Best Waterfront Restaurants in Ft. Lauderdale

Great Christmas Eve dinner. Food was wonderful and service exceptional.

The service was amazing. The food was amazing. I had the shrimp and scallop risotto. It’s always excellent and we share the dessert of the crème brûlée bread pudding. It was the best I’ve ever had.

After traveling all day and wanting to go somewhere within walking distance I booked Sands Harbor. We were here several times when Rusty Hook owned the place. No whole fish fried with Thai chili sauce, bummer, but the food was pretty good. Grouper bites were good with yummy tarter sauce (always a good sign). My husband got the steak sandwich after toying with mahi tacos. He said the steak was tender and everything that went along was tasty especially the slaw which was plentiful and pretty delicious, also a sign of a good restaurant. I had the steak bites over Spanish rice with chimmichuri which was delightful, not so sure it was Spanish but very tasty. Lots of crunchy flavorful broccoli to balance out the fried fish bites. And the steak was grilled with mushrooms, peppers and onions, all really delicious. We got a bottle of wine and took the leftovers home. Definitely go that route because the glass pours seemed very small. Our server was a little green but super sweet and took great care of us. We sat under the covered area because it threatened rain but none came along. The open air breeze was so nice after coming from CT’s unpredictable now winter type weather, ugh. Great first day restaurant pick for sure. Not a luxury menu and missed that Thai fish dish but satisfying all the same. I hear the flatbread is nothing special. Our server said the vodka sauce pasta was his favorite but we weren’t feeling pasta. Great views of the intercostal with a nice breeze. Can’t go wrong there. Very relaxing and peaceful.

Consistently delicious, fresh tasting food accompanied by attentive service.

Everything was relaxed and enjoyable. The 4 of us ordered a lot of veggie side dishes as apps. The roasted carrots, and the heirloom tomato salad plus hummus and naan were all delicious. One of us ordered the turkey burger and loved it,. 2 ordered the beef burgers and enjoyed them. I ordered the caser salad, with light dressing and was only moderately impressed…but honestly, it’s basically the Romaine’s fault…it just wasn’t doing the trick when not slathered in dressing and croutons/ cheese. I kept it healthy and was underwhelmed as a result. The waiter was an amiable fellow, service was pretty fast, and drinks were enjoyed by all who ordered them. Dining outside in great evening weather is and was great. We will definitely go back….and this was not our first time there, either.