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Timbers Restaurant and Fish Market: Restaurant Reviews


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#22 of 43 restaurants in Sanibel Island
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soggy fish and raw potato

Timbers Restaurant and Fish Market

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1 of 5 stars
Rlucraft 17 contributions
London, UK
Jan 3, 2009
1/2 found this review helpful

Based on the reviews on tripadvisor we decided to try Timbers. We were very dissappointed. It was a busy night and we had to wait, which would have been fine if the tables outside and the bar had been a bit cleaner instead of laiden with dirty dishes of seafood debris.

The server was very effecient and friendly enough, but when the food came it was very poor. A raw baked potato had to be replaced, the crab cakes were cold in the middle, the swordfish as soggy and tasteless, and a carrot was still frozen. The server didn't bother to ask whether we enjoyed our meal, just whipped the hardly touched plates away, and came back with the check. Maybe we had a bad night - eating fish the day after a public holiday is probably not the smartest move, but really not a good experience at all.

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Jan 5, 2009
As a team, the Timbers crew is always disappointed when we receive a bad review. We don't get many, but when we are given the opportunity to correct a problem at a table, we are quick to handle any customer complaint, so a guest doesn't leave hungry or unhappy. We don't serve raw potatoes, and we use only FRESH carrots. The swordfish is FRESH domestic swordfish, and since we are open 364 days a year, FRESH is never a problem at the Timbers( even after holidays that most establishments are closed ) Unfortunately we weren't given a chance to fix what appears to have been more than just one problem.
Next visit, let us know and we WILL FIX IT.
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Lobster Bisque!

Timbers Restaurant and Fish Market

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4 of 5 stars
Keithcu 45 contributions
DC
Dec 17, 2008

Sanibel is full of tourist restaurants, and this is one but it's a well-priced one with good, fresh seafood. We had the seared tuna and lobster bisque and loved both.

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would go there again

Timbers Restaurant and Fish Market

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4 of 5 stars
Time2G0 23 contributions
Memphis Tn
Dec 7, 2008

after reading the trip advisors reviews on the Timbers we gave it a try on a recent trip to Sanibel Island. We had the triple shrimp platter and a seafood pasta dish. Both were very good. Our server was friendly, professional and right on time with everything we wanted. Even the house wine was good. If you are going to Sanibel you will certainly want to give it a try too and try the triple shrimp platter!

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Pretty good, but not our favorite....

Timbers Restaurant and Fish Market

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4 of 5 stars
mich_jason 9 contributions
Chicago, IL
Dec 3, 2008

We went to Timbers on December 2 and had a pretty good meal, but nothing fabulous and I would probably try something different in the future. We started with the calamari salad which neither my husband nor I liked (weird Asian sauce that didn't go well) so our server offered us something else and didn't charge us for the appetizer which I thought was extremely generous. So, we tried the Stone Crab appetizer which was good. I got the shrimp platter (3 different types of shrimp) and my husband got the filet and I thought the shrimp was really good and the filet was just okay. The service was excellent and very accomodating - for example, I asked for coconut shrimp instead of shrimp scampi and she said no problem and the coconut shrimp was my favorite. So, I would recommend going for the fish again, but definitely NOT for the steak.

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Not up to par this year

Timbers Restaurant and Fish Market

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2 of 5 stars
BlueLOB 1 contribution
Fairfield, CT
Dec 2, 2008
1/3 found this review helpful

Just ate at the Timbers on Nov 30th, and were very disappointed. Have eaten here before and never had any issues. This time, with 6 people, half of us had to send our meals back because the food was cold. This included the lobster, two potatoes, a steak and the salmon. The table next to us had similar issues, as they had to send two meals back for being cold. Not sure of the problem, but will not be in a rush to return.

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Timbers Restaurant and Fish Market Address

703 Tarpon Bay Road, Sanibel Island, FL 33957
Tel: 239-395-2722
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