The Jellyfish is upstairs in Villagio Town Centre, and it’s where Perdido Key goes when the occasion calls for more than flip-flops. It started as a small sushi and martini bar in the rebuilding years after Hurricane Ivan and grew into the closest thing the Key has to a fine-dining anchor. Co-owner Bryan Minchew’s stated ambition — the best sushi, steaks, oyster bar, and seafood in Perdido — is a big claim, but the place has spent two decades backing it up.
What to order
This is the rare Gulf Coast kitchen that takes sushi as seriously as it takes seafood. Crab cakes and surf-and-turf are the classic moves; the sushi menu is extensive enough to get its own printed menus. Everything’s made to order, and it shows in the pace — this is a sit-down-and-stay dinner.
The vibe
Dressy by Key standards, which means collared shirts, not jackets. Later on weekend nights the bar side loosens up considerably — Friday and Saturday after 10pm there’s a DJ and karaoke, so the same room does date night and last call.
Good to know
Open daily 11am to 10pm. It’s up a flight of stairs in Villagio — look up, not at street level.
What's on the menu
A few things worth knowing about before you go — taken straight off The Jellyfish's own menu.
- Jellyfish Stinger Shrimp $14.56 Eight wild caught Gulf Shrimp, hand-battered & fried, topped w/ stinger sauce
- Smoked Yellowfin Tuna Dip $13.52 Fresh yellowfin tuna dip, served with fresh grilled pita bread
- Seafood Gumbo $10 cup / $13 bowl Classic creole gumbo, with crab, shrimp, crawfish tails, and andouille sausage
- Char-Grilled Oysters Half DZ $17 / DZ $26 Grilled & topped with garlic butter & parmesan cheese, w/ crunchy French bread
- Grouper Reuben $21.84 Fresh grouper, griddled w/ sauerkraut, stinger sauce, & swiss cheese on marble rye
- Grouper Pontchartrain $45.76 Pan seared grouper, shrimp in creamy Pontchartrain sauce over grilled asparagus & grits
- Snapper Atchafalaya $46.80 Blackened fresh snapper, crawfish, & andouille cream sauce over roasted potatoes
- Shrimp & Grits $27.04 Ten lightly blackened wild caught Gulf Shrimp, smoked gouda cheese grits, creole sauce
- Perdido (sushi roll) $18.72 Tempura Fried Shrimp, Cucumber & Cream Cheese, topped w/ Seared Tuna, Spicy Mayo
- White Chocolate Bread Pudding $10.40
Prices as published by the restaurant on September 17, 2026. Menus change and ours is not the register — treat these as a guide, not a quote. See the full current menu ↗
