I have to say, I went to Linkster's and enjoyed the experience. It is now a true dive bar, much more so than their older location in UTC. Service was great, and the bartender was very friendly, my beer was cold, and the glass was clean. I will definitely be heading back there with friends very soon. I only wish there was a restaurant close by that you can grab takeout food from, like they had at their older location. It is what it is and it's a great dive bar for our community! read more

Early afternoon and I landed here instead of a coffee shop. A full bar, a dozen beers on tap and a variety of cans/bottles available. I took a seat towards the back where I was able to plug in my electronics and a lovely bartender took my order. I spent the next two hours with my beer and their Internet, watching a couple play some pool and while I tried hard to ignore the smell of cigarettes from folks sitting *just* outside. The beer was cheap, the seating was comfortable and I got some work done. All good. read more

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Needs a dart board, we prefer darts over pool any day. Drinks were fine and bartenders were very nice. Would come back specifically to see Dion, Tim and Julian. read more

Linksters is a fun and friendly place. They missed on getting 5 stars, simply because they do not serve food, which is a pretty big negative for me. You can order out from there, or bring your own, but no food served there. The bartenders are friendly, and event though busy, took time to chat with us. A very full bar, with about 10-12 good beer choices on tap. They also have non-stop trivia, using the TapTV phone app and the TVs in the place. read more

The girl bartender named conner was the sweetest ever. She helped us find food close by.

Pretty cool little local bar. The service was good. And the drinks are pretty cheap. I liked the pool tables and the whole vibe was super chill. Good music. I will be back. read more

My coworkers and I decided to go to Linksters after work today. I didn't even get into my first drink when the bartender started picking on me. Talking so much shit to me that I left in tears. I was making my inside jokes with my friends having a good time and he came up to me with a remote. Pointed it in my face and kept saying "mute mute" "does this thing work? Will you ever shut the fuck up ?" "Your friends must hate you." "Like seriously do you shut the fuck up?" (I wasn't even talking ) told me "If you keep eating your salad will you shut up and stop talking ? " ect. Kept just talking shit to me. (I was literally just sitting eating a salad ) next to my friends. I proceeded to try and take it lightly and was very confused and taken off guard, because he was so serious. Told me I would look better if I shut the fuck up and put my foot in my mouth" (I wasn't even or ever talking to him .) He just randomly started at me. Told me that I was ugly and that if his wife was ever pregnant with me that he would push her down the stairs to abort me. At this point I was like okay please close my tab and I left . My friends stayed behind to close their tabs but the cruel gruesome things he said to me (all not stated ) had me in actual tears. When my friends found me again. They Told me that he laughed and "got off on it" saying, "he's done it to 5 other people today " and, "can't wait for my white ass Yelp review. " If he's done this to others who haven't done anything to antagonize him. I feel like something at least has to be said. But my friends/fellow employees and establishment will not be back, regardless of the outcome. His names Tim. Hi buddy . Here's your review read more

We had a great time. Friendly atmosphere, clean and safe. Our bartender was generous and attentive.

No food, biggest drawback. They have dirty trivia on Thursdays. It's crowded often. Drinks are decent. The location would probably not work fir a food truck. read more

I'm giving a 1 star review because of the Bartender named Nikki, she was so unbelievably inappropriately sexual with my boyfriend and he feels sexually harassed, once more, she was a complete atrocity at the bar. She embarrassed all of her coworkers. I honestly feel bad for her, but I want to prevent anyone from having her terrible bar service. Lori and Kyle are the absolute best bartenders and I don't want to take anything away form them by writing this post! Hope this helps. read more

Staff is always welcoming, and attentive, they always make drinks fast, good atmosphere, highly recommend for a place to hangout with friends! read more

I have been coming here for a while now and will always come back! Never a bad experience especially when Connor is working!! beautiful & attentive bartender, remembers regulars drink order, and get them out ASAP!!! Definitely recommend coming if you are needing to relax and hangout friends! I wouldn't lie to y'all read more

Just want to give a shout out to all my Linksters bar tenders! Especially my Nikki!!! Been coming here since the doors opened and has always been nothing but fun! To all Y'all drunk asses that like to trash people because you are sloppy drunk and won't get served??? Do everyone a favor and stay home! read more

Not a bad place for drinks and watching the game. It's mostly outdoors, which is nice when weather isn't too warm. The bar is located in the Cooper Creek shopping center by the water fountain. It makes for a nice outdoor experience. The trouble with it is if you're non-smoker, you need to not mind the smoke bc some drinkers like to smoke. Overall, it's a nice local watering hole... Unpretentious and close to the burbs. read more

A hopping little place in UTC. Caters to the smokers....cigarette and the Cigar lover like me. Lots of patio sitting. TV's everywhere playing lots of sports. No food. Lots of beer and liquor. I like it. read more

Linksters Tap Room - people sitting at the bar - Bars Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

This place deserves 2 stars rather than 3 because: -it's very very smoky & stinky -ZERO eye candy (gals & guys), as in NONE, NADA... But I was generous w the extra star because: -there is nowhere else for people to chill & grab a drink in a casual environment around here!!! yeesh -there are 2 pool tables so you can get up & do something besides sit there drinking in a smoky room -some kind of jukebox w current music (RIHANNA!) -there is an outdoor area where you can see a little fountain... and a parking lot - yeh -right next to a Bonefish so when that place shuts down at 10pm (totally lame) you can hop, skip & jump your way to this lovely bar I was w fun people so I had a good time. The bartender gal was nice, the guy was a d*ck which didn't bother me bec I would never remember his face 5min later anyway. read more

I like this bar but the smoke is awful. Even when u sit at the cool little outside bar u still stink like cigarettes when u leave. I will say they do have some good bartenders there as my beer never sat empty and the shots of fireball were rolling. read more

Linksters Tap Room - Icy cold draft beers:) - Bars Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Matt here. I've been in Sarasota for some time now, and I've been at this bar when it was busy and very very slow (me being the only person). I've never seen better service, bar community, and even the manager communication! I would like to personally thank Johnny, Kasey, big jimmy(the door guy), Natalie and Tim for my wonderful experiment. This five star was sorely off the fact of me watching how they treated not only me but all of the customers. Nothing but respect, forward communication, and great service to the whole bar. Please trust this post when you think about a night out in Sarasota. read more

I can't believe I had to ADD Linkster's and that no one else has ever reviewed it. When I lived in Sarasota this place was my cheers. I'm not kidding you when I say that I was here like 5 nights a week - and to watch football on the weekends. This was MY place. The bartenders were cool, my friends were always there, the drinks are good - GET A SNOW CONE SHOT! mmmmm, and there's usually a totally random vibe about it. It's got people of all kinds and that's always fun to watch. I still stop in sometimes when I'm in town if I have time - and here's where you know I'm serious about this place - THEY STILL KNOW my name and I've lived in Dallas for over a year. read more

One of my favorite small bars. They have pool tables and awesome music pumping throughout the place. Low dim lights and neon. Right next to major shopping and Hampton hotel. Drink prices are not decent and pour is very good. read more

Walking up to Linkster's, I was met with caution tape. I should have known then that this "bar" would not be up to my 5 star standards. To begin, the jukebox would not stop playing Whitney Houston. This normally would not be an issue, however one of the acquaintances I was with is a recovering cocaine addict, and hearing any Whitney Houston song gives her the itch. My bartender was very friendly and may have been attractive if he did not have so many teeth missing. The crowd at Linkster's is quite diverse. I prefer to socialize with the 1% and unfortunately, this is not a bar that the 1% frequent. Linkster's did have a nice variety of beer on tap as well as low-end wine and liquor. To deal with my surroundings, I was forced to take multiple shots and ultimately ended my evening slumped over the jukebox declaring my love for the late Whitney Houston. From now on, I'll stick to the Hyde Park Steakhouse bar. read more

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Rude bartenders and bouncers. go to World of Beer instead. I want to give it just 1 star but it will get 2 because of cornhole and pool table lol. Other than that they are awful here. I always give a place 3 tries, and i was treated poorly all three visits. The latest of the three visits, i had been there from 9pm to 2am. I paid for my whole group and our/my tab was $194 ( not including tip). At 15 minutes to close, the bouncer was yelling at me to chug my drink. I retorted that i had spent a good amount of money and left nice tips. I also said that "i cant chug a drink. i will leave before closing but i just cant be forced to chug a drink". He yelled "Linksters is a million-dollar establishment that doesnt need your money". With that i left. Again, Dont waste your time here, go to WORLD OF BEER! its AWESOME! :) read more

This place was pretty okay when it first opened, but the list of reasons NOT to go there are overwhelming: 1- you can actually here people getting lung cancer when you walk in..the cigarette smoke is so bad you would think they have a fog machine 2-mixed crowd of golfers and good pool players and douchebag drug dealers, drug users and disrespectful brat boys 3-pool tables are never kept up and rarely function properly, not to mention there are only two tables and they are way to close together which makes actually shooting nearly impossible and along the same line as the evening progresses this leads to more and more disagreements and tiffs 4-There is never free pool there, so many other places with more room and better tables that offer free pool. Why struggle and pay to play on a horrible table 5- God forbid if you need to use the bathroom...yes I said THE bathroom, it wouldn't be so bad if people were actually just using the bathroom for what it was designed for and not one night stands and drugs. 6-drugs are pretty openly distributed there which causes a lot of the next issue, everyone is so coked up that they want to fight over everything! 7-more fighting over quarters on the pool tables... 8-you also have the jukebox right next to the pool tables and always have a line of youngsters who apparently cannot get into a night club so they come to linksters to get their "rap" on 9-you have not really experienced their customer service until you have been DOUBLE tabbed,and accused of not paying your tab...even though you did and can prove it!! Well boom apparently you all of a sudden have a second tab!! And don't point it out or complain because their "manager" Johnny...will just 86 you for life. which is hilarious...you mean I can't come back in here to be treated horribly and have you steal from me? really? waaaaaaa My recommendation is just avoid it, they don't have food anyway.....whatever appeal they had in the beginning is certainly gone. read more

This is a poorly managed bar and we do not reccommend entertaining friends here.... The Bartenders are perhaps the worst in Sarasota County! They believe they are doing customers a favor to pour you a coctail! save your money ....go elsewhere! The Bartenders are the worst in Sarasota County!! REDNECK BAR because of bartenders! read more

Went in thinking I was going to a TAP room. This place is a smoking room that has a few beers on tap. Had to wash clothes after 1 beer. Plus 4 or 5 really drunk drunks. First and last trip there. read more

Saturday night a group of 50 of us we're there to get together for fellowship. Many in our group are combat veterans, some disabled. We were there from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. and spent thousands of dollars and tipped the bartenders generously. Around 11 pm, when there was only a few of us left, the remainder of the group were asked to leave because the bartender said our maga hats we're making the regulars uncomfortable. As the group was getting together to discuss this matter, the bartender called the sheriff! Absolutely ridiculous that combat veterans and patriotic Americans were treated this way, especially after being in the bar all night and not causing any problems and dropping loads of cash. read more

Cool little spot...but there is NO FOOD!! You are allowed to smoke Inside therefor no food. The smoke is almost intolerable, both cigars and cigs read more

Went in for a quick drink after work. Thank goodness quick holy smokers. The beer was cold and service was average. Interesting people watching though saw two fights and watched a girl pass out while standing up. And this was before 9pm. Won't be going back cause of the tar in the air. read more

Upon walking up this bar looks very nice. Big TVs a couple of pool tables.. Didn't get a look at the bathroom, but the place looked clean enough. The bar itself was basic. Even though the doors and windows were wide open, inside - it's extremely smoky. Thursday night drink specials were $5 Crown or Crown Apple. $4 fireball. First time here and probably the last. Giving 2 stars for service alone. The ONE guy who served us was nice, but everyone else just seemed miserable. 4 ladies walk into a (almost empty) bar.... And wait to be served. We get bypassed at least twice. Having to watch staff finish whatever they're doing at the computer. Can only imagine what it's like when busy. Nothing special here! read more

This is twice now they have charged me for more drinks that I've had. And when I confront them about it they get an attitude! I'm about to cause a scene in this shit hole! read more

Friendly staff. We have been there numerous times in the last couple of weeks and the service is outstanding.

Was told by the bar manager that service dogs are not allowed unless they are a "seeing eye" dog. I had a medical card, service vest etc and explained the Federal Law under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and also offered to sit outside on the patio and was still refused. He was absolutely out of line. Rude, judgmental and harsh. https://www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.html read more

This place gets zero stars from me!!! It is very smokey the drinks are over priced and they short pour like it is that last bit of alcohol on earth. My friend only had one drink here and got very sick!! The bartenders said she had to leave and made the rest of leave as well for not doing anything. This place is poorly run and deserve nothing but the city to go in there and shut them down. Everyone in the place has an attitude problem and if you are not friends with the bouncer of owner then you get treated like a second class citizen. Highly recommend going any where else in the world!!!!!!!!!!! I promise you are missing nothing. concerned patron read more

Walked in on a late Tuesday evening and was graciously greeted by Chelsea, Nikki and staff. Had every sports event I wanted to watch available on TV. Both did an outstanding job with beer knowledge and service. Highly recommend! Great hangout spot. read more

This is a nice spot for a beverage and relaxing, unassuming time. Highly recommended. Only negative is the odd location.