BLUF: Consistent food and service served in an old train depot. I love trains so I am a bit biased when it comes to dining at Station 400. Station 400 is not the fanciest of places, in fact, it's like a diner but I love how consistent the food and service are. We've visited many times for breakfast and the wait staff has always been friendly and attentive. We like that our food comes out fast and just as expected. On most of our visits we have sat inside but recently we enjoyed the outdoor patio. Station 400 is located inside a circa 1850 train station from Indiana. Much of the original architecture is still in tact and it's easy to imagine travelers buying tickets and waiting for their trains. read more

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One of my favorite breakfast spots in Sarasota. There's indoor and outdoor dining, the outdoor dining is a covered patio, where they allow dogs. They do provide water bowls for dogs on the outside patio. We went with a large party of 11 adults and a baby. Bonnie, our server, was fantastic. She got all of her orders accurately, and went above and beyond in taking photos of our family. Above and beyond meaning she literally stepped up and into a planter pot so that she could get our full group in one photo. The wait wasn't too bad for our food to come out considering we did have a large party. My favorites from station 400 are definitely the pancakes, but you really can't go wrong with anything on the menu. I will say they should change the truffle eggs Benedict to be named mushroom eggs Benedict because you really can't taste the truffle. Our group ordered a mix of pancakes, waffles, French toast bites, jalapeño biscuits and gravy, Club sandwich, steak and eggs, and more and everyone all enjoyed the food! I even ordered a club sandwich to go with regular fries and I popped it in the air fryer. Four hours later. It was still perfect and toasted. Loved all the cheese on there. Shoutout again to Bonnie if you go to station 400, I would recommend her to be your server. read more

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Great location, really helpful staff great food and they managed to seat our big group straight away! Loved the layout of the place, felt comfortable, not rushed, an all around great experience read more

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It was my first time eating here after living in the area for 8 years. I will not go back ... the avacado toast was not real avacado - it was packaged guacamole, and some sort of weird processed radish or something. I'm not really sure what it was! I found the place a bit dirty. I was sitting next to a window and there were dead flies and a sticky residue on the sill. I mentioned to the server that she may want to clean it! The service was good. thank you. Elizabeth read more

Wowzy!! Went there for the first time. Enjoyed a delicious breakfast. Salmon eggs Benedict with homemade lemon dill hollandaise sauce. So tasty!! Also my companion had homemade corned beef hash with eggs and toast! Great breakfast spot with outdoor seating. Highly recommend. read more

All Aboard the Flavor Train My girlfriend Ivana and I recently brunched at Station 400, which is cleverly housed in an old Indiana train station. The vibe is as solid as the menu. We started with separate mimosas--my blood orange hibiscus and her elderflower, cucumber, lemon tropical vacation in a glass. For mains, my Breakfast Burrito was a glorious, hefty freight train of flavor, while Ivana's Station 400 Omelet was a sleek, elegant express train to Refinementville. But the real destination was the shared plate of Blackened Shrimp and Cheesy Grits. The grits were a creamy, cheesy dream, and the shrimp had just the right spicy kick. It was so good we immediately declared a temporary, fork-based truce to share it fairly. Final verdict: Station 400 delivers a first-class trip to Flavortown. 5/5 stars. read more

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If you know me, you know I never skip the sides section on any menu. At Station 400, I lucked out and found biscuit with chorizo gravy side. And ooohhhh I'm glad I ordered it. Thick creamy full of flavor and the biscuit is the perfect size to scoop up every last drop of the gravy. My new obsession is pancakes so of course that was my main. Meyer lemon curd and blackberries, what could go wrong. I guess a lot. First I was told they messed up my pancake order and have to redo them so I'll need to wait. No problem:) good things are worth waiting for. However once they did come out I wish they had tried again. The pancakes had a bitter aftertaste.. too much baking soda I'm guessing. I ate the blackberries, picked at the top layer bc the lemon curd was delicious, and left the rest because I had a flight to catch. I bet third time would be the charm but I didn't have more time to spare. The service was excellent though. And I really loved the toy train zooming above the register area. So neat! I'd definitely come back if I'm in the area again to give it another chance. read more

Station 400 - Pancakes with Fresh Blackberries and Meyer Lemon Curd - American Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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Unique dinner in Sarasota. We were looking for a breakfast spot around our hotel,and this was just a short walk away. I am certainly glad we tried it. Unique old train station decor, but the food was the star, I had the truffle Benedict, and my wife had the Station 400 omelette. Both were excellent, as was the coffee, it was just what we were looking for to start the day without the hotel up charge. read more

The service was exceptional. Brought us a sample of the spicy aioli sauce to make sure it wasn't too spicy, and helped us make an educated decision on our breakfast. Very cute atmosphere and very delicious food. The Belgian waffle was delectable and fluffy. My friend's crab cake benedict was " the best egg Benedict i've ever had!". Our server Bonnie was a delight. We will be dining here again! read more

I've been frequenting this place since I was a young and it's stayed my favorite breakfast spot in the county since. Go-to/ recommended order- truffle eggs Benedict & Nutella waffle. Everything you could want in a breakfast diner! read more

Stopped in for lunch to Station 400 as it was rated high and lots of others had good things to say. We were seated immediately and we began looking through the menu. It was lunchtime and the restaurant was fairly full. The waitstaff all seemed to be working together and dishes were steadily coming out of the kitchen. We ordered a station 400 chipotle club and a spicy chicken sandwich.... The club great and was ordered with sweet potato fries. I ordered regular fries with the chicken sandwich. You need to look at the pictures. This thing was huge. It was freshly batted chicken breast that had nice heat from the spice and was so juicy inside. Prices are fair, service is quick and the place is clean and convenient to the highway. read more

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Horrible service and food was not cooked properly. Had to get someone to actually take our order. Eggs were very runny when we ordered over medium. Toast was burnt and tasteless. They didn't bring out the right food order too. read more

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I rarely give five stars but Station deserve it for every reason to review a restaurant. First off the food is great, breakfast and lunch. The steel cut oatmeal is one of the best I've had. Great texture, nutty , but soft with fresh blueberries and seeds mixed in. All omelets are fresh and dry, no greasy residue. Veggies are fresh as well as fruit. Pancakes are great, moist but not too heavy . Service is top notch, everyone is so kind and professional. It's also a cute place representing an old train station from early part of the 1900's . Best breakfast in town bar none and fairly priced . read more

Station 400 - Best steel cut oatmeal - American Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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We were in yesterday around 11:30 am and were seated immediately. 15 minutes later we were finally greeted by our server who literally walked by us 10 times in those 15 minutes and never said hello or I'll be with you in a few. That was a head scratcher. I had the biscuits and chorizo gravy with pulled pork. Pulled pork was tough and over microwaved. Eggs and hash browns were delicious. My wife had the salmon sandwich and my wife said it tasted as good as it looks. (Very good). To the short, young girl bussing tables..............no one wants to see your coochie when you leaned over to clean the table. What the hell is wrong with the management that allows this? Server was nice, $41 bill and left a $9 tip but he shouldn't have gotten that. Again walked by us at least 10 times while we were eating and never asked if we wanted refills on our coffee nor did he ask how everything was until we literally just finished. He was simply going through the motions. read more

Loved the train vibe in here! Our waitress was super nice & made us her favorite off the menu coffee which was delicious. We came for brunch with a group of 7 and were able to be seated right away. We shared the French toast bites to start & they were delicious. They have a wide variety of breakfast & lunch options. The waffle sausage comes with two & gave a sausage pancake on a stick vibe - in the best way. It was great. The hash browns were also nice & crispy! Everyone enjoyed, which is a win with a large group! read more

Station 400 - Waffled sausage - comes with two! Fried green tomatoes & crispy hash browns. - American Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

We went this morning for breakfast . food was delicious, atmosphere lively, and service great ! The omelettes were delicious and we loved that they had fresh fruit-including berries-as an option instead of potatoes ! loved the strawberry jam as well ! thanks for a great start to our morning! we will be back ! read more

The food was delicious. Without question, we will become regulars. Megan was a wonderful Server that helped choose our food and enjoy the meal. The place reminds me of a cafe in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Make sure to get the Cheesey Grits! read more

Clean the restaurant and require servers to wear clean clothing. Servers were not attentive and just wanted to visit with the kitchen staff and other servers. Restaurant was freezing. Food was barely mediocre! Save your money!! read more

Disappointed. I'd been to the location in Lakewood Ranch, and recall the food at that location being much better. Spanish omelette seemed to have been cooked at too high of a temperature so that the eggs were not fluffy. It was supposed to have chorizo...it seemed to have some kind of meat in it but it was definitely not chorizo. Husband added avocado to his omelette, but the avo was seriously underripe and tasteless. Kid's sliders were dry and tough, and the buns were toasted so they were stiff. Kiddo ate the cheese off the sliders and that was about it. At least the fries were good - very good, in fact. And the milk that comes with the kids meal is huge - a whole day's serving of milk. The little train running above the bar was cute, but I wouldn't come back. read more

I've always liked Station 400, they have seating inside and there is also a patio area outside. The building is a reconstructed small train station, and they have a model train running along a track close to the ceiling. Love places that have some character. For my visit today I sat inside and ordered their Truffle Eggs Benedict. The truffle oil sure smelled good when it was brought to the table, and it was a key flavor for the dish. Included on my plate were a small salad with mushrooms and some hash browns. I like the color and freshness of something healthy like the little salad, in my limited experience a common item in Europe. I prefer home fries to hash browns, the former give restaurants an opportunity to come up with something really good at the risk of just getting fried potato cubes, whereas the latter is always just a pile of shredded spuds. Yet with the truffle Hollandaise involved, the hash browns seemed particularly good today. As for the Benedict itself, the eggs were cooked properly, the Canadian bacon was a little thin and tough. All in all a good comfortable visit. read more

Excellent service. Love the historical style. Food came out fast. Food is fresh and delicious. Latte and cappuccino was splendid. Good family environment. read more

Station 400 - Fried Green Tomato BLT - American Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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Always look for the unique. Sure could have gone anywhere as tourists we chose. STATION 400. Ate outside, fast service, food was very good. It wasn't too quiet, I mean we were outside. If I lived there instead KC. S400 would be a regular stop. read more

Came here on a busy Sunday and waited about 15 minutes for a table. Food was amazing! It had a lot of flavor. Our waitress was very attentive and kind. We sat outside and the chairs were a little uncomfortable. Other than that, everything was super nice! read more

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Station 400, lives up to their motto of "starting your morning on the right track"! Voted best brunch in Sarasota, and displaying a vast menu of unique items, I started my meal with a southern favorite of Fried green tomatoes followed by the Crabby Patty - Lump Crabcake, plated on Sautéed Spinach, Red Peppers, Spicy Aioli Sauce, and Topped with Fried Egg, Toast and fruit. It took a minute to get a table, but the food was worth the wait. read more

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i ordered the huevos gringos, but i was in more of a breakfast mood so i switched the chicken for bacon. it was great! also really happy to hear they could accommodate my substitution, i know a lot of popular places like to avoid those. i definitely prefer this location to the LWR one, because the atmosphere is more unique and less magazine like. this one is cute, the patio is great, the seating is cozy and the vibe is very old florida. also my server Megan was great, and so was all the other staff who just stopped by to check on how i was doing. 10/10 place read more

What a menu!!!! Food was delicious. Service was good; waitress accommodated need to sit in "quiet" area. Highly recommend. read more

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Love the ambiance. Really cozy, and has lots of windows for all that Florida sunshine to stream in. The food was really delicious. I really wanted to try their cinnamon roll pancake but didn't want to order the huge stack of 3 and they let you order just 1 and charge it as an appetizer. Also tried their cheesy grits and fresh fruit. The grits were great, its hard to find good grits for some reason, they're usually bland and filled with regret, but not these. Their cappuccino was forgettable, I wouldn't recommend it, kinda tasted burnt and the service was too. I'm hoping it's because it was Labor day and they were busy. You could tell they wanted us out fast, which normally would bother me but at least she got the order right and the food arrived quick and was really good; would eat here again for sure. read more

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I love this cute spot for breakfast with the family. They have a nice sized menu, gluten free pancakes and bread and a train track with an electric train running through the restaurant to keep the little ones busy when they're done eating their one bite of pancakes that they were so hungry for and promised to eat 2 whole plates of! Damn kids. My kiddos both got something off the kids menu, my wife got the French toast bites and omelette and I got the steak and eggs. Portions were nice and everything was fresh and hot off the grill. The steak was a little under seasoned but I don't usually expect to be dazzled with a breakfast portion of steak. I didn't take any stars off but I did have a suggestion. It would be cool to have tiny plastic or wooden trains for the kids to play with at the table. There are a few very hard and breakable ones down at kids level but nothing for them to actually get their hands on. It's a little rough on parents who have to pry breakables from their kids hands especially when the only reason we're even at this restaurant is because we promised the kids we'd see some cool trains. Let the kids play! read more

Imagine, it's 1875, Bertha Palmer's train is pulling in from Chicago to what is today ... Station 400 set within the urbane city of Sarasota. A lovely rustic and cozy lunch/brunch café in the heart of downtown serving surprisingly affordable delicious fare ranging from Southern American to Southern Mexico...all over the top. The coffee could be stronger but then you'd want to sit longer, but not inside...it gets a little loud. Sit outside under an umbrella...service is as attentive as inside and you're basking in the sun. Hopefully, with any of their 'bloodies' in hand. read more

I recently moved a few blocks away from here and a friend suggested we go for brunch to celebrate my arrival in Sarasota. She said it was "pretty good" when she had been there, but she understated it. From this first experience the food is *really good,* such that this might very well become my favorite breakfast restaurant. She had the fried green tomato benedict and I had the smoked salmon benedict, both of which were beautifully presented and topped with a delicious, lemony hollandaise sauce. I was curious, so I also ordered an "add-on" biscuit with chorizo gravy. My friend ordered her fried green tomato benedict with turkey sausage instead of bacon, and it didn't quite gel: the sausage was much too flavorful relative to the rest of it. (Maybe something for the wait staff to consider saying to a customer who doesn't want bacon?) But otherwise it was quite good! My smoked salmon Benedict was divine. The poached eggs were perfectly cooked, and the capers and pickled red onion on the side were tangy and complementary to the salmon, which was quite delicious (such that I might want just a little more of the salmon on it next time). I don't like tomatoes all that much, but the slices here blended well into the overall taste. The perfectly baked southern biscuit with a nice chorizo gravy was yummy, with a subtle spiciness that made me want to order more next time, perhaps the entrée version. We both had the cheesy grits on the side. They were exactly what you'd expect (although they might be better if they were slightly cheesier). The coffee was perfect to my taste for completely drinkable diner-type coffee. In addition to the great food, the service was outstanding. Our waiter was attentive and helpful (bringing my friend some extra milk for her "little bit of coffee with milk" ), and she was assisted by an efficient and friendly staff. We sat inside, where it was a bit too loud. I had trouble hearing some of what my friend was saying. (This is mostly my problem, not the restaurant's.) There is no question I'll be back. And soon. Everything on the menu looks worth trying. We didn't order mimosas (this time!), and the overall check with tip was about $27 a person. Worth every penny! read more

Station 400 - Fried green tomato benedict (with turkey sausage instead of bacon) - American Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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Worst breakfast out in my entire life, by far. No idea what happened today but everything was old, cold and or wrong. The place was very dirty, the table was sticky, so nasty. Pancake dough was disgusting, left two pancakes behind. They give you a little scoop of cheap margarine and that's supposed to cover 3 pancakes. Not enough crappy syrup either. Hashbrowns felt like rewarmed and made two days ago. Egg benedicts, what a joke. I got one egg, and the other one was just egg whites... Even the English muffin felt old and re-toasted, super thin too. "Roasted" mushrooms were straight out of a can. Seriously disgusting breakfast at so many levels, but sure they charge well. Never again. read more

This was a good spot to go to for lunch, although a little too loud inside, and the sound of the train was a bit much with the chaos around. The food was great tho, and so was the service! I ordered the salmon eggs benedict with the truffle sauce and it was great, although there could have been more salmon. The English muffin was a little over toasted, it was hard to cut through. But the flavors was on point with everything. read more

Station 400 - Salmon eggs Benedict with truffle sauce - American Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

I've come to this place several times over the years since I love their crab cake benedict and its location. But when I came yesterday, it was quite disappointing. There was about 10-15 min when I arrived which is usually expected as it is busy on the weekend, but we were seated pretty soon. My mom and I ordered a couple of large mimosas (the regular is the champagne flute and the large is a wine glass). I ordered spicy mango, thinking something crafty- it was just reg mango mimosa w/ a slice of jalapeno. Too pricy for what it is, meh. The food tasted great as I always had; we had a crab benedict and smoked salmon benedict. Poached eggs were cooked to perfection and our order came out as we asked. My main issue was the service. Not that we waited before seated, but our server became nonexistent basically after our food arrived. He only asked if we need anything when we received our food, didn't see him at all until I was done and some time passed. To get our check, we had to get the host's attention who was passing by because our server was on the opposite side of us not paying attention whatsoever for at least 15 min. Would come back for food, but not for the service. read more

Station 400 - Salmon Benedict - American Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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The restaurant was jam packed so we had to wait for a table. There was no place other than a couple benches out front & unfortunately, we were scalded by the sun. Inside was cooler but so crowded & incredibly loud you couldn't hear yourself think never mind your lunch companions! I ordered the fried green tomatoes, BLT. It was served with an aioli that had so much mustard in it I couldn't taste any other ingredients. Boo! Mustard on a BLT? No. But my lunch partners ordered a chicken salad on a Croissant that looked delicious. The parmigiana fries were delicious! I'd give the place a 2nd chance- but not in season! read more

We were a party of 7 and even though this place was packed, we were able to get a table right away. Sat outside and it was a great ambiance. The food was very good & prices were fair. Dogs are allowed in the outside seating. Once we ordered food, it came out at a decent time. The Latte was a bit small but I enjoyed the coffee. My family also enjoyed their regular cup of coffee and their meals. Our waiter was nice and attentive, there's only 2 individual restroom stalls & they were clean too. read more

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The food was great! Nice atmosphere! The wrong item was brought out to me but they gave me my original item. Very good!!!!! Would recommend for breakfast!! read more

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Really delightful brunch at Station 400 - we've dined here several times and always have a great experience. Such a cool location, a refurbished and redesigned train station turned adorable cafe. I love their Mimosa offering and since I can't drink carbonation, it's great to because they offer still wines instead. The strawberry orange mimosa is delish. Our server was kind & attentive, the norm for this place. My smoked salmon eggs benny was bomb.com, I had the GF toast instead of the english muffin and I LOVE their bfast hashbrowns - crispy AF and tasty. Awesome breakfast - give it a try. read more

Station 400 - Mimosa - American Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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Loved this train station themed restaurant with a great staff. I loved that the menu had the restaurant's story and the touches that stayed true to the legacy of the restaurant, like the small train running in the ceiling and the way the tables were made with copper. The food was delicious, and the options and recipes were new and inventive while also staying true to the classic dishes. Everything was hot and fresh, and the food came out quickly. The pomegranate mimosa was refreshing and they also had plenty of other non traditional flavors like blood orange hibiscus. My fried green tomato Benedict was excellent. The different textures gave each bite something new and the cook on each component was perfect. I know I will make sure to stop in each time I'm in the area! read more

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Great breakfast/lunch spot. I went on a weekend and they were busy so plan ahead. The food is just what I expected and was planning on getting! Casual/diner style. Food was excellent. The fries with Parmesan were so good! read more

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Great spot for breakfast or lunch! Super inventive menu with large portions and great prices. COLD breakfast beer and several mimosas to choose from! You will not be disappointed! read more