Woodys Waterfront Cafe and Beach Bar

As a Floridian I've been to many great water bars and restaurants. Woody's is not one of those. 1) Dirty inside and out.  2) Rude, condescending waitstaff.  3) No signs announcing that they don't accept credit cards, and the waiter only informed us - AFTER - I laid my credit card down attempting to pay the bill.  Then he told me there was a convenient ATM - right inside! Yes, that convenient ATM -- charged me a total $5.00 to get $20 out.

The food was mediocre. Paper plates and plastic knives and forks. Unadvisably, I got the surf and turf. Ever try to cut a grisselly, fat laden piece of meat with a plastic knife on a foam paper plate?   HA!  

The music was hideous. An old guy playing along to sequenced tunes - and singing badly. I thought to myself - does the management really think that this is what people enjoy?  Hideous.  The guy took every classic rock tune from the 1970's and butchered it by turning it into a godawful country-sounding tune.   ie:    "Yaa- ouuuuuu   -  yaa - oouuu shook me  aaaaawwwwwlllll   night long.  Yea ya did!   Yaaa  had me rawkin!!!   Yaaaa -   yaaa-ouuuuu - shook me aaaaawwwwll night long."

It took a ton of mouthwash and quite a few q-tips to get this evening purged from my body.

Don't walk, RUN - as fast as you can from this establishment.

Grade A

Now that the hell fire crawfish dip is back on the menu along with great happy hour price, super friendly staff, and water view. The place to be for happy hour.

My friend Donna and I ended up at Woody's after a long hot day at the beach. The set-up was cute and on the water. It's not a place to go for cold A/C. The inside was not cold so we opted to sit outside.

For my drink, I wanted something refreshing so I ordered a traditional mojito and it hit the spot!

For lunch I had the blackened fish sandwich. It came with a side a coleslaw, which was cold and crunchy just the way I like it. The piece of fish was huge! It was seasoned to perfection. I really enjoyed it.
The service was nothing to rave about so I'll call it average.

Donna had the fish tacos and she said that she was "pleasantly surprised." The portion was generous and she ended up taking half of it to go.

My only real disappointment was with the ladies room. It's super small and needs some major updating.

I heard Woody's has good chicken wings so I might go back and try those.