Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern

257 N Cattlemen Rd #81, Sarasota - 34243
283 reviews
Pubs American
(941) 355-6666

Good food - Great service by Tanya. I had the Cuban. Could only eat half of the. huge sandwich . The mac & cheese was very good. She had the fish & chips, also large portion. The strawberry shortcake dessert we had was also good. This was our first visit here and we will go back soon !

Most confusing burger I have ever eaten. Visited on a Tuesday late afternoon. Not busy. Seated immediately. 10 min wait for waitperson. Bacon Bucket Burger: this burger was a feat of flavor removal. It looked good. The textures were correct. I could not taste bacon. I removed some and it straight. Tasteless. I also did not taste meat. So I ate a chunk by itself. It tasted like boiled bland burger. Zero flavor.Codwich: fried fish was crispy and and normal for bar food. They left off the tartar sauce. In all the sandwich was extremely average.Fries: looked crispy, but were squishy. Not sure what they intended. I enjoyed the bright seasoning of aromatics (mostly onion), but mine was drowned in seasoning to the point that the salt burned my tongue as I ate.

Very last minute decision to eat here tonight after being in another store for way too long with the family. We haven’t eaten here in years, and so glad we decided to try it again. Our server was Nick, very cordial, polite, attentive, service was great. Our food was delicious! I got the Greek salad and it is the best, most fresh Greek salad I’ve had in really long time, and at 8.49, a steal these days. The portion size was large, I could barely eat it all, plenty of lettuce and olives, feta, chick peas, red/green pepper, pickled onion, cauliflower, carrots, pepperoncini and the perfect amount of vinaigrette. Hubby got the turkey burger, son got the bacon burger with cole slaw, daughter the Mac and cheese with fries. They each loved their meals, and I ate the Cole slaw which was yummy and the fries, Omg, was not expecting them to be worth posting about lol they were hot and fresh and seasoned perfectly, then paired with ranch (of course), who doesn’t want a salad with a side of fries and ranch?? Overall, great last minute meal, we will be back sooner than later.

There was about a 30 minute wait which wasn't too bad. Ended up sitting outside. Heaters, fans and screened in area. Anthony was a great waiter. He didn't come by every 2 seconds and didn't ignore us either. The fried pork tenderloin sandwich was fantastic.

We ordered the quesadilla and Greek salad with grilled chicken. The quesadilla’s were fresh and delicious. We couldn’t ask for a better quesadilla. The salad was fresh. Grilled chicken nicely seasoned and well cooked. We’d definitely would eat here again.

Braden was the best server. Great Greek Salad.

The food was delicious and our server was great! However....$30 for a pitcher of margaritas that was filled to the top with ice was a bit ridiculous!

I was excited to check this place out,walked in and decided to go to the bar area, nice selection of draft beers,nice clean cold glasses and delicious drafts, the draft margaritas on tap were top notch and delicious made by the owner we were told daily,the happy hour menu had typical fare offered at half price and drinks were one dollar cheaper,people in the restaurant area looked like they were enjoying their meals,music in the background was the proper volume, the mens room was quite dirty and looked like it was not cleaned since the day before, however overall the place was ok....kind of reminded me of a Ruby Tuesday.

This is one of the best Philly cheesesteaks I’ve had in a long time. Highly recommend it

We needed a quick meal and they were able to seat our party of 5 immediately. We started with their delicious fried pickles (apps were half off at the time) and they were our favorite part of the meal. We had burgers (turkey, beef and vegetarian) a pizza, and a philly cheese steak. The meals were just fine. Nothing to write home about. Service was very good.