Fabulous food and friendly, attentive staff. The Brussels sprouts appetizer was probably the best I’ve ever had. We had a great time sitting by the river as we ate. I highly recommend this place.
Our favorite neighborhood place to eat & hang out...we take all of our friends & family their when they come to town & now they all insist we go their when they come to visit!! Great place to walk to grab a cocktail sit by the water & they're dog friendly!!
We were there yesterday! Friday 7/7. I was surprised that it wasn't very busy , when the water taxi dropped us off around 5p.m. However , soon found out the regulars were inside , filling the bar! Our waiter was most pleasant and laid back! The food, we ordered was delicious!!! I had the shrimp roll and one for my first time , ever ! My husband had a new bacon /jam cheeseburger! He loved it ! Most importantly, the beer was icy cold!!!! However , what upset me , was the 6:15 or so water taxi did not pick us up north or south bound !! We then missed our water taxi back to Hollywood! This bothers me, for the Downtowner, as well!!! The stop is not a whistle stop, so it should be a designated one!!! The Downtowner could be losing business and surely doesn't deserve to!!!
Great atmosphere, food, and vibe!!
Great place to have a cocktail with awesome water views, as well great place for families or friends!!
Absolutely great food and even more awesome � staff. Had a great dinner watching the activity on the river and listening to live music �.
Slow Wednesday night around 8 30pm. Our party of 3 was seated right away at a comfortable table directly on New River. Entertained by boats going by. Our server immediately took our drink order, and was very attentive throughout the entire meal. Ordered a burger, Philly cheese steak and a shrimp Cobb salad. All were delicious. Tab was reasonable. Historic location. What's not to love?
Great staff
Great Food everything is good which Is weird for a bar/restaurant.
Fun place to hang out & people watch.
Great food, atmosphere and service! A gem. I recommend giving it a try. Hidden jewel.
Love the place. Great view of the river. Great food.
Love the ambience, the service, the live music, the location, the staff, the margaritas and the food! We'll be back for sure!
This was not the first time I've been there I used to go there everyday for lunch until my situation changed the food was always good and the wait staff was wonderful
Nice place great atmosphere food was delicious will visit again
Rachel is treasure as is Nancy and Theresa .. .. DT is rum runner heaven....so many awesome memories here... I'm hooked...
Great service....always been..
Been going there for years...
A very historical place .
Great local place to hang out and have a beer while watching the boats go down the river.
Great food and atmosphere. Our server (can't remember her name) was outstanding. Definitely a place to check out. Total of 4 in our group and we all had something different and all was perfect! Keep it up.
More like a sports bar, but we had a dinner when ot started to rain. And it was all good! This is typical american sports bar with lots of screens woth all kinds of sports. It is near the river, so if you sit oitside you can watch ships running besides.
Always a great time here. We wanted a fun place outside for lunch where we can hang out watch the boats go by, have a drink, and a great lunch . Not too busy and the service was perfect.
Local spot on the river, amazing view. Service is great, food is good. Snapper with the skin on was a little fatty. Can’t beat the prices! Very clean too, cute decor.
Beautiful place to relax and watch the world go by. The live music is just a beautiful addition. The food is great and the service efficient. The ambiance is awesome!
Daryll had us at hello! Saw a group of women leaving a tiki boat and on our brief rest back to our vehicle, he approached us and asked if we needed to use the ladies room.
Well, that led to us being seated, ordering, eating, and getting to know Daryll quite well! He made our visit to Fort Lauderdale much more enjoyable!
He was very courteous and personable! Almost thought he was the owner! Feels good to get Great food, Great service, and to have an amazing and awesome employee representing this restaurant! Hopefully I didn't jack up the spelling of his name! We were the group of ladies celebrating Bachelorette Weekend and Motherhood!
If you're ever in that area of New River Road and need a nice view while dining outdoors, stop at the Downtowner and ask for Daryl! You won't be disappointed!
Excellent water front dining on the intercoastal. It is a first come. First serve open sitting inside. We were able to walk right in and get a table. Randomly stopped dead while visiting downtown Fort Lauderdale. Really cool view at night. The food was good, but nothing special. I felt our service could’ve been a little better which would’ve helped the experience. Overall will try it again.
Always a good experience. Food is pretty good most of the time unless they are very shortstaffed which they can be. Overall it is pretty consistent. I especially like the new river salad and the sashimi tacos or the fish. My husband gets the southwest chicken salad occasionally as well. We have also had the sliders and they have a good kids menu.
tacos
Lots of great menu choices right on the river. The southwest chicken salad was excellent.
My Hamburger was great with the Bacon jelly! We ate right on the water. Captain Bob recommended we came here and he was spot on! He was our Captain on the free water taxi. Our waiter was Ray. OK this guy's eyes .... wow! Ok in all seriousness he was so nice and friendly and communicated with us on our meal status often. Top notch service. I would definitely agree with Captain Bob on this one. Go here!
Review from a non local!
Riverside seating and views made our meal delicious and fun.
Ordered the mahi fish tacos with Spanish fried rice, sirloin steak tacos, shrimp cocktail appetizer, and Lauderdale Brewery Coconut Porter.
Everything was delicious! Hot and fresh. Absolutely delectable.
The coconut porter was very interesting; tasted like a Guinness with coconut.
Service was wonderful and very attentive.
Our server was excellent and was very knowledgeable of the menus.
Family friendly restaurant.
I really loved the water views. Everything was nice already but the waterside seats made it just more fun.
Highly recommend!
Very cool place to eat typical American food. Very friendly people, cool music, and a great feeling sitting by the river seeing boats passing by.
Venus Proffer, P.A. Native REALTOR
+5
We came for the boat viewing and they had great Sunday drink specials and good food! We even saw a boat we were going to buy a few years ago pass by. Relaxing environment and great reminder of why we live here! Been here for several private events as well in the Maxwell room in the back.
Great place to pull up your boat and enjoy some oysters and a drink.
Seating inside and outside.
I recommend you coming to what I believe is the oldest restaurant in Ft Lauderdale?.
Friendly and helpful staff .
Dog friendly.
if you lucky you gonna have a table outside on weekend, and it worths every single dime. Food is not excelent, kinda oily but was not bad overall. Staffs are nice also.
Historic building now housing a restaurant right on the waterfront downtown. Head along the RiverWalk and over the bridge to get to it. Nice relaxed environment, the staff are really friendly, great place to sit a while and people watch. The shrimp with old bay seasoning was delicious!
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