house made salad dressings include: creamy onion-garlic, oil and vinegar based “chunky” bleu cheese, creamy bleu cheese, honey-pecan vinaigrette, ranch and thousand island. add $6 for chicken
Iced Gulf Shrimp
$11.00
famous cocktail shrimp house made remoulade
Tuna Tartar
$12.00
citrus-ginger soy and wasabi crème fraiche
Shrimp Martini
$10.00
bay shrimp tossed in house made cocktail sauce
Jazz Martini
$12.00
jumbo lump crab and cocktail shrimp tossed with avocados and hearts of palm
Chilled Lump Avocado
$17.00
premium hand picked texas jumbo lump crab
House Salad
$8.00
choose from any of our house made salad dressings
Caesar Salad
$8.00
fresh romaine tossed in our house made dressing and topped with shaved grana padano cheese
Wedge Salad
$8.00
iceberg lettuce wedge with crumbled bacon, diced tomato, purple onion and our house made chunky bleu cheese
field greens, parmesan cheese, toasted pecans, pineapple, red pepper and honey-pecan vinaigrette
Starters - Hot
house made salad dressings include: creamy onion-garlic, oil and vinegar based “chunky” bleu cheese, creamy bleu cheese, honey-pecan vinaigrette, ranch and thousand island. add $6 for chicken
Calamari
$10.00
fried and tossed in arugula and grated parmesan with a lemon garlic vinaigrette
Crabmeat Cheesecake
$12.00
baked in a brown butter almond shortbread crust with creole meunière sauce
Texas Jumbo Lump Crab Cake
$13.00
served with a lemon-butter beurre blanc
Gaido’s Fried Asparagus
$13.00
parmesan encrusted asparagus topped with jumbo lump crab
Bbq Shrimp
$11.00
bronzed shrimp tossed in a mild pepper butter sauce and served with bread to dip
Crawfish Chili
$12.00
crawfish tails sautéed in saffron butter and topped with toasted goat cheese
chef brooks’ famous seafood gumbo, a half-century in the making
Cup$7.00
Bowl$9.00
Soup Combination
$8.00
small cups of gumbo, bisque and soup of the day
A La Carte - House Filets
served with choice of crispy potato wedges, parmesan tomatoes or asparagus spears. items not available for full course dinners. add premium gulf shrimp for $5.99
Grilled Striped Drum
$20.00
brushed with lemon butter and charcoal seasonings
Stuffed Salmon
$22.00
house filet of pacific salmon stuffed with mascarpone cheese
Pecan-crusted Catfish
$19.00
topped with a sweet roasted corn relish
Snapper Michael
$31.00
sautéed red snapper dusted in a parmesan cheese seasoned flour
Redfish Amandine
$25.00
finished with brown butter and a squeeze of lemon
Blackened Ahi Tuna
$24.00
yellow fin tuna dusted with cajun seasonings and seared on a cast iron skillet
A La Carte - Select Meats
served with choice of crispy potato wedges, parmesan tomatoes or asparagus spears. items not available for full course dinners. all steaks are certified angus. add premium gulf shrimp for $5.99
Sapporito Pork Chop
$24.00
14 ounce double-cut coated in a garlic cracker crust
Chicken Marsala
$18.00
sautéed and topped with a creamy mushroom marsala sauce
8 Ounce Center-cut Filet
$32.00
seared on a cast iron skillet, finished with a roasted garlic compound butter
Prime 14 Ounce New York Strip
$33.00
seared on a cast iron skillet, finished with a roasted garlic compound butter
16 Ounce Cowboy Ribeye
$36.00
blackened bone-in ribeye
A La Carte - Fish And Steak Toppings
served with choice of crispy potato wedges, parmesan tomatoes or asparagus spears. items not available for full course dinners
Shrimp Nick
$7.00
gulf shrimp tossed in an avocado-pepper cream sauce
Crawfish Castilla
$9.00
parmesan asiago cream sauce with crayfish
Jumbo Lump Fritz
$12.00
buttered jumbo lump mixed with pepper and spices
A La Carte - Shrimp
served with choice of crispy potato wedges, parmesan tomatoes or asparagus spears. items not available for full course dinners
bay shrimp blended in a remoulade dressing atop a bed of greens and sliced tomatoes
Shrimp And Grits
$17.00
smooth southern grits and grilled shrimp lightly drizzled with a sweet and smokey chipotle glaze
Shrimp Pearl Pasta
$17.00
a rich carbonara sauce served in a creamy blend of tiny pasta pearls, topped with shaved parmesan
Fried Stuffed Shrimp
$18.00
gulf shrimp wrapped in home made seafood stuffing
Shrimp Peques
$21.00
bacon wrapped, stuffed with pickled jalapeno and cheese, then basted with a brown sugar-chipotle glaze
A La Carte - Seasonal (shellfish)
add premium gulf shrimp for $5.99
Buttered Lump Crab
$26.00
jumbo lump sautéed in butter
Crab Au Gratin
$25.00
gaido’s classic au gratin sauce with fresh gulf jumbo lump crab meat, baked until golden brown
Brentwood Soft Shell
$25.00
roasted coconut coating with a poblano pear chutney
Deep Sea Scallops
$19.00
grilled, blackened or fried
Seafood Platters
served with choice of crispy potato wedges, parmesan tomatoes or asparagus spears
Gaido’s Famous Fried Seafood Platter
$23.00
premium gulf shrimp, seasonal seafood, tenderloin of texas catfish and stuffing balls
The Combination Seafood Platter
charcoal grilled gulf shrimp, deep sea scallops and tenderloin of:
Catfish$23.00
Drum$25.00
Snapper$29.00
Family Style Sides
Au Gratin Potatoes
$5.00
Au Gratin Potatoes
$5.00
Onion Rings
$5.00
Jumbo Baked Potato
$5.00
Blue Cheese Grits
$5.00
Mac And Cheese
$5.00
Desserts
desserts available with full course meal
Chocolate Brownie Deluxe Cake
$5.99
deep, dark and loaded with chocolate, baked in our kitchen and served warm with blue bell vanilla ice cream. desserts available with full course meal
Housemade Cheesecake
$6.99
served with housemade berry sauce and whipped cream.desserts available with full course meal
Crème Brulee
$5.99
chilled vanilla custard topped with caramelized sugar and fresh fruits. desserts available with full course meal
Two Chocolate Mousse
$5.99
our own blend of imported belgian white and burgundy chocolate. served with our housemade whipped cream. desserts available with full course meal
Pecan Crunch
$6.49
served warm with cowboy bourbon sauce and blue bell vanilla ice cream. desserts available with full course meal
Pecan Ball
$5.49
blue bell vanilla, rolled in toasted pecans and topped with housemade chocolate sauce and whipped cream. desserts available with full course meal
Cassatta Con Cioccolato Bianco
$6.49
thin layers of angel food cake and sweet ricotta-white chocolate cream, served with gaido’s housemade raspberry sauce. desserts available with full course meal
Key Lime Cheesecake
$6.49
fresh florida key lime topped with our tangy cheesecake filling and a tart mint key lime sauce. desserts available with full course meal
Gaido’s Deluxe Dessert Combo
$14.99
served with fresh fruit and housemade whipped cream
French Fancy
$5.99
blue bell vanilla, raspberries, chambord liqueur and whipped cream
Banana Bread Foster
$6.99
banana bread sautéed in brown sugar and butter, served with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with vanilla rum crème anglaise
A tradition of excellence for over 95 years, Gaido's Restaurant was started back in 1911 when S. J. Gaido first opened his doors to the public. Visitors often arrived to the restaurant by horse and buggy, boat or on the old interurban line. The Gaido's family commitment was to make the trip worthwhile with the bestin service and the freshest seafood available.Today, the trip to Galveston is much easier but the service and cuisine of Gaido's Restaurant remains the same.All of the seafood is meticulously inspected and prepared by hand.Gaido's still peels shrimp, shuck oysters and filets fish the old fashioned way. Gaido's has continued this tradition for ninety-plus years and that's not about to change. All of the sauces, salad dressings and desserts are homade from Gaido's family recipes, using only finest of fresh ingredients