The Tides Oyster Co. & Grill

The Tides is my kind of place. It's a little bit worn down, a little divey, and not crowded with tourists. The food was just fine. But it smelled like an old wooden house (think of grandma), and nothing we ordered was great. I liked it, but I wouldn't take my family there again.

We came up for Memorial Weekend and I was dying to have some fresh oysters. We didn't really know where to turn on our way to our dinner reservation (a place that doesn't sell oysters), so we decided to look up some spots. We found Tide's Oyster Co & decided to give it a whirl.We pulled into the parking lot to kind of a dumpy looking exterior. I was little on edge as to how fresh the oysters could be when the exterior looked like it had seen better days. We walked into the restaurant and it, too, was super outdated. It also smelled like a toilet bowl.Knowing my husband and I, we decided that we can't judge a book by its cover and decided to stay. The waitress was super nice and quickly came by to take our order. I am a Coca Cola expert and their Coke was actually pretty refreshing and fresh! I was pleasantly surprised after I took my first sip. We quickly placed an order for a dozen oysters, 6 raw and 6 seasonal oysters. The oysters were massive and fresh! We drove head first into the raw ones before the other ones came out and loved every minute. We got the seasonal oysters, which consisted of a lemon butter sauce and that was even better.We will definitely be coming back to this place & remember, don't judge a book by its cover!

Definitely a place where the locals come for drinks. The oysters were pretty good and the fish dinners were quite good but I have had better grouper in the area. The interior of the restaurant had an unpleasant odor to it.

Really liked this place because the environment was a little be beachy a little bit dive (in a good way). I would guess the bar does mostly drinks but they had a nice menu for oysters and some really good appetizers. Bartender seemed to struggle with making a martini but it was good and price reasonable.

This is purely a local watering hole, not for tourists. We stopped in on our way back to our hotel from another spot from dinner. Just to get a drink. This restaurant has seen better days. The ambiance is worn down, SMELLS like a urinal cake, and I did not want to order anything that didn't come pre-bottled for sanitary reasons. The service was friendly and prompt, no complaints there. I'm sure the locals love coming here for live music, cheap drinks, and a judgement free fun time. But tourists definitely should find another watering hole.

Locals come here for the drink specials & oysters. Parking on the side & back of the building.

Very average experience. Dive bar type feel, servers were nice but took their time. Oysters were good but maybe because we worked up an appetite waiting on them.

So the came out and started off with the fryer is down. Great way to start. I had 12 oysters on the half shell Claire started with a pretzel with "Beer Cheese" Well the oysters were good. The giant pretzel was 2 pretzel buns and the beer cheese tasted just like the cheese sauce from Arby's. I got Grilled Monk Fish with red beans and rice and coleslaw. Ok let me be clear I ordered the slaw never got it. Wife had shrimp scampi. The shrimp were good.......... much better options in the area.

Just ordered a dozen Oysters. They smelled bad and looked bad. Chose not to eat them. Ordered wings and fish sandwich instead. Service was great. One thing to remember is Florida water stinks and the drinks are mixed from the bar gin with Florida water. Example. Vodka cranberry is from the gun. Gin and tonic is from the gun so your drink will taste like Florida water.

The bartender is a complete jerk. The oysters were ridiculously overcooked. Ordered lightly steamed oysters. Bartender says they will be hard to open. Yes, I know but lightly steamed. Oysters were over cooked, tiny and filled with mud. Yes I ate them, but also yes, I rinsed them first. And yes, I know how to work a shucker and yes I like my oysters LIGHTLY steamed.