Gator’s Dockside is a family-friendly restaurant and sports bar serving Hunter’s Creek with bold flavors and unbeatable service. Known for their hot wings, slow-cooked ribs, seafood, and American favorites, Gator’s offers a casual setting perfect for any occasion. Guests enjoy daily happy hour specials, catering services for events big and small, and plenty of big-screen TVs for catching the game. For over two decades, Gator’s has been the go-to spot for great food, cold drinks, and good times with friends and family.
Family-friendly sports-bar chain offering American fare, including signature grilled chicken wings.
David Xing
Takeout review.
Food came pretty quickly, and it was packaged well. Fried food travelled pretty well.
Wanted to try gator bites, so I got an order with the spicy batter. I’m not sure if gator naturally has a very light flavour but it wasn’t very noticeable. Could have been chicken for all I know. The flavour in the spicy batter was pretty flavourful though, so it could have overpowered it.
Wings were fried well and pretty good size. Again the seasoning was done well. Side salad was also quite big so nice surprise.
Old gripe was with the ribs. They were overcooked. You could see charring and they were pretty dry. Their house spicy sauce was however really good, and had just enough of a kick
… moreGenevieve K
Good food in a sport bar environment. We wer super hungry so stopped for the usual gator tail. We had the gator tail and southwestern egg rolls (egg rolls were a bit too greasy). The gyro was ok but not enough meat. The fried oreos were cold and soggy and not crisp at all. The apple crisp lacked the crispy dough – it was just cinnamon apples with some sugared dough
… moresadie s
Pretty disappointing experience
I used to eat at another gators.On the other side of town, and it was amazing. But this one is NOT.. I could have got a better club sandwich at a 7-11. ( see pics) looks nothing like the picture or discription on menu and the worst part, when I express my disappointment to the manger named “Q” , he was extremely rude. And if that’s how he handles upset customers, then he probably shouldn’t be a restaurant manager.. I will NEVER be back. .. My advice… Eat somewhere else. There are TOO many other places with better food and nice managers
… moreLisa Osborne
Me an my bestie went for brunch had a fabulous time sat outdoors it was super nice out.the server was very sweet an engaging. Got the seared ahi tuna which was excellent by the way a must try.
… moreMelanie Reichert
If you’re looking for something yummy, and local this is definitely the spot to go. The food was phenomenal. Service was exceptional. We wanted something in addition to what we already had, but couldn’t put our finger on it and the general manager was able to go in the back and whip up special sauces, and bring them out which just made a great addition to our already amazing meal. We had the gator tail, pickle chips (Which are probably some of the best pickle chips I’ve had), and a quesadilla as appetizers. I was nearly full when they brought out our main entrées. I personally had a buffalo chicken wrap, which was freaking delicious. My husband had the gator smash burger, which was also super yummy. Staff was friendly. The environment was super chill. I really liked that. The host asked us what our preferred seating preference was. And they even have a rubber ducky claw machine!
… moreWill
Stopped in for lunch at Gator’s Dockside in Hunters Creek and had a great experience. I ordered one of their gator burgers, can’t remember the exact name, but it was a double smash-style burger made with real gator meat, and it was surprisingly delicious and juicy with just the right amount of spice. Paired it with a nice cold drink, which hit the spot on a warm day. Great service and chill atmosphere. Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area and want to try something a little different!
… moreBob Harrison
Loud– on national championship sports night at a sports and food establishment–what can you expect but wow, the wings were excellent and left me wanting more! Thanks so much for a stellar meal. Now go get rid of your Pepsi and start serving Coke products like you should. Or, offer diet Mt. Dew or diet Dr. Pepper. We need options!
… moreLismary Ruiz
The food was fantastic today everything was so so good, perfectly cooked, the wings were amazing Parmesan Garlic really really good and the flavor so good, husband got burger sweet and spicy Jalapeño, the kids Menu was good my baby loved it, the service was quick and friendly
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Ordered a to-go tuna bowl and club sandwich- staff was friendly. Food was not edible or acceptable. Sandwich had stale bacon, (cold and flimsy) hard cheese. I didn’t eat past the first bite. Fries I paid extra for- not warm. Tuna looked ok- bowl ingredients were non existent. Maybe a 1/4 cup of rice and some onions. Not sure what was going on here- but $30 plus tip… no. I have to go somewhere else now and spend more $ so I can eat.
… moreKrissia Guerrero
This was our first time dining in, only reason we came all the way out here was because our friends who live by that area were going to be watching the game there. We had a party of 9 adults and 1 child, one thing I did like about this location is that there is a lot of parking as well as the outdoor sitting is big. We sat down and everyone at the table was waiting to order some drinks or any food. The server didn’t come around to ask them for any orders from what they mentioned, we waited another 15 mins then eventually Daniela I believe was her name came around to ask us what we were ordering. I did like which I didn’t know that the boneless wings were unlimited on Wednesday. So that was nice. Either way my husband ordered boneless with loaded fries, I ordered the bone in and we didn’t wait to long for those the first round everyone in the table had their food on time. The second round we ordered seemed to take longer at least for those who ordered more of the boneless. I went ahead and re ordered my bone in, my husband ordered a 3rd time around with fries and his took a while but I waited 40 mins for the wings to come back out I had to tell the server twice that my wings didn’t come out while everyone else was getting their wings. That was my biggest dislike, the fact that it was only 6 wings and the restaurant was not full that I had to wait that long, that I eventually didn’t even want to eat them anymore. I took them home. They had the game on each tv which was nice but some of the tvs were not HD. I wouldn’t come back to this location honestly I’m very disappointed with the service.
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