Best Waterfront Restaurants in West Palm Beach

Waterfront dining in the WPB area benefits from geography that most South Florida markets can't match — a wide, active Intracoastal Waterway with boat traffic, the Palm Beach skyline visible from the WPB side, and the kind of light at golden hour that makes outdoor dining feel effortless rather than incidental.

Bar Capri on North Flagler Drive is the most prominent dedicated waterfront dining address on the WPB side of the Intracoastal. The Italian-influenced restaurant occupies a site with direct Intracoastal views and outdoor seating that functions as one of the most pleasant restaurant environments in the city. The food program is solid — not the most ambitious kitchen in WPB, but cooking that understands its context and executes its menu with consistency. For residents of the North Flagler corridor, this is your neighborhood waterfront restaurant.

Lamarina at the waterfront brings a quieter, more refined approach to Intracoastal dining — a setting that prioritizes the view and the atmosphere over noise and energy. The lunch menu in particular represents excellent value in an area where most waterfront restaurants charge a premium for the setting. For business lunches or afternoon meals where the goal is conversation as much as cuisine, Lamarina's approach works well.

The Seafood Bar at The Breakers is technically across the bridge on Palm Beach Island, but the ten-minute drive from most WPB condo addresses makes it functionally local. The Breakers' oceanfront position gives this restaurant a setting that no WPB-side property can replicate — Atlantic Ocean views, the hotel's landmark grounds, and a seafood program that has been one of Palm Beach County's best for decades. The raw bar is exceptional. For WPB condo residents who think of the bridge as a five-minute commute rather than a barrier, The Seafood Bar becomes part of your regular rotation.

Café Boulud Palm Beach at the Brazilian Court hotel on the island also warrants the bridge trip for serious waterfront-adjacent dining — Daniel Boulud's outpost is one of the most consistently excellent restaurants in Palm Beach County, with a wine program and service standard that rivals anything available on the WPB side.

The honest assessment of WPB's waterfront dining landscape: the most impressive water settings are split across both sides of the Intracoastal, with the WPB side offering more accessible, walkable options and the Palm Beach Island side offering the more dramatic hotel dining experiences. For residents who build both into their rotation, the combined landscape is genuinely exceptional — a dining geography that most American coastal markets would envy.

For boats-and-restaurants evenings, several Intracoastal restaurants including Bar Capri and Lamarina have or are developing dock-and-dine capabilities — call ahead to confirm current availability for arriving by boat.

This guide is provided by DO Homes Group, West Palm Beach's luxury condo specialists. For personalized recommendations, contact our team.