Things to Do - Restaurants & Breakfast
Sanibel & Captiva Islands
🍴 Restaurants & Breakfast
Casual is the word on Sanibel & Captiva — our go-to dinner spots, sunset tables, and favorite breakfast cafes.
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Dining
Casual is the word on Sanibel & Captiva. Many restaurants don’t take reservations, plenty offer early-bird pricing and kids’ menus, and you should plan to wait for a table in peak season unless you arrive early.
Our Favorites
Bubble Room — Captiva
Touristy but fun, and the food’s good, if a little on the pricey side. Parking is limited and it’s popular — arrive by 5:30 PM or expect a wait.
Mucky Duck — Captiva
Time it for sunset. Right on the beach, with limited and hard-to-find parking. Grab a cocktail on the sand while you wait for your table.
Gramma Dot’s — Sanibel Marina
Turn left on Yachtsman off Periwinkle. Open-air, limited seating, closes around 8 PM. Try the coconut shrimp.
Tutti Pazzi (Italian)
The spot for pasta or gourmet pizza.
Timbers — Tarpon Bay Road, Sanibel
Usually ranked as the best of the island’s seafood restaurants. The adjoining Sanibel Grill sports bar serves the same food, less expensively, in basket form.
Traders — Periwinkle
Wonderful food, with a small-plates menu available until 6 PM.
Doc Ford’s — Tarpon Bay Road
A longtime island favorite.
Shima’s — Sundial
Japanese steak house, right on-site at Sundial.
40-Year Family Favorite
Cheeburger Cheeburger — Ryan’s Favorite
Burgers, fries, and milkshakes. Our family has been coming here since our son was six years old — he now brings his own kids.
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Breakfast & Brunch
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However you fill your days here, we hope this island gets under your skin the way it did ours.
From all of us at Sun Sanibel — enjoy the islands.