Refinery Jax Beach
831 1st St N, Jacksonville Beach
(904) 746-3503
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We had a great experience! Food was delicious, service was excellent. The fine dining area has a wonderful view of the ocean! Highly recommended!
We intentionally sat in the casual bar area to listen to the live music. The tunes were great. The staff was amazing. Food was phenomenal. We especially liked the lobster corn dogs! We will be back.
This restaurant is tops. Had our first experience for my wife's birthday. I asked them to make it special and they sure did. The food here is true fine dining, very delicious and well presented. The ambiance is super nice, romantic and cozy in a fresh and upbeat way. Beautiful ocean views. The cocktails are u I air and awesome. We worked with Blake, an absolute pleasure. Very nice guy, thoughtful, and a wonderful ambassador for a terrific restaurant. Count us in!
We ate upstairs in the fine dining room. Great location on the beach with ocean view (unfortunately the sun sets on the wrong side). Service was great, food was great. The drinks were good too, both the cocktail and the wine. It was surprisingly quiet even with people laughing out loud at another table - they did a great job dampening the noise. Overall a great place for a special occasion. The only improvement I'd suggest is to go a little lighter on the salt. It adds up between appetizers and main course and the food is already flavorful, no need to exaggerate. Well, one more. I'm pretty sure I put "anniversary" in the reservation. No effect, not even a word. That did not affect the good experience, but it's a missed opportunity to make guests feel special.
This multi concept restaurant definitely has the location but that's where the good stops. We sat outside and enjoyed the sea breeze but the food and drinks were lack luster. The conch hushpuppies were under cooked in the center and still very doughy but the portions that were cooked were tasty. The cocktails were quite weak but decently priced. The fish & chips were the best part of the meal, minus the painfully under seasoned coleslaw. The filet was just not good. I didn't enjoy the flavor or texture. The worst part of the meal was the $10 “Boursin” mashed potatoes. I don't mind paying for food and I understand that ocean front dining comes at a premium but dang, these were just so bad. Zero flavor, many large chunks of potato and zero trace of the flavorful Boursin. I wanted to love this place but it was a one and done for me.
Sat in the Refined Dining section upstairs for a celebration dinner. The staff was very kind and attentive. Our waiter, Michael, was full of energy and made the evening so fun. He made recommendations for our entrees (the sea bass was excellent). We never felt rushed and were able to enjoy our meal with an ocean view.
Really friendly and accommodating staff! They opened a closed area just to comply with their initial offer
We spent our Fourth of July evening here and really enjoyed the live music of Clay Brewer. The food and service always top-notch. One of the best in Jacksonville Beach.
Food tastes great, but was not hot. Half of our party received room temperature food. It took a while to get our food. Service was fine. Probably a bad night for the kitchen. I would give it a second chance.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
We love the atmosphere. It was beautiful to see out over the dunes on the second floor with the windows. However, the food was definitely premium-priced and definitely seems chef inspired but came out very lukewarm and the service was less than great. Are server sent the manager over who is not very helpful and seemed to know that we had issues
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
Great atmosphere. View is gorgeous. Service is very slow. Don’t waste your money on the scallops. The tiniest and most average scallop dish ever and it was $49!
Everyone else enjoyed their meals.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Waaaaay over priced for the food we got. We actually left there and went out to eat.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
Ordered soup and bread to start. The loaded baked potato soup was fine, but I had spread the butter on my bread before discovering it is garlic butter - I'm not keen on garlic so asked our server to bring some regular butter, which he did, I had almost finished my soup by then. I had the goats cheese salad with the steak add on. The salad arrived with a single small piece of goats cheese - it would have been better to include a few circles as they were very small and goats cheese is one of the main components of the salad. The steak was good and pretty much cooked to what I had requested. My partner ordered the tomato soup which he enjoyed, and the fish if the day, which was also good. We shared some fries but they had so much salt on them that we couldn't finish them. For feedback, maybe don't salt fries but allow customers to add the amount they prefer. Service was fine. The big drawback is the bathrooms. They have one for women and one co-ed, which often resulted in lines. Only one of each for the whole top and first floor - this doesn't seem sufficient for the size of the restaurant. Overall not a bad experience, but I think there is room for improvement as in have outlined in my review.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Made reservation. Arrived, still had to wait 30 minutes. Then they seated us at the bar! They tried to convince me that I made a reservation for the bar! Really? Who does that? They did something to my reservation and tried to blame me! Never again! It was my Bday 2/14/25, and they ruined it!
Never coming back. The hush puppies were yummy but nothing else we ordered was good. Food is definitely overpriced. Outside area was okay, service was slow and not organized.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
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