What a surprise! This is a chain. It is not unique to Pensacola. I am not a huge fan of chain restaurants and do not frequent them often (aside from Carabas, but that’s a different review). To further set the stage on this review, I have eaten at this Bonefish location in Pensacola on three prior occasions. I found the food bland and uninteresting on all three occasions, as you would expect at any franchise restaurant.
Last Tuesday however, I had a completely different experience. We dropped in to use a gift certificate, and walked out impressed. We started with the chicken spring rolls. They were tasty but nothing extraordinary. The salad was less exciting, though the bread is always a great touch. We both order the tilapia special, because our server sold it so well. Tilapia Withdrew, or something like that. It is a healthy piece of grilled, but delicately spicy tilapia, covered with a spinach-gouda cream sauce topping.
This plate is fantastic. It rivals anything that the Fish House may create and truly trascends the franchise restaurant fare. We will return to see if this experience can be duplicated. Stand by for that review.
Name: Bonefish Grill
Location: 5025 N 12th Ave., Pensacola, FL 32504
Phone: (850) 471-2324
Price: $$-$$$
Website: http://www.bonefishgrill.com/home.asp
4 responses so far ↓
Ken // August 11, 2007 at 3:51 pm
I just discovered this blog and what a find! It really fills a need. Thank you.
karen bernhardt // October 4, 2007 at 2:02 am
visited this bonefish grill twice while in pensacola,both visits were great from start to finish
Mark // November 15, 2007 at 4:10 pm
I’ve really begun to enjoy Bonefish. Been eating there more, meeting for drinks, etc. Does anyone else find the service a bit slow? Especially when you want your check..?
Bill // December 6, 2007 at 2:57 am
The food was delicious, but the service was horrible. I was with a party of 5 and they brought our drinks out 1 or 2 at a time and we had 3 different servers. The food was good enough though that I would be willing to give it another try.
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