Dirty Al's - South Padre Island

Food was good. Service was great. Where we are disappointed was the amount of food from a ?large? to a ?medium? was minimal. Several of us ordered medium dishes and one ordered a large. There was almost no difference between the two, yet a difference inprice. Medium fish and shrimp dish had 3 fish 4 shrimp. The large Fish, Oyster, Shrimp had the same amount of fish and shrimpand a few oysters added. Next complaint was our drinks ?Painkillers? which is why we come!! The drinks were served in smalldisposable cups not the larger reusable ones we have come to know. But also was missing the sugary coconut rim!! We inquiredwhy this was different? And were told they were out of coconut. Bummer! Not sure we will keep Al?s in our tradition of SPIadventures after this visit.

Dirty Al's in South Padre Island needs no help with my review..but i simply must share to people not from our area...and let them know...for the money...there simply isn't a better bargain for fresh made to order seafood ...PERIOD!! THE ambience is always poppin..and the restaurant has outside seating facing the laguna madre waters!! Simply something to behold after 8pm..any month of the Year!! I guarantee you will love it..or I'll eat and pay for the shrimp u didn't like ??? I had blackened fish tacos n ball n chain had blackened fish steak(if thats even a word ? Mike

The food was very good! I had the fish basket and my kids had the burgers. The crab cake is meh, I wouldn't recommend, not $8 for one. One of the burgers was under cooked, the manager was very polite and apologetic! The bathrooms were a bit dirty! One major issue I had was the bus service. They waited by our table staring at us awkwardly. They cleaned our table without giving us a chance to leave. One of the ladies even SNATCHED the basket from my wife. If it wasent for the other lady with her correcting her I would have. The service needs work, Staff isn't very inviting!! All in all the food is good however I WILL NOT RETURN! Good food isn't enough to excuse rude behavior!

Picked over 3 others restaurants from existing reviews on the island. We were seated fast, service was 90% and the food was very fresh. Left full without any stomach pains. Red snapper and shrimp A+. Thanks

Overall it was a good visit. The food tasted great and the waitress we had was wonderful. My only complaint was the billing system. Me and my battle buddy went in with our family and we were a party of 6. They charged me and him $11 extra for a large party even though it was two separate checks. I didn't notice until I had paid. Was a good experience just check your bill before paying.