Amberjack's
S Padre Island, TX 78597-6915
Phone: (956) 761-6500
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Laguna Blvd
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 11:30am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-11pm
Editorial Review for Amberjack's – by Maura York
The Scene
Corrugated metal, palm fronds, colorful fish sculptures and suspended ornaments (implying bubbles) in its main dining room give Amberjack's a relaxed, island feel; generous windows allow light and views of Laguna Madre Bay to complement the fun atmosphere. Additional seating upstairs and overlooking the water further accommodates diners. Service is knowledgeable without being stuffy.
The Food
A bit more inventive than similar Padre restaurants, Amberjack's offers both ubiquitous seafood dishes like oysters Rockefeller, shrimp cocktail, seafood platters and fresher choices, like Rasta shrimp (sauteed in curry sauce), and shrimp and crab enchiladas. The rest of the menu follows suit: Two wraps--including the meaty club wrap with turkey, ham, lettuce, tomato and ranch dressing on a herb tortilla--have made the sandwich list, and grilled chicken with creamy pesto pasta shares entree space with standards like country fried chicken and filet mignon.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoAmerjack's will "cook your catch"--bring in your fish, and the kitchen staff will prepare it blackened, fried or broiled and serve it with salad, vegetables and choice of potato.
User Reviews for Amberjack's
06/23/2008 Posted by vevillar
Go To Louie’s or Blackbeard’s instead…. My family & I went to Amberjack’s on a Friday evening and it wasn’t particularly busy (maybe 80% full), yet our waiters were SLOW, our FOOD WAS COLD, and the management even worse. We ordered off the menu and not the buffet, yet all our food tasted as if it had been sitting for hours on a cold buffet line. Every single item we ordered was cold. The fries, the baked potato, grilled chicken, even the butter that arrived with the crab legs all were COLD!!! Worse yet when both the manager and executive chef came to our table all they offered was an insincere apology. They never offered to replace our meals with hot ones; or even so much as comp our non-alcoholic beverages. Who doesn’t at least buy the table some soft drinks?! The waitstaff was so slow. I had to go to the bar to get my own drink refills, we never received water refills, and I had to chase them down for the check. When we did receive our bill, they charged us for drinks we never received and items we had sent back uneaten. SAVE YOURSELF THE HEADACHE & EAT ELSEWHERE!!!
Pros: NONE!
Cons: COLD FOOD, SLOW SERVICE, NO DECOR, PARKING NIGHTMARE
05/27/2008 Posted by Veroniquecasal
Where to begin, we went for a quick bite over the Memorial Day weekend and ended up hugely dissappointed and completely ripped off. I realize it was a busy holiday weekend, but the service was poor poor poor! Food was mediocore, and when the check came, they had automatically charged gratuity to our table of 3. Their reasoning was that due to the fact that there was a $24.99 seafood buffet going on, that EVERYONE who walked in the door got charged the auto gratuity, whether they ordered the buffet or NOT!! We tried to get an answer or resolvement out of our especially rude waitress, who we overheard call us CHEAP and the extremely untrained "new on the job by TWO weeks' manager and they gave us nothing, but an "I'm so sorry and we will let the owner know". So, basically, don't go, unless you want to be jipped and treated poorly. My only consolation is that we we are to tell people in the parking lot, to just turn around and not waste their time.
Pros: Good view of the bay
Cons: poor service and management, mediocore food
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