Rosie's Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Wilton Manors

Rosie’s, for better or worse, gets a mixed review this time. A dear friend and I arrived at 11:25 AM on a Wednesday. Upon arrival the host’s podium was vacant. After standing at the podium waiting to be seated for roughly 15-17 minutes, a male individual grabbed two menus as if he was planning on beating something or someone with them. He barked, “follow me if you want to eat.” My friend asked jokingly, “do we have to follow you?” and laughed. The male host stopped dead in his tracks, spun around, looked my friend in the face and said, “yeah you do I’m the host. So if you you want to eat here follow me, otherwise you can follow me to the door and go cook for yourselves. I was shocked by not only the statement itself, but also by the tone of the hosts voice when he delivered the ultimatum to my friend.

Finally seated and recovered from the shock of the snarky host, we met our waitress. She was all smiles. Asked what we wanted to drink, we both asked for water. H2O delivered. She asked if we were ready to order yet. Having never been to Rosie’s, I asked for a couple additional minutes.

When the waitress returned my friend ordered the turkey lurkie sandwich and I ordered the beet your brains out salad with dusted chicken. In my mind both were easy orders and would arrive at our table quickly. Wrong!!

An hour, no, excuse me, 57 minutes later my dining partner summoned the waitress to see why we had not yet received our meals. It was explained that the kitchen was super busy and we’d receive our meals soon. My friend remarked, “I hope so I still have work to get done this afternoon.” The waitress snarked back, “yeah, guess what, me too. Sorry our good lunch rush is interfering with your day Sir.” I was, again, utterly shocked!

Another 15 minutes lapsed and my friend again summoned the waitress. This time when asked for an estimate on how much longer the wait would be, the waitress replied, “I’m just going yo send the manager to you guys now.” She walked off not yo be seen again until the ticket was delivered for payment.

Finally, an hour and twenty-three minutes after our order had been placed, our lunch selections were delivered to us buy a male individual who apologized for the wait and, “Miss Thang’s attitude”.

The beet my brains out salad with dusted chicken was great. Excellent mix of greens. Yellow and red beets. Tasty red and white onion slices. Perfect amount of sweet and tangy vinegaret dressing. My friend said his turkey lurkie sand which was good, however, the fries were cold. I suggested he ask for new fries. He said there was no time as he was already over 40 minutes late returning to work.

When the waitress returned, she simply pulled our order up on her handheld device and printed the ticket and dropped (literally) it on the table. It was caught by a breeze and floated to the floor. She grabbed it. My friend said he needed to pay immediately so he could return to his office.

When he paid, he asked what happened to the manager coming to speak with him about the extremely long wait for our meals. She liked around the area in which we were seated, then remarked, “well, it still looks a little busy to me. He’s probably doing manager things somewhere and doesn’t have time to field complaints at this moment. You can feel free to call later and tell him whatever I guess.”

Great salad. Decent turkey club sandwich. Cold fries. All served at a turtle’s pace with horrible attitude on the side!

While I am certain this will baffle some readers, I highly recommend Rosie’s food, but definitely do not recommend the staff working Wednesday lunch rush - DEFINITELY nothing was rushed...

Rosie's is owned by John Zieba and Cliff Mulcahy who opened the restaurant in 2006 on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. The location used to be a former Burger King which was renovated and then they built a patio outside with lush landscaping creating a tropical oasis of fun, food, and drinks. They offer easy complimentary valet service and they serve lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch.

My friend and I met up here for a Saturday night dinner. I love how open it is. There is a main room with a bar where we were seated under a rainbow of hula skirts and there are also two wings of outdoor patio seating with colorful lanterns and plants.

The menu can best be described as a diner comfort food with a twist. The menu items have entertaining double entendre names inspired by people like Gypsy Rose and Brittney Spears. It includes fun cocktails, bowls, burgers, sandwiches, and big plates. We started our dinner with a shared appetizer of ooey gooey, cheesy artichoke spinach dip. We both agreed it was one of the best we have ever had. For my meal I took my friends suggestion and ordered the Bacon Bitty Bang Bang, a burger topped with Rosie's homemade bourbon bacon jam, chipotle Bang Bang Sauce, roasted plum tomato, and creamy Brie topped with kettle chips. I loved all of the flavor, especially from the bacon jam. Watching the fried chicken top salads flying out of the kitchen made me want to try that next time.

With the cute decorations, music, and diverse crowd, the atmosphere here is like being on a vacation. I love the bungalow Keys vibe. The portions are large and the food is fresh and tasty. Our server was prompt, friendly, and attentive. Rosie's has all the things you could want in a restaurant. Come for cocktails, a full meal, meet up with friends, or make new ones. Count me among...

First they tried to refuse me and my service dog. I told them you cannot refuse us service. We were meeting friends we meet over Thanksgiving. We have been here a total 20 days in the two trips in all kinds of restaurants casual to extremely fine dining. We have a service dog who sits my lap does not touch the table at any point. I know the law is the floor. You would never know she was there. He insisted she would have to be on the floor. We left the our Martini's on the bar. We did pay and tip for them. In the parking lot our friends who are locals insisted we go back in. He knew who the probem manager was. When we first got there waiting on our drinks we noticed a man with a dog in his lap without a service vest on finshing their food. Probably a friend of the problem manger. We did stay the servers were all fantastic. Dominic took great care of us. He apologized over and over. Enjoy the 295.00 bill and the 100.00 tip. Even with the great service I will never return to Rosie's. I can't imagine going to your local restaurant and being treated so baldly and ever going back. Me and my husband will take our money elsewhere. To whom ever that owns Rosie's if you have a manger that the locals know is a problem. Maybe you should get rid of the problem. The problem manger did constantly keep creeping by to see if she was on the table. She was never on or touching the table! I don't understand why some people just go so far way out of their way to be so awful! You can rest assured i will post this everywhere and...