Baxter's Restaurant

Baxters - an upscale yet friendly place to eat. As you enter there is a full bar, with dinner service. Those folks are chatting and having a good time too! The restaurant is dark-ish, with good lighting over the booths. There are a few larger round tables for 6-8 pax but booths for everyone else. The “vegetable” side is always a fresh mixed steamed assortment. You can ask for just broccoli but they just pick it out of the mix for your plate. The bread served prior to the meal is excellent. The shrimp and fish are properly cooked and delicious. Limited sides- always ask as they may have more than are on the menu. Not a seafood restaurant per se, more of a steak place, but the seafood options are good. A bit pricey. Staff are very friendly.

If you live or vacation on the South End of Amelia Island, Baxter's is a local staple. The bar is always packed with locals and fun bartenders. Baxter's lives up to its reputation as a local "Cheers!" establishment. That being said, it caters more towards tastes of an elderly clientele (mostly standard, bland-ish fare.) This is not necessarily a bad thing. Baxter's knows what its customers want and has been in business for years. The steak was well seasoned and flavorful, if a bit on the chewy side. The shrimp was fresh, and felt like healthly, tasty option. The calamari was a table favorite and the dipping sauce was surprisingly spicy and flavorful. However, it was extremely hot in the resturant section and I don't know how people handle it during the dog days of summer! Plan for a winter

We went with a group and were genuinely excited after looking over the menu, which sounded fantastic. Unfortunately, the experience didn’t live up to our expectations. The French onion soup was excellent and was the highlight of the meal. However, things went downhill from there. We ordered steaks and chicken francese. Two of the steaks came out cooked incorrectly, and when we brought it to their attention, the owner came over and was visibly upset that we had sent them back. One person in our group said not to worry about remaking his steak, but the owner insisted, and we had to repeat ourselves multiple times before he finally backed off. His attitude throughout the interaction was uncomfortable and unprofessional. Flavor-wise, all of the steaks were extremely disappointing. They were

What a sad representation of what could have been a gold mine. Last year to start, there was the most unfrendliest bar tender in town. Unless you're a local, forget being served. This year our friends insisted on trying it. The place smells of weird cleaning soap, and the booths and atmosphere was dingy. We got a server who had never heard of wine or martinis. There was one other table of eight people there at 5, and when we didn't get our drinks in a reasonable time, the server said the bar tender had a large table she was getting drinks for. I ordered a wine, and the glass was dirty. We can't critique the food because we didn't stay. Never again...

The ribeye was great but the veggies really sucked. No flavor and the rum runner was horrible. And my wife's parents said their stakes tased more like sirloin then ny strip.If your going to charge that much for food it better be perfect.