Buzz's Lighthouse Restaurant

After a short 10 minute wait, enjoyed a great lunch at Buzz's. The blackened mahi mahi sandwich was big and the freshest tasting I had on the whole trip (delicate and flaky, not tough) and I enjoyed the homemade wedding soup on a "cold" Florida day (still 60s/70s!) Our server (Katie?) was really nice and everyone was welcoming. Will definitely come back if I'm at Vanderbuilt Beach again.

They are aggressive about the parking, and I guess they have to be. I stepped out of my vehicle to a man yelling, "Are you going to the Lighthouse restaurant?".... No smile. No friendliness. He then watched my every step to the restaurant. All I can think is "how rude". Again, necessity? Is there no other way than this? I have zero answers. Maybe someone else can help. I had fries and a drink. I was alone and merely there to experience an icon. This restaurant opened in 1980! If you go, sit outside on the bay. It is a bit small and a bit crowded. It is still nice out there.

Everything was fantastic here unfortunately the fish and chips wasn't the type of fish and chips I was looking for but we tried it anyway even though our server told us how they were. We were told it was like a thinner style filet but did not expect the type of batter. The coleslaw here is not great it kind of tasted like just shredded cabbage and no sauce or flavor I guess, it just didn't have enough juiciness. But they do a killer french fry. We just came for a late night snack and the atmosphere was great and our server was fantastic. The fish and chips might be right for Floridians but we're used to a different style in the north. More a heavy battered and deep fried white fish rather than lightly breaded, did not catch the lightly breaded part in the menu unfortunately. Was still good fish and different so we'll keep the 5 star overall review. But that coleslaw needs A LOT of work. Oh and the server said "they're key lime pie was yellow in color the way it's supposed to be" so we did not order any because unfortunately we tried another key lime pie at Don Ford's that was yellow in color and it was not even close to great. The best key lime pie we have had was not yellow and from Billy's Stone Crab on the other side of Florida.