We use Graffiti's and the Funky Blues Shack several times a summer for corporate family events during conferences at the beach. Â The venue is very hip and fun, and very family friendly without being obnoxious. Â The food is great, and the staff and management is a breeze to work with. Â They offer to do lots of small touches like adding our logo to our group menu and creating a signature cocktail for our guests. Â We always feel we get a great value for our money, and they have a nice private room with scenic porch overlooking the bay. I selected this venue years ago based on the recommendation from another client who had used Graffiti's as the venue for her son's rehearsal dinner, I am so glad I took her recommendation.
Review Source:Yeeeeah. Service was weird and a little bit....over-bearing? Our waitress often forgot to fulfill drink orders and our food came out at different times. I ordered a pizza with my boo, and it came out first, and by the time everyone else received their food, our pizza was cold. I thought everything was really overpriced and, judging from the responses of other people in our party, not that tasty. I don't know if we will come back here.
Review Source:New years eve, fixed menu and price...$49+....appetizer had obviously been made in bulk and was luke warm, blue cheese on mushrooms doesn't do well not hot, one dinner option was angel hair pasta...no protein add-on, just inexpensive pasta (again, $49!)...one dinner shrimp and scallops was exceptional, others very very bland average. Â To top it off, added gratuity of 20% with waiter politely telling it was included but more is always welcome, then notice gratuity was also calculated on tax and fees so it was about 25%!!! Â Seriously, sure you probably get some decent food and service sometimes, but even on a none holiday night we won't go back at any price.
Review Source:The food was good. I had the salmon and vegetables which was very good but portions were small. My sons had the pizza which they liked. The whole family loved the bread and waiter asked if we wanted more. We had to wait for a table due to limited seating for groups of 5 or larger, in the restaurant side. Bar seating was available immediately. The bar was getting ready for a live band but we didnt stay to listen. Staff was friendly and attentive. The decor was interesting - look in the bar even if you dont sit on that side.
Review Source:My husband and I were just talking about horrible restaurant experiences and I just remembered my meal at Graffiti's and thought I would Yelp about it. So, we went to Graffiti's last July and it is now December and we are still annoyed about it. We were not really greeted when we walked in the door. We said "hello and two for dinner, please." We were seated and then our server approached us several minutes later. She didn't smile or seem like she wanted to be at work but whatever, we just wanted to eat. I ordered a steak well done and the garlic mashed potatoes (pretty easy, right?). Well, our meal took about 45 minutes to get to us and when I cut into the steak it let out a long "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" It was that red. Like RARE. It took 45 minutes but yet my meal was still breathing? I sent it back and it was still red. Â I only ate the mashed potatoes which didn't have much garlic or any other flavor, for that matter. I did have a Key Lime Pie Martini which was pretty good and they ended up taking that off the bill because my meal was so awful ( steak dinner was about $23, so it wasn't much consolation, though). I would not go back and would not recommend this place. YUCK.
Review Source:Weird. Dry pizza, maybe we picked a bad time. Speaking of a bad time, stop by this place before 9pm... Even the owner seemed put off by our presence at 9:05pm while closing time is posted for 10. (That's not to mention the busboy who actually told us to leave. He said they were closing "because its been slow.")
Great artwork, and the server who did finally help us was fine, if a little agitated. I guess, actually, we felt like most people in Destin were that way, agitated.
Lousy Service-good food. they told us 15 minute wait and it turned into 45 minutes. Finally sat us and tables around us got bread, but we never did. Finally got bread AFTER salad. Then waitress would not even look at us. She would check tables on either side of us and not help us. I left a 3 cent tip. That should tell you how bad service was. We were wondering since we were a table of 5 women, maybe they didn't like tables without men.
Review Source:The food was good but the service was not great. Â We had a large party and found that the prices to be a bit high. Â We had a large party so had the 20% tip added since we had over 6 people, oh and by the way they won't split checks. Â We ordered 2 large pizzas and a few entrees for people who didn't want pizza. Â When they brought out the bread they let us know that the bread was built into the price of the entrees but if we wanted extra bread for the other people that it was $2.50 for a basket. Â Two of the people in our party wanted to split a meal and we found out when we received the bill that they charged a $5 split meal fee, even though those same people were splitting an appetizer too. Â All in all, if I were going to go back it would be for the pizzas which are reasonably priced and get it as take out just in case the management decides to charge a split meal fee on the pizzas.
Review Source:one of my favorite restaurants to bring out of town guests. Â We love the wine selection and the staff is always friendly.
The food is great....but i mostly love the  view from the top back deck. It's a great place to watch the sunset over the bay. Â
PERFECT FOR LARGE GROUPS as they have several bar areas for having a private function.
So giving five stars is a big deal to me... Â But, I must say that I am a huge fan of Graffiti. Â The foods is great and the atmosphere is really interesting. The service has always been good and recently its been great. If you are vacationing in the Destin area, I highly recommend Graftiti as a break from the typical tourist location.
Review Source:Service was terrible. Â Â Went on with a group of 19 on ties June 1st. Â Â Salads were missed, Â Â Was out of Bud light and miller light, Â Â Half the table was done before other half was served, Â Â Food was below average. Â Â To add insult to injury, Â They added 18% tip to horrible service. Â Â Too many decent places around Destin to put up with this.
Review Source:So I have just recently moved out of Destin, Florida. But this is by far one of my favorite restaurants.
To start off with you get THE bread and dip. AMAZING. I could probably just eat that the entire meal. (I also usually get bread and dip to go! haha) But, I typically get the Chicken Parmesan, it comes with angel hair pasta, marinara sauce, chicken, pesto, and Parmesan. I love it.
While you are waiting for your entree to arrive, (and you are not snacking on bread of course) feel free to color on the paper and crayons they provide. Bring the kid back out in you, and if they like what you draw, you may see it on a menu the next time you come in! =]
Kevin is my waiter every time, and he is very delightful!
I believe Grafitti is only open during the tourist season, and they open at 5 P.M. They typically have local/non-local bands starting at 10 P.M. too!
While looking for a little tasty pasta in Destin while on vacation, we were pleased to see that Graffiti's Funky Blues Shack is still going strong (and now at 2 locations). My wife and kids and I had dined here about 3 years ago and were very well pleased then. This time, once again, we were not disappointed. I had the Fettucine Alfredo with shrimp. Griffiti's alfredo sauce is always an excellent creamy and rich cheese sauce and the noodles are cooked just right. My wife ordered the spaghetti and meatballs, which she said was OK (she is picky and makes a mean spaghetti herself - I don't think she likes meatballs that much anyway). My 11 year old daughter ordered a bowl of Clam Chowder which my wife and I agreed was the best we had ever tasted (yes ... we let her eat most of it). My 13 year old son ordered the Fettuccine Alfredo ($9) and loved it. We will be back.
Original location:
707 Hwy 98 East, Destin, FL (near McDonald's and Krispy Kreme)
Phone: 850-654-3839
2nd location:
The Village of Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin
Phone: 850-424-6650
Opens @ 5:00 P.M. for Dinner
Live Music @ 9:30 P.M. in
The Funky Blues Shack
Graffit's web address: <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.funkybluesshack.com&s=a0a474a98879aa868c48d5952f5b870c611d66bf6fc6a5e5c0c87e1d8d36be66" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.funkybluessha…</a>.
I really like this place. The inside walls are covered, floor to ceiling, with folk art and all artwork can be purchased if something catches your fancy. We weren't there when bands were laying so I can't recommend it, but the bar area had a large open feel to it and the bar itself was fairly big. Enough to serve lots of patrons.
The food was really good. Being in a beach town you see high prices but you come to expect that everywhere. We got the calamari app and it was very good. The fresh baked bread they serve is good too, but what makes it better is the spice/olive oil mixture served with it. My friend loves their clam chowder but alas, it contains pork, so I can not eat it:( For an entree I got the Shrimp and Scallop Low Country, that is local shrimp and scallops on top of Gouda grits with a shitake, corn, and scallion sauce. Tasty but rich and the grits could have used a little less cheese. Blasphemy you say; well that's my opinion. All in all I really liked this place more for the ambiance than the food, but the food was good.
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