A server kicked my friends and I out for being there for five minutes, told us our real IDs were fake, and yelled at us for ten minutes. This place has always been great to us--and now we will never be going back. read more

Fun place, awesome atmosphere and staff were all friendly and engaging. Great mix of all ages.

Horrible service, bartenders would rather gossip and take shots behind the bar than serve their customers. Very rude, save your time and go else where. read more

Precious had never been to an Irish pub before so when we passed by this place she mentioned she wanted to come back and check it out. It's got free parking out front. It's a nice area. Outside they have a bar and seating area. It had just rained so everything was wet. Inside is bigger than you would think. The interior goes way back. The first thing you see is a decent sized bar, and there are booths on each side. Behind the bar are some tables, and there was a guy setting up; it looked like he was going to play an acoustic set. It was a Tuesday night. It looks like a nice place to go to relax and hang out. We were tourists. Most of the people looked like local people. The bartender we had was a middle-aged lady, and she was very sweet. But she left and the other bartenders young dudes just ignored us as if they don't want tourists to come in. We got the message loud and clear. We thought we were invisible until the sweet lady came back. The beer they had was not impressive. The sweet lady gave me a sample of something. It was sewage. I ended up getting a pint of Killian's. Killian's. I mean come on. I can get that in a grocery store. I don't need to go to an Irish pub for that. We also ordered some conch fritters. These were basically softball sized hushpuppies. I couldn't find any conch in there, but Precious was able to find a piece. It was about the size of a pinhead. So basically you've got an Irish pub, the best Irish beer they have is Killian's and the food is not very good. read more

Busy weekend night on the island we were actually able to get in here right away. It had no AC not sure if it was broken or what but it's Florida in the near summer pretty warm in there ! Beer was cold food was good. Bathroom did have AC. We survived and the waitress was great. Good come all atmosphere. Would go again read more

Bad service, ordered wings and they never put the order in. They put a game on for me and then with 3 minutes left in the game the turn the station. No clue. read more

Got food poisoning. Ruined the rest of my trip. Don't recommend. I feel bad posting this, but I want to warn my fellow travelers!

We are locals on AMI, we are discriminate about our happy hours at our local bars / restaurants. We love this restaurant and especially Nate the bartender. The whole wait staff is good, however, Nate is the our favorite! As a local, we recommend Freckled Finns. Ask for Nate, he'll take very good care of you!! read more

We did a pick up order and got the grilled romaine salad and the tacos. It was very good!

This place gave me high hopes as I came there last night with no problems what so ever. Tonight was a different story. The blonde girl bartender scanned four of us tonight (3 girls, 1 boy), only the boy got in. All of us are between 22-25 and she didn't serve us because we did not have scannable IDs even though they scanned last night. She proceeded to deny another friend of ours but another bartender had said he was a local and had seen him before so she proceeded to give him free shots while she kicked one of us out and refused to serve the rest of us. It's understandable that they receive many fakes but they would not take over 3 different forms of ID and didn't even bother to look at it. It also doesn't make it better that my 22nd birthday was two days before this night. read more

Terrible service - we stopped by Sunday evening for some drinks and appetizers. We were greeted warmly when we came in. We found seats at the bar and chit chatted while we waited to order. After a few minutes we began to wonder if anyone would come take our order. We observed one bartender cleaning and another talking to a boy. We went back to chatting assuming that since the bar wasn't busy it would only be another minute or two before someone noticed us. Surprisingly no one ever came to take our order. Ironically as we walked out, one of the bartenders called out "thanks for coming". With many others choices on the island it's unlikely we'll return. read more

As a server, it pains me to leave a bad review against someone in my industry.. I joined my daughter and her friends at this restaurant on Sunday, January 13th at around 6:30pm, they had already been there for least 45 minutes. After I arrived I waited for a server to take my drink order, I waited at least 15 minutes before I decided to go to the bar and order myself. As I got up I noticed a short haired blonde standing next to a man near the door just chatting, she saw me and quickly intercepted, taking my drink order. Several minutes later she dropped off my drink but quickly left without checking with us to see if we needed anything else. My daughter told me that this was their server. My daughter and her friends had ordered and consumed an appetizer and were anxious to order dinner; again no server in sight as we looked around the room. I flagged down another employee to find one for us. Shortly after a different server (Asian, didn't introduce herself) came to take the order, she would be our new waitress and initially seemed very nice. The food arrived in a timely order and was very good, however not once did the server check back with us. In fact by the end of the evening we saw her maybe three times as she took our order, brought water, and collected money. Minimum requirements in this industry. I'd wanted to order another drink but again couldn't find our server, we gave up and just decided to leave. Unfortunately our server was again MIA and took awhile to bring our checks, we had to flag someone else down for this request. After our money was collected it took another 10-15 minutes to receive our change, we continued our normal 'search for the server' routine. A different girl saw us looking, this one was new but very nice with ten times the customer service skills as the other two. I explained my frustrations to her at which point our server arrived and asked if there was a problem. I went through my frustrations with her and she became extremely defensive, she actually argued with me!! As a person in the industry knows, it's a big NO to handling customer complaints in this manner! Before she left our table she let me know that if I wasn't happy I could speak with the Manager. I initially wasn't going to speak with the Manager but went back in to do so, I went to the bar where our server and the short haired blonde were talking. It was obvious by attitude and gestures they may have been discussing our interaction. Our server saw me and approached me asking me what I needed, I told her that I wanted to talk to the manager. She quickly told me that he wasn't there at which point the blonde joined and played manager, asking what was wrong. As I again went through the service (or lack thereof) we received she defended the server with a lot of attitude and sent me on my way. I told her that I would phone the next day to speak with the manager to which she told me to have a good night. As I was leaving I heard someone calling for me, I turned and saw a man approaching. It was the manager, the one our server said wasn't there that night. Once again I went through our experience. I'm not sure what culminated from this but he least listened and was very nice. As a resident of Holmes Beach I'm disappointed and sorry to have to cross this place off our list. As a server I'm shocked that someone with such lack of customer server skills as displayed by our server and the blonde are working in this profession, they shouldn't be. Because I DO work in this industry I'm a very generous tipper, usually leaving $20-$50, especially if business is slow (as it was last night). Last night was the first time I've ever left a restaurant without tipping. I should mention that one of my daughters friends is also a server and didn't tip. Missed opportunity for the server and lost business for the restaurant. read more

Great Irish pub, usual selection of imports and fun entertainment. Extremely attentive bar and waitstaff, Shepard's pie serving was very generous and delicious. Locals feel in midst of touristy are, highly recommend. Bartenders Nate and Morgan especially stood out. read more

Fun night at this place. Most of it was because the staff make you feel like you belong...like you're a regular. The manager Steve is very accommodating and runs the place perfectly. Our server, Ricky was there when we needed him and not when we didn't. He was very friendly and we all thought super cute! The band was great (Whisky Blind). They played all the songs you love to sing to and after a couple of pitchers of Blue Moon we were singing. I totally recommend this place whether you go with a group and sit at a table with appetizers (which were great btw!) or go alone and sit at the bar. Either way you'll feel right at home. We got a kick out of all the dollar bills on the walls with writing on them. read more

Freckled Fin Irish Pub - Irish Pub Near Me - Holmes Beach, Florida

Great local beach area pub. The beers and whiskey are all authentic. The staff is fun and friendly. The decor is very old-world but not dated. Everything is clean and spotless. Our bartender "Mac" was more than generous with the drinks, and kept them coming! I look forward to stopping in for a drink next time I'm down that way!! read more

Enjoying Irish pubs I thought I check this out. When I came in staff were masked and even the customer seem to have their Mass dangling from them around the bar while they were eating and drinking and there was space in between each customer and they seated me at the bar with a empty seat on each side of me which was great. I ordered a corned beef sandwich prepared how I wanted it and they had no problem doing that. it definitely had a homemade taste to it but it wasn't shaved like I am used to but I'm from corned beef areas. It was a little chilly so I had an Irish coffee that was prepared and a little different way and Kahlua and Bailey's in it which I hadn't had before it was nice. And then I had a Guinness. All these were good things. If it was normal times I probably would at least given this a three if not a four but all of a sudden it got packed and no one was masked and the staff had their Masks on but they were underneath their noses. So what initially had some safeness in it became totally unsafe for me so I paid my bill and left. I just think if they're not going have covid-19 safety protocols they should post a sign saying Masks are not required. I mean they can run their business how they want but this was not a covid-19 safe environment. read more

Went in on Super Bowl Sunday. Great food, drinks and service....Lexi was amazing. Way too much fun!

They would not serve my friend nor me, two grown adult of age because of a cracked ID that the TSA accepted for us to get to this state. Tried to provide a second form of ID which had all of the demographics needed and a photo, was still denied. Very unreasonable and disappointed since we ubered to location to be turned away over something so minor. Wasn't even offered to talk to the manager. read more

Love the small little Irish pub the service and ambience was definitely Irish. The food was spectacular when it comes to the green Isles special gourmet dishes. Recommend the shepherds pie and the special dip corn beef sandwich. Appetizers are enormous. Suggest the poutine the fried pickles and the stack of read more

This is a great place to watch NFL games! They have Ticket so they show all games. It's the place to go when Slims is packed, especially during COVID. Food isn't bad and they have quite a few unusual Irish themed items on the menu. read more

Allie was outstanding as server! Best Rueben in the state. Sliced homemade corned beef not shredded which was outstanding. Wife had the fish and chips and nice sized piece of cod fried golden brown. read more

Go and have fun. The people and management here are great. If I lived on Anna Maria it would be my hangout, to be sure.

We stopped in for lunch on Thursday because it was pet friendly outside. They didn't really have the staff for outside service. I placed my order inside and paid. I told her I would come back in and pick it up at the bar, and eat out there. She brought out a bowl of water for our dog. Then she still made the time to bring out our food out to us. Nice service and great food. read more

Loved the server. She was excellent. Ordered food and drinks. Delicious food, and I will definitely return.

TLDR: Poor service and disrespectful bartenders who seem prejudiced towards the older patrons. I've been here twice--the first time was okay, although the service was frankly a bit slow. The second time was a wedding afterparty with a group of 7, all of whom arrived entirely sober. We were greeted by a passive aggressive bartender who was quite condescending to a few of us in our party. We provided all 7 IDs upon request of course, which we observed the bartender take across the bar to look at, and then showed our IDs to two older patrons who seemed to chuckle and shake their heads. 6 of us are from Florida (although I now live in Wisconsin hence my ID is also now from Wisconsin), while one of us is from China, who has a U.S. approved identification card. It's understandable if the two non-Florida identifications would be subject to more scrutiny, but the fact of the matter is that the youngest person in our group is 23; this is certainly within serving age. The bartender was very short and rude to us, refusing to provide additional information regarding her arbitrary decision. I understand that they reserve the right to refuse service as a private establishment, but the patronizing attitude of the bartender who refused us prompted me to write this review as a warning. read more

Great Irish pub feel and atmosphere. Lots of great Irish beers on tap and the food is very good and much better now that the new owners have taken over. I personally like the Reuben and the burger as my favorites! read more

I believe I came here the first week it was open so they were going through some kinks. I'll give them an extra star because of that and assume things will get better. This is mostly different than the other place in Bradenton Beach that had some issues. They are going full Irish pub, which they tell everyone immediately upon entering, which means you order and pay at the bar. I'm not sure that's the best method, especially with groups, but if they were going full Irish that would also mean no tips but they automatically apply a percentage to groups of six or more. So... they should probably figure that out. I'd say the prices are a bit on the extreme level even for AMI. The food options are great if you like Irish food and while they have a lot of seafood options, it's not something you're forced into getting. On my visit, about half of the items still weren't available so I'll give them the benefit. After another visit I'll update this review. For now, it's an Irish pub that has a good feel with an outdoor area. Has ability to be great, but we'll see... read more

Oh my!! Their Poutine and South Beach Strawberry Orange Mimosa sparkling Ale was amazing- so good we came back three times in one week!! The staff was always so honest, helpful and friendly. Live music was phenomenal! Great atmosphere! read more

This place is amazing!!! Went on a Monday night. It was packed!!! Morgan was absolutely amazing as was all the staff. Table constantly cleared. No rushing people. Food was impeccable! Drinks filled with a smile. I can't rave enough about this place. We will be back! But Morgan was above and beyond being a waitress and a bar tender. Fantastic read more

I love this place. We're here from California and I don't know why this place doesn't have five stars. Bomb bar food. Awesome service and a one man band that is incredibly talented. read more

Had a great experience at the freckled fin! The outside bar was a fun touch. We enjoyed happy hour drinks and a nice dinner.

Our favorite place to visit on Anna Maria. Bartenders are awesome and we met one of the owners who was so friendly and accommodating. Turned the TVs to the Iowa game for us! Food is great and service fantastic plus there's music every night and it's fabulous! If you don't go... you're missing out! read more

Freckled Fin Irish Pub - Our favorite place on Anna Maria Island and our last night there. - Irish Pub Near Me - Holmes Beach, Florida

The Shepard out was the best I've ever had! My wife's tenders with the chip crust was so tender and good. Michael and Kinzie was our bartenders were the best!! They made the experience of Anna Marie Island very memorable. read more

I LOVED THIS PLACE!!!!! I got only appetizers, pretzel bites and mozzarella sticks. My stomach is growling just thinking about it. I wish I didn't live 12 hours away so I could go more often. Quick tip: mozzarella sticks are SOO good dipped in thick teriyaki sauce. Definitely coming on vacation to the island every year just to go here. read more

Awesome spot. We were in town for my buddy's bachelor weekend. Staff was so nice. We watch the game on the patio. Food was great. Atmosphere was great. Definitely recommend checking it out! read more

Great casual atmosphere, Everyone was very friendly. Good drinks and good food at a fair price. Portions are large so you could share a meal. Enjoy read more

We stop in for one, left with more than we bargained for; a buzz and friends made. Get the pint of bacon while there, yes A PINT of bacon!!

Loved this quirky pub. It's on Anna Maria Island, actually more near Holmes beach, in a sort of mini strip mall. When you walk in yeah the decor is a little dated, but there is a lot of dark wood and you feel you are in an irish pub. We wanted to eat so we were seated at a table. Again, nothing fancy but good pub food and good drinks and good service. I would go there again. read more

Love the new location! We had great sandwiches, onion rings and fish & chips. Can't beat $2 guiness draught with food purchase! read more

Freckled Fin Irish Pub - Irish Pub Near Me - Holmes Beach, Florida

Occupying the former Lobsta's in Holmes Beach, it's worth going the extra few miles north on Anna Maria Island to immerse yourself in a pub that looks and operates exactly like the pubs in Ireland. Having enjoyed many such pubs in Westport (County Mayo), I can state that this is as close as possible for a US establishment to get to the real thing! My bangers and mashed was pure comfort and the Publican that drew my pint of Guiness has the proper procedure down pat! And yes, drawing a "Proper Pint" of Guiness is nothing to be trivialed with. In summary, the ROMEOs (Retired Old Men Eating Out) will be visiting the Freckled Fin again soon. read more

Freckled Fin Irish Pub - New location (AMI Plaza) in Holmes Beach at the site of the former "Lobsta's". - Irish Pub Near Me - Holmes Beach, Florida

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