Beautiful view, decent food, bad service. My husband and I sat at the bar. Not sure what the bartender was on or if she was jusy drunk but we got free entertainment with our meal (not in a good way). Hope she gets professional help
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 1
Marie I
All good! We will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Colin Frank
Quality food for being the only restaurant on the island. Happened to be understaffed for the night due to a high volume of customers but the staff who were there were fantastic.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Josh Gravholt
Pretty standard beach food for Florida. A fairly simple selection of draft beer and good fresh fish and shrimp options. Really nice and attentive service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Alexandra Hickey
My family and I have been to Rum Bay countless times ever since we began visiting the island. We’ve enjoyed most of our meals—except tonight’s.
We visited for the Christmas buffet dinner they hosted and were extremely disappointed. Now of course, I never go into a buffet with high expectations—but not rock bottom either.
When I tell you the food served was as rock bottom as it gets, I mean it. Not one item was good. The chicken had a rubber texture, the Mac & Cheese was absolutely disgusting—it could have been noodles and butter for all I know, and don’t even get me started on the dessert.
I desperately attempted to find one item out of the mashed potatoes, meats, mac, salad, soup—and I just couldn’t. All bland and almost inedible. After the first few bites, the entire table looked at each other in complete shock at how bad it all was.
On top of this, our waitress took forever—she was chatting with other guests.
Not sure how to feel about this place anymore and we left hungry! :(
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
J L
Outstanding lunch here. The fish tacos were excellent. The grouper sandwich was extremely flavorful. And the key lime pie . . . chef's kiss! There is no skimping on the liquor in the drinks either! lol. Our server was great too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
mary anderson
Did Thanksgiving Buffet. Water Taxi running late. Wait at restaurant. Food cold. Long wait to leave on water taxi. Way overbooked. Food ok but way overpriced. Don't recommend for holiday. May be ok on non busy day. Offered us quicker service to sit outside and then forgot we were out there.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
A Antkowik
Dogs not allowed No parking.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Carole Salsberry
We love this place! Riding across on the boat starts off the fun with Captain Dave or John. The food and cocktails are amazing and the service is excellent!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lynn C
Love the views and the food was terrific! Best grouper sandwich I have had! Staff was very friendly too.
Had a party of 10 and the service was good and the server did a good job of keeping up with our orders and keeping our drinks filled. Food was good. Wasn't a huge fan of the brownie dessert. We all really enjoyed the water taxi ride over to the restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stacey Weber
Food was above average, reasonable prices for setting. Closing for remodel in September 2025.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Terri Manley
Classless place
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Tanya Vang
Stopped in for a bucket and some virgin fruity drinks. The bar area was busy but the bar tender was amazing. She was very friendly and fast.
Angela Newell
Bring back old menu and FRESH food. Ordered apps and didn’t order anything else. So sad everything has changed. Been coming here for 25+ years. From fresh to frozen out of a bag. Sad to see this. Ordered conch fritters, coconut shrimp and egg rolls. Hopefully they’re able can rebound
Beautiful view, decent food, bad service. My husband and I sat at the bar. Not sure what the bartender was on or if she was jusy drunk but we got free entertainment with our meal (not in a good way). Hope she gets professional help
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 1
All good! We will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Quality food for being the only restaurant on the island. Happened to be understaffed for the night due to a high volume of customers but the staff who were there were fantastic.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pretty standard beach food for Florida. A fairly simple selection of draft beer and good fresh fish and shrimp options. Really nice and attentive service.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
My family and I have been to Rum Bay countless times ever since we began visiting the island. We’ve enjoyed most of our meals—except tonight’s.
We visited for the Christmas buffet dinner they hosted and were extremely disappointed. Now of course, I never go into a buffet with high expectations—but not rock bottom either.
When I tell you the food served was as rock bottom as it gets, I mean it. Not one item was good. The chicken had a rubber texture, the Mac & Cheese was absolutely disgusting—it could have been noodles and butter for all I know, and don’t even get me started on the dessert.
I desperately attempted to find one item out of the mashed potatoes, meats, mac, salad, soup—and I just couldn’t. All bland and almost inedible. After the first few bites, the entire table looked at each other in complete shock at how bad it all was.
On top of this, our waitress took forever—she was chatting with other guests.
Not sure how to feel about this place anymore and we left hungry! :(
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Outstanding lunch here. The fish tacos were excellent. The grouper sandwich was extremely flavorful. And the key lime pie . . . chef's kiss! There is no skimping on the liquor in the drinks either! lol. Our server was great too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Did Thanksgiving Buffet. Water Taxi running late. Wait at restaurant. Food cold. Long wait to leave on water taxi. Way overbooked. Food ok but way overpriced. Don't recommend for holiday. May be ok on non busy day. Offered us quicker service to sit outside and then forgot we were out there.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Dogs not allowed
No parking.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
We love this place! Riding across on the boat starts off the fun with Captain Dave or John. The food and cocktails are amazing and the service is excellent!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love the views and the food was terrific! Best grouper sandwich I have had! Staff was very friendly too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Had a party of 10 and the service was good and the server did a good job of keeping up with our orders and keeping our drinks filled.
Food was good. Wasn't a huge fan of the brownie dessert.
We all really enjoyed the water taxi ride over to the restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was above average, reasonable prices for setting. Closing for remodel in September 2025.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Classless place
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Stopped in for a bucket and some virgin fruity drinks. The bar area was busy but the bar tender was amazing. She was very friendly and fast.
Bring back old menu and FRESH food. Ordered apps and didn’t order anything else. So sad everything has changed. Been coming here for 25+ years. From fresh to frozen out of a bag. Sad to see this. Ordered conch fritters, coconut shrimp and egg rolls. Hopefully they’re able can rebound
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
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