Great food and atmosphere! Our server, Elena, gave us really good recommendations. Definitely coming back! read more

Palapas Seafood Bar - Tacos Gobernador y ceviche dorado - Bars Near Me - Richardson, Texas

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

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 read more

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Man...well... Amazing food, atmosphere, drinks, and employees. This is far and away the best seafood Mexican I have had in Dallas - and I've been here a long time. Highly recommend. read more

Food is amazing and staff was pleasant and attentive. Atmosphere is casual mexican. Not sure why crowd is small. Well worth giving this place a try read more

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 read more

Palapas Seafood Bar - Bars Near Me - Richardson, Texas

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

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

The food is reaaaally good! I guess they don't have enough staff because google says they open at 11:30am. However, it seems like they open when they want to.. sometimes 12... sometimes 1230.... Sometimes not even at all. So idk what's going on. read more

Fabulously fresh fish and wonderful service. Best restaurant in Richardson. Loved the enchiladas too...great red sauce, light. The chips are yummy too. read more

El mejor lugar para comer auténtica comida Del Mar mexicana El mejor servicio A mi en lo personal me encanta la comida estilo Sinaloa read more

Really good food. We requested it spicy and they did not disappoint. I got the redfish with red Diablo sauce. Super fresh, tender, tasty, good. My wife got the shrimp with cheese and spicy green poblano sauce. Also great. Service was great too. The music was a bit too loud for 6pm though. read more

I had the aguachile....it was absolutely delicious!!! Can't wait to take my husband. Definitely left regretting that I hadn't checked this place out sooner. read more

Go! It's great food, great margaritas and Marcelino and his staff are great. Shrimp cocktail, cheese enchiladas, shrimp tacos, mahi mahi tacos, superb! Food came out a bit slow, but once it did, we understood why - fresh, fresh, fresh! Go and enjoy and help keep them going. read more

This place is super yummy!! This is not TEX MEX- it's the real deal. It wasn't very crowded when we went but started picking up later as they have live music and a later crowd and we were there early. The chips and salsa are so yummy!! Excellent margaritas, the ceviche, Shrimp, fish tacos yummy, my husband had the steak tacos and he loved the rice here. The food was slow to come out but we had a family of 7 on the patio...but once it arrived it was so yummy. Large portions and so tasty. We will be back!!! And you can get Rita's to go- they serve them in a mason jar and so great!! read more

Great Mexican seafood restaurant. Wonderful ceviche fish tacos. Live music. Happy hour from 4-7. A little hard to find but worth the search. Great outside seating Another great dinner. Go to happy hour for half price appetizers and drink specials!!! read more

Great server, food okay, out of several things we ordered. Started of rocky with hot (spicy) salsa and stale chips. Made server try one. She said they made them fresh this morning but they were bad. They did make fresh batch for us but due to lack of climate control, these were stale before the end of the meal. Serving portions average to generous depending on item. Fajita beef on nachos tasty but very little cheese. Mahi Mahi cerviche plentiful but nothing special. Salad came with iceberg lettuce in place of romaine and dry without dressing or any offered when order placed. Out of flan, tres leches cake tasty. Average place, been better, had worse. read more

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. read more

Palapas Seafood Bar - We ordered a dozen oysters, a shrimp and octopus cocktail, and the mazatlan ceviche - Bars Near Me - Richardson, Texas

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. read more

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Went tonight with my family and had the worst experience. Laura G the waitress took our order she repeated the other to us we corrected her and the first dish came out 30 minutes later. She forgot our drinks the Camarones Cucarachas were super cold. I asked her why are they so cold she said "you touched them I can't do anything about it" Then she brought my shrimp soup cold again with cold rice and 50 minutes later no drinks. I told her "what happened to our drinks she said "What drinks" and I said what about the shrimp cocktail she said "what cocktail" we asked for our receipt and to remove everything we didn't get. She was either tired or normally messes up orders. 2 Clients were leaving very upset and I asked why were they upset. They both had similar complaints on Laura G. I usually go to the other Palapas and no issues but I'm never going to this one again. read more

I am not exactly sure why there are not more reviews, but I have been waiting for Palapas Richardson to open for awhile. I had the shrimp in the four chilies sauce, it was really good with a nice char taste on the shrimp and paired with the charro beans really well. The standards for a Mexican place were solid as well: the frozen margarita was stiff and not too sweet, the chips were adequately salted and the salsa just right. The service was pleasant and the large patio made for a nice atmosphere on a warm night. The price point is slightly higher than your average Mexican place but the quality is much better. read more

Such a great place! We caught some fish this morning and they were nice enough to cook some for us. Great food, great service, amazing patio. read more

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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.

They have the best fish tacos around and their ceviche is fresh and delicious. Great hidden gem in Richardson. Service is wonderful too! read more

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Came in on a whim... Almost left because the bartenders English wasn't very good. OMG soooo, glad I didn't leave. Order the Salmon Salad- - - got to be one of the best salads I have in years. Small diced strawberries, oranges the cutting of the vegetables was perfect- bite sized peices! Salad included, avocado, Red Onion, tomatoes, sunflower seeds, fresh lettuce and a huge piece of salmon that the cook said came in that day... Salmon was cooked perfectly! I couldn't be happier. If you're looking for a vegetarian option just ask for the salad without meat. Yummy!!! I think I will be back for lunch to try the salad without meat. FYI, it came with thousand island dressing. Not my favorite-- I just poured the salsa over the salad gave it a perfect flavor. read more

This place is amazing. Fresh and excellent! You can't go wrong with the Ceviche and the best fish and shrimp and tacos in town Great patio and very kid friendly. read more

I really like this place! I've gotten the shrimp cocktail both times I've been. Comes in a huge goblet, filled with large shrink, avocado chunks, onion, cilantro and a sauce that I am in love with. It's different from the regular cocktail sauces and has an almost smoky flavor. Indoors, the restaurant is cute and colorful. Outdoors, they have a large patio area. If the weather allows, sit outside and you'll feel like you are out of town;) read more

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Foods good. Menu has a lot of options, more Mexican than Tex-mex, so different than most places around here. Lots of drinks and unique options there as well. Need to price the drinks a little better though, shouldn't be paying $25 for 2 drinks in the suburbs in my opinion. read more

Appetizer ordered was Blue Point Oysters; I would order them again! Sipped on some Mezcal of which they have 4 to choose from. Main course Camarones ala Cucaracha aka jumbo shrimp split in half grilled, Whole Red Fish fried served with rice and beans. The hostess, bartender and bus boy were on point. Now, the waitress needs help. Based on the service we did not receive from waitress no dessert was ordered. I hope this location make it in Richardson. The location on Greenville in Dallas is worth the drive. read more

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Food seemed fresh, but from the moment I walked in this place was a disappointment. I was excited to see a new patio place in this area. The staff was nice, but not very attentive. The place wasn't busy, and they were still slow. The mariachi music was turned up way to loud. It took awhile to get ceviche. Pictures online looked good, but it was bland and nothing special. I then had the crab enchiladas with red sauce. I had crab shell in my enchilada, it tasted fishy, and somehow the flavor was not on point. The red sauce was very watery and left much to be desired. The rice was bland, and the mixed veggies tasted like the frozen ones I buy at Sams club. My husband had one of the taco variations and he had similar feelings about his experience. This might be a good happy hour with a group since it would be easy to get into. But we won't be going back for dinner. read more

Comida sin sabor , calamar frito ok, parrillada de mar horrenda!!! Camarones parecían chicle , en el menú te dicen que es mahi mahi y es TILAPIA !!!!! El caldo de mariscos insípido!! El aguachile fatal !!! Le comentamos a la mesera de la mal experiencia y ni si quiera le dijo al gerente para que viniera a hablar con nosotros ! Mal muy mal read more

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

Let's just begin with the service was horrible!! I went in on Saturday 5-11-19 at 8:00p.m. Our server didn't know how to serve she didnt even introduce herself...I ordered the seafood soup and it barely even had any seafood in it, All it had was carrots they should just call it carrot soup instead and I showed her and she said she would take it off my check because I didnt eat it and she ended up charging my card for the soup even though I told her before charging my card to take it off so when a manager comes and tries to give me a refund he said he couldn't because he didnt know how to work their computer system. What's the point of having a manager if they don't even know how to treat customers or don't know how to work the system..I will never come back to the this place the food was not that great and the food is way over priced. read more

This experience was a real mixed bag. The food was good. The service was awful. When we went in, there were three other tables that had guests. Two servers. The guy who greeted us at the door was very friendly and welcoming. When our server meandered over, there was no water. We ordered drinks. One of our group said, "how's the margarita?" With no enthusiasm at all, she whispered, "it's good". I was not convinced. We asked for water and a second bowl of salsa for the three people at our table. That took forever. We asked for recommendations - she mumbled something about one of the entrees being good. Here's the kicker: the food was great. Surprisingly, so was the margarita! Every thing we ordered - brisket, shrimp, fish - all were wonderful. It appears that our young server was just not trained. She was not friendly - and appeared to be someplace she really did not want be. She was not helpful - we had to ASK for another drink. Again - she needs further training - for her own benefit, the restaurant's, and the guests'. It was pretty pricy - over $100 for three entrees and drinks. About midway through dinner, they cranked the music up so that conversation was impossible. We asked them to turn it down a little bit. They did - for about 15 seconds - then turned it right back up. We might've lingered over dessert (not even offered) and coffee, but there was no point with the blaring music. Probably wouldn't go back, just because the service was so bad. That may also explain why there were only four tables of guests at 7:30 in the evening. read more

I had a fabulous dinner here Friday night with my wife and daughter. It was a little slow, so we got lots of attention including complimentary guacamole, which was fresh and delicious. I had Red Snapper tacos, my wife had Mahi Mahi tacos, and my daughter had a salad with grilled Salmon. The food is fresh and delicious, and it is nice to have a restaurant that specializes in Mexican seafood, as we have more than enough Tex Mex in Richardson. Margaritas are a bit pricey, but they use premium real 100% Agave Tequila. They also gave us complimentary Tres Leches cake, and that too was perfect. I really want this place to do well, great food and nice people, please go and give it a try if you like Mexican Seafood. read more

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

This is legit. The best sea food in Dallas. The quality of the fish itself is the start. Then the nurturing in kitchen. I have been her several times. The Camarones Cucaracha are mind blowing. Come to this spot. Support good food! read more

This place is amazing. The best Ceviche I've ever had and don't let me forget about the Calamari. It was absolutely delicious. They have a great happy hour with great appetizers at 1/5 price. Check this place out. It will not disappoint. read more

Great place! The food was yummy and the chips and salsa they give are I would definitely recommend coming here, the owner is very friendly and talkative. The atmosphere is great. Family friendly as well! Wish I could rate 10 stars!! read more

Okay so let's start. This is probably the worst seafood restaurant I've ever been at. They don't give you limes no napkins no nothing. I asked for napkins and she literally gave me 2. No mames. Such a disappointment. The food was okay but to be honest it doesn't even compete with many other seafood places. For okay food I'll stay home and cook myself. The service was trash. And they don't even give you tortillas. I'm eating "Mexican style " carne asada with no tortillas. I'm just so confused. Look just don't go to be honest with y'all. Just letting y'all know tho it was the location in Richardson. I don't know how the other locations are. Hope this rant helped someone of y'all out. read more