even better. The peanutbutter pie is HUGE and enough for 3 (three)! It is too much. Prepare for a box to go. The southern style pecan pie was delicious though.
We closed the night in the bar which is really really nice! Live piano music and soft, cozy atmosphere.
So, over all — I am more than satisfied but I suggest you take the dessert downstairs (same choices) and go upstairs to the bar after wards. Skip the dessert room.