Our plans for a little stay-cation, long weekend started here at the Ritz-Carlton, and our first night was having dinner at Jack Dusty. Even though we had reservations at 7:45, the great hostess and managers did accommodate us when we walked in very early at...6:00. After a long drive from the East Coast of Florida, we were pretty hungry and ready for an all out dinner. A nice table inside for four, far enough from the large bar area, with a nice view, of the outside, we were greeted by LYLE, who was on his game. Great service, attentive, always there when needed, a highly seasoned veteran server!!! Thank you Sir!!! A bottle of Puligny Montrachet for the ladies and a bottle of Barone Fini Pinot Grigio for dad and I opted for a bud light with a lime . For our apps we started with the cheese board, and smoky fish dip to share, a split fried green tomatos with crab meat and a split of a regular salad wedge. All starters was were absolutely flavorful, nice size portions and delish!!! Perfect for taking off our hunger pains and paired perfect with our beverages. For our main course, a house special Prime Rib, herb crusted, medium rare perfection for my love, a whole fried snapper for mom, wow...seafood Ciopinno for dad with a nice wine sauce and I had the sous vide half of fried chicken, perfectly executed!!! For dessert, we were way too full, but Lyle insisted that he can bring dessert up to our Presidential Suite after dinner so we said yes!!! He took great care of us and did bring the tray of key lime tart, Coconut rum cake, and two bread puddings. Out of control delish!!! Topped it off with some more wine and cocktails in our room and we were done for the night!!! Overall, great service, great food, terrific ambiance, plenty of beautiful people watching. Nice touch to have one of the Managers ( Vertrell spelling sorry) stop by and check on us.Can't beat this fine eatery under the Ritz -Carlton!!!More

Great outdoor area and nice options for breakfast - the avocado toast was enormous and the hummus worked really well. A sweet leafy salad helped break up the salinity. John the server had an amazing memory, soaking up custom orders on table after table.

Wonderful lunch at Jack Dusty - fish tacos and lobster roll always so delicious and the siren is a must have cocktail! Only wish the menu had a few more options

Jack Dusty was a friendly (and busy) bar/restaurant. We had the nicest bartender/server for the entire stay as we like to eat up at the bar. Andrea is friendly and was a wealth of information about the city.

We had a relaxed lunch here and enjoyed it so much we went back for dinner! The menu is pretty similar for both times but we really loved the elegant setting and friendly, efficient service. Great ambiance - a lovely place to end our wonderful...Sarasota holiday.More

My husband and I landed in Sarasota after a long day of traveling and missed our reservation by an hour due to flight delays but the hostess was very accommodating and sat us right away. Our server, Chip, was incredibly thoughtful and attentive. He gave...us great recommendations and continued to check in and ask how we were doing and liking our meal. He provided us with an experience we truly enjoyed and helped us start our vacation on the right foot. The food was delicious and we loved the dessert, will definitely come back next time we visit Sarasota.More

Service was excellent, food was very expensive and mediocre, sound level was thunderous, terrible dining experience.More

Children’s reviews: Child 1 - loved the Mac and cheese 10/10 Child 2 - ordered noodles with butter and rated 7.5/10 Adult - both pastas were delicious!! Bread is different but Child 1 enjoyed! Service was polished as usual despite the busy restaurant.

Food was very good as was the service. It was often crowded and without a reservation, for breakfast, we had to sit at the bar, which was not a negative issue.

Went here for the first time to celebrate my husband’s birthday. And boy, we were pleasantly surprised. We had requested outside seating, the table was overlooking the pond and Sarasota bay, and all the tables were well spaced. My old fashion was well crafted. Ordered...the fries as an appie for both of us, they were great! I had the crispy chicken with asparagus and boursin smashed potatoes. As Julia Child has said (I think) if a chef can make a great moist roasted chicken, they know what they are doing. I must say, this was the best I’ve had. My husband had the shrimp and grits with andouille sausage. This was great too. We were comp’d with a banana cake and well made vanilla ice cream in honor of his birthday! Thanks to our server Mike, and the kitchen for making a memorable meal.More

Just had breakfast but what a disappointment. My husband's potatoes were stone cold, I had avocado toast--bread tasted like it was toasted last week: hard and tasteless and the avocado was cold as in already prepared and refrigerated, not fresh. Not a great combination with...a poached egg. The side salad was delicious though. Service was good but for these prices, the food was not interesting, beautifully presented, hot nor tasty.More

My wife made a reservation online for our anniversary Dinner at 7:30pm. Got there a bit early but was escorted to our table right away. atmosphere was great as usual. Jeremy of server was a true professional very attractive and helpful and make up feel...welcome. The smoke fish dip was great. Salads were fresh although I think the cheese on the beet salad was a bit salty. I ask Jeremy to choose my entree as servers always know what pairs best and he hits it out of the park. Thanks again for a memorable experience. D.F.More