nick's boathouse

love, love love the food, the atmosphere, the view, and the service!


-----10 jan, 2013-----

beautiful restaurant, beautiful view. enjoyed my meal. will definitely be returning!

excellent view, food, and service. prices were reasonable. would definitely go back.

my husband and i very much wanted to have a nice dinner date outside somewhere. the weather was beautiful and we naturally headed toward the water somewhere. nick's boathouse totally delivers on the view.

the food, not so much.

my husband ordered the "special", which was one pound of peel and eat shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes. i ordered the shrimp and grits. the peel and eat shrimp had heads, tails, legs, etc...they were big shrimp but we were at least expecting the heads to be off! so part of that "pound" of shrimp included heads and all.

my shrimp and grits were really good, though i don't understand why i had to peel some of mine and year the tails off...you'd think with something like that they'd take the tails off. they didn't!

we felt it was overpriced, really. my husband's was $19.99 and mine $18.99. they had grouper listed as the highest priced meals...$16 for a grouper sandwich! we felt that was a really high price so we didn't get it.

service was fine, atmosphere was fine, but we probably won't be back, unless we just really want to enjoy the view again. and even then we will just get some cheap sandwiches...maybe they'll be better.

ok where do i begin! i am very disappointed in this place! i purchased a groupon for dinner and recently moved downtown so i had never been to the location and thought it would be a great place to try out. i came to the bar about a week ago to check out the atmosphere, and decided to come back and try dinner because they were advertising a groupon. my family came in town, so i was very excited to take them to this "awesome" place. my mother, two sisters and i came in and were ready for an awesome meal and time because we never get to see each other. our waitress took our order which my mom got the shrimp boil and my two sisters and i got the salmon. my sisters got salads and collard greens, and i got the mash potatoes and salad as our sides. when our food was brought out our waitress didn't bring it, it was dropped off by i guess a food runner. no salads, our waitress finally came to check on us almost half way through our meal and we asked for our salads! she said, "oh they didn't bring them?" omg! already disappointed because my moms corn on her plater was ice cold and isnt it supposed to be boiled? my mash potatoes were half cold half warm, and my sisters collard greens were way salty!!! we are not ones to complain but lord! i'm a waitress so i know how to wait tables and i was highly disappointed in the service! i get that we came in at 8:30pm and they close at 10 but jesus don't let us come in if you aren't going to serve food right and have someone that will barely take care of there table. the entrees are priced fairly, so obviously the waitress knew she was going to get a good tip by the check total! i guess i shouldn't have told our waitress that we had a groupon, she probably figured we were cheap, but i'll tell you what groupons are to get people in the door to try out new places so that you will come back! to end all of this i will say the only good thing about my families (that live 6+ hours away) experience was the view!!

very beautiful surroundings with great menu and wonderful service. food was delicious and enjoyed our server joe. very enjoyable afternoon!

we had a great time thanks to my waiter joseph. he was knowledgeable and friendly.
food was great view was great. the place is beautiful, not what i expected from name. very nice and great decor. patio was great and very relaxing. thanks joe!!!

i haven't been to pensacola in about two years and went in hopes of going to the crab trap. it was called something different but still opted to try it out. i have to say i will never be going back. we had our wedding rehearsal dinner at the crab trap and the food was much better then. i ordered crab cakes, which were the worst crab cakes i have ever had. their menu selection was very minimal. their vegetable side looked like it was just frozen mixed veggies from a bag. and they had no other veggie choices. service was great and the atmosphere is still good, but under the new name/ownership food has taken a turn for the worst! certainly not worth the higher price tag.

food and service was fair to poor and overpriced.. the food was expensive and we did not actually finish what was served because of the poor quality and preparation. additionally, the resturant gave out the information from my credit card and that looks like it is going to cost me almost another $1,000 before it is all over.

i liked it but it's not awesome. just pretty good.

really????!!!. my son joined some friends for lunch today. i had to pick him up early, so we asked for his meal to go. when we opened the styrofoam container there were no utensils included. he dashed back in to ask for some and was told, "sorry, we don't carry any plastic utensils." they didn't even give him a napkin.

try to eat grilled fish and mashed potatoes without a fork.

i left a message for the manager about 3 hours ago. still no return call.

a lot better when it was the crab trap. food is marginal and pricy. not worth a pre-ballgame meal. the view is killer and probably a nice place to have a drink. once was enough,have not been back.

not bad, but disappointing. my fiancée and i joined some friends a week ago on saturday night for our first visit. our friends frequent often, and the restaurant was suggested since our dining companions really liked the crawfish poboy. when we were seated we were given new menus that did not include the very sandwich our friends came for and we were told that the restaurant had lost their chef and they could no longer make the crawfish for the poboy, and the loss of the chef resulted in having to change the menu. to this i was very perplexed......did this chef posess such talents that no one could be found to replace him/her? was this person the last holder of the sacred crawfish knowledge? has this person been kidnapped for ransom to the highest restaurant bidder? i fought the surging need to form a search party and regained my senses. i then thought surely they have a sous chef or two who posess the ability to carry on the menu as it was. could it be more likely that the restaurant was having problems with its vendors and could not get all the items for the old menu, after all, we were there on a saturday night at 6:30 and it was pretty dead.
as for the food it was not much to talk about. the fried pickles were good, but the pecan crusted grouper was not. the sauce over the fish was quite tasty, but the grouper was fishy, suggesting that it might have been past its prime. the ceasar salad was pretty pedestrian, and nothing special (see photo) and had to be asked for twice. my fiancée's fish tacos were quite good and may be worth going back for, but they wanted to serve them with fries (don't get it), and she never received her cup of gumbo, not sure if we were charged for it since i didn't take the itemized receipt and due to great conversation, forgot about it until we left.
the restaurant was well appointed, and pleasant, but pretty dark. too many restaurants make this mistake which drives away people older than 40 who have small children, and become increasingly farsighted (needing readers, i had mine) and need more light to read menus.
i did have a good time all and all, but with very high prices for pensacola i expected higher quality food and service. since they lost their head chef i will consider a return visit once they iron out the kinks and the new chef sets a new menu. i wish them luck in their search and i might return if my suspicions are incorrect and they are still open. will reserve my vote until then, (i see potential) but if forced to vote now, it would be thumbs down.

driving up at 6:30 pm on a saturday night & seeing few vehicles parked in lot didn't make me feel that excited about my upcoming meal. however, i did enjoy my blackened fish tacos! the fried pickles were also yummy. our waitress was polite & service was swift.
on the negative side, i did not ever receive the gumbo that i ordered & my fiancé's pecan crusted grouper & grits were gross. grits had a strange texture, not grit-like at all. so, i am likely to return to try out the gumbo & have another round of tacos, but i know i won't be having grouper or grits!

delicious!!!. the view and the atmosphere overlooking the bay is amazing. our server was very good as well telling us about their specials, offering us drinks, and asking about appetizers. our food came out very fast and looked and tasted fresh. we had the snow crab and garlic grouper and i would recommend them to anyone. to anyone looking for a great seafood experience go here.

very nice place. definitely worth a visit.