Tropical Sno of Port Aransas — Restaurant in Port Aransas

Save yourself the time and trouble. Apparently the owner died and they’re currently in limbo with someone to properly staff the stand. Been coming to Port A and getting this shaved ice for over 20 years. It used to be the best in Port A with a true fine, powdery texture but as of today, was the worst “shaved ice” I’ve ever had - didn’t even eat it after finding a huge chunk of ice on top. The lady working the stand was nice but clearly wasn’t familiar with any of the flavor combos they offer and didn’t know how to use the ice shave machine. She even admitted to not really knowing what she was doing since she was filling in. End of an era it seems - not sure who is supposed to train someone to work the stand. What I received today was not shaved ice, it might as well have been ice cubes pulsed in a blender with all the juice (I assume) on the bottom since it wasn’t soaked up by...

We stopped here this week while on vacation. Our sons ordered "rock and roll" which was supposed to be grape, blueberry, and another blue flavor. They got blueberry only, no other flavors. I ordered a "Silver Fox" which was supposed to be a blend of vanilla and other flavors with cream. I got wedding cake with a little cream on it. My wife ordered watermelon. It was the only one that was right, but it tasted like the syrup was starting to sour. We'll go to the one at the cart shop down the road from now on when we...

i give this place 2 stars only because i’ve been here a lot and it’s always so good but the younger kids do it RIGHT ! i just went and an older man was making them charged me 15$ for 2 smalls and 1 medium, he gave me them and i swear they were already melting and they weren’t even round on top they were flat and barley any ice just all syrup i didn’t enjoy it at all ! i got into my car and it was already just nothing but juice no ice anymore , was very...