the tropical restaurant & bar

love it!.greatfresh food...one of my favorites in tulsa. a perfect example of locally owned done right!!! gotta try the fried mangos for desert!

fantastic food! fresh herbs and spices that are paired perfectly with the seafood that is fresh daily (:greatservice

the tropical finally let me down.... i have been coming to the tropical for months, it has been my favorite newly discovered restaurant in tulsa this year and have not had a bad experience up until today. i have worked my way through over half of the menu and let me tell you there are some amazingly flavorful dishes at this restaurant: the tom kha soup, green gang curry, panang, prikking, kaprao, pad see yu, nam prik-pao fried rice, and penne keow whan (penne in a curry dish?!) were all fantastic and made me want to lick the plate/bowl when finished because of how tasty they were. on top of that, the service has been impeccable up until today. tonight my boyfriend and i ordered the lettuce wraps to start which weregreat(as usual) and then i ordered the gang pah with pork and he the garlic pepper with beef. his dish came out cold and with pork instead of beef as the protein and my gang pah upon first glance looked far more watery than i was expecting but i picked up my fork and went for a taste. though the dish had a decent amount of heat (i had ordered it hot) it was not that spicy but more importantly it was extremely bland and flavorless, i couldn't believe this was the same restaurant that i've been going to all fall and winter. when seeing that i had barely eaten any of the dish because there was no point, it was basically inedible, the server asked if it was too hot and i told her no, i thought it tasted watered-down and bland. she asked if i wanted it re-made with coconut milk and i said no and then asked if i was ok with it and walked away from the table. when she came back again to get the plates she asked if i wanted to take it home and i said no and yet there was never any offer to take the dish off even though it was essentially untouched. we go so often one of the servers knows us by name, i tell everyone about howgreatthis restaurant is and i don't feel like we were taken care of tonight. i loved this restaurant but i will not be going back for a while...i was very disappointed in the food and service this visit.

delicious. my uncle phillip recommended my husband and i to eat at the tropical. the food was delicious, service wasgreatand restaurant was clean. we ordered chic noodles and chicken kaproa. thanks uncle phillip!

great food,greatenvironment! the service needs improvement.

great!!!. this was agreatplace for a casual lunch and would begreatfor a first date or classy dinner. lots of vegan options as well which is why i went. service and food options were great!!!

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 wasgreatand 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!

heardgreatthings from several people about food. right before we went to eat someone said to me "food isgreatservice 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.

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 & hadgreatinput on our choices. loved him!

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 agreatsalsa, 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 agreattwist 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.greatplace and the bathrooms smell awesome

will begreatwhen 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 agreatplace 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.greatatmosphere and the food is delicious.

excellent!greatplace to go if you are a vegetarian/vegan.

great restaurant. i checked out the tropical after agreatfriend recommended it. my fiance had the chilean sea bass and loved it. he is very picky about his bass. i had the scallops, they were not cooked just right but the dish was still outstanding. my friend had recommended the duck so i will have to check it out next time. we went in on a sunday night at 8:30 so we were the only people in the restaurant. luckily our server was zack, he was very personable and kept us quite entertained. we will definitely be back.