Pisces Rising

Parking: on the street or public free parking, hard to find on busy days. Service: it's good and personnel is very attentive but the one taking care of us had limited to no knowledge about wines. Food: hit or miss, my husband and I ordered the New York strip medium and it was served well done and very hard to cut and eat. We were on a holiday dinner so we felt embarrassed to let the restaurant know that our steak was not prepared to our specifications. The shrimp Mac and cheese was amazing and we highly recommend it. The banana foster for dessert is amazing and it's prepared in front of your eyes with a fun display of flames. Price: the prices are adequate given the location and ambiance. I recommend the place.

3.5 Stars. My friend had eaten lunch here and loved it, so she was excited to be able to get us reservations over the holidays for dinner. We arrived before our reservations, and decided to have a drink at the bar. We did not know there was an outside bar, so we sat the inside bar. Big mistake. The male bartender was clearly in over his head serving customers and the waitstaff. When he finally arrived to us, it didn't take him long to start work on our drinks. Poor guy must have been hungry though because he put the cherry in my drink, then popped a few in his mouth; I watched him eat garnishes the entire time we sat there. The worst part, however, was that he used his bare fingers to put the large ice cube in my glass. Insert vomit emoji here. I consoled myself that the booze around it would kill any germs. We did visit the outside bar after this, and though the female bartender had a full bar, she appeared very efficient.There was zero ambiance inside the restaurant, so next time I would request an outside table. But fortunately, our experience got much better once we were sat at our table. Our server was friendly, knowledgeable, and efficient. We shared an order of focaccia bread to snack on, which was excellent. I started with their soup of the day, which was chili, and though I had to send it back because it wasn't hot enough, it was really good. For my meal I went with the seafood cobb salad, which was quite tasty, and had a lot of different things included on it, which is how I love my salads. My friend's fresh catch of the day was $40 - she enjoyed it, but that seems steep to me.I think if I try this place again it will be sitting outside, at lunchtime, and staying far away from the inside bartender.

Love to go on a good Saturday or Sunday for brunch. We like to enjoy their patio seating with live music . We usually sit and have a few beers and enjoy some finger foods and then have a good lunch Our service is always pretty decent. Never had a real issue.

I had the wagyu steak with yellow rice and asparagus and it was cooked perfectly! My husband and daughter ordered the hot nashville chicken sandwich with onion rings and loved every bite of it. My son got the beef brisket and biscuit and he silently ate the entire dinner because he savored every bit of it. We also has the calamari fries and crab cakes..they were small serving but still good. Their botanical sky lemonade was something else! So good! They gave me complimentary 2 glasses of champagne and creme brulee for my bday..thank you!!! We will be back. Love love the sunset view and ambiance! It was perfect bday celebration.

My husband & I came here for lunch over the weekend and the food did not impress us. We sat out on the patio to take advantage of the nice day, even with the wind. I ordered the Caesar Salad and added shrimp, and my husband ordered the Mahi sandwich. It was $12 to add shrimp which was not on the menu or mentioned to me when asked if I wanted to add anything on, so that definitely seems shady as that's basically the price of the salad. My bad I guess for not asking, but if something is going to almost literally double the cost of my item, I expect that to be shared. My Huband's fries were pretty basic and flavorless. We've been here a few times out of convenience and location near the water, but this experience put a bad taste in my mouth so I'm not sure we'd return or recommend to our friends.

Incredibly busy day during the 50th Annual Art Fair, but Pisces Rising met the challenge admirably! We were seated in a timely manner & despite the crowd our service was great! Really enjoyed the food. Best smash burger I've ever had! Tasted like it was fresh off of a bbq grill! A friend raved about her shrimp & grits, too. However other friends ordered the crab cakes & found them very small and not worth the high price. That was our only complaint. Definitely recommend this place though!!!

Walked here after having a fun time on the Mount Dora Cat Boat Tour. This is a nice restaurant near the water and offers a variety of options from salads and sandwiches to fresh fish and other entrees. We went as 2 couples and tried a few things.I had the Seafood Cobb Salad with ranch dressing. This was a nice Cobb salad with plenty of egg and bacon, shrimp (about 5 small-medium sized) and about a 1/3rd of a cup of lump crab meat (hard to judge amount). I really enjoyed this. It was around $18 or $19 dollars and I felt like I got my money's worth on it. My husband had the Nashville hot chicken sandwich with fries and loved it. He said it was just the right amount of spicy and crispy and that the fries were very fresh and crisp.Our friends had the seafood special entrees of the day. One was sea scallops and the other was grouper. Each entrée came over rice with veggies in it and a side of roasted cauliflower. For the scallops, it came with 4 large scallops and the grouper was a nice portion with a sauce on top. They both said they'd give them 4 1/2 stars and really enjoyed their meals. The only complaint they had was that for the grouper, they were hoping for more sauce. My only critical feedback was two fold. 1) Those seafood entrees were $40 each, which seemed expensive to me, but they really enjoyed them. 2) We had to wait a long time for our food. At least 30 minutes (I think it was longer) after we placed our orders. But our waiter did check on us regularly and did apologize for the wait. We were with friends enjoying a few drinks and good conversation, so the wait wasn't an issue to us that day, but I hope that isn't how it normally goes there.It's worth a visit.

Stopped by for drinks and lunch on the patio. It took a while to get service to order drinks but they were a little busy. We all (party of 4) decided what we wanted to order but after waiting an additional 30 minutes with absolutely no service, we decided to leave. The waitstaff was working hard to completely ignore us...literally avoiding making any eye contact. Here's a pic of the staff that completely ignored us.

During a recent visit to Mount Dora, I had the pleasure to eat at this casual downtown eatery. Clearly it's a popular spot for the locals as the bar in the back didn't have an empty seat at it and the bartenders were greeting people as they came in the door.We were a party of six with a reservation and we were immediately seated. It was a Friday night so the place was hopping! Chris, our server, was over in a flash with menus and water and a suggestion of some of his favorite items on the menu. The drinks were well poured and came up quickly.We ordered a range of items and everyone seemed pleased with their choices. For appetizers we had two types of spring rolls-Cuban, not my fav and the short rib spring roll special of the day- delicious!What I like about the way they do things is while they have "reciped" entrees like the grouper or the fresh catch- they also let you do it any way you want it. So instead of having the side preparation which was a mixture of peppers, onions and other things- I had the Grouper simply prepared over mashed potatoes and served with asparagus. Very good, although those that got the "reciped" version also like theirs. The Shrimp and Grits looked amazing with jumbo, plump shrimp and another person in our group got the crab stuffed salmon which she enjoyed.Just when I had decided I was full, two at our table ordered the Bananas Foster which is prepared tableside for the show! This was served over scoops of vanilla ice cream and made for a wonderful sweet treat.Parking in the area is tricky- there is a city lot across the street and plenty of street parking but most is not right in front of the restaurant. They also have a nice patio facing the lake (think beautiful sunsets) but on the night we were there, it was HOT so we ate inside. All in all a great dining experience in Mount Dora. My only regret is that I don't live closer to make it a regular visit!

This was the second time to eat here. Should say our second time to attempt to eat here. My wife and I arrived at a little before 1pm. We sat down and ordered almost immediately. We sat and drank water for over 40 minutes. We were getting very upset since everyone who was seated after us were getting served. When we called our server "Chris" over he admitted that he forgot to put our order in! He offered us some complimentary bread as compensation, that was bull!The manager came over and said that the problem was the kitchen screwed up - CYA!Two stories same result- no food!We gave them 20 more minutes and finally got up and left without paying for the water.