Riptides Raw Bar & Grill – 869 S A1A Ormond Beach, FL
Type of joint
Casual – seafood – drink specials
Price range
Average meal/sandwich $12-$20
Website
RIPTIDES RAW BAR & GRILL
We ordered -
For the table - Lobster bites – lobster lightly breaded & fried served with lemon butter for dipping. Extremely tender & delish
Red – Popcorn shrimp (kids menu) There was nothin' popcorn about it. It was tons of yummy shrimp
SAB – Shrimp po-boy. The bread was a bit thick, however, the shrimp was awesome and there were like 30 of them bad boys.
PPB – I sampled a friend's oysters rockefeller which were huge, cheesy and delish and I had the fish tacos as my entree. The only downside to the fish tacos was that the fish wasn't spicy enough for me. I pulled off the pineapple and added hot sauce. Fabulous.
Our cost:
55.00 + tip for 1appetizer/2 adult meals/1 kid's meal/4 beers/1 soda
Bathrooms - (you know how I am about the bathrooms)
I didn't use – SAB says the potty was clean and nice
The coolest thing...
Large partially covered outdoor deck - we like to sit outside
SAB thinks -
He dug it – inside & out – lots of food
The Princess says...
Great atmosphere – we ate outside but were inside often visiting friends and nobody hollered at us or looked cross about it.
A unique thing -
They had there own 'Riptides' brew & it was kickass and only $2.00 during happy hour.
Our favorite thing:
Service was A+ Eric was our waiter & he rocked and every person we came in contact with was super duper nice and seemed to 'get' our off the wall sense of humor (or pretend to & that counts)
Will we return?
Yes
A menu item(s) we think sound awesome...
Shrimp & avocado spring rolls
Seafood Mornay
Bananaland tip:
Think about sharing and entree or sandwich & splitting an appetizer. The food was HUGE.
TGIFridays – Dunlawton Square - Port Orange
Type of joint
Casual – Chain – drink specials - I'm not usually a big fan of chains, but we have visited this location several times and it always rocks. Here's the lowdown of our last visit.
Price range
Average meal/sandwich $10-$18
Website
TGIFridays
We ordered -
For the table - potato skins - while they weren't totally full of cheese of bacon they were cooked perfectly and had the perfect potato to skin ratio.
SAB – Jack Daniels sampler - shrimp, chicken & babyback ribs (app for dinner) All three items on the sampler rocked & it was plenty of food.
PPB – Pulled pork sandwich with lime cilantro slaw (subsituted slaw for chips). The pulled pork was yummy as hell. Ate it open face without the top bun & piled high with the spicy slaw. Fantastic.
Our cost:
55.00 + tip for 1appetizer/2 adult meals/4 Angry Orchard Cider/4 mojitos
Bathrooms - (you know how I am about the bathrooms)
Always clean
The coolest thing...
Covered outdoor seating
SAB thinks -
Loves it cause they have cider on tap
The Princess says...
Friendly staff, good specials - our server, JC, even made sure to show us the daily specials listed in the menu. In addition, the manager, Paige, came out to every table and introduced herself & checked on everything.
A unique thing -
2/1 Happy hour drinks all day, every day
Our favorite thing:
The bathroom is right around the corner from the outside patio
Will we return?
Yes
A menu item(s) we think sound awesome...
EVERY item on their new 'Taste & Share' menu
Bananaland tip:
Go to the website & sign up for the 'Give me more Stripes' promotion for deals, contests, etc...
Check the daily specials - they have some great ones!
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