Sandshaker Lounge & Package Store

Fun if you like a meat market for geriatric red necks! Smoke filled, run down and completely dirty. Don’t understand why this place was recommend to me. Wish I could get that hour of my life back.

If you like your wife or girlfriend being groped by the scourge of the beach, then this place is for you!

They treat you like a local– when you aren’t!
A great time! This was probably the highlight of my trip to Pensacola during hurricane Patricia.
The blonde bartender is so amazing. Like, she is a keeper! I really enjoyed her!

Absolutely disgusted with how I was treated here. I was celebrating my Dad’s 50^th birthday and came with a large group of people. At least 3 people in my group ordered drinks before I got to the bar and ordered multiple drinks/​shots without being carded and without question of the ID’s of the people the drinks were for. The only reason I had gone up to the bar is to help with drinks and why I was carded. I understand people are doing their job and follow protocol, but then they should have asked for every ID of everybody the drinks were for. For example, my younger sister was at the bar ordering a drink for her and her 34-​year-​old boyfriend and asked her if she really needed to go back and grab his ID — the bartender said no, and carried on. She then asked me for my ID, and I am an American citizen currently living in the UK because my husband is in the Marines. I don’t carry my passport around, especially if I’m bar hopping, because that is a very expensive thing to replace if lost. I showed her my British driver’s license, my UK visa, and my military dependents card and she refused to serve me because I did not have my US passport. But she was totally ok with taking my sister’s word that the extra drink she bought was for her 34-​year-​old boyfriend. She further insulted my intelligence by making a childish point of grabbing a yellow laminated card that showed what forms of ID they accepted. The first thing said driver’s license (didn’t specify where it needed to originate from). I was not rude to her, but she threatened to call the cops ‘if I had a problem with their policy’. I complied politely, and headed back to my party, only to be followed by the manager and rudely told that «you need to go, you can’t stay here!» As much as I wanted to make a scene, it was my dad’s birthday and didn’t want to put more of a damper on our night. I will never give this place my business in the future, the staff is extremely rude and apparently very judgmental, do not think that’s how military personnel and their family should be treated.

Listening to the band and they are awesome. Great drinks. Banana Bushwacker’s are my favorite and they use real bananas when they have them. There is a lady cooking outside Cathy… a. k. a. (Brat), outside cooking the most amazing jambalaya grits and fried shrimp. Everyone is friendly and it’s a great atmosphere.

Place is horrible. Was told they had the best bushwacker on the beach. Hell it’s right out of a slurpee machine like most. It was not creamy at all nothing but ice crystals. Beer was slightly cold. The worst was the inside. Stunk like stale beer and smoke. Smoke has penetrated everything. Need to revamp all of it.

My favorite place to grab a drink on the beach. I love the winter time here it is like cheers everyone knows your name.

Original bushwacker birthplace. Hella fun stop at eleven am. It’s good and laid back. A true Pensacola gem. Cheap and strong is the stand by around here, and they hold true.

It’s hard for me to decide how many stars to give this place. On the one hand, the drinks were strong and cheap served by a friendly bartender. On the other hand, my 31 year old black friend was the only person that we saw that was asked for ID, which kinda makes them look racist (maybe 2 black people was more than the quota that the bar allowed?).
We were here on Tuesday evening which is $ 2 Tuesday. This means that well drinks, some beer, and wine are all $ 2. There was also karaōke. I ordered a bushwcker and a rum and coke and it was $ 6.75 total. The bartender was kind enough to warn me that the bushwacker wasn’t $ 2. I appreciated that. The bushwacker was good, and I’m glad that tried it at it’s original place in Pensacola beach. That was well worth the price. The rum and coke was super strong. I love when places make drinks like this.
I probably would have enjoyed this place a lot more if they hadn’t asked my black friend to see her ID when they hadn’t carded anyone else.

This place has never let me down going on 26 years! My first bushwhacker was here in 1987. Opens early Sunday so you can start the day off right with a delicious bushwhacker topped off with 151! Three bushwhacker s topped with151 for only $ 6.00!!! Where else on the island are you going to do that? Home of the original and very duplicated Bushwhacker! Great friendly staff… Live music and local girls makes this a must stop! Note: if you pull up on a Portofino moped, chances are someone from the resort will spot you… the extreme package bracelets are a dead give away who they belong too! No worries! Enjoy!

Do not even think about leaving Pensacola Beach without coming here for a Bushwacker first! The best one you will ever have, ever. I’m really not a bar girl, but I love this place. You can always count on seeing someone you know and getting to know someone you don’t. I’ve had so much fun here so many times I can’t even tell you. Check their website and come hear a great band. My one complaint is the smokey smell inside, soooo… I don’t go inside. You can order through the window outside just fine! Beverly and Joe are the nicest people you will ever meet, and if you’re visting, make a point to meet them. Have fun!

Went there with basically the Mayor of this bar. He had his own parking spot!
I think the best way to describe it is Karaōke Sh*tshow. It was hilarious. The bushwackers didn’t hurt either.
Also learned a new song: Red Solo Cup. Apparently the dude who sang it «is there every week.» I downloaded it to my iPhone immediately.
Definitely check it out if you’re in the area.

One of my «go-​to» bars on Pcola Beach. I generally prefer the ‘Shaker during the day and enjoy being able to get out on the deck or the crow’s nest upper deck. Also a great place to see some talented local bands, although the set-​up isn’t ideal… if you are inside of the «garage» where the bands play, your ears will bleed, but if you out on the deck, you’re either standing up or just listening, because there will be throngs of people massed at the deck steps.
The drinks are reliable. The bushwackers are delivered in Styrofoam cups that provide you with enough time to actually enjoy the slushiness before it melts, unlike some places on the beach that go the cheap route and use thin plastic cups. No draft beer, but the longnecks are always cold.
As several others have noted, the ‘Shaker is definitely a locals hangout, but it isn’t solely a locals bar. Due to its proximity to the Casino Beach parking lot and Quietwater Boardwalk (which somebody told me is now, officially «Portofino Boardwalk» or some crap that I’ll never use), it is convenient no matter where you are on the beach.
I appreciate all of the stuff that Sonny does for local charities at the ‘Shaker. I’ve been to crawfish boils to benefit locals and the Krewe du Ya Yas has an event every summer to benefit breast cancer. The sense of community matters… a lot of places are focused too tightly on making another dollar.
The gift shop has some neat shirts and trinkets. I have some nice and colorful t-​shirts that elicit happy memories of long weekends spent getting blasted at the ‘Shaker. :p
No trip to the beach could be complete without at least one beer at the ‘Shaker. The employees are nice, although it does get quite busy and hectic at times. Give the place a shot.