Emerald Coast Bar And Grill

We had a couple of hours until our flight leaving from Florida and decided to grab a bite from the Emerald Coast Bar & Grill. Located in the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS), FL, the restaurant is located after the security checkpoint (located to the side but within the gate area). It is situated in a highly-trafficked area for arriving travelers. We were seated quickly and there was no wait. Our server was very friendly and helpful. I ordered a 202 oz draft 30A blond ale (local) and my wife ordered the Emerald Coast Cooler. For lunch, I ordered the Bacon Ranch Chicken Quesadilla (comes with a side of sour cream). It came with tortilla chips and salsa and it was all very good. My wife ordered the Grilled Pesto Turkey Sandwich. She like it so much that she made it for the family a couple of days later. :-) Both of our meals were very good. I expected the prices would be much higher due to being in an airport, but everything was reasonably priced. Recommended!!

Extremely rude staff! We actually didn’t eat here and settled for something else. With it being the only sit down option nicer employees would be great. It was a morning the airport only has 4 flights for the day and plenty of empty tables she refused me to sit at a bigger table and wanted to put be in between two other tables. I had my 4 year old who was gonna be watching her tablet and I was trying to not be disruptive. She literally wouldn’t let me sit anywhere else ???? When I told her I would not be staying she didn’t care and started talking about me ti the staff.

I don't EVER do this and really didn't want to but this was Possibly the rudest wait staff I've ever encountered, to put that into perspective for you - I'm a server and my husband is a bartender so over the years we've both seen plenty of awful service. These people are in the wrong line of work, when you go out of your way to give excellent service while being kind and welcoming your tips will reflect it. Still tipped more than 30% because we both get the grind and bad days happen but being the only Patrons in the restaurant at the time it was almost rewarding bad behavior.

Didn't try everything, but the BLT hit the spot. And the Bloody Mary was very good

Pretty good food and the prices were okay too. Service was quick and friendly. Once you go through TSA you just stay on that floor and the entrance is there. I went upstairs and couldn’t find it. Thought it was only available before entering TSA. Had enough time to figure that part after I went somewhere else. Didn’t like it so went back downstairs to find out it was accessible. Google has pretty good reviews so I wanted to give it a try. Didn’t disappoint.