Best Southern American Restaurants in Destin

Amazing time at UPH! We went for a birthday dinner, all of us ordered something different and each of us said it was the best dish we had ever had. The team at UPH are awesome. They make for a super fun and engaging time. They have an amazing selection of cocktails and mocktails! We will definitely be back, I think it’s going to be hard to choose another place to eat for special occasions and date night. Shout out to Madeline for being so awesome, it was a great night!

I saw the March menu and had to dine at Iron! The hatch chile coquettes were delish…lamb loin was perfection especially with the pea mint purée …spicy salmon with red curry was amazing. To top dinner off was coconut panna cotta which was excellent.

I wasn’t blown away by the menu. I think somethings were over priced or if they were worth it but the description wasn’t super helpful. Both cocktails we tried were good which was the clover and the banana brûlée. Burgers were good but i didnt realize it came with these loaded potato things with sauce on them…. Also the burger had a house sauce but wasn’t sure what that was either. The tomato, bread things was hard to eat but the paste tasted good. Just the bread was too hard. I think the place is too new and may need to rework somethings. They were too busy to answer phones or give us more info on the menu. I love the building and the inside decor was good but overall Im not sure I’d give them a round 2. Menu needs a lot more work.

This is my second visit. I enjoy the location and food. Our server was great - he helped us with substitutions. In addition he gave us the history of the building and area. I was a bit disappointed that the fried green tomatoes had too much breading - I'm used to panko and delicate. The onion rings were super. We were sorry to be too full for dessert.