Seafood in San Antonio: Smoking Prohibited

Open since 1953 the Barn Door Steakhouse & Meat Market also serves chicken, seafood, quail and many other specialties.We are known for our homemade pies, rolls and our "famous garlic dressing." The Barn Door has 5 banquet rooms and a meat market for purchasing steaks to cook at home. We have a full bar and patio area to relax in.

Bruce Auden continues to be the city's premier apostle of world-wise regional cooking, and there is no better place to get one's gastronomic feet and whistle wet than at the sinuous bar. Here, the noodle menu includes such enticements as chicken fried oysters with squid ink pasta and pancetta, and a red coconut curry with egg noodles, shrimp, and snap peas - which can be paired to appropriate wines by the glass from Biga's ample list. - Ron Bechtol

One of two Salvadoran restauarants in town, there are two locations: W. Poplar and West Avenue. The other Salvadoran restauarant is Pupuseria La Rancherita. Both serve fresh and delicious food at a cheap price and are definitely unique.

authentic chinese american cuisine. with such favorites as sesame chicken, general tso, egg foo young, peanut butter chicken and much much more at an affordible price and fresh ingredients. over 30 years in the buisiness from puerto rico, new york and the last 20 years in greater san antonio with his previous location of marbach tio chino. come and join chef tsu at his finest.

What would you expect from a place called the Malt House? If your answer is a thick, syrupy malt topped with whipped cream and a cherry, think again. The Malt House serves homestyle dishes simply made - meaning that the malts in question are actually just cups of soft-serve frozen yogurt - doused with a healthy topping of Hershey's if you order chocolate. Apart from this unusual deviation - after all, the beverage is the institution's namesake! - the Malt House doesn't stray from the traditional definitions of the dishes on its menu. Pull into the parking lot on Zarzamora and Commerce, and turn on your lights if you'd like to eat in your car. But since it's a bitter cold February, you would do better to go inside and cozy up to a plate of enchiladas. The atmosphere is friendly and chaotic - filled with families during dinner, coworkers and cops during lunch, and party-goers late at night. And the food - if not sophisticated or exotic, is just right for a cold San Antonio day. - Laura Fries

Expensive version of Crabby Shacks. Good service but the food quality is not up to the price level.

Heaping platters of very fresh fried seafood are the draw at Rudy’s unadorned ordering counter. The crab cakes served stuffed inside deep-fried shells are a standout, but the oysters and shrimp are plump, the fish flaky and non-greasy. We recommend hot sauce.

At a time when the world's oceans are becoming depleted, it's at once odd and altogether understandable that sushi continues to rise in popularity. Presumably pristine, there is also a paradoxical whiff of decadence about it (the Japanese have long considered seafoods to be aphrodisiacs, by the way); salmon and shrimp may be farmed successfully, but don't expect aquaculture to bring us tuna any time soon. The purpose of this introduction is not to instill guilt, but rather to make us realize the value of what we have - while we have it. And a platter of unadorned sushi is perhaps the best possible way to understand the virtue of impeccably fresh seafood simply presented. Sushihana's menu of sushis, sashimis, rolls, and handrolls totals 68 offerings, and if you have favorites, by all means go for them. Both flying fish and smelt roe are available, as are five kinds of tuna, from deep-red toro to super-white slices. Another way to whet the palate is to order a sashimi or sushi assortment. They are available both as appetizers or as a dinner accompanied by miso soup or salad. - Ron Bechtol

Tino's Seafood is an amazing seafood restaurant that prides itself on providing high quality seafood at a reasonable price. We are fast, fresh and friendly and have received rave reviews by numerous publications. The jumbo shrimp is an amazing size and is straight from Tino's boats. This is the first of its kind in San Antonio and is unmatched. Tino's is originally from Brownsville, TX and has since expanded to locations in Brownsville, South Padre Island and now San Antonio, TX. Tino's Seafood has a variety of fried and non-fried food, from the fried jumbo shrimp specialty to the Shrimp Salad, Ceviche, Caldo de Mariscos, Peel and Eat Shrimp to the fried oysters. WE JUST ADDED three more non-breaded items including the White Fish in Garlic Sauce (Mojo de ajo), White Fish with White Wine Sauce (Pescado con vino), and the Fried Catfish with Teriyaki Sauce (El Bagre). Tino's has homemade cocktail sauce, tarter sauce and a secret habanero salsa recipe that'll make you cry! Claro que hablamos espanol y siempre estamos aqui para servirles.

Ask for Eunice — that's my advice and I'm sticking to it. True, Eunice doesn't sound like a name that would be attached to a Sino-seafood savant, but take it from me, she is a Chinese firecracker, that one. The diminutive waitress is nothing if not opinionated, and she will have you heading right for the pull-out center of Wah Kee's otherwise altogether ordinary menu — straight to the spicy jellyfish or deep fried pig's intestine, for example. Yum. In fact, we were already there, zeroing in on the weird, exotic, unusual — as usual. Our first waiter gave up in the face of too many questions, and Eunice was called in as backup artillery; immediately she became our new best friend. Turns out, as is often the case, that many of the menu insert's more offbeat items are only occasionally available due to lack of enthusiasm on the part of the eating public. What's the matter, y'all — spicy pig's belly doesn't get the gastric juices flowing? Spicy beef tripe turned out to be the only challenging item left in the appetizer arena, so of course we leaped right on it. Yum again.;- Ron Bechtol

With always-fresh seafood and plenty of drink, the Water Street Oyster Bar first made its mark in Corpus Christi when it opened in 1983.