This is a fun and casual restaurant right on the water overlooking a marina. Food is delicious and very fairly priced. Tartar sauce was oddly sweet but everything else was great. read more

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Great atmosphere food was good service was good Outdoor seating it was a little chilly not sure how it is when it's cold out. read more

The Oar House - Our view - American Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

Well...all I can say after my last two experiences with this place is....I am less than impressed ...they don't cook it all the way through..so if you have an air fryer you are good...staff looks less that impressed to be there...and no GM asking how your food ...is cause it's not good.:wow..if you want better go to the Point Restaurant or the Oyster Bar in Perdido Key...!! read more

Oar House is a Pensacola institution for good seafood, efficient service, and great place to watch the boats pass by. Their food is consistently good. The dining room is inside outside with a beach tiki atmosphere. There is also a volleyball court. I use get a salad with grilled tuna as a low carb option. If not, I usually get the seafood basket with fish, shrimp, and fried oysters with a side of cheese grits instead of french fries. I love dipping the fried seafood with the grits. Delicious. They also have really good seafood gumbo. For three people with 3 soda, an appetizer, and 3 main courses our check including an $11 tip added about $75 dollars. During inflation, where every restaurant is trying to take advantage and over charge customers, they have been reasonably priced. Kudos to them for keeping their prices reasonable and affordable. read more

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We just ate here and my husband ordered fried shrimp. They were good as usual. I ordered the grouper and grits and coleslaw. Coleslaw is always great but it was a first time I had ordered this dish I and I love grouper and I love their grits but maybe it was a combination of the fish and the sauce. Maybe it was the combination in the heat but unless you just love something that tastes very fishy I would recommend staying clear of this dish. Unfortunately this time was not one of the best meals I have had here. We will eat here again but it will be a bit, I will stick with what I know tastes good! read more

What an awesome beachy type eatery. From the decor, to the food and to the location. Sitting right at the opening of the Bayou Chico inlet where it feeds into Pensacola Bay sits the Oar House. Definitely a local hangout so you know it must be good. Tall, icy and well crafted cocktails and the appetizer, oh my goodness the appetizer. The Key Largo Shrimp were amazing with many different flavors. And don't leave without trying their Crawfish Etouffée soup. It was the best I ever had. Some other hits of the table were the fried grouper sandwich. A nice size fillet with tasty breading. And the Shrimp Po Boy had more shrimp than I've ever seen on a Po Boy. Just crazy and so YUM. Just a perfect place to enjoy your day (or night) watching the boats come in and out. If you get a chance, go on their website site and read about the legend of Jezebel, a story of the Oar House mascot. read more

What a cute place to stop and have lunch! We sat on their outdoor deck and enjoyed a view of the water and marina. I ordered the blackened shrimp with rice and steamed broccoli, while my husband ordered the fish and chips. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal. The blackened shrimp was so flavorful! To end the meal, we chose to share key lime pie (even though it was a square). It had just the right kick of lime flavor and it was sooooo creamy. We loved it and highly recommend. Oh, and service was great! read more

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Baja tacos with fish ( farm raised) or fresh shrimp, or fresh mahi mahi. Available grilled, blackened or fried. We got the shrimp blackened and it was great. Could benefit from avocado added, but the side of coleslaw added a similar creaminess. Side of beans, salsa and a slightly spicy dipping sauce too. The tacos were LARGE and filled with shrimp lettuce and chopped tomato in every bite I do love that in this area one can easily find fresh fish cooked in a variety of ways! Key lime pie had a weird neon green syrup on it. Good crust, but the body was not much on lime. I'd skip. Friendly service Views aplenty here-- the water and boats. read more

The Oar House - Baja shrimp tacos - American Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

We like to stop here for lunch when in the Pensacola area. This was our first trip back since 2021. Our service was fine. We like the view of the bay & boats. It's a beachy vibe. My husband's & friend's pieces of grouper were small & thin this tile. Tasted fine, but they felt the size of fish was very small. My nephews grilled medium ahi tuna was thick & large. My husband loved their root beer. The gumbo was was ok but not great, but the cup was a good size & he was glad he didn't get the bowl. The cole slaw everyone enjoyed. My oyster po boy was filled with a lot of fried oysters & was good, but the oysters & fries were not very hot at all. My margarita was a C, I make a better one at home. So while we still enjoyed our visit, it was not quite as good as several years ago. Fun photo ops for tourist throughout the place inside & out. The parking lot gets full. They don't take reservations so it gets BUSY at peak times. read more

The Oar House - Outside entrance from parking lot - American Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

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This restaurant was recommended to us by a friend who had visited the Pensacola area. We just moved here and this was only seven minutes from our new home. The hostesses are excellent and very friendly. They seated us next to the water at a great table with a wonderful view. Our waitress arrived at our table, timely, and with a big smile. Drinks were ordered and brought right over. We had fried pickles for an appetizer and they were absolutely delicious. We all ordered seafood to include shrimp and grouper, which all came with sides of hush puppies and fries or grits. I opted for the grits and they were absolutely delicious I would really recommend the oar house if you're in the area visiting or if you just moved here or if you're a long-term resident. It is a great fun atmosphere and everyone there was wonderful. read more

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One of the very first restaurants that we tried after relocating to Pensacola. We followed up on the recommendations from our neighbors. The Oar House was one of them. As we arrived we were greeted by a server who led us to our table by the windows. The view of the bayou was pleasant with boats drifting through. A touch of Pirates of the Caribbean. The menu was quite extensive so it took awhile to decide our appetizers and entrees. Hushpuppies and a bowl of Seafood Gumbo to start. Then we had The Forklift, Blackened fish filet topped with provolone cheese and sauteed mushrooms. Also the Chicken sandwich that was marinated and blackened. The meal was finished with a slice of Key Lime pie. We'll be coming back to try the other delicacies soon enough. Aloha and Mahalo. read more

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Great location and view on the water! Food and service were great! Will definitely visit again!

Hit in time for happy hour, good prices on beer and margaritas. My blackened fish sandwich was tasty and Lori was a stellar waitress. If it's a comfortable temp outside, sitting by the windows has a great view of the water. read more

To begin with this little seaside restaurant is a hidden gem. It's just a little off the beaten path, but what a beautiful view and what a fun place! The outdoor seating is awesome and the tables inside still experience the sea breeze as it is an open air establishment. Our server was good. She was good about accommodating our requests and was timely. She was not overly friendly or super responsive but she got the job done. On to the food. We all ordered off the lunch menu. The fried shrimp was really good as were the hush puppies that accompanied the dish. The cheesy grits were good and the coleslaw was okay. The red beans and rice they offer are a little different than any I've had before. Less of that Cajun zing and more of a Smokey finish. Very different but very good. Overall, it was a great experience. I'm sure we'll return. read more

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A family classic when we come for the annual beach vacation. Good food, good vibes, good staff.

Great seafood and amazing hush puppies very friendly staff and ice cold beer my staple for a waterfront beer read more

The Oar House - Bar - American Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

Every time I make it to The Oar House, it just hits right. There's something about sitting out by the water, boats easing by, live music in the background, and that laid-back Pensacola vibe--you can feel the stress just drop off your shoulders. It's one of those places where you don't feel rushed... you just settle in and enjoy it. The food has always been solid for me. Fresh Gulf seafood, good portions, and plenty of flavor. If you're looking for a safe bet, the grouper sandwich and shrimp & grits are hard to beat. I've also had their fried shrimp and it was spot on. Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with much on the menu. But what keeps me coming back is the whole experience--good food, friendly folks, and a setting that just feels right. If you're anywhere near Pensacola and want a place to kick back, eat well, and enjoy the view... this is it. I'll definitely be back. read more

This was our second time eating here. We both had a fried fish sandwich which was good. The fries were great. The hush puppies with the cheese dip were fabulous! Highly recommend! Great atmosphere too. read more

The crawfish étouffée is awesome and the fish tacos are pretty good. The Fork Lift fish sandwich is also really good. Service is usually spot on and pretty laid back, and the indoor seating is comfortable with gentle Gulf breezes. read more

Always a great experience with wonderful food! Servers are attentive and love the "on the water" hospitality.

The service was fast, and friendly. Our server was attentive and made sure we had everything we needed despite it being really busy. It was nice to see the yachts as a view, it's different but such an aesthetic! The Grilled Shrimp platter is so delicious, everything about it makes me want to keep coming back! The broccoli was steamed so well and the shrimp was grilled just right and well balanced seasoning. read more

The Oar House - Grilled Shrimp Seafood Platter - American Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

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The food was absolutely delicious and there was so much of it. I felt like they were feeding a family of five instead of just me the girl at the bar cause we ate at the bar was very attentive although she had a full bar and she did a really good job on the service and it's the most beautiful place I've ever been to write on the lovely water. It was great. We would go back there in a heartbeat. read more

Ambiance was good - Low key "Kenny Chesney" vibes. Food was average. Nothing terrible and nothing spectacular. read more

This place is wonderful, located on the water so you can watch boats coming in to dock or leave. Outside Tiki bar is very trendy with tvs and open air feel. Seating at tables with umbrellas, sun shades all around the bar area, and extra seating area without tables too. Great place to relax and grab a drink and something to eat. The food is always wonderful, drinks are cold and the service is always wonderful. You will meet good people here every time you visit and it is a place you must visit if you are in Pensacola! read more

The Oar House - Have a special drink request, just ask Juliana...if she has the ingredients she can make it! - American Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

I love this place! They have great service, an amazing view, and really good food! I had lunch there today and it was delicious. The gumbo was full of crab, shrimp, with a rich roux. I love that all of the seating is outside, wonderful. When in Pensacola, stop by and have a wonderful lunch. You won't regret it. read more

Food was delicious. The vibe is fun and interesting. Beautiful view of water and boats in harbor. Fast friendly service. Lots of cool art to enjoy. It's great place off the tourist trail. I will return. read more

Stopped in for lunch one Monday and had a nice piece of blackened grouper, some veggies, potato cubes & a tea. Lotta nice options for food at different price-points. Super nice ambiance on the back patio overlooking the marina. It looks like it could get lively in there; they have a pretty big darn bar in the middle. read more

The Oar House - Outdoor patio overlooking the marina - American Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

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I always find myself at The Oar House when in Pensacola. The vibes are great, friendly staff, and tasty food. Come on in and seat yourself, either inside or out. If it's nice out I'd suggest sitting near the water for pretty views of the marina. Lots of options here from a full bar to food menu items. My favorite is the Grilled Shrimp platter; it comes with ~10 well seasoned shrimp, rice, mixed vegetables, coleslaw, and hushpuppies. The perfect meal, in my opinion. Prices are reasonable. Overall, a good place to come and hangout with a large sandy area for cornhole and volleyball too! read more

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Stopped for lunch after diving the Oriskany. We sat at the bar and unbeknownst to me, you're allowed to smoke at the bar and had to deal with the cigarette smoke from a couple of smokers. The bar is outside so maybe that had something to do with it. I ordered the grouper & grits with a side of garlic green beans. This meal was fantastic! The fish was cooked to perfection, was very light and almost buttery. The grits with the sauce added a lot of flavor. The shoestring green beans were also cooked perfectly. They were nice and crisp with bits of garlic. The perfect side for the dish. This was the best meal I've had in the two weeks we've been traveling and eating out. It was accompanied by a local Pensacola Brewery beer, Riptide amber ale. Great beer if you drink ambers. The meals did take a bit to come out but hopefully that's because everything is made from scratch. If you're at the marina, come here and grab a cocktail and food. You won't regret it! read more

The Oar House - Menu - American Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

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This gets 2 stars because the hush puppies were good. When we walked in a server looked us up and down unapprovingly. Guess who our server was? Yep Ms judge. She treated other tables much more personable. We ordered the grouper mine was grilled and way under cooked and very salty. I question if it was truly grouper. The side of rice was blah and the broccoli was way over cooked. The coleslaw was room temp and neither one of us ate it after one bite. Maybe drinks only is the way to go at this place. read more

Great food and the bayfront setting is amazing. I will be back for the food as well as the ambiance. read more

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The Oar House advertises being dog friendly. So we decided to meet friends there for dinner. It was a cool night so the patio was not being used. We were standing near the front door (outside) and the person I assume was a hostess yells "NO DOGS" at us and then screams into the restaurant "He's trying to bring in a dog!", which I wasn't. I was just standing outside. And guess what, stray cats roaming inside. Wow. I've never been in and our friends who were regulars will never go back. We went to Bonellis and they took great care of us. Shame on this place for advertising dog friendly and then screaming and embarrassing us when we arrived. Terrible service. read more

Nice chill spot overlooking the water. Love that they have a sandy play area with corn hole and volleyball. The restaurant is pretty good in size, and they were busy. Service was meh, a bit slow that I had to stand up and look for our server. Food: Shrimp and Grits Mahi Platter Pickle Chips Fish & Chips The fish & chips were meh and my granddaughter didn't eat it and the pickles were ok. The shrimp and grits were delcious. Overall, I probably won't return. I like the atmosphere but the service and the food is just ok. read more

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On our final night in Pensacola, we chose to eat at The Oar House. I loved the logo, the location was close to where we were staying & we'd heard others talk about the restaurant. We had high hopes that the food would be great since the service & atmosphere were! Our hopes were dashed upon the arrival of our appetizer and entree at the same time. The Sriracha Shrimp Dip was mealy, and tasted like it was full of flour. If they'd baked it, it may have made decent bread. We got the Grilled Shrimp entree to split with broccoli & slaw. Everything was inedible. The broccoli was unseasoned mush. It seemed old, colorless & reheated. The shrimp were small, undercooked salt vats that we decided not to attempt after tasting them. The slaw was also flavorless & room temperature. We wrapped up all of our food & promptly threw it away once we got to our rental. Service gets 5 stars, atmosphere 5 stars, food is 1 star only because I could not give it a 0. Better luck next time, I guess. read more

Well, here we go again Pensacola! Another local place that just got marked off of our list PERMANENTLY! As it stands we are considering moving away just to find a city that has a food scene that isn't absolutely atrocious! I can't comment on the food this visit because it never got that far. Over the years we have gone here probably an average of four to five times per year. That isn't what you would call "regular" but we live north of town and we don't always venture that far. Our first interest in coming to Oar House years ago was to bring our dogs. We would bring them both, they would lay on the tall chairs on a towel and hang out. Our oldest dog recently passed and we brought our smaller chiweenie with us and everything was ok. Not Friday night July 18th! After we were sat and the waitress brought our drinks we got the dogs towel on the stool and he laid down and the waitress approached and said "my manager told me to tell you the dog cant be up on the chair!" I said "We have been here a bunch of times and it was never an issue?" And she said that he had to be on the ground or we couldn't stay. After I let that sink in I realized we had to go. I caught her and asked her to bring me the check because we had brought our dogs there for years and never had an issue. Our dog is an older dog and putting him on the ground isn't something we can do, he is scared of other dogs and he just lies next to us on the chair. See the picture attached to see how much trouble this animal was causing. As I paid the check I realized how many times we had come there and dropped $200, or how I brought family from out of town and dropped $400, or how I would bring business clients for a group lunch and spent $300 on just drinks and appetizers. And how this would be the very last time I would ever walk into that place. I called my family and told them how it was handled and they all said the Oar House is the "No More" House for us. I looked behind us and there was a table with a big dog and the dogs head was resting on the table. Other dogs at the bar were walking up to people, at eye level, sitting at tables around them. I think the worst part about this is how the "management" handled it. I owned a restaurant in the past and I would have handled it as an owner/manager, and not told the waitress to do your dirty work. And the funny part is that they were not busy at all. The approach was so poorly done that my attitude towards everything about this place, and their glorified "Captain D's" level garbage is one of complete and utter disdain. Let me be clear, this is NOT the first time we had issues here. Years ago we brought a dozen family members in to eat and drink, and after a two hour wait for our food I cancelled our entire meal and paid for the drinks and apps we had and left. You would have thought we learned our lesson ten years ago, but I assure our lesson was learned last night as we ate our $17.00 Taco Bell dinner watching a movie with a smile on our faces! read more

The Oar House - This is the dog that we were told couldn't be on the chair. What a trouble maker he is. - American Near Me - Pensacola, Florida

From out of town and first time visitor. Took FOREVER to get waitress to take our drink order and even longer for her to come back with drinks. After disappearing for quite awhile she came back and didnt have knowledge of the menu. After an unreasonable amount of time, she brings the wrong food and disappears again. I was so upset at this point I left with no dinner. Husband tries to get it straight and she wanted to lie and say I ordered something I never ordered. I cant stand shrimp but she said thats what I ordered. No admission to mistake. Had to wait for her to reorder and bring back correct order and I had left so my daughter ate a little but not much. Bad experience. Arguing with customer is not acceptable and didnt even get anything taken off the bill. Would not return or recommend. read more

Normally service is superb, but our last visit was less than stellar. Ordered food and saw several patrons served who arrived after we did. Almost one hour later, we received our food, but only after mentioning it three times. No offer of a a discount nor free dessert. read more

Went lunch here and chose to eat "outside". It's an open air restaurant so basically we were seated on a deck over the water by the canal. There is a marina across from the restaurant and boat traffic is fun to watch. Also near the air base so you could catch a glimpse of the Blue Angels practicing too. The food was incredible! We ordered Gator Balls and they were so good. Waitress described it as a cross between chicken and pork and she was spot on! Then lunch...I ordered fish and grits and my guest ordered the Baja tacos. We split them both. The grits dish was rich, but so delish!! And the tacos were a great light choice, but dont be fooled, the portion size will fill you up! Celebrating a once a year reunion, we had to top it off with a slice of Ke Lime Pie. No disappointment there either! Go early! This place stays packed from open til close. read more

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Went to lunch with friends who live here and highly recommended this restaurant. We were not disappointed. They are right on the water and have a large selection of food and a full bar. The guys had beer and I had a margarita. Two of us had the chicken cordon blu sandwich and one had the grouper sandwich and my hubby had the fish and chips. All the food was good. Definitely recommend giving this place a try. read more

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Went to a destination wedding and discovered this neat restaurant on the last day. Sure wish we found it sooner because it was by far the best food we had. My daughter and friend were also there so I'm going to report some of their findings as well We don't usually waste calories on hush puppies because they are usually terrible and my late mother made them perfectly. We mowed those down like nobody's business. Wanted more and more.10/10 Gumbo was delicious but it did not have my daughter's favorite addition ( mine as well!) and that was okra. The bowl was licked clean. 9/10 I don't do gator bites but they and the respective sauce was loved by all that had them. 9/10 Ranch and fries 10/10 which was unanimous. Fried fish, oysters and shrimp all fried to perfection. It's not easy to get three different seafoods on one plate fried perfectly. It is clear that these folks have it down to a fine art. The server was great as well. Can't wait to return. It certainly beats any fried seafood in my town by ten miles. read more

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