the tropical restaurant & bar

clearly not a place for children. (children's menu is their lunch menu.). the kids didn't like the lunch menu, and the staff was unwilling to work with us to get a child's plate of fish my children decided to split the mahi with lemon butter off the dinner menu, and said that it didn't taste good. i ordered the jumbo shrimp and for $19, i received 4 medium size shrimp (very dry), a cup of minute rice, and a handful of fries. my husband wanted the swordfish, but they were out. he ordered sea bass, and said it was good, but his regular tea was refilled with raspberry tea and he had to take silverware off the table next to us (and we were still short.)
we are accustomed to getting better service.

the dishes are always so fresh and well balanced. our server was very attentive and friendly. this is a wonderful place to take a date.

i like the sautéed veggies and crab fried rice. also love looking at the vegetable garden in the front

outstanding!. tonight, i went with my girlfriend for the first time to the tropical restaurant and all we have to say is that we were extremely impressed. our server zach was great and offered suggestions about some of the menu items. he was spot on! there is nothing better to eat something that actually looks fresh, and best of it taste fresh as well! we are going to be back for sure!

top notch. really well done. i had shrimp that was on this amazing salad. tried some red curry. a tropical martini. some meals are just a healing experience. the house reminded me of little restaraunts in houses in jamaica. the inside reminded me of modern simple places in hawaii. only been once, have to go back soon. go, eat, enjoy. a good place to savor your food.

my husband & i came here to eat before a concert. this is now one of our favorite places. the food is awesome & the atmosphere was great.

heard great things from several people about food. right before we went to eat someone said to me "food is great service is terrible". they were right! we stopped by on saturday night sept 1 at 7:30. parking lot was half full. walked in the door and was stopped by a party of 8 waiting for a table at the door. the hostess came to the stand and didn't even look at anyone for at least 30 seconds( was too busy with her marker and dry erase table layout). then she asks how many for the party in front of us who replied with "8" "do you have a reso" "no" "well you will have to wait for at least 20 minutes". the hostess was running back and forth from dining room while a server was visibly yelling at her in front of everyone. lame. while this is going on i noticed a family of four sitting at a table in the bar area with menus, no water or drinks and nobody ever talked to them or acknowledged them ever the first 5 minutes we were there. so finally we said "there is just two of us, how long is the wait?" " uh i will have to find out" "can we just sit in the bar and eat if it will be faster because we need to be somewhere after this?" "well you can sit there but can't promise you will get service, we are short staffed" "well if your short staffed should we go somewhere else to eat?" "well yes."

holy $&@%!!!!!!! really? i have been working in restaurants for almost 20 years, fine dining, casual dining, top restaurants in tulsa would never say this to anyone nor would they seat a family of four in a bar section with no server so they can sit there and stare at a menu with no acknowledgement. your front of the house is weak, tropical. doesn't matter how good your fish and produce is if you can't figure out how to seat people on a saturday night on labor day weekend when restaurants are slow because football just started and everyone goes to the lake one last time.

what your hostess should have said was "we are very short staffed, we will do our best to get you a table and on your way as fast as we can. if you have any problems please let me know my name is "courteous hostess name here" and i will make it right. if that is not good enough then please accept this card for a discount on you meal if you so choose to try us again. i'm very sorry for the inconvenience."

this is service.
you are not.
this is true.

the food was so fresh and absolutely amazing! i loved all the flavors that they put into each dish. i got the lettuce wraps and the pork loin and it was so tasty! i will definitely be going back.

new fave tulsa restaurant. tried the tropical last night for the first time with friends. none of us had eaten there before. everything was absolutely delicious. the calamari was tender & the sauces were tasty. we each had a different fish dish, mahi mahi, salmon, shrimp and chilean sea bass. everything was absolutely perfect.
my only advice is to question the "heat" of the dish. they can "cool" it down but some of the items we had were cringe worthy hot & spicy.
we also had the banana rice dessert & fried icecream. again, perfect. we will be going back a lot!
our service was tremendous. wish it were standard wherever we went. our waiter was helpful & had great input on our choices. loved him!

fantastic. the chow was both beautiful and delicious. not as spicey as i like but spice was made available upon request.
service was attentive although not educated on the menu items. presentation consisted of plopping of the plate. we will return.

palm trees in tulsa. i was inspired by the good reviews here to give tropical a try and i really enjoyed it. i liked the green-gardeny area in front of the restaurant, but the interior is a bit more sterile. i liked the rich wood accents and modern tropical art accents on the walls, but i felt the tile floors and marble topped tables worked against the tropical theme.
in any event, i was seated promptly and i liked a lot of things i saw on the menu. i settled on the rainbow trout with sweet-pepper mango and garlic fried rice with steamed broccoli. the trout filet was very generous atop a bed of chunks of mango, red onion, green onion, tomatoes, carrots and sweet-hot peppers. it would make a great salsa, but even in this chunky form there are very few things that wouldn't go well with this stuff! it was fantastic. the broccoli was done right and the garlic fried rice was a great twist on rice. with a nice sauv blanc it was an excellent meal. taleah, my server, did a very nice job. i would definitely go back.

fantastic atmosphere and house wine!
i got the panang salmon but with swordfish per waitor recommendation and it was phenomenal. great place and the bathrooms smell awesome

worth a visit. adding my "yes" vote to the mix.

service is above average and with an excellent presentation. take hint, "other tulsa restaurants" - you might serve good food, but you need to come here to see how to plate your work.

also, it was interesting to see one of the chef's walking outside in the garden selecting fresh ingredients specifically for our dinner.

prices are something most people can live with and the food plentiful. we took the leftovers home.

the only negative experience was a damnably hot pepper buried in one of the salads. aside from that, the place is great; we'll go back.

will be great when service is improved.. really was excited to try out the tropical and am very glad i did. the location upon arrival raised an eye brow, but once inside was very pleased. the restaurant is new, nicely decorated, and exudes a fresh, tropical feel. we met our party in the bar area with a round of tropical mojitos which were excellent, but light on the booze. the hostess was way too eager to seat us, despite our request to finish up our round of drinks prior to being seated. she needs to be coached on facilitating a "leisurely experience". next we found our seats, and enjoyed the band, which was a bit loud for conversation-in my opinion, they should of perched in the bar. we started with the tropical lettuce wraps and rambutan chicken-both were truly sumptuous and very unique. the wait staff needs a tune up, they brought the wrong appetizers, and it took a very, very long time to get us more cocktails-which contained almost no alcohol. i ordered the tum yum soup, which was very good in flavor, however it arrived luke warm and 10 minutes after everyone else's. other guests in our party ordered items off the grill, including sword fish and shrimp, with basil fries, garlic fried rice, and steamed veggies. all items were so very fresh, and the sides delicious! we ended with coffee and sticky rice. the bill was very reasonable relative to other high end restaurants in tulsa. all and all a good experience, and i would recommend the tropical. the wait staff needs to be trained on how to deliver a better product. this will make or break this restaurant. really hope they read this post and get these issues corrected.

great place for vegans. this is a great place for vegans and vegetarians in tulsa to eat. there are several choices on the menu, and the waitstaff gets it, so there is no playing twenty questions about what's in the food. great atmosphere and the food is delicious.