THE go to spot in Crystal Beach! Galveston main island is great, but sometimes you want to get away from the touristy stuff. Which is why renting a house in Crystal Beach is an awesome alternative. While there this is our go to destination. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Food is fantastic and the place itself is a nice, kitschy spot.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Great food and friendly staff! read more

Ok- so- I said I was going to return within a couple months last time and I didn't. Took me 5 years. I wanted to replace the tank top I had previously bought. Unfortunately they didn't have it and I had to settle. Sweltering hot Saturday at 4pm. Party of 2. [[HIGHLIGHT]]We chose a table outside with a view of the water.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]Unfortunately it also allowed the biting flies to torture the poor service dog that was with us.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]And also it was hot. Sooo hot![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] We placed our orders for the shrimp basket and shrimp tacos. I requested fries but received grilled. Still tasty. And last time I was automatically served sweet potato fries (I fed the seagulls) but this time I was given a choice of fries. I chose regular fries. There were NO seagulls this time to feed my leftovers to. (Sad face) So we arrived at 4pm Drinks delivered at 4:20 Meals at 4:30 The LSU game was on so we were not in a rush. [[HIGHLIGHT]]My only complaints were that the restroom wasn't tidy.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Service is kinda slow. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Even the covered room is open air (so HOT!)[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] The selection of Ts and tanks had changed and I missed the seagulls. lol read more

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[[HIGHLIGHT]]I came in recently one chilly weekend to the warmth and good vibes and delicious food being served at Stingaree.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I was visiting from out of town at a beach house a family friend kindly let us use and she said we absolutely had to stop in for dinner here one evening. We were a larger group of 8 but they had no problem accommodating us. They don't take reservations but we called earlier in the day and they told us when to come in for dinner service (6 on the dot) and they had an area set up for our group. I can't rave enough about this place. The service was impeccable and every staff we interacted with so, so friendly and welcoming to us. Most of our table went with their many diverse seafood options and said how delicious everything was. I wasn't in a seafood mood and opted instead for the grilled chicken smothered with bell peppers and mushrooms. I was genuinely shocked by how moist and juicy the chicken was and loved the blackened cajun seasoning used on it. The salad that comes with the entree was also a VERY generous size and you could easily get filled up on it if not careful. No visit to Bolivar will complete now without stopping into Stingaree from now on. read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Sad, view was awesome.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Service was lackluster at most. Will be trying other restaurants before going back.

While staying at Camp Margaritaville resort we went with family for a change. Everyone enjoyed their meals. Seafood gumbo , fried seafood platter , pecan stuffed snapper and Greek salad with blackened chicken. We definitely recommend and would return. read more

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Most important message is to get there early! Before 5 so you don't have a long wait time. Food was absolutely delicious! My husband and I ate upstairs because the below restaurant was a little too loud from the live music. However, we had an amazing dinner. Our waiter, Chris, was phenomenal. You can tell he is very experienced and has the perfect personality for his job. I highly recommend eating here, just encourage you to go early! read more

Stingaree - Oysters - Seafood Near Me - Crystal Beach, Texas

Great seafood and excellent service!! Family had a great time and we really enjoyed the key lime pie to wrap up the meal!!! Great job everyone!!! read more

A diamond in the rough. Such a pleasant and delicious experience. Wait staff is attentive and the food was 5 star quality. We will be back. read more

the restaurant has really nice servers, [[HIGHLIGHT]]ambiance, cleanliness[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]. all 4 people in my party said their food was good. if you're on this beach make sure to check out this great restaurant. read more

Stingaree - chocolate ganache cake - Seafood Near Me - Crystal Beach, Texas

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Everything was delicious! The hospitality was amazing, especially Angela who put an umbrella for me outside. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The restaurant is right on the water.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I am excited to go back for a sunset dinner. read more

Great food and amazing service with minimal misses. There was so much to enjoy. We had grilled platter, coconut shrimp, hamburger, jerk shrimp, and endless oysters as our mains. Everything was delicious, but the surprise star was the mango habanero dipping sauce. 10/10. Hush puppies dipped in that were amazing. Really anything... it paired with the oysters or shrimp, too. The coleslaw was the only miss, but it's complimentary. Mine was a bit frozen still and relatively flavorless. Skip it and you'll be just as happy. The desserts were all amazing. Chocolate cake and key lime pie were HUGE and great. The ... Chocolate torte... I think it was... was excellent. I'm not gluten sensitive, it was just worth trying. Our waitress, Kristina, was patient with the kids and all our questions. Such a great place. If we weren't stuffed to the girls, we'd consider hitting it up for supper before leaving town. read more

Here's what's crazy, we always get TAKE OUT and enjoy it at the beach house. Service is friendly and the food is so delicious! This is southern style fried goodness. Hush puppies, oysters, crab cakes, calamari, coleslaw slaw, and that was just my order! Next time I'm eating at the restaurant and getting a cocktail! Don't miss this place! read more

This place was phenomenal!! Everything we ordered was great. Drinks, steak, crab, fish, shrimp, and calamari. Highly recommend stopping here if you're in the area. The Rosco was absolutely phenomenal. Staff was friendly, food came out fast, and you get to look at the water while you eat. Nice establishment, will definitely be coming again when we are in town. read more

Stingaree - The Rosco - Seafood Near Me - Crystal Beach, Texas

This place is legit for seafood and good bar vibes. We visited around 4:30 pm on a Wednesday and the place was already hopping. I had the Shrimp Lovers Platter and the hubby had a Chicken Fried Steak. We also had the crab stuffed jalapeños for an appetizer. Everything was amazing including the wait staff. We will define back next time we are in Crystal Beach. read more

Don't go if you have a party more than 10. They won't sit you together and could be sat an hour apart from your other table. We have been coming here for YEARS as a large group and have always been sat together but seems they have a new "hard rule" of 10 person max. Not a rule I would have if I owned a restaurant in a small beach town where family's come to vacation. Guess we will be finding another spot to have our dinners out. read more

Food was good. Service outstanding. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Atmosphere and Patrons superb.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I even bought the hat to mark the occasion. Cool hangout if ever in the Galveston area and willing to take the ferry to Bolivar Island. read more

Food was really good. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Had a nice view of the intercoastal.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Mr. James a.k.a. the gray beard was a wonderful server. read more

Stingaree - Burger and fried chicken sandwich were really good - Mr. James aka Grey Beard one was super - - Seafood Near Me - Crystal Beach, Texas

AMAZING food, service and environment! We left days ago and still craving the crawfish étouffée!!!

Excellent food at Stingaree and - although we didn't take advantage - it's also dog friendly on the patio. We recommend ordering the crab stuffed jalapeños (amazing and unique) and asking for a side of the honey-jalapeño sauce whether your entree comes with it or not. read more

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Hands down the best place on crystal beach, the food has been great for 40 years at least, great service, great views. Love the live music!

Good food. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Good vibe.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Ok service. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Good view of water.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Maybe 4.5 stars overall. Would go back. read more

It's right on the water, so you get a fun view of the channel. We went with the in laws. We had crab balls and and fried mushrooms, both pretty good. I had the grilled stuffed shrimp, my husband had the fried shrimp and flounder. My mother in law had 1/d pound of boiled shrimp. The service was very disjointed, they were training new servers, so it was understandable. We'll definitely go back when in the area. read more

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I would leave a zero if allowed. We waited two hours longer than we were told. To begin with, They seemed annoyed that there were nine of us. We rented a house nearby for a weekend away after the passing of a loved one. Other large groups were seated before us. [[HIGHLIGHT]]They simply did not care that we had young children with us.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]. I paid for the food. Most of us did not eat and left. One person in our party did not get any food at all. we will never set foot in there again. We had a great weekend in this town but there are other places to go to for a nice dinner. Go elsewhere. read more

Cody B. took care of myself and my family on my birthday today 6/22/25. He was quick and friendly. The food and atmosphere is amazing. We are from out of town and he brought out a surprise dessert. The whole restaurant sang happy birthday to me. Thank y'all, we will be back!! read more

Stingaree - Surprise birthday dessert - Seafood Near Me - Crystal Beach, Texas

The guy that wouldn't allow us to pull the two big tables together for our family that filled both of them to eat together is a weirdo we were occupying them no matter they were together or not and your gumbo was mediocre at best 3shrimp some rice read more

Closed kitchen early Friday night . No food manger didn't seem to care. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Tables were a mess[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]

We always venture to the Stingaree at least once every trip we make to Crystal Beach. Food is always consistent and tasty. This time I ordered the whole fried flounder special and it was spectacular!! It was perfectly cooked. We also ordered the Mediterranean crab fingers. I wish there were more crab fingers but still very tasty. The blueberry mojito was refreshing and not sweet which is how I like my mojitos. Overall a very good meal read more

Stingaree - Fried flounder - Seafood Near Me - Crystal Beach, Texas

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As a local, I've eaten at this place several Times. Their fish tacos are always good, the fried shrimp are large and fresh. Prices are a little more than other places but it's a must visit if you want a real local experience read more

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There are 2 separate restaurants with different menus at this location: Stingaree up top and the Cafe Down Under at the bottom. We tried both. CAFE DOWN UNDER: We ate at the Cafe Down Under for Lunch on the Friday. It was super cute and not very busy at this time. There is a walk up bar, outside seating, and live music at times. We all got the burgers or chicken tenders, which were great! The burger and fries were both some of the BEST I have ever tasted. STINGAREE UPSTAIRS RESTAURANT: We ate here for the Saturday night. The food and drinks were great at the Stingaree. Service was pretty quick even with them being busy. Be sure to be prepared for a good bit of a wait for weekend dinners, especially in the summer months. The Cafe Down Under can help pass the wait time though. You can order drinks, snacks, and listen to live music under the Stingaree to keep busy while you wait. Larger groups do beware, they may split your party up without being made aware of that until after they call your group up. Our 16 person group was split up, when we asked not to be. We all made our way up when called, only to be told only 6 seats were ready. This was obviously not made aware to us before hand, so the host got frustrated with us trying to figure out who was going to go in to eat first and who were going to wait even longer for another table. It would have been more appropriate to be made aware of this before hand instead so that we could've split ourselves up more reasonably. Just be sure to ask about the seating arrangements when you are going with a big group. All in all, the restaurant is great, just a few bumps in the road here and there like all places will have. read more

Try the Redfish Louis at least once. The steaks and burgers are good too! [[HIGHLIGHT]]The view is hands down the best around.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

The crawfish is the best I've had this season. Nicely seasoned and mighty big! The gumbo here is a must if you've never had it. [[HIGHLIGHT]]On top of that, it's the best place to get great sunset pictures while enjoying seeing the big barges go by![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Fun vibes, great music, food was amazing and a fun family place to eat![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Staff was great and service was awesome! read more

Food was great. Waiter frequently checked on us. Brought refills as needed. Overall had great service.

Everything was delicious and the service was great! [[HIGHLIGHT]]Casual family setting[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]. Definitely worth the trip.

Food was amazing Service 5 [[HIGHLIGHT]]Great atmosphere for family and then at certain times for adults. It was absolutely fantastic.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Wish we got here sooner - Sun had just set - but still soooo beautiful - view was spectacular.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] We ordered the shrimp avocado with gumbo and salad - the gumbo was dark just right! Hubby had the etouffee - he added extra rice - oh are appetizer was the blackened bar trash - really good! Could be a meal since dirty rice was under all that seafood! And lastly we shared the key lime pie with Oreo crust yum!! Tart and fresh tasting read more

Stingaree - Key lime Pie ‍ - Seafood Near Me - Crystal Beach, Texas

We absolutely have no reason to EVER go back. Roxey, our waitress, was having a bad day, or just didn't want to be there. She wasn't happy, and every table she waited on knew it. The food was just barely eatable. We had an assortment, from pecan crusted red snapper, $35+, that was awful. Honestly, I didn't know you could make Snapper taste that bad. I ordered an assortment of fried catfish, oysters, and shrimp with beans and rice. The most eatable on my plate was the fried catfish and beans & rice, they were pretty good. The oysters & shrimp... Just blah. Save your money. For what they charge, there are a lot better places in the area. [[HIGHLIGHT]]They do have a nice location.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

The food, drinks and service were excellent! My favorite place to have a great drink and food in the entire area.

This place hops on the week nights so get there early or expect a long wait. We dropped by one night and were told the wait was an hour and a half so opted to return the next day instead for lunch. Not sure what the allure was but the lunch was ordinary fare and a bit pricy. Must be the waterfront views as the menu didn't feature any standouts and the service was just adequate. We ended up with a Greek salad with shrimp and the lone and well hidden burger on the lunch menu. Both were okay. The boudin balls were also okay and fairly large. We took a burger to go for our boy and while he ate it, he wasn't impressed. read more

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Down at Crystal Beach? This place is a must stop to get some delicious Cajun seafood! We tried the crab cakes, which we've had better, so no big deal there! We also had the fried seafood platter which was packed with crunchy seasoned goodness of a great variety of shrimp, crab, oysters, and fish. We also tried the redfish which was also seasoned to perfection! The staff was friendly and the place had two floors of goodness! Go check them out! read more