Pelican Bend

Mackenzie S our server was incredible tonight. So attentive, perfect night by the water - great music and great food. Our server made our experience over the top. I can’t wait to tell all my friends back home Pelican Bend is where you want to go!

Nice outdoor Tiki bar in back. Good for local caught fish. Wedge salad and coleslaw was my meal- vegetarian, not many options. Family friendly.

Love Pelican Bend. The food and drinks are reasonably priced. It's hard to beat the atmosphere. We've always had excellent service and well-poured drinks. It's always fun watching the charter boats come in to clean their catch.

Extra points for all the non-smoking signs, and for eliminating smoking in the entire place. We're definitely spending more time there as a result.

Pro tip: bring your own tumbler, as the drinks are served in cheap plastic cups.

Went with promises of good fish and great key lime pie. Staff was strained with a busy environment. We were informed they had reopened with new staff and changed interior/recipes/cooks. Triple tail came out soggy with oil as if the cook dumped the pan oil straight over. 3 napkins sopping up later it was okay but not exactly what I'd call fine dining, more akin to an overdone fish stick. Key lime (or what they called their key lime) is an overly frozen lime flavored sorbet with whipped creme on top, missing what you'd find else. Locals like this place due to what it was before and the outside drinking I suppose, but this was the worst dining I had in Marco over two weeks.

Great place right on the water, good food great prices. Nice service. Live music with a sunset view.... Just perfect. Plenty of parking

I absolutely love this place. We always get Captain Birdie’s chowder, a wedge salad with creamy garlic dressing and the sautéed catch of the day. It is a hidden gem❤️

It’s a cozy and laid-back eatery that offers up some of the freshest and most flavorful seafood. The staff are friendly and welcoming, making you feel right at home. The atmosphere is relaxed and casual. Good variety of bar drinks with water side views. Can even dock your boat to come for a meal. Be ware there can be many mosquitos at night so wear bug spray! Fish platter was great!

2nd visit and FOOD is GREAT!
We had shrimp scampi, prime rib and the sautéed grouper along with side salad wedges (too much dressing), great Cole slaw (not wet or vinegary), baked potatoes (one was cold) and the appetizer was a blooming onion - perfectly done!!!! PERFECT!!
Crystal greeted us and took our order! She is so sweet, cheerful, very genuine (great eye contact) and she really cares!
The wait for our meals was long then Crystal shared that the Prime rib order would have to be medium instead of medium-rare. 🤔 bummer.
Overall service was FANTASTIC, food was exceptionally done - best flavor overall!!
I would have done 5 out of 5 stars, but the wait was a too long as we’d seen other tables (parties of 4) getting served dinners before us even after they arrived after us. ☹️😢. In their defense it was PACKED room to room and even outside seating! We would have loved outside seating, but it was full and too long a wait. Maybe next visit… YES, we’ll return and it is definitely top on our list of taking all our visitors!!
Hopefully, next visit I can pick up a shirt ($24)because they are very well done with a great selection of colors and the logo was extremely well done with color choices and style (love the ultra brights!).
BIG THANK YOU to Crystal - and the Hostess for getting us in so quick even tight at 5:15!!!