Joes Tiki Bar

We were having a good time until a drunk moron decided he was a Le Bare stripper (not)…and was humping the tables, railing and taking his shirt off… while a live band was performing. I complained to the staff and manager… but it continued… clearly the staff over served someone. It ended with a fight and the police. Big bummer too because the band was good!

Gorgeous location! TERRIBLE EVERYTHING ELSE!
So many bugs eating at you it’s terrible. Blown speakers so when you pay for the jukebox you get terrible bass and can’t here the vocals on anything. Completely overly priced. Didn’t have sushi when they were suppose to because they said the guy wasn’t probably going to show up???

I don’t know how this place is has only 2.5 stars. Everything I ate was great. Fisherman’s Trio appetizer — calamari was really great, shrimp was fresh and the maho-​mahi fingers… OMG! Had the Mahi Mahi fajitas and they were fantastic. Their seafood is really nice and fresh.

Great place, great service, FatTuesday drinks, right on the water! Grilled MahiMahi was excellent, and the best pineapple Mojitos I’ve had in a long time!

Not only the worst service. I had to sit at the bar for 20 minutes before anyone even asked me if I wanted a drink. Then I had to ask for a menu. When I was ready to order it was like I should of sent up smoke signals to get her attention once again. All I ordered was a shrimp cocktail. It came with no silverware no napkins no horseradish and to boot 20.00 $ I’ll learn my lesson next time that all the reviews on this restaurant are correct

We came by on a Saturday evening to check out the band. No drink specials, so we got a bucket of beer and we tried a rum bucket (it was super sweet, did not taste like rum at all, I do not recommend this). We also ordered a burger with sweet potato fries. The fries did not taste like much, and the burger was good. Our friends had the fish dip and said it was the worst they have ever had. Service was pretty good. The music was OK. Overall, we will probably be back for the views and music, but will not get food again.

Fomos em uma sexta-​feira a noite, musica ao vivo e muita animação.
É um Tiki-​bar, bem descontraído e com a tremenda vantagem de ter uma vista incrível, waterfront. Muitas pessoas vem de barco, e é muito legal ver o movimento das embarcações, que mesmo a noite velejam por aqui. O estacionamento normal, de carros, é pequeno e custa 3 dólares (valet parking ou self parking).
Como havia lido revisoes que nao aconselhavam os drinks daqui, ficamos na cerveja. E pedimos o trio de apetizers com camarão, lula e peixe, os 2 últimos empanados e quentes, o camarão frio (do tipo peel and eat). Ficamos umas 2 horas. O serviço foi muito atencioso.

The only thing I enjoyed about this place was the view. It sits on the water, so that was pretty relaxing. Other than that, it’s overpriced and the food is not great at all. Service was alright… But I’d opt for another place if you ask me.

Was looking for a laid back place to go on the water with live music. Based on the recommendation of a friend i took date there last night which was a Saturday. Here are my honest thoughts:
Food & Drinks– The food was surprisingly good. I had a steak with a side of veggies and a salad. We shared seaweed salad and edamame. My date had oysters she really enjoyed. The drinks were strong, good pouring!
Entertainment– They had a really good band playing classic rock. I’m a music snob who likes all types of music and these guys were talented.
Service– I’ve read some bad reviews but have to say our service was decent. Our server was nice and semi attentive. Didn’t wait long for food or drinks.
Appearance & Location– Divey looking little place but right on water which always relaxes me as love watching boats go by. The place is a tiki hut which is cool. Keep in mind this is not where you are going for high end dining to impress someone. My only complaint about the whole experience was that every table I went to sit at outside had dirty tablecloths with crumbs all over them. Had to wipe it off myself before the date got there. Tables inside didn’t look dirty. Might just be one section someone forgot to clean
Price– Two appetizers, 4 strong drinks and two dinners $ 120 total including tip. I would call that average to a slight bit above average.
Crowd– Crowd was mixed in almost every way. Had locals and tourists. Some looked classy some looked cheesy. Couples, singles and families.
Parking– $ 3 valet who were nice. Unfortunately I drive a classic car and looks like they cracked my gas tank somehow but accidents happen and that is not the restaurants fault.
Overall I recommend Joe’s! Above average food, good drinks, decent service, great tunes, great view in a laid back atmosphere.

Well we left happy and satisfied again. The only reason I didn’t give Joe’s a five star rating the first visit is because we didn’t eat. This time we did. We had the Philly Steak which came with fries. It was delicious and again our service was top notch. They also had a band again. It was off the hook good music. Can’t wait to go back.

Joe’s …love the place
Tiki and fun
Chef Louis prepares the best bar food in the neighborhood,
Come visit Paula and Joe …

Very good classic rock and blues music on the weekend! But bar service is slow. I think you have to be a regular or they will ignore you (even after you’ve tip’d them, so WTF?)
Open aired chickee hut; it’s one of THE BEST views of the Intracoastal in So Florida. So if you’re looking for a natural old-​school Florida sunsets and not the crowded yacht & restaurant scene of Ft. Lauderdale, this spot overlooks a nature preserve. [Fun Fact: Fast n Furious 2’s watertoys scene was filmed just a couple of blocks north of here.]
Very casual, shorts & flip flops. Food is just OK but have a beer and relax. You’ll have to if you’re waiting for a refill

Ok so in town for the Memorial Day weekend and went to Joe’s last night (Sunday May 24). Had fun bar hopping along S Ocean and AMAZING dinners and drinks all night. Wanted to close out the night with a nice drink at Joe’s and pulled in. The first thing we saw was that the Valet sign said «Valet $ 3» — ok no problem, but when the valet came up he said «$ 5 man»
Ok no biggie… paid it and went in. Then we sat at the bar waiting for the bartender. Nothing. Waited about 10 – 15 minutes literally… nothing. Finally the manager came over and asked if we had been helped. We said no, he got a bartender immediately. Now… this would not have been a big deal but there were like 5 bartenders all tending at one end of bar. Looked like a lot of locals were more important than us. Got two margaritas which were not great. and that was the last we saw of the bartender… ridiculously bad service. Disappointed, asked for check. Then took a while to get that. Would not go back again… there are plenty of other places on S Ocean with much better service.

I have to agree with the majority of the reviews, this place is awful! The only redeeming quality about this place is the location. The location is great and sitting and enjoying the ocean breeze is amazing. And that’s where any good remarks end. No amount of soothing ocean breeze can make up for its mediocre to terrible food and abysmal service.
I went with some family members who ordered lobster bisque, if you can call it that. It tasted more like tomato and basil soup. They finished their soups before we ever received our drink order. And don’t even think about any re-​fills, because those just didn’t happen. Someone at the table ordered a «lemonade» but we think it was just water with lemon squeezed into it and a table spoon full of sugar. The sodas ordered were flat as well. We ordered onion rings to the table and they weren’t horrible, but they had a fishy taste to it.
My husband ordered an island skirt steak and specifically asked if anything came on top and for it to be medium well, when it came out it was lathered in pico de gallo and sent it back. My husband didn’t receive his «new» plate until the rest of the table was done with their food. And the steak was well done.
Everyone at the table ordered yellow rice or rice pilaf, but when the plates came out everyone was forced to eat white rice because they ran out of every other rice. The thing is, this would’ve be fine had they let us know beforehand or have us chose another side if we pleased. And to add insult to injury, the rice was cold. Oh and my brother in law asked for a grouper and got a red snapper instead.
Our waitress never came to check up on us or give refills and when it came time to pay, the waitress was preoccupied flirting with a table with three men. I waved at her to get her attention, because it was late and my little nephews were asleep at the table, so we were trying to get out of there ASAP. She made eye contact with me twice while I waived at her, and she chose to ignore me instead and continue soaking in the attention from the men. I’m not against it, for the record, you hustle girl and do what you gotta do if that means a bigger tip for you, but not at the expense of my family and me.
At this point, I was fed up and asked to speak with the manager. Since we were a party of 6, 19% gratuity was already included and we just didn’t agree to give such a hefty gratuity with such horrible service. The manager was apologetic and removed the gratuity and credited us a partial plate. And instead of letting me speak to the manager, the waitress stood alongside him and argued everything I said which I felt was extremely unprofessional. To make matters worse, when we received the rectified check, another waitress brought out the check instead. Also, an act that I found very unprofessional.
Run, don’t walk away from this place. Don’t waste your money on this place.

I have mixed feels about giving this place only 2 stars because the food is excellent. If it had not been for the food 0 stars would have been in order.
I had the Ahi and my co-​worker had the grouper. We also had a sushi appetizer.
The server was very good and knowledgable about the menu.
I must say though that this place is filthy. When we sat down the table cloth was gross. We asked that it be removed. It was removed and we were told that there were no more clean ones. On the way out I used the bathroom. If I had gone in there before dinner I would have promptly left. I was absolutely disgusting.
I feel sorry for the chef. As I said the food was excellent. Not sure how he can work here.

It’s a nice place to sit down relax right on the Intracoastal the drinks are kind of expensive if its not on a special and they’re not that great but you pay for the view you pay for the live music and it’s just a great place to meet people a word of caution parking is very limited because of the building of Margaritaville and if you do find parking it’s $ 3 if you’re at the bar or going outside it’s four dollars an hour

Not a bad spot. Happy hour 4 till 7.
The also have Sushi and a good menu.
The dock would be awesome if I had a boat. The only thing I did not like is the FAT TUESDAY sign saying frozen drinks, it led me to believe that they had frozen drink specials. It’s also dead, but I like the country music. That gave them an extra star.

Joe’s occupies an enviable location Intracoastal Waterway location with dockside tables offering magnificent as well as interesting views of the waterway and its activities. It also has a very nice interior bar and dining areas that offer good views of the stage and entertainment. It really is a tiki type of place and has that totally casual laid back relaxed atmosphere one might associate with Key West.
This visit was my third. On the two prior occasions I came in by boat as Joe’s has a rather good docking arrangement which on off season or weekdays general has docking space available. This time, however, I came by car and found the parking conditions boarding upon being nightmarish.
For food, what comes out best is anything related to seafood or Asian oriented. I’ve had their shrimp pasta and their California rolls which were rather good. However, I found their chicken parm and steaks somewhat less than average.
Unfortunately I don’t think their bar tenders know what they are doing. The mixed drinks, particularly their margaritas are anything but impressive and if you don’t hit their happy hours, which are only on weekdays from 11:00 — 7:00, you’re going to be paying a rather hefty price for a drink made with bottom line out of the well cheap booze and crap ass commercial mixers; like with reasonable tip over $ 10/​drink.
The entertainment I’ve seen here is certainly nothing worthy of any particular note, but darn good.
For views and atmosphere, a solid Four Stars winner, but for food, service, bang for the buck value, and when taking into consideration the horrors of parking, I can only go with an overall of Three Stars.

They have a nice friendly staff, good food, good prices and a great location! Right on the water! !

First time I went, service was good, there wasn’t anyone there really but the waiters were really friendly. We ordered the oysters, the presentation was not very good. The ice they used wasn’t the correct ice so the oysters were drenched in water by the time it got to the table. The rest of the food like
Conch fritters and platanitos with shrimp were really good. However the next day I took my friend for his birthday and I thought heck let me surprise him since it is a nice place to hang out at. Well the host was all over the place, he finally
Got us seated, said a comment that was a bit embarrassing. We sit, we wait, and we wait. No one ever came to our table not even to greet us. My friend and I are hungry at this point so we get up and leave and the host just says thanks for coming.
It wasn’t even that crazy for the bad service.
We ended up going to the taco spot and had great service.
Sorry tiki you didn’t win me over this time. :-/

Those of you who follow our Top Chef team through our 2015 Florida journey know we hate and always try and avoid negative reviews. With that being said, heres the scoop on Joe’s Tiki Bar in Hollywood Florida. We came here to address the amount of negative reviews. Most of the negativity relates to prices. Here are the things we noticed most. California Roll priced at $ 8.95 12 raw oysters $ 18.95 off season, ceviche $ 18.95, bottle domestic $ 3.99 on menu the tax on top so $ 4.29. Bucket makes it cheaper though… The complaints are very legit. Im not surprised, but remember many owners of these places frankly don’t care and are well off. If prices bother you, don’t go there. Paying the Prices is a choice. Now aside from that lets talk about the good. The atmosphere is incredible, right on the inlet watetway, seagals singing add to the majestic experience. Our bartender Kristen spreads happiness! smiles, sass & spark. The Sushi Chef is real. This is not a youtube trained cook staff here. They are serious about food and care about your food quality comments.
There is a itunes box. Always know what you want to hear may not play. Your on vacation, relax and have fun. All in All i would recommend this especially for couples. Im no Dr Phil but if you focus on that special someone and don’t be a tightwad, you will absorb a very unique experience. See you all at our next stop.