boondocks restaurant

my wife and i just got in town for our 25th anniversary and wanted to sit next to water, and grab a meal. a nice breeze, friendly servers and just seafood sandwiches and some drinks. great start to the week. open air, covered area with plain tables made for a laid back experience. thanks!

our 1st visit to the boondocks and this open air, marina fri t restaurant is very good. service is excellent as the whole staff serves the table. the menu is quite large and quite varied so this is suitable for almost everyone. today we ordered the hot dog with fries and cole slaw, the tuna melt which is a grilled tuna steak, tuna salad, grilled shrimp caesar salad, and appetizers- onion rings and a stuffed seafood portobello mushroom with melted cheese.
everything was very fresh and tasty. the only thing i didn't like was the bun for the hot dog. i think it's the typical bun you may find on a lobster roll. i thought it was tasteless so i ate the hot dog bun-less which was just fine.
all of the servers; whitnee, chuck and pat were great, friendly and provided comfortable service.
one fun thing to do here is buy fish food and feed the fish just off the dock. huge schools of catfish surfaced to feast.
love this place and will return for sure.

great bacon cheese burger!!! ice cold beer!! wish it was a full liquor bar. interesting wait staff. don't get confused when 2 or 3 of these nice gals are helping your table. it's a team thing. strange at first but effective.
check out the 12,000 catfish out back!!! never seen anything like it!

this place has a great atmosphere and the food is delicious. our server denise put up with our zany requests. the blackened chicken sandwhich is divine. i will definitely be going back here again when i return to this area.

great out of the way spot. great prices, cold beer. clam chowder is outstanding and peel and eat shrimp were fantastic. my daughter had the cheeseburger it was huge. highly recommend!

you go to a seafood reduce on the water for local seafood. not here farm raised basa fish, whoever heard of this awful tasting fish. farm raised shrimp and only two on a seafood platter. terrible good great service. don't waste your time

awesome seafood! very fresh!
the atmosphere is very casual, and it feels like the perfect place to crack open some crab legs, which were so succulent and sweet. the $$$ figure is in reality, about $25 per person, not per entree, so it is reasonably priced for the portions of fresh seafood you get!

boondocks rocks. good service, good food ,friendly atmosphere . rustic no frills setting . if you want white tablecloth and silver you will not like boondocks..

best kept secret in town!. this is our favorite seafood restaurant. food is excellent, but the service is even better! we love that all the staff helps each other out whether they are our server or not!

blackened fish sandwich. tha cod was blackened just right; more than the bread could hold; coleslaw on the side with fries.....much more than one person can eat and the price was good....excellent atmosphere for local casual dining. i would recommend this restaurant and the blackened fish sandwich.5 stars

great food, amazing service! worth the long (very long) wait.

good service, bad food.. catch of the day was basa ??? white flaky fish.. bs
basa is an asian catfish.. cheap
great cole slaw
never again

very nice sitting by the water! the oysters on the half and spicy peel and eat shrimp were very good.

expensive, over-priced and disappointing. went here for dinner on a sunday night. the place was packed with an hour wait. we grabbed a drink at the bar (also full, but we stood at the edge and had our drinks outside on the benches). they only have bud light on draft, everything else is bottles as far as beer is concerned. the actual bar drinks only have one type of rum and all beverages are served in plastic and styrofoam cups.

after waiting an hour, we got a table and got the garlic fried mahi and fried shrimp. everything came in plastic (bowls, plates, etc). my mahi was so fishy it overpowered the garlic on top, overcooked and i just couldn't finish. my fiancee's fried shrimp were exactly the same shrimp you'd get in the freezer section at publix. literally...

for $16.99 at a seafood restaurant (even though it isn't fine dining), i'd expect to get more than a few factory-frozen shrimp that were dunked in a deep fryer for a few minutes. i don't understand how this place so busy packed... the food was terrible, the prices were way too high and the ambiance wasn't really that good. it's on the intercostal, but you're sitting at a bunch of docks without a view and everything is falling apart.

we mentioned the quality of the food to the manager who admitted they don't actually bread or prepare their own shrimp and was kind enough to take it off the bill since she ate only one.

we will never be returning.

love this place- the owner is the best and the servers always remember our faces and what we order (because it is the fish reuben every time! yummy!) it is not uncommon for us to pull up to the docks in our boat, they see us walking up and they start making rum runners for us. the service rocks!
the food is great, but the people make it even better!