Sharkys On The Pier Reviews

Great location. Mixed drinks are small. Calendar was pretty good. Upper deck was nice place to watch the sun go down.

Beautiful place overlooking the pier and the ocean, but lousy service, we left after two waiters had already passed us three times without addressing us. We were there after Irma, so only 4 tables seated

I have came here around 5 or 6 times, and I have always been disappointed with service until today. Steven M was awesome on top of his game!! Wow refilled drinks, checked on if he had honey. He definitely made the experience better than I was expecting.

beautiful place. Always great service and great food. The beach atmosphere is always wonderful and the convenience of it makes it a smooth transition from food to fun or beer to beach. Definitely a family favorite

Great place to eat. Atmosphere is fun and beautiful scenery of the ocean
Food is good too.

This place is great. Very romantic at night. Just a whole lotta fun. I took my date there and we had a blast. Live bands. You can walk onto the beach. The pier is huge and there's great regular and shark fishing here.

Very nice gulf side restaurant. Lots of fish / seafood choices. Does not take reservations.. very busy so plan ahead we had the fish and chips... fish very moist !

Always a fun tradition to have beach drinks and swim. Pumpkin bread was good, along with killer onion rings and nachos! Loved the new Riptide shrimp!

This guy Jok was very nice and funny lol. He said he was the dish washer. Great choice, but a better choice is stand up comedian for anybody needing a friend.

Love the ambiance & the food. Great friendly staff. Love walking out on the pier

Great food....the wait was a little long. Great view in the evening

It's a cool place to witness about Jesus and be thy Example of Him.. spreading thy GOSPEL and thy word

My fish was over cooked and service was slow.ate outside and the bugs where bitting.

Excellent location, food and service. We will definitely be back!

Caters to tourists. could care less about the residents that keep them running out of season. Service poor when table only offers two patrons. seemed like waitresses and staff only attentive to large number guest tables. Saw rat scurry under tables also on deck

When the weather is right, do yourself a favor and come down to Sharky's and sit outside! The service is great, for was quick and very tasty! Try the conch fritters.

Great fried shrimp and clam strips. Will definitely go again.

Great good and vida, Finns is excellent also, second floor restaurant.

No long wait times. Staff was friendly and courteous. The food was amazing! Best grouper I have ever eaten. This is a must go!

Service was terrible food was tasteless would never go back again

The place is really cool, but the quality of the food seems to get more and more disappointing with each visit.

Great place for having a drink and bar food while looking at the beach and the water.

The food was not that good and it took a long time also he plates were wet.

I was dining at Finn's at Sharky's Pier. Elegant cuisine combined with an added treat of a Florida sunset over the Gulf of Mexico providing a very special evening. The menu choices are outstanding along with great service. Finn's is my favorite dining location directly on the ocean when I'm in Venice.

To start with there are pigeons all over the place they walk on your feet don't wear sandals pigeons are very dirty and they carry disease I can't imagine why they're allowed to be here there are signs around that say don't feed the pigeons but people feed the pigeons and I would imagine that's why they keep coming back cuz these pigeons can't fly there so fat the seafood I had scallops it was fair it was average for the money I thought it was overpriced but the view was beautiful that I have to admit the servers were excellent the wait time was long we waited about 45 minutes for an outdoor seat on a very windy cold day in March sand blowing all over the place they did have plastic curtains up and it curbed the wind some but they should have a better enclosure for the kind of money that you spend on the meal

Love this place to watch the sunset with great food!

Way over priced for the quality of food. Could of eaten at bone fish would of gotten much better food for the money.

Great lunch with a perfect outdoor view of the pier and the Gulf. Excellent staff. Can't wait to go again.

Great food and atmosphere. We sat outside. Dillon was our server and he was amazing. Funny and very accommodating. Took care of everything and had sick a great attitude! We will be back again.

Been going here for years but a "first" tonight. There is a "seat yourself; first come, first served" policy for some of the tables. We take a pager for the waiting list but if one of those seat-yourself tables becomes free, we'll take it. Did this tonight but after seated briefly, a "manager?", (not wait staff), came over and asked us to leave the table because some other couple felt they had been waiting longer!! What??? He said there was a "line" for people waiting for the "seat yourself" tables! Since when?? Very unhappy about this encounter.

Beautiful day for a wedding on the beach. Jan.12 2019.

Amazing food and huge portions. A bit of a wait on a Saturday, but that was to be expected... I will be back for sure!!

Dec. 29, 2012 Excellent Food....started with a caesar salad then shrimp and crab au gratin. My husband ordered stuffed flounder. By far the best meal we had in Florida over a 3 week vacation. Walked out on pier after dinner and it was great. Also, sister company in Port Charlotte "Joe Cracker" has the best cheeseburgers and fries. If staying on West coast of Florida you must go or make the drive. It's worth every penny.

I didn't eat at Sharky's so can't comment on the food. It stayed crowded and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and their food and drinks. I liked the pier and being able to walk out to see people fishing and what they were catching. The view and ocean were awesome.

Finn has excellent seafood. Very enjoyable evening watching the sun set.

With K-town friends and spouses. Fabulous place to share old stories and catch up on new ones.

Good tourist attraction. decent food but pay extra for location.

Great beach bar and restaurant. Food is reasonably priced and good. Nice place to grab a bit, have a during and watch the sunse

Only local brewery beer on tap,not knowing what it taste like why would you buy it.
Food is way over priced.
But at least the waiter was a cool.
Guess I'll go to Bonefish next time.
Only good thing is the sunset.

This is a WAY nicer restaurant than it used to be as it has been 6-7 years since I've been there. Of course the prices have gone up also, dramatically. Anyway the food was good and the servers were friendly so that's good enough for me.

Beautiful views. Very touristy and long wait times. Food is okay and the live music is great. We take all our friends who visit for vacation here for the sunset views.

Food, drinks, atmosphere and service excellent! Only negative was we went last Thursday during red tide and I felt terrible for the host. She was right in breeze way sneezing, coughing, wheezing, teary eyes and very difficult for her to breathe. I know red tide occurs and it can t be helped but maybe mask for host or rotating the host out. The 2nd host was just slightly effected by the allergen but the other was close to needing medical treatment. Other than that great amazing place for date night or to take family. just steer clear until red tide is gone if it effects u!

Maybe the worst place I have ever been to in my life and I ve been in many third world countries. The management there were rude when asking a simple question. Not one employee knew what was going on. Certain sections were reservations only and empty all night. Half of the VIP section stayed empty all night. Outside dining area was fend for yourself, but watched management kick people out to seat others. Completely will never understand the rest of my life how you shut half the outside tiki bar to create lines for drinks over 30 minutes. There were about 60 employees working that night busting their ass and trying to provide great service but management made the whole place look like a new business owner just opened a bar for the first time. There were lines everywhere and bleed out inefficiencies. Owners need to do something with the place or sell the business. It s a disgrace. The owners are clearly not there to make money and is probably just there to launder money. Bet the know some local politicians too.

Crisp breeze, no waiting outside with a group of 5. Food was good and atmosphere Even better

Love Sharky's. Great food. Love the outside dining.

Great service, great and friendly staff at the bar.

I was on the beach at sunset...who doesn't give that 5 stars?

Was there about 3 yrs ago, was an awesome family setting. Live band, great food. Nice walk on pier

FOOD: The JAMBALAYA was WAY to spicy, but the Summer on the beach salad with blacken Grouper was over the top delicious. The reason for only 2 stars was due to the waitress. Everything was great until we asked for a to go box. We asked that we place the food in the box but she continued using her hands to pickup the food from our plates and place it in the box. Covid or not a server should NEVER touch guest's food.

Legally, you have to accommodate service animals. This establishment will be reported promptly.

I don't hate this place. They have a monopoly on the beach. Hostess was rude and food not great.

Great location. Great food. Great service.
Fun laidback beach vibe.

Beach, food, drinks, pier. Kinda sounds like a vacation!

Great service, and very good food, along with the beach. Very very good.

Nice outdoor seating, appetizer portions were large. Pina colada was average, service was average.

Beautiful location and views. The food was mediocre

Great view off the pier. It was fun watching people catch some fish off the deep end of the pier. Also saw a stingray float near the pier.

Dinner options were adequate along with the fresh catch of the day. Took a chance on the Swordfish and was very pleased. Daughter got fried shrimp that was great as well. Plenty of fried and grilled options to choose from.

AMAZING!!! food is delicious, amazing view and i love love love going here every time we go to flordia!!