Shades at Inlet Beach

Any comments on this restaurants???????????? John

PM InletBchDweller about this restaurant. It seems like she made a comment about Shades this past May when we were down. She may have eaten there or knows someone that has.

I used to eat there ALL the time when I was working at Alys Beach. I wouldnt discourage anyone from eating there. I just ate there too much and got to experience change over in waitstaff, some good some bad service. Can't say anything negative about the food really!

If you get the Nachos its enough for 2 or 3 to share!!! Or used to be!

We go to Shades at least once or twice every time we are in Seacrest. It is family friendly with tasty food and generally good service (sometimes great!). Lots of TVs, big bar -- very casual. Shades definitely had some growing pains when it opened, but we have found it lately to be consistently good.

I have not been since June but I loved it when I lived there.
Service did get spotty there for a while but was fine in a few weeks.

Nachos are great, caesar salad with chicken, hot wings....good assortment of draft beer and liquor.

hubby I split a wedge and split the crab cake entree. Plenty for all. We usually go there the first night we get to the beach. Convenient, easy.
Service has always been good when we've been there.

We love the gumbo...

I like the food there as well. The only thing that bothers me it can very loud at times especially when the games are on. There is a game room for the kids as well.

Too far away for me, but I have eaten there a couple of times. Used to eat at Shades in Seaside quite often. Food is good, nothing special, but good, and priced fairly, especially for around here. I think Shades at the Loop has an open feel. I seem to recall many TVs for watching sports, combination of booths, tables and bar stools. Dark colors inside, very noisy without much fabric to absorb sound, so it is rather lively. On my couple of visits, I found service to be sincere and good. If Shades at the Loop was located closer to Grayton Beach, I'd probably go there often.

I think the food improved dramatically after the move from Seaside.

I didn't notice much of a difference in the food, just the atmosphere. Still get the Orieda shoestring french fries, same crab cakes, same buns, same slaw, etc. What change did you notice?

Good place to watch sports and sample a variety of beers.

Typically too many kids and okay food - they used to have the #2 crab cakes and fries in town, but they've gone downhill so I am happy to leave it to the tourists.

I go there 2-3 times a month but mostly sit at the bar unless Im there for lunch. Good pub, sports bar type atmosphere. I never eat entrees, mostly wings, sandwiches, love the wedge.

Also love the wedge, the fish bites are also tasty. Good burgers, excellent selection of beers.

We go to watch football, and at other times in the off season because the food is good, reliable and reasonable. The atmosphere, I think, is very nice. Even if you sit at the bar, it's a good place to go. We've found the service to be good.

In season, it's quite popular with families. (Is that a politically correct enough way of saying, "full of screaming kids?" :funn

I go to Shades all the time. I sit at the bar more than the booths. Good for watching sports. Good food...... No negatives.

Good Food and reasonable prices. Beer could be cheaper but I always say that . I like how they will add extras when I want them like 6 extra shrimp, etc..
I like their shrimp second to D & K's.

Any comments on this restaurants???????????? John

Great place to go watch a ballgame, have a quick sandwich and knock back a few beers. If you are looking for a great meal and great service, I'd recommend you look elsewhere. I think their food is average at best.

Any comments on this restaurants???????????? John

A few of us usually eat there after meeting in Rosemary to drink the Republican Kool-aid every couple of months. Beer is cold and I had some volcano shrimp I think it was, and they were quite tasty.

The food is OK but it does get loud. I sometimes wish we had a few more restaurant choices at that end of the beach. Does anybody know what's happening with the former (short-lived) Seacrest Cafe space?

The food is OK but it does get loud. I sometimes wish we had a few more restaurant choices at that end of the beach. Does anybody know what's happening with the former (short-lived) Seacrest Cafe space?

I agree. . .but I think it's improving!

I like Shades. But take it for what it's worth -- it's a sports bar. It's suppose to be loud. The food isn't suppose to be gourmet. Every time we've been the food has been really good. It's a great place to watch games. And for a while, it was just about the only place to get liquor or our end of the street.

I love their Hollywood Chicken sandwich, and my sweetie loves the Loop Burger. And, it's one of the few places we can "get food" without necessarily breaking the bank.

Since we have a place very closeby, we eat there now and again, but as everyone has pointed out, it can be VERY LOUD at times, boisterously LOUD, and the food can be slow and so/so. Other than that, you know what you are in for when you go there. Drinks and beers are terrific. Wings are good. Wedge is tasty. Seafood can be hit or miss.

I for one hope that everyone continues to support Shades. I remember when there was not a place to grab a cocktail/lunch/watch a game on TV and it was a loooooooong drive to be able to do so.

No kidding! The first year we lived here, we had to find a place to watch the Super Bowl, and the choices were slim! Shades is a great place.