
The Lulu, who the bar is named after, is none other than Lucy Buffett, sister of legendary beach-life afficionado Jimmy.

Lulu’s is a huge affair, with dining halls, open-air bars, a beach for the kids to run around on and shops and attractions to keep you there all afternoon and into the evening. This restaurant is a hot favorite with the yachting community who can moor their boats next door and spend the day at this family-friendly beach and restaurant.

While some direct Gulf access bars and restaurants are available in Destin and Fort Walton Beach, and the larger marinas have good eating options too, this shortlist of some boat-accessible watering holes and restaurants is centered around the Choctawhatchee Bay.īy the Destin mid-Bay Bridge, behind the Whaling Wall and the Giant American Flag painted on the roof of Legendary Marine lies Lulu’s. Our little part of the Emerald Coast also has a number of locations where making a water entrance can turn a quick meal or round of drinks into something just that little bit more special.Īfter all, nobody bats an eye at the endless streams of SUVs pulling up in the car park, but to step from a motor yacht, a sailboat or even to leap from a paddleboard will secure admiring glances and nods of approval from all other patrons that afternoon or evening. And, so I’ve been reliably told, stepping off a superyacht is really the only way to enter the Casino de Monte Carlo in genuine style.

When working for a multinational company in Switzerland, I used to cheerily wave as the CEO arrived – dressed head to toe in black like a corporate James Bond – on his luxury speed boat from his lake-side Chateau. I used to roll into London’s glitzy Canary Wharf every morning on high-speed Thames commuter boats. In my opinion, there are few finer ways to arrive anywhere than by boat.
