Been here a few times. The food is usually decent. Responsibly priced. Â They have an all you can eat crab legs for $24 on the weekends. The best thing about the place is their fun atmosphere. The rocker tables outside give it a unique and relaxing feature.
The drinks tonight were very watered down and our banana cream pie consisted of some very black bananas. Not the best experience I've had there. The wait staff is always nice and personable.
I will probably go back there however expectations are never very high.
Maria A's description of the location as a "cross between the flare-loving restaurant in Office Space and a Florida Keys restaurant" is dead on.
This place at least on Thursday evenings caters very much to the senior citizen population. We were seated at their high top tables and waited for our server to take our drink menus. Once our party arrived, we ordered and got the Sunset Burger, the Portobello Beef Burger, the Buccaneer Basic and a Cheeseburger. We also ordered the 5 wings as an appetizer.
Like the idea of the burger buns being branded with "Muddy Waters", I was unimpressed with the Portobello Beef Burger but heard good things about the others. The sandwich that I did enjoy was the Smoked BBQ pork with coleslaw and it was really good.
Just about the time for the Heat game to get started, so did karaoke!! While it was entertaining, there was definitely a lack of peaceful co-existence between the karaoke lovers and the hyped up Miami Heat fans.
If I could give this restaurant "no" stars I would. Â I stopped in on a Sunday with my wife, brother and our 4 year old granddaughter. Â We decided to sit outside. Â The hostess provided us menus and a "happy hour" menu with drinks on one side and appetizers on the other side. Â We ordered drinks from the happy hour menu and a few minutes later asked our server if we could older some appetizers from the happy hour menu. Â The server said the food items could only be ordered from the bar or high top tables that were within 6 or 7 feet of us. Â There was no mention of this on the menu we were give and there were several exceptions listed on the bottom, non of which included the "bar" or "hightop table" restriction. Â When we question this, the server even said she did not understand why we could not order from the menu we were given, but that was their policy. Â We asked to speak to a manager and a few minutes latter a lady (I use the term loosely) named "Pamela" over. Â We politely pointed out that neither the menu we had been give or the web site we looked at indicated any restrictions on ordering happy hour drinks and/or food relating to bar area or high top tables. Â She was very rude and unapologetic and basically said we we did not like it we could leave. Â And so we did. Â This place has absolutely no understanding of "customer service" techniques and will never get any of our business in the future or any referrals for friends and family. Â There are too many "good" and "reputable" restaurants that we will gladly give our business to. Â Stay away from "Pamela" and "Muddy Waters"!!!
Review Source:This was one of our favorite regular places until Pamela, the crazed manager, told us we were unwelcome because I dared tell a waiter not to address me as sweetheart. All of a sudden she had a ton of vague and quite fictitious stories about my husband and I allegedly doing all sorts of rude things that neither of us could recall - aside from one instance where we complained about extremely slow service. She refused to explain or give us any details of these supposed escapades. She opened up with all of this right in front of our four-year old child.
When my husband attempted to speak to her calmly, she voided all of our accumulated points and kicked us (and our child) out before we had finished our meal! Â
We have had more than a dozen pleasant and delicious meals at this restaurant, but obviously will not be returning. Unless you are willing to be dressed down by a power-crazed toady for confusing and delusional reasons, look elsewhere for a neighborhood place. When season is over and the place is a ghost town during the week again, Pamela will have only herself to blame.
My wife and I went to MW last night. Â The way the wait to get in was handled was weird - no idea of what was going on - then when we got a table we sort of wished we hadn't. Â We just figured if people would put up with the place the food would have to be good. Â Turned out - not so. Â The waitress was plenty nice - but clearly overworked. Â No room to navigate. Â We had to get up and get our own silverware after the food came - we asked for some mayo but never got it. Â My burger was raw (and I usually like rare/medium rare - but cold purple in the middle... Â neighbors were struggling though their meals as well - not a great dining experience. Â The waitress lost my credit card in the chaos - but found it on the floor nearby. Â We won't be going back.
Review Source:Worst hostesses ever.... They were so unorganized it was a joke.
We arrive at 8pm on a Friday night, the restaurant is 40% full. The hostess tells us she can't seat us. Then she says if we want to sit down we can but we won't be able to order from a server for at least 30 min. So stupid. She then says they sold out of 12 lobsters tonight... is that a sign of how busy you are? Because 12 lobsters are nothing! Then, as we are about to sit down she says "just got word we can't seat you." Less than a minute later a hostess comes up and seats us. None of it made sense. Finally, on our way to the table the hostess tells us "good luck getting a booth table."
It was all so stupid. As we were walking to our seat, we were in shock at how empty the place was. How can they say they were busy? Also, we sat at a booth... and about 5 other booths were open too, along with every single table besides booths being empty.
Our server was great. She was efficient, friendly and didn't make us feel unwanted like the hostess did.
$0.50 raw oysters are a great deal. We gobbled those down. $15 Friday Fish Fry was also a great deal, you get 4 massive pieces of fish, hushpuppies, cole slaw and fries. It was enough for 2 meals.
They should have at least had a manager come over and apologize for the ridiculous night. Even funnier, about 20 minutes into our evening, the restaurant went from 40% full to %10 full. It seemed like a joke the whole time.
Ate here this weekend had a late lunch. Sat outside in one of their "glider" booths - large booths that hold 6 adults comfortably. They are in a covered area with lots of fans blowing. Lots of island decor around.
There is a full bar here - huge selection of beers on tap and in the bottle as well. The menu here is tremendous, mainly seafood and fish but also burger choices, prime rib sandwiches, chicken and pastas. We started with clams and oysters on the half shell. The clams were very small (little necks). They were very good but a little small for my taste. The oysters were ice cold and sweet. I went with the all you can eat snow crab legs which is a special all day Saturday and Sunday. They were fresh, plentiful. Came with corn on the cob. Â My co-diners had a burger (said it was good), fried calamari (decent), crabcake sandwich (good), and the kids had pasta and chicken nuggets. Fries here were good (came with the nuggets). Â All in all, a decent seafood/bar hang out. Nothing fancy but great for a hang out afternoon or evening.
One of my favorite places to NOT dress up and get cheap food and drinks. The food here for the price is great. If you sit at the bar at happy hour, you can get .25 cent oysters, they are .50 cents at tables. Drinks are super cheap regardless of whether it's happy hour or not.
They are some REALLY old people here. I am assuming there is a retirement home near. They look fancy though, whatever. The bartenders are sweet and patient, I was surprised by how patient they are with the crowd. Very laid back and fun atmosphere. Be careful though, you could easily crawl out of this place. They pour strong drinks and if you are a young girl, the older gentlemen often buy you drinks. Twice I have even had my meals paid for and I didn't even have to endure the pain and suffering of pretending to listen to another story about what it was like growing up in New York or gold digging ex wives. They pretty much left me alone, yes!
My friend did get sick one night off the clams. They were out of oyster, our usual, on this particular day. I would steer clear if possible. They even smelled weird, we should have taken that as a hint.
Their salads are great because they add peas to them, which I love, and they have a good selection of dressings. Fish sandwich is also great!
Overall good food and service here. You do not have to feel obligated to dress to impress because most of the crowd is above 80 and probably cannot see you anyway.
From the parking lot view of the restaurant and a first-timer, I would think the restaurant put a lot of money into the decorations because it is really well decorated inside and outside of the place. I must say, as an artist, my favorite decoration of the restaurant is walking through the hallways to get to the washrooms. It is dim and the walls are painted with accents of glow-in-the dark spots.
My boyfriend, friend, and I came here during late afternoon lunch hours for to try their desserts which were great! Not phenomenally spectacular but it was also not super packed with sugar that would kill my teeth. We had the Key lime coconut and carrot cake. I'm a fan of carrot cake so my opinion will be biased and I enjoyed it because it was less sugary than all the other carrot cakes I used to try and this one was perfect.
For drinks I had a 48 oz. Partyrita which of course I shared... I'm a lightweight and I was already feeling buzzed after 8 oz. Guess who helped me drink it all?
I didn't have a meal here so I really do not know. My friend ordered a salad which he really enjoyed and felt it was really worth it but that's all I can really say about their food. This is a type of restaurant that will attract tourists and you should give it a try.
I wish i could give half stars because they deserve more than 3 but not quite 4. Â Enjoyed the grub..bar atmosphere. Â I like the wide sidewalk seating outside, unfortunately you have to contend with smoking...which I don't like to smell when I'm eating. Â Raw oysters .50 each and i had fish tacos which were tasty, I just didn't' like that they grilled/fried the shell...rather have them soft. Â Overall I enjoyed and will be back.
Review Source:I just went to this place this afternoon to check it out after reading pretty mixed reviews here from my fellow Yelper's. Â I heard it was cheesy and full of weird stuff so this sounded like my kind of place! Â
It was definitely fun. Â It felt like a made-for-TV-version of Key West. Â There was stuff all over the walls, stars painted on the walls, skulls, pirate stuff in the bar, a bunch of TV's, and a huge menu. Â The drink menu was impressive as it appeared there were cool island-type drinks that they will make you to really put the feel on. Â If you are a Buffett phan or like the Margaritaville-esque type environments, this is the place for you. Â I have to admit, the Yuengling beer on tap was mighty stale but as the true pirate that I am, I finished it. Â
My only "issue", if you will, was the ANNOYING people at the end of the bar watching the Rangers hockey game. Â Granted, I despise hockey and also don't understand why people in Florida watch it, maybe it's PTSD from growing up in that climate (Minnesota), but these people were LOUD and OBNOXIOUS. Â You know the types that think everyone in the bar wants to hear them and that their audience thinks they are funny? Â Yeah, that was these people. Â For instance, the bartender poured them all shots of "Kamikaze", and the one lady yells "Kama kama kama kama Kamikaaazzeee!" Â You know, like the Karma Chameleon song....WOW. Â Enough said!
But, the restaurant/bar is awesome and I will definitely go back.
I hate to say it  but the service there was AWFUL!  It took more than 10 minutes to get a drink, the waitress never served any of the food we ordered. Yes the food and drinks were of standard, the server PATTI needs to step up her game, or find another means of work! I became so frustrated with it all I had to leave and have my partner pay the bill. If PATTI is your server, be prepared to wait for your meal.
Review Source:I would say Muddy Waters would get 3 1/2 stars. I ordered the jerk pork not realizing it was a sandwich. Â It was okay. The flavor wasn't all that great. Â However, the hush puppies were awesome! Â (Hence the extra 1 1/2 stars). We had a coupon so, we thought we'd give it another try. The waitress this time around was pretty cool and efficient, but she didn't make up for the uncleanliness of the restaurant. Â (I suggest eating outside if you want to eat in a cleaner environment). Â Now, let's talk about the menu. Â Two words: TOO ELABORATE! Â If you want to turn your tables and satisfy your customers at the same time, I suggest not putting a million and one items to choose from on the menu! Â Needless, to say we probably won't be returning again. Â Even though we live around the corner.
Review Source:A cross between the flare-loving restaurant from the movie Office Space and some tacky Florida keys eatery. Now, simply add a twist of tacky and you're beginning to get the idea.
I was in the neighborhood running errands with a friend and we found this place on Yelp. I read the reviews and decided to give it try. Proving the old saying, you can't win them all.
The food was unimpressive in taste, presentation, and creativity.
Service is mediocre at best.
Even the menu was poorly designed.
The tough part is that one can imagine that the owners are trying and they need some fresh ideas and maybe an intervention.
This place is just FABULOUS! Great food, great prices, great ambiance! Outdoor seating is smoke friendly and they have cooling fans for usual humid late afternoons. My best friend and I come here a couple times a month and we love recommending this place to friends and family. I love Muddy Waters!
Review Source:Now that it has cooled off in S. Florida this is a great place eat outside on a a weekend evening. Eclectic menu and as another Yelper noted an eclectic crowd. They have parrots and other types of birds in cages outside which occassionally squawk. Some of the swing chairs/tables can fit up to 8 people. Creative mixed drink specials which are only $4 or $5. . The other night I had the special for $15.99 which was outstanding..Grouper francaisse with carribean rice, grilled veges and a salad.
Review Source:Went there to celebrate two friends birthdays, took them out to dinner with the wife. Â Haven't been there in over 5 years, the birthday girls wanted to go there. Website and reviews depict the place as a tropical Jimmy Buffet style place, we found it startlingly different. Â 70's music (dance/disco music playing), rustic inside dining area (normal), but at dinner time up on all the big screen TV's I'm seeing a 60+ year old guy getting prepped for heart surgery! Not baseball, not World Cup, but very graphic heart surgery! Just what I want to see during dinner (I CAN'T make this sh*t up, it happened). Waitresses show up, one with "TRAINEE" written on her name badge. Nice; this is going to be memorable. Her name was Erin. I politely asked to have the channel changed as I and our guests were not into watching a live surgical procedure during our dinner. Â They changed our TV's locally to a baseball game, but I'll be damned if the bar TV didn't have the live surgery still on it. We waded through the menu and ordered fish dip and drinks to start. Â A Patron margarita ended up being delivered as a margarita with a Patron on the rocks next to it, not in it, and it reflected on the bill the same way, billed for two drinks. Â Conch chowder was sent back as it was watery onion soup-like. Entrees were grilled grouper sandwich, jambalaya, grilled grouper tacos, and small order of wings. Â Grilled grouper sandwich came out with two inches of bread, maybe 1/4 inch fish fillet. Grouper tacos seemed light on the fish part. Â Jambalaya ROCKED! Our wing order was lost by either the kitchen or waitresses, but never made it to the table, and 3/4 way through the food on the table we cancelled it. Â The girls got a piece of cake complimentary for their birthday. We tipped out 20%, and left with the feeling we took one for the team. This place could be better if the ambiance matched the advertising, they got rid of surgical techniques as entertainment, the fish portions would be a little larger, and somebody found a conch chowder recipe on the internet because what they served was nothing like any conch chowder I've had in 35 years in Florida. Beers and drinks were good, pricing reasonable, the birthday girls were ok with dinner, but I couldn't recommend this place to a friend. There's better to be found locally for the same price.
Review Source:I find this place just boring. I have been there a few times for lunch with coworkers. The food is unremarkable. I can't figure out exactly what the theme is. There is some outside seating which could be a good place to hang out for a while. This is basically a bar that happens to sell food. Kind of an Irish, Caribbean Pirate, Beach, Pub, Sports Bar... stuff hanging everywhere, oh I don't know what it is! I think I'm getting a headache.
Review Source:Okay so imagine yourself by yourself down in FL. What do you see? Probably a bunch of old people eating dinner around 4? Well we ventured in around 7, open the door to a dance floor full of 65+ (seniors) year olds dancing to a Barry Manilow impersonator. And if that wasn't enough, it was a tag team! Elvis was on site!
While it was very overwhelming, we managed to venture to the opposite side of the bar and have a safe dinner far from the crazy seniors. The food was mediocre. I have now been to muddy waters about 4 times. I got the Mahi Tacos the first 2, and the final one i ventured off and got some Coconut Shrimp. I was not impressed with any of the food i had there.
I recommend this place as a bar. The Tacos make a great pair when coupled with a nice tall 22 oz beer!!
I also managed to make it out for Halloween. Yet again a very memorable experience. The bartenders consisted of a firewoman, and a police officer and on top of that they had models walking around handing out free shots! I was quite overwhelmed. But it really was a good night.
Make a trip out to Muddy Waters for happy hour and you will be satisfied!
Pretty solid south Florida bar/seafood fare. Â It's gotta a swanky dirty pirate/boat feel to it. Â The folks that come here are across the board and it makes for an entertaining place. Â They have some HD LCD's in the bar area for decent sports watching, and then they have some ancient CRT 27" tv's that make you remember what horrible TV watching we came from. Â Good drinks and they make some really ridiculous noggin sized boat drinks.
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