The water taxi ride is normally only $6 per person (but actually free for the entire month of Aug 2025!). Not sure why people are saying it's $20-30 for the Water Taxi listing in Maps. The cost of the average meal at the Rum Bay *restaurant* on the island is close to that, so the expenses for each different entity involved needs to be separated.
Shanna Carver
We enjoyed riding the water taxi over to Palm Island. The captain was very friendly and pointed out different things to us alo g the ride. The fare is usually $6 per person (round trip) and this month is customer appreciation month so the ride is free! We did tip! We saw a manatee as we were heading back and he stopped and let us get a video.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Elizabeth
Short trip to restaurant and difficult to see water and surroundings because of fence that goes around boat
Summer at HOSA
Great ride over to Rum Bay. Got to see dolphins on the way back, too! $6 per person RT
Service: 5
Katherine Alexander
Our waitress at the restaurant was rude and unpleasant!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Jean Connell
Water taxi wonderful experience. Food good but ordered an appetizer that never came and how can you have nachos without jalapenoes. Will go again
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
diane gilbert
You need to bring cash to pay for the boat ride. It is $6 for each person. Also tip is additional.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Connie Cwynar
Love this experience! Water taxi is a fun ride over to the
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Victorian Martin Gaddie
Waitress was rude. Never brought water to our table. The Cole slaw and mixed vegetables were tasteless. The ribs and shrimp were just ok. Ribs were nothing to write home about…burnt.Gave us each one napkin to eat ribs? Waitress came to our table once after serving. Won’t be back.
The ride to Palm Island was enjoyable especially for the grand kids.
Service: 5
mickie gabl
Took the water taxi to Rum Bay restaurant. Our captain, Captain Dave was amazing and accommodating! This is really a fun experience to enjoy before dining at Rum Bay. Thank you Captain Dave for being fun, informative, and so accommodating! We hope to see you again soon! Keep making your chowda!☺️
Service: 5
Law Dog
Awesome short ride. $6 round trip per person. Capt was great, great
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
mark colwell
We attempted to use the water taxi but was denied because we had a dog. My daughter had a service animal with a clearly defined harness which showed it was a service dog. She suffers from ptsd. We were not allowed on the boat because we did not have a card. Whatever that is. Hopefully this message will get back to the owner of this company and they can educate there employees and management about the guidelines that regulate service anims.
The water taxi ride is normally only $6 per person (but actually free for the entire month of Aug 2025!). Not sure why people are saying it's $20-30 for the Water Taxi listing in Maps. The cost of the average meal at the Rum Bay *restaurant* on the island is close to that, so the expenses for each different entity involved needs to be separated.
We enjoyed riding the water taxi over to Palm Island. The captain was very friendly and pointed out different things to us alo g the ride.
The fare is usually $6 per person (round trip) and this month is customer appreciation month so the ride is free!
We did tip!
We saw a manatee as we were heading back and he stopped and let us get a video.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Short trip to restaurant and difficult to see water and surroundings because of fence that goes around boat
Great ride over to Rum Bay. Got to see dolphins on the way back, too! $6 per person RT
Service: 5
Our waitress at the restaurant was rude and unpleasant!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Water taxi wonderful experience. Food good but ordered an appetizer that never came and how can you have nachos without jalapenoes. Will go again
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
You need to bring cash to pay for the boat ride. It is $6 for each person. Also tip is additional.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Love this experience! Water taxi is a fun ride over to the
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Waitress was rude. Never brought water to our table. The Cole slaw and mixed vegetables were tasteless. The ribs and shrimp were just ok. Ribs were nothing to write home about…burnt.Gave us each one napkin to eat ribs? Waitress came to our table once after serving. Won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Water taxi! Capitan Bob is the
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The ride to Palm Island was enjoyable especially for the grand kids.
Service: 5
Took the water taxi to Rum Bay restaurant. Our captain, Captain Dave was amazing and accommodating! This is really a fun experience to enjoy before dining at Rum Bay. Thank you Captain Dave for being fun, informative, and so accommodating! We hope to see you again soon! Keep making your chowda!☺️
Service: 5
Awesome short ride. $6 round trip per person. Capt was great, great
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
We attempted to use the water taxi but was denied because we had a dog. My daughter had a service animal with a clearly defined harness which showed it was a service dog. She suffers from ptsd. We were not allowed on the boat because we did not have a card. Whatever that is. Hopefully this message will get back to the owner of this company and they can educate there employees and management about the guidelines that regulate service anims.
Very friendly.
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