This place was a Joke. They ran out of bake potatoes and did not even ask for a choice just brought fries. Fried Grouper ? was cold and greasy. Waiter was very rude.Not only with us but the people seated next to us.All this happened on 8/15/09 Just an FYI more

We read all the mostly favorable reviews of Walt's and, after living in Sarasota for several years, we decided to try Walt's for lunch. We really wanted to like the place after trying several other seafood restaurants in the area. It was a huge disappointment. My wife ordered the fish and chips, said to be Flounder on the menu. One... more

4th year of visiting, last night on Siesta Key,and we discovered Walts! Now, the friend who recommended Sarasota told us about Walts the first year we came down but we kept driving past it..this year, we saw a write up about it in the "Sarasota" magazine, so armed with the address and a new GPS system we were off... we... more

Our family spent a week in Siesta Key, and the best meals we had were the ones we made with the extremely fresh seafood that we bought from Walt's. The people behind the counter were the friendliest we encountered, and they were very helpful with suggestions for our meals. Our seafood boil was a huge success, and the Cobia fish... more

We had lunch The service was Extremely Slow Cleanliness can be much improved--Restrooms are outside-Not Healthy Food was fresh and good Watch out for the Bones in the smoked mullet spread ! ( 4 in our cup ) more

The quality of the fish and the preparation is better than all of the upscale Sarasota restaurants that we have tried. The service is mediocre- the waitress was a real doll but the tables were poorly cleaned and set up .. too bad. more

My family has been going to Walt's since we moved to Florida over 20 years ago. More recently, I have been taking my wife and kids there, whenever we are in the area. The smoked fish spread they bring out to the table is excellent. I can't get enough of it. I usually get the fried grouper platter, and I've... more

very inexpensive daily fresh fish, in your choice of fried, breaded, blackened or broiled, with 2 sides, for almost as much as a meal at wendy's fresh tasting fish, decent corn on the cob and good baked potatoes completes the meal, they also offer fresh fish for sale, crab claws the size of a adult fish and many other seafood... more

fresh shrimp and fish for lunch and supper. excellent smoked mullet with a tantalizingly pleasing smoked fish spread remeniscent of ted peters in st pete. friendly prompt service made us feel welcome. more