Bonefish Grill restaurant review, Aug 28, 2009…

With Summer 2009 officially over now that school has once again begun in full earnest, many of the Destin area “locals” are venturing out more often to local area restaurants.  Most “locals” avoid the crowds, traffic and long wait times during the summer for obvious reasons, but we truly look forward to opportunities to eat out during the fall and winter.

Bonefish Grill was our choice for 2 families ( party of 8), in celebration of 2 of us having birthdays on the same day!  We chose the Bonefish based on reputation and previous experience with very good and reasonably priced fare.   The food was very good and worthy of the reputation.

But from now on, as far as I am concerned this place might as well be called the Bone-Head Grill.  For a 7:45 PM reservation, the table wasn’t ready until after 8PM.  When I informed the receptionist that we had the unique opportunity to celebrate 2 birthdays on the same day, she could have cared less.  When members of our party mentioned the birthdays to the wait staff, they were told that Bone-Head Grill doesn’t do anything special for birthdays.  On top of that, they let us know “they would be happy to light the candles on a cake if you want to bring one in with you”.

Are you kidding me?  That is some policy, and of course had we known that we would have found somewhere else more “birthday” friendly to spend our $250.  Bottom line, the food is good but forget about going there for anything special….