Great local place on Cape Haze Drive in Placida, FL. (Just outside of Rotonda area)…read moreThe vibe is calm, warm. The staff are always so welcoming. The food is always really good! They have a nice bar along one wall of the dining room. They've got booths and tables, and we appreciate that they leave sufficient space between tables to allow for movement and conversation. They don't cram tables together. The service is friendly and great. We are lucky to have Lipinski's here!

Let's boost this business. At the south end of the Rotonda wagon wheel, lipinskis is a very well…read moredesigned and upscale feeling dining location. Its remodel is very well done. The service was attentive and our server was very knowledgeable and affable. He added to the warm and welcoming atmosphere. The polish cuisine was very good. Much of the polish food is sourced from high quality Chicago based polish providers and is very good. Highly recommend the pierogi. Some nights, there's even live music. Let's do our part to patronize this place so that our choices of good quality food persist right near our Rotonda back yards.

We had lunch on the beautiful patio. Brook Lynn was our server and she was amazing. she guided us…read moreto excellent food and drink selections. I had the blackened trigger fish and it was seasoned perfectly. One of the best meals I have had in Florida in 20 years. We also shared a crab stuffed portobello and it was also excellent. Great place to meet friends and enjoy good food! We will be back!

Stopped in for dinner after a round of golf. They did not mind my golf attire. I was seated outside…read moreunder the covered patio. My server was Toni and she was very attentive. I started with the pain pill cocktail - their version of a pain killer. It was really tasty. It came in a very tall glass with some cinnamon sprinkle. The pineapple was fresh. While I looked over the menu, she brought out some warm crusty rolls with salted butter. Yummmmm. I was famished so I dug in. They had so many things on the menu I was a bit in information overload. I started with the coconut shrimp, which they say is a house specialty. The dipping sauce was interesting - like a cold coconut milk? The shrimp were butterflied and lightly fried. There is four on the plate. Pretty good. For dinner, I had the fresh catch with mashed potatoes and the zucchini medley. The medley had zucchini. squash, onions and red bell pepper in it. They have other sides like sweet potato as well. You get your choice of two. The entree came with a side salad. It was a small portion. It had some sweet candied nuts on it, with some shredded mixed cheese and a side of their house French dressing. Some of the pieces of lettuce were really long so it was kinda messy to eat. The red snapper was my choice of fresh catch. I asked for it grilled but the other option is blackened. The fish was a good portion. About 6 to 8 ounces. The mashed potatoes were delicious. I enjoyed my meal and I was too stuffed for dessert. But I saw the bread pudding with ice cream at another table. Wow! The scoop of ice cream on that dish was huge! The key lime ice cream pie sounded interesting and I imagine they have a good tiramisu. Next time I'll get dessert. Service was stellar. I was not bothered but I was checked on often for another drink and water etc. plates were cleared often but did not distract me. I really enjoyed being outside because they had a one man band playing guitar and singing so wonderfully. It's a gorgeous setting outside. A bit warm, but I was gross from golf anyways. They do have quite a few fans but I'm glad I was away from them. I hate when I'm trying to eat and it's all I can do to keep my hair from blowing in my face and mouth from overzealous ceiling fans. Bathrooms are clean and well stocked. Parking is a private lot out front and I easily found a space. This place was recommended by a coworker. I am so glad I took her recommendation!

I've gone here a handful of times throughout the years. I've never been impressed. This time…read morethough, will be my last. They changed the inside of the market. Before, you used to be able to view the live lobsters and see them pick them out. I used to like this, because I want to make sure the lobsters are alive and moving when they are removed from the water. Now, I don't know where they keep them, but I can't see them. I wouldn't trust that I am getting the fresh and very alive lobsters. Second, and most important of all, the prices are BAD. I called them a couple weeks ago for the price of lobsters. They told me 3 for $65. For me, that's extremely expensive. For me, I wouldn't pay that for myself, but my wife wanted me to cook some lobsters (would have been only her second time having lobster in her life). I decided to give them a try one last time and compare it to other markets that cost much less. If I could get similar taste at the other markets, I would no longer go here. Sadly, when I went in, I noticed the prices were now 3 chick lobsters for $75, or $25 a pound if you don't want 3. I asked about this, telling them they recently told me they were $65 on the phone... maybe not more than 2 weeks ago... and they said they raised their prices. Holy shit. That's not a $1 raise... or a $3 raise, but a whopping $10 raise. It wasn't too long ago that 3 of their lobsters were $25, and even that seemed expensive. I was willing to try them one last time at $65 (highway robbery bent over backwards), so I asked if they would honor the price quoted on the phone a few weeks ago, and they said no. So I walked out without spending one penny. These prices are terrible. TERRIBLE. Other markets in the area are charging $15 a pound for new england live lobsters. It's their store, they can charge what they want, but I won't buy anything if the prices are too high. Maybe this will go out of business like the port charlotte location? Maybe the snow birds don't know about other places to buy fresh lobster and pay the price? Well, if you know where to shop, you can find everything I've seen in this store for about 1/2 the cost. Tourist trap? I don't know, but buyer beware.

Stopped in for lunch since they had lots of outdoor seating in the shade. You order inside at the…read moremarket counter but they make the food in the trailer outside and bring it to your table. They were pretty busy but the food arrived quickly. Lots of people were stopping in for fresh seafood from the market while a few were having lunch outside. The food was delicious and everyone loved it. The only issue we had was that I was hoping to just get fried shrimp for my daughter but the only options were coconut shrimp or the shrimp po boy. They said that's all they could do. Once we received the shrimp po boy, I was confused why they couldn't just give us that but without the bread. Oh well, she just picked the shrimp off the bun and loved it anyways. Just didn't seem very accommodating when they seemed so helpful to the customers ordering from the actual fresh seafood market. We will definitely come back.

Another great experience here! We shared the nachos and they…read morewere excellent! Love the pulled pork! Perfect blend of tender and Smokey! My mom had the taco salad and she loved every bite! My husband had the burger and it was perfect!

Location right on Lemon Bay is fabulous. Hadn't been at this restaurant for quite awhile due to…read morehurricane damages. They have cleaned up nicely . New hurricane blinds, great bathrooms and there is an outside deck bar. Didn't remember that. All the TV's were on sports..... & good music was playing in the background. Today was a very windy day and with the hurricane blinds down, the eating area was very comfortable. Staff is just a friendly as we remember and pretty darn quick too !! We sat at the bar.... April greeted us and took our drink order rather quickly. We then ordered the Smoked wings. Delicious Smokey flavor and tender. JUST as we remembered. It's an hours drive for us, but we decided ........ We will be back.... For sure.

What a pleasure it is to go into this small business! The…read moreowner Audley is so sweet! She makes the crab cakes here herself! I was greeted by Megan who cheerfillly helped me decide what I wanted and packed up my order. I decided on the hand made crab cakes, house made romulaude sauce and key lime pie. Everything was delicious! I look forward to coming here again! It's so nice to support a small business!!

Very good fish dips and a good variety. Love the tuna one…read more Their shrimp is also good. Need to try more things. Staff is very nice.

Just had awesome fish tacos (cobia) at the Pink Elephant. Always in search of better than average…read morefish tacos and they did not disappoint. Plenty of meaty fish similar to mahi. Delicious topping & sauce. Highly recommend. They come 2 per order and they split them on plates for us since we just wanted a snack (only went in for a drink). The onion rings were also way above average, crunchy and delicious! Austin the bartender is really sweet and keeps the customers happy. Enjoyed sitting at the bar so he could serve us again. Don't recommend going on a holiday weekend though. What were we thinking? Well the beach had no parking and the streets were very busy. Glad we found a place to park at the pink elephant. We just wanted a little beach outing for vow-renewal "anniversary." Wink. Probably going again soon on our engagement anniversary!

Sadly this was a big let down. This summer my friends came to visit and this was on their to do…read morelist. We drove 45 mins away to come here. We sat outside and it was very hot. The waitress took our order and besides being served our food from the runner, we didn't see our waitress again. My friend who has an allergy was served the wrong food and we never received refills on our drinks, water, etc. The food was good. Presented nicely and pretty good portions. I finally had to get up and go find our waitress inside at the end to get our check to leave. Would have loved to have a good experience. May try one more time.

Crab stuffed mushrooms were fishy & greasy, we only got 2 pieces of bread w dinner, salad was lame…read more& wilted, veal was bland, spinach resembled a frozen box of chopped from supermarket, very disappointing! We won't be back! Quality has declined significantly.

Being Italian from New York, I am very critical of "out-of-town" Italian restaurants. I offer my…read morecriticism to point out the inconsistent quality of the food, rather than as a rebuke of management's good intentions. (First of all, the word Bistro refers to French style cooking not Italian.) The reviews we read indicated that Isabella's would be worth trying. It isn't. If you are from the mid-West and think Pizza Hut serves excellent pizza, this restaurant is for you because you have never experienced genuine Italian cuisine. It takes a long time to get your food. It should not take 40 minutes to get your salad. It was warm and wilted. Isabella's must have a tiny kitchen or a very sparse kitchen staff. My pasta dish was smothered in mozzarella. As was my wife's Sampler dish of rollatini, manicotti, and lasagna. Manicotti should be light and savory covered only in a delicious sauce, not buried under a heavy layer of mozzarella. By the way, the sauce is too salty. The Chicken Francese dish was too soggy to enjoy. You can pick up the bread at any supermarket. I thought the dipping oil was excellent, nothing else. The preparation of the food is at best only mediocre. The ladies on the staff were very nice and they work very hard. Isabella's could be better. The chef needs to spend a month travelling around Italy, especially Sicily, to update Isabella's recipes. The restaurant is always packed, so there must be many non-Italians who think this is good Italian food.

Nice bartender, Charlie. Cold drafts reasonably priced. The not so good was the warm lobster roll…read more Not much to it and would never order it again.

It is beautiful inside! Way nicer than the way it looks outside!! Heidi was our server and she was…read moredelightful! Our food was a little off-my daughter ordered the Lobster Roll-it was served on a hoagie roll-so not what we expected-the crab cake I ordered was a little over done but okay- The 2 other entrees were good-they were the crab Cajun boil and Cod basket-they gave it a solid 5 stars! So overall the rating is fair-just avoid the crab cake and the Lobster Roll!!

I loved Island Court. They sell freshly caught fish and some cooked items. Although there is no…read moreseating area, the cashier set me up with Ritz crackers and some homemade mahi mahi dips and actually shared her own water bottle stash. Next time I go there I'll bring my own dishes and drinks.

Scored 100 littleneck clams! Perfection! Thank you! This…read moreplace is charming, lots of local flavor!

Let me start by saying at 3:00 on a Saturday it is empty…read more The menu on line is Not the one we were given. We were served right away with a table and drinks. My wife chose the chicken salad wrap with the homemade chips. She loved it. Chips were not salted. I ordered the Ken & barb burger medium , with potato salad. It was ok juicy, greasy, flavorless same with the potato salad. We will try it again for dinner but not impressed. $47 with tip 2 sodas no dessert.

Beautiful waterfront restaurant with a HUGE tiki-hut. We went on Easter for lunch, not knowing it…read morewas a man Easter buffet and a very limited menu. As vegetarians there were ZERO options on the limited menu. The server was super sweet and let us check out the buffet before deciding to stay or not. All the sides were vegetarian and the price of 24.99 each wasn't too bad, so we stayed. The buffet included ham, turkey, fried flounder as the mains, with sides of mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, carrots, mixes veggies, Mac and cheese, rolls, corn bread, coleslaw, and roasted potatoes. It also included a small salad bar and about 4 dessert options. There was also Easter candy scattered on the table and plastic eggs to open with treats inside-- making the lunch extra fun! As adults we never get to open easter eggs! We also enjoyed the live music. Five stars, but subtracted one for the lack of true vegetarian options with the limited menu. Thanks for making our day special!