Spanish Pointe Restaurant & Pub

There is no comparison to the original. Went today and they only had a ham sandwich or a hot dog. They had a small bar on a table in the parking lot. It was next to a food truck in the parking lot. I have no idea if this is the norm.
Once we saw the menu we left.

Eat under a tiki hut simple food but fresh and beautiful views. Some evenings the have live music and I have always enjoyed it not to loud. I love the chicken wrap but friends have eaten the fish and raved about it. Not fine dinning but good food.

Closed. Number disconnected. Used to love this place. Hi lope fully someone will take it over before season. Not many waterfront places left that are real Florida.

Not sure why someone took this classic waterfront hangout and decided to make it place where $ 50 per person wine dinners should be held. Had the Thai shrimp for $ 15 and 6 small shrimp showed up drowning in mediocre sauce. Decided to split the lobster roll with my better half and regretted it immediately. Burnt toast with flavorless lobster «filling» was enough for me. Too bad, this used to be one of our favorite places to come by boat but the $ 60 lunch tab (with 2 beers and one wine) will make me steer clear when heading north

Although it was a little overpriced, we loved our visit here. The food was delicious. We ordered the fish wrap with blackened mahi mahi, and it was absolutely delicious. It came with a side of pasta salad, which was tasty but possibly the smallest serving of pasta salad I’ve ever seen. They served it in a plastic cup meant for condiments. For a $ 14 wrap, I would like some more pasta salad. The steamed broccoli, $ 2.50, was also delicious, but again the serving was pretty small.
The service was wonderful. I was surprised and pleased with how friendly everyone was. We were greeted (in a friendly way, not overbearing) by multiple people as we found a table. Our server was incredibly friendly too, and was good at paying attention to refill of our drinks.
The location here is AWESOME. Right on the water. After eating, we sat for like an hour, watching a couple manatee who were hanging out 20 feet off the dock. We also saw a dolphin swim by.
We were impressed by their draft selection. It wasn’t huge, but they had Kentucky bourbon ale, which I haven’t seen much of outside of Kentucky. $ 9 a cup was pretty steep, though.
The ambiance is super casual, perhaps even divey. Which we loved. It’s an ideal divey beach bar, even though it’s a bit pricey for what it was.

The music, service, food & drinks were just what we were looking for on our vacation! Love that its off the beaten path!

Me and my fiancé were looking for a dog friendly place to eat, since we had our husky with us, we came across this place because it is right on the water and our husky was welcomed. It is all outdoor seating. We got there and was told to seat ourselves, no problem with that. We waited ten minutes to get sweet tea to be told they don’t have sweet tea, oh well, I could live with that. Although they never brought sugar like she said she would. We ordered a crab cake appetizer (13.95) and waited 20 minutes for that. When it came out I started laughing in their faces. It was one crab cake with sauce on it. I let them know it was a rip off and they laughed at me. I bet a family of four has ordered that and been pretty pissed when they got it. Although it was good, no where near worth the price. After waiting 20 minutes to order, we got up and paid $ 20 for one crab cake and 2 awful teas. I wouldn’t recommend this place unless you wanna pay for the view.

Very good! I had the ribs (special of the day), shrimp & oyster appetizers and the fried fish platter. Everything was amazing, the service was great and they were really kid friendly. Gorgeous view and wonderful place to go!

Great views. A bit touristy. I got the mussels and linguine — it was very good but Casey Key Fish House was better.

A must do! GREAT atmosphere, perfect sunset view, service was excellent. You will be sorry if you miss this!

For years we have gone about once a month to Spanish Point to grab a burger, beer and always great sun set. Last night were we shocked! New chef, new servers, new menu, new HIGH prices and most of all the burger, fries & macaroni salad (that they now force on you) were terrible. They got rid of the cole slaw that was terrific. The only thing not ruined was the sunset, but hey… that was supplied by God! We have had visitors beg us to take them there, well no more, bet you don’t survive after the snowbirds are gone. Note: a little further south and you can eat at Pop’s!

Wish I could give this place no stars. Lol. How do you walk in and they tell you to wait to be seated then wait till random people walk in and fill all the outside tables that we wanted to sit at then say we have no more tables. Yeah no shit! Lol, you let people come in after us and sit where ever they wanted with out waiting. Then the waitress says sit where ever you want. We can’t now… You let everyone else walk in and sit where they wanted while we waited patiently. Oh… And then the male bartender tried to justify it by saying well they do have bigger parties. He must be blind because every table had two people sitting at each one, the same as my party. After that I just turned around and left. Idiots work here… Won’t recommend this place again.

This is so sad. The location is great. The bartender and wait staff are good too. The management is awful. We were there at 6 on a Saturday night and they were out of wine glasses and frequently ordered beers. I ordered a wrap and they were out of wraps. I said just give it to me without the wrap and was charged extra. So much potential, but very poorly run. We won’t go back

I started going there by boat back in the late 1970s. The food was never all that good, but it had a nice old Florida atmosphere and George Dickel behind the bar. This was many years before the tiki bar and table service were added. (You used to order and pick up your food from a window to eat outside.) It still has a lot of old FL charm, even though a lot of it is vinyl. Beautiful location on a wide stretch of the Intracoastal, beautiful sunsets if you time it right. We stopped in the other day after a disappointment a couple years ago. Food is still not so great. Beer batter on the fish was doughy and greasy. Thai shrimp are just their regular fried shrimp with some kind of pink mayo squirted on them, and they gave me 7 of them for $ 15. Fries were hot and good, though. Their prices are higher than posted on the website menu, by the way. As we finished eating, it occurred to me: having a meal at Spanish Pointe is like making love to a woman who is so beautiful that you don’t want to admit that she’s really not very good at it.

We used to come here every time we visited Sarasota but the last few times have had terrible service — this past visit today was no exception. The food took over an hour to arrive. The order was somewhat correct but missing requests like hamburger without cheese (it came with cheese) and blt no mayonnaise (it had mayo). Do not order the seared ahi tuna — it was terrible quality piece of meat for $ 19. Even getting refills of draft beer to an insanely long time to arrive. Out server was very sweet but just couldn’t get it together.
We did love this place & would love to see it succeed so we looked to give this feedback to the manager — we were told his name was Chris and he would come out talk to us. Sadly, Chris never came out. This will be our last visit to this place.

The Thai shrimp is the best this side of Thailand! Great atmosphere, karaōke and live bands. The fish is very nicely cooked and a great view right on the water.

Conch fritters were great nice n creamy the margarita was delish .
Ask for Sherri if u go she was great !

Old Florida. This is the nicest Tiki Bar with the Old Florida charm. Come for the neighborhood locals, but stay because of the views, peaceful vibe, and the fun atmosphere. Dress is casual, with about 10 tables on the sand you are sure to find the right spot to watch the dolphins and fish enjoying the gulf waters.

I met a friend for lunch and sat under the hut. The atmosphere is nice, of course any place with a view of water is heavenly! My friend ordered the veggie burger which she liked. I had a shrimp po boy. This item is NOT on the menu but our waitress, Jordana, was more than happy to accommodate me. Great service. Great prices.
From what we had, the only thing I would change is the French fries. They were not good.
I am looking forward to going back.

Overall a fun place to stop for lunch while on a boat.
Pros:
— good service!
— good atmosphere!
— mostly good food: French fries are great and fish from the Philippines is a bit greasy.
Cons:
— Calamari is rubbery and too much breading.
— Bathrooms are in need of renovation.
— Mixed drinks weren’t great and they were out of some drink mixes.