Great seafood specials and the live entertainment was great. Amazing guitar player.

If I could give them a zero I would. We waited an hour and a half for our food while people all around us received theirs. The only thing difference between them and us is the color of our skin. When I did receive my order which was to be a combo basket of mahi-mahi and shrimp there was no shrimp. My drink had an insect in it and had to be replaced. I went to the bar myself and asked the bartender to make it again and showed him the insect. I am an essential worker and this is the first vacation I've had since the pandemic began and I am extremely disappointed! Skip this restaurant! See the attached picture of my blackened mahi-mahi which was extremely chewy. I couldn't even eat it and I had to get something else to eat. I hate writing bad reviews for restaurants because sometimes it's just circumstantial but the manager wouldn't even come out to speak to me you're my fiancé. They sent representatives who were servers. Very unprofessional! Overall a horrible experience! read more

chicken wrap was filled with tender spicy chicken. Never seen so many people party to live dueling pianos. Wait staff helped the party along with strong drinks. best time I've had in months. This is the place to: party, people watch, drink, eat, dance, be entertained, watch sports. read more

Great daytime dining while in the village....but so much more fun for drinks at night! Dueling piano bar and great crowds for fun. Lots a bachelorettes so be ready for silly fun! Kid friendly until around 9pm I think read more

Absolutely LOVE their Rum Runners!! The only alcoholic beverage I will actually drink! Can't wait to go back!! My first drink when I turned 21 was from here and I have loved it ever since! This is my go to place to grab drinks and some delicious food!!!! read more

Had the Caesar salad with fried shrimp and my husband had the fried shrimp platter with fries and pups. Best shrimp we've had out in years, perfectly cooked. Tender and not over cooked. Waitress attentive but not overbearing. Saturday at 2 pm. Soccer on the bigscreen inside or lovely weather out. I will be back. read more

I've been seated for 20 minutes and no one has come to even tell us they will be here soon. We have mentioned that we are here about half way into our 20 minutes, but still no service. I'll review it, if we ever get food. Or even water. So hungry, lol. About 30 minutes in I was able to flag down a waitress. She was really nice, but warned me that it would be at least an hour and a half before we could get any food. It would have been nice to be warned of that before we were seated, and even better before we sat for 30 minutes. We had to go ahead and leave without food because there was no way my toddler would have made it 1.5 hours before even having an appetizer. Overall, the only good thing I can say is that the other patrons' food looked and smelled good. read more

I have seen many negative reviews about Rum Runners on here and yes .. It smells like a bar and yes it is touristy.. But my rum runners drinks did the Job and my food was actually very good . The service has been great. Drinks r staying full. But I didn't come at Rush and I asked what was good... read more

Poor Rating is for the food quality. Had the blackened mahi-mahi sandwich. It came with 2 very thin chewy strips of fish, it was like eating 2 strips of beef jerky on a bun. The bun was good and the fries were good. No one else in our group had a good meal either. The poor waitress had way too many tables and we had to send someone to find her as we sat for about 10 mins waiting to take our drink order. Overall the service was very slow. The dueling pianos were fun, but we were in the back and they had speakers that had them way too loud and we couldn't hear each other talk through the whole meal. read more

Great drink prices, great entertainment! Wish we had found this place earlier.

I don't give a lot of 5 star reviews but we really liked this place. The piano player was fun and the food was good. We found the prices very reasonable too. Shift changed before we left and got to see some of the dueling pianos and they were good too. We would come back here again. read more

Let me start out by saying that we are locals. We have been there several times before and enjoyed the food atmosphere and drinks. However, this time was far from the others, and in fact we will never be back. I wish I could rate the food from this last time but that's impossible because after being there for an hour we were only given the opportunity to order drinks, that were never refilled. We were so frustrated by the time our waitress came back we asked for our ticket and to speak to the manager. The manager was unwillingly and disinterested in our complaints. We left no tip on our $7 bill, however after looking at our credit statement the waitress took it upon herself to leave a $4 tip for her absolute terrible and unworthy service. We only leave 1 star and wish we could leave none, hoping that this can't be changed by Rum Runners. read more

The frozen drinks here are pretty good - I had of course the Rum Runner and probably could have had five more. The drink really didn't taste watered down at all and the ice was the perfect consistency for drinking. There were two dueling pianos playing if you like that kind of thing. Seems like a place for an older crowd - most people at the bar looked 40+ on the nights we went. So if you like pianists playing classic rock and rum drinks - stop by :) read more

Got 5 drinks between me and the girlfriend and they all were sour. Gave them the benefit of a doubt but when you have a minimal amount of beers on tap (3) and they are all sour thats a bad sign. Dont order draft at all. Just an overall poor experience and a lot of potential. Just seems like no one cares. I wouldnt go back. read more

great drinks! Food was a bit spicy! Watched the FIFA World Cup while I ate! Great and fast service!! The air conditioning felt good! The atmosphere was comfortable! Overall enjoyed myself! read more

I was simply disappointed. Having heard great reviews I headed in with great expectations for a "last night" seafood dinner. Our waiter was far from attentive. My order arrived slightly cold and without the hush puppies. When he finally brought them to me you can imagine my shock of only seeing two small hush puppies on the plate! Acme across the street serves a much better meal (6 hush puppies with the shrimp platter!) with excellent service at the same price. The live entertainment was also overrated. read more

Entertainment was great and Mike Johnson is my favorite piano player ever. I am not sure if he is still there but if you catch him you will be glad you did. There was a really nice bartender when we went. Drink prices are reasonable and Food was great. read more

If I could give this 0 stars I would! Let me tell you about our night. We are staying at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort which has a Rum Runners on the property. When my husband and I walked in we had arm bands put on us that said we were of legal drinking age. And although this is spring break week, the place was not packed at all. We chose to sit outside, as we are smokers. We were the only ones out there. We had a great server named Bethany who went above and beyond. She was also very sweet. I can't say enough good things about her. We had a couple of Mojitos, which were decent. Now we had our 3 teenage boys with us on this trip, and they had been walking around the resort (one of our sons has joined the army national guard and leaves for basic in May. This was our last vacation with him before he leaves) Our boys saw us sitting outside and came to talk to us. They stood outside the rope separating the "bar" from the walkway. At one point I left to use the restroom. When I came back, I found everyone visibly upset. What I found out was that while I was in the restroom, my husband had asked our server to bring 3 Dr. Peppers for the boys and had told them to have a seat with us. Remember now, we were the only ones out there. As soon as my boys crossed the rope, a bouncer came out and yelled at them "get your f***ing asses back over the f***ing rope!". When I found out what happened, I went in and cancelled our order and asked Bethany to get our check. The bouncer in question was standing nearby and began to attack me and told me to leave, saying something about how he was ex special forces...whatever! I come from 5 generations of military service. Special forces never talk about being special forces. This punk was nothing more than a rude wannabe who thought he had a little power. Not one to take things like this lying down, I demanded to speak to a manager. Things escalated, the bouncer was sent home, and the manager apologized to us. The thing is, had it been a rule that underage people weren't allowed there, why the arm bands? And if they weren't allowed, all he had to say was "boys, get back on the other side of the rope". There was no call for his attitude or actions! None! Avoid this place like the plague!!!! There are too many other, much more enjoyable places to go on this resort. Don't bother with this garbage. read more

We were very happy with our dinner there. We each had the fish of the day, one Sautéd and one orleans. Meals were both excellent. Nice portion of vegetables which was very nice after a lot of eating out on vacation. Service was also very good. We went back another night for a drink and dialing piano bar which was fun too. read more

The dualing pianos are great. The food is just crap. The Caesar salad I had was so bad. The dressing had to be from a can. The grouper sandwich was a train wreck. The fries were ok. The crab cake was amateurish. The best part of this meal was the music. The service was sub par as well and it was NOT busy. Bad experience. read more

Typical dueling piano bar.....nothing special...just run of the mill good time

This restaurant had the worst customer experience I've ever had. It took the waiter 20 minutes to take our order then another hour and a half to get our food. To top it off they told us that they ran out of the entrée when we received the other meals. They even charged us for the item that they ran out of. I would never go back here. read more

Do NOT go here. Our first waitress was awesome but we were outside and eaten by mosquitos so we changed tables after eating and went inside. Second waitress was extremely rude. There were 20 open tables in the restaurant and she told us we would need to order a second meal or leave the restaurant and stand at the bar. Horrible experience. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY. read more

Horrible service when we came on a Friday night! Soup, salad and appetizers took 30 minutes when there was no wait. Out of our 12 dinners, 10 came out an hour later and the last two meals came after those who had already received theirs. Then they made excused for why the last two were late. ALL excuses!! No manager visit or anything. I would never recommend this place to anyone!!!! read more

Everyone was so friendly! The drinks were really strong so big ups to the bartenders!! The food was really good as well! They don't close until 2:00 on Fridays! Live Music, great people and a good time!! read more

Servers were only looking for tips, they could care less about positive customer service. I wish I knew their names but they were so rude. I'll be sure to get their name's and further review them tomorrow morning. DON'T GO HERE read more

This place is terrible the service is a joke we had a terrible waitress it took us 35 min after sitting down to get our drinks and the food was terrible almost all of us got the wrong meals I got the shrimp sandwich the roll it was on was hard as a rock and it didn't have the cheese on it and also the frys were like cold sponges we also got a strawberry daiquiri it was ok so we got another and it tasted like something else do we told them and they acted like we were crazy and made another one and it tasted fine then bassicly stay away from this place thier food is terrible and thier service is terrible as we'll read more

We went for a girls night out. The dueling piano bar was fun but the air conditioner wasn't quite enough so it was horribly hot. Food was ok but nothing special. I think we had a new waitress or an overwhelmed one service was not good read more

The piano is fun, and the party atmosphere is great. A little tourist-y, but probably 100% of the patrons are tourists, so there you go. During our long weekend at Sandestin, this is the only place we visited more than once. read more

The food was pretty good. And you can't beat sitting outside, enjoying the weather, Christmas music and lights. But the service was awful. Almost no one else there, but we were allowed to sit there with empty drinks for 20 minutes plus. (And we're talking alcoholic drinks here, not cups of water!) They also got my dinner order wrong. And forgot to give us our discount until reminded. In summary, I doubt I'll go back. read more

So disappointed! We always love coming here for the fun and awesome piano playing. We walked in last night and were overwhelmed by the pungent smell of urine. Our friends came to meet us and also smelled the urine. We walked right out. How could anyone stand that smell, much less eat or drink there!? Hello management? Clean your floors! Ew! read more

Staying in the nearby Hilton Sandestin resort, we came because there is a free shuttle. Nice outdoor seating overlooking a manmade lagoon. Chris was our server. He was excellent. Very engaging and knowledgeable. The ceviche was good as an appetizer. Two of us had the fried grouper sandwich which was fantastic. Not sure if they offer it all the time. Their fries were also very good. read more

It was great and the atmosphere was awesome until one of the security guards kicked us out and was very rude and disrespectful. One person in our party vaped on the outside patio and was told not to anymore but didn't tell the other 6 of us not to. Then when another person vaped and didn't know it was not allowed, we were told to leave the bar. It would've been completely fine if the whole party were told not to vape but only one person was told while the couple beside us was smoking cigarettes. While speaking to the manager he said he doesn't kick people out for vaping but one worker was set on kicking us out because the majority of us were unaware of the rule. My family spent a large about of money at this bar and were very disappointed with the service that was given at this point. Nice establishment but we may not return if the same worker remains employed. read more

Terrible service. Took forever to get a waitress to even come to our table. Waited forever to get our food and no one checked up on us. Don't come here if possible. read more

The ambience was fun and I enjoyed the piano players. The service was friendly but not very quick considering there were very few people in the restaurant. The food was definitely below average for the area. I had a grouper sandwich that tasted very "fishy" and if that was what they call blackened I'd hate to taste how bland the regular grilled would be. read more

Stopped in for a quick drink while hanging out at the harbor. Being that it is a rum themed place we ordered a hurrricane and a maitai. Service was quick and friendly but the drinks were not good. Hurricane was like jet fuel. I like strong drinks but it completely lacked the flavor you expect from a hurricane. The mai tai was on the other end of the spectrum. It was extremely sweet and tasted nothing like a mai tai. I would call it rum punch before I would call it a mai tai. The bartender was using a recipe card so either its their recipe or the delivery. Either way I wont be back for cocktails. We will be back in a few weeks. I hope management reads this and makes some improvement. They had the world.cup on and the restaurant was clean and had a good atmosphere. Perhaps beer drinkers will.enjoy it more than I did. read more

Ok. We went here for drinks, drawn in by the music. There is a guy playing, he gets five stars. The restaurant is run down, and the beer is served in plastic cups. Didn't have food. Buy bottled beer and enjoy the tunes. read more

Pleasantly surprised with the food at this restaurant. I highly recommend the crab cakes or jerk chicken. Great place to catch a game, have a drink, and enjoy some great food. read more

Didn't get to try out the food, but we had a few drinks and listened to the piano guys. It was an all around great atmosphere. Seating was limited so that was a bummer but we had fun. read more

Three of us went in for drinks around 8:30 pm. The drinks were $9 each and even though the bar was full, they would not let us sit at a table because we weren't ordering food. We were very disappointed. Will not recommend to any friends visiting the area. read more