U-Tiki Beach
Jupiter Inlet Marina
1095 FL A1A
Jupiter
561-406-2210
No website, find them and menu on Facebook
U-Tiki Hours: Mon-Thurs –
4-10 p.m.;Fri:
4-11 p.m.;
Sat:
12-11 p.m.; Sun:12-10 p.m.
By Jane Feehan
Worth the long wait and a great addition to Jupiter Inlet
restaurants, U-Tiki offers a stellar view of Jupiter Lighthouse and surrounding
turquoise waters. It’s operated by the people who own Jetty’s next store. They
know seafood.
The U-Tiki menu offers a bounty of seafood choices,
including sushi, cracked conch, fried oysters, shrimp, yellow tail, hogfish (or
what’s running in nearby waters) and a tasty Jupiter fav—grouper cheeks.They also do steak, burgers, chicken, flatbreads, a variety
of salads and a few interesting Caribbean bowls flavored
with curry and coconut or almond and cream sauces. Lunch and dinner menus differ.
An appetizing dining experience (mahi mahi and chicken dishes
we tried proves this point) is heightened by the open air Florida verandas and beach
(Ok, ok … an engineered beach), and broad
walkway along the docks to Jetty's;
this happy place is authentically tropical. A large
bar overlooking tables and the inlet provides the perfect place for meeting new
people or bringing friends who want to party.
U-Tiki is open for lunch on weekends only, to the dismay of
many, but it’s a tropical rhapsody otherwise.
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