Best Seafood Places in San Antonio
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San Antonio in south central Texas might be more than a hundred miles away from the coast but if you’re looking for good dining places serving seafood (What wine goes well with seafood?), there are plenty of ‘em in the city.
Being a confluence of different culinary cultures such as Spanish, Mexican, German, French, and American, San Antonio is a foodie paradise where you can find many specialty restaurants which include seafood.
In this article, we’ll take a trip around Alamo city to find the best seafood places in the historic area (listed in no particular order).
San Antonio’s Best Seafood Places
Bohanan’s Prime Steaks and Seafood
The place is more known for its exceptional steaks but this restaurant located on historic Houston Street is also getting rave reviews for its Cajun seafood dishes (What wine goes well with seafood dishes?) such as their Wild Alaskan Salmon, (What wine goes well with salmon?) Fresh Gulf Red Snapper Filet, Char-Grilled Jumbo Shrimp, (What wine goes well with shrimp?) Mesquite-grilled Gulf Red Snapper Royale and one of the recommended must-order- their French grilled Oysters. (for menu selections click this link).
Founded by Chef Mark Bohanan, the restaurant has been selected as one of San Antonio’s 30 Best Restaurants by San Antonio Magazine
Eddie V’s Prime Seafood
A branch of a contemporary restaurant chain that offers prime catch seafood and USDA prime-grade steaks and chops. There’s a raw bar, patio dining, and a lively happy hour. A complete dining experience awaits at their location in Plaza Las Campanas.
This was the former Wildfish Seafood Grille until multi-brand restaurant operator Darden Restaurants acquired three Wildfish restaurants in 2011 alongside Eddie V’s Prime Seafood and decided to convert the Wildfish into the Eddie V’s brand.
They have a sumptuous list of shellfish (What wine goes well with shellfish?) and oysters, one of their well-loved appetizers is the Maine Lobster (What wine goes well with lobster?)Tacos (homemade fresh tortillas with grilled sweet corn pico de gallo. For the second course, there’s the Maine Lobster Bisque (Maine Lobster, cream, and cognac). Prime Seafood offerings include Chilean Sea Bass, Norwegian Salmon, George Banks Scallops (What wine goes well with scallops?), Jumbo Gulf Shrimp, and South African Lobster.
For more info and updates you can check out their Facebook page.
Boudro’s Texas Bistro on the RiverWalk
The RiverWalk is the home to several must-visit restaurants and if you want some nice seafood dishes you can try Boudro’s Texas Bistro on the RiverWalk. Their seafood-based menu is sourced from the fresh catch on the Texas Coast such as the Chile-Seared Gulf Jumbo Shrimp or the Chile-Fried Gulf Oysters.
They have wood-grilled Atlantic Salmon, house-smoked jumbo shrimp and gulf crab (What wine goes well with crab?) enchiladas, coconut shrimps, and other fine seafood meal selections. Try checking out their website.
Landry’s Seafood
Part of Landry’s, a multi-brand restaurant chain that started in Katy in 1980. Landry’s Seafood San Antonio location is situated in Riverwalk and offers the creatively rich flavors of the Gulf Coast cuisine in this part of central Texas.
Among their popular specialties include the Crescent City Snapper (blackened shrimp, crab, and crawfish with lemon and butter), Cedar Planked Salmon, and Almond-crusted Mahi Mahi. For more information, you can check out their website.
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
A popular casual seafood dining resto in San Antonio, Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen is part of a big restaurant chain founded by Chris and Harris Papas who was inspired by their Greek grandfather H.D. Papas who earlier founded several restaurants in the United States.
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen offers New Orleans-style seafood (shrimps, crawfish, crabs). For a hearty meal of Cajun cuisine in San Antonio, they have two restaurants in the city (La Cantera and one in NE Interstate Loop 410). To take a glimpse of their menu you can visit their website.
More Seafood Places In San Antonio
Crawfish Cafe
Crawfish Cafe which opened its first branch in Houston in 2013 and opened a few years ago in San Antonio is known for its Crawfish specialties. Aside from their signature crawfish they also have plenty of crabs, lobsters, shrimps, catfish, and mussels (What wine goes well with mussels?) in their Viet-Cajun dishes. The Vietnamese-Cajun style of cooking crawfish (garlic buttery) became popular in Houston. With Crawfish Cafe, San Antonians got a place to try this East-meets-West blend of cooking (brought about by Vietnamese refugees who settled in areas along the Gulf Coast).
Crawfish Cafe San Antonio is located in Fiesta Trails. You can check out the Crawfish Cafe website.
Rebelle
Located at the historic St. Anthony Hotel, Rebelle (French for rebel) founded by restaurateur Andrew Goodman and chef Stefani Bowers has been consistently chosen as among San Antonio’s top restaurants. The Express-News Food Critic Mike Sutter has hailed it as the best Seafood Restaurant in San Antonio. A few years ago the restaurant shifted its direction into a seafood-focused menu (owing to the lack of seafood dining options in downtown San Antonio).
One of the best sellers is the Seafood Towers which comes in two variants Power Tower (6 Poached Shrimp, Dozen East Coast Oysters, 1/2 Pound Split Alaskan King Crab Legs) and the High Tower (Dozen Poached Shrimp, Dozen East Coast Oysters, One Pound Split
Alaskan King Crab Legs). For menus and updates, you can visit their website.
Chart House Restaurant
Located at the Tower of the Americas, you can indulge in mouthwatering seafood while enjoying the panoramic vista of the Alamo city. Try their Dock To Dine seafood selections; Tuna (What wine goes well with tuna?), Mahi, Salmon, Ahi Tuna, Sea Bass, Swordfish, and King Salmon.
They also have fine seafood selections such as Chilean Sea Bass, Sicilian Salmon, and Ahi Tuna Agghiota. (check out the rest of the menu).
Little Em’s Oyster Bar
Have your fill of Ceviches (Salmon and Red Snapper), Tuna Tartare, Lobster Roll, Shrimp Cocktail, (What wine goes well with shrimp cocktail?) Caviar, and Oysters. (check out their menu).
Due to the size of the restaurant, making a reservation is highly suggested.
San Antonio might be far off from the coast to have multitudes of great seafood dining options in the city. But there are good restaurants in the city which are mostly owned by chains that can provide a nice pleasant seafood dining experience.
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