Restaurants near Manatee Bay Inn

We regularly frequent Terra Nostra and it doesn't disappoint. Starting with the bread, fresh out of the oven. I love the olive butter with oil, but my kids and husband don't so they request butter. The Caprese was fresh and delicious. My husband had the Marsala (always does) and LOVES it. I had Chicken Picatta and finished it all. So good. My son had lasagna.....delicious (a bit too cheesy for me), but he loved it and couldn't finish it. My other son had the veal Saltimbocca and loved it. I tried it and it was good but not my favorite, everyone is different! Ethan was our server, and he was so awesome, efficient, friendly, on top of it all. It was incredibly busy, and he didn't skip a beat. This restaurant is consistently excellent. The manager (sorry, don't know his name) is always there and on top of it all! We highly recommend!

Another great dinner at Rae’s, this is our third time and never disappoints. The food is very good and the service is excellent. Our server Mandy was very engaging, attentive and made sure we had a great meal. As ever the views were great including the sunset. Would highly recommend to anyone.

We made reservations for 6pm with sunset at 6:20. Fortunately, we were seated directly in front of the huge picture windows facing the Gulf of America and got to see a lovely sunset. Tony, our waiter, was very knowledgable and attentive and had some great recommendations for food. Two of the staff recommended the pork chop. We tried it and it did not disappoint! It was delicious. Kudos to the JWB staff and chefs. Highly recommend.

One of our most memorable dinners! We had a 5’clock Reservation. Greeted by two ladies and one woman said we have a special table for you, we were brought to a corner table for two facing west for view of the Sunset. Gave her a hug and thanked her for. We were greeted by our server Tracy . You couldn’t have asked for a more polite and attentive person! And also we were greeted by I’m assuming the Managers asking how is everything. One more thing I have to say about Tracy is the most attentive waitress we havre ever had.Kudos for a great evening

Much to our dismay a reservation for an advertised buffet with carving stations /extensive salad bar /appetizers/sides/ desserts became an omelette bar with breakfast sides -which though good , was not what we expected ! apparently the advertised Xmas Buffet was from two years ago and we barely made the cut for the breakfast buffet ! our reservation was for 11 AM and the breakfast Buffet stopped serving at 11 AM. We were seated since we showed our confirmed reservation! Staff was confused n it took a bit to sort it all out. Never have had trouble with open table reservation before but this was a mess!!!