Uncle Buck's Fish Bowl and Grill

Reviews

• AW

  Amanda W

  2 days ago
  5.0
  Had a very good experience. Food was great. The waiter did an amazing job. He was super informative and friendly. He made sure we had everything we needed. The portion of food was great. Prices were about average. We did bowling and arcade after we ate. We also didn't have to wait long. I like that where you eat at is seperate from the rest. We had 2 little ones and it was nice that they could eat and not be distracted!
• SW

  Shadow Walker

  Nov 16, 2025
  5.0
  Had a blast. Employees and managers were very friendly.
• JB

  Jonathan M Brown

  Nov 1, 2025
  4.0
  Family of 5 did the Big Ol’ Bucket with fish, huge shrimp, sausage, alligator bites, catfish and plenty of okra, fries, hush puppies and corn! Well worth it. Good luck trying to finish in one sitting. Jenn was a great waitress. Fun place.
• AE

  Austin E

  Oct 20, 2025
  5.0
  Went to Uncle Bucks in Destin as a local for the first time, and was completely blown away by the service and quality. I had such a great time. Tonjea did such a phenomenal job at making sure we were taken care of and provided TOP NOTCH service. 10/10
• CS

  Courtney Salem

  Oct 5, 2025
  2.0
  Our family enjoys bowling on special occasions and one of my teens chose the fishbowl for his birthday this year. We had a group of 9 and went on a Sunday. We showed up 15 minutes early (in October, the off season) and there was already a line to get in. The line moved slow and took us about 30 minutes to get to the counter with 4-5 families in front of us. We decided to only do an hour of bowling. And I’m glad we did. By the time we left the only people in my group not frustrated was the 3 and 4 year olds. First issue, half their lanes are either bumpers on or bumpers off and we were given this side without being told. So our 3 and 4 year old couldn’t use bumpers. Next issue, the assistance ramps for small kids was too long to fit comfortably between the lane and the alligator ball return. It kept getting stuck on the bumps and after an hour of having to constantly lift it up and over and back, my arms hurt. Third, they didn’t have all ball sizes. I normally use an 11 and I guess it’s possible they were all being used but I doubt it. I couldn’t find a 9 for one of my kids either. The biggest issue was the lanes. They were constantly not counting pins and dropping pins from the pinsetter. We had this issue on both lanes we were on. So the scores were not accurate at all. We finally just tried to not care about the numbers and just bowl. But at the price point, I’d expect accurate lanes. I consulted with my whole group (minus the two littles) before choosing the stars for the review. I was actually for giving 3 stars and they convinced me 2 was enough. Essentially you are paying for some ocean creatures that dangled from the ceiling, some paint on the floor, and shark or alligator ball returns. The littles spent 5 minutes when we got there looking and didn’t mention anything else the rest of the time. They could have had led motion animals moving on the walls or at least play an ocean themed movie on the gigantic tv, instead of football. Save the sports for the bar area and put more into what you are advertising “an underwater bowling experience”. We also are not a fan of the “pay per hour” games. I get why they do it this way but it’s really not fun for those that like to finish the game but are on a budget and can’t just pay for several hours and leave whenever. There were a couple positives. The staff were friendly and the pretzel we ordered, while hot, was pretty dang good but once it got cold it was really hard and not good.

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