Captain Ceviche - Galveston — Restaurant in Galveston

The picture below is not from Captain Ceviche. It’s what a mixto ceviche should somewhat look like. I had high hopes for this truck. If I was the type to return food and ask for a refund, I would have, I don’t like leaving bad reviews either but this place is so terrible and super expensive I had to. Shame on you Cap, I grew up in a restaurant, operators know exactly what they’re serving, this was horrible. As you can see by some of the other review pictures, which I wish I would’ve looked at before I went, the ceviche here has incredible amounts of diced tomato!, soo much and minimal tiny bits of fish and especially minimal if any octopus in the mixto ceviche, for the most part there was no octopus, but that’s why they put so much diced tomato. You can tell by the dark oxidation of the red onion in ceviche, this was not fresh. The seafood should be the star of the show, not diced tomatoes and Clamato and lime. I don’t know what was bad in the crab ceviche, but something was expired, one bite and I tossed it, my stomach still feels upset 2 days later. My girl had lobster tacos, they were OK, lobster was a bit tough and staff needs to learn how to soften a corn tortilla (try agua). Aquachiles were ok but after the mixto diced tomato expired ceviche disappointment I didn’t wanna risk continuing to eat. If the owners want a good example of ceviche and seafood check out Mariscos Chelis in Wichita, Kansas. I’ll post a picture of a beautiful mixto ceviche I had there last week, note the nice size pieces of seafood. Customer service was good though, Sam was nice but deceptive, in denial or just doesn’t know good seafood. Also, this is one of those places where they don’t have many items from their menu, i.e., salads, agua frescas, red drum ceviche. It’s not locally run, staff drives down from Pasadena. Lobster grilled cheese on menu :/ should’ve been a big red flag too shame on me also. This place is no razita 🇲🇽...

Worth every penny. Absolutely DIVINE food, and that’s honestly underselling it. We’ve been on a lobster roll kick all Summer long and have tried everything from local places and food trucks such as Cousin’s all the way to the northeastern USA where we enjoyed lobster rolls from Paul’s Daughter at Coney Island on the 4th of July. All were good, some were better than others, but for the most part lived up to the hype. Captain Ceviche blows them all away and it’s not even close. My girlfriend agrees, we’re still talking about it after. We ordered a lobster roll and the grilled lobster mac and cheese sandwich and split them evenly between us. I 100% intended to take a picture of the food, but the first bite was so amazing we devoured the rest extremely quickly and I totally forgot. The guys working the truck were super friendly and pleasant to talk to, the weather was warm but not too hot, and the food was OUTSTANDING. 10/10 experience and the first time I’ve ever walked away from a lobster roll that felt like it was worth the price.

Captain Ceviche is a MUST try and I’m looking forward to sending more people their way, these guys are on to...

I am not a big online review writer but I have to share this! The lobster roll is AMAZING. I'm from Connecticut, so I know what a good lobster roll tastes like. Also pizza, but that's another story. This lobster roll is MASSIVE chunks of warm, delicious claw and tail meat. MASSIVE. Just the right amount of drawn butter. The spicy/smoky mayo is PHENOMENAL, and adds a distinct but subtle regional twist to a New England classic. That's how non-regional regional food should be done! The bun was toasted perfectly and served as the ideal vessel to deliver the lobster to my watering mouth. Unlike a Philly cheesesteak, the roll should not have a starring role here. It should be firmly in the background, supporting and enhancing the starring lobster, which in this case, it does!

The service is kind, courteous, and prompt. Just a cool dude slinging seafood.

3/5 Atmosphere....its in the Chevron parking lot on the corner of Stewart and 61st. Take your treat to the beach!

WILL BE BACK TIME AND...