Downtown Gatorz Bar And Grill — Restaurant in Punta Gorda

Great wings! This was my 1st time actually eating there and then staying to enjoy the atmosphere. If you need a couple of hours to yourself or with friends, then I would recommend going here on a Friday evening/night. Aside from the delicious food, they have karaoke on Fridays, and it doesn't disappoint. This is a great place to grab food, relax for a couple of hours, and enjoy the atmosphere.

UPDATE: After having provided such great reviews, I brought a friend on a Friday night. We waited 10 minutes inside to place an order at the bar, but the bartender was clearly "too busy" with the small group of 3 sitting at the bar to acknowledge our presence. Literally, there were a total of 5 people sitting at the bar, and the bartender never even acknowledged us sit down. We relocated to the outside bar, where we waited another 10 minutes until I asked the busser for help. Again- I HAD to ASK for service after sitting at a bar with approximately another 12 people total. After asking the busser for service, he had to go and interrupt the bartenders' conversation to then take our food and drink orders. I was embarrassed by the service after having made such a great recommendation from my last visit. I'm easygoing and understand when the bar is slammed and customers just need to be patient for the staff to serve them. But this was not a busy night, and it wasn't even season. It basically boiled down to laziness and people not wanting to work the end of their shifts. I still tipped 20%, but I won't return to do so again. Needless to say, we will not be back because there are too many other choices nearby who appreciate their customers, regardless of the...

Stopped in for dinner on a Monday evening in Punta Gorda. It appeared there was a strong Kareoke crowd outside, so we preferred sitting indoors. We were able to sit right down which is always a bonus, especially when you are hungry.

Was rather impressed with the menu and there were many great meals to choose from. Our group of 4 started with some wings as an appatizer. We order three orders (one boneless and and two regular wing orders) I was happy to be able to combine two flavors (hot and lemon pepper) which was a bonus to me.

After placing our orders for appatizers and meals together, we waited for a while until all the food came out at one time. While the folks was great, was bummed when all the food came out together. My boneless wings were good and were hot and tasty. Unfortunately, as I was devouring my food, my main order was sitting, getting colder. I ordered the French dip and while tasty, the au jus was not very hot by the time I was ready to eat it. No doubt all the food came out hot, however when appatizers come out with the main food, it never works our well. Other members in the party has the same feedback with their main meal including a somewhat soggy Bun from sitting to long.

All in all it was a great place. They had a great selection and was reasonably priced and the beer was cold which is Always a bonus. Unfortunately, the reason it was not a 5 star meal was when the the wings we ordered as appatizers did not come out before the meal. We did make it a point to ask for the wings first, however that did not happen. If it did, my 4 star would have...

It seems like every time I go there the service gets worse. My last visit was the last straw. My sister, my mom and I went for dinner. When we went inside there was only one other table of people and they were paying , then left. A server came and picked up her tip and went on her way without even acknowledging us. BTW, We were right next to that table. We sat there for a few more minutes and another group came in and sat across the room from us, behind a wall where they were not visible from the bar. Before they even got settled in their seats, the bartender was right there getting their order, still ignoring us. I waited a few minutes longer to see if she would then come to us, but she just went back to the couple of guys at the bar, chatting and wiping down the bar and washing glasses. Then she took drinks to the people at the table who came in after us and started taking their order. We were still sitting at our table, no drinks, no menus, no service. So I went up to the bar and asked her if we needed to know someone special in order to get service. She acted surprised and said that the server who had gotten her tip from the first table had asked her to take the other table and she thought that someone else was going to take our order. So I went back and waited again, and finally the bartender came and helped us. We should have left before that, it was a sign, the food was even less appealing than the service. Lesson learned, I'll not be going back...