Carmen's Lunch Bar & Tapas

Top Notch delicious food, beverages, and friendly hospitality…worth the wait.

Great food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Everything was amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Salad Plate, Stracotto Beef Sandwich

What a gem! Fresh and delicious! Our favorite lunch spot!!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very nice place to eat.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Always really good. Once we found it, we always go back!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Stracotto Slow-Roasted Beef Sandwich, Spanish Crab Melt

Woooow wooow 5 stars is too little this place is unique .. food dance in your mouth with fireworks !! Corey is fantastic server THANKS ..

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spanish Crab Melt

Best soups in the city! Eclectic wine list. They have been open for 11 years, I have
eaten almost the entire menu. I am embarrassed and a little saddened that it has taken me this long eat the open faced crab melt with chorizo! It is AMAZING. I'll atone for my sin by ordering it again the next time I'm there. Corey (sp) has hospitality in her blood! Must for any pensacola trip

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great soups, Great food, friendly staff

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Carmen’s Lunch Bar and Tapas was fantastic! Ms. Carmen was an excellent host, too. We’ll definitely be back soon!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loved coming here for lunch today. The staff are amazing and food is lovely!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I absolutely LOVED this establishment! The food is amazing, the staff of on point, and the atmosphere is relaxing. I thoroughly enjoyed the outdoor seating and even at 90°, it was still comfortable. I will be coming back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spanish Crab Pepper Poppers GF

A hidden gem! The food is beautiful and absolutely delicious. The daily tomato bisque was delicious. My chicken salad was by far the best I have enjoyed in a very long time. Our dessert of lemon and raspberries still lingers in my thoughts. It's a very intimate spot. The ingredients they use make their dishes rise above the rest. I'm looking forward to trying more of their menu. The staff running it are friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, and they understand the quality of their food. Thank you for such a lovely lunch

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pie, Chicken Salad Plate

Very nice restaurant with seating outside and at the bar. The waitstaff were extremely attentive. The food was pretty good as well.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Salad Plate, Crab Cazuela

One of our favorites. Marie the owner, is passionate about the food. Lots of options for GF that are good. Soups award winning, kale salad is the best. Do not expect the usual, it is massages to tenderize, and is bigger than it looks because cutting up any kind of greens into small pieces makes them take up less room on the plate. I would not hesitate to order again and again. Delightful bartender named CoCo made our day, went above and beyond to make us happy. A local fav, don'tmiss this place on Palafox and Main next to Bodacious Olive another great food place in downtown Pensi.

Vegetarian options: Kale Salad is vegetarian, some soups are vegetarian etc.

Dietary restrictions: GF and so is the owner Mari Carmen.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spanish Crab Pepper Poppers GF, Spanish Crab Melt, Crab Cazuela, Salad