Roberto’s Pizzeria & Sports Bar

Roberto’s Pizzeria & Sports Bar has served gourmet pizza, pasta, and game day energy in the Village of Baytowne Wharf for more than two decades, making it one of the longest running restaurants in the district. Roberto’s relocated within Baytowne Wharf from a smaller storefront across from a gelato shop and has since expanded its menu and added a full bar, all while keeping the same casual, family first identity it opened with.

The kitchen’s focus is squarely on Italian comfort food. Gourmet pizzas, pastas, calzones, stromboli, and salads round out a menu built for groups with different appetites. Signature pizzas include the Meat Lover’s and the Poggioreale, and the kitchen also turns out Ultimate Nachos plus a run of burgers and sandwiches for guests who want something less traditionally Italian. A full bar backs up the food menu with game day drink specials tuned to whatever match is playing on the restaurant’s screens.

Sports is the other half of Roberto’s identity. Fifteen big screen TVs cover the dining room and bar, turning the restaurant into one of the more popular spots in Baytowne Wharf to catch a game while eating dinner. Indoor and outdoor seating both give guests a choice between air conditioning and people watching along the village’s pedestrian walkways, and the restaurant hosts DJ led entertainment during major sporting events for guests who want the game to feel like an occasion.

Roberto’s Tuesday nights sync with the village’s long running fireworks tradition, when Baytowne Wharf lights up with family activities and fireworks at 7:15 p.m., the same slot Roberto’s has used for its own family night programming for years. General Manager Melissa Tusa has summed up the restaurant’s approach directly. “We’re family friendly and we have a little something for everybody,” she has said of the balance the restaurant strikes between sports bar energy and family friendly programming.

Beyond the dining room, Roberto’s caters private events and offers delivery throughout the Sandestin Resort for guests who would rather eat pizza on a condo balcony than at a table in the village. Online ordering through ChowNow makes it easy to skip the line during a busy weekend, and the restaurant’s catering arm regularly handles larger groups booking the wharf for reunions, corporate outings, and wedding weekends.

Local coverage has called Roberto’s “Baytowne Wharf’s Shining Gem,” a nod to how the restaurant has quietly outlasted turnover elsewhere in the village while keeping its core menu and prices approachable for families on vacation. Because it sits inside a walkable, gated resort village rather than along a busy highway, Roberto’s also draws a steady stream of guests who wander over after shopping at the boutiques or riding the carousel and decide to stay for dinner rather than plan a separate outing.

Roberto’s sits at 110 Cannery Lane in Miramar Beach, inside the Village of Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, and the restaurant can be reached at 850-351-1998. It is open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and the full menu is available at robertositalianpizzeria.com. For visitors looking for a reliable, no fuss dinner between rounds of golf, a day at the beach, or an evening exploring Baytowne Wharf’s shops and live entertainment, Roberto’s delivers gourmet pizza and a sports bar atmosphere that has outlasted plenty of newer arrivals in the village.