Sharkys On The Pier Reviews

Beautiful setting, decent menu if you eat seafood. If you don't eat seafood, you're looking at a limited menu. I had a steak, and it wasn't worth the $25 they charge. I've had much better, more flavorful steaks at less expensive restaurants. A bit pricey in my opinion, but as they say... location, location, location.
Wouldn't go back but I'm not a seafood eater. Husband had shrimp and grits. He said it was good, but not the best he's ever had. It was different than any he ever had.

Just go and you will see all that Sharky will beee...loved it!

Great place! Lots if different seating options/atmospheres.

Well this is my absolute favorite place. Every time I'm in Florida I have to go to this place. It's a little piece of heaven

Always a pleasure to eat outside overlooking the beach. The food is always good too.

Very nice to eat or just drink on the beach. Beach also very nice.

The pier is an excellent place to fish for people who dont have a fishing license. The food is excellent along with the view of the gulf. The alcoholic drinks are nice to have while enjoying the view and the sunset as well.

Great patio and tasty drinks! Grouper tacos are amazing!

Very nice views and drinks. The staff was very friendly and willing to answer questions. I sat outside on the beach and that was really nice. As far as the food goes I expected more from a seafood place on the Gulf. Overall it was an enjoyable time.

Great food Beautiful view and the fishing on the pier is incredible. The chances of you seeing a shark a high dont let that deter your swimming plans

Best food I've had awhile at a restaurant. The servers are great and kind, allowing you to try samples if you have questions. They all seem to love their job! Great view of the gulf too.

Always amazing sunsets ...found some Shark teeth too

Fun place with live music and awesome view for a sunset meal

Food was great. Service was awesome. You can't beat the view. It is breathtaking. I would give 5 stars, but there are pigeons all over the patio. They almost walk on your feet while u r eating! Not good.

What a fun restaurant right on the beach. They offer rentals for some beachnitems including sifters for looking for sharks teeth. We were all very impressed.

Service was great, never been their before the we watch the sunset it was beautiful.

Over priced for food that's not great and our waitress was stuck up, had a chip on her shoulder or a stick in her butt.. something wasn't rite

Food was very good but my favorite dish of shrimp bruschetta is not on menu anymore.

Nice little beach bar with good food. Love the atmosphere.

Average fried food/food place with good atmosphere and beautiful view

Had a ball here listening to the live band and great food

Good food not great but it's right on the beach and a huge fishing pier. Lots of tourists from around the world come to Venicefl.

Cant help myself.... nice place good staff. But food is just ok.
From North East. Just no love put into the preparation. It's more of a drinking joint on the beach..after a few you cant taste what your eating. Touristy beach restaurant.

Great food and drinks! #1 go to place if in Venice!

Great place for a stroll, watching dolphins play in the water, watching the pelicans and other birds flying and diving for fish, saw several small sharks caught by the fishermen. A great place to visit!

Great seafood in a sub-tropical climate of south west Florida overlooking the shimmering waters of the Gulf of Mexico ,a romantic and charming view in paradise along with great food and beverages. It really is a Paradise so close to home in the good old U.S.A. Florida the Fountain of Youth is here!

Nice atmosphere but they have cut their menu almost in half from a couple of years ago. The menu is limited with not alot of choices. It's ok to go and have a few drinks and enjoy the views of the ocean but that's all.

Great location on the beach. Very tasty frozen drinks, perfect for warm weather. Very clean place, friendly staff.

Awesome setting by the pier looking out across the gulf!! Place gets 3 stars only for the location and atmosphere. Had a hour wait so we figured must be worth it. Seafood was good but nothing extra special. The island jerk chicken was very flavorless and they missed some sides and dips. Service was well below par, we even had to get their attention just to get water refills. Sad to see such a cool place have lacking service and quality of food.

I was here 5 years go for vacation and I have been dreaming of going back every since. I have never thought that I'd be looking for shark teeth, or walk on a pier, or very to watch dolphins being free. I WILL visit here again!! Even if I have to sleep in my car.

The happy hour at fins is great.$6.00 dollar sushi rolls and 6 dollar drinks. It's the best in town. Service was good we will be back for more.

The staff was nice and friendly and the food was tasty and filling, apple pizza is amazing.

We went to sharkys on our honeymoon such a amazing place. Food and service was great. They also had band the night we went he was great. We are going to go back every year on our anniversary make it a tradition.

Inside seating not so good since post hurricane repairs. Pick outside seating for best experience. Good food.

Kind of expensive but very good food and good variety. The atmosphere is excellent, tiki hut style, right on the water.

Good food and great service. Plenty of Motorcycle parking and a great view. Take you visitor here it's a landmark. The prices are a bit high, but ya got to pay for the view. The service sizes are fairly large so you can share. Drink prices are also reasonable, maybe a touch on the high side. Take a walk on the pier and enjoy a family selfie!

Good food miss the old shark's but still same great view

This place has plenty of outdoor seating, part of it is under umbrellas, part of it is under a straw roof with fans and wasn t hot even on a hot day. You can see the Gulf from your seat. The food came out incredibly fast, and the restaurant wasn t dead. It wasn t peak time, but there were several other tables there. I ve never had food come out so fast anywhere. Ordered food to go and that came at a reasonable time as well. The server was very good and polite. I would definitely visit this restaurant again. The kids meals were great portion sizes. Enough to actually fill up a kid.

Great food,service and price. Oh, and atmosphere was great. Very Florida beachy theme in outside dining area.

Great location wonderful waiters, waitresses but the food was horrific. I went there a couple of times to order different things hoping it will change my mind. Unfortunately the owners are clueless. I ordered calamari and it tasted like old rag I automatically knew the oil that was fried in was old. I mentioned it to the waiter and asked him how often the oil was changed he said once a week. That not only is unsanitary but the food quality goes out the window especially when you charge people 4star restaurant prices. Another time I ordered seafood with pasta. Again I was disappointed because unfortunately the seafood is not fresh but frozen and you can taste it. Other items that are on the menu seemed to be store bought food and chared like it was fresh and good quality. It seems that' it is always buisy during season and many costomers are seniors so I do understand why theres not a lot of complaints as when you get older your taste buds diminish over time. But the demographics is changing I've noticed and theyll have a harder time keeping customers when that happens. If costomers are paying 4star prices at least give them the courtesy not to serve old oil and frozen food. As for the drinks its hit and miss. Sometimes its amazing and other times it can use work. I'm disappointed and will not be returning. If your a foodie and you love exploring different restaurants this is not a place I'd recommend maybe for drinks but definitely not for food

Great service and food was excellent. Wait was long.

Great view and we went from the beach to a nice dinner and back to the beach to watch the sunset......It's all about the location.........

Another one of our favorite spots here in Florida The Nightlife and the live music is great

Sharky's on the Pier is a good restaurant. I was not overly impressed but it was for a work party. The Pier is nice , and the restaurant being on the beach is pretty cool.

I think if I was to go to eat there it would be really good, the fish and chips I ate were tasty.

Not pet friendly even though next to dog beach. We left.

Service was great. Great location. Recommend dinner at dusk outside.

Always loved Sharkys, but just like everywhere else around always crowded.

Beautiful beach. Excellent atmosphere. Excellent restaurant

We we're quoted a 2 hour wait when we arrived at 510. If your a tourist maybe you wait it out, but not many of us locals will

View, Gods gift, food tastie,service ok, all in all a good time:)

I have never been a big Sharky s fan...We would always rather go to Fins. Unfortunately Fins has Summer Hours...so they weren t open for Lunch today! Given that fact I have to say Sharkys was definitely ok...the Poached Salmon got a thumbs up from my husband and even though my waiter asked me twice if I REALLY meant rare when I ordered my salmon it still came out more than medium...they did get another piece of fish for me and the second time around it was perfect but by that time we were done with our lunch. So it became a to-go box!