Tortuga's Saltwater Grill

Premium Gulf Coast seafood & hand-cut steaks in an upscale island setting

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📞 (361) 749-2739 🌐 Visit site ↗

Tortuga's Saltwater Grill is Port Aransas's top-rated restaurant, serving premium Gulf Coast seafood and hand-cut steaks in a cozy, upscale setting. From creative sushi-inspired starters to Parmesan-crusted flounder and lobster bisque, every dish is crafted with care. They offer Sunday brunch with coffee and cocktails, an extensive lunch and dinner menu 7 days a week, and reservations via OpenTable. Rated 4.7 stars by nearly 1,000 OpenTable diners.

Crab Cakes
Jumbo lump blue crab cakes
Boudin Balls
Cajun pork-and-rice sausage, breaded and fried
Gulf Shrimp Cocktail
Chilled Gulf shrimp with cocktail sauce
Tuna Poke
Sushi-grade tuna poke
Poke Nachos
Crispy wontons topped with poke
Crab Dip
Warm crab dip
Lobster Bisque
Classic creamy lobster bisque
Truffle Fries
Hand-cut fries tossed with truffle and parmesan

Salads & Bowls

Wedge Salad
Iceberg wedge with bacon, blue cheese and tomato
House Salad
Mixed greens with house dressing
Blackened Shrimp Salad
Greens topped with blackened Gulf shrimp
Grilled Chicken Salad
Greens with grilled airline chicken breast
Poke Tuna Bowl
Sushi-grade tuna over rice with island flavors
Southwest Bowl
Rice bowl with southwest-spiced protein
The Islander
Chopped spinach, cabbage, shredded carrot, red bell pepper with mango-pineapple salsa

Handhelds

Shrimp Po'Boy
Fried Gulf shrimp on a French roll
Fish Po'Boy
Fried catch of the day on a French roll
Oyster Po'Boy
Fried oysters on a French roll
Shrimp & Oyster Combo Po'Boy
Half shrimp, half oysters
Cheeseburger
House burger with cheese
Speechless Burger
Burger topped with peach marmalade, grilled onions, bacon and brie
The Big Cheesy Burger
Loaded multi-cheese burger

Seafood

Shrimp & Grits
Gulf shrimp sauteed with crispy bacon, poblano and sweet corn over cheddar grit cakes with a pan sauce
Snapper Pontchartrain
Snapper topped with creole sauce, crawfish, sausage; served with cheddar grit cake and asparagus
Redfish Pontchartrain
Redfish with Pontchartrain sauce
Crab-Covered Redfish
Redfish topped with jumbo lump crab
Parmesan Crusted Flounder
Pan-fried flounder with parmesan crust
Stuffed Lemon Flounder
Stuffed flounder served with asparagus
Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp in garlic-butter scampi sauce
Shrimp & Scallops with Risotto
Sauteed shrimp and scallops over creamy risotto
Coconut Curry Shrimp
Gulf shrimp in coconut-curry sauce
Poached Halibut
Halibut poached and finished with a light sauce
Charbroiled Catch of the Day
Daily Gulf catch, charbroiled
Mussels
Blue lip mussels in velvety garlic butter wine sauce
Southern Fried Seafood Platter
Fried fish, shrimp and oysters with sides

Land & Pastas

8 oz Filet
Center-cut beef tenderloin
16 oz Ribeye
Hand-cut bone-in ribeye
Filet Oscar
Filet topped with crab and bearnaise
Ribeye & Shrimp
Ribeye paired with grilled shrimp
Surf & Turf
Steak and seafood combination
Airline Chicken Breast
Pan-roasted airline chicken breast
Pasta
Chef's pasta of the evening

Brunch (weekends)

French Toast
Brioche French toast
Biscuits & Gravy
House biscuits with sausage gravy
Breakfast BLT
Bacon, lettuce, tomato with egg
Steak & Hash
Grilled steak with breakfast hash

Dessert

Creme Brulee Cheesecake
Cheesecake topped with caramelized sugar
Creme Brulee
Classic vanilla creme brulee
Tortuga Cake
House signature cake
Chocolate Lava Cake
Warm chocolate cake with molten center
Key Lime Pie
House key lime pie

Menu items + prices may have changed. Call ahead to confirm.

Visiting

Address: 429 N Alister St, Port Aransas, TX 78373
Hours: Mon-Thu 3PM-9PM, Fri-Sun 9AM-2PM & 3PM-9PM
Phone: (361) 749-2739

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