High Tide Seafood Bar & Grill

I know there are really good seafood restaurants in the desert, this just isn’t one of them. With a few minor tweaks, I think it would be a great one. The fresh seafood selection on the menu left a lot to be desired. Fresh fish and seafood can be flown in on Fridays for a great week-​end menu.
We started off with an appetizer of calamari. When it came I thought we had gotten someone’s cheese sticks instead! I have never seen calamari in stick form before. I am use to O shaped and the tentacles. When we questioned this, our waiter informed us this was a California thing and slicing the calamari in sticks makes it tender and never tough. I didn’t think it tasted like calamari.
It seems the restaurant focus is on their «steamed» pots. I requested the light saffron cream sauce for my seafood pasta. It was tasty but way too much sauce. If they had added maybe 2 more servings of pasta it might have been ok. A little bit of sauce with seafood goes along way. The sauce should enhance the seafood NOT cover it up!
My husband had the king crab legs, broccolini, and fries with sea salt. First the crab: the drawn butter (kudos for using unsalted) was served in a small non warming dish. Anyone who has eaten steamed crab legs know they cool off fast! Using a warming dish to keep the butter warm helps to warm the crab up also!!!
Having an up charge for side dishes is on the bold side. Especially, if you pay $ 4 for an order of frozen french fries! If you have a FRESH seafood restaurant, shouldn’t the rest of your food be fresh!!!
With the prices they charge the food should be spot on!
We asked our waiter about the owner’s and found they are from the mid-​west and the chef is from Minnesota and knows a lot about seafood (I found that funny)

If money is not a concern first off congratulations. If you are on a budget look out.
Food is fantastic. Fresh and seasoned perfectly. Great staff and excellent service. Now I know that seafood, especially in the desert is going to be expensive but $ 33 for a dozen oysters? $ 15 hamburger? It seemed excessive.
Now…Happy Hour is a good deal and to be fair the drink prices were reasonable. For a special night out or a celebration the is an excellent seafood restaurant.

$ 60 for mediocre lunch for two. Not impressed. The food was OK. The décor was nice, the staff was friendly. But, the food was poor to fair. Not my favorite.

First time visitor! Went with another couple. We had an awesome time. The food was amazing. I definitely recommend this restaurant!

This is a restaurant week review
First off, this was a loooong drive. But I went out of my way based on Unilocal reviews and a great sounding menu.
I ordered the ahi tuna pokè and my date had the steamed black mussels. Of course we shared! I had to try as much as possible! Lol. My pokè tasted good (not great… especially compared to Hawaii, but hey, this is Arizona!) but geez the color was so unappealing. It looked like it had been out way too long and oxidized. The mussels? Overcooked. Waaaaayyyy overcooked. We didn’t even eat them after the initial tasting.
So now the entrée, drum roll please… I got the HT roast which had shrimp, mussels, crawfish and half a lobster tail in a cream broth with rice and my date ordered the Cioppino, which has shrimp, mussels, clams, fish and calamari. The HT roast was OK. The mussels were overcooked again but the shrimp were perfect. However, my date hated his dish. Really hated it. Everything overcooked and they used the same broth that is used in the mussels app and just added tomato. He was not happy.
Service was slow but this review is based on food only. We asked for our deserts to go go and got half portions for it. That really sucked. It was literally half of what I saw was served to other diners. Kind of bummed that this place wasn’t better for us. Overall, glad I tried it. Won’t be back.

This is a staple restaurant we frequent. Service can be slow depending on what time/​day you go. But food is always consistent.

I love having a close oyster house, 3 different oysters. Outside seating or bar/​booth. Love their seafood selection.

The Barramundi was superb tonight! A SeaBass dressed in pesto, served with asparagus, kale and gnocchi. So glad it is on the permanent menu. Did I mention the awesome service? Corrie you are the best! Merry Christmas!

Another bad review! I believe her name is Ryan. Very bad customer service. Worse thing ever to have bad attitude as your 1^st impression. High Tide please re-​train or re-​think your hiring especially your people facing employees. Bad posture, slouching, no smile, rudeness. It was so bad we left …

We dine regularly here and enjoy the very fresh seafood. The staff is wonderful as well.
Fresh oysters, shrimp, and great fish entrees. Always a very good experience!

Stop whatever you’re doing and read this review right now! This place is fantastic! I’m not going to lie, I was a little skeptical at first, but I very quickly changed my tune!
We started with an appetizer that everyone on Unilocal seemed to talk about, the lobster Mac and cheese… It was really really good! For our main courses we ordered the «tide roast» and the «spicy seafood pasta». Both were nothing short of wonderful! (Side note: when I ordered the spicy pasta, our fantastic waitress asked if I’d like to taste the base sauce so they could either spice it up or take it down a notch. Very much appreciated by the way)
For dessert we got the bread pudding (also raved about on Unilocal). Definitely lived up to the hype!
Also, portions were huge, so we definitely took home some leftovers of everything.
I will DEFINITELY be back. High Tide Seafood Bar & Grill is just where you want to go! I’ll also be sharing with all of my friends how good the food is and how awesome the service is!

The lobster bisque is addictive!
Oyster shooters were delicious as well.
Lobster mac n cheese was very good and very filling.

Excellent! Worth the price of the meals. Try the lobster Mac and cheese, but be prepared it’s HUGE and delicious! I had Spicy seafood pasta and hubby had the gumbo. Huge portions, excellently prepared. You will not be disappointed. It is a lot more high end than Angry Crab (more like a restaurant vibe than a true crab shack) So if you don’t want to get dirty eating your seafood stop by this place and enjoy without the bib and extra napkins!

Well… after trying to get in at the angry crab in dirty Mesa we stumbled upon high tide and boy were we lucky to do so…
Walked in and sat in the bar area at a high top for 4. There were just 2 of us…
We were immediately greeted by the bartender/​waiter and he was great. He was one of those waiters who didn’t need to write things down or look at the menu to reference something. The place was hoping but still at the noise lever where you could hear one another.
We each had a soup to start and shared a entrée. There entrée portions are definitely worth the price. They are built for 2 and the great waiter informed us of that.
I had the lobster bisque and she had New England (white) clam chowder. It even had a fresh cooked clam of the half shell floating on top. Very elegant touch.
For the entrée we shared fish and chips but instead of some dirty white fish we had shrimp. Fried oysters was the other option.
The batter was light and the fries was a mixture of sweet potatoes and traditional. A very nice touch. The most important thing was there was not a hint of grease on the plate.
At high tide you get what you pay for. We walked out of there with a tab less then 50 and we each had a beer.
I would highly recommend this place.

What a great place tucked away in my neighborhood. This place never disappoints. The food and drinks are top notch! We order the seafood soup cooked in the clearly visible steam pots.
The ingredients are fresh and serving size is large enough for hubby and to share.
We have tried all the soups bowls on the menu they are all very good.
The entire staff is friendly and service is also top notch!
oh I almost forgot about the bread pudding, it is the best I’ve ever had and I’ve tried bead pudding at several restaurants in the Gilbert /​Mesa area looking for great bread pudding and we always go back here for the bread pudding.

First time here, loved the calamari! And the crème brûlée is worth the drive on its own! Will definitely return.

Great hidden gem! We’ve lived in Gilbert for 3 years and just found this awesome seafood place! My husband and I both enjoyed the fillet mignon. I added crab, which was amazing! My husband really enjoyed the lobster he added. We also started with the lobster mac n cheese– it was HUGE! and delicious!
The service was incredible, we made a reservation and were sat as soon as we arrived.
A new favorite!

I was impressed the minute I walked into the door when they took my number and said they’d text me when my table was ready. I had never been to a place that did that and I thought it was very cool.
The atmosphere feels casual and fun yet swanky. I loved the beachy décor. Next time I come I plan to sit up at the bar which looked very fun. Coke products are served as well as several very delicious fruity drinks and some nice draft beer and wine selections. The San-​dollar was quite good.
There are definitely a lot of great, interesting choices to read through! I couldn’t decide!
We started with calamari (very tender) and side Cesar salad. I thought I ordered a small side salad, but my goodness it was huge and delicious and very filling! I went with the Spicy Seafood Pasta which was packed with yummy cod, shrimp, clams, mussels, and so much fishy goodness!
We will definitely be returning!

Great atmosphere, wide menu selection from seafood to burgers, soup & salad, steak, chicken… Sevice is fantastic too!
Reasonable prices too. We will be back and bringing friends!

The décor of this restaurant is open and airy. Of course, the theme is beach & sea. The little oil light on the table is in a bowl full of sand and seashells.
The service staff is friendly, yet polite, & efficient.
The Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin is refreshing & very good.
The fish taco is an off-​menu item. Patrons can order as many fish tacos as they want, but 2 /​person are typical. The fish and all the other ingredients tasted fresh. But the batter around the piece of fish was too thick in my opinion. The dish was presented beautifully, which might set my expectations too high.
The fish in the fish & chips dish suffered the problem. Again, the fish itself was fresh but its batter was too thick. All the other ingredients were fresh & tasted good. I particularly liked the regular and sweet potato fries. They were cut & cooked just right. Again, the dish was nicely presented, which could set expectations too high.
The overly thick batter of the fish in both dishes we ordered diminished their quality, goodness, and nice presentation. A lighter batter, which could just as crispy, would be much better.
Recommendation: Neutral.