Best Neighborhood Gem Restaurants in Fort Myers

Took our family to Conners for a lovely holiday party. Everyone had a great time, the service was wonderful, and the food was exceptional. Our group ordered the Chilean sea bass, filet, salmon, chicken, and everyone raved about their selections. The Christmas trees and decor set a special ambiance. As always, Conners lived up to our highest expectations.

Trulucks never disappoints! Beautiful flower arrangements for Christmas. Server Joshua attentive with great command of the menu. Multiple managers stop by to check in. Four of us enjoyed oysters and bread to start. Then bronzino, lamb chops, rib eye with sides of steamed spinach, lyonnaise potatoes and crab fried rice. Finished with a half piece each of Keylime pie and carrot cake. Excellent dinner in a wonderful environment!!!! Highly recommend this awesome restaurant.

We had a delightful lunch. They now have many more gluten free options. This is greatly appreciated. I had the sea bass which was delicious. My daughter had the Kona coffee steak which also very good. We always stop by when we are in town.

We had a fantastic evening at Sails. The service was perfect, all of our servers were super nice. We startet with a beef and tuna tartar, which was excellent. We had a foie gras and shrimp as mid course and steak and pasta as a main. The wine list is impressive and we hat a very good 25 year old french red wine, for our 25th anniversary. The team came up with a chocolate cale for the anniversary and we had a pavlova and the toffee as a dessert. It was a perfect evening, great team, great food. Left happy.

Here are the positives: Attentive staff Delicious food Nice dish selections and unique selection of traditional Spanish desserts, hard to find outside of Spain Must Order: Iberico Ham Croquettes, octopus, skirt steak, Basque cheesecake. Food was truly impeccable. Here are the negatives: -No freedom to sit where you pick, even when you are the only party at the restaurant like it was our case. We had reservations at 4pm, no other table was occupied yet we could not pick the party of 4 table of our choice. As we were leaving(we were the only customers at the restaurant the entire time we were there) another party of 4 walked in, they also weren't allowed to pick the table they wanted to sit at. - They have the audacity to pre charge 20% gratuity and then ask for additional tipping besides the 20%. Tipping should not be enforced, and it sure should not be automatically added to a party of two adult two kids' table. this is NOT a reflection on our waitress, she was nice and attentive and she would have received a 20% tip regardless, with food as delicious as they have and staff as attentive as they have there is zero need to pre charge tip on the bill. That is something that will come naturally because they have good food and service. Overall restaurant is pleasant, food is authentic and well prepared, staff is nice and helpful. Just let me sit where I want, and leave the tip up to the customer like they are supposed to.