The Sand Bar at Jekyll Island Club Resort is a walk-right-off-the-beach bar on the oceanside of the Jekyll Island Club, one of the Georgia coast’s most storied resort properties. The Vanderbilts, Morgans, and Rockefellers once retreated here: today’s guests are more likely to show up in sandy flip-flops and stay for the afternoon. The cocktails are worth lingering over, the oceanfront setting delivers the kind of unhurried Georgia coastal energy Jekyll Island does better than almost anywhere on the coast, and the covered patio is ideal for riding out the afternoon heat with something cold in hand. Seasonal hours mean timing matters, but when it’s open, it’s one of the Golden Isles’ best reasons to plant yourself on the sand.
