Salty Dolphin Bar — Restaurant in Corpus Christi

The atmosphere is great. Love the locals that hang out with their dogs during rainy weather. Very nice people. Staying for the week with my under age daughter, and went in at 9:05pm and went straight to the back to get her ice cream. Was greeted by a gentleman that advised me no minors are allowed after 9pm, fine. Was asked if I had a tab up front and I told him well no, we came here first and you said no minors. His response “don’t get attitude with me, I just had to repo a can am”. I said no offense meant, I simply came to the back to get my daughter ice cream before ordering a drink for myself. He then responded “don’t mess with authority”. I told him I was not. I’m a customer. The very rude and arrogant way this man handled the situation has made me adamant not to return. Which is unfortunate since my daughter has had ice cream 3 days straight from there (and even ate dinner last night there) and we’re here for the rest of the week. I recommend not having interaction with this clearly unhappy employee and please for the love of God don’t bring a minor into “his” establishment after 9pm. Just forewarning other tourist as myself who don’t know their rules. Also. Had to giggle at their mural on the back of the building advertising bar drinks to go. Then see the sign walking out that no...

Olivia. You were amazing this weekend. While visiting Padre Island this weekend with our grandkids, we decided to seek out a cart rental for a few hours. So a word of warning the business model is only 24 hour rentals on Holiday Weekends. Salty Dolphin was our third attempt, I inquired with Olivia and her response was that they only do 24 hour rentals, because her professional communication with me was eye to eye I requested she reconsider since our grandkids are so excited to experience the beach and we only need it for a few hours, She looked out at her inventory and with a smile agreed to rent us a cart for three hours. Her decision provided us with an opportunity to make really great memories on the beach with our grandkids. Since we visit the island four to five times a season we will be returning to Salty Dolphin for Ice Cream, Adult Beverages and Cart Rentals. We have shared this information with our friends and family members as well as work associates. One employee who takes customer service above the expectations can bring incredible amount of value to a business. Thank you for having great people working at your location. Olivia, thank you for keeping it real. Respectfully J&V...

I don’t usually give businesses bad reviews ever but for this particular place I had too… Salty Dolphin Bar in South Padre Island is known for running off regulars to get more tourists.. yes I am a tourist but this is the rumor in the area from other businesses close by. Anywho, my fiance and I walked over there as it was across from our condo after a day at the beach so we go in, met a few people we had met earlier in the day. We walk to the bar and told the lady what we wanted she says without looking at us “ my door guy says I cant serve you guys” huh? At this point in my kind I’m like maybe my fiancé cause he’s had a few but, me? She says again “door guy says I cant serve you guys” at this point I’m confused.. wondering is this dude profiling us. Mind you I don’t even drink I think I had one or two drinks earlier in the day at the beach. So I’m like okay maybe it was my boyfriend’s RDF or maybe it was the guy just passing judgement either way don’t give this business any of your money or do.. either way I just wanted to throw this out and give my opinion.. There are SEVERAL other places that served us...