I dined with four
family members at the Beach House for dinner on a Friday night in late December
2018. The Beach House is open daily for lunch and dinner from 11:00 am (10:00
on Sundays) to 10:00 pm (12:00 midnight on weekends). Guests can book a table on
the main floor (but not the top/lounge floor) using the restaurants website
(via the online Seven Rooms reservation system). Brimstone Restaurant Group
(BRG) operates the Beach House, as well as two locations of Brimstone Woodfire
Grill (in Doral and Pembroke Pines). (They formerly owned Grille 401 in Fort
Lauderdale and Pinon Grill in Boca Raton.) Valet parking is available, as is
some nearby metered beach parking.
The Beach House
opened in late March 2018 directly on Pompano Beach, affording maximum views of
the sand, surf, and pier (which is currently being rebuilt). The two-story, purpose-built
structure (which reportedly cost $6.5 million to build) offers dining space for
400 patrons on two floors. The ground-level indoor dining space offers seats at
tables, booths, and a bar amid bamboo floors, teak ceilings, wicker lighting,
and Balinese furniture. The garage windows on two sides of the room can be rolled
up to allow the salt air to flow in. In addition, the bar at the rear of the
space is indoor-outdoor, allowing additional seating outside on the covered
deck; if you prefer, a few outdoor tables are also available. The second floor
(reachable by stairs or an elevator) offers a covered rooftop deck with an even
more open-air atmosphere. Coffee tables, couches, lounge seating, and a second bar
provide seating, along with a few choice booths on the terraced floor overlooking
the sand. Two of these booths can be reserved with a $300 deposit, but the rest
of the seating is first come-first served.
The Beach House
offers upscale American cuisine. Although we visited at dinnertime, we chose some
of the lighter menu fare: the tuna-poke stack, the sushi black lobster roll (no
longer on the menu), and the yummy chicken cordon bleu sandwiches (served with
house-made potato chips). The chicken sandwiches were so delicious that it
would be difficult not to order them the next time that we visit. We
appreciated that the menu offerings don’t seem to change between lunch and
dinner, as so many other finer-dining restaurants do, forcing us to choose a
larger plate when we wanted something lighter. In the upper-floor lounge area,
only appetizers and drinks are available (but not the full menu).
We enjoyed our
dinner at the Beach House; the food was good, and the atmosphere was fantastic.
We’ll return for sure!
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