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Pelican Larry's Raw Bar and Grill

Restaurant Bar Seafood restaurant Sports bar

😠 This place sucks… for the area that it’s located in, it’s very disappointing. I hate to bash someone’s dream of having a restaurant but this ain’t it baby. First off the rib menu is Al a carte, no one item on your menu is good enough to stand on its own. I don’t think there are enough characters for... People often mention good, cheese,


Address

19800 Village Center Dr STE 235B, Fort Myers, FL 33913, United States

Website

pelicanlarrys.com

Contact

+1 239-208-2570

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

3.70 (184 reviews)

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  • 1/5 Taste S. 1 year ago on Google • 127 reviews
    This place sucks… for the area that it’s located in, it’s very disappointing. I hate to bash someone’s dream of having a restaurant but this ain’t it baby. First off the rib menu is Al a carte, no one item on your menu is good enough to stand on its own. I don’t think there are enough characters for me to really get into how displeased I am. The ribs were warm. The Brussels sprouts have a nice flavor but they are swimming in oil. The mashed potatoes, again the flavor is there, but the portion I was served had a “been sitting a while” crust. The mac and cheese, oh my gosh, THE MAC & CHEESE made me so mad, the complete audacity for it to even be called mac and cheese is beyond appalling. The mac and cheese is disgusting, again it tasted as though it had been sitting, the noodles had a slight, “take me out of my misery” dried out flare to them. The sauce or rue, on the mac and cheese taste like someone completely skipped over the cheese part. The place was a ghost town when I walked in, which is always a red flag. I wanted to put off writing this cause I really have nothing nice to say but something NEEDS to be said. I didn’t specify if my order was for there or to go, so the girl at the counter bagged it to go anyways, HOWEVER not including silverware in a to go order is crazy… there was no one else in there. I wasn’t rushing you guys. You, in a sense, took it upon yourself to bag my order, not making sure I had everything, when the restaurant was deserted is mind blowing. I can’t really speak for the other bar side, which by the way, who knew it was a 2 in 1 situation. I thought the BBQ portion was a stand alone, separate establishment. Anywhoooos, appearance wise, it’s smoke and mirrors. It looks good but the taste is mid. I can’t speak on the bar so maybe they are better for drinks but as for food goes, it’s a hard no. I wouldn’t double back or even recommend it to someone else.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Kimberly M. 1 year ago on Google • 197 reviews
    Just misses the mark. Wings mere so-so, tried honey , jerk-blah, and habanero mango. (.50 cents to try an extra sauce. House salad super super tiny. Way too loud,tonight was definitely a college bar scene. I love sports bars, but just don’t feel “it”. Atmosphere is missing something. ..Wall color?? Just something. The redeeming thing was my husbands rice and beans w/chicken-👍.staff was very nice.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 jeff h. 6 months ago on Google • 243 reviews
    This review is of the BBQ food now attached. Wednesday lunch expectations medium. Having bbq on a Wednesday for lunch you know your gonna get leftovers. I tried the three meat combo ribs/sausage/fattybrisket. The sausage was very tasty and grilled. The ribs were seasoned well definitely not fresh but ok. I asked for fatty brisket and what i got was a little confusing. More fat than meat. So this brisket was not trimmed properly and by fatty brisket i dont want the point. Lets serve the ultra moist cap large thick juicy slices. Nope what i got was literally fat with bark on it. Winners- the 4 homemade sauces wete really good, seeet. Hot. The roasted brussel sprouts good. Service was excellent and the mango beer was awesome. Prices not bad....

  • 4/5 Barbara Potvin, SWFL & NH R. 6 months ago on Google • 185 reviews
    Sports bar is not exactly what we were expecting and not exactly what we like. But the food and drinks were good. Seemed like more of a BBQ joint than raw bar. We had grilled chicken salad and Philly cheese steak sub. First dressing was not to my taste. But the balsamic was better.

  • 4/5 llyndzi A. 1 year ago on Google • 123 reviews
    Good food. Service was okay; our waiter seemed to be in training and didn’t really know much about the food but this is a newly opened restaurant so that was fine. We’ll visit again.

  • 5/5 Brittany Y. 5 months ago on Google • 68 reviews
    I decided to try out the Estero location when I was in the area. I had ordered 20 wings, hot garlic parmesan, extra wet extra crispy. My husband ran in to get the food before we headed home, which is about 30 minutes north of Pelican Larry's. When I got home and opened the bag, there was 20 plain wings. I called the store, and spoke to the GM named Anthony, who was so so very nice. I told him the situation, and let him know that I live a bit away, and that I would not be returning the food that evening. I told him that I didn't want to be compensated, that I just wanted him to be aware of the situation because my order was so super specific. He gave me his number, and told me a day to come down to Larry's when I was in the area, and he gave me a gift certificate for my troubles. Anthony is the GM and was the nicest man. We chatted for a bit, before I went on my way. I will certainly be giving them another try, simply for the great customer service and hospitality shown by Anthony.

  • 3/5 Susan S. 7 months ago on Google • 61 reviews
    Wasn't exactly what I thought an oyster bar was gonna look like. Usually you get to see the oyster crackers. When they're shocking oysters and it's a lively atmosphere. This is just pretty blah Blake, not really vibe in a hot spot dark on the inside. I was there for the oysters, so I got those. They were okay but probably wouldn't go back unless I couldn't find another restaurant. They served oysters, the service was OK. The bartender was the server, so she also had a long bar to deal with. It wasn't really that busy. She only checked on me twice to see how I was doing. I had to ask for the salt, utensils, & lemons & I was given oyster forks, which I thought was ridiculous, but that's the way it went. Nobody did anything drastically wrong. It was just not the vibe I was looking for.

  • 2/5 Aysima A. 6 months ago on Google • 31 reviews
    Me and my boyfriend we ordered appetizers same time. He got his in 5 minutes, i had to wait for my appetizer 20 minutes. The fish and dip was very salty and lettuce look like dead. After that we ordered lobster mac and cheese. It wasn’t good at all. There wasn’t enough lobster. Very disappointed night. Sorry we won’t come back.

  • 3/5 Melody F. 9 months ago on Google • 29 reviews
    This was our 1st time there, and I'd be okay if we never went back. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either. When we sat down, the table had food crumbs on it and was sticky. We got Mozzarella sticks. Standard bar Mozzarella sticks, except the marinara was really runny. We got the fish and chips. The chips were great. They were hand cut. The fish had a hair on it, and the tartar sauce was funky. They remade the fish. It was good, but it would have been better with some good tartar sauce. The coleslaw didn't have much flavor and needed some moisture.

  • 1/5 Alonso G. 6 months ago on Google
    Very disappointed with this bar. Bartender manager (Sophia Marisa Lesnau) was calling me racial slurs as my girlfriend was getting assaulted by two customers who were underage drinking at this bar. The bartender manager (Sophia Marisa Lesnau) also joined them as my girlfriend was on the ground already bleeding and unable to defend herself. We stayed to talk to the cops then the bartender manager (Sophia Marisa Lesnau) proceeded to lie to the cops stating that I started the entire altercation and that I “punched” her in the back of the head. Once I made it clear that i was trying to remove the girls including Sophia off my girlfriend and wanted video footage to be given to the cops she did not cooperate and said that she did not have too. Now my girlfriend and I are banned from this bar for a year for something we did not do. We are going to police station due to the lack of cooperation and respect from this bar.

  • 2/5 Jenny C. 7 months ago on Google
    For this restaurant to be part of Miromar Development, this place does not measure up. My husband and I came here yesterday for the first time and had a decent experience (ordered no food, just beer). The bar staff said there weren't any specials going (even though there were, so we were pleasantly surprised at our bill). The "Larry's Light," aka Busch Light, smelled and tasted like my sulfur sprinkler water, so that was disgusting. I didn't want to sound high-maintenance, so I didn't say anything. Only one stall out of three worked in the women's restroom, and one soap dispenser out of three worked as well. At my husband's request, we went again today to watch the game. The bathroom was in the EXACT SAME condition. There were fruit flies that never left us alone, and there was something at the bottom of my beer glass (I didn't eat anything). This place is truly sub-par.

  • 1/5 Tanner Y. 4 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    Got food poisoning (and the other 5 people with me) from eating here last March. Just remembered it and got so mad I came back to drop the one star. Waitress also kept flirting with me and touching me the whole time which was very disturbing considering I was 22 and she was like 60+


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Happy-hour food
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Happy-hour drinks
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Kerbside pickup
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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