Lucky Fish Beach Bar + Grill — Restaurant in Pompano Beach

I had some friends in from Los Angeles and gave them a choice of 3 places for breakfast and to my dismay they chose this place. I didn't say anything and off we went. What a difference from my first experience. I ordered the hangover thing which was delicious, especially now that I know that they call potatoes "hash" (really, what's wrong with calling them potatoes?). My friends split a sandwich, which looked very tasty. The man at the service counter was lovely. As a rule, I don't email or call the managers when I've had bad experience, even if they ask me to, but I do like to go back after a while to see if anything has changed. Usually I am disappointed with the second visit but not this time. I'm happy I and my friends had such a good experience this time around. I can definitely recommend this place. I hope they keep their standards up. I know it's hard to keep a property up when it's so close to the sea but it still seems a little run down to me. There were several dishes left at the next table which brought the birds around, which was a little annoying, especially when a few staff walked passed the table on several occasions without picking them up, but it is off season and maybe that's the only help they could get.

In keeping with my NY's resolution to try new places, I convinced my friend Amy to come here for breakfast. She was a little hesitant, thinking it would be just another beach Tourist place, but she agreed after I reasoned "It's just Breakfast - how can they get that wrong?" I found out. To start with, neither the woman at the bar where we checked in for seating, nor the man at the counter where we had to order breakfast, seemed like they wanted to be there. I assumed they were the children of the owners forced to work there when they obviously wanted to be back in bed. We started with coffee, which I thought was terrible, but I didn't say anything until my friend Amy mentioned that her ice coffee was awful. What a relief it wasn't just me. But it was only a sign of things to come. I ordered the breakfast scramble, which I reasoned, would be a typical breakfast scramble with everything in a bowl. It included Lucky Fish Hash, which I also thought would be some kind of corned beef hash. I was wrong on both counts. It's scrambled eggs and potatoes on the side - potatoes is their hash, which the waiter assured me, was what it is called in Florida, or at least Pompano, or maybe just at the Lucky Fish. I hate plain scrambled eggs, even with a piece of cheese melted on top. So back it went. I then was told that the Hangover Scrambled was more like I thought the breakfast scramble would be. Everything in a bowl. Seasoned shaved beef - close enough, I thought. It was like the thin beef slices I once tried from Publix frozen food section, only chopped to smithereens. But equally disgusting. The fried egg was overcooked. The cheese sauce was more like cheese flavored water, but luckily, as I had been advised that it came with Lucky Hash, I had potatoes to eat - if a bit watery. I also ordered a $7 glass of OJ, so that I had at least something I could consume for breakfast. Money well spent. Amy's breakfast sandwich looked very good, served between 2 huge planks of challah bread. Not that I'm coming back to try it. It's on the pier, so they don't need my business. Outdoor seating by the beach, but the woodwork needs a bit of TLC and frankly the place looked a bit dirty. So now that we've tried "something new", I can cross it off the list. Especially since The Beachhouse and Oceanic are right next door. That's...

We seen this restaurant on Instagram and we decided to check it out. We got there approximately 10 thirtyish. We stood at the host stand for almost 10 minutes. When the host got back to the Host stand she wasn’t friendly. She had like an attitude we both look at each other and followed her We got sat We looked at each other like OK, then we sat there for nearly 20 minutes. No one came to greet us. I got up and went to where I seen the host in a few employees standing and ask if the section we were sat was close because no one has come to us the host that originally sent us was there also she said no one hasn’t come to you and I’m I was told no it was not closed by the original host who sat us I told her I work in hospitality she proceeds to Tell me that they’re having a hard time tonight the manager cut the floor too early. Everything is just going crazy. She will get someone and she asked would I like to speak to a manager. I said yes manager approached me and I explained the situation and also told the manager that I am in hospitality which I can understand he apologized It’s a little hectic and crazy He will send someone over right away. I got Back to the table, a server comes up and then another one comes up. The first one leaves she was friendly The second one was not so friendly. She had an attitude.she took our drink order she came back with the drinks and asked if we were ready to order. We gave her our order. She placed the order again no Smile not friendly at all. She comes back drop off our food. She did check back ask was the food. OK we said yes just to make the night a little bit smoother, we did not want to ask for another drink did not want to order anything else and she went off a. We had to flag them down a little while later because we were already uncomfortable We felt like we did not get good service although the manager came back and picked up the drink tab ( 2 drinks) We asked for a check we will not be back. The service was horrible.The experience was horrible. It’s a very nice place on the beach, but Service is a zero star . Never felt so embarrassed and...

We came here last night for dinner, aware of the heavy wind and light sprinkles here and there but the experience we had here left an impact because we will not be returning. This place is very nice, right on the beach, however, it’s fully outdoors with little head coverage. When we first arrived, the hostess asked us if we wanted to sit at a high table with no chair backs, we said no and her attitude changed a bit. There weren’t that many people there, mind you. She then sat us at a bird poo infested table and gave us a little nightlight…. For starters, the lighting ambience is extremely poor. This would be a nice place to sit during the day time or evening when you do have some type of lighting…. That’s if you don’t mind extremely bland food. Upon arrival, I read the reviews on this restaurant to get a feel for where we were going. I read a LOT of reviews about people receiving the wrong order… How does that happen? But let me start at the appetizers. We ordered calamari and chips/guac. The calamari was extremely salty and the guac had absolutely no flavor. The chips had this feeling like they were kinda stale- also not that much of a fresh chip crunch. When it came time to order, I ordered the chicken mediterranean wrap. Waited maybe 20-30 mins and they came out with the shrimp wrap…… Returned my order then received the correct order only to wonder if they actually use seasonings in any of their dishes. Not only that but my side order was fries. I didn’t expect a bar/grill to have such horrible fries… They felt like they were warmed up 3 times and then sitting out in the open in between. You know that soggy, oily, lifeless feeling that fries have when they’re not fresh? Yeah. Overall, the place Is really pretty! I think.. it was dark… maybe if there was more lighting and less bird poop. I’d give this place a 4/10 would not...