Tortuga's Island Grille — Restaurant in Thunderbolt

I was going to eat at Tubby's (as it showed up first on Yelp search) but after seeing how busy it was, and not wanting to deal with that, I discovered this little gem of a place...

...As you are entering the town of Thunderbolt, GA (what a cool name for a town) you can easily miss this place on the right - it's part of a very tiny strip "mall", but not hard to find. Parking is limited, but I got there at an off time so I was able to park right up and front.

Lightly decorated, they have quite a bit of indoor dining, a modest bar or sorts, and some outdoor dining they have mostly shaded - I chose to sit outside.

Their menu is mostly breakfast and brunch fare, but they do have a fun lunch items - I chose they jerked chicken with black beans and rice - a wonderful surprise as it was delicious. As someone of Cuban decent, seeing black bean on yellow rice seemed a more than a bit odd to me, but it worked. I downed the entire plate - but keep in mind, it was spicy. They also have a decent craft beer menu, some local, some of the bigger names, and the macros - so there is something for everyone. Service was friendly, making sure I had what I needed and when I needed it. So no complaints there.

Truly, this is one of those instances you come across a place that doesn't look like much from the outside, but like a book, you have to go in...

Diner beware...ordered the spinach salad with pan-seared shrimp and a large 1/2 and 1/2 iced tea - $31.00, the most expensive salad I have ever had. Where am I? NYC?

The salad was plated on a typical sized salad plate heaped with spinach. One thinly sliced tomato slice was diced into small pieces and added. One small piece of bacon was diced and added. One thinly sliced onion slice was cut in large chucks and added. Keep in mind - these were just single slices of each. And, only 6 small shrimp were added at $13.95 added to the salad price as market price for local shrimp. Well, I quickly searched for market price fresh GA shrimp and found 50 lbs. head on Tybee shrimp for $100 ($2/lbs ). Tortuga's has absolutely outrageous prices for nothing to write home about cuisine.

My dining companion ordered the homemade pot roast, and was really looking forward to some good pot roast. What arrived was a very stringy and unappetizing stew/goulash that she did not eat.

Our combined bill was over $60 for lunch. I will...

The food was good, but overpriced. They just raised the price on the spinach salad from $8.95 to $11.95, which was still ok for the price. But my salad came with no bacon, which was listed as one of the ingredients. Then they added another $10 to the price to add grilled chicken, but I didn't ask how much it would be, so - my bad. Supposedly there was bacon in the dressing,but when I asked for more dressing on the side, I got charged another $3 for a grand total of $24.

In my opinion, the owner should have added bacon at no charge since there wasn't much if any in my salad. But when I mentioned it, he said "no" and complained about how expensive bacon was. If I go back, I'll ask for the bacon and the bacon dressing on the side, so I can...