McKenna’s Place NSB
- 1443 S Dixie Fwy, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
(386) 409-3355
https://www.mckennasplace.com/
McKenna’s Place NSB is a sports bar type restaurant that is more on the Edgewater side of New Smyrna Beach. Known for its friendly, attentive service, McKenna’s Place is popular with locals and tourists alike.
On our recent visit, we happened to go on a Wednesday night which is when they hold their popular Maine lobster and snow crab special. We didn’t get either one, but it smelled delicious!
The restaurant has lots of seating, both inside and out. It is well lit with lots of wood and TV screens as it is a sports bar. We decided to start with drinks at the bar before settling into a high top table for dinner. They have a great selection of draft beers with standard domestics and lots of Florida brews as well. There were several that I had never tried before. McKenna’s Place NSB also has an impressive drink menu featuring several homemade sangrias and lots of specialty cocktails and martinis. I had a Shark Attack (local brew) and my wife had one of the sangrias. I can’t remember which one but she loved it!
When we sat down to eat, we started with the peel and eat shrimp for an appetizer. The shrimp were good sized and seemed super fresh to us. For our mains, my wife had the French dip and I tried the Funky Gouda burger. She enjoyed her French dip, especially getting a side of horseradish with it. She was not able to finish it so that meant I got to the next day! I concur that it was excellent. My only regret about the Funky Gouda burger was that they don’t have Funky Buddha beer on tap. The burger was awesome, loved the bacon on it. It just would have been cool to wash down the Funky Gouda with a Funky Buddha!
Throughout the meal, our server was attentive and super nice. Actually, everyone we dealt with at the restaurant was awesome. They really have a great team!
The prices were a little high but fair. I’m sure that they are dealing with rising food and labor costs like most restaurants. We felt like we got a good value overall and will definitely be back. There are a lot of menu items we want to try and want to go back for the snow crab special one night.
McKenna’s Place NSB is located in a strip mall so there is plenty of parking available. Most of the businesses close by 6 or so making even more parking spots open. They have a really large menu as well as a solid kid’s menu with the usual grilled cheese, mac and cheese and chicken tenders. But they also have fish sticks, fried shrimp and a burger. One cool thing is that they allow adults to order it, they just don’t include the beverage. As a parent of a 19 year old that still eats grilled cheese on a regular basis, that was nice to see!
We enjoyed our meal at McKenna’s Place NSB and are so glad that we ventured there after seeing such rave reviews in the local New Smyrna Beach Facebook groups. We will definitely be back again soon. It is a local gem!
