Palafox Pier · Downtown waterfront · Seafood, flatbreads & brunch
Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille
A waterfront bar and grill at the end of Palafox Street, overlooking the marina and Pensacola Bay, known for jumbo lump crab cakes, flatbreads and sunsets.
Opens Jaco’s website. Lunch and dinner daily, with Sunday brunch.
Details checked November 2026
Featured photo
Sunset over the water in Pensacola (area photo) · Photo: Joshua Woroniecki on Unsplash
Type
Waterfront bar and grill
Seafood, flatbreads and Sunday brunch
Price range
$12.95–$45.95
Crab cakes $23.95; flatbreads from $14.95
Hours
Daily from 11 am
Until 9 pm (10 pm Fri–Sat); Sun from 10 am
Time needed
About 1.5 hours
Our estimate; longer if you wait for sunset
Parking
Not posted
Bring the tow vehicle, not the rig
Since
2011
Overlooking the Palafox Pier marina
On the menu
Jumbo lump crab cakes, flatbreads and bay views
Coastal American food on the water: crab cakes, fish tacos and a Mahi Reuben at lunch, scallop risotto and fresh catch at dinner, signature flatbreads all day, and brunch on Sundays.
Photo: Neeta Lind on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Start here
Bayfront crab cakes
Two signature jumbo lump crab cakes, oven-baked or Southern fried, with Old Bay aioli, $23.95. Google reviewers mention crab cakes 181 times.
RV tip: Tanglewood Gardens RV Park is about 17 minutes away. Downtown parking is tight, so unhitch and come in the tow vehicle.
Also worth ordering
- Crab cake salad$24.95, and Yelp’s most-reviewed dish (117 reviews).
- Signature flatbreadsFrom the $14.95 Margherita to the $19.95 Island Style.
- Fresh catch$36.95 at dinner; grouper comes up in 63 Google reviews.
- Deep-fried Oreos$8.95 for dessert.
Why go
Crab cakes with a sunset on Pensacola Bay
Jaco’s has served guests since 2011 from the end of South Palafox Street, overlooking the Palafox Pier marina and the bay. It calls its sunset views the best in town, and “always complimentary.”
It has 4.6 stars from more than 4,000 Google reviews and is a 2026 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice. Reviewers mention the crab cakes, the sunset, the grouper and the waterfront tables.
Plaza de Luna is next door and Visit Pensacola’s downtown waterfront walk passes right by, so it pairs well with an afternoon on Palafox Street. Tanglewood Gardens RV Park is about 17 minutes away.
Photo: Meadowtronics on Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Why it made our list
- Open daily from 11 am, Sunday brunch from 10 am
- Sunset views over the Palafox Pier marina
- Dog-friendly patio
- 2026 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice
- About 17 minutes from Tanglewood Gardens RV Park
For RVers
Taking the rig to Jaco’s
The practical stuff we wished someone had told us before we pulled in.
Unhitch before downtown
Jaco’s posts nothing about parking, and Palafox Street is busy. Bring the tow vehicle or car, not the rig.
Time it for sunset
Ask for a patio table and plan dinner around sunset over the marina.
Bring the dog
The patio is dog friendly, and the restaurant says pups are welcome.
Call to reserve
Reservations are by phone only at (850) 432-5226.
What visitors say about Jaco’s
The visitor report card
We don’t copy other sites’ reviews, but the published scores are worth reading together. Scores checked November 2, 2026.
Pensacola’s Best Waterfront Restaurant & Bar
Jaco’s Bayfront, 2026 · jacosbayfrontbarandgrille.com
What visitors often mention
Recurring themes in Google’s review topics
Crab cakesSunset viewGrouper
Google’s review topics put crab cakes on top (181 reviews), then sunset view (103), grouper (63), waterfront dining (46) and fried green tomatoes (42). Checked November 2, 2026.
What a meal costs
Prices in dollars from Jaco’s online menus, checked November 2, 2026. They may have changed.
Good to know
Flatbreads$14.95–$19.95
Lite fare$12.95–$23.95
Entrées$25.95–$45.95
Good forSunsetsDog-friendly patioSunday brunch
Prices from Jaco’s online menus, checked November 2, 2026; its site also links a card-pricing notice. Tripadvisor rates it $$–$$$.
Know before you go
Plan your visit
Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille
- Address997 S Palafox St, Pensacola, FL 32502
- HoursDaily from 11 am
Until 9 pm (10 pm Fri–Sat); Sun from 10 am - Phone(850) 432-5226
- ReservationsReservations by phone only at (850) 432-5226, per the restaurant’s website
- Getting thereJaco’s is at the end of South Palafox Street on Palafox Pier, next to Plaza de Luna, about 17 minutes from Tanglewood Gardens RV Park.
- ParkingJaco’s doesn’t post parking details; Tripadvisor lists free off-street parking, and downtown streets fill up on weekends. See Tripadvisor. No RV parking is posted.
The website lists Monday to Thursday 11 am to 9 pm, Friday and Saturday 11 am to 10 pm and Sunday 10 am to 9 pm, with brunch 10 am to 2 pm. Google and Tripadvisor show Thursday until 10 pm, so call to confirm.
Where to stay nearby
RV parks near Jaco’s
These are the Pensacola RV parks we have visited and written up. Drive times are from Google Maps at midday and run longer at rush hour.
Tanglewood Gardens RV Park
A family-run park on North Palafox with big full-hookup lots under oaks and magnolias, free cable and Wi-Fi, and mostly long-term stays.
Pensacola Beach RV Resort
The only full-hookup RV resort on Pensacola Beach, on Santa Rosa Sound with its own sound-side beach and pool, across the street from the Gulf.
Five Flags RV Park
A quirky, art-filled park a minute off I-10, with level concrete pads, full hookups and two big fenced dog parks.
Helpful answers
Frequently asked questions
The questions RVers ask most before pulling in.
Daily from 11 am
Ready for crab cakes and a bay sunset?
Call ahead for a patio table, order the crab cakes and a flatbread, and stay for the sunset.
Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by giving their work a look. Photos via Unsplash and Wikimedia Commons: Joshua Woroniecki (Pensacola sunset; Unsplash License), Meadowtronics (Plaza de Luna; CC0) and Neeta Lind (crab cakes; CC BY 2.0); the images were resized. Food photos marked “not taken at” show the dish, not this restaurant’s plate. Area photos show the neighborhood, not the restaurant. Review-site logos are trademarks of their owners.
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