Steaks & seafood creatively presented in a casually elegant environment with a bar area.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 3109 Padre Blvd, South Padre Island, TX 78597
Phone: (956) 772-8114
Website: https://www.fandbspi.com/
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Reservations: fandbspi.com
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Reviews
This time I tried the filet mignon tartare for the first time, and it was incredible — it literally melted in my mouth. For my main course, I had the duck, which you can never go wrong with, and we finished off with a rich, delicious chocolate mousse.
Everything from the atmosphere to the food and service was perfect. Highly recommend this place — it’s definitely one of our favorites in South Padre!
The restaurant was decked out with New Year’s regalia… with balloons, hats, noise makers, at every table… really fun atmosphere! All the staff were decked out fancy, looked great!
For our first course, we selected lobster bisque mushroom soup. The mushroom soup was divine, absolutely fabulous. The lobster bisque was sub-par… while plentiful, the lobster was not fresh, tasted very fishy. The second course of the seafood medley and venison bites was equally Jekyll and Hyde! Venison, superb, tender, cooked perfectly, tasted great. The seafood medley, all super fishy … not fresh! Crab claws mushy too, obviously frozen prior. Oysters pitifully small and warm. Shrimp, while cold, were very fishy and mushy, as if previously frozen. No bueno!
Our third course was the surf/turf and Akashi short rib ragout. The turf was awesome, best steak we’ve had in years! The lobster … pitiful, small, overcooked, tough and fishy! Disgusting! The ragout was good, but we’re not sure why chef’s make beef dishes sweet … good beef stands on its own, no need to over season! Not a well conceived dish…
Our final course was the chocolate soufflé and lemon cake … both were terrific! The soufflé with Chantilly cream and whipped cream was very good. The star dessert was the lemon cake with fresh fruit! Light and airy cake, the fruit was to die for. Delicious!
The wind pairings were good, although some of the selections were “tired” favs, like “The Prisoner”… IMHO. Such a good wine list at F&B, the pairings were disappointing! The staff whisked away a 1/2 finished pre-dinner martini, which Marlene graciously replaced!
When you spend $500+ on dinner for two, even a special evening, the restaurant should deliver. F&B did not meet the standard on New Year’s Eve. We won’t be back this trip..,
Amber was our bartender and was so great. She made fantastic suggestions! We got oysters (they were from PEI and not the gulf) and they were so good! We also got the rack of lamb which was probably the best meal we have ever had. Everything was cooked so perfectly. I got the seafood pasta which was also great, but we both liked the lamb better!
We had such a great time, we came back a second time and got the filet and short rib pappardelle. Both again were phenomenal.
Definitely make a stop here to get some good food while visiting. We will most definitely we back!
I’d like to make one note this is a fine dining establishment. we went there with a toddler, hence the early reservation. We also had a game plan on what to do in case he became irritated. We did not want to disturb other diners .