Staff was friendly and patient They charge extra for grill but thankful they even offer it in this town Basic decor more like camp Lunch special includes drinks Private parking I loved the food, hot, mashed potatoes were kinda soupy Hubby said the fish sandwich was way too fishy and didn't like the corn and green beans Great prices great value read more

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I used to love this restaurant growing up, but in the past five years, the quality has gone down. the TV in the main room was WAYYYYYYY too loud and multiple customer sat near it thinking it would be OK AND THEN moved away shortly after because of the volume,not very family friendly if you ask me. The quality of food is not what I remember and the lady at the counter had a hard time communicating to me that the shrimp burgers did not also contain a patty. It was just fried shrimp with the tails still on in the sandwich. Love that i found out by biting in. the restaurant itself needs cleaning, the chairs look like they have sweat from four years ago still on it. very dirty, &not quite the experience. I grew up, loving. I hope they improve. read more

J Anthony's is local and delish! So why did I give 3 star? Well let me tell you. Don't let the 3 stars scare you. Try them! You might think it's 5! I get them when I'm craving fried fish, and the food is so good! I can tell the oil is clean because my fish is perfectly golden. The fries are nice and crispy! And they have great appetizers! My mouth is watering thinking about it. Yum!! Oh and tea!!! SO BOMB!! So sweet and perfect. So here's why it's 3 stars: The service! Always the service. This place is a super home-y, like you've been coming here since you were a little stinker! And the ladies up from the restaurant are normally kind of pushy, and yell at you when you're getting your order. If you're not used to the tough love type of service, it could be very off putting. Other than that, it's like part of the J. Anthony's ambiance. The other reason is sometime they forget part of my food :( I always get enough to feed the herd, so it's a lot and they are expensive! I am willing to pay for the food, it's delish, but I would also like to get it all at once. Overall: food is great, service is rough and always check your order before you leave! read more

this was my favorite fish place and has been for years BUT I just saw the prices $$$went up like crazy!!!!!!!! I'm not talking a little bit high I mean a whole lot especially for a family of 4 , looks like I will be going to back FREDS FISH and staying put read more

want to get together with family and enjoy some fried seafood, this is the place. Found in the south side of town with easy access off the highway. Our go to meal is the fried fish and shrimp. The service is good and there are plenty of tables for seating. We've had several family events in their party room. read more

Two things on the menu are worth praise A). 2 habanero fried fish tacos with spicy for $4.99. Home run B) caldo de mariscos. $12.59 for a large ...and it's honestly enough to share They really do load it with seafood....unlike most other places read more

J. Anthony's Seafood Cafe - Habanero fried fish tacos - Seafood Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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This mom and pop seafood place may look a bit shady on the outside but the food is delicious. We ordered a family order and ate in ,had plenty of leftovers and service was great as well place was small but waitress still made it her business to check if we needed anything . It's a definite when in San Antonio . Corpus is definitely missing out . read more

J. Anthony's Seafood Cafe - Family order Fish and shrimp. - Seafood Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Stopped by the restaurant today as I was looking for a fish/seafood place in the area. I ordered the whole fried Mojarra with fries and coleslaw. Let me start with the service. Kudos to the cashier and the server who brought the food out and the busser. They were all very friendly and welcoming! I appreciate the hospitality. Now for the food. The shrimp had a good flavor and would order it again. The whole fried Mojarra was ok and not as flavorful as I have had in the places and the fries and coleslaw were good. Overall it's a solid 3 stars for the food being good and the excellent service provided by all the staff! read more

J. Anthony's Seafood Cafe - Whole Mojarra. - Seafood Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Been coming to this place for years, I love how fresh my food is when I get it. I also enjoy the slices of bread that they include with every meal! Nice dine in spot in the south side of San Antonio, I live on the NE side and I go get my fish here so that says something! read more

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Fish and Shrimp so delicious that the fries are only on the table all the other vegetables are gone. Using the private room that was very clean and Bus man cleaning up the area after some of the Guest were done with there meal. read more

J. Anthony's Seafood Cafe - Seafood Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

We ordered the calamari, the oyster platter and the shrimp platter. The calamari was great but there was no marinara sauce with it, in fact no sauce at all. It was the same with the oyster platyer and shrimp platter. The cashier said there was red sauce on the bar but it was real watery. I think with a marinara sauce and real cocktail sauce everything would have been delicious, and they would have gotten 5 stars from me. It was fresh and has good flavor, just needed condiments to go with it. The prices weren't bad all this food and drinks for $30. read more

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Restaurant was freezing. I ordered the grilled red snapper garlic flavor. Side order of salad and steamed vegetables., the snapper was ok but could have been more flavorful. The steamed vegetables were cold. The salad was petite. My partner ordered the jumbo fish burger with fries. It looked delicious.,the fries were good. read more

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Yesterday we went to go get dinner and what we got was fish that fell apart easily it was almost inedible it was so gross we had to throw it out. As soon as we picked one up it fell apart it tasted really bad. We didn't go through the hassle of taking it back because my daughter was feeling sick. So we no longer wanted to go back. We basically wasted almost $45 for Tea ,fries, and Mac and cheese which by the way they no longer have the cheesy shells anymore. For being how expensive it is it sucks it was not made right. It's also very disappointing because this is a place we do like to go. read more

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Had dinner here with family as recommended. The interior is stripped down nothing fancy order at the counter place. The prices are good for the portion sizes. I ordered the baked fish which turned out to be one of the most popular. Served first with fish soup, then a large portion of fish steaming hot with the best dirty rice I have ever had, on the spicy side. Serve yourself drinks are refillable. I was told the drive through is fast. read more

We ordered there a few times but will not get the shrimp . Under cooked and very grimy texture. A real fish after taste. The regular fish was good n cook perfectly. read more

Family 12 piece fish with 4 drinks and 2 sides the mashed potatoes tast like they scooped them from a swamp no matter how many times I've given it a chance they suck so I'm done stick to the fries lol read more

They have horrible service and the food isn't even that good to deal with crap service. We ordered two kid meals and two adult plates. They delivered 3out of the four. My family was all done eating and I still hadn't gotten my meal. When I questioned it they said it would still take another 10 minutes. Why wouldn't you tell people that it would take longer for that dish. When I asked for manager no apologies. Had to ask for a refund since everyone was done eating and my food still wasn't ready. Will never return again! read more

Gross about sums it up. I ordered the baked fish and shrimp plate. I've never had fish soup before and the fish was so fishy. The flavor of the soup was spicy but blah. The carrots and zucchini that was in it was ok but not that flavorful. The cocktail sauce was so watery it didn't have much flavor at all. Asked for pure horseradish and made my own with ketchup. The pure horseradish was not very hot. SMH. Maybe old? The cucumbers on the salad was not white and they were slimy. The baked fish was blah. No flavor. The shrimp was ok. The fried shrimp had a weird flavor and putting a ton of sauce on it didn't help. Still have the nasty flavor in my mouth. I think the grease was old. The fries tasted like fish. The coleslaw was old. It was very runny. I seriously don't see how this place is still open. I hope I don't get sick. I didn't eat much. I usually eat all of my food. read more

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I had the lunch special, which was one filet and two shrimp and two sides. The filet and shrimp were very well seasoned and cooked. Loved the tarter sauce and salsa. This is a great fast food seafood restaurant. read more

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The fish, oysters & shrimp dinner Wasn't very good. Soggy! Got a to go order with a salad and they put the salad in with the hot food. Made the salad warm and nasty.. don't waste your money.. read more

Beware of this location. Double check your bags in front of them!!! Manager will accuse you of lying about missing items (even something as small as $3!). Our family has been a customer for many years and usually orders every Sunday at all locations. Sadly this won't be the case anymore. Today's experience has tarnished their reputation. Terrible customer service from young inexperienced manager. I Checked my small pick up order as soon as I got in the car. Order was missing a $3 order of okra (no big deal. went back to let them know) they insisted they gave it to me and asked to search my bags.. I thought that was weird but I still Brought the bags back to show them and manager Jesse looked upset like if I was lying and said he'd replace it. After a long wait I received my small 2 oz okra and drove home with soggy fries and fish from the wait. Got home to find another part of the order was wrong (large mash instead of rice). Normally none of this would be an issue but the fact that the manager kept insisting he gave us the correct order even after taking my bags back, prompted me to call and let them know they did in fact mess up or give us the wrong order. He continued accusing us of having received a first order of okra and said they had it on camera?? It was extremely rude and frustrating for the manager to not acknowledge they messed up our order, inconvenience us with an even longer wait, continue to accuse us and say he gave us an "extra" order of okra even after I showed him our bags. It wasn't extra, it was a replacement from the one I never received. Guess I should have let him search our car too?! He still stands by giving us a correct order and probably thinks I hid or ate an order of okra in my car immediately after receiving the bags. Like who even has the time to make up a lie about a small side order missing, it was $3 I just wanted it replaced without the accusations. I also let him know we didn't want anything in return, replaced or redo of the order. He just needed to know he is wrong and should not accuse customers for something he mixed up. Owners need to replace or reprimand the manager Jesse for accusing long time customers of lying about missing items even after checking the bags and failing to acknowledge, apologize and just simply and kindly replace it. We definitely will not be going back to this location. read more

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Family had a retirement party here for my aunt and uncle. We ordered large trays of fried fish and French fries. We had a party of about 50 people and everyone was well taken care of. Even after we started eating the staff kept coming by to check on us. The fish was tasty and fresh along with the fries. This is a blue plate restaurant and it won't disappoint. read more

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Giving the coleslaw two stars, I'm not even going to rate the rest of the food for six dollars more. I could've got prime rib at Texas roadhouse. At least there are no it's not frozen fish. on a good note the fries are probably the best part of the meal read more

Went there for lunch, probably the second group of customers. For a plate and drink came out to about 20 bucks a head. The fried mushrooms were cold. The fried shrimp were just that, nothing special at all. The fried fish was just okay. The steamed vegetables were gross, soggy squash and carrots. The hushpuppies were about room temp. The flavor was average, but I feel like they could try a little harder. read more

If you want great seafood cmon down to J Anthony's. We went for a small Xmas party. The manager Adrianna was amazing. We asked if we could occupy their back room. She really helped us out. The food was great. I got a shrimp cocktail and a plate with fish, shrimp, and oysters. All food can out hot and delicious. Even after we ordered the staff kept asking if we were doing ok. The service was great, you can tell it is a reflection of their management. If you want good food and great customer service J Anthony's is the place on the south side you need to be. read more

I ordered the baked fish w caldo de pescado , WOW it super good hands down great job COOKS read more

J. Anthony's Seafood Cafe - Baked fish wrapped and side of caldo yummy - Seafood Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

All I can say is the reviews almost stopped me from going. I did anyway and went through the drive through. I passed right through and left. The parking lot looks like shit!!! Over grown bushes, grass and just dirty looking. Drive through menu was stained up and the protective glass was yellow and it had old tape and paper bits all over it from hand written signs? I guess? Anyway. If the manager doesn't give a crap about the first thing people see when they pull up, how is the kitchen?.... guess I'll never know read more

4 Chicken Strips battered perfectly. Cajun Rice definitely different, peppery but good. Shells & Cheese was not bad Good atmosphere and music loud clean. Service was prompt due to freshness. Manager followed up with me. read more

J. Anthony's Seafood Cafe - Seafood Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

This place is awful!! I ordered the stuffed shrimp plate with fries and veggies. The stuffed shrimp was stuffed with gross stuff, who knows what was in it. It was very mushy and didn't taste good. The fries seemed like they were cooked in OLD oil and were saturated in it. The veggies was like I was eating Caldo. My daughter ordered the fried shrimp plate and the only thing that was okay was the shrimp. The side of rice was cold along with the mushy green beans. And then to top it off the place smelled like they are having a sewer issue. That should have been the red flag to walk back out. I would steer from this place. read more

I've tried this place twice. First time we dined in and the food was mediocre but the worst part is that it smelled like dirty mop and we witnessed manager being really rude to another small group of people that apparently had complained. We decided not to come back. However several months later we really wanted seafood and we saw it on Postmates and decided to order. Well, we never received it. The order was just canceled for no reason after waiting for 30 minutes. Called the restaurant and was told by a very rude manager that they don't deliver, I asked why they were on the Postmates app he said he didn't know but the owner does not want to deal with any deliveries. Needless to say we dodged a bullet and would never recommend anyone to try this place unless it gets new management/ownership. read more

Nothing outstanding, just good fresh reliable seafood. Like a Bill Miller of seafood, nothing great but everything is good Had the lunch special. Two fried fillet sw two sides. Overall a good value. read more

J. Anthony's Seafood Cafe - Lunch Special, two fried fillets with two sides and a drink. - Seafood Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

I am writing this review based on my experience prior to the coronavirus. We came in on a Wednesday, it was not very busy a little less then half full inside. We went inside we stood at the counter for several minutes with no one coming up. Then a guy with short black hair and glasses came up and stared at us. This is where a person who works in the service industry would say hello, welcome, hi, anything, what do you want. I said hello I like to place an order to go, so he went to the register and I gave him the order. I asked him if the meals come with drinks since he didn't bother to ask us. Then we paid and he walked away. He didn't say how long it would be or anything else. Another customer who was already eating in came up to ask for something and he also was greeted with a blank stare. After about 15 minutes we got our food. The food was good not great. Fries were a little dark from being in the fryer too long or reheated. However the fish was crisp and tasted fresh. The hush puppies were crispy and tasted fresh as well. I moved back to this area and its close to my house but I would much rather go to a place out of my way then deal with a person who knows nothing of serving the public. His body language and lack of talking was very obvious and what its says about this place is that they don't care about customers waiting, serving eat-in customers, or up-selling additional items on the menu. If you don't like the public, quit, there are others that could take that job and care about what they are doing. The public can be tough to work with it takes a competent person to do so professionally or part time. read more

OK my husband and I stop there on the way home from Sam's club, so I got the shrimp and fish platter my husband got the Admiral Platter First let me start off by saying we couldn't understand the girl that was taking our order that should've told us something right there the food was horrible no flavor whatsoever we spent close to $40 and we were very very dissatisfied. Save your money don't eat there Find another seafood place read more

Everything was pretty good. The employees and service were all friendly and courteous. The fish tacos were good and the rest of their fried fish and shrimp and such wasn't anything remarkable. I did order a hamburger to go which they gave me practically right after they handed me my plate of food and that frustrated me a little bit but oh well. Overall I'll be back for the price. read more

We really enjoyed the caldo de pescado y caldo de camarón. We even had the side fish which is good too. Macaroni was good plus some green beans too. read more

Best Cajun jalapeño rice, tasty fish!! The very best!! We eat fish year round not just during lent!

When you go to a restaurant and the sign says the family order comes with a "quart of any side" you wait 15 minutes in the Drive-Thru and they give you a pint and tell you "the mac and cheese cost extra so we charge extra" I don't have a problem with the upcharge I have a problem with half the size and an upcharge give me my money back, on my $63 order and I'll go somewhere else sayonara J Anthonys read more

J. Anthony's Seafood Cafe - I guess mac n cheese doesn't count on "any quart" as a side - Seafood Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

We typically go by here after work since it's on the way home. Food is usually hot, drive thru is quick and service is friendly. However this past Saturday wasn't the case. Fish & fries were hot but the rice was barely warm. We asked for their house sauce, he said it was for dine in only. When we told him we've gotten it before in the drive thru, he seemed a bit annoyed and said they didn't have any. So why not just say that to begin with. With other options in the area and businesses trying to stay open, a simple little request goes a long way. We'll definitely consider other options. read more

The upper level management is the worst example of professionalism. Someone dear to me worked hard for four years for this particular location and through these years was treated , and I put this very mildly, more than unkind. These people degrade thier employees, talk down to them in front of them and behind thier back. I wont go into all details, that's for the better business bureau. And as a sidenote, when a manager decides to"cut all ties" with an employee during his shift and sends him home, the employing company still is obligated to pay him for the remainder of his scheduled shift. If a place of employment treats their own as such I can only imagine how they treat their guest and the care they put into thier food. But thats for another day. read more

Been to this location and the one off Old Pearsall, food is great, better than Red and prices are comparable $-$$, we go every time we're in the neighborhood. read more