Shepard's Tiki Beach Bar offered a great environment to enjoy some live music, along with their wide variety of drinks & food options available. That was until a bouncer approached my spot at the bar, refusing to believe my identification was authentic. Instead, I was given the option of either admitting it was fake (it wasn't) ,or the police would be called to take a look at my ID. I chose the latter. Soon after, my trip to Shepard's came to an end, as I physically had to leave the bar, walk all the way to the officer, just to find that after all that, my REAL ID was indeed real. I understand I may not always look like the oldest guy around, but this was definitely excessive in my opinion. If you're in you early to mid-twenties & want to enjoy a few drinks without anyone interrupting your stay, I would recommend elsewhere. Thanks!! read more

DO NOT WASTE YOUR NIGHT. Dirty restaurant, gross tap water, below average food. Security will kick you out for anything they find. Servers are overworked so it will take 20 minutes to get anything you order. Save yourself and go ANYWHERE else. New general manager Rick has ruined this place and has no respect for anyone. read more

Oh my God I got kicked out of there I parked my bike they never told me I couldn't do that read more

Shephard's Tiki Beach Bar - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Let's start by saying the service was tremendously slow. We sat at our table for over 25 minutes before the first server came to us - and it wasn't even busy at the time. I had to go up and ask one of the 4 workers standing at the hostess table if we had to order at the bar or wait for someone to service us. Only then 15 mins later did we see our first service. Our meal came out before our drinks, and we were done eating by the time our drinks came out. Couldn't find our waitress to ask her where are our drinks. We only saw her a handful of time. We both had the chicken tenders which were gross. I think the best part of the meal was the Kens Ranch Dressing. The batter tasted like fish and just wasn't good. We got draft beers which didn't have a price tag on them but were the same $7.50 price as a vodka drink - way over priced. The only thing good about this place was that it is right on the water and you can watch the sunset. Although our service was so slow that even when we rushed to get the check we still missed it. There was a live band but more like a rock concert make it really loud. read more

Shephard's Tiki Beach Bar - a sunset over the ocean - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Nice beach eatery, nothing special. Great if you're staying at the hotel, but probably not somewhere I would go otherwise. Had fish tacos, not very flavorful. Friends had grouper sandwich and loved it! Another friend had fish and chips and loved. Friend with chicken tacos said they were not great. read more

My uncle is hilarious. He said that whenever anyone visits this is the go to place. The place is really not all that, but I can't blame him for trying haha...I was skeptical about the fish sandwich but it was very good. We ordered drinks, danced to music, went on the beach, took pictures, laughed and made memories. read more

Shephard's Tiki Beach Bar - All this on the side too. I do this everywhere. - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

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I wanted to grab a drink & lunch with a view and my dad recommended Shephards. Beautiful View of the Bay! The drinks are strong and they have a typical tiki bar menu. I got the blackened fish tacos and my dad got chicken tacos. We both liked our meals and we received them in a timely manner. Our waitress was super frendly and attentive. I didn't like my first drink and she switched for me with no problem. They have a massive stage for a live band, which is a plus. BUT... We sat there for over an hour just watching the band set up. Never seen a small band take so long to set up before. According to my dad they always take this long.. what a shame would have liked to enjoy live music with our meals. read more

Shephard's Tiki Beach Bar - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

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$8.83 for a tasteless, pina colada. A complete tourist rip off slush. Whoever owns that joint should be ashamed of them self. Go down to the tiki hut bar at the Hilton and they float the liquor on top and it taste wonderful. This one is a piece of crap. Could barely taste anything in the drink. read more

This venue is not even on the ocean; it's on the bay. Very crowded, very loud, and very slow service. You've been warned.

Due to COVID-19 you cannot order a drink without ordering some type of food. So let's talk about the food... the food was okay. We tried the nachos, wings, truffle fries, Buffalo chicken sandwich and the grouper sandwich. Nachos the kids loved... i mean you can't go wrong with nachos. The wings needed to be fried harder, they were sovy with no flavor. Even the wing sauce they use didn't have any flavor or kick to it. Now the buffalo chicken sandwich was really good... chips come with the sandwich they were not the best tasting to me personally, fries are an upgrade. My husband enjoyed his grouper sandwich. The truffle fries are DELISH Now for the drinks... The kids enjoyed their mock tails My son did not like the passion fruit soda and ended up getting sprite I had the Bahana Mama and the Ultimate Mai Tao and they were really good drinks My husband asked for something made with Crown and you can't go wrong with Crown so I'm guessing his drink was tasty and delicious. All in all the prices are reasonable for a resort the drinks are decent.... I was just very disappointed at the wings read more

Service was terrible. My son was carded at the bar then the security guard came over to check his ID. He is 26. Security guard said the camera told him to check his ID. They must have been busted too many times serving minors and now they use AI to harass there generous tipping guests, or they just want the over 60 crowd. Ruined our family vacation. Will never go back. read more

If you're looking for a Sunday funday spot in the Clearwater beach area, this is definitely your spot. This is a cool little beach club with food and drinks. There was a live DJ performing when we went. There's also a little beach area where you can rent chairs and umbrellas and hang out on the beach. There's a waiter who will bring you drinks to the beach so you don't even need to get up. The food isn't too great so maybe eat before you come. We ordered the chicken nachos and they were extremely dry. Overall, great spot to kick back and drink up. read more

This place is a fun hangout spot for a young crowd. There are fun DJs that come on and everybody was having a good time. There are beach chairs too and you can sit out there with full service coming to you. I got the nachos which were just okay. Don't expect much from the food but you'll have a fun time! read more

This place is so much fun at night!! I had an amazing time dancing along with the live music, it is such a vibe. My only issue is with the older guy bartender with sleeves. He was clearly unhappy with being there and was giving people attitude for it. I even heard him complain to another bartender about doing his side work. Every other employee I encountered was great so I suggest someone else take his spot. read more

Great live music , loved that everyone was dancing on the floor . Great drinks , food amazing. Next to the ocean beach .

Had a blast for 2 nights at Shephard's Tiki Bar! The bands playing were good, the service at the bar was good, and the location is FANTASTIC! Highly recommend this as a spot to spend your evening! read more

Food and Music was really good! Service was really bad! Servers had zero sense of urgency. Place was busy, but way waitress was walking between table to table she had all the time in the world. They delivered our appetizers but did not bring us Napkins, plastic ware or paper plates for another 10 minutes when they brought our main food. Waitress stated they usually don't bring plastic ware with appetizers? That seemed reasonable!? We waited for bill for 15-20 minutes after asking and only until we went to waitress station did we get it. On the positive, the food and drinks were good. Bacon wrapped shrimp and tacos were fantastic. Live music was loud and in Non-Covid times sure would have folks up and dancing. read more

Love this place, the drinks are suspect but the whole scene is stellar, great vibes.

Shepherds was OK. Rainy cold night for us, so did not experience the full experience. But still OK. We enjoyed the music. There is a tee shirt shop however, in the parking lot that is an absolute rip off. Clip joint. We shopped there after Sheppard's, and asked them to silk screen two shirts, admittedly I didn't ask the price, but when presented....$179 (for two tee shirts). Stay away!!! I would have given Sheppard's a better rating, but the fact is they are allowing a rip off tee shirt joint to occupy their parking lot is absolute insanity. Don't these people know their brand is directly related to the people they associate with. NEVER going back to Sheppard's! read more

Excellent place on the beach. If you're looking to have a great time this is the spot.

Worse place ever!!!! Service is horrible!! Hostess have no skills or manner !!!!! Asked to seat my Freind who is celebrating her bachelorette party and got worse table ever and the worst service ever!!! read more

Probably the best place on Clearwater Beach for music and outdoor beach fun. Cutty plays Sunday's as is always entertaining. Awesome service from friendly professional staff. Great place for sunset pics too! read more

Shephard's Tiki Beach Bar - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Worst service ever! Sat for 20 minutes not one person came over to serve. Approached bar to ask if anyone was serving outside (obviously all tables taken) and they said they would send someone right over. Didn't happen, waiting and waiting. Lots of staff standing around, one guy even came to table right next to mine and never approached. I wouldn't send an enemy to that low end bar. read more

We were seated promptly and then never served. They clearly forgot about us. We sat for 15 without drinks and other people being seated and served after...so we left. Went to Salty's and were seated fast and the server Jasmine was super sweet. read more

I'm only giving this place 2 stars because the live music and drinks were good. The food is over priced crap! Steak tacos were barely.warm and there was nothing to them. Do not recommend this place at all! read more

Shephard's Tiki Beach Bar - Garbage! - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Terrible service security was so rude to the point we had to leave we felt so uncomfortable

DO NOT GO HERE! Was over 21 and had to give my ID 3 different times to security and bartenders. They were absolutely rude and over priced. Female bartender judged and made comments on the drinks I ordered. Waste of time and was completely disrespected. if I could give this place a zero I would. read more

This place was so fun even given COVID 19. Food was good. Just regular bar food. But the ambiance is what you go for. You're right on the beach! I'll definitely be back! read more

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Do not go here. The owner & bouncers are extremely rude and unwelcoming. I came here and they claimed my ID was fake bc I'm from out of state....so the owner followed up by saying he "didn't feel comfortable" with me coming in but would NOT do anything to prove my ID was "fake". Honestly, would give this place a -10 if that was possible! read more

I like this place. I come time to time during the afternoon for jet-ski and after I stop at the bar. There is usually live music that is not bad at all and pretty girls at the counter. Never experienced anything negative. Food and drinks are ok, nothing magnificent, but not bad. I enjoy the experience and the atmosphere. read more

Shephard's Tiki Beach Bar - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

Awesome atmosphere, service is great. Music was Good Friday, My only complaint is the band music Saturday night was a bit sleepy.

This is a really fun place to go. It is also an excellent place to bring visitors if you live in the area. I have been here serval times, so this is an over all review not a one time experience review. Tiki Beach is so much fun and I will be back. In the day time for lunch during the week it is very slow and quiet. The daytime views are amazing. Just spectacular and you are sitting a stones throw from the water. The daytime wait staff was not so great and that is why I have to give only 3 stars. They are not to friendly and seem bummed that they are at work. The day time lunch staff gave us an Un-itemized bill. Just the final price at the bottom. We thought that was strange and the waitress rolled her eyes and said we do it all the time. Ok, well it comes off dishonest -even if it is not. Sorry it just does. When we sat down for lunch the waitress would not even bring us a drink unless we started a TAB.. -- I get it at night when its clearly a hopping bar. BUT we were literally the only table there for lunch. A tab for a drink at lunch in the dining area? ODD again. So good things are: The valet parking, yes you hav to pay....but it is not expensive. Something like 4 dollars an hour. Not bad. AND if yo come at night you have to pay a 10dollar cover and get a wrist band to enter the area, no matter which part you go to. Just pay and go in and have a good time. The food is good. The service is attentive. Now if it is a Saturday night and a band is playing this place is busy /crowed club like feeling. I loved it. read more

Shephard's Tiki Beach Bar - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

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BEWARE! My friend got roofied here and the men who were bartending were insanely persistent about making her stay and that SHE wanted to stay when she was incoherent. Absolutely disgusting. read more

This place is great. The server had my buddy's drinks ready for him. Every time he put one down another one appeared. The band was great and another friend even bought a round of drinks (mind you he got the birthday discount) and they said happy birthday to him. It wasn't right away but they came through in the end. "One more song" read more

Hello my yelp family I have been coming to Shepards for over three years. My last several experiences have been downhill to say the least. I feel like besides the guys at the door and check in IDs it is a very racist environment I don't care if you're black white young old mix and a racial or whatever you are. They pick and choose who they want to party and they pick and choose who they want to put out it is very sad. I will continue to express my feelings of Shepards and the people they hire until there is a change! All my golfers and people that follow me go there for yourself and see what I see read more

To start, I'd like to give the disclaimer that this review is not about the place but about my server Ashley G. I write this review as I sit here waiting for food (only because it's already paid for) but this is by far the worst experience I've ever had at an establishment. To start, Ashley took approx. 15 minutes to greet my party of 6 while she greeted 2 adjacent tables, took orders, and brought drinks before acknowledging us. Once we finally got her attention, it was rushed and, quite frankly, extremely rude while we inquired and ordered our drinks and food. When the first round finally came around, considering the heat and time it took to get our initial order, we were prepped to order our 2nd. Drinks were dropped on our table, not a word spoken, and walked away before we can order our next round. Not to mention, the check was dropped on the table as if to say "get out". It's been about 30 minutes and Ashley has visited the tables around us 2-3 times and we sit waiting for this paid for food without the option to refill these empty cups that have been sitting here. Shephard's .. you have an awesome establishment and ambiance with a great reputation (why I'm here), however, you have a cancer working your tables. Do something about it because you just lost approx. 6+ rounds of drinks x 6 people as we text our friends to change their destination and meet us at Crabbys down the road. read more

Just order food to go way ahead of time, then get a lounge chair and eat on the beach. If you try to sit down you'll find it takes forever and wait staff for lunch time truly suck, so this is the only way to capitalize on the atmosphere. read more

It took forever to get an order in, wings were the worst EVER, waitress didn't come back until we complained to another waitress, moved to the bar thinking would be better, it was WORSE! We will NEVER be back. We have gone to a lot of restaurants in Clearwater, this was by far the worst. read more

Yoena waitress at Shepards... is top notch.. she is hands down one of the best we have seen in a long time. She worked so many tables at once and never left us unattended . Shepards you have a keeper - don't lose her she is amazing: visiting from Texas Ask for her, you won't be disappointed. Best, best, best! read more

I went here on accident but thought I would give it a try after seeing the menu I changed my mind because there wasn't many options waited for about 10 minutes after receiving our drinks so we could tell the waiter we were leaving he didn't come back so we went up to tell the main area we were leaving and wanted to pay for our drinks we ordered 1 lemonade and 1 strawberry lemonade just lemonades no alcohol and our bill was 9$ and some change I would understand paying that much if they had big cups but the cups that u drink from are small if we woulda poured both drinks into a water bottle it wouldn't even be have full I had never used this app before but after going their I felt a need to download it. read more