Riviera Dunes Marina Resort Review

We love this area. The restaurant, Marina, the condos, the people ... We're loving it. It's the best.

The food, music and service are what dreams are made of!

We had the blackened chicken alfredo, while sitting outside on a gorgeous Florida day. Server Jenny was wonderful, we have had her before, she is a sweet person.

I'm not sure if people know about this place but the service, food and drinks were very good. Unusually quiet but the view of the marina was just what we wanted.

Very nice marina with a great restaurant on site. Staff are very professional and marina is very secure. I always look forward to working there as an outside vendor installing boat names! Thank you Riviera Dunes Marina!

Great place , great food , great entertainment . Outdoor seating at the marena .

Great people I am resurfacing there docks with a beautiful quarts material.

We love our current home!!
What started out as a safe place to dock the boat during Hurricane season, has turned into a several month sabbatical. The marina is well cared for and staff are accommodating. We love the restaurant even though its currently takeout only. The food is always great! We can't wait for the evening entertainment to return. :)

There are very few places that allow live aboard boats. This place not only accepts but welcomes them. I have met some great life long friends here. The staff is very nice too.

A great marina, with super amenities, and, a great staff. And, the restaurant is only steps from your boat.

Great marina, well maintained, floating docks, great wifi, cable.

Nice place for an afternoon drink on river. Menu looks interesting. Will return for lunch or dinner.

Great Marina with all the amenities and a restaurant right on site

Good is good outdoor entertainment great view of the boats

During the stressful time preparing for the hurricane, the staff here at Riviera Dunes Marina was outstanding! Very hands-on, helpful, and knowledgeable. I knew we were in good hands. Job Well Done guys! Thank you so much!

Beautiful floating docks in a protected basin. 24 hour surveillance and gated entry provide peace of mind. Two swimming pools and gas grills with tables are very nice. The parking lot is spacious and just as clean as everything else.

Nice place. Good food sat by the water. Soft live music. You can lease or purchase a yacht there if you should so desire .

I don't know much about the venue outside of the event I attended (Paranormal Cirque, which was okay--worth the ticket price for sure). It's basically a big field in front of a hotel and next to a gas station.

There are no good restaurants nearby. It's a marina but I didn't see any clear way to the water and no good areas to kill time and walk around either before or after the event. In fact, it actually looks like it might be a dangerous area to walk around at night (but I could be totally wrong about that).

it's just a place--not much else to tell.

Fabulous we went to see Bridget's Cross. The show was great. The dinner was delicious. They are trying to specialize in fish, my wife got the snapper which was the special it was fantastic. I regret I didn't order fish, but I generally avoid it, however, the dish was well prepared and very tasty. The server suggested I have a Vienna lager draft which was excellent. Generally I don't enjoy trying new beers. Our server My was remarkable. She was perfect. We all had a great time if you want a fine dinner, I would recommend the Riviera Dunes Marina.
Everyone had a great time including the kitchen staff.
I am looking forward to returning.

What a place to relax on the outside Deck.
Great food and drinks.

Food not cooked well (Coconut Shrimp) soup served cold.

Nice atmosphere on a nice night, the food was good service slow though, had to wait for beer twice that's not good!

Professional. Well maintained. Sturdy floating docks.

Freedom Boat club is amazing! Fun and sun today :)

The marina is fine, the restaurant hasn't improved even though it's under new management. My fish and chips were soggy, lukewarm and quite honestly weren't edible. I was hoping the food had improved, however that was not the case. I root the restaurant on, but it will be from a distance.....

We had a recently purchased vessel that was docked here. The "Y" adapter had sparked and melted the adapter and the end of our shore power plug making them not function. Bill gave us a call to let us know what had happened and to let us know their staff had setup a temporary fix so we would not be without shore power. The same day we got this phone call we had a captain scheduled to arrive to transport the vessel; we were in a tight spot now not having proper shore cords because ours were melted and we were 7 hours away out of town. We explained the time sensitive situation to Bill. He actually took it upon himself same day and bought the proper end an rewired it for us so that our captain would have a working shore cord for his transport trip. This helped us be able to continue with the transport; without Bill doing that for us would have been stuck because we were 7 hours away and could not fix it. Bill provided great communication and above and beyond customer service to us during this dire situation. We highly recommend this marina. Thank you for the great communication and customer service ya'll provided to us.

One of the nicest classier indoor/outdoor dining in the Bradenton/Palmetto river area. Overlooking a big yacht basin, one man band type music on the patio, food is good, service very good. Not inexpensive, nor over the top.

Great place to get marine fuel on the Manatee River.

Beautiful marina, lots of slips. Full service marina with electricity, water and cable. Pumping service, and they come to you!
Dockside restaurant, recently taken over by new management. Great menu with lots of outdoor seating. We had the blackened grouper tacos, delicious!

Beautiful area and great people. It's right in the middle of everything. Less than 30 to 45 minutes from Tampa, St Pete, Clearwater, Anna Maria, Sarasota, Siesta Key, Bradenton, etc.

Beautiful marina, well-kept & so are the boats. Friendly staff. So-so wifi. Restaurant is convenient but the food & music are not on the level of Mattison's City Grill across the bridge.

We stayed in a condo bordering this well maintained marina. The marina is clean and quiet. Adjacent restaurant is very good with live music daily.

Delicious food & good selection of drinks, very affordable, relaxing waterside views, beautiful interior decor, and friendly staff. Note for management: time to remodel the ladies restroom!

I have never been treated with such disrespect. After paying a deposit plus a 4% convenience fee, getting my parking permit, upgrading my insurance to their required amount, being shown our slip and moving my vehicle from Fort Meyers to their facility iptptn Palmetto, I received an email the night before my departure that the "acceptance committee" has refused my vessel from being in their marina. My vessel is a 1980 Albin 43 that is in excellent condition with absolutly no reason for refusal because of appearance. The marina did return my deposit however they have kept the "convenience fee". I would never recommend this marina to anyone. I should charge them an inconvenience fee for all the trouble this has caused my wife and I.

Thank you,
Mike Playdon
M/V Mon Ami

Very nice marina, close to stores and walmart. restaurant on site, No waves at all, floating docks and dockside pumpout

I love this place, the new owners are great, definitely an improvement from the last owners. They even ordered the only wine I can drink due to acid reflux which, I really appreciate. I always run into people that I know there and we always have a really good time dancing and socializing. it's really nice place to go and just hang out have a bite drink a glass of wine or whatever and listen to the music, enjoy friends you should all try it I know I will continue to do so. Thanks goes out to one of the new owners, Steve, a really nice man who cares about his customers

Great food the service was spot on. Highly recommend this place.

Beautiful setting, great food, wonderful staff - if the weather is nice, definitely sit outdoors

Great place to sit back watch boats with sleeping music enjoy

Looks good, but the restaurant was almost empty at noon...

Nice spot looking at a Marina. Had fried cod sandwich and it was delicious. Would definitely go back. Our waiter was also very good.

Restaurant appearance very good my food shrimp tacos very good

The new owners of the restaurant have really turned this place around.

I love the live music nearly every night and the heated swimming pool!!

Blackened fish tacos very tasty, service great, cocktail good!

My favorite place to gas up. And the restaurant is easy to access and has great food

Classy marina with showers and amenities for slip holders.

We've been coming to this place for long time. New owner, good music, average food. Happy hour was til 6, and for happy hour food menu, only til 5. Will go back, try to hit happy hour next time. Outside dining andusic great

New ownership. Now dockside restaurant. Food will take some time to get right. Ribeye i had was not that tasty or flavorfull yet wifes Alfredo dish was excellent. Service was great however.

Beautiful spot to spend a nice evening outside. Good drinks, burgers and nachos (enough for 4!)

Very good service and nice music. Also pretty view.

Nice place, good interior and good views from most room angles. Good staff as well.

We came by boat and were able to dock in an empty slip.

We went to the Paranormal Cirque show at this location. It was convenient, easy to park and leave after the show. I would go to another event at that location.

Awesome marina! Well protected, floating docks, clean facilities, great pools, and a good resteraunt.

As a 30 year resident and local Realtor here for 20 years, I consistently hear great things about the amenities, staff and location. In times of storms or threatening weather, this is for sure one of the safest and friendly harbors around. Do your research as my clients and I have and you will find this to be the place for you!