The Waverly Restaurant & Bar

Breath taking the veiws from this place, the food is also good, the drinks are also outstanding. This is also one of my second stops always when I return home, good to see them rebuilding back. thank you for a great evening.

We come to Manasota key every April for vacation and visiting family. We enjoy the casual beach atmosphere downstairs for lite fare and a cold beverage. Full disclosure: The upstairs outside patio is our favorite for dinner and enjoying the sunset. Five of us enjoyed happy hour drinks and amazing dinners on April 10. Our server, Evan was very helpful in explaining the menu and that evening’s specials. Our selections included the Ahi tuna entrée, the catch of the day, and two of us were treated to the best Seabass platter over risotto in our lives. The location, previously known as the Gulf View Restaurant, has always been a premier restaurant venue, but the new owners have clearly taken it up a few notches. GQ

I know it has been a while since Thanksgiving BUT We were a party of 6 for the “Great Thanksgiving Dinner” Reservations a must!! Well I have to tell you it was the worse meal I think I have ever had!!! We could have bought a Frozen dinner and it would probably been better. The service was terrible besides that! The Waverly is “suppose” to be a “High” restaurant….please do not be fooled and go and spend a lot of money for horrible food! If you want to have a dinner that you can enjoy and tell other people about then you should go to 1. “Lock ‘ Key” Or 2. “Farlow’s on the Water” For 11 years these two restaurants we have never had a single bad meal.

We sat outside to eat lunch. Server came by several times, took our drink order, then our lunch order. Came by several more times for drink orders......after the 3rd time (and about an hour) I asked about our food - his reply was it was coming. After 15 more minutes, my husband found our waiter and said we wanted the check for our drinks we were leaving. The waiter got the manager and the manager came over and asked us what was the issue and we explained - She said she would go back to the kitchen and rush our food thru - our waiter had just put the order in 13 minutes ago (which was about the time I asked him where our food was). Our food finally came hot and delicious - however I am SO disappointed that there was no follow up, no round of drinks on the house, no discount on our tab, no dessert on the house......something to make up for the fact that we waited almost an hour and a half for our food. Mistakes happen and I wish the waiter would have come over and said he was sorry - he forgot to place the order, etc....... Food was delicious though!!!!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Mahi Tacos, California Roll

Outside, sunset, good food....what's not to like?

Parking: Live entertainment outside.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Beet Salad

Great place

Waverly restaurant (upstairs) is over-priced; their service is very, very poor; and their management do not seem to have the tact and personality to diplomatically handle dissatisfied customers without being confrontational.

Their food is ok, but not as good as would be expected in such an expensive restaurant. Their service was slow and inattentive. We waited an excessive amount of time for our dinners, and the server was completely inattentive - never coming back once to the table to explain the delays nor to see if we needed anything while we waited. Their manager and owner quickly became defensive when a fellow customer complained about the slow service.

Too bad we didn’t read the reviews prior to going, because if we had, we’d have known about the numerous reports of over-priced food, poor service, and the frequent staff and customer confrontations.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

Good food. Could see the sunset.parking was bad. Service was very rushed asked to take my plates when clearly I was not finished.took my bread plate and my bread when not finished 63$ for pasta and a glass of wine$$$_

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Sushi

Always a special place to have dinner by the beach

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chowder

I just had the most amazing experience with the GM (general Manager) of the Waverly. I called from Michigan to surprise my best friends for their 30th wedding anniversary (and their parents were there too). I called on the phone from Michigan and wanted to pay for their dinner. Tracy stopped nothing short of helping me out and also offered (and provided) them with a "sparkling" dessert and sent me pictures as well!! Tracy wend above and beyond to help me make a special Anniversary for our best friends even though we are in Michigan and couldn't be there!! thank you Waverly and Thank you Tracy!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sunsets, Sushi, Music, Great Location!

Inside/Upstairs for a more formal, climate controlled vibe with a fast view and a great menu. Downstairs/Outside to sit in open air with music nightly, great atmosphere to watch the sunset, grab dinner, drinks and dessert.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We love The Waverly. We have been to both upstairs & downstairs. We have been very happy with the food, service & atmosphere. I recommend it to all my friends. I feel like their prices are very reasonable. The food has always been very fresh and I would say a step above.

Vegetarian options: Good healthy salads & more

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Prime Rib Dinner, Catch of the Day, Volcano Roll, Hamburger, Sushi, Mahi Tacos, Key Lime Pie, Beet Salad

We had a reservation as we chose this place to celebrate my birthday. We arrived, went upstairs and were taken to our table by the window. The view upstairs was great. We could see the beach and the gulf. The downside was the fact that the windows were kind of dusty and dirty. After that, we had been sitting at the table for about 15–20 minutes without a server or anyone at all. The restaurant was not packed, so I am not sure why there was a problem. The hostess was passing by us, so my boyfriend asked her why we had no service provided and asked her if she could get somebody. She said that the second floor was more formal, so there was a longer wait. I am not sure what she meant by that because nobody was wearing any special attire, but mostly shorts, and everybody else was getting served except us. I could see if the place was packed, or we had no reservation, but that was not the case. Taking into account the situation, she could just apologize and get us a server instead of being nasty and talking nonsense. Finally, the server showed up. His name was Hunter. He was very nice and professional the whole time. From what he said, we understood that he wasn’t our server, but he did the right thing for us (brought us water and took our order). The drinks were good. Regarding the food, I had clam chowder and scallops with risotto. Both were OK. My boyfriend had a lobster with steak and mashed potatoes. The lobster was good, but really small. The steak was overcooked. The only vegetable option that was available with a lobster and a steak was asparagus, which he never liked, so he declined getting any vegetables. We did not get any dessert. The total bill was almost 200 dollars, which is kind of pricy for this area, but I definitely had better dinners for that kind of money. All in all, we will not come back to this place. The hostess was rude, the original server never showed up and the quality of food was not good enough for the prices they charged. Hunter and the view were the only things that really lightened up the evening!

Very nice.
People to make your stop there enjoyable and the food was excellent

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

We went for St Patrick’s Day 2025 ordered corn beef and cabbage. It was disgusting. It was swimming in water as a stew had no taste. We were shocked never had that served like that. I would never eat there again. Beware!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2