Silas’ Steak House

St Pete Beach, United States

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20 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 727-360-6961
Website:
www.silasdentsteakhouse.com
Address:
5501 Gulf Blvd, St Pete Beach, FL, 33706
St Pete Beach
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
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Takes Reservations
Yes
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Good For
Dinner
Parking
Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Touristy
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Full Bar
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
Yes
Dogs Allowed
Yes
Waiter Service
Yes
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 11:30 am – 10:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (St Pete Beach) 07:00 Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:30 am – 10:00 pm
Tuesday 11:30 am – 10:00 pm
Wednesday 11:30 am – 10:00 pm
Thursday 11:30 am – 10:00 pm
Friday 11:30 am – 11:00 pm
Saturday 11:30 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday 11:30 am – 10:00 pm

Description

Specialties

The moderately-​priced menu is a mix of steaks, seafood, appetizers, salads, and chicken entrees, including dishes like grilled tuna, filet mignon, fried shrimp, lobster, and baby back ribs. A full bar is available, and drinks like the strawberry daiquiris are always a popular choice.

History

Established in 1979.

Silas Dent’s restaurant opened its doors in 1979, after eight long months of creating the concept. With a strong food and beverage background and eight years in management at Disney World, Rob Stambaugh was ready to design and operate his own restaurant. His parents owned and operated the London Wax Museum on St Pete Beach. Located on a portion of the museum property was a vacant two story building that would be perfect for the site of the new restaurant.

His father reminded him of Silas Dent, a friendly hermit that lived on Cabbage Key (now known as Tierra Verde). Silas’ family were dairy farmers who had left Cabbage Key and relocated to north Pinellas County, leaving Silas to live where he loved, «The Island».

On June 9th, 2014 Silas Steakhouse celebrated its 35th anniversary.

Silas Dents is committed to maintaining the standards which have worked for over a quarter of a century while striving for the flair and imagination to take us through the next 25 years

Meet the Business Owner

Robert S.

Business Owner

Silas’ original design was inspired by Rob Stambaugh, the one remaining partner of the original owners. With a strong food and beverage background and eight years in management at Disney World, Rob was ready to design and operate his own restaurant. His parents, Ted and Althea Stambaugh, owned and operated the London Wax Museum on St Pete Beach. Located on a portion of the museum property was a vacant two story building that would be perfect for the site of the new restaurant. Rob, born and raised on St Pete Beach, knew that he wanted his restaurant to be themed «Old Florida.» His father reminded him of Silas Dent, a friendly hermit that lived on Cabbage Key (now known as Tierra Verde).

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20 reviews of Silas’ Steak House

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Place rating: 2
Middletown, NY
On February 11th, we ate at Silas Dent’s and had a great dining experience. I was nearly four star quality. As walk-​ins we were able to get a table with a water view. Our server, Jill, was great. She served our appetizers, salad, meals and wine in the proper order without delay. She made sure that all of our dining needs were met. I ordered prime rib and my wife ordered filet mignon. Both were cooked perfectly and tasted great. Our dining experience was so good that were decided to come back again tonight.
Tonight’s (2⁄12) experience was quite different. Although there were tables with water views available, we were told that they were reserved. Instead, we were seated in an uncomfortable cubby hole. The atmosphere was completely different. Our server was not very attentive. We order wine, and it took almost 15 minutes for it to arrive. I ordered an appetizer and my wife ordered a salad. Instead of brining them at the same time, she brought my appetizer and then brought my wife’s salad after I had finished my appetizer. We both ordered the Pecan Encrusted Salmon, which by description, looked delicious. It took almost an hour for our salmon to arrive. When it finally got to our table, it was over cooked and dry. I had to use a steak knife to cut it. by comparison, the rice was cold and the fresh veggies were just that — fresh, not cooked.
On our next trip, we may go back, but we will reserve a table with a water view and let the server know our expectations ahead of time.
Place rating: 1
Orlando, FL
Watch out for their jalapeño poppers not your normal bar ones, seeds left in and they can be a bit much. The Black and Blue was a dickbitch salad with fatty steak not the best I’ve had. Service was great though which means a lot to me :) happy chomping
Place rating: 4
Cambridge, MA
Just had a great dinner here. Table overlooking the water. Husband’s ribs were excellent and fries exceedingly better than the usual casual dining establishment, my chicken was flavorful and not overcooked. Very casual atmosphere but clean; and our waiter, Tom, was right on top of service.
Place rating: 5
Freehold Township, NJ
My husband and I got married in ST Pete in November and we came there while on our honeymoon and had told the waitress we «just got married «…Her name was Jules, she was a sweetheart and she went above and beyond for us even two glasses of champagne on the house !!! Our food, service and atmosphere were great!!! We will be coming back soon … Thanks again, Candice and Randall Gero
Place rating: 1
Street, MD
My friend missed her flight because she was in the hospital getting IV’s due to suspected severe food poisoning! 2 others in the party also had vomiting & diarrhea the entire day & nite before but recouperated enough to go home. Sad because it was only a long weekend & it was wasted due to illness. The only thing the chef said was the GI flu was going around. haha yeah right! Initially we thought it was the oysters but narrowed it down to the shrimp because another in the dinner party shared the same oysters. Probably wouldn’t have written this review if the manager or chef stepped up to the plate.
Place rating: 2
Tucson, AZ
I ordered the 16 ounce prime rib medium rare and when it got to my table, I was a little disappointed to say the least. There was around 6 ounces of fat on the prime rib. It was cooked medium rare. Looking back, I should’ve taken a picture of it, before I began eating it. I brought this to the attention of the waitress which she kind of really didn’t care. Her explanation was, well that’s how they cut them. She never apologized or went to go see a manager about it. For $ 25.00, the prime rib should have been better. It was my first time visiting the restaurant and it will be my last.
Place rating: 1
Saint Pete Beach, FL
Management is a joke! Found a hair in my grouper sandwich… I politely told my waiter after 10 minutes of waiting and he didn’t seem to concerned he asked if I wanted another one, I lost my appetite after that so I asked for it to be taken off my bill. When I received my check there was already a 7 dollar gratuity on a 22 dollar check. Keep in mind I never received even a simple apology once from my waiter so I asked to speak with a manager. Manager was extremely rude. Just defended himself and said «shit happens» and at the end he rudely asked «well what do you want?!?» A simple apology would have been nice. Don’t go to this place if you don’t want shit happening to you.
Place rating: 2
Winter Garden, FL
We saw many mixed reviews on Unilocal,but because it was right across the street from our resort, we decided to see for ourselves. After eating there, we think that 3 stars is a little generous. I had to send my filet back. I ordered medium rare and it came well done. Both our baked potatoes were undercooked as well as the one that came with my replacement steak. The 2nd steak was cooked properly, was tender and had great flavor. The caesar salad was heavy on the anchovy flavor, had little pieces of Chinese noodles for croutons and the shredded parm was straight from Sam’s Club. Strange. My wife’s prime rib was cooked properly and tasted good but had some serious stringy tendon issues. They served a nice little mango sorbet in a cute little sugar cone before the main course and that was a pleasant surprise. I got a small black rock in my steak! The server said «are you sure it’s not pepper?» and the manager said «I want to take this back to the kitchen.» I didn’t ask for an adjustment to the bill but none was offered either. You’d think that after overcooking my steak and almost chipping a tooth on a rock, the manager would have offered something!
Place rating: 2
Springfield, MO
Big Mistake you do feel like you just walked into the wrong house when you first walk in. Had the coconut shrimp and iit tasted like it came out of frozen meal. There is plenty of better choices in the area
Place rating: 1
St. Petersburg, FL
Awful… nothing more to say. It is a tourist trap. Don’t take that bait… don’t go! Service usually pretty good and location is good… but that is it.
Place rating: 4
Louisville, KY
Food was great! I had the BBQ ribs and my wife got the Mahi-​mahi. The meal came with pretzel bread that was delicious! We sat in the back of the restaurant that has a lakeside view. At the end of our meal a magician stopped by the table to the delight of our kids. Next we visit St. Pete we’ll be coming back!
Place rating: 5
Morristown, TN
First time to St Pete. We actually just chose this place out of the blue! Excellent service and even better food. Not many places you go eat that the owner comes to the table to make sure all is as expected. Will dine here again!!!
Place rating: 3
Saint Pete Beach, FL
If your looking solely for steaks, you’d be much better served by 1200 Chophouse a few blocks away. If you want a more rounded menu, have a large party, have kids in tow, want liquor drinks, want a view of some water, etc. then this is a good option.
The restaurant is named after a hermit who lived a solitary life on a nearby barrier island, supposedly; not exactly an exciting story when you read it, but hey, it’s better than nothing.
Anyway, for a restaurant with steak house in the name, it’s a very odd collection of mostly marine themed decorations with a diverse menu that includes some steaks. All of the food is decent. I wouldn’t say there’s any real standouts, but no losers either; good food, good prices, lots of seating (so often little to no wait), convenient to many of the beach resorts. If it’s a warm summer month at a warm time of the day, although you’re sacrificing the view, I would recommend against sitting at the three tables in the back right corner of the restaurant because that area gets uncomfortably warm.
Food-​wise, they do have Bearnaise sauce for your steak, and that’s a mandatory item if my wife is going to dine somewhere that serves steak. They also know how to cook it pittsburgh style. I’m more of a seafood person and their «Low Country Boil» won’t disappoint; it’s a collection of various types of seafood in a big bucket. It includes things like crab legs, shrimp, clams, mussels, potatos and corn on the cob. It’s not on their website for some reason, but is on the menu.
Drink-​wise, they have reasonable prices and they DO serve liquor drinks, which many restaurants around the beach don’t.
Place rating: 5
Summerville, SC
While at St. Pete, you need to visit this restaurant. Thursday is their Lobster special and it was delicious! Ate there on Tuesday night and had the petite filet and it too was to die for! Their staff is very attentive and the view is great if your lucky enough to sit by the window! Ask cause if there not busy they can seat you there!
Place rating: 2
Clearwater, FL
Upon entering, I felt like this place is run by family, a family that does not want you to enter their home. We asked the hostess if we could sit outside in the patio next to the parking lot and she barked at us that it was reserved for a private party. This is completely reasonable that they would allow people to reserve it but when we walked in there were three people outside so it was not obvious that it was reserved or that it was being used by more than a few people. Then we walked inside to many empty tables. We asked for one by the water and we were snapped at once again that those were only for reservations. Okay, their house, their rules but again, there were many empty tables even by the windows leading me to believe that if we asked, we may be seated by a window.
We ordered brie and gator as appetizers. The server said how great the gator is there. He brought it with no brie because he forgot that it had sold out. The gator had absolutely no taste except for fried. There could have been any white meat fried on the plate and it could have passed for gator.
Then their was the magician. There is a magician that walks from table to table. I was there with three other people and we kept trying to avoid looking up at him as to not have him stop by our table.
I had coconut shrimp, which came as dark and dingy as the inside of the restaurant. I gave two stars instead of one as my dining buddies enjoyed their steak more than I did my shrimp. We ordered a to go burger for our friend who stayed home and it took a really long time even though the restaurant was practically empty at that point. Not high on my list to return.
Place rating: 4
Independence, MO
I really enjoyed dinner here! Great food and Danny our waiter was awesome! This is must try in St. Pete beach area! Casual dress live music and a magician too. If you want a table overlooking water make reservation ahead.
Place rating: 2
St. Petersburg, FL
Food is just ok. Took a long time for food to come out of kitchen but the worst part by far is the live music. It made me want to stab my ears with the steak knife. She was an absolute joke. We could only survive by laughing and trying to figure out which song she was going to destroy next. She literally ruined our meal. She sounded like a bunch of cats dying!
Place rating: 4
Saunderstown, RI
Visiting for conference and had 7 to sit for dinner. Very accommodating and attentive. Bill was our server and was training a newbie. Both did an outstanding job with answering questions and addressing our needs. The $ 20 nightly special was a worthwhile choice. I had the blackened grouper sandwich. It was a little on the dry side, but the seasoning was delicious. Others had lobster tail, coconut shrimp, filet and there were no complaints and no leftovers. Black cow, key lime pie and fried cheese cake desserts completed the meal and were thoroughly enjoyed.
The décor is a little tacky, in my opinion, but the live music was nice. The magician could be saved for the tables with children.
Place rating: 4
Detroit, MI
Great location, great water view from our table. Exceptional service. Decent food.
Place rating: 5
St. Petersburg, FL
YES — Silas’s Steakhouse gets a full five stars from me for being as good as it gets from start-​to-​finish!
I wanted to go somewhere extra special for my birthday. So I asked my neighbors who’ve lived in the area longer than I have for a recommendation for a place that was casual dress but «posh» possibilities for food.
I called for reservations and spoke to Edward. He was welcoming and helpful when I called. I asked for him when the five of us showed up for our reserved table. I told him what we would want for my special day and Edward did well by us because we were given great water view seating.
Service was exceptional — just the right amount of attentiveness and friendliness, too.
Each of us REALLY liked what we ordered: We started with coconut shrimp. Superb!
For the main course, one of my dining partners ordered Fettucini Alfredo with shrimp. It looked so scrumptious it was hard to refrain from begging for a taste. I should have because there was plenty for her to take home.
Another in my party ordered the «just enough» maple glazed salmon which came with two sides. He also got a side salad add on. A yummy bargain at $ 1.99 if memory serves.
Our big guy ordered and was thoroughly satisfied with a GIGANTIC portion — prime rib done to perfection. My supposedly «just enough» ten ounce serving of prime rib was much bigger and also done to perfection, as was the remaining happy diner. The salt baked potatoes were large, hot and served exactly right.
To make this celebration even brighter, the wait staff came and sang while serving my dessert of fantastic crème brûlée — and that was on the house!
The décor is more than interesting — chock full of history and plenty to captivate the eye. Furthermore, our table was greeted by a very friendly, attentive chef.
Silas’s Steakhouse gets the rare complete rave review. I love prime rib. At $ 16.99 for the «just enough» portion served au jus +creamy horseradish it’s a bargain that I can indulge in more than once in a Blue Moon. I will plan on coming back again and again and again.
Thank you Silas: Your legend lives on!