We have had awesome experiences this week at Duffy's love shack! So much so we bought merch the last night:) while this is an awesome place we have had a really disappointing encounter with sarah. We arrived there and waited for a server but never got one so we went up to the bar and they asked if we were helped by the server, apparently she said "f**k no" to helping us when we sat down (mind you 5 of us are servers and understand the service industry). About 8 of us sat at a table, nobody else was at the restaurant, she chose to walk right between us and an empty table that had a tight space when she could've taken many other routes. She ended up saying "you're in the way" to one of us at the table which immediately had us leaving. Customers are never in the way when the entire resultant is open except 3 bar seats. Like I said this place is awesome but this server was not. Every other bartender and server was awesome!! Dannlee and JW were awesome tho!! read more

Duffy's Love Shack is located off Red Hook Road in St Thomas Island next to a ton of restaurants & bars including XO Bistro, Sake House Thai & Sushi, Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club, Raw Sushi & Sake Bar, Pesce Italian Restaurant, Sunny Days Ice Cream, Tap & Still Redhook, Caribbean Saloon Steakhouse & Bar, Lattes in Paradise, Island Time Pub, & Red Hook Marina. Duffys Love Shack presents a great tropical vibe with tikis everywhere, a tiki Hut structure, tropical island music, and a large variety of souvenir cups including tikis, parrots, monkeys, and even sharks! To drink, we got a Pirates Painkiller which consisted of pineapple juice, orange juice, cream of coconut, grated nutmeg, grand Marnier, & rum 10/10, a bushwacker which consisted of amaretto, kahlua, rum, Irish cream, coco Lopez, & frangelico 10/10, and a Jaws drink served in a Great White Shark Souveiner cup 10/10! We got a huge 3lb carribean lobster which had a tail 3 times thicker than the typical Maine lobsters available in the United States. It came with potatoes corn butter and lemon and was cooked perfectly. Definitely very tasty! 10/10 The Mahi Mahi sandwich was fresh, well cooked, and not too dry and came with cole slaw and fries and pretty well priced. 9/10 Our server was very friendly and quick. I highly recommend coming here for some nice souvenir glasses, drinks, top notch music, and top notch food if you're in the St Thomas Island, Red Hook area! read more

Such a fun place! Bartenders are amazing, especially Todd....try the fun shots and take home the souvenirs!

I stopped here last Wednesday and I tried really hard to be optimistic. But to be honest, this ain't it! The tacos were not seasoned. I was expecting jerk chicken but i guess whoever seasoned it was a bigger jerk ‍‍‍. The chicken tasted as if it was seasoned with water. This food did not bring me the joy I was hoping it would. So instead, I fed it to the stray animals who were lounging around outside. They loved it! If I went back to the island, I wouldn't go back to this restaurant. read more

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If you're looking for a bar to hangout and have a good drink, I suggest Duffy's. All the bartenders are great, especially Esteban. The chili fries with onions and sour cream is the way to go. Planning on coming back for the lobster. If so, look for part two. read more

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Bartender Todd was great! The lobster was amazing! We had a great time, although the music was a bit too loud.

We made a couple visits here because it has such a great atmosphere and we really loved all the food, drinks and music! We shared everything so we could taste everything and all 7 of us agreed it was fantastic! read more

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The red hook area is a nice place to walk and check out few stores. We decided to grab a quick bite here before the beach. Cute little spot in the plaza. Not super impressed with the food or drinks. First, the jungle juice caught our eyes on the happy hour menu but the waiter informed us that all the drinks on that list were just small shots. No worries, we just ordered it from regular menu. It's a frozen drink with a little alcohol. I didn't really like the mixture. He wouldn't tell us what was in the drink. We told him of allergies which he then informed us that pineapples were definitely in there so my friend steered away to mango. The mango tango was blah; gave the taste of medicine. The wings were the better option of the two. Conch fritters lacked flavor in my opinion. Try some other things on the menu. Still a cool and relaxed place, with background music. read more

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Food was mediocre. Service was slow. Ordered extra tartar sauce which never showed up. Brought my wrong drink at first. Lobster special wasn't being offered. There are many good places to dine at on St Thomas. We probably will not return to Duffy's. read more

What a cool and eccentric place to eat and hang out at! We went there 3 times in the week we were in the USVI. They have the best jerk chicken I've ever had and our server Erica made us feel welcome and was the best part of the experience! Make sure you stop here if you visit, you won't regret it! read more

This "parking lot bar" in Red Hook was such a fun, cool place! I cannot speak on the food, as my husband & I stopped here just for some fun drinks in their amazing souvenir mugs on our last full day on the island. We walked in & seated ourselves at the bar. Ordered two drinks, which were served to us in normal clear plastic cups, had to tell our bartender we wanted the special ceramic glasses, but was no issue for her to swap them out for us. My husband ordered the "Funky Monkey" which came in a monkey mug. This was a frozen drink with bananas, Irish cream, & butterscotch liqueur. It was delicious, but incredibly sweet. I had the "Bushwacker" in a parrot mug, another frozen drink made with amaretto, Kahlua, rum, Irish cream, coco lopez, & frangelico. It was so good, & sweet, but not too sweet. I loved it! The mugs were the best part, & a lot cheaper than I thought the drinks would have been in ceramic mugs. My husband also had a "Voo Doo, You Doo" shot in a plastic alligator, & the "Zoom Zoom" shot in a car shot glass with a plastic whistle. They were so cute & fun! I wish we had tried this place out earlier into our trip, as I would have wanted to come here for their delicious drinks and cool mugs every day of our trip, but I am so glad we did on our last full day. We came here around 2 in the afternoon, and the place was not busy at all. It was a nice stop on our trip! I loved the place so much, I had to get a souvenir T-shirt as well! They have a whole menu or shirts you can choose from as well. read more

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Come for the Tiki vibe stay for the hilarious bartenders and awesome ceramic Tiki themed glasses you get to keep when ordering the drinks the come with them. We walked away with six at the end of the night lol. The drinks were also really good too. Great music. Chill vibes. Everyone was laughing smiling and just having fun. Also, if you're feeling froggy... order a pu pu platter. If we lived on St Thomas we'd be here all the time! read more

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Great food, best lobster on the island. Great service and environment. Highly recommend. Arrive at Duffy's early if you don't like waiting.

Cool , relaxing bar with great food ,,, Drinks were good !!! We drove from the other side of the island at night so didn't get to explore the drink menu as we would like to but the food was great !!! I had the steak n fries !!! Amazing streak , listen it's a thin cut steak so it's either rare ,medium or well !!!( for the annoying steak ppl) Chilled vibe great food read more

We LOVED Duffy! Went to St Thomas for our honeymoon and we still talk about this place! Drinks are the best on the island. And we still use our collection of cups all the time. Service was always top notch! read more

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Don't come for the food....it's that bad. If you are hungry have a few drinks first so that you are not as aware of the garbage that you are ingesting. Duffy's Love Shack has a nice Caribbean atmosphere and semi cheap drinks. The music is also pretty good. Drinks move quick and in the two hours that I was there I saw two young girls in separate parties needing assistance out of the small bar/restaurant and into their transportation. Since it was before 9 pm I am guessing that the rumors are true and things really heat up after hours. Taxis hang out around the bar so when you are ready to leave finding transportation is not a problem. read more

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Best cocktails and pulled pork nachos in the world Fun bar dancing and 2 for one specials read more

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Best bar in a parking lot in Red Hook, VI;, high Tiki-ness value with good cocktails, pupu-pupils platters, live chickens, reasonable fun...Todd the bartender can do it all with a smile. read more

Duffys looks like it just is....the drinks are amazing the food is great and the service is prompt. Lol maybe a little too prompt. Nothing like getting your appetizer and meal at the same time. Like hurry up and get out. Lucky it was Lobster Night for me. We ate it all! Wings, nachos, burgers, jerk chicken sandwich, quesadilla, lobster and s'mores There were 7 of us. So good. read more

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First the good....Esteban the bartender was great. Drinks are good. The ugly....the female bartender before him was less friendly. The lobster special - the lobster was so chewy and tough. I think it's how they cook it. The corn was ok, soaked in butter. The potatoes were plain boiled. There are no tools to crack the lobster with. Just not impressed. read more

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Why am I giving a little shack off a street in the parking lot 5 stars. It's because it is a shack. It states it in its name and it's good. Most of the restaurants we have been to have been over priced. This one is value for what it is. Fish and chips - fish caught daily. $16 Asian pupu platter $26 so yummy. It had beef skewer yum, chicken wings, pork riblets. Comes with flames to reheat or char. My boys had shrimp basket and hanger they both said it was good. I'm finding food on the island expensive. This was reasonable. I think we'll come back before our vacay is over. read more

This is not a fancy Caribbean cuisine restaurant - this is an open air bar with a variety of Caribbean dishes and a variety of frozen beach beverages. If you want fancy, don't go here. If you want a local vibe with good food and drinks, then this is the place to go. Prices are reasonable and portions are fair in size. There are chickens that sometimes walk through the open air seating/venue. The ambiance is definitely beach bar style. If this is what you're interested in, you should check it out. read more

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A pretty awful experience. I try to give joints the benefit of the doubt during COVID but this was up there for worst dining experience ever. Menu has decent options but there were out of stock of stuff that looked good (i get it, COVID), but the other stuff we ordered alternatively was pretty bad. It could have been the fact that clearly it had been forgotten in the back and came out cold, but even if the right temp, it would have been bad. On top of that, we had items on our bill we didn't order, which is not a COVID thing. I would avoid this joint. read more

Food was very good. Grouper and fish fry was amazing. Our waiter was cool and laid back. I would recommend read more

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Cool place for after dinner drinks. The waiters make sure they get your order right. Most of the drinks are rum based. They have outdoor and indoor seating. It's small but still a nice place to hang out in town. Their staff is attentive and love working at Duffy's. This place is right in the center of Red Hook. Taxis are out front too. They do serve food but I didn't try any. Looks like basic bar food. read more

This is an absolute must if you love great drinks, great food, and a great atmosphere! Our bartender Brice was great and my husband and I loved chatting with him! We had the jerk chicken and fried shrimp and WOW! We would absolutely recommend coming here during your trip! read more

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THE VIBE WAS AMAZING. Located in Red Hook, on the strip of a lot of bars, and restaurants. Great drink menu, most drinks have the option of being upgraded to having a sourviener cup. The food was standard bar food, seating was a bit limited. read more

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Waiter was super cool and fun. Menu was diverse and very good. Atmosphere was great loved it. Overall kinda a bar food vibe, but good bar food. Souvenirs were also very cool with cups you could buy and shirts. Loved it. read more

Island vibes, friendly staff, delicious food, what more can you ask for?! Out of every restaurant me and my husband went to on our honeymoon, Duffy's was our favourite. The staff is inviting, and incredibly helpful if you need tips or recommendations. The food was hot, fresh, and super flavourful! And the drinks! SO good, and super big for the low price. If you are in St. Thomas or Redhook this place is a MUST! You will not be disappointed! read more

This place really should re evaluate their interpretation of customer service... A group of friends and I were looking forward to dining at this establishment, as we heard great reviews since the start of our vacation. This being our last day, we decided to try the place out , before heading out to the airport. It just reached the lunch hour (12 pm) and we thought there would be a good chance at some availability. We waited outside for about 10 minutes, for a server to greet us. Since no one approached us, I decided to go in and seek assistance, to only be met with a seemingly bothered employee. I asked if there were any seats available. His response: "What!?!" I repeated myself. His response: "yeah, no... we have nothing available". He turned his backed to me and continued whatever he was doing. He didn't specify how long the wait time was nor if we were wiling to wait. Not two minutes later, a white group approached the same area, to wait to be seated. Not only did someone come out IMMEDIATELY, but they were also seated right away! Confused by the blatant racist treatment my friends and I received, I asked why seating miraculously became available, when not when 5 minutes prior we were shunned from dining here. I was told " do not start the drama, do you want to be seated or not!?" At this point, I was just so shocked at the way I was being spoken to, that we just decided to dine elsewhere. The entire parking lot witnessed what transpired and a few people were emphatically giving us alternative options for food... pointing out that Duffy's is notorious for this mistreatment. Honestly, I am embarrassed for this restaurant. Given today's climate, they should be more mindful of their actions. Be careful who you inadvertently support with your consumer dollars. read more

Fun dive bar buzzing with energy that sits right in the parking lot of a strip shopping center in Red Hook. Grab a food menu and a drink menu (each attached to a pice of bamboo) and find a seat. Servers are friendly and efficient and all items arrive pretty quickly. The drink and dining vibe is 'tiki bar," and that is just good fun. Many of the drinks come out in really nice looking souvenir glassware. We chose disposable cups (somewhat smaller cocktails). The drinks all seemed interesting but like all tropical cocktails, they are sweet. A drink called "Tropical Itch" certainly did not disappoint. It had a cherry lime-aid taste that was out of this world (provided you love sweet things). After a big lunch we decided to go light so we shared a flaming Polynesian pu-pu platter (FUN!) with all kinds of sweet and savory treats including shrimp gyoza, delicious tropical wings, steak skewers, riblets, fried sweet plantains and grilled pineapple marinated in 151 rum. We could have benefited from some savory items (especially with our sweet fruity cocktails) but instead we ordered "Coco Loco Shrimp," fried butterflied coconut shrimp with a delicious sweet dipping sauce concocted in house. There were so many other good things to choose from on the menu including a host of 1/2 lb burgers and a Cuban sandwich. Maybe next time. Oh, and the prices made us feel like we weren't even in the Virgin Islands--they were very reasonable. I would love to return on our next trip to St. Thomas. Fun is the operative word about everything in this place. read more

Great atmosphere, live music, good food,free parking. Also has outside dining. Fair priced and friendly staff read more

Right on the street. In the action. Food,groceries. Drinks,music maybe and people watching. Got it going on. *****

So much fun! A weird bar in a parking lot. Great atmosphere, lovely staff and good food! We went with kids and all had a super fun time! The s'mores platter for dessert was a big hit! read more

Update. Went back again bc this time we really were hungry. Came in during the last bit of happy hour. Got what we thought was a ton of food (ate nearly all of it!). Coco loco shrimp was a happy hour special. We also got the carribean pupu - get this. It was yum! The plantains - if they were made from my island they would be soaked in coconut. Yumm. The taste was so spot on delicious. We also had the fried grouper and seared ahi tuna. I am not a big fan of fried seafood but have to give the grouper a thumbs up. A little heavy on the breading but cooked very well and wasn't dry. The ahi plate was full!!!! It was more than we expected. Amazing. Such a great experience compared to yesterday. The restaurant down the street was nowhere near satiating or even half as good. And we spent double there! So happy we made the second trip'. Five star for the waiter - Dan from duffys. And the food was very filling. But fair warning. Ya gotta like it fried. :) Walked in. Found a table. And then this SHARK started chomping and fog spewed out of the walls! And thennnn the b52s love shack started blasting over the speakers. MY KIND OF PLACE!! Now I'm tentatively posting a four star only we are going to go back and check out more of the items on the menus. We got a few drinks and well apart from the little plastic trinket on a couple of them - they were good. We got the bushwhacker and the flying fish (whew thems were strong) lol. Definitely went to try the food next time. A good entertaining location. Weird location but good enough. We parked at the covered paid parking. Easy walking distance. But saw that there was parking in the location but said only one hour. And we decided bc parking is scarce to just pay for the parking. :) read more

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We had an absolute blast at the love shack! We enjoyed our time there so much we ended up going back the very next night for another meal. Great environment, lots of fun, great music, and the bartenders have great personalities Small place, be prepared to wait, but definitely worth it. Good happy hour! read more

This is the worst establishment. Very very disorganized, incompetent host (male). Looks like the orders take a while based on what we saw around us. The host stated everything on the menu was available and we waited 20 mins to have a hostess come over to let us know "only fried food is available." Also, no capacity at all to move you outside (like Tap & Still) if it rained (and it was starting to rain and not inviting at all. I suggest going to Tap & Still the host and hostess; and the waiters are super sweet. read more

This place honestly sucks in comparison to what it use to be prior to Covid and the last 2 major hurricanes. Been coming to the islands almost consistently since 2005, but had not been back since 2019 this time. Brought friends with us and their first experience and i have to say they did not great us like they usually do. Sarcastic comments made by staff about happy hour. The sever was rude as all get out and snapped at my better half for no reason what so ever. They were not impressed at all. We didn't go back and we won't go back - in addition we will stop telling our friends to go there. Normally we would have been there every day. When we mentioned our experience to others on the island including business owners they said they were not surprised. Wow that speaks volumes. It's a shame that such a fun business has gone to crap. read more

Fun vibe good drinks get service overall. Very nice place for kids as well. Had a live band which was cool.

We had two great visits in the past two weeks. Love the variety of drinks and the unique shots. The only disappointment was that they always seem to be out of something! Service was terrific. read more

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