We had the absolute best experience at Nick's Boathouse in Pensacola, and Anastasia made it unforgettable. She is truly adorable -- so attentive, personable, and warm from the moment we sat down. She made us feel completely taken care of while still being fun and genuine. The crab legs were spectacular -- perfectly cooked and delicious -- and the view was just as incredible. Between the food, the scenery, and Anastasia's amazing service, it was one of those meals you don't stop talking about. We'll definitely be back, and we'll absolutely be asking for Anastasia again! read more

3.1 points? REALLY?? EVERY time we've gone there we've had great waitstaff, the food has been well presented, always hot, and VERY tasty! Not to mention the TERRIFIC view. We like it so much, it's become one of ouŕ two favorite restaurants to take our out-of-town guests! I give it FIVE stars *****! read more

Disappointing Thanksgiving Day dinner. I've eaten here on several previous Thanksgivings. Your turkey this year was DRY. Very very DRY! It was cooked to the point that the skin was tough. I had a difficult time cutting the skin on some pieces. One piece I picked up and knocked it against the table. It sounded like a rock hitting the table. The gravy used was way too salty. Sorry you cannot cover up dry meat with too salty of gravy. The next problem was the stuffing. It was mushy. I've never seen dressing that mushy. It's like the cook over cooked the dressing then added too much chicken broth to it in-order to cover up it being over cooked. Additionally, it lacked celery, sage, and pepper. It had plenty of salt! The last issue is the skillet potatoes. Now I've eaten all over the country, but I've never seen skillet potatoes served as a Thanksgiving side. Instant potatoes mixed with real potatoes would have been better than skillet potatoes. Still it's a beautiful restaurant with an incredible view but the view cannot make up for the food this year. I don't think we will be back next year. read more

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2 adults and 2 kids for lunch mid-week. Sat on nice outside deck. Crab cake sliders good. Good amount of calamari served with marinara sauce. Would have preferred a dill tartar sauce. Skip the fish tacos. Small - only tiny slice of prefab fish with pico de gallo and some lettuce. Had much better at other places with multiple sauces and more fish and veggies. Service just adequate. read more

Overpriced in my opinion, but a nice ambiance nonetheless. The only complaint I have is when we told our waiter the table was a bit sticky instead of wiping it down for us, he gave us a cloth to do it ourselves. The lunch is good. They do have a soup and salad special and their Caesar salad is amazing! The soups are good too. It's mostly seafood restaurant, hence the name and the location being on the water. If you like seafood try it out. Try to sit outside. It's a nice view. read more

Yummy drinks and great food! Love the view of the water. Tasha is a great server! She was attentive but not overwhelming lol read more

Nick's Boathouse - View of the patio - Seafood Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

Excellent view of Bruce Bay and outdoor patio seating! Food was good, lot of seafood options obviously and fried foods. Fried pickles was a great appetizer for the table. Service was friendly. Full bar available. Recommend for a laidback experience with plenty of outdoor seating. read more

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The young girl that served us was very nice and polite the food on the other hand not so good. Needs a better wine list, the Caesar salad was the worst I've had. We will not come back. read more

I was concerned when I walked in and there were three parties in the restaurant during spring break. Service was great, but the food was awful. My wife ordered salmon, and it came out completely raw. You could tell from the doneness on the edges versus the thicker part that it was cooked straight from frozen. The feta tasted old. I ordered fried shrimp. The fries and Brussels sprouts were okay, but the shrimp was bad. Obviously, cooked hours earlier, and reheated. Our waitress immediately discounted the meal by 50%, and you could tell she'd handled this situation many times. I tipped her well because she was great, but even with the discount, we paid $40 (not with tip) for a meal that came out of frozen bags and was poorly prepared. My guess is this place is already planning to close, and they're running the operation as cheap as possible read more

Nick's Boathouse - Raw salmon - Seafood Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

Great ambiance and an amazing water view. Service was friendly and professional. Food was pretty good and obviously, leaned more towards seafood. read more

Nick's Boathouse - Seafood Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

We waited 25 minutes for menus once we were seated at our table. We got our drinks before we were given the menus for ordering our food. The food came out in good timing, the risotto that was with the Parmesan crusted grouper was underdone. The shrimp and grits had good flavor and was cooked well. The ambiance was decent, the seating was nice on the outside. read more

Came in to treat my father in law for Father's Day on Friday before. We were sat right away. Server was Anastasia and she was great. Has a great view and live music was playing on deck outside. Y'all this was the WORST food we have all had in a longtime. We paid $160. For 4 meals and they were all horrible. The food was so SALTY I mean SALTY it wasn't even edible. All food taste like it had been pre frozen, shrimp not fresh, rice was worse the box rice you could make at home. Horrific!!! Never ever again YUCK! read more

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Steak tasted kinda like pot roast wasn't very good and the biscuits was missing even though it don't come with it I feel makes it more price worthy and of course a better steak Overall appetizer was good service and music was amazing read more

Nick's Boathouse - Blackened beef tenderloin - Seafood Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

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Food amazing The service is great The place is really beautiful too. Our first time in Pensacola and we definitely coming back. And it is pet friendly read more

Service was quick and friendly. Ambiance nice. Food was mediocre at best. We ordered the bay scallops with risotto and fried shrimp. The scallops were to be in a cream sauce. They came in a watery dish. Never had scallops floating in a watery broth. The shrimp and hush puppies were over cooked and tough. Server was attentive and ambiance was great. read more

Solid experience. oysters on the half were delicious. It was not crowded on a Wednesday and service was attentive. View was stunning and a pretty good meal was enjoyed. A little pricy but all tasted good. Gouda grits were good having never had grits before, surprisingly not heavy. read more

Nick's Boathouse - Seafood Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

It's on the water. We sat outside. We had a great meal. We had a couple a couple of lobster shrimp bisque and it had a lot of chunks in it which was nice. They have a lunch menu for $9:99. Two of us went with the pork chop and came on top of me mashed potatoes and really good string beans with a sliced onion in there sautéed interesting. My SIL had the pop corn shrimp, which came with french fries it was fried. There were plenty of shrimps. They were not cheap on it. Dolly was a great server. She made our lunch very pleasant. read more

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Great happy hour and appetizers. Bartender is very attentive and easy to talk to with great service.

Excellent seafood selection with very reasonable prices. I had the crab claws special at $19 with an appetizer of oysters on the half shell at $2 each. My date got an Old Fashioned and I had a Bourbon Smash. Both were very good. Our server was Tasha. She was excellent! read more

Nick's Boathouse - Old Fashioned and Bourbon Smash - Seafood Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

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Salmon with Burre (sp?) Blance sauce was broken during last July 4th lunch visit. A broken sauce is straight up laziness. Clearly had new butter nuked into it as it was left over from the night prior. If the kitchen can't make/ keep fresh & properly prepared sauces during hours of operation, hiring managers need to look elsewhere for kitchen staff. The place was nicely full of patrons so it wasn't simply poor attendance that encouraged a lazy, careless hand with sauce . Fast forward to a recent visit, on a weekday for a late lunch: I was seated at a bar table whose top was AS sticky as was the menu, both sides. After trying multiple times, I was obviously able to free said menu, now turned off to my visit. Ordered Chèvre ( goat cheese) "crostini" " with blueberry compote and bacon lardons", per the menu description. Love Chèvre; love a crispy, crunchy crust and a somewhat pillowy interior, laden by pockets of trapped air. When the dish arrived, I felt duped & peeved for $10. Four TINY, 1/3 of an inch tall, thoroughly crunchy ( think more like an old school Melba toast crunch) pieces of what ate/ chewed like stale bread. The slices were very slight in height and were a max of 2.5- 2.75 inches long/ wide. The "Chèvre" , by sight alone, was barely swiped onto the would-be crouton bread ( definitely NOT "crostini") in such a barely-there manner that I was so regretting not trying another restaurant. No tang, no real Chèvre flavor except entirely too salted; I've not experienced salty Chèvre, ever. Let's not forget the "lardons" of bacon.: Zero lardons on the plate. Nuked, standard bacon at approximately one curled- up inch per crouton slice topped the needlessly salty cheese. The gulf coast ubiquitous fried shrimp AND accompanying French fries were not seasoned with anything just out of the fryer. Shrimp were a generous size and maybe six or seven on the plate; they were also hot. The fries were heavy and mushy which, I know means that the fry oil wasn't allowed to reach max temp , in what was a sadly truncated fry fry. Ugh, they were definitely colder than the shrimp which in turn, leaves the diner struggling how to salt a cool pile of French fries ( can't season if the kitchen doesn't pay attention & season AS fried foods emerge from the fryer). Ive spent a few hundred dollars @ Nicks on my visits & given the place opportunities to demonstrate that the kitchen cares AS much about the experience of the lunch or mid afternoon patron, as evening diners. Only rarely do I seek a comp & I did not here because given enough chances over the past two-ish years, Ive determined that I will not return to Nicks, any longer. It's an early aughts bayside restaurant with plenty of indoor and out, seating. Pop Rocks of satellite radio sets the vibe such that if you're over 45ish, this music is nicely familiar without feeling dated. Servers are attentive & try to make small asks, happen sans making the patron feel like a pain in the rear. It's a good enough place to fill your belly & nothing terrible about it. As dining out becomes increasingly more of a luxury, the $65 for an app, a fried entree, & two glasses of vino for a single patron, will be better spent doing serious due diligence as where next to dine for a kitchen that shows its' care for the quality of food execution. read more

Great view and the BEST bisque I've ever tasted!! Staff is super friendly and they have a sweet cat named Bay Bay outside. read more

I love Nicks Boathouse, I come often, it was a shame to find out they took the fried pickles away, and they no longer make their ranch homemade. But over all the food is still good, I LOVE our server Alex, she always makes me feel welcome everytime i come in! she definitely needs a raise :) read more

This place was honestly terrible. It feels like an apple-bees but much worse. They got the orders all wrong. The margaritas were not margaritas. They weee just sugary shit. The fish was not fresh and not prepared correctly. This place was honestly terrible. read more

Nice place near downtown Pensacola and Wahoo stadium. Went with my wife before a baseball game. We were kind of before dinner so it wasn't crowded at all. We were greeted and sat promptly. We opted for outside even tho it was pretty warm. Great table with a nice water view. I has the blackberry mule and boathouse mahi tacos. My wife had the coconut shrimp platter and the makers peach julep. Food and drink both good. Service was efficient and friendly. Nice place to try while in Pensacola. read more

Nick's Boathouse - Seafood Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

Brooke jones was an excellent server!! She was very attentive and friendly. We had a great experience!

Fabulous service and no wait on a Wednesday at 6:30 pm. Seated outside with a nice breeze. The lobster & shrimp bisque was actually a cheese soup with a couple pieces of mini shrimp; not impressed. The fried pickles were served hot with a side of ranch and delicious. The sweet potato fries were hot, flavorful and crisp served with a clear honey syrup. A glass of moscato was $8.00. Not impressed. read more

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Very disappointing. We went for dinner on 3/9. Our server was kind but said they were understaffed and no bartender. Our order was wrong, some items never arrived. Drinks were not good, food was barely warm. Place was clean, great views. We won't be back. read more

With exception of the crab, shrimp & spinach dip, the food was great. Bountiful servings, my fried shrimp was awesome! What got me was we told our waitress that the dip was way too salty to eat, she replied "well the table over there is eating it"! Not an ideal way, in my opinion, to problem solve. read more

Nicks used to be one of our favorite downtown restaurants. Went there for lunch today and found they have changed their menu. Prices have gone up and they give you less food. They have also changed the bread type on their fish sandwich. The bread is an artisan style bread soaked in olive oil; so much so that you can't even taste the fish. read more

Menus were mildewed and the food was bland. Staff was friendly enough but they had a whole patio of tables but gave a couple a hard time when they didn't want to be sat so close to other guests. read more

We love Nick's Boathouse! Rachelle takes care of us and is over and above helpful and kind! We will ask for her every time we come in from now on. We really appreciate her great service! Highly recommend this restaurant. Great food with a wonderful view! read more

Had coconut shrimp salad amd was delicious Rachelle was awesome and sweet Very clean and quiet read more

First time here from out of time and I had a craving for some kinda seafood dip. After researching for a local spot to where I was vacationing at we found this spot. With a 3 star rating I still took that chance to try it out. The crab and shrimp dip with chips were really good coming from a New Orleans native. Our service was good also. read more

Nick's Boathouse - Crab & Shrimp Dip - Seafood Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

Brooke was great She was the best waitress ever We will come again just because of her service. read more

Tried to purchase a gift card for a Christmas gift, they charged me for it then told me the gift card will be emailed to my Gmail. Never received any confirmation or gift card. Called back for two days in a row for them to tell me I needed to reach out to corporate! Silly me for falling for this scam. read more

Horrible experience, they have only two servers, the food was cold and one of the main courses was undercooked, everyone's order a salad and was soggy! I don't know what happened use to be one of my favorite places, Dont go, don't waste your money and your time! read more

Great service and food! Wonderful location with a stellar view. It has a family friendly feel.

My fiancé & I stopped by before hitting the beach. We weren't fond of this place. For the price we paid, the food just wasn't there. We ordered Alaska Snow Crab, Fried Seafood Platter & raw oysters. The snow crab was too overcooked. We couldn't even break the legs without the whole leg bending and being flimsy which smooshed the crab meat. The oysters weren't bad. It didn't smell or taste bad and the fried platter was alright. Fries were cold and soaked in oil. Other than that, the service was good. read more

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Excellent service from our server, Brooke Jones. Please give her a raise and promotion...Absolutely Exceptional Service, Food, and Attitude! The best shrimp tacos I have had....My son enjoyed the burger so much he had two! Great lunch and day! God is Good! Have a profitable and prosperous day in the Lord! Christopher McQueen, Sr & Christopher McQueen, Jr. ( CJ )! read more

Very fast service and good food, I was not disappointed. On the bay ambience was great and our waitress Cara was excellent.