Pandora’s Steak House

Wonderful service and atmosphere! It’s got the throw-​back appeal for sure. We sat in the «Sinatra» booth! The bacon wrapped scallops were absolutely scrumptious and I particularly enjoyed their house-​made red wine vinaigrette on my salad. We’ll be coming back (when our pocket book lets us ;-)

Great family owned restaurant! Service is excellent and the prime beef is to die for! The best triggerfish in the business. Go, you will not he sorry!

Great night and great food. The entertainment in the bar before hand was a special treat. The food was very good and the service as well. Would definitely eat here again when we are back in the area.

Horrible horrible experience at this place. Service was the worst and the food was ok. Our server Alan was rude and ver disrespectful and mean. Worst experience of our life. We will never go there and def recommend no one go there. Horrible restaurant, dirty, rude staff. — across the board

First time to eat here, it was Sunday night we got right in. I had shrimp/​w BP. The potato was over cooked but didn’t taste to bad. The salad was okay but the croutons were great, ranch dressing was good. My shrimp was good too but the cocktail sauce was not good at all. The bread was good. My husband had prime rib. He said it was okay, but it was greasy and had a lot of fat on it. The best thing we had and they were AWESOME was the burgundy mushrooms. The service was good. Our waiter checked on us regularly. Very pricey.

The food was great. Cheapest crab legs I have ever paid for and they were great. Service was odd though our waiter did not seem to check on us much.

This place gets better and better each time we visit! Ask for Jerry, he is a great waiter. Very attentive! He even overheard that it was one of our party members birthday, and started ‘happy birthday’ with a lit candle on a piece of pie. Such a fun time. My only critique is that the hostess was not very welcoming, and this visit wasn’t our first time experiencing her ‘I wish neither of us were here’ attitude.
Overall a great place with great food and a great atmosphere. They have live music at night too!

So yummy! The waiters were all so nice, the décor and atmosphere was awesome/​unique, and the live music was great! The food was wonderful:
Crab cakes — so full of flavor!
Chargrilled Yellowfin Tuna — so tender and I ate every bit!
Definitely try this place!

This is a good place to come if you want steak. Simply that. When my party was seated, we ordered drinks and told our waiter we’d wait a while, well that seemed to piss him off. He has been snippy and cold the whole night and looks down at us every time we say no thank you.
Also, come here if you love to be stared at!
When we got our food, one of our group’s steak was cooked incorrectly, and mine was overdone. Do not order the Top Sirloin, spare yourself. Come here on Sunday nights, and there’s a special on prime rib.
This whole restaurant made me feel like I was out of place and I’m not sure I’ll be visiting again.

This was hands down the best meal I had during my 7-​day road trip. Ordered the Prime Rib which was cooked to perfection and enough to feed 2 people. The entrée included a fresh and crispy salad and your choice of potato. Also ordered the French Onion soup which was very flavorful, but lacking the gooey baked on cheese that I love to eat my way thru getting to the yummy onions and broth.
My one comment to Pandora’s is this, change out the individual butter packs that you serve with your bread, not very upscale for the prices of the meals you serve. Other then that, it was a fabulous meal.

We had high expectations for this place, but we’re very unsatisfied with be main dishes. First — the good. The kids shrimp were delicious! The bread and croutons are fresh and fantastic. The salads were also really delicious. Unfortunately, that’s where it ends.
The prime rib was very grisly, the ribs were burnt… bad, the crab cakes were dry, the crab legs were «fishy» and and the twice baked potatoes were more like 10 time baked potatoes. When we commented on it to the waiter, he really did nothing to accommodate us. In fact he only gave us our bill and walked away.
And for a family restaurant… It’s located next door to (3) gentleman’s club. Something to think about If you come with small kids.
Definitely would not recommend.

Quality, skill, and excellent service. Some of the best food I’ve had outside NOLA. (New Orleans for the non-​locals.) May seem silly, but we were impressed even by the croutons. House made, crunchy on the outside with the slightest bit of softness inside wrapped in olive oil delight. Even the relatively cheap house wine was incredibly smooth. We got the Filet Oscar and Oak Grilled Triggerfish. Both cooked to perfection. Well worth the extra price for the quality.

Excellent. Not a local but stopped there for dinner tonight. Had the sirloin. It was HUGE! Perfectly cooked (rare). Wonderful flavor. Great bread & nice salad. Garrin (I think) was my waiter & he was wonderful. Not inexpensive but worth it.

Excellent. Delicious cuts of steak and great service. Also I had the pleasure of hearing Elvis live. What more can you say?
Also Alan is the best!!!

Definitely one of the best meals I have ever eaten. The staff was top-​notch and on-​point. I was in the area on business and had the distinct pleasure of eating here. Needless to say I cannot wait to come back again. Highly recommended!!!

My husband and I love this place. I find the atmosphere comforting since it reminds me of steakhouses in the old days when I was little and my parents would go on special occasions. The filet is amazing. The fried green tomatoes are very good. Much different that what you’re probably used to, but really good and not at all greasy. The potatoes are also very good and the service is also great. Yes it’s next to a strip club, but it’s next to it, not in it. LOL.

Pandora’s was highly recommended by a family member so we visited for a nice steak dinner.
I ordered a NY Strip, medium, and the hubs and NY Strip medium well. We both got the twice baked potatoes. He also ordered a lobster tail.
Fresh bread was good.
They don’t have sweet tea… Boo!
We think they switched our steaks because his was a lot redder than he could tolerate. After we were both halfway through we switched and were much more pleased with our steaks. I still prefer steaks marinated and cooked at home, but this was good for a restaurant steak.
Husband said lobster tail may be the best he’s ever had.
We both LOVED the twice baked potatoes, well worth the upcharge.
High priced-​yes but so is everything else at the beach. It was a nice, peaceful dinner and a lovely get away from all of the tourist spots.

Talk about hyping this place up! I will say the only thing that got them the additional star is the amazing service. Our waiter was GREAT. He was enthusiastic and extremely respectful. It was surprising because most of the service down here has not been the best.
Hands down the best waiter in Fort Walton Beach! It’s a same I don’t remember his name, he was an older gentleman and I would recommend him… lol
The bf and I arrived there at around 8 pm and it was relatively quiet, not too many people out.
We ordered crab cakes for the appetizer and it was not too memorable. For our entrée, I ordered bacon wrapped scallops and the bf got the steak and lobster tail combo. He also got mushrooms and spinach a la carte.
Scallops have a rubbery taste if they are over cooked and you bet I was eating bacon wrapped rubber.
We had a dessert drink, it was delicious. All of the dessert drinks w/​alcohol looked good. But the food wasn’t the best… so take your pick! Service and drinks might be all you need.

Hit and miss. Not much to choose from for vegetarian. Steaks were served Luke warm. We had a party of 11 and couldn’t sit together. We were split between 3 tables. It was NY Eve but that’s not an excuse for sub par food and service.
I had to ask twice to get a napkin as my table setting was missing the napkin We were given the bill without being asked if we wanted dessert. I was going to get one to go but I guess not! Here is the report from some of our party: Three had fish that tasted fishy which means it was not fresh. One had shrimp that was swimming in water and tasteless. I had the pasta Mariana that tasted like tomato soup. Half of our party of 11 have been here before and liked the food but after we had so many bad meals in one sitting we won’t be back. We had way better food for less amount of money at the Okinawa Japanese Steakhouse a couple of nights earlier.

All about that Pandora’s Prime Rib Special. I honestly don’t know why you would come here on a day other than Wednesday or Sunday.
Soup, salad, large hunk of meat and a side. It’s lotsa food. We asked if 2 of us could split one, but it was a no-​go. So I ordered a cup of the soup of the day for $ 5 and picked off my partner’s plate the whole night. Not a bad deal.
We sipped through our soups, although my creamy crab and asparagus beat out the special’s French onion. Next, we crunched through the salad, which was nothing to rave about, but we appreciated the various dressing options. We’re obvs not here for the starters though… show us the meat!
The prime rib is a pink, perfectly cooked doozy. Ask for some horseradish to slather on that sucker, and you’re set to go. Our side of choice was the baked potato, which comes with butter and sour cream. Compared to the far pricier items on the regular menu, this $ 14.99 special steals the show once again.