Barbara Jean's Restaurants Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Barbara Jean's Restaurants, where Southern hospitality meets culinary excellence in the heart of St. Simons, GA. This cozy eatery offers an impressive menu, featuring freshly prepared seafood and comforting American classics.

  • Must-Try Dishes: Indulge in their acclaimed crabcakes, rich she-crab soup, and flavor-packed country fried steak. Each dish is crafted with care, showcasing bold, homemade flavors.
  • Ambiance: The restaurant exudes a warm, welcoming vibe, making it perfect for families, groups, and anyone craving a down-home meal.
  • Generous Portions: Guests rave about Barbara Jean's sizable servings, ensuring you'll leave satisfied—perhaps with leftovers!

With options for takeout, reservations, and a full bar, Barbara Jean's invites you to savor a true taste of Southern cuisine that will have you coming back for more!

When A Sandwich Is Just Right...

Grilled Chicken Sandwich

$$10.49

Blackened Chicken Sandwich

$$10.49

Grilled Cheese, Bacon And Tomato Sandwich

$$10.49

Chicken Fried Chicken Sandwich

$$10.49

Roasted Chicken Blt

$$10.49

Shrimp Salad Sandwich

$$10.49

Classic

On a grilled kaiser roll

$$11.49

Classic

On a grilled kaiser roll

$$11.49

Burgers

Save Room For Dessert...

The Chocolate Stuff

It was called chocolate cobbler but we were told by lots of you that name didnt fit. We know its better than any brownie. Its soft, smooth and very rich, and comes topped with homemade whipped cream.

$$6.99

Fruit Cobbler

A different flavor every day, baked fresh and topped with homemade whipped cream

$$5.99

Bread Pudding

Made with raisins and topped with a soft vanilla sauce

$$5.99

Sugar Coated Dessert Poppers

Deep fried housemade dough that is rolled into a ball, deep fried and then coated in granulated sugar

$$4.99

Key Lime Tart

Not from a package, made by hand, individually

$$6.99

Pink Lemonade

Served in a 32oz tumbler with free refills

$$2.99

Bottled Water

Available. Ask your server

Coffee

Available. Ask your server

Hot Tea

Available. Ask your server

Milk

Available. Ask your server

Fruit Juices

Available. Ask your server

Beverages...

Our Menu

And For The Kids

Yes, we have a kids menu. If that doesnt work, well do something special for them. Just ask your server.

Cheese Fries

Our version, mild cheddar and jack cheeses.

Chicken Fingers

Three kinds, buffalo, pecan buttermilk.

Dirty Rice

Sausage, bacon, chicken, veggies and spices. Cup or bowl

Shrimp Fritters

A little spicy, lots of shrimp bits. 12 dozen or 1 dozen

Fried Onion Rings

A big basket, made by hand with buttermilk batter.

She Crab Soup

Our signature soup, loaded with crab meat. Cup or bowl

Soup Of The Day

We have so many and they are all good. Cup or bowl

Bjs Blue Salad

Blue cheese, romaine and iceberg lettuce, celery, mandarin oranges, pecans, red bell peppers, honeybasil vinaigrette, and topped with crumbled bacon

House Salad

A variety of lettuce, tomatoes, veggies, cheese and croutons, plus a choice of dressing

Caesar Salad

Romaine lettuce, tangy caesar dressing, garlic croutons and parmesan cheese

Kailua Chicken Salad

White meat chicken chunks, mandarin oranges, pineapple chunks, pecans and island spiced curried mayonnaise.

Grilled Chicken

Blackened Chicken

Chicken Fried Chicken

Shrimp Salad

Roasted Chicken Blt

Adult Grilled Cheese With Bacon And Tomato

Yeah, we serve great burgers too!

Fried Shrimp

Buttermilk battered jumbos.

Coastal Platter

Crab cake, shrimp fried fish.

Tuna Steaks

Grilled marinated yellowfin tuna.

Catfish

Grilled or fried boneless catfish fillets.

Salmon

A grilled half pound boneless fillet.

Fried Fish Fillets

Hand battered atlantic cod.

Tonys Plate

N.y. Strip and one seafood choice.

12 12 Platter

Crab cake and a seafood choice.

Shrimp Grits

Cheddarcheese grits, shrimp and spicey andouille sausage.

Try The Crab Cakes!

...These were the best. Southern living magazine we offer crab cakes so many different ways. Our regular crab cake is 5 oz, and the jumbo 7oz. They come as dinners with just one or two cakes, or on sandwiches. Choose a combination platter or plate.

Meat Loaf

Better than moms or grandmas,

Pot Roast

Slow cooked, tender and super tasty.

Turkey And Dressing

All white breast meat.

Pork Chops

2 grilled marinated boneless chops.

Chicken Fried Steak

Buttermilk battered.

Chicken Finger Plate

Hand breaded.

Boneless Chicken Breast

Marinated grilled.

TBone Steak

16 oz, comes with a baked potato and a choice of two veggies or a small salad

Hans Ambrosia Salad

Squash Casserole

Green Beans

Rice

Stewed Tomatoes

Cooked Cabbage

Carrots

French Fries

Red Beans Rice

Baked Potato

Spinach

Mashed Potatoes

Broccoli Rice

Coleslaw

Kernel Corn

Veggie Of The Day

White Cheddar

Cheese Grits

Chocolate Stuff

Just warm and runny with chocolate

Home Bread Pudding

With raisins and a soft vanilla sauce

Fruit Cobbler

A different one every day

Key Lime Tart

Not from a package made by hand, individually

Cheese Fries

Our version, mild cheddar and jack cheeses.

Chicken Fingers

Three kinds, buffalo, pecan buttermilk.

Dirty Rice

Sausage, bacon, chicken, veggies and spices. Cup or bowl

Shrimp Fritters

A little spicy, lots of shrimp bits. 12 dozen or 1 dozen

Fried Onion Rings

A big basket, made by hand with buttermilk batter.

She Crab Soup

Our signature soup, loaded with crab meat. Cup or bowl

Soup Of The Day

We have so many and they are all good. Cup or bowl

To Start With

Great Salads Large And Small

Bjs Blue Salad

Blue cheese, romaine and iceberg lettuce, celery, mandarin oranges, pecans, red bell peppers, honeybasil vinaigrette, and topped with crumbled bacon

House Salad

A variety of lettuce, tomatoes, veggies, cheese and croutons, plus a choice of dressing

Caesar Salad

Romaine lettuce, tangy caesar dressing, garlic croutons and parmesan cheese

Kailua Chicken Salad

White meat chicken chunks, mandarin oranges, pineapple chunks, pecans and island spiced curried mayonnaise.

Grilled Chicken

Blackened Chicken

Chicken Fried Chicken

Shrimp Salad

Roasted Chicken Blt

Adult Grilled Cheese With Bacon And Tomato

Yeah, we serve great burgers too!

Sandwiches That Are Just Right

Exceptional Seafood

Fried Shrimp

Buttermilk battered jumbos.

Coastal Platter

Crab cake, shrimp fried fish.

Tuna Steaks

Grilled marinated yellowfin tuna.

Catfish

Grilled or fried boneless catfish fillets.

Salmon

A grilled half pound boneless fillet.

Fried Fish Fillets

Hand battered atlantic cod.

Tonys Plate

N.y. Strip and one seafood choice.

12 12 Platter

Crab cake and a seafood choice.

Shrimp Grits

Cheddarcheese grits, shrimp and spicey andouille sausage.

Try The Crab Cakes!

...These were the best. Southern living magazine we offer crab cakes so many different ways. Our regular crab cake is 5 oz, and the jumbo 7oz. They come as dinners with just one or two cakes, or on sandwiches. Choose a combination platter or plate.

Try The Crab Cakes!

...These were the best. Southern living magazine we offer crab cakes so many different ways. Our regular crab cake is 5 oz, and the jumbo 7oz. They come as dinners with just one or two cakes, or on sandwiches. Choose a combination platter or plate.

Barbara Jeans Crab Cakes! R

So Many Other Entrees

Meat Loaf

Better than moms or grandmas,

Pot Roast

Slow cooked, tender and super tasty.

Turkey And Dressing

All white breast meat.

Pork Chops

2 grilled marinated boneless chops.

Chicken Fried Steak

Buttermilk battered.

Chicken Fried Chicken

As good as the steak.

Chicken Finger Plate

Hand breaded.

Boneless Chicken Breast

Marinated grilled.

TBone Steak

16 oz, comes with a baked potato and a choice of two veggies or a small salad

Hans Ambrosia Salad

Squash Casserole

Green Beans

Rice

Dirty Rice

Stewed Tomatoes

Cooked Cabbage

Carrots

French Fries

Red Beans Rice

Baked Potato

Spinach

Mashed Potatoes

Broccoli Rice

Coleslaw

Kernel Corn

Veggie Of The Day

White Cheddar

Cheese Grits

Glorious Vegetables

Sweet Desserts

Chocolate Stuff

Just warm and runny with chocolate

Home Bread Pudding

With raisins and a soft vanilla sauce

Fruit Cobbler

A different one every day

Key Lime Tart

Not from a package made by hand, individually

Barbara Jeans Sweet Tea

Firefly tea vodka, peach schnapps sweet and sour mix with a splash of soda

$$6.00

Sea Island Punch

Captain morgan, malibu, creme de banana, pineapple juice, orange juice

$$7.00

Strawberry Margarita

Jose cuervo gold, grand marnier, fresh squeezed lime juice strawberry mix

$$7.00

Skinny Margarita

Only 150 calories! Jose cuervo gold, fresh squeezed lime juice fresh squeezed orange juice

$$6.00

Drink Menu