Beach Grill

The main goal of any good resort should be to have patrons feel like they're having a good time all day. I've never run a resort, but it would seem the first line of defense would be delivering good food and drink to those enjoying the outdoor activities.

The Beach Grill was the food/drink provider for beach-goers, pool-goers and Lagoon-goers during our stay at Hawks Cay resort. No doubt that ordering outside by the water was great. But the results were not so great. And for me that brought the whole resort rating down. The food was boring or bad, the bar was badly run, and the staff wavered between surly and harried.

Fish taco - Worst I've ever had. A tasteless lump of overcooked fish on a bed of tasteless slaw, on top of a soggy, disintegrating tortilla. Barely edible when famished. Which I was.

Margarita - I didn't think it was possible to buy a $13 margarita and not catch a buzz. Beach Grill proved me wrong.

Hot dog - too charred for my daughter to eat.

Chicken Quesadilla - The most edible thing I ordered, but it contained 90% cheese and 10% chicken.

They did OK with the bottled beers, but how do you mess that up?

At some point I wised-up and stopped giving them my business. The vacation went better after that.

The service and the drinks here are pretty good. But the "food" is terrible. Just terrible..  Cardboard has more flavor than the pool side food they serve, and the menu is all over the place.

For a Florida-style tiki bar [palapa hut, wood and bamboo, no actual tikis or polynesian decor] this is as good as it gets. More wood and bamboo and adarondack-styled bar stools than most; closer to true tiki design. Quick, friendly and efficient service [thanks, Jocynth], well crafted drinks, both tropical rum concoctions and more standard classics [thanks again Jocynth], and pretty good prices for a high end resort all add up to great time. The view is fantastic, although I am a sucker for almost any ocean view. We had a couple of bar snacks that were very good; can't evaluate the meals at Beach Grill because we were busy at one of Hawk's Cay's other restaurants. I loved the cocktail they call a Painkiller, although I suspect that it will have a different name eventually when Pusser's trademark attorneys notice it. The firepit area is almost as much fun as the BG itself.