G&B Oyster Bar — Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale

This was the first restaurant we hit up when we got to Fort Lauderdale. The streets in this town are very bizarre. I somehow missed the entrance to the restaurant parking lot three times and had to circle around. there isn't any free parking around so you might as well use the complimentary valet and tip the valet service, we were lucky enough to come on a Thursday night without any wait. There were still a lot of people however, we were able to get a table right away. I really wanted to give this a five star, but there were some things that detracted from the experience. I had read a lot of the reviews about the wonderful assortment of fresh oysters, and I was not disappointed. There was six different types of oysters from the East Coast. We got an assortment of all of them, and they were every bit as good as other reviews. The only disappointing thing is as some other reviewer's mentioned were very varying size of the same oysters. The entrée that I selected was the fresh grouper which was the fresh catch of the day with crab lump meat. I was expecting more of a refined dish since it's a market price food item and it cost 42 dollars. It did come with a side which was tomato and balsamic vinegar, which is probably one of the best that I've had in a long time. The actual main dish look like a grilled fish with the lump crab meat thrown on, and this mysterious yellow sauce. It didn't reflect a $42 dish. We got clam linguine for the kids to split since there's no way to kids would be able to eat an entire adult entrée. They recommended if we wanted to add shrimp to the dish and my wife felt guilty about it so she said yes. The added five extra shrimp for a total of $13.75. The Keylime pie is definitely a hands-down winner for dessert. Overall, I'm happy that the food that I was served was fresh but they could work on some presentation for the main entrées. Our server was really nice and was patient and explaining the different menu specials however, it got very busy and she never got back around to refilling the water for our table but who can blame her on...

We found this place using the Yelp app after checking into our hotel and looking for a place to get seafood. It was an easy walk for us up SeaBreeze Blvd and ended up being our local hangout each evening we were in town.

This is connected to Coconuts Waterside Dining but G&B is open seating at any of their tables or around the bar. On every visit we were able to get a table with no wait but the place stayed busy.

The wait staff was different each night but always on top of their game, friendly, efficient and fast with great knowledge of the full menu. Service was definitely a solid 5 stars each evening.

On our first night we came for dinner and had the Chilled Seafood Medley for $68.00. It was an awesome dish with a large variety of seafood including Maine Lobster, Oysters, Clams, Peel and Eat Jumbo Shrimp and Florida Stone Crab Claws, all pre-cracked and served on ice with several dipping sauces. We also ordered a bottle of Merlot wine $46.00. The meal and the service were great and the seafood was all excellent and extremely fresh. After dinner we ordered one of their Blackberry Mojito's $10.00 and those were out of this world.

Our second night we had ate at another restaurant and returned to G&B on the walk back to our hotel for another Blackberry Mojito with the rum floater $13.50. We sat at the bar and enjoyed two drinks each.

On our last night in town we returned to G&B for a late evening snack having had dinner earlier. We ordered the Gator Ribs $12.00 and the Frog Legs $9.00 along with more Blackberry Mojito's. We were amazed at the amount of meat that the Gator Ribs had, it was almost a meal in itself. The frog legs also came with an ample serving size and were prepared to perfection.

This is a great place, relaxed casual environment and fantastic service. We would highly recommend any of our friends to check it out on a trip to Forth...

I have been coming to G&B for over 15 years. It’s been a few years since I’ve been since the pandemic started and I live in Canada. That being said it’s always been the same food and the same service. This time we went they changed their formula for the lobster rolls and discontinued the alligator ribs. The were two staple items that I have literally enjoyed consistently for over a decade and was always part of the itinerary whenever we would visit florida (usually 1-2 times Per year). The lobster roll was packed with lobster as usual but it lost its charm being served in the little rolls with cheese and bacon. This was now served cold and was a more mature taste but it lacked it previous flavour. The lack of alligator ribs was also a missed favourite but changes happen. The grilled oysters were delicious and had a good kick to them. To top it off the coconut cheesecake with berry drizzle was phenomenal. Staff taking the booking at the front were somewhat unpleasant but our waitress was great and helpful with making suggestions. This has been the most consistent restaurant I’ve ever visited so it was disappointing to see the menu changed after over 10 years of having the exact same items that we grew to love. If you are patient enough to wait for the outdoor seating with a view, it’s worth it. Expect minimum 30 min wait times on almost any day or...