Our dining area is open as well as our fully opened outdoor seating, featuring the return of live music! Nav-A-Gator offers a true, old Florida experience from our dishes featuring fresh gator meat to our family-friendly, pet-friendly atmosphere. We're a place you go to eat, drink, sit back, and relax with the whole family.
We're a Southwest Florida Seafood Restaurant featuring salads, wraps, sandwiches, burgers, and more! From our Gator Bites and Conch Fritters to our Angus Cheeseburgers and Grouper Sandwiches - we serve something sure to satisfy everyone in your party. Check out our menu, but don't miss our hidden treasures.
We're a Southwest Florida Seafood Restaurant featuring salads, wraps, sandwiches, burgers, and more! From our Gator Bites and Conch Fritters to our Angus Cheeseburgers and Grouper Sandwiches - we serve something sure to satisfy everyone in your party. Check out our menu, but don't miss our hidden treasures.
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From dining in the restaurant to picking up a real gator souvenir in the gift shop or having a snack of real gator meat, this will all be a true Florida experience. Other fare such as real Grouper, fish and chips, Cod, shrimp, big, thick juicy burgers and tasty cooked to order special cut steaks made over our chargrill.
Peace River Charters operates on-site and offers river tours, horseback riding, airboat tours, swamp buggy rides, and private charters. The marina is located on the beautiful Peace River at Latitude 27° 03' 42" North and Longitude 82° 00' 10" West. Controller depth is 4 feet in the channel (use NOAA 11426 or waterproof chart 4E).
Reviews (21)
Eric Riggs
Jan 20, 2022
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We heard about the Nav-a-gator years ago thru a song by Jim Morris. While sitting in the house on those bitter cold winter days in Northern Michigan singing, "It's a Nav-a-gator afternoon" we finally made it. Not only did we make it but we moved close by 4 years ago. Rarely miss a weekend taking the boat and the dogs to the Nav-a-gator for great food, awesome entertainment, friendly staff and just a laid back kind of day. You won't be disappointed and may just move close by too!
Roy Jorgensen
Jan 17, 2022
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Got the gator bite wrap. BY FAR the best gator we had. My complaint is they need more gator options. Try a gator philly(unbreaded)? or po boy? It was recommended by snow birds we know. We are from michigan visiting. Wife had coconut shrimp the sauce was ok the shrimp were cooked well. there is only 6. Friend got grilled shrimp got a lot more. busy so it took awhile.
Kevin Mcneill
Jan 02, 2022
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We went to Navigator for an early seafood dinner. It was terrific. Our server, Jordan, did a really nice job with recommendations and attentiveness. We also appreciated the quality of the Gator bites and the black and shrimp skewers. It's really nice in the winter because they have a lot of outdoor seating yet the staff still gives you the same service as if you were seated inside. Also, the day that we went in the kitchen seemed to be really fast as we got our order very quickly. We're definitely going to go back!
E. J.
Dec 30, 2021
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A girlfriend and I are decided to stop by at Nav-A-Gator after a kayaking adventure on the Peace River.
It was a the middle of the week at December,the place was jam packed.
Waitress were running around trying to please all the costumers.
We only find inside seating,which was ok but definitely took away from the experience....
Food took over 30 minutes to arrive....and it wasn't as good as I remembered.
My friend had the a Ruben sandwich.
I ordered swamp cabage...Huge disappointment.
It was caned palm of heart about 1/2 can,sliced lengthwise,drizzled wit Old Bay(?)
Not too authentic at all
It was a the middle of the week at December,the place was jam packed.
Waitress were running around trying to please all the costumers.
We only find inside seating,which was ok but definitely took away from the experience....
Food took over 30 minutes to arrive....and it wasn't as good as I remembered.
My friend had the a Ruben sandwich.
I ordered swamp cabage...Huge disappointment.
It was caned palm of heart about 1/2 can,sliced lengthwise,drizzled wit Old Bay(?)
Not too authentic at all
P. M.
Dec 28, 2021
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Cskelnik
Dec 21, 2021
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Exactly what it claims to be - but better! This indoor / outdoor casual eatery on the Peace River is a gem! There are outdoor games and the place is clean. Our waitress, Leni was friendly and timely with good recommendations.
I ordered the crab cake basket. These may have been the best crab cakes I’ve had in Florida. They were all crab! My husband ordered the redfish rueben and it had a copious amount of fish and was delicious! The onion rings were terrific too!
I ordered the crab cake basket. These may have been the best crab cakes I’ve had in Florida. They were all crab! My husband ordered the redfish rueben and it had a copious amount of fish and was delicious! The onion rings were terrific too!
Christina P.
Dec 16, 2021
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Retired Adventures
Nov 20, 2021
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Diana A.
Nov 19, 2021
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Melissa J.
Nov 15, 2021
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Been here a few times now and it's been mostly good experiences. A few hiccups with service but lately they've been better. The one thing that's always been good is the food. My husband likes the seafood and I love their burgers (I'm allergic to sea food). But they have the best fries. Seriously. They are addicting. I know I know fries? Yes. Their good.
Rob K.
Nov 15, 2021
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Sherry Thorne
Nov 03, 2021
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Our server was friendly and for the most part, attentive. She was however, distracted by a table near us who kept trying to make small talk with her anytime she walked by. The atmosphere would have been much more fun with some music, even if the music was being played through outside speakers. The gator bites were pretty good except I wish they had been a little more plump. A lot of them were kind of skinny with not a lot of meat. I had the shrimp Po'Boy which was pretty good but could have used a little more sauce. Jeff had the blackened Red Fish Sandwich and he said the fish had a good flavor
Andy S.
Oct 28, 2021
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What a great place. Will start of by saying this is a five star restaurant, but when reviewing restaurants, I like to be honest with my reviews. The reason for my drop in star was due to fact that after carefully review the menu, I decided upon the Fried Gator Wrap (Lettuce, Tomato, Shredded Cheddar, and Homemade Remoudale Sauce) only to learn that they ran out of Gator and the menu item was not available. I get all that is going on in the current world and economy, however I was bummed not to be able to get my first menu pick. Needless to say, I picked something else and it was delicious
Jordan Flick
Oct 20, 2021
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John L.
Oct 04, 2021
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Unique old Florida eatery, worth the effort to go out of your way to visit. Fare is excellent especially the super grouper sandwich, over all nothing fancy about this place, interesting artifacts in and surrounding the building grounds. Located on the banks of the Peace River manage the offers boat tours as well. Try it for lunch you won't be disappointed.
Raymond S.
Oct 04, 2021
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Ed G.
Aug 21, 2021
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Great place for drinks and food. They had some live music this afternoon. Tried the redfish sandwich and the wife had the grouper for the first time here in SWF. There's a boat ramp on the premises and a dock that has Two airboats that take you out on tours of the river and mangroves. This could become our local watering hole if our plans go well. Here's hoping for fair weather and cold drinks.
Barbara Mills-Schuchardt
Aug 01, 2021
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I need to give a shout out to Tyler and Erica at the bar who crafted an excellent guest experience at this hip little Florida hideaway. Food was delicious, well prepared and the all you could eat shrimp could be order 3 ways and you could change it up with each refill. We had a great experience, saw baby gators and loved this place. Props to the kitchen for a great job with the food that arrived hot and tasty. We ate outside and it was a great evening. We will be back.
Vince P.
Jul 11, 2021
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Clare S.
Apr 01, 2021
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We (5 of us and a small dog) went for an early dinner 430ish and it was pretty crowded outside and it's seat yourself. A table was clearing so we were able to sit within minutes of it being cleaned. Brandie was our server and she was EXCELLENT! Friendly, attentive and quick. We ordered all you can eat shrimp (fried, blackened and grilled) and a cowboy burger and some drinks. Everything was flavorful and delicious. My fave was the fried shrimp. The pineapple pina colada was delicious and so was the spicy Bloody Mary. We also got to see and hold the baby gator. I would definitely recommend this
David J.
Dec 09, 2020
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Small little riverside bar and restaurant. Outside dinning was where it's at. Felt like a movie set for a vacation in FL! Funny because I was on a FL vacation.
Service was very friendly and nice.
I ordered a Grouper Salad- it's was good and larger then I was expecting. Nothing too stellar about the Grouper or salad, But I'd get it again.
Margarita was very sweet, but they weren't shy on the tequila.
Service was very friendly and nice.
I ordered a Grouper Salad- it's was good and larger then I was expecting. Nothing too stellar about the Grouper or salad, But I'd get it again.
Margarita was very sweet, but they weren't shy on the tequila.