Took my grandsons there tonight. While waiting an hour for a table that was promised to us 30 minutes prior, a waitress came by and told another waitress after looking at us that she hated people bringing kids. Our waitress I don't think knew she was at work lol. The lights on outside of the deck didn't work so we ate by flashlight. I can say the food was good but won't go back.
Shelton Thornton
I’d like to paint a complete picture of our dining experience tonight. First, we were quoted 30-45 minutes until a table was ready for our group of 4 so we went and killed time by the water. After a little bit we asked how many tables were in front of us and they said four, so we walked along the gulf. The gulf is alongside the patio for the restaurant and we counted at least 6 open tables. About 25 minutes later we decide to head up and still weren’t seated for about another 10 minutes. We were at the tail end of the sunset at this point and got a corner table which was beautiful. The umbrella for the table just so happened to be be broken. No big deal other than it’s blocking any sort of view for a clear conversation. Shortly after sitting us it gets dark and another ‘convenient’ moment - the patio lights are out. Obviously something they knew about and something that should have been communicated to a table you are seating on the patio late sunset. Our server piper was not very friendly from throughout our entire experience, and when we had an emergency arise at home right after ordering and attempted to pay for the appetizers and drinks we’d consumed, she included the entrees in our total telling us her manager was a hard ass and she wouldn’t be able to take them off of our tab so we’d have to wait and take them to go. It took another 20 minutes to get our food in lieu of an emergency which clearly could have been removed from our bill so we could take care of what we had going on and leave in a timely manner. Would maybe come back strictly for drinks at the bar as it was a beautiful setting but terrible customer service and a lack of general awareness would steer me elsewhere for dining in the area.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Thomas Antonucci
I have to say I’ve come here too many times to count and each time the environment and the vibe and everything is great and I guess that’s what you’re paying for. Food is mediocre, but it’s not necessarily bad but I will say almost every time I’ve been there there’s been some stink in the attitude of the servers not that they’re rude. It just feels like you’re bothering them every time you ask for something and they’re also so big and they clearly don’t hire enough staff that they’re not that attentive. I don’t want this to be a super negative post but it’s just been too consistent. And it’s not every time but it’s most of the time.
Bryan
We ate here for dinner on a Sunday after sunset rush (great sunset views but can get busy). There was no wait to get a table but it took quite a while for anyone to notice we were there after getting a table.
We started with drinks and gator bites, drinks were cold and gator bites were pretty good.
Followed by lobster bisque and fried shrimp basket. The lobster bisque was ok but there was zero lobster in the mix and was just ok, would not recommend. The fried shrimp basket on the other hand while a bit overpriced was really good with large butterflied shrimp. Would recommend that.
Would probably skip next time and try one of the less touristy spots next time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Robert Swartz
Foods always great....perfect hidden spot!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eric Decowski
Dear Manager of Sam's Hudson,
I have been coming here awhile and noticed that you could use some help. You could offer better appetizers for non seafood eating people. Such as, mozzarella sticks, jalapeno poppers, potato skins etc. Your bathrooms are always nasty and smell horrible, a re-model is needed and a good power washing of the concrete would be nice. I also noticed that your bathroom cleaning schedule is never filled out, so no one is checking them periodically. Birds need to be controlled better. Your entrance is inconvenient, parking is terrible. Maybe a sign for the additional parking out back...? Drink prices are seriously inflated with not much liquor in them. 39 $ without tip for 3 drinks... absurd. The chairs are as uncomfortable as you can get. A bar to put your feet on around the bar would be nice and maybe some hangers for lady's purses ? On a personal note, my family and I planned for Christmas eve at your establishment and visited the website there was no mention of a Christmas eve early closing, we even called the day before and on Christmas eve and no one answered so we figured you were open normal hours... That didn't go well. Other people showed up and were also in the dark. One person even ordered online food that was not fulfilled, they were given a refund but still came out to pick it up. You can do better. I also suggest you look at your online reviews...
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Jerry Benson
Heidi was a phenomenal bartender. She was by herself instead of the usual two. Never slowed down and was cheerful and and courteous the whole time. Tireless to say the least. Usually never write reviews but felt this was necessary.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Amanda Coughlin
Heidi was Phenomenal. Ran the entire bar by herself! Never had to wait for a drink. That woman didn’t stop moving!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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This rating is for the u-peel shrimp only, for $25 bucks I asked for cold u peel and they were Luke warm besides that they were old tails and legs were black and were soggy not even deveined which I personally don't care if they are deveined or not but for the price per pound they should be fresh and perfect the cook should know better than to serve those on a plate after all Sam's is supposed to be known for their good seafood and Believe me I'm not a very picky person but those shrimp were not good only ate a few should have sent them back or fed the catfish
Food: 1
mike rondeau (Bongo Mongo)
It was nice to sit and eat. I've always got this darned dog with me and Florida hates dogs!
Food was just ok , clam chowder ( New England style) was like potato cream soup Greek salad was good. Service very good!
Steven Poletis
Was traveling to Sam’s to see a great band play and they cancelled the act last minute. Even worse, they’re not paying the band after traveling 2+ hours. Bad business ethics. Will not be back.
The food is always good here and the staff is also great, the live music nights are ok seems to get over crowded while trying to eat, don’t go while the sun sets though , the gazers take all the parking spots around the place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Crab Bucket, Fish Tacos, Shrimp Bucket, Sandwich, Seafood, Crab Legs
Mr. Pete
Fantastic restaurant/pub. Great Grouper sandwiches and everything is very tasty and reasonably priced. Highest Recommendation!
Took my grandsons there tonight. While waiting an hour for a table that was promised to us 30 minutes prior, a waitress came by and told another waitress after looking at us that she hated people bringing kids. Our waitress I don't think knew she was at work lol. The lights on outside of the deck didn't work so we ate by flashlight. I can say the food was good but won't go back.
I’d like to paint a complete picture of our dining experience tonight. First, we were quoted 30-45 minutes until a table was ready for our group of 4 so we went and killed time by the water. After a little bit we asked how many tables were in front of us and they said four, so we walked along the gulf. The gulf is alongside the patio for the restaurant and we counted at least 6 open tables. About 25 minutes later we decide to head up and still weren’t seated for about another 10 minutes. We were at the tail end of the sunset at this point and got a corner table which was beautiful. The umbrella for the table just so happened to be be broken. No big deal other than it’s blocking any sort of view for a clear conversation. Shortly after sitting us it gets dark and another ‘convenient’ moment - the patio lights are out. Obviously something they knew about and something that should have been communicated to a table you are seating on the patio late sunset. Our server piper was not very friendly from throughout our entire experience, and when we had an emergency arise at home right after ordering and attempted to pay for the appetizers and drinks we’d consumed, she included the entrees in our total telling us her manager was a hard ass and she wouldn’t be able to take them off of our tab so we’d have to wait and take them to go. It took another 20 minutes to get our food in lieu of an emergency which clearly could have been removed from our bill so we could take care of what we had going on and leave in a timely manner. Would maybe come back strictly for drinks at the bar as it was a beautiful setting but terrible customer service and a lack of general awareness would steer me elsewhere for dining in the area.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
I have to say I’ve come here too many times to count and each time the environment and the vibe and everything is great and I guess that’s what you’re paying for. Food is mediocre, but it’s not necessarily bad but I will say almost every time I’ve been there there’s been some stink in the attitude of the servers not that they’re rude. It just feels like you’re bothering them every time you ask for something and they’re also so big and they clearly don’t hire enough staff that they’re not that attentive. I don’t want this to be a super negative post but it’s just been too consistent. And it’s not every time but it’s most of the time.
We ate here for dinner on a Sunday after sunset rush (great sunset views but can get busy). There was no wait to get a table but it took quite a while for anyone to notice we were there after getting a table.
We started with drinks and gator bites, drinks were cold and gator bites were pretty good.
Followed by lobster bisque and fried shrimp basket. The lobster bisque was ok but there was zero lobster in the mix and was just ok, would not recommend. The fried shrimp basket on the other hand while a bit overpriced was really good with large butterflied shrimp. Would recommend that.
Would probably skip next time and try one of the less touristy spots next time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Foods always great....perfect hidden spot!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dear Manager of Sam's Hudson,
I have been coming here awhile and noticed that you could use some help.
You could offer better appetizers for non seafood eating people.
Such as, mozzarella sticks, jalapeno poppers, potato skins etc.
Your bathrooms are always nasty and smell horrible, a re-model is needed and a good power washing of the concrete would be nice.
I also noticed that your bathroom cleaning schedule is never filled out, so no one is checking them periodically.
Birds need to be controlled better.
Your entrance is inconvenient, parking is terrible. Maybe a sign for the additional parking out back...?
Drink prices are seriously inflated with not much liquor in them.
39 $ without tip for 3 drinks... absurd.
The chairs are as uncomfortable as you can get.
A bar to put your feet on around the bar would be nice and maybe some hangers for lady's purses ?
On a personal note, my family and I planned for Christmas eve at your establishment and visited the website there was no mention of a Christmas eve early closing, we even called the day before and on Christmas eve and no one answered so we figured you were open normal hours... That didn't go well. Other people showed up and were also in the dark. One person even ordered online food that was not fulfilled, they were given a refund but still came out to pick it up.
You can do better.
I also suggest you look at your online reviews...
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Heidi was a phenomenal bartender. She was by herself instead of the usual two. Never slowed down and was cheerful and and courteous the whole time. Tireless to say the least. Usually never write reviews but felt this was necessary.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Heidi was Phenomenal. Ran the entire bar by herself! Never had to wait for a drink. That woman didn’t stop moving!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This rating is for the u-peel shrimp only, for $25 bucks I asked for cold u peel and they were Luke warm besides that they were old tails and legs were black and were soggy not even deveined which I personally don't care if they are deveined or not but for the price per pound they should be fresh and perfect the cook should know better than to serve those on a plate after all Sam's is supposed to be known for their good seafood and Believe me I'm not a very picky person but those shrimp were not good only ate a few should have sent them back or fed the catfish
Food: 1
It was nice to sit and eat. I've always got this darned dog with me and Florida hates dogs!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Food was just ok , clam chowder ( New England style) was like potato cream soup
Greek salad was good. Service very good!
Was traveling to Sam’s to see a great band play and they cancelled the act last minute. Even worse, they’re not paying the band after traveling 2+ hours. Bad business ethics. Will not be back.
The food is always good here and the staff is also great, the live music nights are ok seems to get over crowded while trying to eat, don’t go while the sun sets though , the gazers take all the parking spots around the place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Crab Bucket, Fish Tacos, Shrimp Bucket, Sandwich, Seafood, Crab Legs
Fantastic restaurant/pub. Great Grouper sandwiches and everything is very tasty and reasonably priced. Highest Recommendation!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great place on the water!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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