WaterColor Grill

WaterColor Grill is the signature restaurant of WaterColor Beach Club, serving an all-day menu of fresh seafood, salads, and sandwiches with views that stretch across the pool deck to the Gulf of Mexico beyond. Set at 24 Goldenrod Circle, just down the road from sister restaurant Fish Out of Water, it is the go-to casual dining spot for WaterColor homeowners and resort guests who want a relaxed meal without leaving the water’s edge.

WaterColor Inn & Resort describes the room’s look as a distinct coastal atmosphere that reflects the Southern beach vernacular, with breezy, laid-back decor that suits flip-flops as easily as sundresses. Quick-service grill items come straight from a window on the pool deck for guests who would rather not leave their lounge chairs, while the full-service bar mixes tropical frozen drinks, both spiked and virgin, alongside canned beer and wine. A daily happy hour gives the bar an extra draw once the afternoon sun starts to soften.

WaterColor Beach Club itself has grown considerably over the years and now includes three pools overlooking the Gulf along with multiple seating areas, so WaterColor Grill’s tables spread across a genuinely large stretch of resort real estate. That scale makes it an easy fit for big groups, from multigenerational family vacations to weddings staying in the community’s cottages, without ever feeling like a hotel banquet room.

Because the menu runs all day, from a bar open at 9 a.m. through the evening, WaterColor Grill works equally well as a late breakfast stop before the beach, a poolside lunch break, or a low-key dinner after an afternoon of paddleboarding on nearby Western Lake. It sits close enough to Fish Out of Water and the rest of WaterColor Inn’s dining lineup, which also includes Gather Kitchen + Bar, Costa Chica, Beach Cow, and The Canteen, that visitors staying in the community can easily split a day between casual and dressier meals without ever driving anywhere. For anyone renting a home in WaterColor rather than staying at the Inn, the Beach Club membership that comes with many rentals makes the Grill one of the easiest, most reliable meals in the whole neighborhood, and its pool-to-table setup means parents can order lunch without ever losing sight of kids in the water.

Online ordering is available for guests who would rather skip the walk-up window, and the kitchen keeps the format simple on purpose: no white tablecloths, no dress code, just fresh seafood, salads, and sandwiches served fast enough that nobody’s pool afternoon gets derailed. WaterColor itself is a 499-acre master-planned community along Scenic Highway 30A between Grayton Beach and Seaside, planned by Cooper, Robertson & Partners under The St. Joe Company, and WaterColor Grill functions as the social hub of that plan, the spot where homeowners run into neighbors and vacationing families cross paths with locals on a lunch break. After a morning at the Beach Club pools or on the sand just beyond them, there is rarely a reason to leave the property before dinner, and that convenience is exactly what the Grill was built to deliver.