Tripletail Seafood
& Spirits
The place
Tripletail Seafood & Spirits handles fresh Gulf fish with an inventive cocktail program at prices that make no sense for the quality level. In Gulf Gate's dining cluster — alongside Piccolo and RomanSQ — it's the dinner anchor for a neighborhood that punches well above its strip-mall appearance.
Tripletail is the dinner option in Gulf Gate's dining cluster — the place you come to after Piccolo for lunch. Fresh Gulf fish, daily preparations that rotate with the catch, and a cocktail program that takes its citrus seriously. The space is quiet and small; the service is attentive in a way that casual-looking restaurants usually aren't.
The fish — grouper, snapper, tripletail when it's in — is handled with care rather than buried under heavy sauce. The sides are made properly. The cocktails use fresh juice and house spirits mixes. None of this should be happening in a Gulf Gate strip mall at these prices, which is exactly the point of this neighborhood guide.
What to expect
Reservations recommended for Friday and Saturday evenings — the room is small and fills up. The fish specials are worth asking about before ordering from the regular menu. Full bar. Dinner only — no lunch service.
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