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The Crow’s Nest Restaurant & Marina, Venice’s Waterfront Landmark since 1976. We are committed to hospitality and strive to please every guest, every day. We offer several different dining experiences, first a fine dining experience serving the highest quality and freshest ingredients upstairs with our award winning waterfront view. With fresh seafood, steaks and more, there’s surely something for everyone on our diverse and delicious menu. Reservations are recommended. Upstairs we also have our porch, giving our guests an outdoor dining experience overlooking the beautiful water. For a more casual experience, we recommend guests join us in our pub-style downstairs tavern. We do not take reservations for the tavern. Join us today
Waterfront fixture for surf ‘n’ turf served either in an upstairs dining room or downstairs tavern.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 1968 Tarpon Center Dr, Venice, FL 34285
Phone: (941) 484-9551
Website: https://www.crowsnest-venice.com/
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The Crow’s Nest Restaurant, Tavern & Marina has been Venice’s Waterfront Landmark since 1976. You can enjoy a fine dining experience with a view in our …
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Waterfront dining, fresh seafood and casual tavern to grab a few drinks! Full service Marina available.
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The Crow’s Nest serves lunch daily and has evening dinner hours, lunch is served daily from 11:30 am–3:30 pm. Dinner hours vary: Mon–Thu and Sun 4:30 pm–8:30 pm …
Reviews
Brian Holt
Outstanding. First time visiting and I’ll be back. Lots of places serve these dishes but don’t put the effort in. Worth every penny. Everything was as perfect as the view. The fried oysters are to die for!
… moreTwila
The king crab legs are juicy juicy juicy! Our server was fabulous and the atmosphere was lovely. A Saturday night date night this was a great choice by the water. What was great about the arrival and departure i.e. the parking and parking lot was the fact that there were two men working guiding people to specific parking spots and making sure that the cars were safe and the lot was well maintained. Such a nice touch✌️
And by the way there was some wonderful music playing in the background it was more like the music you might hear at an Italian café… it was absolutely divine. I could see other people were also there for date night as well it seems like quite a popular restaurant and when you factored in that it’s right beside the water I guess romantic can also be used to describe this little gem.
… moreAnd by the way there was some wonderful music playing in the background it was more like the music you might hear at an Italian café… it was absolutely divine. I could see other people were also there for date night as well it seems like quite a popular restaurant and when you factored in that it’s right beside the water I guess romantic can also be used to describe this little gem.
Andrew Ribar
A reservation is recommended. We had the Mahi tacos with onion rings and coleslaw. It was all prepared very well. BTw, I think the coleslaw was perfect! Luis gets an A+ as a waiter. Great view of the North Venice Inlet and Snake Island. Strongly recommend.
… moreJodi Kaplan Naples, FL
We always have a great time at the Crow’s Nest. The staff is fantastic, the drinks are great, and the ambience is spot-on. The food is excellent—especially the fish, soups, and seafood, all top-notch quality. Hands down one of our favorites. We also love renting bikes and heading into Venice—always a fun adventure. The dock staff is helpful and friendly, and it’s an easy stop by boat for fuel or a pump-out. Highly recommend.
… moreKira
Honestly really great place to go. Unless you are going to the super fancy upstairs that you need reservations for, just do the downstairs. Chill scene and good food. The staff is great and really do try to make things happen for you. Not super large inside, so definitely make a reservation!
… moreJustin Covillon (Laxy)
The food here was amazing! The 4 of us shared a pound of the stone crab, which was incredible. The clam chowder was some of the best I’ve ever had! Rick in the marina helped us get a spot to park the boat which was above and beyond. Can’t say enough good things about this place and and the people here. I’ll certainly be back!!!
… moreBarry Tilley
We have visited this area of Florida many times from the UK and thought we had tried most restaurants, however, yesterday evening we discovered this lovely restaurant, new to us.
There are 2 eating areas to this establishment, a downstairs bar area and a more formal upstairs. There is a lift / elevator for those who find climbing stairs a challenge.
Whe had booked to eat upstairs and, on arrival, were offered a choice of inside or outside dining. We chose to eat inside.
We would suggest.making a reservation as the restaurant appeared mostly full.
We were shown to our table immediately upon arrival and provided with menus and beverage lists. A comprehensive menu of appetisers, salads, entrees and specials. There was also a good selection of beers and wines which included many ales on draft.
Ronda, our waitress, arrived promptly to take our order and answer any questions that we had.
We ordered mushroom flatbread and a bowl of clam chowder. The portions of both dishes was generous and flavourful.
We followed with entrees of filet steak with garlic mash & coleslaw and fried grouper & cocunut shrimp, with fries and coleslaw. Again, very good sized portions and nicely cooked.
We accompanied the meal with a fresh orange juice and a draft Samuel Adams OctoberFest beer.
Each course arrived in a timel manner.
Throughout the meal, Ronda was attentive, chatty, approachable and very personable and made us feel very welcome. She acknowledged that we were celebrating our wedding anniversary.
We would certainly recommend this restaurant to others and will go back there again.
Thank you for a lovely meal.
Total bill $128, which we felt was not excessive for the quality of this meal.
Parking was slightly challenging, however we managed to park in the car park which is free and immediately outside the restaurant, including disabled bays.
… moreThere are 2 eating areas to this establishment, a downstairs bar area and a more formal upstairs. There is a lift / elevator for those who find climbing stairs a challenge.
Whe had booked to eat upstairs and, on arrival, were offered a choice of inside or outside dining. We chose to eat inside.
We would suggest.making a reservation as the restaurant appeared mostly full.
We were shown to our table immediately upon arrival and provided with menus and beverage lists. A comprehensive menu of appetisers, salads, entrees and specials. There was also a good selection of beers and wines which included many ales on draft.
Ronda, our waitress, arrived promptly to take our order and answer any questions that we had.
We ordered mushroom flatbread and a bowl of clam chowder. The portions of both dishes was generous and flavourful.
We followed with entrees of filet steak with garlic mash & coleslaw and fried grouper & cocunut shrimp, with fries and coleslaw. Again, very good sized portions and nicely cooked.
We accompanied the meal with a fresh orange juice and a draft Samuel Adams OctoberFest beer.
Each course arrived in a timel manner.
Throughout the meal, Ronda was attentive, chatty, approachable and very personable and made us feel very welcome. She acknowledged that we were celebrating our wedding anniversary.
We would certainly recommend this restaurant to others and will go back there again.
Thank you for a lovely meal.
Total bill $128, which we felt was not excessive for the quality of this meal.
Parking was slightly challenging, however we managed to park in the car park which is free and immediately outside the restaurant, including disabled bays.
DAVID GLASSMAN
Hidden Gem on literally the edge of town. Just a few blocks from busy Venice Ave at the end of the road is the crows nest. There was a line to get in so We first said we were just drinking and sent us upstairs for a seat that the bar. The bartender was amazing and suggested we try the clam chowder and steamed mussels, we did and they were both so good I forgot to take good photos- when we are back in Venice we will definitely go back for an actual supper.
… moreTiffany “Sassy Salsa’s Corner” Willis
Food was amazing. My husband is very picky about fish and he ordered the grouper which he said was very tasty. Dustin was our waiter and he was very nice and always made sure our drinks were full. He made our experience even better. Thank you.
… moreMary Ulmer
We haven’t been here since before Ian and were looking forward to enjoying the delicious food we remembered the previous times we came. We sat in the bar area which was not very busy at the time. Our service was a bit slow. My husband got a blackend grouper sandwich. It had a slight fish smell when it came out and the flavor just wasn’t there. Later that night he had really bad bloating. I had the meatloaf. It was ok. The garlic mashed and green beans were good. Overall we were not impressed with the food this time around. We will come back and try upstairs again as well since the menus are different. I am hopeful it was just a 1 time not so good experience. Once we come back and try again I can see of additional stars should be added.
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