The White Marlin and Oysterette

Wow. Just wow. Some of the best seafood I’ve had - my Parm Crusted Grouper was better than Eddie V’s in Tampa. Our corn encrusted crab cakes were amazing and the key lime pie decadent. The drinks were well done and our service from Ray (she) was exemplary. The ambience was warm and inviting with live music. A must do when in Port St Joe.

Everything we had was delicious! Quick service for a large party. Beautiful outdoor setting. Highly recommend the Kendo roll

Had a pretty troubling experience. Tried to come here this evening and checked in with the hostess who said the bar was available while we waited for a table. Went to the bar seats and was told by the bar tender those seats were taken by friends coming who weren't physically present yet.
Asked to speak to the manager who came over and said the seats at the bar couldn't be reserved and I informed her the bar tender had told us otherwise and we no longer wanted to sit to be served by a bar tender who clearly didn't want our service. The hostess who was very nice couldn't explain what happened or could the manage. Was never given a clear answer as to why seats at the bar that couldn't be reserved were apparently in fact reserved. We ended up leaving as we didn't feel welcomed and cancelled our reservation for the evening which was unfortunate.

Service: 1

ALEX IS THE BEST!!!! We had a great meal and great service. Our reservation was at 6pm and we ended up staying until almost 10pm just enjoying the beautiful view and weather!! If we’re ever back in PSJ, we will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing restaurant

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food and service were great, but the seating experience left a bad taste. We had a 5:45pm reservation on the porch and were one of only 3 parties outside when we arrived. For some reason, we were placed at one of the 2 tables directly in the sun (even with an umbrella). I asked the hostess if we could move to a shaded table, but was told all of them were already reserved. By the time we left at 7:20pm, at least 8 shaded tables had remained empty. It felt unnecessarily dismissive and made what could have been a great evening really disappointing.

Initially dissatisfied as we had reserved for a sunset dinner on the deck. When we arrived, the hostess simply said plans changed and we’d be sitting inside instead. However, special shoutout to our waiter Alex who learned it was our anniversary and found a table outside for dessert drinks. He also took our picture and told the singer to play a special song for us. So, Alex turn it into a beautiful night with his extraordinary customer service!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Fix your open table reservation system. Why would you let people make reservations for days you aren’t open. Would have made a reservation for a day during our vacation but instead wanted the last day celebration and you let us make it a month in advance and then only tell us the day before you will be closed when nothing can be done. Why would i think to check the hours on google when open table has the option for a reservation

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 1

Promptly seated but sat for 20 minutes before I finally approached the staff asking if someone was going to take our order. Took another 10 minutes before the waiter came over. At that point I had already gone to the bar and ordered drinks for my table. Food tasted like wedding food. Food didn’t taste fresh, pretty sure it was all prepared and plated ahead of time. The patio and scenery was beautiful, food was not great, service was so bad I took the time to write a review. Had high hopes for this place, was very disappointed.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 1

we went back in june and i just realized i never made a review. this was probably the closest experience i have had to a perfect dinner in my whole life. reserved the table a few months out for on the deck and got seated exactly where i was hoping. everything was delicious. waitress was efficient and nice. we had an absolutely awesome time

we got three drinks, coconut shrimp, scallops, coconut grouper, and bread pudding. i am STILL dreaming of the bread pudding

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Awesome place. Great food and drinks!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing food and the atmosphere was stunning, but it lacked one thing the service was slow and drink refills were even slower. The rosemary steak was very nice, and the shrimp were delicious. Please do not go in this place thinking that it will be cheap it's not that kind of restaurant. Family of five by the way!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 2

Made a reservation Saturday morning for 7:15. I received a call at 5:30 and was told they were not able to honor our reservation.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Scheduled a reservation originally on Tuesday. They called us they day of saying they could not accommodate outside seating that day and all indoor was already spoken for so we changed it to Friday.

This is a beautiful building inside and out with a great view. Past that, the experience was underwhelming. Bar was first out of mint, so switched the drink choice from a mojito to a margarita. Tons of ice, small glass, average quality drink. Get better for less at almost any Mexican restaurant.

Ordered calamari, waiter forgot it, and did not bring it out until past the entrees (waiter did not offer to take it off). The calamari came out as sticks rather than the typical rings and tentacle pieces. Must be another way to cheap out again, extremely chewy. A place this nice should be sourcing from New England.

Kids loved their pasta, one adult said the surf and turf graded high, especially the shrimp. Sushi was very mediocre. Scallop dish was extremely bland/conservative on the flavor, but scallops themselves were cooked perfect.

Waiter also never voluntarily refilled anything, had to ask the whole time. The menu may be too large and the place itself may be too large to execute with the attention to detail to really deliver what we were expecting.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 1

We bought a place in Mexico Beach and this is hands down the nicest restaurant throughout the area. Our first experience was awesome. Our second was equally good. On our third attempt we made a reservation for the outside seating but upon arrival it had rained so they canx the outside reservation so we had to wait awhile for a new inside reservation. This time we had an outside reservation again and upon arrival it had rained so they cancelled our reservation. They stated they called and texting multiple times but we had nothing from them since our original reservation confirmation. It rains in Florida almost daily, why make outside reservations available to be made if they will be canx when it rains? If you’re short staffed don’t blame it on the rain. Great food but disappointing reservation management. Showing up with 7 teenage boys to be told we can seat you in 2 hours at 2100 is not a proper consolation, who eats dinner at 2100? TBB if we will continue to come and recommend to others.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2