G.I. Jade Tiki Bar & Bistro

38 Miracle Strip Pkwy SW, Fort Walton Beach
(850) 374-8454

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Brent Birt

I parked at 5:45, got a drink order at 6:00. It's 6:31 now and I havent been helped, I'm starving and thirsty. I'm just going to whataburger. This was ridiculous.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

edwin everett

Sat down plenty of seats open. Nice view of the intracoastal. Waiter was friendly. Tried to order an ArnieP, no problem. Tick tock, then he came back no lemonade. Okay. Ordered a beer and it showed up foamy. Waiter had no idea if that was normal or not. Alright. I asked about the fish and he recommended the mahi. Great so I asked for fried mahi tacos. He brings out chicken. “well they are about the same price,” he said verbally giving me the go ahead to simply accept his mistake.
No thanks. Honestly the place looks cool and maybe for drinks it’s ok, but the meal was a fail. Won’t be back.

Caleb Christopher

One star for poor management! On 9/4/25 around 6:45pm, our waitress accidentally gave us the wrong ticket. I didn’t notice until hours later, after I had already paid and left. When I returned for the $60 refund, the waitress quickly corrected the mistake without any problems. However, the manager on duty made no effort to make it right—no discount, no apology, nothing to acknowledge the inconvenience of their error and my 20-minute drive back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 1

jodel perez

Great food good server he definitely paid attention to everything , live music was a vibe sitting next to the bay , oysters were tasty , wings were fire and beer was cold! Always my go too when I’m
In town!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rob Sherwin

Cool hangout with great bands

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

nathan goodfellow

Great Tiki Pub on the water… good music, pure Florida Tiki Fun. Bar-tender Shaun was a solid hard working tender stayed on top of the crowd and was slinging the cocktails like he owed the place. Cheers!!

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Lonny Laven

We stopped here to have lunch while waiting for our rental.
Pictured are the blackened shrimp tacos. The shrimp was delicious, 3 very large shrimp per taco. The slaw was a little runny but overall good food.
The atmosphere is awesome. Very relaxed fun vibe. Staff is very friendly and quick service.
Thank you for a great experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rafael Santos

You get a great time and food here

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Craig Ulmer

Great little tiki bar, laid-back atmosphere. Empanadas were just ok, but will be back to try some other things

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Katy Gerald

Cool, laid back atmosphere. Really great cover rock band. Delicious food. So glad we stopped in here on a whim!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Julyfaction

Fun laid-back tiki bar atmosphere with a live band, delicious food and relaxed seating right on the water. Oliver our server was flawless, patient and exceedingly polite. Would definitely recommend 10/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Meghan White

Being on the water was nice but I couldn’t tell you anything about the food. There weren’t many people when we got here, and it clearly wasn’t busy. We ordered chips & salsa and buffalo bites thinking it’d be a quick snack before we left for the airport. After 35 minutes of no food, I had to flag the server down who then asked me whether or not we’d gotten our food - because she hadn’t checked in on us at all while we were there. She then told us that it was “shift change” at 3pm, so it was “going to be a while”. Why would you not warn people of that when they sit down to order? We ended up leaving without getting our food and when we walked by the kitchen, there were at least four back of house staff sitting outside of it. I’ve been in the service industry a long time and found the lack of service here to be pretty frustrating. I get kitchen delays and all that jazz, but that could have been smoothed over with a more attentive server.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

Zaire Yañez

Great service and food. I had a Hawaiian pizza and my brother had the chicken tenders, the portion of food it was more than expected which is great for the price. It was my favorite place during my visit, nice view and very relaxing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tommy Rezac

Very cool spot right on the water with reasonable prices. Live music. Good find.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Crystal Bryant

We visited this restaurant while vacationing and did not enjoy. We arrived about an hour and 15 mins before closing, last min decision. Our server was quick to tell us the kitchen closed in 15 minutes, that was no problem as we quickly chose something from the menu. The problem was, about 15 minutes later, a family arrived and was seated and given time to order as well. Our food came out and we were missing 2 orders of fries. When we told our server, she just said “sorry the kitchen is closed” The family that arrived after us was actively placing an order, so when their server finished we asked her what time the kitchen closed and she told us in like 15 minutes. She took our order for the fries, brought them back to us and we finished our meal. We also never got a refill on any drinks, and when asked she gave one person a refill and did not even consider if anyone else needed one although our glasses were empty. We didn’t expect stellar service arriving close to closing, but some people just need another job.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

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