Manatee Island Bar and Grill

Great place for happy hour. The personnel are extremely friendly, fast and very experienced. Can’t go wrong with any of the appetizers that are on the happy hour appetizer list. We recently went there and I had the scallop dinner and was extremely pleasantly surprised. The scallops were sweet, large and cooked to perfection. The atmosphere here is also good, on a canal & sometimes you’ll catch a manatee.

3.5 Stars really because Unilocal won’t let me. I reserve 4 for awesome, and 5 for really really awesome. 3.5 is really good.
Had dinner here tonight. Nice location right on the water with plenty of parking which is nice for the area.
I had the fresh catch special which was Halibut, I had it grilled, but you can get it broiled or pan fried as well. It was served with a choice of two sides, I had it with vegetables and rice and beans. The fish was a bit over grilled, but very tasty and the sides were excellent. Halibut is better broiled anyway.
They have live music in the outdoor (covered) bar area. The service was excellent.

Great location and great service! I went here last night with a good friend of mine and it was a little bit too loud on the back deck, but still enjoyable with the live music. We started off with the Calamari which was ok. The sauce was great but the batter was lacking flavor. I ordered the blackens mahi sandwich which wasn’t too bad. I’ve had better, but certainly not the worst. I would be a more frequent customer if the drinks weren’t so expensive and food went up in quality a little bit. Still will return!

I wanted to love this place. I really did. I am from Stuart, not some tourist fresh off the plane.
We ordered the house fish, grilled scallops and two kids’ meals. It took 90 minutes to get the food, and when it came, they brought clams, instead of scallops. The place was packed. It took another 25 !!!? MINUTES TO BRING the scallops. They were baked, not broiled. The server, a young male with short sandy hair and a bit of an attitude gave me a half hearted apology the first time. The second time, he just said, «Well, those are ok, right?» Lousy, slow, slovenly service.
Here’s the worst thing: he ADDED in the tip! 18 $$$ The nerve! ! When my husband asked why, he mumbled something about a coupon, which we didn’t have, mention or use! In addition, when we went to pay, he took my husband’s credit card out into the parking lot. WE’LL BE IN TOUCH if it gets hacked.
If I were the owner or manager, I would want to know about this type of situation. I asked one of the other servers where the manager was. She pointed out a gentleman at the bar in a yellow manager’s shirt. I walked over to him to politely let him know that there had been an issue with our service. He looked at me briefly, turned his back and continued his conversation with the man next to him. Truthfully, I don’t think he realized I wanted to talk to him, and by that time I was pretty flustered and disgusted. My family had already waited for a long, long time and were ready to go, so I told the female server on the way out. Sigh. …105 $ for a miserable dinner.