Great food, great service, excellent view! Can't wait until next year. more

We had grilled shrimp which was skewered in such a way that two shrimp were wrapped around one another. The shrimp were perfectly seasoned and very very tasty. It came with corn-on-the-cob and the corn was fantastic too. The slaw was just so-so in my book. more

We spent 2 nights in Destin last March (2009) and stayed at the Hampton Inn. The weather was awful so our activities were curtailed, but the Back Porch restaurant came to be the highlight of our trip. Our 15 year old son was on a different eating schedule from ours (many snacks from the hotel vending machine) so my husband... more

Described to us a Destin tradition, we had to go. It is set up like back porch, with open air seating right on the beach. We expected to wait but were seated within 10 minutes or so. We beat the rush which we were told begins around 7. At 5:00, it was full, but seats were available for a family... more

This restaurant is located right behind Sterling Shores and on the beach. It is an open restaurant that can handle the couple only and large crowds. Our wait for Monday night for a party of 8 (at 6pm) was about 15 minutes. We all had some type of fish. Grouper was good but the best was the yellow fin tuna.... more

Two parts to this restaurant... the walk up from the beach bar and the sit down restaurant. The bartender at the bar treated my husband and I like tourists that were getting on his nerves. He also told us flat out that "Drunks aren't good tippers" so they build the tip into the total bill. The sit down area was... more

We had been in Destin for several days and this was our first restaurant we tried. We were looking for seafood and a place with ocean front views. We quickly discovered that we had made a mistake. The hostess was rude and we were seated right next to the bar where a group of young men were loudly swearing within... more

We just came back from Destin on 5/23 and we ate here one day for lunch. We ordered the crab dip with chips(very good), the seafood nachos(horrible) and the crab legs and shared the plates. I think the nachos had been sitting out for 5-10 minutes and were all stuck together. They had a few shrimp and some kind of... more

I'm not sure what all of the other reviewers have been eating here, but Back Porch is always the first restaurant we eat at on our annual Destin trip and one we visit 2-3 times before leaving. We have not tried any of the fried dishes, however, the Stuffed Grouper, broiled shrimp and scallops, and broiled admiral's feast are excellent.... more