We were staying at Island Inn and decided to have our anniversary dinner at Traditions. We were a little hesitant because we had our 2 young children with us but the experience was excellent, the best meal we had in Sanibel. They had live music...and a dance floor, a delicious menu, and excellent service. My husband's steak was the best he had on the island, and we all enjoyed dancing to the music. Although the crowd definitely tended to be on the older side, everyone was so warm and welcoming towards our family. We really enjoyed our experience at Traditions - it takes the cake out of all the restaurants we visited in Sanibel.More

Just stumbled by this little gem. Atmosphere, service, food, not much you can ask for. Andrea and the team were great. Liked it so much, we went back the next night.

While staying at Island Inn on Sanibel my wife and I enjoyed the cuisine of Traditions on four consecutive nights as take out to enjoy on the balcony of our room overlooking the Gulf. Each night we were treated to sumptuous renditions of Continental, American...and Sanibel dishes such as streak au poivre, grilled gulf shrimp, and a lovely baked local grouper with veggies and cous cous. The staff could not have been friendlier, and from what I saw when I went to pick up, the dining room has live music and gorgeous Gulf views. Traditions can be recommended for all travelers looking for an upscale but not uptight dining experience when on the island on Sanibel.More

Being on Sanibel is a blessing on its own, but when able to enjoy a memorable evening of excellent food, wonderful music and attentive service.....it just doesn’t get any better!! Thank you for a great evening Andrea!! Will be back as your place is now...certainly one of our favorites!!! Alex and VickieMore

Terrible. They didn't keep 6ft distance, people dancing and singing next to us. Cleaning procedures were very poor.More

Atmosphere: Picture yourself visiting the clubhouse at a senior living community for dinner and you will have it right on the nose. Low dropped ceiling, dance floor basically in the middle of dining room, and bar just off the dance floor. All the while; what...I assume are 60-70ish husband and wife singing Neal Diamond songs and such. It is for lack of words "interesting". Not that there is anything wrong with any of this; but it was not what we were expecting. Food: Mediocre at best I hate to say. All of our food could have been hotter. I ordered the special grouper for $35 and it was so dry I cannot tell you. If you are going to charge $35 for a plate of fish; at least cook the fish correctly. Thank god it had a sauce because otherwise I would have not been able to eat it. I feel like they are trying really hard to put out good food; but really miss the mark. Desserts as well were not special. The Flan brulee was not smooth at all like a brulee should be. It is almost gritty and cake like. Ordered gelato as well; and there was ice, actual ice on some of the ice cream. You know how it gets when exposed to air in the freezer and gets that freezer burn effect. I mean its ice cream for Gods sake, you can't scrape around the ice to make sure all we get is the good stuff? Service: Joe was very attentive and was working hard I will say that. He did a very good job. I cannot blame him for the food. Bottom line I really wanted to like this place. It has mostly good reviews but when I walked in and saw the low drop ceilings and the dance floor; we should have made our way back out. I should have known better. We travel a lot and usually have a pretty good feel for these things. They could do a lot with this place too; right on the beach. Raise the ceiling to open ceilings, make it cool casual beach restaurant with great "fresh" seafood and brighten it up and you will have a winner in my humble opinion. This place is geared for a very specific demographic and I'll bet you can figure it out. We thought it strange that none of the younger families we saw at the beach over those 2 days were eating in the restaurant. Now we know why. Oh well, next time we will know better. BTW: Island Inn itself was awesome. We will be back to stay in this cozy place.More

I live for the Pasta emiliane, it’s the best bolognese I’ve ever had! Can not wait to have it again! Thanks for the good service, Carlo, Nick, Mike, frenchy, and the entire rest of the crew ❤️