Rocco’s Italian Bistro

Maybe it is off season, but the service was slow and the food was edible. Maybe we will try again in the summer. As we were paying our bill, another patron who is from Navarre stated this is the worse restaurant in Navarre. Shame as it is in a prime location.

My family and I had a fabulous dining experience at Rocco’s this evening.
We were seated quickly. Our server, Laurie, was helpful and efficient.
Three of the party had the Chicken Romano, a spicy delicious dish, served on pasta. Everyone enjoyed it thoroughly! ! One diner had chicken Marsala, he said it was good too! I had the Lasagna and it was the best I have had in a long long time. It was truly perfect. The serving sizes were huge for all dishes.
We all had salads, the hit was the house dressing, tomato basil vinaigrette.
The garlic rolls were hot and steamy and delicious.
Again, service was super, food was outstanding and I even got to shake the hand of Rocco, who I understand does all the cooking too.

Pretty good Italian on the beach. We stopped in at dinner time and also got to listen to a good singer too. I ordered the spaghetti and meat balls. The meat balls were good but not great.

Came to Rocco’s for lunch.
1. Air condition is down
2. Oven is down
3. Under staffed
4. The food had to be send back twice
5. The food still taste like shit
6. Flies everywhere
7. No apology or discount on the check
8. The worst experience ever
9. When asked for desert they stated «sorry it’s still frozen» and they charge $ 9 for a frozen entry
They should not hire people who don’t want to work. Seems like no one cared about the customer. Defiantly won’t be back

Gross! Lobster and shrimp ravoli: the ravoli seemed like frozen ravoli with a funky flavorless orange paste inside — no Lobster to be found. The shrimp were beyond over cooked– that is when we would find a tiny piece in the gelatinous goop that consumed the plate. They did attempt to throw some fresh (ish) tomatoes into the «sause» but it just made little wet mush bombs. We were also served greasy stale bread. Beside all of this mastyness– there was absolutely no flavor :(I know this all sounds very harsh but it’s 100% accurate

Great dining & service. We had chicken Parmesan & shrimp Alfredo. Both were delicious! The limoncello cake was fantastic. Severs were attentive & friendly. We were pleasantly surprised by our experience.

Loved the food! It tasted amazing although the service was lacking. Definitely worth the money but the drinks are made weak or so I’ve heard.

The food was good but the overall experience could be better. All of the employees we interacted with were pleasant but they brought out our meals at different times which was strange to me but not a big deal. Also, for the price of the food you’d think they’d give you some bread for the table (which I thought we’d get because there was butter on the table) but we never received any. However, I got the lobster ravioli and it was delicious! It was good, but I think it could definitely improve! If you’re craving Italian the food won’t disappoint but the prices are pretty high. I’ve been to much nicer restaurants for those kind of prices. The food is the perfect amount to fill you up but for $ 18 a dish I want enough to be stuffed an taking home leftovers! And they don’t come with salads or sides either! Overall my family left satisfied but not super impressed.

Meh… it’s a little lackluster. They need to get rid of that dehydrated Italian Seasoning which tastes like lawn clippings and use fresh herbs. I’ve had some pretty overcooked shrimp which was doused in olive oil and seasoned with the lawn clippings and I could barely choke it down. I’ve tasted some other family members entrees which were much more palatable. I’ve been here 4 times and it’s average tasting food at high beach prices. I wasn’t impressed by their spinach artichoke «soup» dip which tastes ok, but should be served over pasta or crackers instead of an appetizer. I wasn’t impressed by the service either.

Our first night in Navarre Beach, 7÷11÷15 and we decided to stop here for dinner. Very surprised that we were able to walk right in and be seated at 6:30 on a Saturday evening of a Blue Angels weekend. The menu looked very appetizing. I ordered a calzone and the waitress informed us that the pizza oven is broken so they cannot make pizza, calzones or strombolis. My husband & I needed to change our orders.
My daughter was pleased with her spaghetti with meat sauce. My husband & I both ordered the stuffed manicotti. It was fine. I was surprised that we did not receive bread or salads. This was the fastest Italian meal I have had in my life.
They had a banner outside that stated seafood, pasta, steaks. The table next to us attempted to order steaks and our waitress told them they didn’t always have steaks. HUH? Then why have a size that says you do? Probably not going back for the rest of the week.

I had the Shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo as my meal and the Shrimp Spinach and Artichoke Dip as an appetizer. Delicious. Server was attentive, and our food came quickly. It was a little pricey. However, the portions are large, so you will have enough to take home for later.

Food was tasty. The chicken piccata tasted good but the wine sauce was just a bit heavy in comparison to other ones that I’ve tasted before. The strawberry cheesecake was amazing and the chicken parmesean was really good. The service was excellent. Our waitress was very sweet and attentive.

Been coming to Navarre for years and never went to any of the restaurants located at that corner due to bad reviews, until tonight. I can only speak to the pizza as a carry out since we did not dine in. The pizza was just OK, made fresh with fresh ingredients but the dough was very thin and soaked from grease. The young lady that took our order over the phone was very pleasant and professional. Its definitely not the best pizza in town but we didn’t have to leave the island to pick it up. I guess there is something to be said for convenience. We’ll give them another try, this next time dining in, and update if necessary.

I knew something was up when a restaurant that is on the beach has a big sign on the door that says «no shirt, no shoes, no service!» Hey Roccos you are literally a beach front restaurant.
We went inside and while the service was ok, the food was gross. The spinach dip looked and tasted like soup. The garlic rolls were ok, if not a bit stale.
To be fair we left (and paid) before our main course came out. There were too many flies in the restaurant. In fact one landed in my wifes beer.

Amazing food! Everything was well balanced in flavor and cooked to perfection! Our server Jennifer was knowledgeable and super friendly and we never wanted for anything. Right on the beach so it’s easy to enjoy the scenery and walk off the calories after your meal! We will drive the half hour from Pensacola to come back!

I downgraded this restaurant because of the time it took up to get plates and silverware so we eat our appetizer (stuffed mushrooms, which were not nothing special, but the sauce was divine.) The place is pricey, but I really enjoyed my Stromboli. The bread rolls are out of the world with fresh garlic.

I was passing through the area around lunchtime recently on a weekday and wanted to eat somewhere near the beach. Rocco’s was about the only place I could find open near the long fishing pier.
I pulled up around noon on a Tuesday and there was one other car in the parking lot. I walked in and could see one couple seated near the windows but I didn’t see anyone that worked here. I stood up front near the hostess stand for several minutes until the only employee I ever saw during my visit spotted me and told me to sit wherever.
I also grabbed a table by the big windows. I decided to keep it simple and order spaghetti with meat sauce AND meatballs. When I finally got my order it was spaghetti and meatballs plus another bowl of meatballs (alone). The meatballs, which by now I had a mountain of, tasted «off» to me. I asked my waitress if they had been frozen or were made fresh and she assured me that they were never frozen.
I thought by keeping it simple with just spaghetti and meatballs they couldn’t screw it up but I was wrong. On the plus side, they did have great garlic rolls!

Over priced, ‘less than okay’ food. Ever had Tyson lasagna or something like that? Definitely taste like that’s what they have to serve. Def worth the drive to Fort Walton or somewhere else to get Italian food.

I usually am a fan of Italian food so i wanted to try this place.
AService was okay as well as our meal. There wasn’t anything great or spectacular for this place to wow me aside for it being right by the beach.
I ordered the fettuccine Alfredo and it lacked a flavor even when I asked for them to throw in some basil. It also lacked texture.
Our waitress was a dear and attentive. I would have made better Italian food at home for a much cheaper price.

I am kind of an Italian food fanatic and I was really surprised by the fact that I found such a great place in the «Land of the Deep Fryer». Almost every place we have been to down here has prepared their meals with a deep fryer. Not hating on them but after a while it just gets old. So when my family recommended Rocco’s I was surprised that it worked out since they are the ones that recommended all of the other places we went too.
I usually always order some really basic like spaghetti and meat balls to see how it turns out. Well it was great actually. And everything else my family ordered was also great.
To top everything off the band playing was really good and the weather was perfect for our outside seating.
Now my only complaint is true of every place I have been to down here, it is the taste of the water. Everyone here needs a water filter because the water served even with a ton of lemon still has a nasty taste to it. Not really a problem of this particular place but the whole area.
Other than that is was perfect. Thanks Rocco’s.
One other thing it is on the menu but ask for the Limón cello cake and you will be in heaven.