My husband and I stopped in for a bite to eat last night (8-30-19) and were disappointed by both the food and the service. While Marianna was polite she seemed lacking in customer service and the details of the contents of the menu when we inquired. My husband and I have both been in the food service industry and were not impressed by our serving sizes of the appetizers and the menu is overpriced for the serving size. We had a crab cake that was a bit burnt, a fish spread which was less than a half a scoop on a bed of lettuce and the bruschetta topping was scarce. The drinks were watered down. I have eaten here a few times in the past and am sincerely disappointed. We will not be returning. The only reason I'm giving 2 stars was because of the view. read more

holly was great! she was super nice and food was delicious. will def. come back when we visit Florida again

We came to Sculley's for dinner after a day at Madeira Beach. There were seven of us and we were served by Nick B. He was an awesome waiter, fast moving, remembered everything, he was very helpful and friendly, and got everything right! One person with us has a medical condition where she cannot eat any butter or fat. She has a really hard time ordering at restaurants and sometimes ends up not eating at all. As soon as Nic said something to Chef Ali about her dietary restrictions he came out to talk with her to make sure he completely understood what her restrictions were, and to make sure he could cook some thing that she could eat. Everything we had from the seafood mac & cheese to the lobster bisque to the shrimp boil was delicious it really was above and beyond. We were very impressed with the food and chef Ali but mostly we were impressed with the dish that he made for our friend. It was probably the best looking best tasting dish at the table. She was so happy and impressed and he really deserves kudos for going above and beyond for her! We appreciate it very much and we will definitely be back in the future!! read more

You come here for the ambiance- sit outside and look over the pass-- not the food (which, to be fair, was fine) or the prices (a bit high, I thought- but you're paying for the ambience) or the beer (limited and boring selection, no draft). The service was a bit slow, but it was jammed (tourist season), and we could just sit outside, enjoying the breeze and the band playing at The Hut next door. read more

Sculley's - Tuna poke at Sculley's, with sweet-potato waffle-fries. - Seafood Near Me - Madeira Beach, Florida

the service. was great and food was amazing. Thanks Nick B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The ambience was great. Couldn't ask for a better place to eat outside see the ocean. It was really nice. The waitress was friendly, service was ok. The food was not that great and food was over priced. The alcoholic beverage had no Rum in it. I got a rum runner and it was mainly orange juice. I mentioned it to the waitress she said oh they floated the alcohol on top so I asked her for a shot of rum in my drink which she charged me. I have been here several times in the past. They don't care about the locals anymore. They just care about the tourist we will not be coming back in the future. read more

Omg......where do I even begin? My dinner at this restaurant is the single worst dining experience I have ever had. We went to this restaurant one fine evening and had our night completely ruined. It all began when one of us asked the waitress what drinks were popular on their drink menu and she said she didn't know, she was underage and then just stared at us. The right thing to do is go ask the bartender or another server but no big deal. Then she brings us the drinks and doesn't come back to take our order for atleast 20 minutes and the place was not packed either. So she comes and takes our appetizer order and we say we are ready to order everything and she tells us that she doesn't want to put our main order in because there is an issue in the kitchen..... So long story short....we only ordered 4 alcoholic beverages, 3 appetizers, 2 salads and 1 entree. We spent well over 2 hours waiting and about 15 minutes eating. Our server was not friendly, attentive or apologetic. We asked to speak to the manager at the end of our horrible dinner. He tells us to not be upset with our server and ends up taking only 10% off our check. My advice....go somewhere else. read more

Delicious Shrimp Scampi and Fuzzy Mango was perfectly tasty without being too sweet. Grouper Bites as an app were so crunchy and not too salty. read more

Sculley's - Fuzzy Mango! - Seafood Near Me - Madeira Beach, Florida

Awesome service ! Katie is great Coconut shrimp was good ! Great view and good music read more

Our dining experience was absolutely wonderful. Sars was our waitress and she was the best. She never missed a beat,waiting table and making drinks. Her attitude and love for her job showed through. Thank you Sara. You are the best read more

Sculley's - Seafood Near Me - Madeira Beach, Florida

They told us the stopped serving bread to cut costs. The food is hit or miss every time we eat here. One item will be good then the others bad. Seems expensive. The location is good. Definitely a tourist place. read more

Not worth the hype our hotel's checkin person recommendation. I found the food to be ok and I'm sure for the price there's much better sea food around. I ordered a fried grouper sandwich that I was told was the best around with fries. Sandwhich came out warm and seemed like it probably was sitting out for awhile. The fries were soggy and cold and I had to ask for a new order. We also had the burbon salmon with rice and green beans and it was tasty per my kids. The wife had the Mahi and she felt that it was just ok. No beer on draft only bottles. The server rings up your bill in front of you with a tablet and the choices for tip start at 20%,22% and 25% service was just ok and more worthy of 15%. I would stay clear and spend your money else where. read more

Has a seaside location with some outdoor seating. Service was spotty; took a long time to get water; never refilled. They were out of all Chardonnay?! Portions were generous. Everything was cooked ok; nothing special. Parking was$17 for two hours which seems excessive for the area; which is all touristy. Wouldn't t hurry to go there; think you can do better. Will not go back myself for that reason. read more

Let's start with high hopes and end with disappointment. I'm not usually one for a poor review but this left me no choice. First, we knew from the dozens of corny t shirt and souvenirs shops we were in a tourist trap so we weren't expecting five stars here. The location was nice for grabbing a quick meal and watching the boats go through the pass. We elected to sit outside, which as it turns out, is prime for dolphin watching and second hand smoke, courtesy of the dozen ashtrays placed along the walkway between the bar and pier dining tables. We experienced both. Next, despite multiple signs posted both illustrating and stating "don't feed the birds" we watched a family with two young kids throw about half an order of French fries to the seagulls causing a near swarm and subsequent poop-fest all around us. None of the wait staff said a word. My dad cleaned bird poop off his chair. GROSS After that rukus the family left and we ordered a garden salad and quesadilla and a fried shrimp basket meal along with a beer. The salad arrived first and when I say it was ready for the dump I mean at least half the edges of lettuce were brown from spoiling. I took a photo. I have no idea how anyone can serve that. Quesadilla was decent. Beer was cold. Shrimp and fries were right out of a bulk store bag from the freezer. Totally gross and over fried. We barely ate and left after overpaying for a fairly inedible meal. Prices were inflated and food quality terrible. Staff looked disinterested at best. Two stars for the view. Bottom line is if you are hungry and in this tourist village look elsewhere. read more

Sculley's - My salad came with majority of the lettuce brown and starting to rot. - Seafood Near Me - Madeira Beach, Florida

The service was excellent and very attentive to a party of 8. The rest of the meal was merely adequate. It wasn't bad, per se, but it wasn't great, either. The food was quite obviously frozen and not fresh. The flavor of the blackened grouper was good, though. read more

Where do I even begin. As soon as I walked through the door the smell of sea dogs and shatter bomb hit me like a sack of bricks! Our waitress sat us down and handed us our menus and we were speechless. Nothing seemed to make sense and it all looked like food that they would serve at Dockside Dave's, not Sculley's restaurant and eatery. We sat for what felt like a decade just for our dinner to be plopped down in front of us. We ordered multiple items off the menu (family of 17) and not one of us were satisfied. We all ordered seafood except 2 of us and believe it or not, their food was actually subpar, the seafood everyone else ordered tasted like 3 day old pony wiener drenched in sweat with flys buzzing off of it. My God, please have someone bless this place, it was an absolute ship wreck. I wish we could've walked the plank but instead, we were all given Scurvy. When we were done trying to eat the food the waitress asked us if we needed a box and that's when we replied with laughs followed by whimpers and tears. The bill came out to be $250 for food that couldn't have cost anymore than $30. A raw trout with scales would've been better because at least then we would know what we eating. I'm pretty sure this restaurant is the reason for papaw Greg's heart aneurism that he suffered minutes after. Thanks for the plop house. read more

Probably the 6th time here and it just feels great to be back. I love the food and the service, clam chowder when they have it lobster bisque today. Pistachio crusted grouper seared to perfection, sweet potato waffle fries and vegetable melody. Starting with the veggies 1 I have a dislike for cooked carrots and they were so good I'll have to re-evaluate my carrot rule. Seasoned with salt and pepper and mildly buttered the carrots were the first gone. Perfection, cooked done crisp just delicious. Now that I've carried-on about the side, sweet potato fries deserve their time in the limelight. Drizzling sweet potato fries with honey a light dusting of possibly seasoned salt is simply delicious but the real star of the evening was the pistachio crusted grouper. I'm a sucker for grouper I would eat it every day if available to me and Sculley's did this fish right, lightly seasoned so as not to overpower the subtle flavorful fish and seared to perfection. This light flaky fish nearly melted in my mouth. I finished off the evening with key lime pie sweet and sour all at the same time a perfect way to cleanse my pallet. I love this place. read more

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We visited Sculley's as a party of 35. The service was fantastic as our server Nick was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and on top of everything we needed or asked for. He did a super job working with our large party. The food was absolutely delicious and worth every penny- even the little ones loved it. If you make the trip to Sculley's for dinner you won't be sorry! read more

We stopped in for a late lunch today wanting to take advantage of the nicer weather after the cold front cleared. We were seated right away, but our two person table had a post right up against one of the seats so even though we were sitting outside, we felt a little crowded & closed in at our table. If it was busy I could understand using this spot as a last option, but if there were open spots we would've asked to move. Great view of the water though; shaded so the sun doesn't blind you but open enough to enjoy the breeze & salty air. Our food was fairly decent, except for the calamari. We split an order as our appetizer and it was just alright. The breading wasn't very flavorful nor was the sauce it came with, and some of the pieces were on the rubbery side too. My burger was large & very filling though; I ordered the black and bleu burger, medium rare, with the coleslaw & fries. It didn't come medium rare & was definitely more medium, but I'm finding it's hard to get stuff medium rare anywhere nowadays so I just sucked it up and chowed down. I didn't even touch the fries because the burger filled me up completely even when I couldn't finish 1/4 of it. The coleslaw was also nice and refreshing after all the heavy carbs and meat. My boyfriend had the blackened grouper, his go-to, and he seemed to really enjoy it since he wolfed it down really quick. He opted to get mashed potatoes instead of fries & they were very buttery; his personal preference but a bit much for me. Our waitress was fairly attentive too, but didn't regularly check in to see if we needed refills or if the food was okay. Just one round of refills after our entrees were dropped off, then a follow up later asking if we wanted to box anything up. Just average service with nothing wowing or noteworthy. read more

Food wasn't very good especially for the price. Very disappointed. I guess the best part was the drink.

I had a burger it was on the small side the meat was room temperature and the portion of French fries was minimal, the grouper sandwich was a small portion and raw in the middle and they brought another out and it was raw also, the server was the only good experience, never go back again the table was filthy and sticky we could write on it with our fingers read more

Drinks were not very good, some Kind of mixes and we ordered a variety. Food was just so-so at best. Really over priced as well. We love good restaurants and expect to pay, especially for the area. However when the food is sub par and over priced? Not a good combination. Crabbys is much better. Conch fritters were chewy with bad sauce selection, coconut shrimp was cold and again poor sauce selections. read more

We went there with a group of 7 and was told 30min wait. I got a text on my phone that we were 2nd in line. We visited a few things on the boardwalk as we had time. When we went back there was a huge line and we were still 2nd on the website while many groups were getting let in, wtf. I talked to the hostess and they apparently forgot about us!!!!! There were soooo many open tables too, but they said they were short staffed. After 1 hour and 15min with 3 starving kids under the age of 7 they let us in. Food was just 'ok' and they were out of lobster which our server said the table just ahead us us ordered the last one, thanks for the wait. We will never go back here and we frequent Indian Rocks Beach area. read more

Came back for a second time with the kids. Again, another great meal. Waiter was very attentive to our needs. The calamari was lightly fried and the marinara sauces was delicious. My daughter had the crab legs and stated they were the best she has ever had! Wedge salads were well dressed. The only noticeable improvement would be to increase the portion on the shrimp scampi. read more

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Food looked good but we couldn't get in because they were too busy and the kitchen was behind

Service was poor to non existent. Sat inside. Took 10+ minutes for server to arrive. Placed drink order. Food runner arrived with food before drinks arrived. Asked for check and box and it was like a scene from dud where's my car....asked second time then it was like oh yeah man, cool. Either high or stupid. This was inside. Neighboring table had same problem and wished us good luck! I guess you need to sit at the bar to get and keep attention. Or perhaps it was just our server with initials C.R..... Not my first time here, but definitely the worst!!!! Never again! This was the upstairs inside not the hut... read more

Horrible from start to finish. Took 30 minutes to get our drinks though several others got theirs. Even got up and found the waitress to ask where the drinks were. She just said the bartender was making them and asked if I wanted another round since happy hour was almost over! No! We both got the pistachio crusted grouper. Horrible. Rice pilaf was tasteless. Also had to find the waitress to get our bill. Used to be a nice place but won't be returning. $30 meals were not edible. read more

Scullys, was mediocre at best. The best thing about this place was the view. The food at a very hefty touristy price left you wanting and wishing you went to the pizza place along the way for a good slice and a cold beer. I am allergic to shellfish so I did not order any seafood. My friends and I all ordered from shellfish to pasta dishes and none of us were like, "This is so good!" We all ordered drinks and they did not come out as explained on the menu. I ordered a beer just a domestic and it was warm. Nothing bothers me more than when your in a warm climate and they serve you a warm beer. For dinner I ordered the chicken marsala and it was more like a beef gravy than a mushroom wine sauce that I was expecting. The salads were served warm too. They should be served with crisp lettuce on a chilled dish. GRRR! This just annoys me crappy salads. I think this place is just a tourist trap and is very pricy for the food you get. However, our service was good. I think the servers realize they have to be good because the food is lacking quality and flavor. read more

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Friendly staff accommodated my family of 10 on a somewhat busy Saturday afternoon. Not the most posh place but exceeded expectations and food was generally good. read more

Sculley's - Seafood Near Me - Madeira Beach, Florida

The monster fish sandwich was awesome. I always have a wonderful time eating fish on the board walks. Always friendly staff and great service. read more

Great water and nice view of pass. Drink prices were good. Menu very limited. We didn't have many choices I had turkey bacon wrap it was good but was disappointed in food options. The Florida salad was big and well made. Chicken taco was good too. So why did I review so low? Host gave us a hard time about 3 pound support dog. Limited menu. What they did make on the small menu was good and had they been better about the dog and had a few more options on menu it could be 4-5 stars. We did see dolphins and they have a pretty bar type open layout. Also another negative is $5 per hour parking... city controlled. read more

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Great place. We had the best server. She was very sweet. Food was quick to come out. Our food was excellent. I thought the price was very reasonable. I did think the drinks were high. They are served in decorative glasses but they're only about 7 ounces in actuality. Was a lot (in my opinion) at the tune of $15. But overall highly recommend. read more

Took forvever to find someone to seat us then waited over 15 mins for a waiter Mike to come greet us and take drink order. Mike could barely stand, he seemed messed up on something and couldn't get our 2 simple drink orders straight. I asked for a Pineapple Mojito and he rep you want a Pinacolada. My bf asked for whiskey and sprite and Mike told him they don't have coke products is Pepsi okay He was having trouble using keyboard to input our drink order. Then was wobbly and proceeded to tell us the appetizer we ordered wasn't available. We got up to leave and tried to find another employee or manager but the 3 we saw were all on their cell phones. Worst experience ever. We walked over bridge to Crabby's and had a great dinner and experience. read more

Good atmosphere however ordered "tacos" and received one taco and a side salad for 15 dollars.. false advertising at its finest. The taco was good for what that's worth... read more

Probably my most favorite seafood restaurant around John's Pass Boardwalk. Their crab legs and lobster are amazing!!! A MUST TRY! read more

Sculley's - Crab legs, lobster tails and coconut shrimp - Seafood Near Me - Madeira Beach, Florida

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Sculley's is lousy. Avoid. We waited appr 3 hrs for a table they said would be a 45 min wait. The food was inedible and pricey. Worse snow crab legs I have ever had in my life. Do yourself a favor and don't go here. I would have enjoyed McDonald's more. read more

If there was a zero star option I'd have chosen that. Four of us went yesterday and the quality of our meals ran the gambit from unremarkable to inedible. The steak on this expensive sandwich was sinewy, tough and gamey tasting. The horseradish creme sauce was nonexistent. The Chicken Alfredo was blah. The Lobster bisque, though tinted orange was tasteless. Oh, and the waffle fries were over cooked; almost burned. Truly a disappointing result for our $100 + including tip...for lunch. We really should have sent our meals back but it was all such a train wreck, and none of us wanted to seem like a pill. We left having consumed the bread exterior only. Sigh. Our server was very nice and efficient and was tipped well. Do not eat here. read more

Used to love this place. This year not so much. New bartender is pretty grumpy, rude and fairly incompetent. Always sit at the bar and he can take the fun out of the afternoon. The gals are still very good. Ordered my favorite shrimp app which is there take on boom boom. Came out looking like m and m shrimp. If your out of something just tell me. Won't be back. read more

The environment is nice, right on the water. Menu looked good but was so disappointing. Scallops were tiny, seafood Mac and cheese was disappointing. Tacos were good, but the seafood boil was very bland too which was extra disappointing. Server was nice. Wouldn't recommend and left disappointed paying a big check for food we didn't like read more

It takes a lot to get me down to one star on a business, especially a local business, but Sculley's managed it. Actually, I shouldn't say that - a waiter at Sculley's managed it. Sculley's is a waterfront restaurant in the John's Pass area - a boardwalk-type tourist attraction near Madeira Beach. I ventured in with my family after an afternoon stroll along the Gulf. I was windblown, salt-sprayed, happy and mildly sunburned. I wanted a drink on an open-air patio and my father recommended Sculley's (he had been there before). From the moment we were seated, things went downhill. Our waiter, quite possibly the most morose individual I have ever seen working a service job, came up and started telling us the dinner specials. We interrupted him (nicely) because we didn't want him to waste his time. We knew we were having drinks and maybe an appetizer, nothing else. Our morose server's response: (snotty voice) That's it? Oh honey, wrong response. He went away, we perused the menu and decided on drinks and a crab-stuffed mushroom dish. Mr. Morose returned, took our order, again said "That's it?" and then SIGHED. Excuse me? He brings back our drinks, slaps them down in front of whoever and walks away - no words. Mr. Morose returns with our mushrooms and actually brings extra little plates for us, drops everything with no interaction and retreats. Perhaps he's getting a clue from the glacial waves of displeasure emanating from our little crew? I tipped the little f#*ker, but it was a near thing. We almost asked for the manager on our way out, but preferred instead to just walk away. Probably the wrong call, but there it is. That one star up there is for the view, and for the decent mushrooms. The service ruined my afternoon. read more

Sculley's - Seafood Near Me - Madeira Beach, Florida