Gainesville Restaurant Guide
Gainesville Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Gainesville restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Gainesville just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Gainesville, you've come to the right place.
Our Gainesville restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
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Nice atmosphere and that's about it. Awful service mediocre food for high prices.
I have eaten at La Fiesta for over 17 years the food is always great and service friendly. I like the new location on 39th Ave but even if it wasn't there I would drive the extra miles back to the old location. Best Mexican in Gainesville
I dine frequently with my dad at the 13th street location and have found the staff to be very friendly and accommodating. They are also at times extremely busy. I always see that they are working hard and doing their best. As a nurse I can appreciate juggling several things at once. My dad loves t...
The Gainesville store on Waldo Road is the original but no longer owned by the Tillman family. We have eaten there since opened and it is a great value with great food and service.
awesome pork appetizer and martinies
If they are known for their burgers, they should find something else. Nothing spectacular, nothing seemingly homemade. Overall it's a mediocre joint good for quarters with frat boys with a creepy owner to boot.
La Fiesta is the best mexican restaurant in Gainesville!It's fast,friendly, & GREAT FOOD!It's hard to find a restaurant in Gainesville that gets you in and out with in minutes.I recommend trying to finish one their AWESOME Jumbo MARGARITAS (the size of your head) by yourself!!!
Went here with a large party for dinner. The service was great. We loved the food and didn't even realize we spent 3 hours having dinner. They didn't rush us, they were patient with kids and elderly that attended with us.
I love Cafe Gardens. I do not know what a previous reviewer was talking about when they said that they only accepted cash... the system must have been down or something, because I have been there so many times and used a card. The food is great - especially the burgers. I always have the hardest tim...
We dined at the 13th street location this morning. It took 10 minutes for anyone to get our drink order, we placed our food order at the same time. Only to find out that they didn't have what we wanted. So once we finally decided again what we would like, when they brought the food out the order was...
From one Mexican food lover to the next, this is by far the best mexican restuarant in town. Great for the college student and family, all the same. If they wait was a problem before it is only because the place is so popular.
They only accept cash. They didn't tell us until after it was too late. What kind of junk is that?
Yahooooooo I LOVE THIS FOOD ....PLEASE OPEN A LOCATION IN ARCHER FLORIDA...Great prices and wonderful portions... you would make a killing out here in Archer.Think about it, you could serve other western counties MORE.... Start a trend let the people out here trade in their tooth picks for a rib bon...
Everything I ordered at 12pm was served cold. How can you serve macaroni & cheese cold an hour after you open- not even warm? This is the original Sonny's & it needs some work in the kitchen. On the sliced pork lunch ($6.49), the pork was nice- moist, fatty, but cold to match the cold fries & cornbr...
If you've had a bad experience at the 43rd st Deli, it's probably because you weren't at the Williston Rd location. The food is excellent and the service is outstanding. The employees are a great group of fun and friendly people. Become a regular patron of the Deli, and you'll be adopted into this o...
There are no words to describe the wonderful food and atmosphere of Napolatano's. I LOVE it. Truly delicious meals, salads, seafood, burgers, and especially PIZZA and calzones! I think I've had just about everything on the menu and it's all great, to say the least. The owners are truly remarkabl...
My husband and I love this place. The bach thai is out of this world, and we eat here every weekend. It is the highlight of my week. I have been to many vietnamese restaurants and this one has the best service in town. There soups are very good,as are many of their dishes. Nice family-owned busin...
This place is not an authentic Vietnamese restaurant. It's a shame that they claim to be one. The food is not at all Vietnamese, and I guess they try to cater too much to what they think Americans would want, and this makes the food less authentic. This place is also a Chinese food place and they se...
I always loved the Copper Monkey. They always had the best sandwiches in town. Best Fries too. The waitresses were attentive and it was my 1st choice always for a sandwich always. (at least once a month) However the food has taken a turn for the worse. The fries are those skinny little things which,...
I would love to eat here. Unfortunately, I had to leave after sitting at a table for 20 minutes and not getting a drink, a menu or any sort of acknowledgement. I noticed another table leave rght before us. They didn't get anyone to wait on them either.