Scott's Deli — Restaurant in Holmes Beach

2024 Update: Just another fantastic meal from Scott's Deli. Rode the bicycle to pick up two sandwiches, great pasta salad and two fantastic desserts. This is one of those places that ALWAYS requires a visit when we are on AMI. Should probably try something new but the pastrami is just so good. Not from NY so I might not be a legit judge for NY Pastrami but I think it is a great sandwich.

This was our second time trying Scott's. It had been a year and my wife tried her first bit of pastrami at Scott's on our first visit. She didn't want a whole pastrami sandwich so went with the Cuban. I am a Cuban sandwich fan and thought she might not like it since she typically doesn't like pork roast or chops. I'm used to thicker slices of roasted pork on a Cuban but the thin slices along with other ingredients had her commenting that she liked THIS pork even though she would still not want a pork chop anytime soon. My NY Pastrami was wonderful. And two small orders of pasta salad were a nice touch. My wife really likes the pasta salad as it does not have onions which really affects her stomach. Even in a tiny sized deli container there were halved cherry tomatoes included. A nice touch for such an overlooked side dish. And the best part was we didn't even get up from our beach chair. Called it in and put a tip on the card so when the sandwiches were delivered, there was no business to handle in the sand. Just make room on the lounge chair and start enjoying the food. Since then we plan out how many days relaxing on the beach during lunch and which day we...

What do a couple of Sandwich Heads do when they are are on holiday in Florida? We asked the locals and original members of Sandwich Club STL. Where’s your favorite sandwich place ?Just so happens that there is a Sandwich place right on the way to the beach on Anna Maria island that is very high on their list. Scott’s Deli 6000 Marina Dr Holmes Beach. Well we ordered our sandwich in advance over the phone so we could pick them up and take them to the beach. We ordered The Desoto, BOARS HEAD TURKEY - BACON - GOAT CHEESE - ARUGULA - CHERRY CHIPOTLE JAM - TOASTED , IN A SPINACH WRAP. The Mufulletta BOARS HEAD MORTADELLA, SALAMI AND HOT CAP - PROVOLONE - OLIVE SALAD - ARUGULA - DELI DRESSING - TOASTED CIABATTA The Southwest Wrap BOARS HEAD ROAST BEEF - PEPPERJACK - LETTUCE - TOMATO - RED ONION - BLACK BEANS - CORN - CILANTRO - CHIPOTLE MAYO - SPINACH WRAP And the Turkey/ Bacon /avocado BOARS HEAD TURKEY- BACON - AVOCADO- LETTUCE - TOMATO - RED ONION - MAYO - WHEAT BREAD. These were excellent sandwiches and uniquely individual. I love a Mufulletta but rarely ever order one because most places make them massive. Scott’s made theirs with ciabatta bread which was compact and easy manageable and very tasty I loved it. ( the olive salad was so good). Everyone really enjoyed theirs and we were very happy to have something so special for our beach lunch. Thank you Scott’s for making our holiday just a little more special. We highly recommended coming here if you are a Sandwich...

The food is always fantastic, but the service definitely needs improvement. Today I dealt with the female owner during my visit.

I noticed that the last time I came here, the prices had increased. The menus don’t reflect the new prices, and when I asked about it, the young cashier had told me it was because of their new POS system. When I asked the owner today, she mentioned they had to increase their prices due to Covid, which I would completely understand if the new prices were listed anywhere on the website or the menu. Setting the customers expectations properly is very important in business. There isn’t even a sign near the register that mentions the higher prices.

When the owner was passing the cook, I heard the cook say “ she can kiss my ass” or something along those lines. It kind of felt like she had mentioned me questioning the prices to him, but she said he was just talking about some machine back there. He continued to curse in the kitchen, which I found kind of odd.

I received my sandwich and left, and then realized I was missing my side of garlic aïoli. So I drove back through island traffic, walked in and mentioned that I hadn’t received it and the owner told me yes it was in the bag. I rechecked the bag, and it was nowhere to be found. She could’ve simply said “oh my gosh I’m so sorry” and just given me a side of the sauce, but instead wanted to tell me I was wrong. I think maybe the owners need to...