Gator's Dockside Winter Springs - American restaurant in Winter Springs - 5275 Red Bug Lake Rd, USA

Rienet had a terrible attitude. I've been coming here for years and the gator portion has been smaller and smaller. When I asked for an explanation, as we had eaten here 3 weeks ago, she completely dismissed that anything had changed in that period of time. Quality and consistency of the food has gone down. Will be going elsewhere for better food and service. She barely checked in on us. See photo for a waste of $13. Salad was also soggy, wings were cold before second beverage was delivered.

The start of our service was questionable when the host forgot to send someone out to our table with menus. After a few minutes, I went inside to get our menus and she apologized and we just moved on with our service. Our server came out within a few minutes and she was stellar to say the least. Very friendly, constantly checked on us, she was on point. We ordered two appetizers (I missed the photo on that one, sorry!) but we ordered the buffalo cauliflower bites and the southwest eggrolls. The southwest eggrolls were a little crispy/dark but they still were very good. The buffalo cauliflower never lets us down we’ve ordered this before and it continues to be a favorite of ours. For our entrées we had an order of fish and chips and two burgers. The fish was cooked perfectly. The fries were perfect and everything was spot on. For the beef burger with jalapeños and barbecue sauce, the beef burger was cooked perfectly but the sauce was a little light and it made the burger a little dry. A tad more barbecue sauce, and the burger would have been perfect. The sweet potato fries were cooked great and everything was seasoned well. The turkey burger with jalapeño and barbecue sauce again a little too light on the barbecue sauce but overall everything was cooked perfectly, which is why, apart from a personal preference of wanting a little more sauce on the side we are giving this meal in general five stars. As far as returning and eating the same thing again, it was a yes, across-the-board. The server was friendly. She kept the beverages coming, and honestly was in great rotation. We saw her often and it was pretty busy inside, so she definitely seemed like someone who could manage her tables well. I definitely recommend this location. We have been coming here on and off for years and no matter what we try, we are never let down.

I haven’t been to this location in quite some time but found it just as I remembered🙂 A few menu items have come and gone but still a nice mix. Awesome wings as usual! It’s a great spot for watching sports and catching up w friends. Great casual spot for drinks. Kid friendly. Trivia on Thursday’s.

We enjoy going to Gators and try to get there at least once a month. Good selection of American food. A lot of TV’s for watching sports. I would recommend you try it if you have not yet.

The service and the food here was absolutely exceptional last Saturday evening! Our waitress was very friendly and welcoming, we had the philly cheese steak and the fried mahi sandwich, everything was fresh and cooked perfectly! Will be returning!

I can only speak for myself and my daughter. There were 4 other people at the table. First everyone ordered ice water, I ordered mine with lemon. EVERYONE got their water with lemon even those that don't like lemon. I ordered Fish & Chips. The French fries were very good. The fish was so over cooked it was dried out, kinda like fish jerky. I had Cole slaw as my side. Once again so very dry. It was like eating a small bowl of raw cabbage. My daughter had seafood pasta. AGAIN... it was very dry and very tasteless for something described as being served in a lemon garlic sauce. Very poorly seasoned, and barely enough sauce to even cover half of the fettuccini. Ugh... Now on to the service. If you could call it that. Our server that had a difficult time with the ice water earlier allso had a hard time collecting menus. My daughter had to get his attention and hand him the menus so we had space for our food. My daughter asked for garlic salt or garlic powder for her tasteless pasta, that took him about 15 min. He finally came back to the table when we were all finished eating to ask if we needed anything. We said no thank you, just the check please. He got the check to us fairly quickly and then took another 15 min plus to come collect payment. Why you might ask was the service so poor?? Was it busy?? Nope.We were the only ones in his section. Even the very few times he appeared at the table his gaze was always towards the back of the house. He spent the entire time we were there flirting with a female server. I guess she was more important than his tables. I will not go back. I hope his tip for a table of 6 was enough of a wake up call and that he may need to rethink his job choice.

We love Gator’s! It’s our go-to when we don’t want to cook. Good menu variety, great place to watch sports. Kids eat free on Tuesday (a warning for some, a bonus for others, haha) Servers are always pleasant and their fries are the best!

Good food, friendly service, decent prices. Very pleasant visit. Crowded, but not too noisy, which is nice for me because I have trouble hearing with a lot of background noise.