First stop in St Thomas and man is this place perfect for us. Small, vibrant, low-key vibes. Delicious drinks and food!

Didn't eat here but the music was fantastic for us who love the 80's. And the drinks were stronggggg- well done! Definitely a dive bar but nice people and good drinks! May go back for food... read more

Was looking forward to eating here. Sat for almost 20 minutes and no one ever came to wait on us. Got fed up and left to go to The Tap & Still next door, where the service was much better. read more

This place is sooooo much fun that you can quickly forget that it's in a parking lot of a tired mini mall. You'll enjoy yourself to the point that you won't recognize that some of the drinks are coyingly sweet. The food is average, but the vibe is hard to beat. We ALWAYS stop by for a drink or four whenever we are in St. Thomas. read more

We had a great experience and service by JW. They have fun specialty drinks and shots served in "keepable" souvenirs cups/shot glasses. Be prepared..liquor is not watered down so be ready ;) read more

Duffy's Love Shack - Music Venues Near Me - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Oh Duffy's.. WHERE do I begin. What Duffy's really is..is an Island shack, situated in the middle of a borderline shady parking lot on the east end of St. Thomas. Throw in a college bar atmosphere with some disco lights, weird smog thrower and bammm - that's duffy for ya! Plenty of drinks on their menu - everything comes either in a plastic cup or a signature cup if want to pay extra. The place is always teeming with tourists and the music is hopping! As with any other touristy clubs, I recommend watching your purse and your junk - you are pretty much putting everything up for grabs by just stepping in here. However, the vibe is just great! My 16 - 23 year old self would have come here EVERY night i was on the island - in reality we ended up going just once, haha! Don't think they serve any food, and the place is a bit grimy. However, we went here for the vibe and their frozen drinks (which turned out to be pretty watered out). The music was just awesome - had tons of drunk fun! When we were exhausted, we just went across the street to the Tap and Still for some grilled cheese. From what I heard and saw - Duffy's is an island institution - make sure you weave this into your island vacay schedule :) read more

By far the worse service on the island! Gracie was rude and disrespectful on multiple occasions! Y'all also need to have more than one server, she couldn't handle the entire restaurant by herself. Also, she took our order and didn't put it in until after she greeted another table took their drinks, made their drinks and took their order which was about 15 minutes after we ordered!! Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere! read more

This bar did amazing at following covid guidelines. The drinks were delicious and the food was good. We were disappointed by the Ahi tuna salad as it didn't have much flavor. Our waitress was very nice. read more

Duffy's Love Shack - Lime coconut drink and passion drink - take home cups are nice ceramic and not cheap plastic. - Music Venues Near Me - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

LOVE THIS BAR! Angie is the best bartender ever, and Jill is an awesome waitress! Highly recommend the rum punch...or any other drink on the menu. Thanks, Angie and Jill for an awesome experience! We will be back because of you! read more

Fun place.. probably the most happening place on the island. Drinks are themed and served in a cup of the theme...huh? Well, if you order a pirate drink, then you get it ina mug that has a skull with a pirate patch. If you order a tropical drink, it's served in a bamboo-like glass. If you order a jungle drink, then it's served in a monkey glass. You get to keep the glasses too, so that's cool, but now my kitchen cabinets are filled with odd looking cups. The place is in a shopping center parking lot. It's like: parking for Subway, parking for the Real Estate Offic, then Duffy's. They have loud music at night and a bunch of people hanging out drinking the night away.. it was a lot of fun here. read more

Duffy's Love Shack - Pirate Drink! - Music Venues Near Me - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Ok, I was sad because we couldn't get any food but we really enjoyed our drinks and Bryce was so sweet. He recommended some awesome shots and held genuine conversation with my husband and me. We'll be back on our next trip to the island just to see him read more

Love this place! Parking lot of fun The drinks are great and some come in great souvenir glasses The staff was friendly It has a good location in Red Hook The music was fun and the atmosphere is fun and energetic! Highly recommend it read more

2 stars given for the decent food, negative 3 stars for how shitty the service, hostess, and staff are, and the fact this place is in a parking lot lol. Like its one thing if the place is busy but there were a ton of open seats and just to get someone to focus and talk to us for seating was a nightmare. The staff member was all over the place and we just wanted to ask about seating us and instead she is talking loud back and forth infront of us to these guys who were leaving about selling her t shirt to them for $100. Almost left right then and there, never seen such unprofessionalism and never felt so ignored. Never spending money at this place ever again because we went again and staff was making me move chairs because a table of 4 behind me was occupied by 8 people making walkway crowded but they make me move? Then our server disappears... yeah never again lol read more

If I could give them 0 stars I would. Or maybe not, the server was good. I imagine people just go when they're wasted, or just for the shots (which did look good, and super creative) and beer. Or people have no taste or go for the ambiance (I guess they have live music sometimes, you can "get lei'd", they have a different type of souvenir cup for each drink on their menu, and a bubble machine when the mechanical shark above the kitchen turns on and "attacks" with Jaws music). Other than that, it's in a parking lot so not great, and the music was very corny, like Love Shack. The food was terrible - I couldn't even eat the grilled fish tacos, and I'm not that picky...plus they're close to the ocean so it should be fresh/good. Frozen fish sticks would have been better. Even their fries weren't good - how can you mess up fries?! - and their drinks weren't good either - in the heart of Red Hook on a tropical island! Honestly don't get how this place has 4 stars, and I wish we didn't trust that rating and go there. read more

Great drinks and specials. We went on ladies night, so all our drinks were free. The music was good. This place is what they call it, a shack. It's very small but worth going too. read more

Good food in a fun atmosphere. Lobster special on Wednesday was good value for the cost. The pupu platters were delicious.

Eclectic music, eclectic food, eclectic sertting. Don't miss this place if you are in St Thomas!! read more

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Went here twice on our trip to St. John. The waitress was running the entire place alone without missing a beat! The jerk chicken nachos were soooo incredibly good. We also had a couple of the signature shots. The best part was the keepsake glasses that the shots came in. Later that night we returned (by waitresses suggestion) for some partying. AMAZING atmosphere. It wasn't too packed and the music was very versatile. It was a mix of young, old, local, and tourists. Everyone was super friendly & the drinks were nicely priced. This is an amazing spot! read more

Duffy's Love Shack - Trophy wife shot with a keepsake shot glass - Music Venues Near Me - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Such a great place!! Wraps and burgers were great! Drinks not just tasty but super fun! Had the pleasure of Keith being the bartender both times and he was awesome! We might have to stop again before we leave. read more

This place was amazing!!! It's located right off of redhook, and is in walking distance from the ferry. We ordered the chicken jerk nachos and the pulled pork barbecue sandwich and it was delicious- coming from Texans. We also had the 64 ounce shark tank which was also amazing. The shark inside contains a shot by the way :) Food was great, service was great, and ambiance was great as well. I can see why the locals love it as well. Highly recommend if you're near the ferry. read more

Great people excellent service!! The manager was extremely nice and very pleasant to talk to. Grace, I think that's our servers name, was also very nice and great help in figuring out drinks! Thanks for a great time from Texas!!! read more

Went here with my husband for some drinks and a little food hoping they had some happy hour specials, but the only specials were on bud light and miller light. Not a very good happy hour. But besides that throughout our visit we tried these drinks: berry berry, the jungle juice one, lime in dee coconut, and mellow Merlin. All were super tasty except for mellow Merlin which was super gross. It tasted very artificial like some sort of candy and had a neon green color. The lime in dee coconut was very good! It came in a real coconut that had been cracked on top, very fun. For food we had the Caribbean pu-pu. It was pretty good. The chicken skewers, plantains, coconut shrimp, and rum soaked pineapple were all really good. read more

Duffy's Love Shack - Lime in dee coconut. - Music Venues Near Me - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

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Went for the lobster and they had ran out of lobster. Had the chicken quesadilla. It was ok. Service was ok. Beer was warm.

Great place on a rainy Sunday afternoon (or any time). JW is a wonderful bartender. Amazing drinks!

Good food, friendly quick service. Lobster is great on Wednesdays there. Had a great time thanks to our server. The only down side was eating next to a busy parking lot. The employees knew this and were quick to tend to any needs. Had the hula burger with no pineapple, and the lobster special. Both were hot and tasty. Would eat again. read more

Duffy's Love Shack - Lobster special - Music Venues Near Me - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

If I could give it give zero stars, I would have. Service - terrible. Stood at door for ten mins. Literally was walking away and they decided to give us one of several open tables. But then waited another 15 mins .. but no server showed up. I finally just ordered drinks direct from the bar. Drinks- terrible , expensive and no alcohol (even though I ordered and paid for top shelf). The berry berry drink stated like straight corn syrup. The music was good but honestly the best part about Duffy's was leaving. read more

I never thought I would enjoy a parking lot bar so much! great service! I went on the "Ladies drink free" night and after a while as soon as the bartender would see me coming he would get my vodka cranberry ready! The vibe was friendly, the music was pretty good. I can't really complain! i had a great time! Oh and the food was awesome!!! yaayyy! read more

Well where do I start. We chose this place because it had a lot of stars and was open late by our air bnb. We get to the restaurant and it is not even at max capacity and we wait for a table... and wait.. and wait.. a line is forming.. we weren't smart enough to walk off. Mind you there are 4 to 6 open tables. We were acknowledged after 5-10 mins of being walked by. When we finally got seated 15 mins later or so we started wait number 2, but that's ok it's island time. We ordered the whole fried grouper and the Polynesian pu pu platter. It was unfortunately not worth the wait. Instead of a whole fish we got a small filet and I've had a better platter at Applebees. The drink I ordered was mediocre at best. Waiter was forgetful, but quirky and nice so I can leave it there. Service overall was terrible, but once again friendly and I understand the service industry and hey island life I general, but the food mediocre and best. Such a cool spot but we just won't be back. read more

We came during happy hour for an early dinner. $5 hot dogs, and some $7 appetizers. Food: average. We didn't love it. Nachos were okay but we had had better ones the night before. Hot dogs were fine. Just an average hot dog with some toppings. Nothing fancy, just cheap cost wise. The fish tacos ended up being soggy from the various condiments and fell apart. Lastly, the coconut shrimp ($7) was good but they were so small. I think it was six little baby shrimps for $7 during happy hour ($12 normally!) Not worth the money. If I had the opportunity I wouldn't return read more

Greg from Cleveland was fantastic! Very hospitable and a true craftsman when it comes to drinks. The Better Better Rum Punch is a must have while on the island! The Jerk Chicken Nachos were amazing as well as the Mahi Mahi Tacos and Coconut Shrimp. Greg had a wonderful music playlist going on as well! Thank you for a wonderful time when hosting me and Riha! Best, Sean Asad read more

Best food for kids on the island. Took my family here twice. The place is great. Staff is great as well. Highly recommend.

Heard wonderful things about this place. Not so much. First come first serve -We waited for 45 minutes. Sat down at the table and the waiter completely ignored us. We asked him and called him and he put his hand up and said no. Called us a bunch of Karen's. Group of 7 trying to eat dinner. Never again!!! read more

Who doesn't love a tiki bar that's in the parking lot of a strip mall? Bueller? What it lacks in location it makes up in Ladies' Nights and ambiance. Their collection of tiki glasses is incredible, you can get anything from a lady's bust to a tuna's head. Simple drinks are free for women on Tuesdays, but you'll have to pay for the delicious Painkillers or other tiki drinks. read more

Place was decent. I enjoyed sitting outside but it's basically a parking lot with tables. We were in a large party and one of the locals sat down with us to draw a picture and take advantage of our friend's good nature by asking for $20 for a simple drawing. I've come to expect this type of hustle on the island but it was a bit annoying at our dinner celebration. After the stranger began eating eating our appetizers, we had the bar tender round him up and leave us alone. Good service by wait staff and bar tender! read more

Oh no, it's a tiki bar in a parking lot! Oh no, the people become obnoxious! Calm the eff down. Tequila shots and upside down margaritas are $1.50 on Taco and Tequila Tuesdays. What do you think is going to happen when you mix pennies, booze and tourists? Come here for the totally casual atmosphere. Come here for the strong drinks. Come here for the large, concrete dance floor. If you're female, come here on Wednesday night and drink free from 9PM-12AM. Come for the hilarious bartenders and servers. But if you're not into a laid back, casual, fun, saucy atmosphere - do us all a favor and stay away! read more

Birthplace of the Mamas and Papas, at least as made famous in their autobiographical/self-mythologizing song "Creeque Alley". Duffy's hired John and Michelle Phillips and Denny Doherty (then known as the New Journeyman) as the bar's house band. Though coming together as a group, they were still missing the one final piece that would catapult them to stardom. Enter Cass Elliot Apparently, John Phillips was reluctant to let Cass join, partly because of her size, partly because she couldn't hit the proper notes in his elaborate four part harmonic arrangements. Walking down Creeque Alley one fateful day, Mama Cass was hit on the head by a lead heating coil, and thereafter, as the (perhaps apocryphal) story goes, she could finally hit the right notes, and the Mamas and the Papas were born. "Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations Can't go on indefinitely And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality" read more

WORST SERVICE EVER. As my newly wedded wife and I decided to dine in at Duffy's Love Shack, we both were starving and looking for something to eat on our first night of being married. Luckily we found Duffy's, unluckily we had one of the worst experiences from one of the most entitled, privileged waitresses I have ever met. The food was great, the environment was loud but bearable (it's basically a bar), and the seating was very small but again nothing to bag about on the establishment. However, as we were served by young women with a sleeve of tattoos running down here right arm didn't catch her name), we received our waters and entree. we received minimal service only 2 times in the beginning when ordering and at the end during check out. This is where the situation took a turn for the worst. My wife and I were low on cash and didn't know if we had enough money to eat and take a taxi home (which prices range from $8 to $25 going to our residency) so we decided to tip the server $2 which according to how much we paid $27 is just shy of 10 percent, a minimal tip for a minimal service. As my wife was going to the restroom. I waited outside the door when I heard the same waitress ask me where I was from? I told her as she approached, and she responded with, "they don't tip well where you are from?" My wife joined the conversation and the waitress continued to aggressively hound us. "What was wrong with my service?" And as we responded "nothing", she spat back "then why didn't you tip at least a $20." I was dumbfounded. Our food bill barely ran over $20. My wife and I then began walking away from the situation and responded that she could've given more service and her comeback was "maybe you should've eaten at McDonalds." We were offended and caught off guard by this privileged waitress. I hope no one had to repeat our experience because the food was great but the service was cheap. read more

Everyone recommended this place, and I don't know why. My husband and I stayed on the island for 8 days, and this was the first restaurant we went to for dinner. Over the entire trip, eating here was the worst experience on the whole island. The service was slow, and I mean S L O W. Look, I know we are on "island time" while here, but this was another level of slow. If I could look past the slowness, next is the service. The service was bad. Our waiter came by twice during our entire dinner. That's it. Once to take our drink order and once to check in on us. Someone else brought our drinks and food. When our drinks were placed, one spilled out slushie debris right on the table. The waitress simply turned around and kept walking. When our dinner arrived, we asked for a towel to wipe up the now melting alcoholic ice mixture. The waitress looked at us, placed our dinner plates over the melting mess and said, "I'll show you a trick my mother taught me," and walked away, placing the hot food plate on top of the melting ice pile. Next is the food. Sub par at best. The food here was the most unsatisfying, lack of flavorful meal we ate during our trip. Not worth the price or the experience when there are so many other good restaurants in Red Hook. I had the Fish Love tacos, and I've had better fish tacos in Philadelphia than in this island paradise. There wasn't a whole lot going on in this dish and I was disappointed. My husband ordered Jamaican Jerk Chicken Sandwich and felt it was just okay. After having such poor experiences in the dining area (which is in a parking lot), we paid our bill and went to the bar. The service at the bar was good and I have no real complaints about the bar staff. I will say, though, that while we were enjoying our drinks, some guy wondered into the bar from the parking lot and tried to start an (unprovoked) fist fight with my husband. This guy was very aggressive and while security watched the incident, did nothing. After ten minutes or so we left the establishment and vowed to not return. I know everyone says this is THE place to go, but I'm not sure for what. Maybe for a late night party, but I would recommend taking your business and money elsewhere. The staff could have cared less about our experience and that is unfortunate. read more

Came here on the recommendation of another couple we met while on a southern Caribbean cruise and we were quite pleased! This place is small and right in the middle of a parking lot, but the drinks are strong and the food is tasty! We tried the Caribbean pu-pu platter and it was pretty solid. It would have been nice to have a few more coconut shrimp to be honest, but otherwise we liked that we could throw a bite or two up onto the warmer for a quick blast of heat if needed. We ordered the shark tank to drink and it was monsterous. And strong. But that's how we like it! Great atmosphere, great service, and solid food and drinks. The bathroom is just about the smallest bathroom I've ever been in--but at least they have one. We'll be back if we're ever on the island again : ) read more

Duffy's Love Shack - The Caribbean pupu platter! - Music Venues Near Me - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

If your in St Thomas you have to go to Duffys Love Shack.It is a great Caribbean bar in a parking lot with great drinks n grub . Way cool at night a great place to pick up chicks or guys . Very cool tye dye t shirts. Also great loud music. read more

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