Rick's Reef

Had the fish and chips. The fish was fresh and tasty.

Outstanding grouper sandwich. I also liked my drink the Blue Monkey

Made the best Jack n’ Coke I have had in quite a while. Great atmosphere, cozy and relaxed! Super friendly staff and servers.

So, I want to preface this review with the fact that the manager and the server were decent. But here is the deal… me, my pregnant wife, and 4 other people came to dine after a day on the beach. We were met with intoxicated “regulars” who felt like this restaurant was theirs, and it wasn’t cool. We asked one of the “regulars” to please stop smoking right next to my pregnant wife. And this guy said “welcome to FL, we are outside, we can smoke wherever we want.” I’m sorry, but that is: 1) disrespectful, and 2) not the law. We told the server, and she said “sorry, I can’t tell them to smoke outside of the restaurant.” This is a lie and the manager basically reassured the same. Based on this toxic environment, we decided to leave. We were willing to spend hundreds of dollars on dinner, but this establishment was more worried about preserving their “regulars” drinking cheap beer. Here is my suggestion, if you have a good establishment on the beach, maybe focus on people who are willing to actually spend money over toxic dirtbags who come and harass people trying to enjoy their night. As a local to the Tampa Bay Area, I think this was unacceptable. Patrons shouldn’t have to accommodate to smokers who can’t move 20 feet away to go smoke cancer away from my wife carrying our child. I hope this establishment reads this and takes note, because you are pushing away people willing to spend real money in order to accommodate drunk rednecks.

I was disappointed with the overall food quality and service. The peel and eat shimp had no spice at all and were devoid of taste. The shaved ribeye sandwich was drab and didn't taste like ribeye. Onion rings were just ok. The server didn't seem to know anything about the menu and disappeared until we were almost finished. I said I disappointed with the food, and they didn't seem to care.

Great spot.

Fish and chips and burgers were really good. We had a good time there.