Chart House

There are some excellent options for fine dining in and around Longboat Key, St. Armands, Sarasota, etc.; however, Chart House (sadly) isn't one of them. After many years of wanting to try out Chart House, my wife and I finally made it a priority on this trip to give it a shot. While the restaurant is situated on a beautiful location on the South tip of Longboat Key, that is really the one and only positive I am able to share about our experience this evening. Unfortunately, our server left a lot to be desired for a fine restaurant. Not only was he not personable with either my wife or I, he also did not one offer to refill our empty water glasses or offer to get my wife a second cocktail. He also did not offer us any bread so I had to request that after it was clear he wasn't going to b

Very nice restaurant with fantastic views. Seems like a local hangout around the bar. The place is huge with plenty of seating. Jason was are server and took good care of us. The food was tasty. We especially enjoyed the crab cake appetizer and the chilled bowl chop salad. Prices fair for location and what we had. We will return!

We had dinner here. We were seated by the windows and that allowed us to enjoy the water view. Our server was nice. We had crab cakes, clam chowder soup, and Kim Chee Calamari for appetizers. For main dish we had, sea bass with mashed potatoes and asparagus. For dessert, we had a dish that brought 3 different flavor crème brûlée. Sangria and water. The crab cakes was tasteful. The clam chowder was okay, nothing to write home about and the same for the sea bass. The creme brûlée dessert was good, different flavors to suit different paletes. Overall, it's a nice restaurant with nice views. The food was okay.

Chart house is always a fun one when visiting Long Boat Key. They have a great early dinner menu as well as a great happy hour at the bar. The views are what makes this place special! Recommend making a reservation as they fill up quickly. They have a beautiful salad bar if that’s your thing but I was very pleased with their house salad. We will be back next visit to the area!

First time dining, we didn’t have reservations but got a high top in the bar area, Max was our server. Great service, food was excellent and a nice atmosphere for having conversations. View from our table was great considering we were at the back of the bar, will be back and make reservations for the main dining area.