I used to be impressed with what should be a beautiful venue with the location on the water, homemade food and wine collection but it is just not what it used to be. No indoor dining anymore. The manager/owner? acts quite arrogant. My French toast was made out of bread heels. You have to order fast food style. Good point is dogs are welcome. For me friendly customer oriented service is key (regardless of what is being served!) and this venue just doesn’t make the cut. Unfortunately the attitude carries to its new up north wine store as well. I won’t be shopping there anymore. Try Celebration Park across the water instead.
Our favorite lunch destination by boat (up Haldeman Creek); just watch the tide a bit!). Offers healthy and creative choices, incl vegan and GF, good ingredients, love the coconut lime pie, and best coffee I have found in town (besides the Cuban place), you can sip overlooking the water. Simple, good, unpretentious, and caring staff and owner!
Used to be but not any more - place has changed for the worse. People who work here are not friendly just worn out. Tried again as I hoped it was maybe a bad day on my last visit. But same and based on response to other critical reviews that’s fine with the owner. Good luck with that.
Mask Shaming - old nasty staff. No thanks. We tried stopping by this deli/wine store/ market for an afternoon sandwich but they close early. close after lunch and are not open early fir breakfast.
Our friends who have brought their RV to Naples for the past three years found this gem two years ago. Situated on the water and across the river from the Celebration Park food truck area, it was a wonderful lunch in a fun atmosphere. While the tables were a bit close, it was outdoors and the breeze was healthy so we didn't worry about covid. We each had a delightful sandwich with iced tea with a bowl of water for our aussiedoodle traveling companion. If you are in need of a nice wine or some delicious looking appetizers you could pick those up as well. We enjoyed our lunch very much and then stopped across the street for an afternoon cocktail at Celebration Park.
They have reasonably priced wine but in addition to taxes, charged a 5% CREDIT CARD FEE!!!! I didn't see this posted anywhere nor was told about it when checking out! Not cool! A reputable business should disclose that!! Purchased $500 of wine-$22 in CREDIT CARD FEES PLUS the normal $31 in taxes. Some stores only charge 3% and make you aware. I tend not to purchase from ANY store that charges additional fees!!
The wine selection is very complete. the venue is relaxing and very Florida. The food is is delicious and presented well. We had breakfast. The Monster eggs Benedict was excellent. the breakfast sandwich was excellent. We will certainly return for all this hidden gem has to offer.
Self serve to order but they want a tip for virtually no service. Servers hands all over the top of your glass after they just cleaned the tables, but they'll yell at you for not wearing a mask when you're trying to find service. Manager quick to say "if you're not happy don't come back", instead of addressing the problem. The manager also said " we don't have service", at least he had that right. Too many nice places to go that appreciate your business.
I have always loved this restaurant and looked forward to a favorite sandwich...their grouper sandwich that's prepared like a reuben...gruben. So, placed my order at the desk and said grouper reuben. What was brought out to us was a reuben. My husband took it back and said we got the wrong item and the waitress argued that I had said reuben. I specifically said grouper reuben so she'd hear that more than 'gruben". She wouldn't take it back and make the correct one, and I hate corned beef. Her attitude it not trying to fix a problem and claiming she was the only one right is appalling. She also had misheard when I asked what kind of NA Beer they had...and started listing regular beer. I told her those weren't NA and then she caught it. We should've spoken with the owner but it had already taken a while to get the sandwich so just ate it. The customer is definitely not right here.
Breakfast on a sunny warm Saturday morning!! Crowds were there but all wore masks appeared conscious of social distancing (as best you can do there). After finding a table (2nd fl, street level on a wooden platform or by the dock path on gravel stones), walk back to the table where menus are and place your order with the hostess. Your food is delivered to your table. Wait time acceptable. No rush at the table (even though busy). Plastic utensils!! Pleasant morning.