BLVD Seafood — Restaurant in Galveston

Highly rated for a Reason !

On a rainy night in Galveston, I was looking for a good place to eat to satisfy my craving for a bowl of Gumbo and Redfish. The Galveston Beach area has so many good options, some I've been to before so I was looking for a new place to visit and eat. I searched a few restaurants near the beach and BLVD stood out. The restaurant had great reviews, and the seafood items on the menu were what I sought.

I arrived at BLVD and found parking on the street very close to the restaurant. When I arrived around 4:30 pm the restaurant was already filling up with guests. The host suggested the open kitchen concept for bar seating. I took them up on their offer. The restaurant is well-designed and has the feel of a bigger space. The bar seating lets you watch the kitchen make your meal from scratch so you don't have to be entertained by your smartphone alone.

My server made some recommendations on popular items which I was grateful for but I already had made my mind up. My selections on this visit were the Burrata which was a special that night on the feature menu, and The Jobber which was their take on Gumbo from the Fin and Farm section of the menu, I chose the Broiled Redfish.

The Burrata was amazing as it was made with firm beefsteak tomatoes and drizzled with some Olive oil, this made it a very good and still light starter. The Jobber, made with shrimp, blue crab, andouille sausage and white rice was a hit and I enjoyed the big chunks of andouille sausage, which made the dish almost a meal in itself. Last but not least was the main course, the Broiled Redfish, served with sautéd green beans on a bed of rice. The Redfish was cooked to perfection and made with BLVD'd blackening seasoning and cooked thoroughly right through. The fish was not too firm and not at all soggy. The taste was amazing and it was one of the best Redfish meals that I have had in a long time. My meal ended with the BLVD's take on Chocolate Mousse and it was a very light flavorful dessert and a great finish to my meal.

Overall this was a great meal, in a very popular and highly-rated restaurant on the Galveston Beach strip. If I'm back in Galveston anytime soon, I will go back for...

My wife and I were on vacation in Galveston and we decided to stop at a well-reviewed seafood restaurant, and growing up, my family always went to other seafood places and we wanted to explore a bit, so BLVD Seafood it was.

Food was bland and pretty unimpressive. When you read 'risotto' on their menu, imagine day-old sticky rice that's been reheated, and you're basically there. And then I found a hair in my food. A long, black hair. My hair is short and brown, and my wife's hair is brown and shoulder-length. I tried to bring it to the waitresses attention without too much of a fuss, cause I don't like to be one of those people, but a hair in the food is a pretty big no-no. The waitress asked if I wanted a whole new dish made for me, and I said no as I was already over halfway finished and the restaurant was closing in less than 30 minutes. Shortly thereafter, I guess she was the manager came over to talk to us and she assured us that this type of thing didn't normally happen, and I didn't want to push the issue, but I was hoping to get a comp or something, and I continued through the meal. We ordered dessert, the trio of crème brûlée, and it was good, really good. But you can imagine my surprise when we got our check and not a penny was taken off of it. The entrée wasn't comped, the dessert wasn't touched, nor were the drinks. I understand accidents happen. It's not like some line cook arbitrarily decided to slip a hair onto my plate. No one wants to cook someone a dish for them to find a hair in it, that's absolutely disgusting. But it's pretty insulting to not get anything, like "Opp, found a hair in your food? Thanks for telling us, enjoy your food"? Sorry, but that response is completely unacceptable, and I don't encourage anyone to patronage BLVD Seafood. Where you just might find a hair in your food, no one'll give a crap, and the food isn't...

I wanted to like this place so much . The atmosphere was very nice for the strip . My wife’s gumbo was just good and at least it was hot . My daughter’s blackened grouper was way over cooked , so much it made it almost too chewy to eat . Out of three people no one at the table would even finish it . The Macon cheese was great but you could tell had been made maybe the previous day or two . I had two types of shrimp the coconut was good but the breading fell off , this unfortunately is sign of the short order cook in the kitchen using slimy old shrimp , the blackened was way over cooked and shriveled up. My potatoes were cold . I asked the waitress if I could have something that was warm and she wanted to argue and get defensive. Then told me if wanted something fresh I should get the Wild mushroom risotto as they make it to order . The funny thing is that she immediately brought it and it obviously was not cooked fresh as was instantly made and was runny from just adding water to it and heating it up . The salad was actually great but had very limited toppings in fact chick filet has more strawberries on a strawberry salad . It literally did not even have half of a strawberry. To micro slices . We spent over 50 + per person without alcohol I really expected more . I would definitely recommend for everyone to go somewhere else . It is absolutely unbelievable that a seafood place would not know how to properly cook seafood . If it was just one dish I could understand . The worst was Then in middle of the night I had atrocious stomach issues . I would can only assume that the overall lake of knowledge on food preparation accidentally Contaminated my plate . Or they overcooked the food to hide the freshness. I don’t understand why these places pretend they have a chef when they literal have short...