Daiquiri Deck Island of Venice

Food is good and service is fair. The PROBLEM is that after the rushes, the service falls off. Came at 10 pm, the door greater is leaning on a table watching TV. We stand there and START TALKING LOUDLY till he realizes we are there. We got seated, took forever to get our drinks, and we got only one because no one ever checked on us till the meal was over.... same thing every time. Night manager must be a kid or locked in an office.

Great food and drinks. Dogs allowed outside on the patio. If was my wife's favorite outdoor restaurant.

Love this place! We always look at all the other restaurants in downtown Venice and then end up at Daiquiri Deck. I had the spinach salad with shrimp. Delicious! So many good things in it. Hubby had the grouper sandwich. Yes he loves to get grouper sandwiches! This one was flavorful thick and juicy. Excellent cole slaw as well. This is our Go to place in downtown Venice. Give it a try and relax at an outdoor table so you can watch the world go by.

No wait on a Sunday afternoon. Food was okay...calamari was too thick and undercooked. Conch fritters were too doughy with little conch in them. House hot sauce was excellent. I bought a bottle to take home. Service was good. Server was attentive and got our orders correct. We were a party of six.

Excellent first time experience. We were seated outside with the heaters, near the performer for the night. It was a great atmosphere and I enjoyed the people watching. Our server was very helpful with questions. Happy hour $4 daiquiris were great, full of flavor and strong (at least for me). Loved the raw oysters (great cocktail sauce!) and enjoyed sampling the other appetizers. From top to bottom in picture is gator bites, grouper bites and calamari. I was surprised to see many others order wine, beer and the healthier fare available, which looked amazing.

Update: we returned and found out that for the summer kids are half priced, at least on Saturdays 1-3pm. Kids pizza not shown, two new pictures are Chicken & Waffles BLT(?) and Fried Clams Wrap. Really just like their drinks the best.