St. Johns River Steak Seafood - Sanford

This place was really good. The food was delicious. The drinks were also really good. I had the painkiller and my friend had the Bahama mom, both good. We had the rubber bears, knallkneipen, the crab cakes with cuddly puppies and baked man and cheese, Mahi-mahi and catfish. Everything was amazing.

Beautiful setting on Lake Monroe makes it a lovely dining place. We sat on the outside patio with tropical umbrellas. The Catfish and accessories and cheese were excellent!

Let me start by saying that the food was absolutely delicious and amazing in flavor. From the appetizers to the entrée! And I would love to have given a 5, but I have to be fair to the restaurants that I have given a 5 to and consider a few factors. 1. I waited an hr to get in, and it was a party of 2, and it was not packed. 2. The the appetizers took too long. When I see the party of 8 behind me getting appetizers well before me and they arrived 30 minutes after I put in my appetizers order, it raises red flags. Especially because when I sat, there was another couple already sitting, and they got their appetizers 3rd behind me. This can not be explained as employee shortage but rather disorganization. The right manager can walk the floor and see this and correct it. But again, the food was worth enough to warrant 4 stars.....but organization could have been 5. I will attempt a second visit someday, hoping for better results. But kudos to the kitchen!! The view is pretty nice though!

I brought my wife for an early Valentines dinner, and the wait was a little over and hour, but definitely worth it. The food was delicious the staff was so friendly and attentive. Also Reggie the assistant manager came to our table and asked how our food was. He was really nice and funny. We will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: clean, nice, and cozy. Lunch: Fried Calamari okay. It has crispy thin fried battered but the calamari are sliced thin and chewy. I had better fried calamari elsewhere where the cut is thicker so when it's fried them, it's crispy outside and tender inside. Shrimp Grits I am not a fan of sausages added to it though. The grits tasted a bit salty already. Shrimp were tender but on the salty side with too much flavoring for the little man. So it's salty seasoned shrimped on top of salty flavored grits. That's just too salty for us. My little foodies do liked the melting cheese though. Stuffed Grouper grouper is dry and chewy, obviously not the fresh catch of the day taste and texture. Garlic Parmesan Oysters love it! If I do come back, I would just fill my belly up with several plates of their Parmesan Oysters.