Railroad Seafood Station

Stopped here on the way to South Padre Island due to the great reviews.
Once inside, we could not decide if this was a brewery with food, or a restaurant with a brewery. I tried all of their beers on tap as a taster, and found their pilsner to be too bitter. The other beers were also just not pleasant. Their signature burger's bun was amazing, but fries were cold, and the shrimp and grits too watery.

Shrimp, Shrimp and more Shrimp!!

I had the pleasure of visiting the original Railroad Seafood Station during a visit to the Corpus Cristi area earlier this year. I was visiting friends at the new SDI Construction site just down the highway and I was invited to go for lunch with them. They asked me if I liked shrimp and of course, I said yes!!!

When we got there I noticed the restaurant had a country-style feel to it, with post and beam decor and wooden tables and chairs. I watched as servers brought out massive platters of shrimp done in many ways. Once we were seated I let the gang order and we decided on a couple of family-sized salads, a large serving of jumbo onion rings and three platters of shrimp.

The platters we ordered were Blackened, Coconut and Fried Shrimp. Not one of them disappointed us. Every piece of shrimp on every platter was fresh, plump and juicy. The blackened shrimp had a nice kick to them without having to need 3 gallons of water to be able to eat them. Spiced just right, they had a good and even level of spice which made them very easy to eat. The hand-battered coconut shrimp were very appetizing as well. Cooked to a golden colour and crispy with freshly grated pieces of coconut these shrimp very amazing. I was very surprised when I tried the fried shrimp as they were lightly coated and not greasy in any way, crunchy yes, greasy no, these were very well prepared shrimp.

The food was very good, the service was great and we got our food fairly quickly so that lunch didn't take forever. I do recommend this place, and my only regret was that I wasn't able to try some other dishes and beers from the brewery.

Party of 2 for an early lunch. Sat immediately and drink order was received. We ordered the crawfish gumbo, crab hush puppies, bacon wrapped shrimp, fried fish, and 1 pound of fried shrimp. All the food was so tasty and not oily at all. The shrimp was sweet and battered well. The hush puppies were my favorite. Waitress was not that attentive as she watched TV at the bar. I also had to get up, after waiting over 10 minutes for a refill, to get a soda refill. Otherwise, great experience for my first time eating here.