Dry Dock Waterfront Grill
The bay does the advertising here: an upstairs dining room with a panoramic view over the water and a dockside patio below it. The kitchen holds up its end with local grouper and red snapper — the citrus grouper is the plate regulars point to. Five thousand Google reviews in and the score hasn't slipped.
Dry Dock is the pick when a Gulf Coast restaurant guide needs an actual waterfront meal in the plan. It is best used on a Longboat Key or Lido day when the view and the meal should happen in the same stop.
Read the full Best Restaurants in Sarasota: 10 Places Worth Planning Around →Lunch on the dockside patio, when the bay is calm and tables come easier.
Ask for the second-story dining room — that's where the panoramic bay view lives.
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