Santa Maria - Saint Augustine

My husband and I have been eating at Santa Maria's since 1986. It is the only restaurant that we will go to in St. Augustine at least for dinner. We haven even driven down to St. Augustine to eat there when we wanted an evening out. The only problem is the parking. There are not enough handicap parking spaces. The sidewalk outside leading up the ramp to the restaurant needs to be repaired.

Our party of 4 went there on Florida Georgia weekend. There was hardly anyone there which was nice. The comments from each person in our party said that it certainly tasted like frozen seafood. The shrimp was tough, coleslaw was good and the hushpuppies were chewy but ok. Overall, the service was good. If the view of the water and catfish below was one of the main attractions then you would think they would clean the lower glass once in a while so you could see out. There was so much pigeon poop on the glass that you couldn’t really get an unobstructed view of the water below. Overall, it was ok but I wouldn't go there again.

We had such a fun time. There are trap doors next to the tables so you can feed the fish day old bread. While we were there we could watch the dolphins playing! The food was good plenty and the drinks pack a punch. Our waiter was a real southern gentleman. We will definitely go back next time we are in town.