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.

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.

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!

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.