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Seagar’s Prime Steaks & Seafood

No doubt about it, Seagar’s Prime Steaks & Seafood is a classic American steakhouse — to its marrow — featuring classic food prepared with the best of locally sourced seasonal ingredients and a level of service unmatched in the region. Which is why AAA has declared the Seagar’s experience dining at its finest, giving it a FourDiamond rating since 2000.

When you visit Seagar’s, allow plenty of time. Sit back, listen to the live pianist and order a bottle of wine. With 600 labels in the wine cellar, you’re sure to find one to pair beautifully with whatever you eat. It’s your chance to take your time to savor a superb meal in an atmosphere of luxurious indulgence.

Menus are designed to take advantage of fresh, seasonal ingredients, and every aspect of a Seagar’s meal is given attention to detail that many restaurants might consider too time- and labor-intensive. The famous Dover sole, Steak Diane, Caesar salad, Banana Fosters and Cherries Jubilee are among the delicious dishes that are prepared with flair and flame at your table.

Seagar’s keeps an emphasis on organic produce and seasonal food to compliment its world-class standards for fine dining excellence. Seagar’s chefs love to work hand-in-hand with local farmers and purveyors — such as Arrowhead Beef in Chipley, Florida — to keep Seagar’s menu dynamic and true to the local region. With the bounty of the Gulf of Mexico at the resort’s doorstep, seafood takes its rightful place on the menu. Indulge in local Gulf options such as seared snapper and pan-roasted grouper, or expand your range and your palette with Maine lobster, South African cold-water lobster tails or Alaskan king crab. The Dover Sole — recently featured on the Cooking Channel’s “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” — is one of the most popular seafood dishes on the menu.

Barefoot’s Beachside Bar & Grill

Imagine shaded seating on a sweeping outdoor deck with an “invisible” railing that affords unobstructed, expansive views of the emerald surf and sugar-white sand … listen and you can hear the lyrical beat of waves lapping ashore and smell the salty sea air. This season’s refreshing menu at Barefoot’s Beachside Bar & Grill is the perfect compliment to the postcard perfect views surrounding the restaurant.

Jerk chicken, plantains, plenty of fruit-filled salads will join burgers, wraps and sandwiches on the menu. Seek out updated classics such as the Mango Fandango salad, which now features mixed greens, mango, red onion, curry mayo and candied pecans. You’ll still find popular seafood choices such as peel-and-eat shrimp, snow crab clusters and oysters on the half shell, but some dishes — such as build-your-own tacos — will be prepared with a tropical twist: think pico de gallo with mango.

After playing poolside and basking on the beach, Barefoot’s bar and The Sand Bar, open seasonally, are perfect places to cool off with your favorite brew, wine, specialty cocktail or frozen beverage. And when the temperatures lower in fall, you can look forward to snuggling up with an after-dinner drink next to the fire pit on the deck before the restaurant closes for the winter.

But you do not need to stir yourself from your relaxing lounge chair, because Barefoot’s will come to you. Use your smart device to visit the seasonally available BarefootsOnline. com; there you can place your order for food and drinks and a “sand kicker” will deliver it to you on the beach or to your poolside perch.

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Sandcastles Restaurant & Lounge

Sandcastles Restaurant and Lounge, conveniently located directly off the resort lobby, is perfectly named as its menu is going “coastal.”

Highlighting the freshest local seafood that guests travel to Northwest Florida to enjoy, Sandcastles embraces the flavors of an old Florida fish house. The menu will feature a variety of fresh fish from both the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Growing the focus on seafood, the menu will include duo appetizer plates with Gulf shrimp, oysters from Apalachicola or Louisiana seafood gumbo.

For dinner, expect a wider variety of seafood entrees such as bacon-wrapped swordfish or a Gulf coast take on fish and chips that features grouper, thickcut fries and a malt vinegar aioli. Need

a sushi fix? You can also order items from the Hadashi Sushi Bar menu.

Not a seafood fan? No worries, land lovers can enjoy steak dishes in addition to the Sandcastles Lounge fare.

Not only is there a variety of fish and shellfish available on the menu, but Sandcastles is also excited to embrace the trend of health conscious dining. Diners are welcome to share their preferences, whether they be vegetarian, gluten-free or have any other health and food allergy issues.

Beyond dinner, this bright, open and airy eatery is the one restaurant at Hilton Sandestin Beach where guests can go for al a carte breakfast, a gourmet breakfast buffet, lunch and late-night snacks in the Lounge.

Sandcastles also has a children’s menu that’s more extensive than most. It features breakfast, lunch and dinner items as well as snacks and desserts. The breakfast buffet is popular with guests of every age and includes an omelet station, waffles, breakfast potatoes, sausage, bacon, seasonal fruits, cereals, yogurts, breakfast pastries freshly baked by our pastry chef, coffee, tea or juice. The a la carte breakfast menu contains steak and eggs, Frangelico French toast, and several variations of eggs benedict.

Lunch options include gourmet salads, sandwiches, wraps and soups. The relaxing Sandcastles Lounge, located across from the restaurant, offers a great wine list, specialty martinis and a sampling of snacks and items from Sandcastles’ lunch and dinner menus.

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Hadashi Sushi Bar

Lobbies typically are a place for lounging and lingering. When you want to relax with family and friends, head to Hadashi Sushi Bar located in the lobby.

Traditionally trained chefs serve up beautiful, hand-rolled sushi, sashimi, nigiri and other Japanese creations with freshfrom-the-sea flavor. Choose from two-dozen specially prepared sushi rolls including classic favorites like California rolls and Spicy Tuna rolls. Looking for something more exotic? Try the Dragon Skin roll with cucumber, eel, avocado, lump crab and eel sauce or the Volcano Roll baked with lump crab meat, green onion, cucumber, avocado, crab salad, tempura crunch and a splash of Sriracha. The assorted sashimi plate — featuring ahi tuna, salmon, yellowtail, escolar and white fish — allows you to sample a little of everything. Toast the end of another perfect day at the beach with a shot of heated sake or an ice-cold glass of Sapporo® imported Japanese craft beer or something else from the fullservice bar. Whether you want to get comfortable on the lounge area sofas to take in a game on the large-screen TV or land a large dining table that will seat the entire family, you will have a good time at Hadashi.

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Picnix Poolside Market

When you are vacationing at the beach, you want to spend as much time as possible with your toes in the sand.

Kids can’t help it; they want to have as much fun as possible during a sunny day at the beach. There’s just no time to de-suit and de-sand, dress, go to a restaurant, order and wait forever to eat lunch when the pool and sand are beckoning you to return.

Luckily, Picnix Poolside Market has a way for everyone to refuel before they head back to the beach.

Located just off the resort lobby, Picnix has everything you need for a day of fun in the sun. Choose from a menu of “grab and go” options with an emphasis on the foods kids love — chicken fingers, mac and cheese, Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas, jumbo pretzels and foot-long corndogs. For more refined tastes, there are salads, wraps, fruit smoothies and gourmet build-your-own hot and cold deli sandwiches.

What’s a day at the beach without ice cream? If you need a cool treat, Picnix boasts 16 varieties of Edy’s® ice cream ready to be hand-dipped into a cup, cone or waffle cone as well as soft-serve frozen yogurt.

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The Coffee Shop

Begin another beautiful day at the beach with a nice hot cup of freshly brewed Starbucks® coffee.

Located in the main lobby, The Coffee Shop offers a full menu of Starbucks beverages to start the day or as an afternoon pick-me-up. And after you’ve been lured in by the aroma of freshly brewed coffee, you’ll find an array of hot, fresh breakfast options, including a croissant filled with soft scrambled eggs, cheese and your choice of breakfast meat. Also on the menu are four varieties of

bagels — served sandwich style or with cream cheese. Looking for something healthy? Belly up to the gourmet oatmeal bar that features a variety of toppings, including housemade granola.

Award-winning pastry Chef Yascha Becker and his talented team spend the early hours of the day whipping up the perfect pastries to satisfy your sweet tooth. The delectable display includes pastries, bear claws, chocolate-filled croissants, cinnamon rolls and seasonally

flavored muffins. Hungry for fresh-baked cookies? It’s a tough choice between peanut butter, chocolate chip, sugar, oatmeal raisin and white chocolate macadamia.

There are also convenient grab-and-go items, including single-serving protein shakes, Greek yogurt, fruit, energy bars and a variety of bottled beverages.

When it’s time for a treat, you’ll find Edy’s® handdipped ice cream and softserve frozen yogurt. Or opt for a brownie sundae or ice cream cookie sandwich.

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In-Room Dining

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If you want to savor a few more minutes luxuriating in the comfort of your Hilton Serenity Bed before heading out for a day of meetings, you can. If rain has created a change of plans for your day of fun in the sun, that’s OK. If you simply want to have an intimate, romantic dinner for just the two of you, please, be our guest … and dial extension 44. Hilton Sandestin Beach’s in-room dining team is at your service with just a phone call. Much of the menu is tied to Sandcastles’ offerings, but there are options from Seagar’s menu, sushi and rolls from Hadashi Sushi Bar, as well as a few items from the raw bar.

Room service is the perfect option when you get back to your room after a long day and are eager to take some time to rest and relax. In-room dining is a popular choice at the resort, and with so much to choose from, it has become as a seventh on-site dining option.

Open 6 a.m. until 11 p.m., choose breakfast in bed or a quiet dinner on your balcony. We recommend advanced ordering to ensure the availability of your selection.