Channel Side Bar & Grill AKA ZELDAS Cafe

Great food with friendly service!

Amazing Fish Tacos...I'm in Love ❤️ My new summer hangout!!!!!!! Really nice outdoor Caribbean Vibe and the service was fast and great

I’m sure the food and environment inside is great but the restaurant plays loud music at all hours that disturbs channelside residents. The music can be heard from nearby apartments with windows and doors closed. Would happily visit the restaurant but please don’t blast the music outside. Thank you!

Restaurant is not courteous to it’s neighbors in Channelside. Can’t comment on the quality of the food, but they persistently play loud music that can be heard with windows/doors closed. Given that the restaurant never has anyone eating outside and is relatively empty throughout the week, I’m not sure that patrons want obnoxious levels of music.

Amazing food and William is the best!

They make very good paneer dishes. But it is not listed on the menu. If you are vegetarian try the vegetarian version of Chicken tikka masala AKA Paneer tikka masala it is pure fire! Vegetarian options: You will have to ask them if not on the menu. But they can make all sorts of vegetarian food!

Wow the food is amazing.

I really hate to leave a review of less than five stars, but I must be honest about our visit to this place that occurred on December 27, 2023. Channelside was very handy, being only a couple blocks from the hotel we were staying at before embarking on a cruise the next day. My wife and I walked in late afternoon. We were their only customers at the time. They had apparently just cleaned the floors of their main inside dining area as there was a strong disinfectant smell in the air and the floor was wet. They allowed us to sit in their outside patio area. After ordering drinks, we eventually decided to get one reuben sandwich and one cuban sandwich, then split them. We asked to have tater tots as a side. Julie, our server, informed us that they were out of tater tots. So we decided on french fries. She left, and came back within a couple minutes to inform us that the cook had shut down the fryer to clean it, so we would not be able to get fries. So, we asked if she could at least get us some potato chips, etc. She said she could do that. It is my belief that she went next door to a gas station (we watched her walk over in that direction) and bought a family size bag of Lays. She brought the unopened bag to our table, saying that it was all she could find. It began to sprinkle before our sandwiches arrived, so we moved to the covered bar area, and Julie served us there. I do want to point out that the reuben and cuban sandwiches were excellent. High quality ingredients and a wonderful taste. Julie, our server, was the saving grace of this visit. She was very apologetic regarding the food choices that were unavailable, and went out of her way to make sure we got chips with our meal. I'm giving the food 3 stars, only because they did not have the fryer (and, in turn, the fries or tater tots) available on a Wednesday afternoon. I did bump the atmosphere rating from 3 to 4 as the patio area is very comfortable, sans the rain. If we ever return to this area again, we will definitely stop in and give them another chance.

Julia and Lucy ,the owners wife are great and they really take care of you!! Had a great time at new years