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Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Accepts Discover, Takeout, Table Service, Live Music
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Reviewed 1 week ago

Great seafood! We were there on an AYCE steamed shrimp night. Everything was delicious! Great margaritas! I also liked the nautical and pirate theme. Very nice place and they have a huge gift shop.

Date of visit: March 2024
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Cooper was a fantastic waiter! He seemed to read our mind! So very helpful! Will definitely be back and olan to bring friends!

Date of visit: February 2024
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Reviewed January 18, 2024 via mobile

The restaurant has amazing ocean decor. Food was good. We were there on “all you can eat boiled shrimp” day (Wednesday) Husband ordered a cowboy ribeye. Meat was there, but no one to cut it, so he didn’t get what he wanted. I ordered the...shrimp. It was very good. Peel and eat. Was disappointed it wasn’t deveined. Service was friendly. Prices goodMore

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed January 13, 2024

Moby Dicks's is a nice family restaurant with many weekly specials. I prefer the Wednesday endless Cajun boiled shrimp experience with a half-priced appetizer of hush puppies. Great food and also an ample shop in house for seashells and beach needs or souvenirs.

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed January 11, 2024

Looks so much like a tourist trap inside and out. But, surprise, good service, tasty food, and all at decent prices. Went twice during our short stay in area. My favorites include Tiki drinks and crab popper appetizers. Watch for happy hour specials.

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed January 9, 2024

The atmosphere is amazing, so many neat things to look at! The food was delicious and plentiful, their specialty cocktails are cold and delicious! I enjoyed the fun names of the dishes and drinks. We had no complaints about our food, our waiter (I forgot...his name) did a good job as well. It is a little pricey but worth the experience. The service was slow, actually everything was slow such as getting a table, service, and food to table. We were there for lunch and there was hardly anyone in the restaurant when we arrived and it was still slow going, the place became busier after we ordered. The gift shop had a ton of fun things and EVERYTHING you could need for the beach.More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed December 7, 2023 via mobile

We were there early so it was pretty much empty and we were seated in the bar area. Loved the decor with the pirate, whale and schooner theme. We shared a cup of Clam Chowder, which we found delicious! My husband had the shrimp and...fish platter and he enjoyed every bite. I had the shrimp basket and enjoyed it as well. However, I wish I had just gotten a larger bowl of chowder and left it at that. The food was good, but the chowder was excellent. Our server was very attentive and seemed to always be there when we needed him. I visited the ladies bathroom and although acceptable, it could use a very deep cleaning. As stated before the food was good but I believe it all was wildly overpriced. I would have expected more for what we paid.More

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed November 6, 2023 via mobile

Belt sander races!! I have never seen this and it was so cool. Great place to spend a weekend afternoon. We really had fun there.

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed September 24, 2023

Called them and they said they were pet friendly. They are not. They did make an exception for us, but kept coming over and telling us we couldn't give our dog food from the table. Even after we had specifically ordered for the dog. They...were unfriendly and unprofessional. We did however leave tips for the waitress because she was very good. The food was not worth bragging about.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed September 15, 2023 via mobile

This is frozen seafood from Sam’s. Coconut shrimp was awful. Creamy pineapple sauce was 1/2 puréed canned pinape and 1/2 apple sauce. Nothing else. House onion ti gs were also Sam’s frozen onion rings. We paid around $23/plate for garbage. Server was very friendly. French...fries were great. Gift shop was like nothing special. If you just wanted beer and burgers probably fine. If you expected a seafood restaurant this was a bomb.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed September 9, 2023 via mobile

Maybe it was just a bad night or maybe they are facing hiring issues like so many other food establishments. Server, Lexi, was pleasant and friendly. Restaurant didn’t seem too crowded for a week night after Labor Day. The wait/delay for getting the food delivered...after being ordered was unacceptable. Some of you might be familiar with restaurants where a “strange” server (not your assigned server) brings your food to the table when it hot and ready to be served. I suspect these restaurant managers have a policy that requires any server available will deliver meals to any table when they are placed on the “ready” counter. Moby Dicks needs to establish such a policy. We suspect (we don’t know for certain) that our meals sat under the heat lamps for over 15 minutes. Lexi got tied up with a very large group and didn’t get back to the kitchen. No other servers brought our food when it was ready until she was able to deliver it. When it arrived, some items held their heat well (baked potato), others did not (green beans). We were very close to walking out, but it was so late, we weren’t thrilled about looking for another restaurant. Moby Dick’s has been one of our go-to eating place’s every time we go to Port Aransas. We’ll surely give pause before visiting again. This visit is going to get one Dot taken off its rating since my 2017 review of 4 Dots.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed August 16, 2023

My family absolutely loved the food, the atmosphere, friendly staff, and the fabulous gift shop. The only complaint I have is that our table was very wobbly. Overall five stars!!

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed August 7, 2023 via mobile

Ate here twice this trip and have visited on prior trips. Popular place, so be sure and go a little early or else be prepared to wait just a little bit. BLT for lunch was great with a puna colada! Had seafood platter for dinner....Food was good and plenty of it. See you next time!More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed August 5, 2023

From the moment we checked in we had issues, the lady that "greets" you was extremely rude and she has no problem being this way with people. We had a large party and because they had just seated a large party before us they told...us we were going to have to wait, which was fine, but that they were going to have to separate us in different areas of the restaurant, which was not okay. We asked to speak to the general manager and he was no help, in fact the extremely rude hostess talked for him most of the time. We were going to larvae because of the situation but they asked us to leave as well because we questioned them. Based on just this experience I'm glad we didn't eat here, if it's bad from the start then it's bad til the end and apparently we weren't the right color.More

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed August 4, 2023

While in Port Aransas, we try to stick with seafood. This restaurant was recommended by some of the locals. It is very colorful and kid friendly. It's like a seafood Cracker Barrell, you can shop while you wait and while you check out. Not the...best food, but great for a vacation spot. Lots of choices and we enjoyed our food.More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Moby Dick's is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travelers:
  • Food: 3.5
  • Service: 4
  • Value: 3.5
  • Atmosphere: 4