Paradise Alley on the Ocean - Jacksonville Beach, FL Brewery/BrewPub/Beer Bar Reviews
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Paradise Alley on the Ocean
Overall: Great    Score: 75 / 100
831 North 1st Street
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
United States
(904) 246-2837
Listed Since: September 1998
Last Updated: April 2005
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Not here any more. No one cares. Kathy was very astute in waiting for her moment to sell.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review atlantic beach, FL
(07/22/2008)

Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Great
I've been in Jax for over 8 years and Lived at the beach for about 5 of them. Kathy is a great host and is always accomodating. She is knowledgable and friendly. I support her efforts to keep the business going. Unfortunately, since now I live in Mandarin, it is rare that I go out to Paradise alley, and when I do, the doors are locked and it doesn't look like anyone is in there. I've tried to bring visiting relatives and family beer enthusiasts out to enjoy the selection and great food, but every time, it's closed. I wish I could help more, I'd like if it could be open 10am to 2am and even franchise out toward downtown. Jacksonville needs a place that can SERIOUSLY cater to beer enthusiats, serve quality home made food at reasonable prices, and have the customer service and friendliness that Kathy and Paradise Alley provide. How many places in Jacksonville offer multiple varieties of Trappist ales? NONE. Except Kathy's. Hey Kathy, if you read this, do you have any Quak in stock?

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Mike Jones Mike Jones, Jacksonville, FL
(05/08/2008)

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Awesome! Awesome! Great Good Awesome!
The comment was annonymous - easy to make such a statement when you will not use your name. So on that basis I think your line of crap should be disregarded.

Paradise Alley is probably not what is used to be. I can not compare as I have only been in Jax Beach about 7 months. I did find Paradise Alley though and along with the other regular customers who I have met find it to be a rare jewel. Whether the development in the are allows the establishment to continue I do not know. I am enjoying my time there as long as it lasts.

A great selection of beers and microbrews. Kathy knows her beers. She also makes a great burger and anything else I have had the pleasure to eat that she has prepared.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from j webb j webb, Neptune Beach, FL
(02/24/2007)


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Lousy Lousy Lousy Lousy Lousy
This place has gone down-hill for one reason... the owner.

I'm only surprised that it's taken so long.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review atlantic beach, FL
(05/20/2006)

Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Awesome! Awesome! Great Good Great
Ever since the city decided to start selling all the beach property to these monstrosities passing themselves off as developments, Kathy has refused to sell. She has gotten a lot of negative publicity in an attempt to curb her business and force her out. This has caused it to become a one-person wait staff doing the serving, cooking, bussing and waiting. Paradise Alley is still open despite anything you might have heard or seen! She might not have the variety that she used to have, but it is more beer selection than any other place I have ever been. Easily over 500 different beers. The food is really good and Kathy is friendly as long as you don't make a fool of yourself. THIS IS NOT A NIGHTCLUB SCENE! It's an out-of-the-way place to sit back and relax in a quiet atmosphere with plenty of beer, a personable waitress, and friendly patrons to keep you company.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from "jake", Jacksonville, FL
(05/02/2006)

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Why continue the lie about the beer list? Trying to order can be frustrating as 75% of the proffered beers simply aren't in stock. Get real. Beer drinkers aren't all stupid... are we?

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review atlantic beach, FL
(12/02/2005)

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So So Awesome! Lousy Lousy So So
I have not met any person as rude as the owner of this establishment which is too bad as its a great concept.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Seamus McAfee Seamus McAfee, St. Augustine, FL
(06/01/2005)

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Great Awesome! Good Lousy So So
When I moved to jacksonville in may 04, this place was my second home, always happy hour, over 2000 beers, great wait staff who remembered who you were, what beer you liked, how you liked your food, and knew the beer well enough to reccomend beers you'd like, then this new guy showed up, I don't know if he bought the place, or is just a friend of the owner, but after he showed up, the entire wait staff was fired, the cook was fired, and the bar was only staffed by 2 people, you had to go to the bar to get a drink or food, and you were treated poorly. I Have not been there in about 4 months and I have no plans on returning.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Wyatt Wyatt, Jacksonville, FL
(04/22/2005)

Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
So So Awesome! Lousy Lousy Lousy
the awesome chef is gone,the majority of the beer is way,way,way skunked,the owner has no clue of beer.signed,the former chef and allarounder evan.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from zippy zippy, jax beach, FL
(01/05/2005)

Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Awesome! Awesome! So So Good Good
This place has a pretty good draft selection and some great happy hour deals on the drafts (happy hour tends to last most of the day at this place). They have an extremely large bottle selection but the printed lists are not kept up to date. Lots of beers on the lists are no longer available plus there are other beers they have now that are not on the list. I don't know how anyone is supposed to order them. Still, you should be able to find lots of great beers here and it is a fun, relaxed place. The beer garden is huge but does not have an ocean view. They also rent 4 motels rooms on the ocean front (the rest of the rooms in this old motel building seem to be taken up by the bartenders). My wife and I stayed in the Lighthouse Room. It had very neat old furnishings and lots of lighthouse knicknacks. It had a frig and a wet bar. The place is right on the beach, the ocean view from the rooms and the yard in front of them is obstructed somewhat by the sand dunes but you are only steps from the beach. The rooms are expensive: $120 for a small room and $140 for a larger room. Plus, you have to pay in cash. Though the motel looks slightly seedy from the outside, the rooms are clean and nice (but odd) inside. It's a good place to stay if you plan to spend your time at their bar and the beach.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Greg Jenson Greg Jenson, Chicago, IL
(05/12/2004)

Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Good Awesome!
excellent food and the best beer ive ever had... soon as i saw the belgian section i was in heaven... awesome beer, awesome food, live music, very few people in there... like 15

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review boca raton, FL
(02/15/2004)

Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Good Awesome!
I wouldn't want to bet against their claim of 1500 beers! Great beer, great pub food, beachy atmosphere. I give it my highest recommendation.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Dan Clay Dan Clay, cincinnati, OH
(01/14/2004)

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Great Awesome! Awesome! Great Great
Paradise Alley is a local treasure. Don't know exactly how many beers there are there (never been sober enough to finish the count), but there's many, many in their cache. The food ROCKS! Check out 'Eyeball Alley' in the warmer months. You'll love the skaters, bikers, and earth boarders.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from doug doug, Jacksonville, FL
(12/02/2003)

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Good Great Awesome! Great Good
Great place for a summer afternoon.. watch the world go by and have a beer... Unfortunately for beer buffs, the extensive list hides a lot of "mis-truths". Nice place but simply not as many beers available as is boasted. Order and see...

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review jacksonville, FL
(11/03/2003)

Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Great Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
They say 1500+ beers, and the 6th largest selection in the states. 1500 maybe, way over 1000. Kathy is planning 300 Taps in a major overhual. We were looking for this place for a while, actually drove by it a few times. The only sign out front is a purle sign that reads "Motel". We went in becuase of the ecclectic neon beer signs in the window. Fun place.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Karl Karl, Aurora, CO
(08/04/2003)