Good food great service. The appetizer was the best. We only had salads for lunch with our appetizer. We had the spicy shrimp I can't remember the exact name of it but it was like boom boom sauce. It was the best! We'd come back for that! Waitress was great. Her name was Amber. read more

Tha atmosphere is great and the views are what you pay for. The service was fantastic and highly attentive. The steak however was by far the worst I've experienced in quite some time. 12oz NY strip overcooked and full of fat and grisel. My wife had the blackened mahi Ruben and absolutely loved it. All in all I would recommend the place and I'll try something different next time. read more

First, let me correct my advice about whether a reservation is required here that I offered to someone who made an inquiry on this site. It is not "required" for evening dining during the week, but I would recommend it for weekends. Second, I know this because two days ago a friend and I had a reservation for 6:30, but when we walked in, we were told that it was "open seating." The place was clearly not busy on a Tuesday evening. My friend and I are both lawyers; I am completely retired, he, sem-retired. We have been dining together for several years about every six weeks at a different Brevard restaurant. During my ten years in Brevard, I have eaten at at least 15 different restaurants (obviously more frequently at some, such as Amici's, which is conveniently across Wickham Road from my condo complex). I don't have any food limitations, and he, only to shellfish. This was our first visit. We walked in to loud island music and did not see a host podium. We had to wait until a worker happened to pass near us, and she allowed that we could choose any table, which we did indoors. There are two sections to the inside dining, each with about 20 tables. The deck is small. This is not an impressive introduction, totally devoid of any hint of class. It is what one would expect at a bar, not a restaurant. The loud island music continued for the two hours that we spent together. As I walked to my car at 8:30, the music was blaring to the outside. (For the record, I am not anti-loud music, but it must have its place, and as now constituted, Lazy Turtle is not that place.) As an overview opinion, Lazy Turtle needs to decide what it wants to be, a hubbub after-hours bar serving bar food or a restaurant with a demurred bar on the side. The tables were set correctly with white tablecloth, glassware, side plates, and silverware neat wrapped in a black napkin. A server appeared and delivered our ordered beverages. I ordered the lobster bisque, and he a Caesar salad. This is the first lobster bisque in my life (I'm in my 80th year and trust me, I have dined in every major city in the US, from Boston to San Diego and Seattle to Miami) that I have eaten that contained chunks of lobster. The bread bowl did nothing for me other than contain the bisque. I found it a novelty. My friend like his salad, but it was small for $14. My friend ordered the special, a snapper dish that he found delicious. I ordered the surf and turf. It came with about four ounces of shelled lobster meat and a 6-oz filet (before cooking). The filet was thin, not thick, and even though I ordered it medium, it came well done. It is not easy to achieve a degree of doneness with thin beef filet. But no matter, it was prime beef, tasty, and easy to cut with the table knife. The mashed potatoes are so-called "hand mashed" with skin on, but there was enough for three servings. The kitchen is wasting the owner's money! The vegetable medley was done perfectly. My friend ordered a multi-layered chocolate cake for dessert while I chose the pie ala mode, which was baked with large apple slices, lightlysprinked with cinnamon and without a top crust, accompanied by small dips of vanilla ice cream. It was delicious. Now the hard part. The entree cost $58. I realize that lobster is expensive. I recently shopped at Clayton's Seafood on US ! in Rockledge and noted that it was charging $49 a pound. Still, with a small filet and four ounces of lobster meat, I would have expected a $48 price tag. The pie cost was $8, very reasonable. The cake number was $12. He thought that was a bit rich - the price, that is! - but it was a large slice. What has come to be the ubiquitous 4% fee here was added to the bottom line. What a tacky, tacky policy! My total with the fee came to $87.91. Neither of us drank liquor. In fact, I stayed with water. When I added the tip, the evening dinner cost me $105.91. Neither of us is likely to return. The food was good, without complaint. But the atmosphere - the lack of professional attention, the open seating, the 4% fee, and the loud island music - does not exactly form ambiance, a key ingredient to me for an overall dining experience. read more

Had lunch with my wife Saturday afternoon. She had tacos and I had the mahi Reuben they were both fantastic. Are server Lauren was amazing. Funny knew the menu and gave us the truth about what was good and she was correct. We watched the dolphins swim I. The river over a couple of beers. Francene the manager came over and talked to us and was amazing. I will definitely go back. read more

If you want the Lazy Turd experience come here. Shrimps extremely fat and service is literally stinky.

I passed this place a couple times before a friend recommended it. Old feel, pleasant staff, big open windows overlooking the ocean. I'm fact, while we dined we watched sharks feasting just 20ft from the shore. Not many GF options but the lobster, fish fry, and ceviche were great. Drinks were larger than expected but delish! I had the mango margarita with Patron. We'd go back again. read more

Lazy Turtle - Fish and chips - Desserts Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

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The Lazy Turtle was visited on a Friday afternoon. Enjoying the warm sunny weather we decided to sit on the side patio. The view of the river was quite nice from the whole patio area, They have tables out there and we took one at the far edge as it accommodated our party of six. Soon after our arrival we got blasted by excessively loud country music which we never managed to get turned down. The patio was fairly busy and being managed by just one server, so service was a bit slow. They could have used more staff outside. On to the food. The lazy Turtle has a chef, and he puts some great work into the preparation and presentation of the food. The menu has a bit of everything on it, seafood to steaks to sushi to sandwiches to tacos to Italian. Also there were some specials of the day which appear to be very good values. Prices were all over the place on the regular menu, with some seeming ok to some being crazy high. I had Chicken Piccata as a special and it was very good. My friend got the shrimp basket. It looked great but 29 dollars seemed rich to me. The food is the star of the show here. Some other areas could use improvement. read more

Stopped in for happy hour tonight and was sat with Lexie - she did a fabulous job accommodating all our needs and requests with a great attitude and stellar personality! Place has a great view and We'd come back and ask to be sat w LEXIE !!!! read more

9/23....It's currently 8:40pm, and when the place closes at 10pm, I'm being told by the hostess that the kitchen is closed and I can't even place a to-go order. Silly me for wanting to spend money eating at a restaurant, I guess....because turning down customers almost an hour and a half before closing is crazy! read more

Nice spots to meet friends for drinks or appetizers. Haven't tried a meal yet. Friendly service. Decent ambiance. Nice outdoor seating.

What a great night we had at the Lazy Turtle! We sat at the outside bar that has a great view and ambiance. Celeste our bartender, was so friendly and attentive. We had the grouper and fish and chips along with the fish dip and everything was fresh and very tasty. The margarita and mojito drink list was extensive and very refreshing. I will definitely go back again. It was a perfect place to take my northern Ohio visitor read more

Lazy Turtle - Coco Loco mojito and fish dip - Desserts Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

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Dined here for lunch recently with several others. The place was not too busy. We sat inside because it was a bit cool and windy. We were greeted by our waitress who took our drink orders. We ordered several shared appetizers. The crispy shrimp was excellent, the buffalo cliflower was very good and the calamari was good. I ordered a bloody Mary which was ok, nothing special. I had the steak and cheese sandwich and it was very good. I ordered fries with that and they were good, crispy and seasoned. Service was just fine as our waitress checked on us often. Food was ready in a decent amount of time. I thought the food overall was pretty decent. The view was fantastic. I had no issues with the food or the service. Just in case you didn't read the sign on the table--- The restaurant charges a 4% convenience fee if you use credit cards. Parking can be tight for large vehicles but manageable. I will come back here again. read more

Lovvvedddddd the food here! Service was great and the view was awesome! I got the basket of jumbo shrimp with sweet potato fries and omg. Fulfilling! My spouse got the Philly cheesesteak sandwich and phewwww out of this world! We both were so satisfied. The coconut mojito I had as well was very great! Definitely going back read more

Lazy Turtle - Coconut mojito - Desserts Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

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We stopped by boat, docked and what a great find! deena was our server and she was a gem! She made sure we had a great time and answered all the questions and provided great customer service. The only thing I didnt like was there is a 4% svc charge If you pay with a card so next time we will bring cash. The wings are like bigger than normal, that was crazy but still good. The ceviche was my fave! read more

Lazy Turtle - Dock - Desserts Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

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Been lazy turtle many times and always have loved it but this past weekend I was disappointed the interior especially the tables the chairs they really need to update this restaurant. The food I think has gone downhill. The service was slow. It's gonna be a while before I go back there, but they really need to do some remodeling on the inside!! read more

We had a wonderful time at the Lazy Turtle today, Saturday afternoon. The weather was finally perfect, and the Tiki bar view overlooking the Indian River was awesome! The food and service were great! We started with the oysters, which were big and fresh, along with the yummy fish dip, served with fresh homemade tortilla chips! We all had the lobster rolls, and they didn't disappoint! It was a really great experience hanging on the river with great food, drinks, and friends! We'll be back! read more

Never again! Overpriced, bad food. Came here on a Friday evening where my first impression was the place was a little run down but needed a patio table and one was available. In fact, nearly every table was available. That should have had us running away considering the place was nearly dead for a Friday night. Staff was okay but the food was disgusting! The Calamari was over cooked and stringy tasting, apple pie looked like it was soaked in water before serving it. Pasta was nasty tasting. Tacos were alright but I was starving. Three adult meals, 1 appetizer, 2 desserts and 2 drinks and the bill was over $170. They also charge 4% if using a credit card. Thankfully I had the cash. We barely touched our food. It was obvious we weren't enjoying it. Nobody asked us if everything was okay, never offered us anything else. Just here's the way over priced bill for seriously terrible food. Gross! We will never go back here! Theres so many other restaurants that have water views that actually serve good food. Go to the Chart House, The Shack, or Frigates. I would NEVER recommend the Lazy Turtle.....not ever! read more

I'm So impressed with the food and the service at Lazy Turtle tonight! Our bartender was Taylor and he was very friendly and also did a great job!!! Our fried grouper and oysters were awesome and I would highly recommend this restaurant! read more

Lazy Turtle - a small boat on the water - Desserts Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

The staff was pleasant and welcoming and the location certainly has a great view. Unfortunately, our food took an hour to prepare and deliver to the table. And then it was cold. If the order had included "fancy" items, I would have understood but it was all straight off the menu stuff like fish & chips and fish tacos. No explanation or interaction with the staff while we were waiting either. Maybe they were just having a bad day but it was a below average experience. read more

Horrible. This had to be one of the worse dinning experiences I've had had. We arrived on a typical busy Friday night with a large party. We were sat promptly in a fairly empty, outdated dinning room, secluded from any water views or from the live entertainment from the opposite side of the facility. We were properly greeted by two very friendly servers. Who immediately took our drink orders. This then began the beginning of our subpar experience. It took forever for the drinks to come out. Our two friendly servers were M.I.A during our wait for the drinks and delayed us from ordering our appetizers. The ordering of the appetizers was another stage in the slow service experience, delaying the ordering of the main course. The appetizers were good, but shouldn't have taken almost an hour to be served. We ordered three dozen oysters and only 2 came out. The manger said that one tray had 24 on them, but she obviously couldn't count to see that there were 12. They finally brought the third dozen, served over a bed of melted ice, leaving us to believe that they were sitting out too long. When showing this to the server his response was " ice melts". After asking about the status about our entrees numerous times, it finally came out, almost 2 hours after this journey began, although missing one of our meals. After hunting down one of our friendly servers who had been M.I.A once again, he went to check and told us it was coming out. It never did. The final end to this saga, the bill. After another eternal wait, the checks finally came out and had to be adjusted, like we expected, but at least the server had remembered to take the one missing entree off the bill that he said was on it's way out, but never did. We finally complained to the manager, who listened to us with open ears, but at the end told us that she wasn't the manager and had only been there for 4 days. After locating the real manager, who was also playing the M.I.A game with our two friendly servers. She was very apologetic about our experience and wished she was informed of our issues during the service, which I was surprised that our constant complaints didn't trickle up the chain of commands to her until we asked to speak with her. After our 2.5 hour restaurant experience came to an end, I do have to say that the food was good, but not worth the time or the 4% credit card surcharge tacked on the bill. Bad service makes the best of meals taste lousy. read more

We recently moved here and went to the Lazy Turtle for dinner. Very good set up, they had live music outside and have two additional bars and tables outside. I got the Branzino as my meal, and this was hands down the best branzino I have ever had. My husbands dish was great also, though I forget what he had. We cannot wait to go back. read more

Lazy Turtle - Branzino - Desserts Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

The 3 stars is due to the $$$. Beautiful setting, we sat on the patio...had a great view and a wonderful breeze. The waitress was excellent, friendly. The food was good, but way overpriced! A slice of key lime pie, $14...a burger $20. Kids fish and fries $14. Dinner entrees started in the $30 range. The inside restaurant had an "odd" smell. This type restaurant should have had prices at least 15% less. The drink prices, however, were comparable to any other restaurants and I did have a very tasty rum drink in a bucket:). I wouldn't go back due to the prices:( read more

I rarely give 5 stars, but it was good all around. Parking spaces is medium. Decor is inviting & beachy. Patio view of river, birds, sun, & moon is relaxing. Food presentation turns heads. My caramelized sweet potatoe fries was the best fries I ever had. Everyone there was impressed with their food. Wait staff was friendly & attentive. We enjoyed socializing with friends for a birthday there for 4hrs. I'd come back to enjoy the atmosphere and try another dish. read more

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Great view. Lots of choices. Really great conceptual idea for food. Tasty. Service was ok. Jerk lamb lollipops!!!!

This is a newly opened place and we couldn't wait to try it. My first impression as I walked in the front door, I was in awe! The dining area is absolutely beautiful and has a very nice little bar area also. The aroma of fresh cooked food was very inviting, and was cheerfully greeted ~ so there's that. We then ventured out to the patio and tiki bar, once again, it was beautifully done. Now I'm thinking, wow this place is amazing~ hopefully the food matches the rest of it and it certainly did! So, I ordered the lazy turtle steak and cheese and my wife ordered a lobster roll. The food was delicious and the service was great! I think I found a new favorite and if you're in the area and looking for something new and different, this place is worth a try! read more

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We came for Mother's Day brunch and it was phenomenal. The seafood was very fresh. Good sized portions. Layla was attentive and kept the mimosas full, she gave us great service! 10/10 would recommend if you want good food and good people in a really awesome comfortable environment. read more

Overpriced mediocre seafood, Valet parking is not necessary it just makes the experience more expensive. The outdoor tiki area was a nice addition. Service as others mentioned was slow for a half full dinner service when we went. Not worth the $50/plate average we paid. Liked this place A lot better as a Thai restaurant. read more

Food and service was incredible! Five of us went for lunch. To start we all had the lobster bisque in a huge bread bowl, we all could recommend it highly. We were so stuffed we all had to take home most of what we ordered after the bisque! Just seeing the inside from what it used to be is incredible, the decor it's really cool, very tropical and tiki like. We loved the food so much that we came back the next day for dinner, each of us ordered something different then we had for lunch the day before. Again incredible food and service! I'd recommend The Lazy Turtle highly! For dinner they have complimentary valet parking. I can guarantee this restaurant will stay here for many many years! read more

Lazy Turtle - Table top - Desserts Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

Just had dinner at the turtle. It was one of the best I've had there. My seafood linguine was flavorful and to my liking. I asked them to spice it up and boy did they. It was perfect. Also loved the wedge salad. Audrey was my server and she was great. So attentive and took care of everything I needed. I cannot wait to go back. read more

Great food, beautiful views, and great service; Rebecca was friendly, attentive, and very helpful with our grandmother

The Brunch menu is great. They have a varied assortment of juices for mimosas, and the prices are pretty good. Will come back again!

I had a great experience visiting this place . The food was delicious they followed shellfish allergy . The tiki bar and person singing was great . We had 3 servers heckling on us at all times . I will be back . read more

Lazy Turtle - Desserts Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

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Wanted to try a new spot on the water tonight, glad we did! Wonderful atmosphere and view. The drinks, food, and service were outstanding. Our bartender was tentative and made the best mojito I have ever had! Will definitely be back! Thanks Jessica for the awesome service! read more

Lazy Turtle - Grouper Sandwich. - Desserts Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

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I have to say I was disappointed. The filet was choice at best. We waited 1 hour for food. Drinks were less than a normal shot I watched them pour it Oh and by the way they charge 4% if you want to use a credit card. Very bad business! You will be lucky to stay in business! No one else in the area charged their customers to use credit cards. Do yourself a favor and go to the shack down the street! read more

Good vibes. Friendly staff. Tasty wine. Definitely recommend if you're in the area.. :)

On a beautiful afternoon this week we chose Lazy Turtle because of it's location. We arrived and inside bartender encouraged us to enjoy the outside patio & sit wherever we wanted & he would send out someone to serve us. Since it was the middle of the afternoon there were not allot of diners, approximately tables. We waited about 15 minutes & no one came to wait in us. A waitress soon appeared & went to the table behind us to see if they needed anything further. She then walked past us & went to a table 2 tables away & gave them their check & to go box. She then left the area. Since there was a person behind the outside bar, my husband went there & ordered our drinks. One of the waitresses & her discussed our drink order & said they would bring to us. 15 minutes later they brought my drink & said they just changed the tap for my husband's beer. 10 minutes later his beer arrived & a waitress bought us menus. While we were waiting, before we ordered another couple came in & sat at the bar & waited for service. After about 15 minutes they got up & left. Our ordered arrived about 20 minutes later. I had a blackened grouper sandwich because a prior review on Yelp but I was very disappointed as it was a very small portion & not very well cooked. Actually the tomato slice was thicker than the grouper. There were plenty of servers & other help around so it's not like they were short staffed. Later after our food was served a young man at the bar did come to get us additional drinks, after he was summoned. The good news is that it was a beautiful day, however if we had been served our drinks & presented a menu, to view, we might not have been compelled to report such a negative review. We will not return & will also warn others of our bad dining experience. read more

Went to the lazy turtle last night with friends. We go frequently. We all loved it. The service was great and the food awesome. We had 3 appetizers and all were great. We got there before 6 so we or them at the happy hour price. Wings, Calamari and shrimp. All good sized portions and all tasted great. Cocktails were excellent and dinner was great. We all liked our meals. I had the crunchy lobster roll. Fabulous! We met the owner and he was a great host! i highly recommend! read more

Firstly, this is a brand nee restaurant, so we started out with an open mind and the assumption that things may not be perfect. First the positives; The lamb had great flavor albeit the wrong temp (ordered med-rare, served well done) The hamburgers had great flavor, and were the correct temperature. The negatives, unfortunately, are plentiful; To start, we just settled our bill and we arrived almost 3 hours ago. Credit cards are met with a 4% surcharge not disclosed until you go to pay. Every person in our party of 7 had something wrong with their order; Lamb ordered medium-rare, served unapologetically well-done. My wife has an allergy to raw onion, which was mentioned repeatedly, so when her burger arrived capped off with a copious amount of onion we asked for it to be remade and the staff could not grasp that just picking the onion off was not sufficient. A friend ordered the Mahi but without the coconut rice, she received it with the wrong side, & the wrong sauce. Another friend had the paella which they described tasting like old/ stale rice, but the seafood had good flavor. The kitchen was obviously struggling, not surprising for a popular new restaurant, and was even somewhat expected. What was NOT expected; having a staff with no power to resolve things for customers, obviously overworked, over stressed, and basically punch drunk from being beaten down with constant customer complaints they had no way to resolve. having ambivalent management / ownership that doesn't understand something so fundamental as marking up credit card "service charges" will upset customers. When were leaving someone, appearing like a manager, asked my wife "how was it?". My wife responded that the food had great potential, but everything else definitely needed improvement. Hopefully this is simply a case of poor management and will be sorted out after enough customer complaints, but before their lackluster performance takes a toll to large to recover from. We'll know in 6 months when we may try them again. read more

If it was just based on the breeze and view, this place would be *****. However, between the service, prices and the heavy use of salt, it's lucky it gets **. Ordered appetizers. Multiple diners arrived after us got THEIR appetizers and dinners before we received ours. Plenty of apologies so that was fine. Same thing happened with our entrees, only not as long a delay. We had salmon and the fish special. I know we're near salt water but the use of salt was way overboard. Since going here I've asked a few folks around if they've been to Lazy Turtle and I've gotten same feedback; great location, horrible execution. And here's the view. read more

Lazy Turtle - Desserts Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

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Fantastic food as always and Aquinas band was so great! Great wait staff and perfect outdoor florida dining area n April. Highly recommended and we go there all of the time. Don't miss it! read more