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    Palapas Seafood Bar

    3.7 (60 reviews)
    ModerateBars, Seafood, Mexican

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    BestFoodinDallas D.

    Let's highlight Taco Tuesday with a special guest today. The taco gobernador from @palapasseafoodbar. Take a look at the combination of shrimp and fish. The size of the taco is great! It comes with a spicy hot sauce that adds incredible flavor to the taco! A must try! Also, give their micheladas a try! They are very tasty. The interior is really nicelily decorated along with the exterior. They do have bandas usually every Sunday. Make sure to visit their social media page for the info. Overall, great place to get a different taste of Sinaloan Seafood. * * What we had: Shrimp cocktail Tacos gobernador Michelada PIÑA COLADA

    It's good to be grated by a host, she is nice and the food Ceviche tested good, it was not fishy nor was the fired fish

    We ordered a dozen oysters, a shrimp and octopus cocktail, and the mazatlan ceviche
    Jessica P.

    The front door is weirdly arranged, as you have to walk through what looks like the patio for the restaurant. It sits at the back of a building, but we found the entrance so that was good. The place was not packed on a Sunday afternoon like we expected which was awesome! We ordered a dozen oysters, a shrimp and octopus cocktail, and the mazatlan ceviche because they were out of the Ceviche dorado (mahi-mahi) but it's okay because our server was kind enough to notify us prior to service. We had to lower the rating down to 3 stars just because the oysters were far from fresh. I brought it up to the server who was a little combative at first (stating oysters were opened each morning although they were stuck to the shell as if they had been opened up the day before). There was also some grayish mucus-like discharge on some of the oysters. She "exchanged" them only to bring us back the same oysters that we had previously returned. We decided not to eat any of the oysters to avoid food poisoning, but we ate the shrimp cocktail and the mazatlan ceviche. The shrimp cocktail was good, although a bit salty for my taste, and the shrimp were the precooked type (hard and chewy) while the octopus was cooked just fine. The ceviche was delicious. Anyhow, we paid the tab even though we didn't eat the oysters, and left. I like the ambience, but I'm unsure if we'll be going back.

    HaiHuong H.

    Hidden next to the bowling alley, Palapas food is mediocre. Had the crab enchiladas which was bland and husband had the tacos al carbon which was nothing to rave about. The only blessing about this place is that it has a cool patio and full bar.

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    Had an amazing meal! Whole snapper, shrimp ceviche and delicious chips/salsa. Will be back!

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    Nice patio, good micheladas and my tacos were great. Service was attentive. I will be back.

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    Fresh delicious seafood! Service can be slow and slightly disinterested. But overall a great family vibe.

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    Food is overpriced and it lacks lots of seasoning. Waste of money... I do not recommend this restaurant, they need better cooks.

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    Great food and music 10/10 recommend . They played mostly banda and regeton. I recommend getting the red enchiladas

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    Loved the atmosphere. Good drinks. Basic chips and queso and salsa. Shrimp tacos were excellent!!!

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