Woody’s Waterside

Great dive bar. We came for lunch during the week. Good bar food: shrimp tacos, portabello burger, fries, everything was yummy and not too greasy. Friendly service, nice funky environment.

This cute little place on the water has great food and friendly staff. One of the best places we tried on Pine Island. The buffalo shrimp app was a huge portion. The ribs were falling off the bone tender. The fish and clams were fresh and delicious! Even when packed on New Year’s Eve, the service was good and the food came out pretty fast. Yum!

I have lived locally for my entire life and frequented the «Woodys Waterside» for years. The food is great for a quick stop for a bite or with a beer, Very causal experience. If your on a boat its very easy to stop in. The staff seems to be attentive for the crowd. Busy takes a minute, if its empty they are right on top. I have to admit the music during season is nondescript and would do fine without.

Waited 45 minutes for a waitress or someone to even recognize that we were there. We had asked the busboy for menu we left after 45 minutes. too bad

My wife and I rented a house in St James City for the month of January 2015, we wanted to see if Pine Island /​St James City was for us. We found St James city just right and part of our search was a to find small pub resturant to live near, Woodys is perfect the food was great and fair priced the staff was very friendly and after see ing us a few times they treated us even better, they are great to people with dogs and bring treats and water right away. We found a house to buy and will close early in April part of our choice of St James as a 2 nd home was the good time we had at Woodys .we are very familiar tourist service as we live in a ski resort and run a B&B it is a hard thing to make every one happy all the time but what we saw at Woodys they get it right !!!

Don’t bother. Came about 1:30 Mon afternoon. Waited about 20 min for table. Waited 20 min to order drinks. Drinks came 15 min later. Out of Yuengling. Bud Light came 15 min later. While taking food order was told it would take an hour. Decided to forget it and just pay for drinks. 20 min later still haven’t gotten bill. May walk out and see if they will chase us down with the bill.

Went there today — great food, great music, great atmosphere. Sitting overlooking the water and watching the boats coming in and going out. Will go back for sure.

We’ve been to Woody’s several times and the food is always great. Our server Sam gave us a great recommendation today on the Corvina fish sandwich. We all had it blackened and it was tasty!

I am a vegetarian and was very hopeful when I saw they do wraps, all had meat, so I asked if I could have a veggie wrap, vegetables and some grilled veggies they have on another wrap, and he said NO. I asked for a side of fries, and he said You mean a basket (very large) extremely unaccommodating, if you like fish and beer go for it, but I will not go back.

Fresh fish, cold beer, good service. Great view of the canals. Wife likes it too.
The unknown diner digs it.

Nice outdoor seating. Pretty cool bar inside. Really what I expected coming to St James City. Nice service, good food, relaxing atmosphere. Would recommend stopping in if you’re in the area.

The view makes it a 4 star for sure. And the crowd is really nice. Lots of locals. One of my favorite places whenever I’m in the area.

We live near Woodys and wished it was a good restaurant because it’s convenient to where we live. However, after trying it at least 5 times, we’re not impressed. We’ve gotten sick twice after eating here. Within 30 minutes of finishing. We have neighbors who like it, so I guess we just kept trying to like it too, thinking it must just be us. Well, between poor service, cold food, not very inspired-​tasting food, and food that’s made us sick twice, we’re done trying. Won’t be going back.

We have eaten here about five times already, making the long drive to Pine Island still even after we realized it is too far away to commute from (when we first got there, we thought we’d be only commuting to Cape Coral — not Naples. But I digress…).
Their wings are amazing. Their Castro burger is amazing. The Nachos are amazing. Everything is amazing. Notice a trend?
They also have Cigar City on tap among other things. The fact we can sit by the water and order a Maduro is sheer heaven.
The first time we ever set foot into this place, it was extremely busy and their was a wonderful guitarist. He was great, and he started to play «Wagon Wheel» (the Old Crow version) after I whispered to my fiancé how cool it’d be if he knew how to play that. There is no way he heard me over the noise and distance, but the fact it was literally immediately after I said that made me get up and give him a tip.
We have since brought friends to this place, and if they let you rent it out we’ve talked about having an informal reception or engagement party there as well (not sure if you can or not, haven’t had time to ask yet).
It isn’t always busy on Saturdays, and I suspect now that the tourist season is over it will be a lot less busy in general. You can set yourself outside, sit at the bar inside or out, or sit at various tables inside. We’ve had the server Louise several times (including our first time) and she is as nice as can be, especially with her recommendations!
Still haven’t had anything on their menu, food or beverage, that we have been disappointed with (including Louise’s recommendation on their sweet tea). Always A+. Highly recommended, if not just for the food, but for the gorgeous view and great staff.

Hands down best Clamstrips I’ve ever had. The were really tender and flavorful. The fries were very good.
They were pretty busy but service was still good.
The only reason they didn’t get a five was because the coleslaw didn’t have much taste and my wife’s salad was wilted.
I will definetly be back!

We came on a Monday afternoon and was horrible service and extremely rude servers. Also, they were out of half the food on the menu.

I had a Mahi Reuben, which was great. The fried clams were also really good. Service was the pits. It took over 45 minutes for the food to arrive. I enjoyed the live music, but after awhile I want food!

Good food — great location — like it when Yard Dog Charlie is playing — fun & funky — always sit at the inside bar as smokers take up the deck — this is true at many Florida bars!

Fresh grilled local grouper perfectly cooked and we r discerning w fish! Cool n airy we sat in bar n had good service. Mike enjoyed Guinness on draught. Salad was fresh w tasty tomatoes big cherry ones n cuke olives cheese n micro greens. Well priced dinner plate size lunch for 13 $ big serving grouper on salad. Very pleased. Wifi helpful as our hotel didn’t have it.

Das ist ein schöner Ort um gemütlich mit dem Auto einen kleinen Ausflug zu machen. Man ist ohne Trubel mitten in der Natur, man kann ein paar Spaziergänge machen, oder einfach bei Woody’s das prima Menue genießen, z.b. Woody’s Smoked Pork oder Pit Smoked Beef, einfach ein Gedicht. Das Personal hier ist ausnehmend freundlich und sehr hilfsbereit. Wir sind froh das wir dieses Restaurant für und entdeckt haben

Love this place the Castro was excellent cooked perfectly and the crowd was hilarious 60 something’s gettin down, hammered drunk! But what do you expect when the sign out front reads «drunkenmost point of florida» love it!