Our vacation fell on my husband and my 4 year wedding anniversary. Since we were vacationing with my parents, they offered to babysit our kids (yes!!!) and we got to enjoy a nice dinner. Hubs told me I could chose, so, I decided on this place (which he now tells me I'm not in charge of picking restaurant selections after this one, if that tells you anything, lol). We are staying on Holmes Beach, so we had to drive down to Bradenton Beach (or we could have taken the trolley). It was a nice drive to that part of the island, with the road winding along the curves of the beach. It was nice being along the ocean. I was a little skeptical of the entree selection after reading the reviews, and when we got there, I could see why the reviews were the way they were. We walked into an open air restaurant with a live band playing, which was really nice ambiance. There are two entrances to the restaurant and we apparently went in the one where they were not seating people, as there was a sign that asked us to go to the other side of the restaurant for hostess. She politely asked us if we wanted to sit inside or outside, and since it was nice out, and kind of loud inside we decided to sit outside. She sat us at a table that was wobbly, which got kind of annoying as we talked and ate our food, but wobbly tables don't make or break an experience, lol. Our server came over very quickly and took my drink order, while my husband was in the restroom. Our server promptly returned to bring me my order and take his order. At that time we ordered an appetizer. While we were still looking at the menus, and trying to decide what to order. I was going to try the Mahi, or the Filet Mignon, but after getting there and sitting down, it really felt more like a bar from my early 20's where my friends and I would go to get a buzz, and move along to the next one. It kind of smelled musky like a bar usually does. At this point I decided to go with bar food, instead of a fancy dinner entree like Filet Mignon, probably a good choice per all the other reviews. The appetizer was fairly quick in coming out, which was a bonus, because these days, you order an appetizer, and it comes out with your meal, which completely defeats the purpose of the darn appetizer in the first place. We ordered the almond crusted coconut shrimp, and they were huge! They were butterflied and the topping was good. There were slivered almonds on them and the homemade marmalade was quite good. The only complaint I had with it, is that the almond-coconut topping is not very sweet, and they were sort of bland. The shrimp was very fresh though. I ended up ordering a BLT with cole slaw, and homemade potato chips. I asked for a pickle spear on the side, no problemo. He ordered the fish tacos, with cole slaw and homemade potato chips. Our server was really good, attentive, and fast, no complaints. The food came out fairly quick and it looked appetizing. My sandwich was good, a bit on the small side, but it was good. Served on ciabatta bread and the mayo was on the side. The homemade chips were a little overdone and the cole slaw was so bland, it was inedible. Sad face, because I love cole slaw. My pickle spear was to die for! My husband got his fish tacos, and took the first bite, and found a long hair in the taco. Ummmm...pretty gross. He asked if me if he should send it back or not, and he decided it wasn't worth it...because who knows what would happen when he gets a new one...maybe more hair?? He picked through it, pretty disgusted, and ate a bit more of it after closely examining it. He said the tacos were okay, flavor-wise, but the hair pretty much spoiled any good thing about his meal. He felt the chips were overdone as well, and he didn't touch the cole slaw after the first bite. Like I said, the server was top notch, and the atmosphere was fun, but the food was mediocre, and not worth it. Go for a drink, and listen the live music, enjoy the fresh ocean air, maybe get an appetizer, but I would strongly suggest not eating a meal here, unless you're starving.