It's nice that it's on the water where you can feel a breeze on a hot day. Service was decent. Wife had the grouper sandwich, and it was good. I got the fish tacos with grouper, and they were good, as well. Yes, we love grouper!
I went their yesterday looking for lunch on the water. This was a delightful laid back restaurant on the water. Wait staff and cook went out of their way to make me feel comfortable. The big fish sandwich lived up to it's name and was very good. The local draft beer was excellent.
Loved everything about our weekend trip to Tarpon Springs. Shopping, eating at different places at the Sponge Docks. Love the boats and walking along the water. Great weekend. I will definitely come again.
I would go back to Tarpon Springs just to enjoy this place again. Minimal staff, all working very hard to make an enjoyable visit. Food good and plentiful, prices reasonable and great bloody Mary’s. Our waiter and the cook all went out of their way for a fun afternoon on the waterfront. Plus Tyson ran down the street to find us and give us the phone we left. Will definitely have drinks and a meal here again.
Five stars based on knowing what you're after . . . and if it's a waterside, low-key, Kew West kinda dive place this is it. Quick service and friendly staff. The menu is pretty solidly fried, but good quality and quantity. We had the shrimp poboy, and the fish n chips.
Twice now my friends and I have tried to go to Rusty Bellies as the fish served is pretty much right off the boat. Both times it was a 2 hour wait even at 3 in the afternoon (a weekend though). We saw Dock’s and stopped. The first time we ended up paying to park and saw the free parking for Dock’s when we left. The parking lot for Dock’s charges $5 and they give you a ticket which you give when you get your bill and they take the $5 offWe sat by the water both times. The staff and food is great! The fried grouper nuggets are awesome! My friends had coconut shrimp with a pina colada sauce, I had shrimp Alfredo and got the grouper meal the second time. Everything was very very good! We will definitely be back!Abbey and Amanda were awesome!
Our server was very friendly and the view was great. Other than that, we were disappointed. We were told we could not rearrange any tables on the patio, even though it was not busy at all. The pulled pork tasted like it was out of a tub from a grocery store. My Greek salad had two olives, a handful of diced tomatoes, a cucumber or two, and a sprinkle of feta. Overall, we would not recommend this restaurant.
Went here with my wife. Ordered grouper bites for the entree, we both ordered the grouper dinner. Very disappointed, don't know what kind of fish we were served but grouper it was not! Looked and tasted nothing like grouper. It had zero fish flavor. I'm a fisherman, fished hundreds of grouper from the gulf, many not far from anclote island. Cooked and ate many of them on my boat. It's very disappointing to experience this, if it was some kind of grouper, it should have been served it did not qualify as market grade grouper.
The fish was super dry, sides don’t have any seasoning. Coleslaw was a vinegar base, also not good. I’m surprised at the stars it received because I wouldn’t come back here. Fish and chips not good. Shrimp was decent. I have had better seafood in these parts. I would not recommend you eat here. Fairly slow and we waited awhile.
Went up for the Tarpon Christmas Boat Parade for our first time here. It won't be our last! The food was the best food of this type around. The drinks were great, and the atmosphere was festive and everyone was super nice! This one trip for a parade made lifetime patrons out of us. Can't wait to go back!!!