Big Jim's Restaurant

The best home cooked buffet style food I've had in a long time. Really good.

Always a great place to go, by boat or by car! I've never had a bad experience there. The menu is lacking though. No Sirloin steak. No Whisurshire sauce. No Jalapeno peppers to add to a hamburger. And no Alligator, even though there are plenty of them around! Now the sweet potato fries there are cooked to perfection!

Every single thing we ordered was perfect! Fed 5 people. Had catfish nuggets basket, awesome!, Country crab cakes with hush puppies, coleslaw and salad, awesome! 2 fried shrimp baskets with big country fries, cooked perfectly! Awesome! 1 pound boiled shrimp perfectly seasoned, perfectly cooked, easy peel! Awesome! Cheese sticks and jalapeno poppers cooked perfectly very tasty! Awesome!
And the piece de resistance fried cheese cake for desert. Of course Awesome!
Their crew so sweet and kind
So of course Awesome!
Finally what a GREAT CHEF!!!
The food was great and more than enough for each of us, so again, AWESOME!!!
On a beautiful water way. Saw several gators and fish jumping!
I can't wait to go back!!!
You need to try Big Jim's!
You will love it!

Me and my friends go all the time. We love everything about it.

Absolutely love and would come back here! However, my only issue is. There are two servers who are absolutely amazing. BUT, you can’t just tip them individually. It goes into one big pot for everyone to split at the end of the night. I don’t think this is right nor fair. As every night we went we received exceptional from the servers and the bartender. Which I don’t mind tipping HOWEVER, I don’t see why the rest of the staff should receive hefty tips from table they never even spoke to. I love tipping servers for the quality of service they provide. I don’t like tipping staff that didn’t even speak to me. That’s crazy. I get this is a family owned business but something needs to change. This isn’t fair. They work hard to maintain the hospitality they provide in this small restaurant just to be jipped at the end of the night.

Good place to relax and have a beer and wings. Steak was pricey since the cook doesn't know how to cook steaks. I ordered it medium, it was well. For 35$ ribeye,
Otherwise, we had a great time.

Great food, limited menu options. Before Hurricane Michael, they had more of a menu to choose from. Food is still great, just not as many choices.

Disrespectful to Veterans. Doesn't recognize service animals. Very Rude.

Called in order with 2 medium ribeyes.. very flavorful but definitely not cooked to medium... on rare side. All in all great place to get food. Thank you

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Steak

Good food and friendly service. Right at the boat ramp.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Just learn to keep your mouth shut, some of the waitresses there will say that you said things that you didn't, so it's just best to only order and don't say nothing else.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Whole Catfish

It was a busy day due to an event going on at the lake so may not be an accurate assessment. But the service left more to be desired. We got our drink and appetizers menu right away. Was told after we order drinks and any appetizers we wanted we would get the lunch menu. We ordered what we wanted from that menu. Got the drinks and apps. Finished those and waited patiently for no server to ever come back and check on us or give us the lunch menu. after finishing what we had and waiting another 30 minutes we decided to just pay for what we had and leave. What we got was good and everyone around had amazing looking food. Just never got a chance to find out ourselves!

Food is very fresh very good and served very hot. Service was impeccable even though it was a little warm in there because outside it was 105° and we were having lunch. She was very pleasant and attentive to all our needs. Big thumbs up

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Pickles

Nice laid back atmosphere. Nothing fancy. Good food. Nice view of lake Seminole. Highly recommend it. ?

The fried shrimp was very good..

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp Platter, Seafood, Catfish Filet Dinner, Shrimp and Beer, Coleslaw