Johnny Longboats — Restaurant in Riviera Beach

Love the location and the food used to be better. Service was sub par. Our food was delivered and we had not received a salad that was supposed to come beforehand-I had to ask the food runner for it. Our server was MIA for about 5 minutes after our entrees arrived and when we wanted to escape from the bad meal she was nowhere to be seen. No refills were offered on our drinks.

*They also charged an extra $3 for using a credit card.

The food was overpriced and uninspired. We had calamari that the menu described as served with cherry peppers but there were no cherry peppers in the calamari and it was slightly overcooked. We also had nachos that were quite possibly the saddest nachos I’ve ever had. I paid $10 extra for beef and guacamole to be added and the beef was about 2 ounces (if I’m being generous) of flavorless ground mystery meat and the guacamole was obviously prepackaged stuff squeezed from a bag. The pico on the nachos tasted like nothing more than some chopped onion, tomato, and minced jalapeño-no lime, garlic and cilantro flavor at all. There wasn’t even real cheese; it was like the squeezie cheese from movie theater nachos. We also had shrimp scampi but it was gross. The shrimp were nice and big, also cooked perfectly, but the sauce ruined the dish. It was soupy and really creamy with no pop of lemon, garlic, and wine to round it out-it tased like Alfredo sauce (and not a good one), not like scampi at all. It was so bad I think the cook must have made the wrong dish. The Ceasar salad was also over dressed with mediocre, obviously prepackaged, croutons and the dressing tasted like something you can buy in a bottle at Walmart. The only decent item (no shortcut ingredients-I remember thinking they must’ve worked out a deal with the sushi place next door since the quality was better than everything else food wise) was the California hand roll; but for $9 it was overpriced.

I have good memories of this restaurant from about 5 and more years ago but after this last visit I can honestly say that for the money (a little over $100 with tip) I could have made better and a lot more. I’ll chalk it up to a lesson learned and never go to this...

6 of us went for food. It took almost 10 minutes for someone to approach our table for drinks but the Server ended up doing a decent job. It was quite hot in the restaurant at our booth and when the food arrived it was even hotter. There was a fan overhead that was producing no breeze Whatsoever. I was in the inside corner and asked if I could please get out of the booth. Because I was sweating so badly that I couldn't enjoy my meal and needed to get air. I stood up for about ten minutes and cooled down. I noticed the table next to us was empty. So I asked them to hand me my plate so I could take a few more bites of my food.I was super attentive to not make any kind of mess.At the other table, and if I would have made a mess.I would have cleaned it up, but I didn't make a mess. I was approached by the manager with a very disgruntled look on his face. I explained that I was just sitting there to finish my food because it was so hot and he said well. I need that table. I said. Oh OK, sure you have someone to sit here right now? He said yes so I got up and sat at a seat at the bar finishing my meal. I saw him discussing it with our waiter. No one ever came to sit at the table, he was just lying to me. When the food arrived at the table, my girlfriend's wings were cold so we sent those back.She even asked if they could make them a little extra crispy.The wings never returned to our table.So when we were all finished eating, I asked the waiter to please just box them up Since we were all done eating, she did not get to eat with us.. The manager didn't comp her wings. Needless to say, we were all sweating,the food was just OK and over priced, service was decent but felt the manager was rude. We all agreed we wouldn't...

This restaurant looked like a great place to try on our first night in town. It did not disappoint us at all. We were able to be seated as soon as we arrived. Our waiter, Brian, was a happy young man who even blessed us when we finished with our meal. The service was a bit slow, but we got everything we wanted. The drinks and food were fantastic! The location is walkable if you're staying around Inlet Avenue. There is open air seating and indoor seating. The decoration of the restaurant is cute and gives you a lot to look at. There are many tv's showing sports games. It is a lively and fun place. We started our dinner with a beer and an espresso martini. We chose the grouper bites as our appetizer. Brian told us we made a good choice. He was not wrong. The grouper bites were hot, fresh, and delicious. For entrees, we both had mahi mahi reuben sandwiches. I did not expect this sandwich to have sugar in it. Maybe the sugar was in the coleslaw. After I got by that initial surprise, the sandwich was fantastic. The regular fries and the sweet potato fries were cooked to perfection. We were so full that we did not have room for dessert, but from what I saw, the desserts look...