cip's place

cip's is aok. well done. we ate here in late october/early november and it was all very good! wait staff was extremely efficient and knowledgeable....very professional employees.

great setting, indoor/outdoor dining provides for great experiences later in the year on one of the most beautiful islands i know of...

the appetizer, which if i recall was actually called poke (hawaiian) was delicious. a slightly more tropical twist than poke served hawaiian style (ono grindz would not be heard in this dining area), which i did not care for particularly, but wasfreshand certain to please most diners that would order it...

a little pricey in hindsight, but for extremelyfreshfish (grouper and mahi) and rice that was to die for, a great wait staff and an overall great experience.........what am i complaining about price for??? ill go back again and again, just once or twice a year, not every few weeks:)

great bathrooms, too:)!!!!!!!!!

well done cip's, well done indeed!

great food! well prepared andfreshingredients. i had the snapper tacos and my husband had the grouper blt. both were fabulous as were the homemade chips! service is adequate; friendly and kept the drinks full, but nothing exceptional. will definitely add this to the list of places to frequent when in town.

tonight was our second trip to cip's. we went last year shortly after they opened and were very impressed with both the food and the service. tonight we returned and were again treated to great food and impeccable service. we have had the snapper tacos, the grouper esperanza (blackened,) and chopped chicken salad. all tasted veryfreshand delicious. tonight, our waiter was jeffrey. he was very busy, but remained attentive to us and our 3 year old. when he was busy, others were asking us if there was anything else we needed. overall, cip's utilizes a great team effort to make you feel welcome and serve you a fantastic meal.

my husband and i were visiting sanibel island for our vacation. we are from pensacola and consider ourselves foodies. we were a little disappointed in the selection of some of the restaurants on the island and didn't realize some of the more popular places required a reservation to ensure you could eat.

we tried cip's on wednesday night of our vacation and tried several things on the menu. the lobster corn chowder was really good. a great balance between the lobster and corn, and the corn was fresh, off the cob corn. the consistency of the chowder was perfect. not too thick and not too rich.

my husband had the pizetta of the day and it was a greek inspired pizza with feta,freshtomatoes, kalmatta olives, marinara and mozarella cheese. this was really great. the crust was crunchy and the marinara versus the salty feta cheese was a great contrast.

for dinner, since the marinara on the pizetta was so phenomenal, i had the spaghetti and meatballs. there were two meatballs that were fist-sized comprised of beef and lamb. yummo!

my husband had the grilled snapper tacos and they were very light and fresh. the quantity of food for the price was exceptional.

we sat on the patio and enjoyed the lush landscaping outside. even in the end of june, the night temperatures were just right to enjoy a dinner on cip's patio.

we liked cip's so much we came back two days later. the second visit we had the thai spring rolls and wow, what a fresh, healthy alternative to what we were expecting. these were juliennedfreshveggies wrapped in a rice paper wrapper and not fried! topped with sesame seeds and served with a sweet chili sauce and rice noodles with a mint pesto on top. these were awesome.

the earlier visit, i smelled someone's ceasar salad as the waiter walked by and couldn't resist ordering it as my entree. we also had the crumplers platter. full of fried grouper, fresh, fresh,freshshrimp and the most succulent and sweet scallops. i'm a huge seafood lover and can tell when seafood (especially shrimp) has been frozen. it was served with fries and coleslaw.

the ceasar was everything that i expected. salty, cheesy, creamy goodness.

we were out a bit later for our second visit and we sat on the patio once again, however towards the end of the dinner, we seemed to become the mosquitos late night snack.

the service, ambience and food at cip's is wonderful. if you are visiting sanibel island, don't miss this gem!