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About Gecko Hospitality

Great Food, Smooth Spirits, Good Fun! Whether out on your own, with your family or joining a group of friends, Geckos Grill & Pub is the perfect place to relax and enjoy the camaraderie of a favorite neighborhood grill and sports bar. Serving lunch, dinner and a complete late-night menu, Geckos features American pub food with a gourmet twist, nightly chef specials, sports trivia and a full bar with daily happy hours, the coldest beer and smoothest spirits not to mention the friendliest bar and wait staff around. As part of the locally owned & operated Gecko's Hospitality Group family of resta ... urants, the Geckos mission is to provide exceptional hospitality, fresh locally sourced fare with a gourmet twist, and a menu that is accessible to everyone. Geckos has long been a partner with Sarasotas Honeyside Farms, a fourth-generation Florida family-owned sustainable farm, which coordinates their crop plantings to supply our restaurants with their delicious produce & fruit. The GHG family of restaurants also partners with family-owned Three Suns Ranch in Punta Gorda, which provides our restaurants with 100% grass fed Bison, and Dakin Dairy Farm in Parrish which supplies our dairy products at all six Geckos locations, and at our Better Burger concept, Smacks Burgers & Shakes, which joined the Geckos family in 2013. In 2015, GHG acquired the Dry Dock Waterfront Grill, a local gem situated on the coast of Sarasota Bay on Longboat Key and in May, 2016 Dockside Waterfront Grill on Dona & Roberts Bay in Venice became the newest sibling in the GHG family. Mike & Mikes Polished Casual, Local Seafood and Better Burger concepts are also joined by a legendary local Bar & Package store, The Red Barn Bar which complete the Geckos Hospitality Group family. Locally owned & operated by Mike & Mike since 1992, Gecko's has been consistently awarded and honored with Best of The Best awards, including Best Happy Hour, Best Sports Bar, Best Business Lunch, Best New Restaurant, Best Burger, Best Fries, Best Wings, Best Ribs, Best Take Away, Best Dinner Under $10, Coldest Beer, Best Lunch, Best Bang for Your Buck, Best Place to Take the Kids, Taste of Sarasota Peoples Choice Awards, Best Entre, Best Appetizers and more! Additionally, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation honored Geckos by selecting it as a Florida Restaurant Neighbor & Cornerstone Humanitarian Award Winner for five consecutive years and as the National Restaurant Neighbor in 2017. The Restaurant Neighbor awards recognize outstanding restaurants around the country and honor restauranteurs who go above and beyond in community service. Their aim is to inspire other restaurateurs to get or stay involved in their local communities. Biz941 Magazine awarded Geckos Hospitality Group with the inaugural Greater Good Award for the Hospitality industry, recognizing those businesses who act upon their belief that they have an obligation to help the community that helped them succeed; and they not only believe thisthey embrace it. In 2018, SRQ Magazine named Mike & Mike as a LocalPreneur of the Year, an award honoring trailblazers and innovators in our community. For contact and more information about the Geckos Hospitality Group family of restaurants, please visit our FB pages or our website: www.GeckosGrill.com Geckos truly is Sarasota and Bradenton's own Cheers a place where everyone knows your name! More
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