Florida: Mambos in Cocoa Beach

Starving after a day at the beach, we wandered down A1A looking for a fun place to eat on the beach. We found Mambos, located at the International Palms Resort in Cocoa Beach.

We were drawn in by the promise of live reggae music, which was actually a combination of a DJ spinning upbeat tunes and a group called Karmatic enjoying a fun reggae jam session. What a fun vibe!

I had the crab cake sandwich with sweet potato fries, which was delicious, moist, and fresh. Check out the rest of the menu here. The drink was something Caribbean in a bucket - can't really go wrong there!

There were a couple of cons, too - there are seats down in the sand, which would be awesome during cooler hours, but you can't really see the ocean, even though it is a few feet away. Bummer!

I was disappointed in the children's menu, because even though the adult menu featured fare like conch fritters, crab cakes, and mahi mahi, there wasn't so much as a fish and chips option on the kids menu. The three children in our group had hot dogs and macaroni and cheese.

The service was quite slow, too, but we just chalked that up to island time and enjoyed the music.

Find Mambos on Yelp here.