Pineapple Joe's Grill & Raw Bar — Restaurant in Florida

I and my family have visited and loved this establishment for many years. It's where I would always take guests. I am not sure what has changed, but I have never felt so unwelcomed in a restaurant as I did last night with all of my fellow coworkers. Wait staff was overwhelmed which was totally understandable, but their approach to handling it was rude, ugly, aggressive, and unprofessional. Friends were told that the dining tables were "for customers" as they seemingly forgot that that's what we were...customers wanting to spend a lot of money there. Never have I been somewhere where such good, decent people were reprimanded by wait staff like we were 5 year olds. I am writing this review not to belittle or tear apart this place, but in the hopes that the owner will realize that some of her staff are not to be defended and are a detriment to the welcoming of any customers under the age of 70, as this seems to now be the preferred clientele of this restaurant. All others were treated as a bother. One server, perhaps it was the bartender, did an excellent job trying to keep up with all of the extra people, but the other older servers made no attempt to be anything but impatient, disgruntled, and ungrateful. It is so nice to have a little place like this in our community, and I am very sad to see what it...

Oh, we had a great time! I don't take photos of my food (I think it's ridiculous). I had the fried Mai Mai fish sandwich with those thinly peeled potato fries (I loved them ) and my friend had the best creamy conch chowder-best he's ever had Someone at the bar said to have the "Hawaiian Conch Fritters" and the whole restaurant heard and totally ooohed and ahhhhed. All this while Diane and Kyle of "Duke Chapel Duo" played for us and my roommate said she's nicknamed "Songbird"and she SO IS. If you hear anything about "Duke Chapel" playing anywhere, GO! They are just awesome. He's in an Eric Clapton cover band and he is EXCELLENT on his guitar. Diane sang "Valerie" by Amy Winehouse' and that's my name and she's got such a soulful, sexy voice I got chills. I don't think she said my name enough, though. Haha Just kidding, of course. (I'm being facetious). All this in an adorable little local bar. I hate to share because I don't want it to ever change. Never had to ask our waitress for ANYTHING...she was two steps ahead of us. Best...

I'm rewriting my previously bad review. I said I probably wouldn't go back, but decided to give it one more chance. We had a wonderful experience at Pineapple Joe's the other night. The food is back up to its previously high quality. The waitress was attentive, friendly and very competent. There was live music that we really enjoyed (Juke Chapel Duo). All three of us ordered the seafood combo. It was a huge amount of food and all of it delicious. Each meal included salad, shrimp, oysters, rice and a huge piece of fish (mahi). I ended up taking more than half of my dinner home, and it was just as delicious heated up the next night. We also ordered the sampler plate appetizer, which lets you select three items. It was enough for three people. I highly recommend the conch fritters and fried mushrooms. Pineapple Joe's sauces are the best around. Their tartar sauce is fantastic, as is the sauce that comes with the conch fritters. I'm making myself hungry just writing this review. I'll...