Veronica Fish & Oyster - Sarasota

On the positive side, I loved the building and their decor.

We were greeted by a very friendly host and hostess and seated in the lovely, but half empty (at 7pm Saturday night) dining room.

Let's begin with the goodGreat job on the interior for the space looks fresh, open, clean and inviting.

Wings was raw and ****, ribs was all fat and service was terrible.

We were three adults with two (nicely dressed and well mannered) kids at 5 in the evening on a Sunday. The restaurant was 1/2 empty and the rude hostess shoved us at a tall bar table in between a service station and the kitchen door. After asking someone other than the hostess were moved to a regular table. The waitstaff was either overwhelmed or just terribly trained. Service took forever, orders were wrong, and the music was unnecessarily loud. BBQ brisket tasted like it was pounded with a mallet and soaked in liquid smoke. The one good thing I can say about this place is that the onion rings were incredible.