We had friends come in from out of town and decided to stay on the beach. After walking the pier and browsing reviews, we decided to give Hook'd a shot. The entrance was a little confusing and cluttered - most people were trying to get in line for the pineapple drinks, and that caused some congestion for getting a table. Once we were seated our server was really friendly and helpful - because we had never ordered them before, we all got a mixed drink in a pineapple (heads up, the pineapple adds $7 to whatever drink you get) - I'm not sure what others ordered to get fruit added on top, but ours didn't really have extra fruit on it. Oh well, the mermaid water and the punch were really tasty - sweet, but a nice drink for a vacation afternoon. My husband and I ordered the inferno wings, and grouper sandwiches (one fried, one blackened) with fries. The fish and fries were great - fish was fresh and the fries seemed to be double fried and soft on the inside. Our friends got tacos, which they enjoyed as well. It was on the expensive side, but it was fresh, tasty, and the service was good - more than I expected in a very touristy spot! Would certainly go again for those wings and fish.
We had just got into town and our hotel wasn’t ready. So we decided to go explore and found this place. I put our name in and took us about an hour for it to be called but we just sat out on the boardwalk and people watched. Our waitress was so kind. Best gator hands-down!! The food was so good. Our autistic son loved getting to eat on the beach listening to the waves. Our only complaint was when our daughter needed to use the restroom where they are is a little sketchy so don’t go by yourself. Also we wanted to buy a T-shirt to bring souvenirs home and they supposedly didn’t have any the night that we were there and I left our information Presley called because she said we would be called by the manager to pick them up the next day and nobody returned our calls and nobody called us.
We are out of towners. But I have to say we love to eat. And to end the trip with eating here on the last night in town we where in luck. The price was good we had the mahi seafood platter times two and the gumbo and the fried pickles. Everything was good next time we are in town we will be stopping back in. Only thing that would have made it better was if they had the AC on today it was only 96°.
They created several different dishes using the fish we caught that day. It was by far the best seafood I have ever had. The staff was all so friendly and very welcoming! Highly recommended!
The pineapple soggybottom mixed drink is absolutely amazing. I had the hooked up steak nachos which is an appetizer and it was enough for 2 easily. Good service, clean environment, great food, good portioning. We will be back next time we visit for another pineapple soggybottom?️
Super packed when we came here for dinner, but our server got our drinks and food in and out to us super quickly! Everything tasted great and I loved the jerk chicken nachos!
We have been to this restaurant a few years ago and had to go back when we went to PCB this May. Quinten was our waiter. He was superb and our meal was fantastic. We will definitely go back again next year! We ate outside.
The day before we left to come home we came to Hook'd for an early dinner. The very funny, really nice hostess took us to our table providing menus. Within perfectly reasonable time, the server arrived. She was very pleasant, great suggestions to all questions regarding the menu and had a thorough knowledge of food menu and drink menu. We don't drink and she was fine with that which is not always the case. The bad: 3 orders: Grouper Sandwich Blackened (1)Grouper Basket (1) and lastly Grouper Sandwich Fried. We were starving. My sister was the first to engage with her sandwich. She felt it was not cooked enough. She is not too familiar with fish so we verified her assessment. I was up next to sample my sandwich Mine was insufficently cooked. My husbands Grouper Sandwich was just simply horrible. Why you might ask did we not address this at the time. By the time we'd gotten the sandwiches and basket we ordered it was no longer late afternoon and the place was hoping. More and more folks were coming in. We'd already eaten the fries that came with the meal because we were hungry and wanted to eat something. Also, though I know this is a beach location and am familiar with that atmosphere, it was a madhouse also crammed with folks getting drinks. It also looked none too tidy. No one wanted to trust we would get the same food we'd sent back to to be re-cooked so we just asked for take- out containers and took it home to our rental and finished it up in a skillet. We are all Floridians though we no longer live in the state. My husband was quite certain that his fried filet was NOT groupler and I reached exactly the same conclusion regarding my blackened piece of fish that I am also convinced was not grouper. Not an experience I would repeat. To the very lovely hostess lady and the extremely competent server I would convey the thoughts my daughter voiced to me a long time ago. She did much serving during her high school and young adulthood in both casual and high end dining...NEVER WORK IN A PLACE WHERE THE FOOD IS IFFY AND NOT CONSISTENT. Diners are upset about their food experience and as a result, the tipping suffers. We didn't do that. It was neither the hostesses fault, nor the servers. Keep looking for a place that merits your expertise ladies. This one falls very short.
Mixed drinks were not good. No alcohol and watered down. Zach was ok . The food was phenomenal. I sat at the bar and watched what a wonderful back of the house team preparing and cooking the food. The food was fresh and hot and they worked very well together.Went back the next day. The waiter was not pleasant. And told one person in my group it was he's fault he put the wrong sauce on his food. But the waiter ordered the wrong sauce on the plate. He then tells him he will charge for another one and we asked to speak to the manager. Manager resolved the issue.Please would've gotten 5 stars but the drinks are expensive and not good. And The waiter telling my friend it was his fault. That's a big no no!
We ordered the fried grouper fingers and blackened grouper tacos. Both were very good. Service was great (thanks Cody). Food arrived fresh and hot. We had already started eating before I remembered to take a photo, so just know there was plenty to start with. Definitely a place I'd come back to.