The Mermaid Liquors and Lounge

If you don’t smoke, I wouldn’t go… no outside bar and inside… well of you do smoke, you won’t have to! Place reeks of cigarettes

The drinks are strong and priced right. My wife and I had asked the wait staff at another establishment where to go and the Mermaid was suggested We were not disappointed. We sat down at the bar and our sever from Pete’s Time out was there. She said this is where all the locals go. Good mix of people, friendly and enjoying themselves, no food but restaurant across the street delivered food. Smoking is allowed as no food is served.

I will say that I felt a bit betrayed by some of the Unilocal reviews. Yes it’s a dive bar yes they have super strong and super great Jell-​O shots. But I don’t know why I was expecting a bigger more active scene.
I was a little sad they didn’t have more flavors of Jell-​O shots but all-​in-​all I was pleasantly pleased with this place. I’d definitely suggest starting your night off here. Those Jell-​O shots pack a punch!

Would go there every day if we could … It’s a good thing we don’t live here because it would be really difficult not to. Heehee. Have not met one unfriendly person either drinking there or working. Best bar hands down. If we were not tourists and felt we had to check out what else was around we would have just planted our butts there with everyone in neighborhood who already knows that. Great place. Can’t wait to come back. Love it

Great service, great atmosphere, great company :) Can not wait to get back to the beach. Don’t miss Church on Sunday’s it’s a must.

Awesome happy hour
Best staff ever
Easy going
Jello shots!!!
Fun fun fun
Great place to hang for hours!!!
Smoking is welcomed

Fantastic dive bar! Clean bathroom. Friendly bartender. He went upstairs to get Cheetos for me. Good drinks good prices. Divey feel. Smoking allowed. Liquor store attached. Love it. Good juke box.

For Fort Myers Beach, this is the best bar. It’s quite small but gets the job done, if you know what I mean. The bar staff was very friendly and they have a unique selection of jello shots. We were quite amused by this. Just a tip, don’t get the purple one. It tasted like a shot of nyquil or something. The red one I heard was ok but boy do those pack a punch. Trust me, there’s a lot of liquor in them!
The crowd was, well, typical Fort Myers Beach crowd. 20 year old fishermen and 60 year old retirees. Can’t get more of a mixed crowd than that.
The music was awesome. So sick of hearing the live bands in FMB. This place was the only one with no live music, air conditioned, and playing top 40 hits.
Next time I am in town, will most likely hit this place up again.

As an annual tourist, i don’t know much about the split between the old Surf Club and Mermaids. I stopped across the street at the Surf Club and had a great time, and the menu looked great. But it was sure a relief to step into the old haunt and have a great time once again at the new/​old Mermaids. It is like Cheers, but with an attitude. Everybody there knows their own name, which is a good thing. If they don’t know yours, they might ask, they might not. Just roll with it. Bring a fun attitude-​and it will be thrown back at you like poop from a rowdy monkey in the zoo.