Merlins Pizza in Destin - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Great pizza and awesome server Makenna

Came to Destin for our honeymoon. While out and about found this place and decided to try it out. Makenna E. Greeted us right away, food was delicious and service was extraordinary. Definitely recommend 💯

Had a wonderful dinner at Merlin’s . The meatball appetizer was so scrumptious. Follow that with a pepperoni with smoke sausage and roasted garlic add some honey on top and your now on cloud nine. McKenna had us covered in the service side of the house her personally and attentive nature was amazing. Defiantly coming back

We last visited about 15 years ago. Stopped in for a bite and found it to be just as good now as before!

I love Makenna!! Great server!!! Go Android!!!!

Great pizza! Makenna was outstanding!!! Very personable and we appreciate her service to our country!!!

Everything was great, or we were just starving after a day at the beach.

Quant surroundings an atmosphere. Food was quick, hot and delicious. But the Star was our waiter Ethan. Made us feel like locals. We should be so lucky to find a place and get someone that is close, personable and efficient as Etan. Kuddos to Ethan and Merlins!!!

Merlin’s was super busy. Lots of carry out orders. Our waiter was really helpful, efficient and fast. We order the gluten free pizza. It only comes in the 10, but it was more than enough for two of us. There’s 8 slices and we brought two home. We also ordered a small order of roasted wings. They were delicious! My husband had the side salad which looked good. Although the were crowded, the service was fast. The pizza was great and piping hot! We will be back!

If this is the best pizza in Destin, there must be some really bad pizza here. I would not even refer to this as average pizza. It’s just not good. 4 out of 10.

Food was amazing and the waiter was so nice.

Ethan gave us excellent service and kept our drinks full the entire time.

Our server, Ethan, was amazing! The food and service were excellent. We will definitely be back!

Merlin’s is where it’s at. Our server Ethan was great and the food was even better. The gluten-free crust was the best I’ve had anywhere, and the smoked pizzas are on point. So glad we found this place!

Kinda like Domino's pizza but a little better.

Great music and even better food. Ethan was a fabulous and attentive server and very friendly.

Best pizza as always. JD did a great job. If you’re new to the area, this is the best place for pizza.

Best pizza ever! So delicious and James did a fantastic job taking care of our family. He was especially attentive to our daughter’s food allergies. This will be a regular stop on our family vacations.

Seriously the best pizza I’ve had in a very long time. Service was great! McKenna was super sweet and very attentive. We will definitely be back again!!

Ethan was awesome!!! He was serving the whole dining room by himself, and he had a great attitude and was very personable. He was really working hard and did a great job. He made it a great experience. Kudos!!! The food was excellent. It's definitely the best pizza we've had in Destin. We had the Ol' Smokey, the pepperoni, the buffalo chicken, and the southern sweet heat. The Ol' Smokey was the favorite. The buffalo chicken was good, but not my favorite buffalo chicken. The dining room is small, but I would take it to go if there was no room rather than go to another pizza place. We will definitely be back every time we visit Destin.

Ethan was our server! Super nice and chill atmosphere. I had the wings and they were super good!

Ethan was the best of ever perfect pizza perfect service!

Amazing SEAFOOD pizza - had never had. So delicious! Great server - Ethan!!!!!! So kind & served entire restaurant by self - Noticed other staff in kitchen & at take out counter were also great. Can’t wait to come back!!!!

Ethan our server was quick and friendly. Food was awesome and came quickly from the kitchen without sacrificing quality. Definitely will be getting this again.

Ethan was great! Food was great!! Definitely recommend!!!!

Great food!! Ethan was great!!

We had the hand tossed Hawaiian luau. It was absolutely delish! Decent priced and the service was great. Ethan took great care of us! This place is a must.

Best pizza I've had in a long long time. Phenomenal crust. Not some skinny new York thing. Real pizza that you know you ate something afterwards. Would give it 6 stars if I could. Ethan rocked!

Ethan did an excellent job taking care of our table. Very knowledgeable and friendly - and especially personable. We will definitely be back!

Ethan was awesome!! The restaurant was really busy but he never forgot to check on us. He was great and the food was as well!!

We came back a year later and it was still great! Ethan understood gluten free and the food was delicious! Service was quick and very friendly! Kayla was very knowledgeable about gluten free options and food was great!

Rally good pizza would recommend this place.

August 2024 Best pizza in Destin Florida

Merlin’s pizza is the best!! Ethan was the best server. We always make a point to come here when we’re in town. Never disappoints!

Classic 80s pizza joint feel with the food to match. One of the best pizza joints I've been to in a while 🍕

Literally mine and the wife’s favorite pizza joint in Destin highly recommend I wouldn’t waste my time or money anywhere else but here can’t wait to visit again for sure

Ethan was our server. It was our 1st time (but won't be last). Ethan was very friendly and helpful in helping us decide our order. He checked just enough times on us throughout the meal.

The ultimate buffalo chicken, honey butter chicken and Hawaiian luau pizzas were DELICIOUS!! Our server, Jacey, was very helpful in helping us decide what to order and just gave us incredible service the whole time we were here. We will definitely be back and recommend this place to our family and friends!

The pizza was really good! Jacey was a really good server and the rest of my family really liked it too.

James provided top notch customer service he was very friendly and made sure we were well taken care of. I wish there were more workers like him nowadays but unfortunately there isn't I would definitely go back.

Great food. Very friendly service. Would recommend and repeat

An explosion of flavors in your mouth with all the ingredients selected for the pizzas!!

Ethan was great about server!! The food was absolutely delicious!!

Wonderful little pizza joint! My husband and I tried the jalapeno popper pizza and the lasagna pizza...both were delicious! Ethan was a great server. We will definitely be back.

Honey...butter....chicken...pizza.....hands down best pizza I have ever ate...

Api was an amazing server. Matched the awesome pizza! Thank you so much! Definitely a Diamond in Destin!

In town visiting a friend and we decided to give Merlins Pizza a try! The food and service were both great. Happy that we ended up choosing this spot!!

Awesome experience and great food!! Apicha was an awesome waiter, we will be back!!

We had a horrible experience at Merlins last weekend. We ordered from the only line in the restaurant and then after our order was placed AND we paid in full, we took a seat and were then told that we ordered from the takeout line. No big deal, right? To the Merlins staff, this was the biggest of deals. We sat at the table waiting for our order to come. Waiting longer. Even longer. 45 minutes later, when we hadn't gotten our pizza, I went up to the counter again and asked if we could just take our pizza to go. The employee said yes and just handed us the pizzas that had been sitting next to him for who knows how long. I asked why they were holding back our pizzas, and his answer was that the restaurant POLICY is that they hold back the pizza for anyone who orders from the wrong line. This is their POLICY. So if we had stayed sitting there, we would have never gotten our pizza. This was his only explanation and he did nothing about it. I said I'd be leaving a negative review, and he said that's too bad, it's just our POLICY to treat the customers wrong when they order from the wrong line. Not to mention the pizza tasted like they ordered it from the discounted leftover pizza section at Papa John's that morning.

Pizza reminded me of Papa John's with ALOT better sauce

We absolutely LOVE this place and we come every time we visit Destin! Our server Api was incredible, he was super helpful! He's an absolute delight as are the other servers ❤️

Our favorite pizza in town by far! Everyone is so sweet and the food is super fresh. Api was our server and he was so smiley and helpful!

Great pizza and great service, especially Makenna

I use to love these place till the last year as I remember, we visit destin like twice a year and we always live to eat there most of the days, but this year the pizza is definitely changed to the low level. They use to be the best pizza in Destin from my vision. I ordered seafood pizza and veggie.

jacey was so super slay, we loved her. Also pizza was yum 10/10!!!!

This pizza was DELICIOUS! We were visiting from Ohio and heard nothing but good things about Merlin’s, so we decided to give it a try. We ordered multiple variations and loved them ALL! The Hawaiian was delicious (so I’m told, I don’t think pineapple belongs on pizza :), and the sausage was out of this world!

Seafood pizza, get it! There's a reason they're the #1 pizza place in Destin. We never make a trip there that doesn't include this pizza.

I got the 2 slices of cheese pizza and soda deal for $8.99 and BBQ wings. The pizza was delicious, soft crust, and very cheesy. Wings were also delicious, well seasoned, and crispy. Our waiter was friendly, courtesy, and made sure we were well taken care of. If you are in the Destin, FL area, don't miss out on Merlins Pizza.

Ethan was excellent! Very kind and got our order correct without writing it down!

Wow this pizza was amazing delicious crust and tasteful sauce and fresh pepperoni just all around amazing thank yall our number one local pick in Destin Florida

I had Shrimp pizza its finger licking good. And chicken pizza is also good. And I recommend you to have shrimp pizza.

Really good pizza. Ordered twice on vacation. Got it quick too. Delicious and reasonable prices.

We are locals and it's always our place for pizza in Destin.

Ordered pizza to go and it was delicious the Main Street smoker was really good!

Pizza is awesome (by the slice, didn't try a whole pie). Friendly staff (Ethan). Affordable prices. I'll be back.

We spent 8 days in Destin this round. We misses Merlins last trip and that was a mistake! This place is great and we ended up eating here 2 times this week. The food is amazing and they have some great options. This time we ordered wings with our pizza and they were great. We tried the seafood pizza on half and meat lovers on the other. I tried both on thin crust and they are amazing. The have great tea and coke options even though the menu says Pepsi. They just changed to coke. We had Ethan on both trips and he is very friendly and attentive. I would ask for him by name. Ethan is an amazing waiter!

Beautiful pizza with delicious flavor, however I wish the staff was more friendly or nice. Food was genuinely great though!!!

Ethan was wonderful. A slight wait due to the small size, but very worth the wait.

Makena and Ethan were great taking our orders. Great service, great pizza!!

The pizza was some of the best we’ve ever had! Ethan was very attentive! Will definitely be coming back.

Food was delicious. The young man Ethan was our waiter and he was great. Very polite and helpful. Look forward to coming back.

We decided to try a local pizza instead of a chain. We weren’t disappointed! Amazing pizza and excellent service. Ethan was extremely helpful and polite. We will be back!!

We went to Merlin's for dinner tonight. 3 adults & 4 teenagers. Everyone loved the pizza and cheese bread. We tried several types between Everyone in the group, but my favorite was the Honey Butter Chicken Pizza. Sounds weird, but it was AMAZING!!! We travel a lot, so it's sort of a scavenger hunt for us to find the best pizza and this place is now in our top 3 of all the places we've been!! Our waitress was really nice. The place was clean. No complaints!! Definitely go here when you come to town!!

Makenna was so nice and attentive. Is my first time in this place and for sure I would come back! Is the pizza that I ever had in my life ! The place is awesome and they had a good service

Best pizza!! Lasagna pizza was amazing.

I was visiting over the weekend from New Orleans and got a small or medium bbq chicken pizza and pepperoni pizza. Really good pizza. I made sure to order another one Sunday for my drive back. I ordered Buffalo chicken this time. Just as good. I hope to see you guys again next time I visit Destin. Thanks!

Whenever we’re in Destin we make it a point to go to Merlin’s Pizza. Most of the time we carry out or get delivery. Today we decided to sit and eat at Merlin’s. The food was great as usual and McKenna our waitress was great too. Always coming and check on us if we needed anything. She was awesome! I highly recommend Merlin’s Pizza!

McKenna was our waitress and she was very attentive and awesome! She was great with explaining to us the menu and her suggestions was awesome! Merlin's is prolly the best pizza we have ever had!

Best service in town. Our waiter Tyler was phenomenal! Took great care of us, explained the menu and made sure we had our sodas topped up and everything we needed. Food was amazing. You have to visit you will not be disappointed

Tyler was the most fabulous waiter ever. Made for a very pleasant dinner and the pizza was excellent.

What a great experience!! As always Merlin’s doesn’t disappoint!! Ethan, your service was outstanding!! Thanks for the great food and excellent service!!

Really good pizza. A great gluten free pizza option( which can be hard to find)!! Our server, Ethan was nice and helpful

Small dining room but who cares this place is dope. Had pizza and blooming meatball 10/10🤘

Little hole in the wall pizza joints never disappoint. Really good pizza and atmosphere with great service from Jaycee. 5/5 will be returning!

In Destin on vacation and we had amazing pizza from here and staff was courteous and helpful.

My server was Ethan and he did amazing! Great service and very polite. Amazing job Ethan!

quaint little pizza place delicious fresh pizza Ethan was a very pleasant server

We got the Beachside Pig Roast Pizza and it may have been one of the best pizzas we have ever had. The cheesy bread was also amazing. Ethan was fantastic and took care of us the entire time we were there.

Jacey was a great server! She was attentive, kind, and thoughtful. We had the bloomin meatball which we would highly recommend! We also had a med supreme and it was delicious as well!

Great pizza! We had two celiacs and the gluten free pizza was great, and so was the regular pizza! Jacey and Ethan were both super helpful! Great place :)

Jacey was awesome and took great care of us. All of our food was delicious

We have been coming here for many years! It’s one of our very favorite pizza places. The food, service and atmosphere are always on point, and Ethan is a stand out employee!

Visiting from Alabama. Great little spot and awesome service! Thanks Ethan!!!

Always enjoy getting a slice or two

Ethan was awesome 👍 best services ever

Ethan was so amazing his customer service was on point I was amazed I have been in the customer service industry over 30 years and he is such a joy 😊 to see with customers I give him a 10/10

Tremendous pizza and service! Honey Butter Chicken pizza was amazing. Jacey was a great server, in every way!

Destin local & this is Our favorite place to get pizza hands down! We order almost every Friday & I never order pizza from anywhere else. The food is always good & the customer service is excellent. Delivery is always quick too!

Best pizza in Okaloosa County. Jacey S is a fantastic waiter. Great experience.

Food was awesome. Jacey was great.