The Sand Bar and Grill

I created an account in Yelp just to review this place, as it was a horrible experience. The place is grossly understaffed. The food itself was just ok. If I could, I would've given this place zero stars...

The early bird special here is a very good value. A limited number of entrees (including fried shrimp) are available at a reduced price. Included is a small salad, entree, sides and dessert for about $12. Hard to beat a deal like that at the beach. You've just got to get there early with the blue haired tourists.

This was my last night in Brunswick, having been in the area for four months for training.  My dad and brother had driven 10 hours from Virginia to see me and we were looking for a nice place to have dinner while touring Jekyll Island.  We chose The Sand Bar because it was close to the beach and looked busy.

Once we got inside, it was indeed busy!  Very happening, or so it seemed.  The decor and atmosphere was okay.  Nothing special, but far from a dive.  My dad ordered some seafood, my brother ordered a chicken salad, and I ordered a buffalo chicken wrap.  We also order some tea and Coke.  

After about 15 minutes we noticed our food had not arrived.  We got a refill on our overly sweet, sweet teas.  Then after 30 minutes of waiting, our waitress very apologeticly stated they were really behind in the kitchen and she reassured us that it would only be about 10 more minutes.  After waiting another 20 minutes, bringing our total wait time to an hour and with no sign of our food in sight, we dicided to leave.  

The waitress kindly let us go without charging us for our drinks.  I think she was frustrated at whatever was going on behind the scenes.  In an adjacent room, there was some large function going on and appeared as though 90% of the restaurant's efforts were going in to serving those people, while leaving the rest of the patron's high and dry.  There were several waitresses working and the kitchen looked very busy with many cooks, but they were far understaffed for the number of people they were attempting to serve.  One thing that could have helped with the wait was free bread or chips or perhaps somehting to read.  We may have stayed, but I only had three hours to spend with my family that evening and an hour was waisted at this terrible restaurant!  In the end, we drove to other side of the island and had a perfect meal at Latitude 31.  A more expensive, yet nicer, place to eat, but all too often you get what you pay for.