John Wehner’s Village Door

Terrible food. Overpriced. Save your money and eat somewhere else. We wasted a night in destin eating here and could have been somewhere great.

This place was terrible. Could not get a drink right to save there life. Food not worth the price

I do not recommend eating here, $ 14 dollar bloody marry’s??! $ 4 fee to eat there!!! The service was horrible, unprofessional, the water was bad, the food was bad, they messed up the checks and we got ripped off. Eat anywhere else… I don’t write reviews and this place encouraged me to write one…

Only come to this place if you want to dance. Do not come in for food. They lure you in with free drinks and then after you’ve waited for your table tell you you can’t take your free drinks to the restaurant area. Not to mention they don’t have piña coladas… come on ya’ll this is Florida not the Midwest… can’t even produce a drink menu at the bar. And to top it all off they ran out of 2 of their very limited and OVERPRICED menu items. Beware!

We came here based on the review of someone we met at the pool at the Hilton. This is the same or barely a step up from Red Lobster. We are from Georgia and were expecting MUCH more from the area. The food tasted like it came from the freezer and my kid’s mac n’ «cheese» was obviously from a box. The service was slow, but not awful.
The wait wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t short enough to earn the place a second star. Steer clear!

Heard they had free drinks on friday night from 830 – 930 so we decided to check it out. Loved the live band and the overall vibe of the place!

Awww it’s too bad their food isn’t great and have bad reviews here.(since I didn’t taste their food I could give only 4 stars now lol) But what I know is this is a great spot to dance during the weekend nights!
I love the live band here and great people work here for sure. Can’t help myself dancing and get tipsy but oh boy it’s fun.
It is not like crazy, mega clubs in big cities but I think that makes it more fun in some reason. Very casual and down to earth.
Mmmm I need to go back soon !

I am not sure how they received the awards on their walls. The BBQ was greasy, the mixed drinks were horrible and the shrimp had no flavor. I think they should stick to the spring break crowd because anyone else will be disappointed.

Disappointing. You can do better for the price. Service wasn’t as bad as the other reviews say, but the price for the product didn’t, not worth it. Waitress also added 18% gratuity for herself on a party of 5. Maybe that’s the norm in Baytown Wharf?

We were seated immediately but that is where the good news ended. We waited over five minutes for our server. The coke was watered down. After delivering out food, our waitress never came back to our table, although she visited he other table. Only after we flagged her down did we get our check. Eat somewhere else.

Although we were able to sit down with a party of 8 within 10 mins, we waited for our food about 40 mins. Before ordering, the waiter said, we don’t have ribs, grouper, & tuna! If you look at their menu… it left shrimp, pulled pork and salad left to order. The service was awful! 30 mins after we ordered, they told us they were out of burgers. The nonalcoholic frozen kids drinks are $ 8 each! The 18% gratuity was automatically calculated (service was horrible) when every other place in at the Wharf, it was not automatically added. The most expensive meal we had and it was awful food! SKIP this place!!!

WORST SERVICE EVER! DO NOT EAT HERE! Ordered 2 appetizers that NEVER showed up. When our dinner came they said our gumbo and calamari went to the wrong table. No apologies or anything. Waitress (Cam) never refilled drinks unless we asked and only stopped at the table once. Quality of food does not matter because the service sucks so bad. DO NOT EAT HERE! No stars.

We arrived and got seated quickly on the deck with an amazing view of the harbor. Our order was taken quickly and drinks were brought out. 35 minutes later the waiter says he is checking on our food and says the kitchen is slow bc of the rush, Which I think is the time he actually turned in our order. 5 tables around us ordered and ate before we got our food. 50 minutes later we got our food. The BBQ we ordered was good and I did enjoy it. Just wasn’t worth a FIFTY MINUTE wait! I had plenty more things I could do than wait there.

Service was very slow. Gumbo served without bread. No lemon with shrimp. Ordered the TNT sauce with shrimp, never got it. Pork and chicken sandwiches were dry as a bone! The Fish & chips were
over cooked. Refills were impossible to get until it was time for the check. Went to the
«Manager» after dinner and her response «I’m sorry about that.» Save your money! there are several wonderful restaurants in the area that know how to cook and wait on you.
On a positive note, the music is great!
It’s on the bay and should have been more memorable … In a good way.
We were in the outdoor restaurant area, not the inside and it was 7pm.

Horrible horrible DO NOT GO!
Better off waiting 30 – 60 min to get in at Acme than eating here.
My Family of 4 was famished and wanted to be seated quickly… and we were seated immediately at The Village Door. We ordered and it took over an hour for the food to arrive (which the waitress sweetly blamed on a large party that was put in before us) My fish Tacos were inedible (cold, soggy, disgusting) when I complained to the waitress she offered to bring new tortillas. THIS DID NOT help! She forgot my sons «kids shrimp» entrée all together! Although slightly cold my husbands ribeye sandwich was actually very tasty! My daughters cheese burger was merely ok and again Cold!
It was the worst $ 106 meal I have ever eaten/​wasted my hard earned money on!
We did leave a tip but honestly it’s the first time ever that I actually considered leaving no tip at all!
As we were walking out 2 families were leaving… both saying they couldn’t wait any longer for food! Manager was handling situation unprofessionally!

Yay

What a complete joke. We came to find a place to watch the NBA playoffs while staying at sandestin. This place appeared friendly and not crowded and had the game on upstairs they said. We were briskly informed that the place turns into a nightclub at 9:30 (it was 7) by our server who appeared ten minutes after we sat down. Server didn’t know what beers were available — «It changes every day he said– but I think miller LT stands for miller lite»
Sigh. We felt the weirdness coming on but decided to stay since the game was on (go grizz!) and ordered an appetizer– TNT shrimp– Sysco deep friend shrimp pieces with what appeared to be spicy mayo. The mixed green garnish was actually tastier that those greased over things.
Finish appetizer. Finish beers. Wait ten minutes to get another beer. (The place is empty also– almost creepily so). A big shot manager with an iPad was running around talking about what needed to happen with the stage and such– we were laughing at his seriousness about all that while we sat at a dirty table with empty beers, dirty dishes, menus still while dr iPad is running around pointing at stuff on his iPad.

Food came and the veggie tacos were a nightmare– I couldn’t cut my unripe avocado with a fork and they were bland and just plain gross. Our friend got the baked chicken and had a weird bug crawling around it.

We were completely neglected, served awful food and treated like we were in the way– oh and almost forgot– it was a MAJOR CRISIS when we wanted to move closer to the tv in the completely vacant upstairs– they had to get on their headpieces and get clearance for us.
We explained when we sat down we’d be there and drinking lots do beers and some food and watching the game. I know when I was a server this would have been a dream
Table and we we’re still ignored.
Thanks for nothing except the worst 100 $ meal I’ve ever had. Ugh.
Oh and i almost forgot. They brought is bottle of sriracha which appeared to be regular ol’ sriracha but when I put it on my food it seemed watery– tasted it and it was WATER ANS CAYENNE PEPPER. COME ON PEOPLE. so awful.

Of all the trashy places to frequent on a evening in the panhandle, the Village Door is not bad at all. Free drinks (for ladies?) before 9:30pm. Good danceable music and bands. Fun crowd, and a nice outdoor area with lanterns on strings, giving you that vacationy feel.
The good thing about the Village Door is that it’s not so military centric like the bars in Destin. Gaggles of chicks in matching outfits on bachelorette entourage outings. Mostly ugly overweight guys trying to convince you to give a shit. But if you really don’t you’ll probably have a good time. And remember, you don’t have to like him to accept a drink. You just have to talk to him for the duration of your drinking. So do shots.
Don’t go two nights in a row like I did (what? I was staying in the area) because you’ll see the same fucking people. And wear HEELS. I got lazy the second night from the ugly crowd and wore flip flops and my feet were wet within minutes of stepping in the door. GROSS. Turned around and went home immediately.
Lots of drunk people. Don’t try to help them. Just tell security. We were watching this one drunk chick dancing with some guy. She dropped her phone like 5 times. Then the guy she was dancing with just WALKED AWAY. Finally got tired of her drunk imbalanced ass that even the thought of easy access couldn’t keep him there. She stumbled off the dance floor and FELL FLAT onto her FACE. We suspected that she was Asian and felt obligated to help. I picked her ass up but in my heels, I wasn’t exactly a stabling presence either. She struggled up and proceeded to pull me down a few times before punching me (accidentally) in the right eye. I just got PRK and could not be doing that shit so I dropped her drunk ass back on the dirty wet floor and stood around until security came and got her.
Oh and don’t put your shit down on any surface. It will get wet.

The service here is great. Our waiter took our order fast. The food took awhile, but you can’t rush good food. I had the pull pork sandwich, it wasn’t the best I’ve had. The food is okay. The place is nice. They have an outside deck with a great view. Great place to bring friends & family or just have a beer or two. I do recommend this place. It is expensive, so if your on a budget don’t bother.

I was in San Destin for my sister’s wedding and the rehearsal was at the wharf. After dinner, one of my other sister’s and I found this place and were so excited to dance, even though the bar was going to close within 45 minutes.
We, unfortunately, never made it inside.
My main problem was the d-​bag of a manager… he wanted a $ 10 cover for 45 minutes of dancing, but told us that we had to first wait 15 minutes at the door because he had something else to do first. Really? $ 10 for 30 minutes? We probably would have paid the money anyways, because they did have super good music (this is the only reason for the 2 stars) but the manager was just soooo important — he was a total @$$hole to us at the door. Not much southern hospitality at this place!
anyways, if you can get in there and not have to deal with this jackass, you’ll probably have a good time. If I was the owner of this place, I would get a little more hospitality at the front door of this village door!