Tarpon Bay Grill & Tiki Bar

7150 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota - 34243
234 reviews
Bar & Grill American Seafood
(941) 893-5528

This place is great! Kim and Jessica are the best! Very friendly, and make killer drinks. Food is amazing, decent portions, a little pricey but the ambiance of being by the water and the atmosphere of the people there make up for it. Definitely my new spot to hang out every time I come down!

Great little hidden gem...sitting right on the water with a great view. Live music and food and service was great. We will definitely be back.

This spot was connected to the hotel I stayed at and wasn't sure how I felt about that. It was quite a surprise. I ate here twice during my stay and both meals were good. Went simple with a burger and fries and mozzarella sticks first and then came back for gringo tacos and mozzarella sticks again. Service was decent both times. Just be advised this seems like a place locals hand out at and it gets busy on the weekends, but everyone was having a good time. I will return in the future. Only complaint is prices are little high for a menu of mostly simple food.

The bartender Matt who is a complete young little punk, started crap with us over nothing. He took our drinks away and threw us out! The owner Teri said, 'I am not on duty' and could have cared less that we had an issue. We stayed at this hotel 4 times last year and always raved about this place. We also recommended this place to people several times. We will never do that again. It has been cited for issues in the kitchen and after dealing with this punk at the bar, we will never return again! We are living in Ellenton FL but we will be sure we tell everyone how horrible the service is at this bar.

Avoid at all cost. $53 for two cups of chilli onion rings and 2 sweet potato fried, which had cinnamon sugar on, there were dreadful. The price list does not give the correct details. Plus bingo caller close to us saw we were eating but decided to smoke cigarettes anyway. Give this place a miss complete rip off

So I'm playing Bingo with 6 friends and the ticket lady refused to sale us tickets because we "didn't " order drinks. We've bought 3 drinks a piece from the server and also bought several drinks from the bar! She didn't even bother to ask our server or bartender if we bought drinks. All of us also bought food!! IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE BLACK?? She said that the "OWNER" said not to serve us! So I asked to speak to the owner. "Doug" the owner (I'm sure it was the owners son) came out with our waiter and asked to see our tab. Never apologized and never came back to verify that we ordered drinks and food. So do I react the way they "expect" US to react, leave without paying the tab or just let ignorant ppl be ignorant?! I've spent so much money over the years here but I guess BLACKS money isn't green!

Great food! Great staff! Nice views! Lots of fun playing Bingo!

This tiki rocks!! On the water, strolled in there one morning about 10:50am, the bartender was setting up to open, we asked if we could get a mimosa, and she obliged….great mimosa, champagne with a splash of oj, just like I like it:) Stayed and ordered food, tuna nachos, they were to die for! And I don’t use that phrase lightly, tons of fresh tuna in this dish, what a great deal…also got coconut shrimp was that was good too, a little overcooked, however. Service was top notch though, our bartender was Kim, she was amazing, always had a drink in hand, Wendi was awesome too. If you’re in the area, stop in here, great locals place, you can come by car, foot, or boat:)

excellent food & drinks, Anthony is an excellent waiter

Headed pool is great, live music is great, the service is terrible. Wait staff ignore you completely. We wanted to order food and drinks. They took a large group thinking they were going to make a large tip. That group ordered waters and no food. We had to go to the bar to order drinks, appetizers & dinner. I was in hospitality for 28 years. It's amazing how they want to make money but have no service.