Dock Surfside Bar & Grill

In town for business, right on the beach great view of the water. Actually ate there twice, the fried shrimp was amazing. Their homemade chips were very good. Drinks where priced right and same with food. Would recommend for anyone looking for some good food and a view of the beach. Day I was there had a live band, just a good beach experience all around.

It’s a beach bar with strong drinks and good fried food. We were perfectly happy with our December Friday afternoon experience at The Dock. The view was beautiful and our bartender was super friendly and got to know us. She was attentive and made us feel at home. It’s not the «prettiest» bar in the world, but the view may be!

Dang, people are WAY HARSH on the Dock. Come on, you know what you are getting when you roll up at this type place so why not just go with the flow and enjoy? Definitely more of an adults and not family place though. So take yo kids somewhere else probably.
It is a beach bar right on the beach and gets really packed on days where the beach is packed. Why? Because it has those delicious frozen beverages as well as cold beer and also just regular liquor drinks. There’s a bar area facing the beach and also another bar inside. They do pump some loud festive music but it helps get the party started! During the day it was a mix of all kinds of things (I mean, Journey! Come on!) but at night this place definitely turns into a beach club. I mean, like a beach club where only 21 – 28 year olds should be. I wouldn’t come here at night since I am a bit too old to feel the club scene but in the afternoon it is perfectly fine.
Bartenders were efficient and they are used to dealing with a ton of people including drunk people and people that never drink so have no idea what they are getting. We heard from a couple of locals that this place made the best Creamsicle drinks so we got one. «You want an extra shot with that?» Um… well…HELL YES I DO! (Ok, maybe I WOULD do ok at the club later on at night hahahaha.) So they put an upside down test tube of 151 Rum in your drink. They mix orange and a cream flavor frozen drink (didn’t taste like Pina Colada but maybe it technically is?) and it was THE BEST FROZEN DRINK I HAVE EVER HAD. It tasted just like those creamsicles you remember. It was better than the one at Bamboo Willies. It was DIVINE. And the extra shot… well, that just added to the fun. So go get you one and enjoy!

Frozen drinks were ok my husband walked up to grab some frozen margaritas but I’m giving it a 1 star because they play their music so loud pointing speakers at the beach it kinda ruins the point of trying to relax on the beach. But what pissed me off was the fact they blare the uncensored music as soon as they open and there were literally no customers In there until 4 hours later. They are going to run off the families from this spot of the beach permenantly which hurts the other businesses around it. So many people left this area of the beach because of the loud uncensored music, I had several people tell me to go to orange beach or to quite beach. Since I love this spot I stayed but next time I visit unfortunately I will not patronize this area of the beach again. Because of their noise pollution I had to explain to my child things I should have at the beach. they are ruining this beach.

I visited the dock 2 days ago to have a couple of drinks on the beach with no luck. I walked up to the bar facing the beach, but the crowd was a little thick and it looked like a long wait, so I decided to go inside. My first impression was of a typical rathole dive, sort of a crowd of people who all look like they’ve just been released from prison for cooking meth or stabbing someone. Not to mention the terrible band whose singer was so drunk you couldn’t understand him. I walked to the bar, and after waiting a good 25 minutes for the bartender to wait on the 6 or so people that were before me (and 2 who were after) he got to me and asked what I wanted. My wife is kind of picky and they didn’t have what she wanted so I said never mind and left.
I came back in from the beach after about 30 minutes or so to order drinks for me and my sister after my wife found hers elsewhere. We waited as the bartender served everyone else who was there, after which he just looked at us and walked out without saying a word. I guess that’s the kind of service I should’ve expected from such a dump.

You are going for the view! The dock sits directly on Pensacola Beach to the left of the water tower. You can park in the lot there. You want an outside deck seat to enjoy the view and people watch. The food is all right, but most people seem to be drinking or cooling off from the beach. There are servers but they need more. Its a divey, woodsy, western feel décor and kind of dark. The deck has picnic type tables and you can kick back, eat and relax while enjoying the beach view.

Very dumpy looking and the food not so good, Fantastic location as you can walk in right off the beach

I’m giving two stars only because of the location & the consistency & flavor of the drinks.
With several different flavors to choose from you can’t go wrong it’s sort of like having a fat Tuesdays on the beach.
Now the staff is another thing extremely rude and I sat and watched them serve four to five different people prior to coming to take my order; and those customers came after I had sat down and was waiting to be served and I flagged my hand at the bartender to try & be served, if it wasn’t such a warm day and I was thirsty and wanted one of those drinks I would’ve got up and left.
Not what I return that’s an absolutely no I’d rather walk the distance and go over to bamboo willies, which is on the opposite side of the beach but that’s okay.

Run down but beers still cold! Food wasn’t bad and service was polite and fast. Would return

The servers work hard, but are spread too thin. Great atmosphere for young adults not so much a family spot. The fish tacos (grilled) were great for a bar food spot.

We came here to rent two scooters. We paid and were on are way. 20 minutes later one broke down, after sitting on the side of the road for 30 minutes and calling 15 times (no exaggeration) they answered and said some one was on there way. 45 minutes later no one showed up so I called another 8 times before I got ahold of some one. They again told me someone was on the way. So again we waited for 30 minutes. After no one showed I left and came back to get my car to go pick up my brother. When we came back Bruce told us there were no refunds. And that I was crazy for thinking I would get my money back. The only one here that is good at anything is the bar back. I think his name was Alex. Bruce never once apologized for not answering or the fact that we were stuck on the side of the road for 1 ½ hours.

Come on guys, its a beach bar, what do you expect but to be half naked, sandy assed, tipsy and looking for more fun. This place is amazing, its a bar with some food, not a freaking 4 star restaurant so dont expect that. Appreciate it for what it is, A kick ass beach bar with $ 5 all you can drink on Wednesday and the best view of beaches and bikinis.

This bar has typical frozen food type selection. I like to drink the bushwacker when I visit Pensacola beach. The cheese fireballs are the only thing I enjoy eating here. Other than that, I would just save my money and eat elsewhere.

One star for location and the fries were decent. The hamburgers were absolutely terrible and the bun was falling apart. The shrimp was very bland. Not to mention our waitress barely came around to check on us. We waited 15 minutes for one drink. And finally, the prices for this horrendous food and service were outrageous! Highly recommend going somewhere else.

Save your money. Another tourist trap that thi. ks you can serve anything and get away with it. A sorry ass pre cooked burger… come on, man! IT does seem to have the drinkers crowd. Its a cant miss at that location!!!

Stopped in this place to grab a bite to eat before one of the Bands on the Beach concerts nearby. It is a shabby beach bar that serves what may possible be considered food, but I emphasize may. This was the worst Po Boy sandwich I have ever had, anywhere. I will give a little credit, the fries were acceptable. To make the experience ever worse, I got one of their margarita specials, which was mediocre. The prices were very high for what you get here. My advise is to avoid this place.

Terrible service! Treat you like you’re a bother.

The worst hamburger on the beach… by far. It’s a pre-​formed, frozen patty in the shape of an asteroid. Or something. I’ve bought the same burgers from Sam’s Club, where they are called TNT Burgers. The difference? When I cook ‘em at the house, they don’t cost $ 9 apiece. Hell, I didn’t even get a toasted bun for my money.
Greasy fries. Blech.
I like hanging out at the Dock and will continue to do so, but will never order another burger. It’s a shame that the management chooses to serve such dreck. Pfft.
So, four stars as a place to hang out and drink, two-​stars on the strength – or lack thereof – of their crappy burger.

Great beachside bar. I always visit when I’m in the area. The only dislike I have is the kitchen closing at 6:00 PM. I look forward to my next visit. The Bushwhackers are VERY good!

While on my little solo vacationing, came thru here and their locale is cool and I love the outside bar overlooking the ocean. Fried fish is not my thing, but I had to ge some seafood in so I asked for the fish basket grilled. I could have shared it with 2 more people! it was plentiful and good. spacious and did not stay lomng but I bet is a fun dig later at night.