having lived in palm harbor florida for 23 years i have yet to have had a great meal in this area. palm harbor is the next town going south from tarpon springs. tuesday june 23 was no exception. we hade friends visit us from ocala and based on the reviews we took them to rusty bellies for an early dinner.... more

Having spent the morning kayaking around Tarpon Springs with Simply Kayaking, we were ravenous at lunch time and needed good food fast!. True we did have to wait for a table but only a few minutes and it was well worth it. It's located right on the water's edge with geat views and lively, The food was good - great... more

Right on the water at the very end of Dodecanese Blvd. in Tarpon Springs, Rusty Bellies Waterfront Grill offers good food at reasonable prices. Our waitress was efficient and pleasant. Our table shared Buffalo Chicken Wings and the Feta Artichoke dip as appetizers. Both were excellent. My salad was a bit mundane (I'm not a big fan of iceberg lettuce,)... more

This is simple. Rusty Bellies feels like a hideaway that only locals would know about. It just has that cool vibe. The food is great and the prices are very reasonable. If your not into seafood today, plan here for a day when you are as the menu is definatly focused. And take my advice ... Get a table outside,... more

Took a trip down to the sponge docks one evening and came across this little restaurant next to the fish market. The server we had came up soon after we arrived with delicious hush puppies. We ordered the crab cakes as an appetizer and got mostly filler, hardly any crab meat. We each tried the Easy Rider, with grouper and... more

Enjoyed a good fish meal at Rusty Bellies. It has a rustic atmosphere. The service was effecient and friendly. They had a great list of daily specials and the hush puppies were yummy. more

We took my mother to Rusty Bellies for her 70th birthday. We had 25 to 30 people in the party and the 2 servers-one for each table did a magnifcent job! They took our orders quickly, kept our drinks filled, brought us out extra hushpuppies while we waited for our food. All of our plates pretty much came out at... more

Rusty Belly's used to be my favorite restaurant in Tampa Bay and my favorite seafood restaurant anywhere. It is now a terrible dining experience. Last night was the fifth time where I have had horrendous service. No more. I am not going back. Ever. We were told it would be 20 minutes before we got a table, which was fine.... more

The seafood couldn't be fresher here! They have their own fishing boats docked outside. Expect to see a board which notes which boat the shrimp was brought in on, or which boat brought in the fresh catch of grouper. Their shimp is the best I've had, with only a light breading. Located at the very end of the historic Tarpon... more