Gator’s Dockside

Food is good. I didn’t go for the gator meat today but the next time I totally am. Bartender Gabriel kept up with me promptly knowing at the right time when I was looking for my next drink.

We were part of a celebration and we went to another bar/​restaurant and it soon became apparent they were going out of business or they should. We all picked up and came to Gators in Ocoee and Allen and his staff were so welcoming and the service was fantastic !!’
The crab cakes were great w lots of crab, the grilled Ruben was excellent and of course the wings were awesome ! The beer was cold and served fast ! We will from now on go to Gators !

Awhile back, the quality of this location had truly dropped and I stopped coming. Now that new management has taken over this spot, it has greatly improved in both food quality and atmosphere. The servers are always helpful, kind, and generally seem like they want to be there. The managers make an effort to visit your table and check on your experience. One of the managers, Michael, even spoke to us for about 15 minutes and bought us a round of drinks. I appreciate the effort they are making to create a more positive experience. It’s a sports bar, so you can expect general bar food, but they have decent drink specials for beers. The food has been coming out fresh and hot. I gave them the five stars because I am impressed with the efforts they have made to turn this place around.

Excellent homemade chicken tenders (I highly recommend the Scooter Sauce). The burger I had was great too, very fresh, juicy, and cooked to perfection. This was my first visit and I will definitely come back on my next visit to the Orlando area.

Pleasantly surprised by this Gator’s location! I’ve been to other locations numerous times, but I’ve only been to the Ocoee one a few times. We were greeted by a friendly hostess and asked if we would like a high top or low table. We chose a high top and were seated immediately. Our server, Sam, was great! He told us all of their drink specials that they were currently offering. Our drinks and food came out really fast! I can always appreciate prompt service! Everything was delicious, from the strong drinks to the hot food (get the wings and wingers– hot garlic are my personal fav). Gator’s has a ton of tvs which are great for Sunday football. I can’t wait to come back and visit this location!

In love with the drumstick gator style extra crispy hot buffalo wings with a side of blue cheese try them they’re amazing!

Steak bites-​awesome! Wings-​super awesome. Gator tail-​Good, but better at other locations. Drinks-​standard, but usually good specials. Service– friendly, fast and attentive. Over all great place to relax and watch some football with friends.

If you want an akward miserable dining experience where there arent any sports on this place is for you.
Managers scold employees right in fron of customers. Thats when the managers aren’t just sitting upstairs in the breakroom.
Only managers van change the TV’s and like I said they dont leave the breakroom except to come down and scold employees right in front of customers.
Bartenders and waitresses are nice but can only do so much when the kitchen cant cook.
Any fish (including Ahi Tuna) is guaranteed to be over cooked. Cold french fries because they dont know how to drop orders properly.
All combined with the fact that they are super expensive. App’s are almost all in the $ 10.00 range.
Dont sign up for the rewards program… its a major pain and doesnt pay out in the end.

I don’t think I would ever go out of my way to go here — but it is so close to where I live that I almost can’t avoid it.
The wings are good — not the best I’ve ever had or the worst I’ve ever had — they are just good. We go often for the All You Can Eat Wing Night.
It’s convenient, very casual (my gf and I can go right from work and we don’t feel like we have to worry about getting dressed up) it’s consistent and they’ve got just enough beers to offer a change up.
Will I keep going back? As long as I live close by — yes.

Bartenders are amazing! Can’t beat the Monday all you can eat wings for 11.99, Tuesday bogo on alcohol, Wednesday all you can eat boneless wings and fries for 9.99 and after 9pm all you can drink bud light for 6.50, and Thursday after 9pm 25% off all alcohol! Food is amazing the wings grilled are awesome! Great sauces peanut butter and jelly is a must try! Scooter is good and the garlic parm!

Pretty good for bar/​grill food. Surprised how much they scratch make. Really happy with the kids meal options (fruit, veggie sides) especially the house made mac&cheese. We’ve been to supposedly much nicer places that served our kid crappy Kraft mac & cheese. We both enjoyed the Gyro and Buffalo chicken sandwiches. Would come again.

I’ve heard other locations aren’t as big of a dump. We Went in got a beer in a glass that smelled like an old sponge and got the hell out.

Craving wings and beer? Get it done here at this average bar and grill serving the Woodsmere neighborhood. You’ll find it busy during the evenings and loaded with locals looking for love on the weekends.
I’ll be brutally honest. There are only three redeeming qualities of this unremarkable sports bar. Grilled wings, gator bites, and cheap draft beer. Everything else on the menu is not worthy of commentary. I’m here maybe once a year when I get the urge for chicken wings and beer. There is always room for lunch if you’re in the mood for wings. There is also a pretty cool stuffed alligator by the front door which my sister gets a big kick out of whenever she visits from out of state. There is occasionally a deal on «all you can eat» wings so give them a call before you head that way.
The bartenders are fast on their feet and they always have sports on the flat screens if you are looking to drink and watch a game.
And like Forrest Gump once said: that’s all I have to say about that…

This restaurant is close to where I live, and is my go to sports bar. While it is a place I frequent, I really can’t say much positive.
While I love the staff, and they are always friendly, the food is always passable. While nothing honestly beats their Monday All you Can Eat Chicken Wings Deal (an absolute must try if you are going to eat here), the rest is just ok.
I often take visitors from out of town here, mainly because the food is familiar, and won’t challenge anyone’s pallet, but it is also serves Gator Tail in a way that is very approachable.
I want to rate this place higher, but the lack exciting food really does not allow me to. If you are looking for a great place to watch a game, eat some wings, and be loud, then this is your place!

This place is a mediocre bar and grill
DO TRY: Fried pickles (if you have not had them before, try them here!) and grilled chicken sandwich with cajun seasoning (moist and flavorful)
DON’T BOTHER: cajun chicken pasta, I literally think they boiled some pasta, opened up a jar of bland alfredo sauce, poured it on top, and then placed some grilled chicken on that… I mean the pasta wasn’t even fully coated in the sauce and the place was not crowded at all
FUN FACT #1: All you can eat wings on Monday nights and All you can eat Boneless wings on Wednesdays nights
FUN FACT #2 (yes, ladies and gentleman this 2 star establishment gets one fun fact for each star) They have a number of games to play including one of those machines where the punching bag drops down and measures how hard you punch it. Needless to say I’ve spent a dollar or two on it, high score of 896 by the way ;)

great place to hang out with friends and have a drink. Love the wings, but not the cheese steak, ordered couple times and they always came out too salty.

If you love grilled wings then you will love this place! I always get my wings grilled naked with either the honey mustard, scooter, honey garlic, or lemon pepper. I think all of them are great though. And if you haven’t had a taste of gator yet then try the gator tail… it’s a touristy thing to do.

Really good wings! A lot of flavors to choose from. Our favorites are the honey garlic and parmesean. The service is eh. We prefer to get it go.

MONDAY NIGHT ALL you can eat wings!!! There are 3 different style wings… Gator, regular, and grilled. The flavors are to numerous to list but there is well over 10 flavors. If you like wings and watching sports… This is a MUST place to go.

Usually there for All-​you can-​eat wing night. The flavors of sauces are decent (teryaki, hot teryaki, garlic, hot garlic, bbq, suicide, jerk, parmesan garlic, lemmon pepper, chipotle honey bbq, traditional and more). They offer up what’s called «Daytona» wings — which means put on the grill after cooking and seasoning. The quality of the wings are hit or miss from week to week and order to order. Size of the wing varies whether they are busy (cooked less and bigger) or not (cooked more well done) and the amount of sauce used when flavoring seems to depend on the cooks mood that day. The happy hour prices for domestic brew is pretty good and the taps appear to be cleaned regularly (beer seems pretty fresh) or it could be that they move a lot of product and keep new kegs rolling in.
The Ocoee Gators seems to be the hangout for local High School kids and they congregate after 7PM most of the time. You’ve never seen some many Hollister and Abercrombie clothing topped by Bieber hairdos and trucker hats on your life. LOL.