Delicious with great service!! Definitely should try if you are in the area! Ashlynn was a great waitress.

Love this restaurant. The seafood here is absolutely excellent and so fresh. My favorite is the fried, jumbo shrimp, onion rings, and coleslaw and to top it off there's strawberry margaritas are to die for. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for an awesome seafood dinner. read more

Amazing, amazing, amazing! We loved the service, good was delish and oysters were fresh. Highly recommend.

The food was delicious and the drink were awesome. The bartenders are very friendly and take their time to help you pick out the right drink for you. The waitress we had was not friendly and we had to hunt her down to get drink refills and anything else we needed. Still worth going there to eat. read more

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You can sit outside at their bar is a plus for us, service, food and bartenders are great. Amazing menu but a little pricey$$$. On the beach but not really another bar is behind it which we also l read more

Service was very good. Zach did an awesome job being quick about getting our orders in and keeping drinks filled. We were seated quickly. Our group was over 8 ppl so I had made a reservation. FYI, there is complimentary valet parking at Ocean East Resort for customers of Riptides. We struggled to find parking at first so hopefully this review will help someone else. My husband loved the all you can eat crab but it does have a pricey price tag to it ($95per person). Otherwise it's basically like $30 per lb for snow crab. My Dad had the stuffed grouper and oysters and my mom had mahi. Both said the food was very good and they raved about the hush puppies. Said it typically hard to find a good hush puppy and these were very good. read more

If you can handle the all you can eat crab, I recommend it. What made the meal was being served by Brandi. This server is awesome, prompt and delightful. Ask her about her freckles. read more

Riptides Raw Bar & Grill - Seafood Near Me - Ormond Beach, Florida

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Great food great atmosphere great service!!!!! Music was great! It was very busy abut our server went above and beyond! We'll be back for sure!!!!!!!!!!! read more

Fast service with excellent staff. Our server, Joe, was awesome!! Always checked on us and kept our drinks full. Place is on the strip and right on ocean and they have live music which was pretty amazing. We got the crab legs which were good. I just wish they had more seasoning. They only have old bay and butter. Being from NC we like a little more spice. Also the market price for crabs here are way more expensive than what we have in NC. They do have option for AYCE but it's like $95 pp. the hush puppies were to die for! Very tasty! I would definitely recommend. Others in my party had gator bites and they loved them. read more

Hot as hell, you can head into the bathroom to cool off if you like. Save yourself some money and time head over to Charlie Horse. You'll be much more satisfied. Surprised this place is still in business. I tried it last year and as I see the same management is here delivering the same crappy service and sub par food. read more

It is hands down the best restaurant in the Daytona area. We eat here every time we visit. Great food, atmosphere and wait staff have always been amazing! I highly recommend. read more

Riptides Raw Bar & Grill - Crab legs, seafood man n cheese , shrimp and fish dinner. - Seafood Near Me - Ormond Beach, Florida

First I wanna say, ask for Trevor's section when you go...it's worth the wait! He gave us amazing service! Second, the food was worth every dollar and the drinks were not badly priced. They had live music and they were doing 25% capacity but the wait was not long at all. 10/10 recommend you at least go once! read more

My wife and I had lunch there yesterday, and thoroughly enjoyed the food and service. I had the grilled tuna salad, and it was great. Tuna was done just the way I had requested. Greens were fresh, and cold. Dressing matched perfectly with the tuna and greens My wife ordered the cheese steak, and all I can say was, she ate all the meat. Trever our server later told her she could order without the bread. Good for future visits. We were so impressed that we recommended Riptide to our group of classmates for dinner that night. We had reservations for 22, and they were able to accommodate our request. The restaurant was packed for a Tuesday night, but they were able to sit the group about 15 minutes after our reservation called for. To our surprise Trever was again in charge of our group, which was not the only large group that night. Trever handle our group well, and was able to wait on us, get our drinks, and food to us without any big issues. If I had to say one negative thing, it would be that my food was not as hot as I would have liked, but I attribute that to trying to serve 21 people at the same time, which they did. read more

Amazing food! Great service! We were lucky to not have to wait for a table but it would be worth the wait if we did.

Amazing service by our waitress Missy!! Food was delicious and she checked in with us constantly staying 2 steps ahead!

Some of the best chicken I have ever had in my life oh my god. The calamari was good and the smoked fish dip was good and the oysters were good and the fries were good and the coleslaw was good and the ribs were good and the CHICKEN was ESPECIALLY good. Kudos to whoever made that chicken. read more

Drinks and atmosphere were really good, we sat on the patio and ate , steak was seasoned a little strange for my wife's liking but i thought it was good , we will come back when we vacation again read more

First time here and it was amazing! There was a wait so we sat at the bar and the bartender was great! Would recommend this to anyone. I had no complaints from the food to the drinks. read more

Atmosphere great. Had live music and the guy was really good. Husband had a steak which was really good, our friend had the seafood Mac n cheese which he really enjoyed. I ordered the ribs but they were really dry. Waiter immediately removed from our bill and wanted to get me something else but I at least was able to eat the baked potato and coleslaw so I was good!!! read more

Brought some out of town friends that wanted a local spot with great food. The all you can eat crab legs were a hit for them. Service was great and love the vibe. Live music playing on the patio and more. The wait isn't as long as they tell you and there is a patio bar to grab a drink and listen to music while you wait. read more

I love this place! Always! From the drinks to the appetizers to the oysters! The service the atmosphere. Everything about this place is spot on. read more

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Whenever we are in the area, we stop in. Always love this place! Always eat in the dining room, always watch surfing and beach videos. And always eat the blackened fish tacos!! Yum! read more

Server was slow. Loud to loud even to hear music. Crab was rubbery, BBQ was tabasco sauce diluted with pineapple juice per waiter with below par taste. Ribs double cooked per waiter with a burnt taste. Grilled shrimp tasted like burnt toast on a uncleaned grill. Chicken strips made the cut as far as taste. Just like a riptide will suck for the pricing highly recommend Crabby's instead. Maybe a bad day not sure what was up - I could have purchased equivalent at the grocery store and served a better meal for fraction of the price. Unfortunate experience, caution, not all riptide up to be. read more

Do you remember the old commercial with the catch line "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" Well guess what... that's exactly what we all said when we questioned our server about the odd taste of the drawn butter that was served with our $48 for two pounds of crab dinner. Oh we don't serve butter... we use margarine... Seriously... $192.00 in crab and they served us margarine. read more

The service was great, We were seat immediately and the staff was very nice. They had a live band which was a nice tough. I got my appetizer fast that was good it was the sun glow shrimp. However my entree was 2 lbs of snow crabs. They were cold and way over cooked I was a little upset and didn't really want to bother the guy to get me knew ones. Other then that the place is cool read more

Came to this place after seeing a plane fly by Daytona Beach advertising all you can eat crab legs. All you can eat crab legs were $95. Wife ended up getting 2 lbs ($44), she said they were average. I ordered the blackened Mahi-mahi, I'd say it was average. We sat at the bar, the bartenders were amazing. They made the best drinks and worked their butts off keeping up with the rest of the restaurant and had great attitudes! read more

Ayce crabs legs if u want em go here! My husband can eat em quick, and as soon as he ate the last one, bam they would throw another cluster on his plate, no waiting , or asking for it, excellent service, food is great! I had citrus mahi delicate and delish, OMG the hushpuppies are to die for! Very Laid back atmosphere live acoustic. music read more

Riptides Rippoor taste! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! Ordering what you want will probably not be what you get! We wish we had read the reviews more carefully as this was not a good experience for what we thought would be a great beachside seafood restaurant. At least that's what the reviews said. We came for lunch last weekend and there were plenty of tables available inside and out. Our waiter took us to a high top table on the front deck. First the table needed to be serviced and wiped clean along with having to ask for clean silverware wrapped in paper napkins. Ours looked like they had been used to wipe crab juice off fingers. Getting thru the laminated menu was a challenge as there was so much to choose from that was more than seafood. We ordered Mahi and shrimp from the ocean with coleslaw and sweet potato fries. Let's get to the point, the Mahi was not only over cooked and bland (should have been blackened heavy seasoning) but it was definitely not fresh from the ocean, more like fresh from the freezer! The shrimp looked good till you bit into them and they were undercooked, more like sashimi instead of the Caribbean style seasoning we asked for. So after that we asked for the Manager, Michael Bleser, (not sure if he gave his real name) so we can get his take on what is good to order here. He suggested the Shrimp & avocado spring rolls, Rumicane bacon wrapped shrimp, both supposed to be house favorites. When the order came the spring rolls were cut in chunks, lukewarm with nice size shrimp and 3 bland cheeses. We asked to not have the jalapeños added and was told that they are pre-made in the mornings so that was not an option. The dipping sauce was good but they probably didn't make that. Again, seasoning is not served to taste. We THEN were last but not lease wanted to give the Royal Red Peel-n-Eat Shrimp a chance since Mike said they were great. Well sorry to say, they looked like they came out of a box, pulled from the toaster oven and sprinkled with the lightest of fake powder seasoning, didn't look juicy or appetizing at all. We've had better peel-n-eat and seasoned shrimp from Publix. Disappointing to say, we asked for the check about 3 times and 15 minutes later before we were presented with a $96.92 balance for everything we ordered! Nothing was taken off as a courtesy for badly executed meals. When we asked Mike to fix it please, he said, "You ordered it" well yes we also ordered edible food but yet did not get that, and when we said we would pay for what we could eat, not for what we couldn't, he then tried to equate the situation to going to a movie and not liking the ending, but you wouldn't ask for your money back! Movie=Resturant??? SMH Finally after playing tit4tat with Mike and getting the check to an amount appropriate to what was able to be eaten, we then were threatened that if any of this gets posted ANYWHERE, we would be in TROUBLE! Really Mike, even when asked about the COVID-19 cleaning of the menus, Mike replied "They were treated with a microbial that lasts a year! (nothing was posted anywhere about that), because not 1 person during the time we were there wiped a menu down and there were 3 hostesses standing around the hostess stand. (Go figure) Needless to say if you have read this far you best believe we feel sincere enough to take the time and write this without fear of being threatened for doing so. If management decides to reply, without the cut and paste stock response they have done on so many of the reviews, we would be surprised, as there is no way we would suggest friends, family, locals or visitors to step foot in this unwelcoming place. You would be better off with dinner and a movie at home! read more

This place was phenomenal to say the least. We had the ten burger and the fish tacos Our server Derek was also great and they accommodated our dog with a dog bowl with water. Holy moly I wish we had this place on the west side of the state. read more

Even for a Tuesday night, the place was fairly busy, but not crazy. Good service, excellent food. Will def repeat.

This restaurant was amazing along with great food and awesome service. I had the Caribbean Style Halibut and Scallops. Furthermore, my family enjoyed their meal and the atmosphere as well. The waiter that served us was extremely helpful, and made our dining experience a great one that would motivate us to come back to the restaurant again when we are in the Daytona Beach area. The funny thing is that after we left the restaurant I got a text message from one of my coworkers suggesting that I should try this restaurant since we were in the area on vacation. But I found the restaurant on yelp prior to going to restaurant because the reviews were great and the pictures of the food look very tempting and enticing to my taste buds. Moreover, the restaurant met our expectations and really made our trip one of the best ones ever. read more

Riptides Raw Bar & Grill - Caribbean Style Halibut and Scallops - Seafood Near Me - Ormond Beach, Florida

Not impressed. Ordered a daiquiri and got stuck with the signature coconut. $18. The nachos were good. But the quesadillas are pretty much the same thing. The mahi sandwich was very bland-no dipping sauce-nothing. Bar food. I can get this in NY. We should have had the crab... read more

Used to go to riptidesthree or four years before Covid. Loved their jerk chicken salad. I used to rave about it at home. Pulled chicken marinated in jerk seasoning, it was the best. We finally came back May 2021 couldn't wait to get here to eat at riptides and have the jerk chicken salad. When I got it, it was completely different. It had grilled chicken on top of basically a Mexican salad.It has some nasty cilantro on it that wasn't described on the menu. And the chicken was just grilled with salt and pepper. Riptides, what happened to your jerk chicken? I was so disappointed I traveled 1000 miles for a jerk chicken salad and all I got was jerked.I'm guessing they got a new shelf or something. Everything else was nice I was just really disappointed. read more

My fiancé, her daughter and I came in after looking at reviews.. it absolutely did not disappoint.. great atmosphere.. wonderful service and food.. we're on vacation from Oklahoma but plan on coming back.. They had live music on the patio.. we danced and had a great time.. keep up the good work.. read more

Good food, good music, people here are so friendly and having fun. Our table of 9 had every app on the menu and each one was delicious.

The staff here was amazing, especially with our children after a long day on the beach. Highly recommend the hush puppies and blackened shrimp dinner. We can't wait to return ! read more

What an ambiance! In May 2018 and in May 2019 on 2 separate occasions we dined here when we were in Daytona beach. We love sitting on the deck to fine. There was a live band playing. You can feel the air from the ocean. The food portions are generous, the staff is friendly and the food tastes fresh and delicious. Must go if you're in town as a tourist. read more

Riptides Raw Bar & Grill - Sautéed alligator - Seafood Near Me - Ormond Beach, Florida

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Below average. I visited with my kids and wife on July 28 for dinner. We asked the server Derek what the specials were and he said they didn't do specials. My wife Inquired about the specials she saw posted near the hostess. He wasn't aware of them but after some research found them. Our server was really interested in pitching the "souvenir cups and glasses" which you could take home if you paid 11-14 bucks for them. No thanks. When our food came, they brought the wrong meal for my daughter. It took another 5-7 min to correct the order. My crab legs were brought without nutcracker and zipper which meant I had to wait another 5 minutes. By the time it came, the crab legs were cold. No apologies. When our check came; they not only charged us for what we ordered, but also the meal they brought us which we didn't order. No apology. They thankfully took it off. The food: okay not great. Kids menu: awful choices The service: bad and slow Ambiance: off a main road. Loud. Won't go back. read more

Differently worth the wait best seafood in Flordia I think I highly recommend this place will definitely be back for some cook fresh seafood

Great place. We went as a family and a tribute to our brother. Crabs were awesome and everyone had a great time!!