Pompano Joe’s

Amazing food, amazing wait staff! Love to eat here every time I’m in Destin! I would recommend this place to everyone! A little pricey but totally worth it!!!

Good food… mostly fried… service a little slow… but they were very busy.
Ask could we pay extra to get crab claws cracked open since arm was broken… said no… that would’ve been nice… would’ve paid an extra $ 5 if offered.
Great views

Call ahead to put your name on the list and save 15 mins of wait time. However, waiting on the beach is worth it with or w/​o kids. Food is great. Loved the grilled shrimp and hush puppies.

First time here. Called ahead and they were extremely helpful by taking our phone number and texting us when our table was ready. Wait time was 1 hour around 5pm on a Monday. Showed up at 5:45, received our text, showed it at front desk and they took us right to our table. Awesome.
Beautiful views, food was a little pricey, but flavorful. Shrimp was excellent and so was the crab. Grouper was just ok. Key lime pie was also excellent.
Wait staff were friendly and kept our drinks full even though we didn’t have alcohol.

Atmosphere and service at the bar was fantastic. The food was fairly ordinary and seemed over cooked on our seafood sampler platter.

I live on Pensacola Beach but was in Destin visiting friends and we tried this place for dinner, OMG VERY DELICIOUS! Large menu options but everything looks great. Our server BRANDON was GREAT/​EXCELLENT! We enjoyed it so much ate here 3x in 1 week!!!

Cool beach bar. Here at 1 pm on a Tuesday. Fast service and great atmosphere. Not super packed. Great happy HR from 3 – 5 with drink specials and ½ pound boiled shrimp for $ 8.

Food was just ok and overpriced. Guess you’re are paying for the view. Service was ok had to wait for refills. Had better. Steak had no flavor.

This is a popular place in Destin Florida
They are right I
On the beach with a beautiful view of the water and pure white beach
For our dinner we elected to sit outside by the beach under the umbrella drinking one of their specialty drinks and watch the beach volleyball game going on
The food and service were great
I will definitely return

Found this great place on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world on Unilocal.Walked off the beach right into the restaurant. Had the coconut shrimp which was delicious. Drinks were cool, service was great. Obviously the people who work there are very happy and it shows.
Great seafood right on the beach, beautiful sunset, gorgeous water. What’s not to love?

Excellent food with great outside area to eat. Little pricey but worth it. Always have to wait for table but it is worth it. Amber jack is sensational!

Service was excellent!!! Food prices are on par with the tourist traps, but it is too bad that it was just mediocre. Overcooked as well.

Service is great. The staff is very friendly. Our waiter was promptly refilling my lemonade, which was good considering the extremely hot weather.
You can see this is a tourist spot, the food is a little overpriced, but the portions are big.
Don’t expect the best food of your life. Just enjoy the amazing view of the beach and relax!

Location is super convenient and right on the beach for an evening stroll along the water after stuffing yourself silly with a variety of fried seafood. The restaurant is huge and goes on forever, is very kid friendly, offers giant portions, and has great service. Unfortunately, the food is very average and is what one might imagine for generic beach food. Our group ordered a variety of dishes ranging from their reggae rolls and calamari, to fried seafood platters, to cheeseburgers for the kids. None of the food tasted very fresh (especially the shrimp) but was otherwise fine.

Pompano Joe’s! Definitely one reason to return to the Crab Beach and the Emerald Coast! In the middle of the scorching heat of the sun is this gem on the boardwalk. Seafood is fresh and cooked to perfection. Grilled Alaskan Snow Crab is beyond words. Best I’ve had had, I’d say. Cocktails are uniquely mixed and soooo refreshing! Service is awesome with magic tricks here and there! Perfect view of the coast if you’re seated on the dock…

We had a fabulous time. Came in for dunch on a Sunday in December. Sat by the window watching the tide roll away. Good drinks, even better food. Highly recommended. Not stuffy classy, but definitely classy. Slightly relaxed beach classy. Server was awesome. Pam I think.

Every time we come here (which is usually the 1^st day and last day of our vacation) we are greeted with awesome service!
After we were told it was an hour wait, we finally found a parking spot; down the road!
We were seated in about 30 minutes.
If you look in local Visitor Mags, they’ll have appetizer coupons. Use the Free Reggae Rolls, saved$ 11 and they’re good!
We usually get the Grilled Crab Legs (wear a dark colored shirt, one you don’t mind getting a little dirty). I thought about switching it up (sea food nachos, didn’t, got the Crab Legs! They’re just to good to pass up!
They don’t have bibs, but they will get you a «Togo bag» and stretch out the handle to fit over your head.
This is a great place for the family to feast and unwind from the day of fun in the sun or a long day of traveling. But also a great place to enjoy the start of the night with friends, meet new ones.
The staff is great from the front to the bus boys, making sure that the table is clear and relaxing.
I highly recommend eating here!!!

Read Reviews on Unilocal,and decided to try! Yes, parking is a pain as others have stated, but if you’re not afraid of a five minute walk, there is public parking ahead past the boardwalk to the right. The service was great! Food was seafood delight! My husband stated the gumbo was the best he’s ever had! It has a spicy kick to it, but not too hot! The garlic grouper with Lobster was Perfect and filling!!! Highly recommend! The Margarita was a bit watered down, but I’m not a heavy drinker, so that might be biased.

$ 17 grouper sandwich to go. Got home, no mayo on it. $ 17. Everything would be fine if they hadn’t skipped on of the four ingredients. How difficult is this?

Nice restaurant on the beach. Had the delicious crab cakes. Very good. The twice baked potato was very good also.
Great view of the beach.
Parking could have been a pain but it was a week night and a few spots were easy to find.
Service was very good.
Will be back on next visit.