So normally I would give 4 or more for Sailor's, this visit was bad. If it wasn't for the waiter, no star. He was gracious, kind, and embarrassed. 3 of us ordered the special at his recommendation, French dip. It was just FAT, cheese and Bread. 5% meat. Ok maybe 10%. I pointed it out to the waiter and he was disgusted. He talked to his Manager. The guy came over and bought us a round of drinks. This was a soft attempt to make things right. 70.00 later for a few and that. Should he have paid the meal? The 10% was awesome. read more

My husband and I had a lovely lunch/dinner at this restaurant. We had a very friendly, attentive waitress. Great appetizers and they even made special accommodations when I asked a non tomato base for the pasta. Totally recommend the mushroom appetizer. The view was very nice too' read more

Great environment-turn off the main road and arrive at a waterfront restaurant. Who knew ... the food is out of this world. The staff is courteous and the menu has exceptional dining options. Parking is a problem but there is valet service. read more

Love it here. The view is the best. The food is great. Perfect for bringing out of towners

The food was delicious, the service was wonderful and the ambience is the cherry on on the cake! Looking forward to returning soon.

One of our favorite restaurants: we go here often for lunch, and always sit outdoors, where we can watch the sailboats in the marina. The waitstaff are very attentive--they keep our drinks filled and check on us regularly. The food is standard Florida cuisine--lots of fish, steaks, sandwiches, salads--but the pleasant ambiance and excellent service make it one of our regular hangouts. read more

Highly overrated restaurant! There was mediocre food with a pricey menu...when you are charging price points way above average,there should be some inspiration from the kitchen..this was sorely lacking. Fish selection was bland and had no seasoning and crab cakes were mostly filler..our server,Josh ,was very good and on point throughout .Nice scenery and ambiance. read more

Reliable good food and service. Have dined there two times. Valet parking. Will return.

Excellent place for lunch. Dog friendly. Nice outside covered patio. Lunch menu is delicious. Recommend the chicken cordon blue. read more

Sailor's Return Restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Stuart, Florida

Great location at the marina. Stopped for lunch. Fish tacos for me and fish and chips for my wife. Both were done as expected. The taco sauce was very nice and tasted as if it was made from the fish pan sauce. Two large pieces of fish for the fish and chips with sweet potato fries. Will be back next time in Stuart, FL. read more

Sailor's Return Restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Stuart, Florida

In the past I've enjoyed some good meals here. Pretty expensive but that's what you expect for an atmosphere like this. Unfortunately we went for lunch last week and the food was extremely poor. I should have said something to the manager but I was entertaining an old friend. I guess they've had a chef change. read more

Mothers Day mess!! Special menu that was way over priced and nothing special! Green beans and parm risoto for most of the dishes. Fixed way in advance. The plate was hot so it sat under a warmer. 60 bucks for a filet!! True example of paying for the atmosphere!! Tables were shoved in and packed like sardines. I had the grouper that was the size of a small fist!! Bad choice overall. read more

I don't understand the bad reviews? I guess people need to complain about something? Again meal was spot on and the wait staff was friendly. My wife had the chicken cordon bleu and was and I had the scallops. The food was spot on. This is like are 10th time visiting Sailor's return and we have never had a bad meal, always consistent and staff is great. Sailors has been around 27 years, must be doing something right? Keep it up, see you soon. Buster read more

Amazing place to have dinner and drinks with friends. The food was great quality and the atmosphere was beautiful. The views of the water and sunset are enough to entice people to stop in. If you're in the area definitely swing by! read more

The food here is always great. Beautiful views of the marina and drawbridge also! Great little hidden spot.

Have been here several times. Food is always good and the view of the water if very nice too.

Spacious restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating. Excellent food, great service, plentiful menu, situated on the water near the bridge. The hostess was welcoming and gracious, even though we brought our 10-pound dog. We enjoyed our meal so much more than Conchy Joe's, which denied us service because we had our dog. It's more upscale than Joe's and more comfortable. It has become our go-to restaurant for the reasons mentioned above. Parking can be crowded during peak hours but it's worth a short walk to enjoy really good food in a friendly, comfortable setting.. read more

Stopped in on our way home from St Augustine . The view is amazing . The service was good , and food ,,, WOW!!! We are crab cake lovers and this was the best we've had . My husband had the crab stuffed lobster and I have the pecan crusted snapper . Both were so delicious . Priced accordingly , not cheap but not too pricey for the quality and view read more

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They completely screwed up! We had a terribly awful experience. First off, we had a 7:30 pm reservation, but despite our reservation, we still had to wait for 45 minutes to be seated, at 8:15 pm. There were four of us. We each ordered salads and entrees. Our salads were served promptly, but after that, we had to wait 1 & 1/2 hours for our entrees. We were very hungry. Our server asked the manager to speak with us. The manager did apologize and said that they were slammed. I will not even bother to mention what each of us ordered, but I will say that my steak came undercooked and had to be sent back. Yes, we did have desserts and at that time, I even said to myself, while I was having my dessert, that if they only comp one dessert, that would be unbelievably lame. Well, guess what?! They did not even compensate so much as one dessert! Not even a cup of coffee. Shame on them! This restaurant is the "epitome of unprofessionalism!" Also, since we had waited 45 minutes to be seated and 1&1/2 hours for our food, we were the last people in the restaurant and they were already cleaning up and vacuuming the restaurant while we were still eating. On the bright side, our server was nice. read more

So bad. This is fast food quality food at exorbitant prices. I usually choose not to be negative but I feel I must warn people that this food is horribly cooked and you should find somewhere else. Our appetizers never arrived. Salmon, grouper, ribeye and snapper were all very dry and overcooked. The accompanying veggies were all undercooked. Maybe that balances out the dish somehow or they were just going for a 'tough' dinner theme read more

Food was delicious. I had chicken wings and a Caesar salad. My husband had pasta and the vegetables. Salad was good. Plan to go back.

I believe we became ill from the seared tuna On nachos. Both of us had intestinal Distress. Beautiful setting so order Enjoy with simple food. read more

So there yelp reviews are pretty accurate really nice ambience, amazing views they have plenty of staff and free valet parking. Customer service is great don't get me wrong it's definitely not lacking in that department very clean restaurant my only problem was the food. I ordered the chicken milanese which was a little dry and didn't seem seasoned just had no flavor to say the least. It also came with risotto which wasn't that bad. This place could be absolutely amazing if the food was just seasoned. They have the amazing views, ambience and along with there great customer service this place has the potential to be five stars. Indoor and outdoor seating is available I opted to sit outside for the amazing view of the marina. The view is breathtaking and makes for great selfie read more

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This restaurant is positively beautiful! It is located right on the water, looking over the marina. There are plenty of boats to watch and look out at. The hostess was very pleasant and accommodating for our very large group. We were seated outside on a perfect Florida day! There is fans, misting water, located outside. This was appreciated for the people that were overly hot from sitting in the sun. We came to eat during happy hour, so were given the limited bar menu. This was fine with everyone since we only wanted a small lunch. The happy hour drink specials are only available if you're sitting at the bar. I ordered a house made sangria, which was delicious and refreshing. Our waitress was attentive and perfect at keeping all of our drinks filled. For lunch, I ordered the grilled mahi caesar salad. The mahi was grilled to perfection, with so much flavor. It was exactly what I wanted. Others ordered the cheeseburgers. These are huge! They can easily be split between two people. They also looked incredible. We ordered conch fritters as an appetizer for the table. They were very crispy, but not over done! The dipping sauce was very tasty, with a little kick to it. Our waitress was very friendly. She had absolutely no problem splitting checks for our large group! This is always appreciated. I loved the view, the decorations and the food here! read more

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Usually a great place to dine and have fun, but I don't recommend going for Thanksgiving. $40 per plate with Turkey, stuffinf/dressing, mashed potatoes and a veggie... sounds great, right? Well the kitchen didn't give us dressing and gave us only a child, infant child, portion of mashed potatoes, and very little gravy. The waitress didn't come back so we grabbed a waiter to ask about the stuffing/dressing. He acted like he didn't know what we were asking about... really funny... finally he understood what we were saying and then 5 minutes later a gentleman comes out with two helpings of stuffing. We told the waitress what happened and she said you're the fifth table they forgot to give the stuffing to. There was a waiter vacuuming next to us it was simply chaos!! If I wanted to hear vacuuming I would have stayed at home . We will not go back on a holiday. read more

We decided to try having Thanksgiving dinner out this year at Sailor's Return. There were 5 of us and we all ordered the Turkey dinner. It was Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted vegetables and cranberry sauce. Turkey was dry and cut in chunks, not sliced. Vegetables were so hard and not cooked. (Waitress said they always cook their veggies al dente). Stuffing had no taste other than pepper and the cranberry sauce, after my face went into contortions, I gracefully discarded into a napkin. It was so sour. I looked around and saw several people leaving their veggies on the plate. I wonder if they look at what is left on the plates and why someone wouldn't make an adjustment. The staff and service were great!!! The food, very disappointing. read more

I hate to say it but I was super disappointed with my last experience at sailors. The food was definitely not the quality it once was, especially given the price. We had to wait a long time to see our server (which I totally understand things are much different post quarantine) and it was difficult trying to find her when we needed other drinks etc. I was just definitely disappointed with my overall experience. read more

I really enjoyed this place, I ordered the pistachio crusted salmon with wasabi mashed potatoes the first time and it came out amazing. We also ordered the escargot which I loved. The white chocolate raspberry martinis were so good, I will definitely be back. Keylime martini very good as well. Very nice staff extremely over priced. read more

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On the suggestion of a coworker I stopped for dinner. I wish I would've had a reservation so I could have sat outside. But the hostess got me a hightop at the bar near the window with a beautiful view. Watching the boats in the marina and the people all around, it was a very nice dining experience. The food was superb. I posted a couple pictures here, I had pasta and the most wonderful mozzarella salad ever. read more

Sailor's Return Restaurant - Order this mozzerella salad. You will not be disappointed. - Seafood Near Me - Stuart, Florida

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We love Sailor's Return for its atmosphere, delicious food and fine dining. The staff is professional, knowledgeable and friendly. Valet parking most nights helps. What more can I say? PS I am not related to anyone who works there nor do I have any other interest besides great dining! read more

Came here with a friend on Saturday night. You definitely need a reservation if you're planning on getting a table on the weekends! Friend and I ordered an appetizer, salad, and an entree. When it came out, the salad and entree was split on two plates. We thought "wow, this place is awesome" for doing that. Then we got the bill and they charged a dollar for splitting the salad and $4 for splitting the entree. Huge eye roll. Would have given this place five stars for the ambiance and food, but their nickel and dime-ing for everything (ie $1.50 for blue cheese stuffed olives) is out of hand. read more

I went to Sailor's Return with a group from work. Nice atmosphere but the food no. I had crab cakes and what a joke. The crab cakes were 99% shredded chicken, no exaggeration, with a couple of morsels of white meat which was either crab or imitation crab just so they can say they were crab cakes. Terrible! It was a real insult to customers for them to think they are actually getting away with this garbage. Don't bother going to a place where they think nothing of their customers. read more

This place is trash and my chicken tender took for hours I hated this restaurant and it's like trash

Come here for the view and drinks, not the atmosphere. I have to say, they are very well located, right on the dock with a beautiful view of the river and dreamy yachts. You can really channel your inner Gilbert here. During the week they have a different mix drink here for just $7. Can't beat that. Nonetheless, I thought their food was just subpar, especially when considering the price. We had the coconut shrimp, parmesan fries, and eggplant. Nothing to brag about. I've had much better shrimp and fries. Our server though was great! Wish I remembered his name. read more

Go to the bar area when Mike is there. Sorry I don't have a photo of him in his Easter/breast cancer awareness / pink shirt with sunglasses pattern. He made us very happy. Bravo! Food is excellent, views of the water and bridge and cascading water wall... read more

Sailor's Return Restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Stuart, Florida

Delightful setting on the wharf in Stuart. Watching the beautiful boats dock while enjoying a cocktail and meal is a great way to spend the afternoon. The Sailors bread with Gorgonzola and bruschetta was a delicious starter. Hubs had the mahi-mahi tacos and I had the eggplant stack. Both were excellent. The key lime pie was outstanding with a raspberry sauce underneath. read more

Consistently amazing service, food and ambiance. Our favorite place to go out to eat for special occasions! read more

Sailor's Return Restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Stuart, Florida

I'm so sorry but the margaritas are really really bad. Maybe the worst I've had in my entire life. The food is ok. But it's really expensive. And I felt like I could have made it better at home for a fraction of the cost. I was really disappointed. It's a cute place though. And the service was great. But it's kind of just an expensive sea food restaurant for old people. It's a good place to come with grandparents. But would not recommend. read more

The other day me my father and sister and our dog peterpan went here for lunch, our first time going here! The view is beautiful, they allow dogs and were very friendly to ours and even brought him water in a doggie bowl, the food was good, but the lunch menu was small.. not sure if it was limited due to covid or not tho. For appetizers we ordered the eggplant stack which was very good, we also got the fish dip which came with some celery carrots crackers and crackers with a everything seasoning that were flaky and delicious! For lunches, my sister got a chicken Cesar salad which she said was awesome, my father got burger which he ate all of, and I ordered the Mahi-mahi fish sandwich which was good , and I got a side house salad wich was light and fresh. We also ordered Peter Pan (the pup) a plain piece of filled chicken which he enjoyed! All beautiful food and dining area outside! Will be coming here again! read more

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Thaw only thing Sailors Return has going for it is the hard working servers an incredible view. The food is awful! I will never go again. This is my second chance and I hope I've learned my lesson. read more