Driftwood Bistro - JEKYLL ISLAND

We were greeted by exiting customers who told us it was amazing. Great way to start! The staff were friendly, and our waiter, Greg, made us feel quite at home. Casual attire on a Saturday night is perfectly fine. We started with a sampler basket of fried okra, green tomatoes and mushrooms. The breading was light and crisp, with whole mushrooms and the okra was whole and flayed instead of sliced which was very good! My husband and I both ordered the stuffed flounder. I had the collards and broccoli, while my husband had the mashed potatoes and a salad. There is an upcharge for the salad which seemed odd to me, but okay. The broccoli and collards were cooked perfectly. Service was quick, and the wait staff superb despite their advertised request for patience due to understaffing. This was our first visit to Driftwood Bistro, but definitely won't be our last.

Rude, rude, rude from the minute we walked in the door. Hostess and bartender were downright nasty.

We had the best meal we've experienced on the island so far. I ordered the stuffed flounder with roasted okra and cabbage, and we started with fried green tomatoes as an appetizer. The roasted okra was the best I've ever tasted, and I've tried quite a bit in the past. Everything was fantastic!

I have such mixed feelings about this restaurant. The food has been excellent in the past but I feel they are cutting a lot of corners these days and simply giving up on delivering quality. We had two shrimp platters and the shrimp were small and dried out. I had the broccoli and green bean sides and they were obviously frozen, not fresh. They were hot good but mushy bad . I cannot understand why they wouldn't serve fresh. The prep for fresh veggies is not that hard or time consuming. They were understaffed and obviously feeling a lot of pressure to get people in and out quickly wait time to get in was about half an hour 15 minutes after opening, despite the wait list saying 45 minutes . Our waitress became less and less pleasant as time went on, despite us ensuring we ordered quickly and didn't dither, us hoping to ease her obvious distress at the situation. Guess that didn't work. So, we've enjoyed Driftwood in the past but are dismayed at how much they've given up on delivering good food in a nice environment. It's a real shame and I hope they bounce back. Also, it's ridiculous to only be open 20 hours a week closed Sunday and Monday, open 5 9 for the rest of the week . Maybe if they were open longer more days they wouldn't be so swamped on the days they are open!

The atmosphere was family-friendly, but the food could compete with any upscale club in the area—it's even better than most. The review that compared this place to a Howard Johnson's must have been...