Walt's Fish Market Restaurant: Fresh Seafood and Unforgettable Dining in Sarasota

Seafood Saturday! Complimentary Fish Spread, followed by Conch Fritters, and a couple Blackened Tilefish Dinners. So fresh and clean tasting. Excellent service! Grant did an awesome job! Die Suche Del Sabor (The Search For Flavor) continues.

Great fresh seafood; we love the Ahi Tuna! Tiffany is usually our server and remembers what we like. She's quick with the in-house made fish spread and saltines and a Bloody Mary for me. We usually get appetizers which have generous helpings -- Tuna Sashimi and Tuna Poke Bowl. Large selection of fresh fish to take home.

Really a fun visit. Beautiful fresh market w daily catch of Florida fish. Snapper and grouper delicious. Stone crab claw the largest I’ve ever seen. Area favorite is busy all the time.

This place was one of the top seafood places to visit in Sarasota. Every YouTube video I watched, recommended to visit this place. So I decided to visit this spot during my trip. We ordered, the Lobster bites, and two dishes from the market. We ordered a Red Snapper and a Florida Lobster as part of our main course. We ordered both the dishes in grilled format and selected Caribbean Coconut sauce with our respective sides. The restaurant also serves a smoked fish dip that they make based of the regular catch with crackers. The Caribbean Coconut sauce was complementing the lobster very well but the lobster felt a little bit chewy. The other dishes were very good though. The place can get really crowded and we did have to wait for about 35 minutes. The ambience and atmosphere is really cool. The walls are decorated with the history of the restaurant. The fish from the market is a very cool concept where you can see what's available for the day and order your seafood accordingly.

We wanted to try out a seafood place while on our short trip to Sarasota and this did not disappoint. There was like a 35 minute wait but they have a nice “waiting” area. They also have a nice amount of parking. The food was delicious. The server was super nice!

Comfortable casual atmosphere, excellent service, and delicious food. This place is always so packed; we got lucky. We got steamed lobster and salad, and a bird key duo with lobster, grouper, risotto, and vegetables. We sat out on the porch and the temperature was just right. Our server was Jack J. from Wisconsin-very hospitable; nice personality-he did a fantastic job.

Food was delicious; server Bowers was friendly & did a great job; Tuna poke was perfect; char-grilled seafood plate with substituted triple tail was perfectly done including the sea scallops. Lobster appetizer was very tasty & not heavily battered. Bloody Mary was very good

Went to this place for the first time. Well I ordered the blackened red snapper garlic green beans and coleslaw but meantime the waitress brought us some smoked fish dip and crackers. So first the fish dip was amazing, but the blackened red snapper and green beans stole the show for me. I ate everything and was wishing there was more. If you are visiting sarasota and love seafood... you better give this place a try. As far as me I'm hooked and will be back. P.S. Meredith our waitress treated us like we were royalty. She was both funny and amazing. Thanks Meredith for a great experience.