Andy D’s Beachside Restaurant & Deck Bar

Andy D’s Beachside Restaurant & Deck Bar sits just off the Navarre Beach Causeway on Gulf Boulevard, close enough to the sand that a meal here doubles as a beach day. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, which sets it apart from beach bars that only open for the evening crowd, and its deck bar keeps a regular schedule of live music that turns the space into one of Navarre Beach’s steadier gathering spots once the sun starts going down.

The restaurant offers both indoor and outdoor seating, so guests can choose air conditioning or open air deck views depending on the weather and the mood, and the dining room is wheelchair accessible with free WiFi for anyone working remotely between beach sessions. A full bar backs up the food menu, and the kitchen turns out a mix of casual beach fare. Burgers, sandwiches, and pizza sit alongside Gulf seafood plates, and regular diners point to blackened redfish, grouper sandwiches, and fried shrimp platters as menu standouts, along with gator bites for anyone looking for something distinctly Floridian to start a meal. Breakfast runs on the same casual footing as the rest of the menu rather than being reserved for weekends only.

Andy D’s runs a happy hour every day, advertised locally as one of the best deals on Navarre Beach, with discounted drinks each afternoon. Locals get a standing discount on their tab, and military members and first responders receive a discount on food all day, every day, a detail that matters to the beach town’s year round community as much as to visitors passing through.

Live music remains the restaurant’s signature draw. Performers play the deck bar on a regular rotation, and the outdoor setting means the music carries out over the same water views that make Navarre Beach a draw in the first place. The restaurant also books private events and catering, which makes it a workable venue for a rehearsal dinner or a group gathering tied to a beach vacation.

Hours shift across the week. Andy D’s opens Monday through Wednesday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., stays open Thursday until 10 p.m., extends Friday and Saturday to 10:30 p.m., and closes at 9 p.m. on Sunday. The restaurant sits at 8649 Gulf Blvd in Navarre and can be reached at 850-200-0702 for questions about reservations tied to a larger group or a private event on the deck.

For visitors staying near the Navarre Beach Causeway, Andy D’s offers a straightforward pitch: full meals at any hour of the day, a deck bar with a real music schedule, and a happy hour built for people who plan to spend more than one afternoon at the beach. It combines a family friendly dining room with a bar built for a longer evening out, which is a rarer pairing on this stretch of Navarre Beach than it might sound, since a walk across the causeway takes visitors from open sand into a restaurant that can carry a full day of eating, drinking, and listening to live music without a second stop.