Duke's Retired Surfer Bar and Grill

Once again, I order a medium burger and get a well-well burger.

Food: 1

I saw other pics of the sushi but that is NOT what mine looked like. My sushi looked like California rolls from the grocery store, no kidding. 2 bottled coronas we ordered came after 40 min, one entree after an hour, the appetizer 10 min after that, and the other entree 10 min after that, so entree , appetizer, entree. We didn't say anything about the 'sushi' or the waiter laughing because I asked for chopsticks, or the time delay, or anything, but we had to say something after we got charged twice for one of the entrees plus a salad that wasn't ours, so $23 extra dollars. This review is just to say that if you want to just chill and eat food and not worry about getting the wrong things, or waiting a really long time, or getting charged for stuff you didn't order, probably just go somewhere else. There's lots of good restaurants in Tampa. Hula used to be great, but Dukes sucks, I'd skip it, not worth it at all.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Great service, good food, good drinks, and phenomenal views. You can’t beat it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came here for a surprise birthday party and our group ended up being larger than we’d anticipated. The staff and management at Duke’s were so gracious in accommodating us and our server was absolutely on it with our large party. Fun atmosphere, and everyone was able to find something good to eat, and they had a good selection of drinks. We had a blast and would definitely go back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Nice spot on the water to eat. Been coming here for years and I’ve always been happy with the food and service. They have really fresh and tasty sushi. Service has always been attentive and friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

I always love coming to dukes. Been here in torrential downpour and also sunshine either way I always have a good time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It's always a good chill Tampa spot to go to.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Disappointed in our waitress Tanya P and the food mistakes. Both of our meals had errors and Tanya tried to tell us that they were correct. Meals were good when corrected but then we were double charged!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 1

A friend and I saw the advertisement for “Hula Bay” on the TampaBay TikTok. So we decided to check it out for lunch. It seems Hula Bay is still in the construction process so they direct you to Duke’s Retired Surfer Bar and Grill, & as the name suggests this place should retire and close. Only nice thing about it was the scenery and the manager on duty. My friend and I ordered food, our waiter was very bland with offering suggestions or selling the menu. Then she placed a Hula Bay happy hour menu on the table and I had questions about things on that menu to which she blatantly said sorry this menu is very dated so such and such items aren’t even offered and then pointed to Duke’s happy hour menu. I decided on bacon and cheese sliders, my friend did fish and chips. My sliders were cold, and my friend’s meal was heat hot. I brought this to our servers attention and asked her was it possible to get fresh one’s she took those back and returned them following what I would assume was the kitchen air frying or microwaving them. They didn’t even have the common sense or decency to place the toothpick back into the same hole on the bun where I removed it from. Pathetic!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Great view, and service, but the food is below average, even after understanding it’s a chain, expectations were not high. Chili’s on the water….

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Food was great but the service could be better. I feel like they can be a little short staffed on the weekends. It’s a nice atmosphere by the water and the music but I just recommend being patient and not being in a rush.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Sticky Wings, Pulled Pork

The best dock bar I've ever been...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Great Food!
Service caters to Regulars, however new faces are just important!
Fantastic atmosphere!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Key Lime Pie

My friends, family and I frequent Hula Bay and Dukes often, in fact I held a huge Birthday party and my best friend even held her engagement party here. Each of us spending thousands each. This weekend our usual group of 10 decided to meet for an early dinner together. Our waiter was Erick. Within the first 15 minutes we quickly learned Erick was going to be rude and non existent. Service was slow and Eric was clearly looking for a fight. My daughter was hungry and so I ordered her some chicken tenders and fries ahead of everyone else’s meals knowing the service was so slow already. Eric informed me there was no chicken tenders and fries that I had to get it off the appetizer menu to which I asked him isn’t there chicken tenders and fries on the children’s menu? He instantly said in a nasty tone “not for someone her age” I explained to him my daughter was 11 years old, but he felt she looked 16 and did not want to give her a kids meal, he said he would have to explain to his manager why he serving over age, I explained to him that she was 11 and I could provide her birth certificate to prove it, but that I felt he was being very rude just assuming the age of my daughter and being so nasty about it. He simply could have asked me her date of birth. He rolled his eyes at me, clearly not believing she was and said to me “No, he was being straight forward not rude and that they make no money off kid meals” After this, I knew I was stuck with him as the waiter so I tried to be nice however multiple times throughout the dinner he was rude to multiple people in our party. He never brought the ranch we asked for, he never brought my refill on my drink that I ordered three more times, in fact, I only had one drink in two hours served to me. When someone else asked for their drink, they waited 30 minutes for, he yelled at them saying I brought the drink out and no one claimed it but what really happened is he brought out Mojito and a margarita. When it was time to pay the checks he said he would not split up the check, That their policy to never split checks , seeming all the times we’ve been there we knew this was not true and finally after all the disrespect rudeness and neglect asked for a manager to which he told us he would get her. He came by saying he was coming, and when we asked him about this he screamed yelling. I don’t appreciate being called a liar, no one was calling him a liar. We spoke to the manager who did apologize, he told us multiple people complain about him and the manager was very nice and even sent someone else over to do our checks however we were stuck with 20% gratuity which we typically pay 25% all of us but that evening we were only gonna pay maybe 10 or 15% for the horrible horrible service which he did not even deserve that on our huge check for 10 people, there was no discount for the food we complained about which a lot of the food was good, but some of it was not, and we told the manager and it was not taken off the bill nor was anything done about the horrific experience. I guess another establishment will be hanging our business from now on. An establishment for respect of its hard working patrons.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 1

Dukes is now our go to lunch place. Good food and selections. Service is always top notch, not to mention the fun cocktails!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5