Places to Eat in Crystal Beach
Six places to eat on the Bolivar Peninsula, from MexiCajun chargrilled oysters at Tia Juanita’s and Gulf views at Crystal Beach’s only beachfront restaurant to a family seafood landmark on East Galveston Bay since 1986, two open-air bars with live music and a budget breakfast cafe on TX-87. Compare them here, then open a guide for hours, prices, reviews and RV parking.
Crystal Beach, Texas · the Bolivar Peninsula
Restaurants
6 guides
Hours, prices & parking
Top rated
4.8 / 5
Tia Juanita’s Fish Camp on Google
Houston
About 2 hr
Drive via I-10 or the ferry
Updated November 2, 2026 · Ratings, hours and prices from each restaurant guide
Where to eat
Crystal Beach restaurants
Each restaurant has a full guide with hours, prices, review scores, parking tips for RVs and the nearest RV parks.
Tia Juanita’s Fish Camp
A lively MexiCajun seafood house with chargrilled oysters, seafood enchiladas, gumbo, boudin balls and frozen margaritas, part of a Texas chain. Rated 4.8 on Google.
Fins Bar & Grill
Crystal Beach’s only beachfront restaurant, inside Camp Margaritaville, with Gulf views from the deck, coconut shrimp, margaritas and live music on weekends. Rated 4.6 on Google.
Nauti Beaver Hut
A casual bar and grill on TX-87 with burgers, fried seafood platters, tacos, a patio and live music, a short hop from Bolivar Peninsula RV Park. Rated 4.6 on Google.
Stingaree Restaurant & Marina
A family-owned seafood landmark on East Galveston Bay since 1986, with gumbo, Gulf seafood platters, Texas blue crabs, a marina and free sunsets. Rated 4.5 on Google.
HardHeads Icehouse & Grill
An open-air icehouse on TX-87 with a full bar, live music, frog legs, Gulf fish and shrimp and the Bolivar Burger, close to two Crystal Beach RV parks. Rated 4.4 on Google · $$.
Crystal Beach Cafe
A budget-friendly breakfast and lunch cafe on TX-87 with biscuits and gravy, breakfast tacos and lattes, plus pho and other Vietnamese plates. Rated 4.0 on Google.
Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by following along and giving their work a look. Restaurant photos: Tia Juanita’s Fish Camp: Larry D. Moore on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Fins Bar & Grill: Photo thanks to Camp Margaritaville Resort Crystal Beach; Nauti Beaver Hut: Bettina Arrigoni on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); Stingaree Restaurant & Marina: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wikimedia Commons (Public domain); HardHeads Icehouse & Grill: Jim Evans on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Crystal Beach Cafe: Jim Evans on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Top photo: Lane Pearman on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Some photos show the area around a restaurant rather than the restaurant itself, and food photos are for illustration only.
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