Thirsty Gator — Restaurant in Winter Park

Was excited to go here after reading all the reviews! Not so thrilled when we got there. When we first entered during the covid scare there was only one table by the door, which meant every time the door opened we got a fresh batch of cigarette smoke. It took forever to get waited on. They delivered a shrimp cocktail that we hadn't ordered, when we tried it the shrimp was a little tough. My son always orders burgers. He ordered a gator burger and it was raw. He didn't finish it...first time ever that he left a burger at a restaurant. He was so sick afterward that he couldn't eat till around 2 am. Would have let the waitress know but she never returned to our table...

I was excited to get wings, a favorite of mine. Ordered mild because they don't have medium and they had no taste to them at all. Had a few and brought the rest home to sauce them up!

Not thrilled at all especially when we waited forever to pay the bill. I finally had my son take the wings and my card to the bar because the waitress kept ignoring us.

Well I was expecting this to be a great experience, did not happen....😕 Definitely won't...

This is my favorite place to grab the best freshest rock shrimp and oysters steamed raw or Rockefeller. Service is great, we always have the same server and she's awesome. My buddy lives 5 minutes from that place, like literally right around the corner so every time I pop into Orlando that's dinner! Love this place, they shuck them fresh for you and you always get an extra or two. Great place! Jason Bechstein turned me on to this place. You see those gators statues sitting around the bar? He made those for them over a decade ago, that's how long we've been going to this place. Can't say enough good stuff about them, don't know why I didn't review them sooner because...

Googled "Oyster Bar" while on a trip to the happiest place on Earth and a few places came up. After looking over the results we chose the Thirsty Gator and could not be more happy with the experience.

The oysters (we went through five dozen) were fantastic. We actually ordered a bucket and they shucked them right in front of us. We also ordered a pound of rock shrimp, 20 wings, a turkey club, some fries and some oyster chowder. Everything was amazingly delicious.

Too often local places like this get overlooked in big touristy towns. But if you, like me googled Oyster Bar and are reading this review....go to the Thirsty Gator. You will not be...