Gator's Dockside St. Johns
                                485 FL-13, Fruit Cove
                                 (904) 230-4353
                            
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Saturday8/16/25 The bartender not friendly to customers and employees Bad attitude he needs go in back wash dishes he’s people scale zero
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Great service. Wings were good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Nice restaurant, good motz sticks. Friendly staff, just a bit loud.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
sometimes it smells like we.d or smoking inside of the restaurant
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Heard lots of good reviews about this place, maybe we caught them on an off night. Might be the worst restaurant experience we’ve had in the area. Initial thoughts - dirty, smelled like dirty mop water, felt like the AC was out. Food - subpar, anticipating digestive distress this evening, taking proactive stomach meds, fries were not remotely crispy or warm, medium boneless wings had no flavor, brown lettuce in salad, bleu cheese was possibly extra bleu. Significantly more expensive than it was worth. Only positives - staff were friendly and beer was cold.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
A great place to eat with a more lively atmosphere! We showed up during trivia night and enjoyed a good evening with food and fun! Thank you to all!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service food is amazing and everything taste fresh
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First time coming and probably last. I don't expect top quality on this type of establishment but was not a good experience at all. We ordered one appetizer and two entrees. The appetizer never arrived. I had the steak hamburger with additional bacon. The burger was missing the mushrooms and the bacon. It was very dry with 3 speckles of blue cheese. Tater tots were overcooked. My daughter had teriyaki chicken which came with a paper thin chicken and barely any teriyaki sauce. We talked to the manager who gave me $3discount. I guess the bacon was free!.
Stopped going because there is always a drunk local business owner there spouting nonsense. Management refuses to do anything about it.
Took a friend here for some brews and food. Service was excellent! Food was very good.
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I moved back to Florida and live the Gators in Mt Dora, and the first few times at St John’s the quality was amazing. However, lately wings have gotten smaller and smaller every time I go. Now it’s getting out of control, this sad excuse for a wing counted in my order, I get sizes vary however when they’re only going in one direction it’s getting hard to justify going anymore. If you’re going to put a wing smaller than my thumb and count it I can’t go here anymore.
Awesome
Nice spot food was pretty good but the best part was our server eden she was awesome
We started out selling Girl Scout cookies and finished with dinner. The buffalo chicken salad with the suicide sauce was amazing.
The fried pickles were crispy and the perfect size.
The buffalo chicken wrap my husband had, was good and he enjoyed the steamed broccoli.
Our daughter enjoyed the BLT and said the sweet potato fries were great!
The staff is friendly and it was a good atmosphere for a Friday night cookie booth and dinner out!
I hadn’t been to Gator’s in a while and returned today for lunch. We were a party of two, so we went and sat at the bar. The bartender, Randy, was hands down the best server/bartender we’ve had at Gator’s. He was very personable, attentive & knowledgeable. Due to my schedule, I won’t be able to go as often as I would like to have him serve us again. However, I will be ordering the hot garlic & Cajun ranch wings to go in the future. They were phenomenal! Go by and see Randy & see what amazing food suggestions he has for you!
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