El Muelle — Restaurant in Houston

Our visit was pleasant. We went on a week night, and we were seated right away. The waitress was very nice and attentive. My mojito was fantastic, but not strong like I would have preferred and have received at other restaurants. The shrimp empanadas were great, and I would recommend them. However, the medium shrimp botana was not what I expected. The photo I saw on the Google map review looked very garlicy and almost like a crawfish style..mine was just sauce (very vinegary..like it was cooked in Valentina or other type of hot sauce). I was disappointed with that. My husband got the breaded shrimp plate, which he said was okay. Also, please be aware that the prices on the menu located on their website are very different than the prices on the actual menus in the restaurant. Some prices are actually much higher than what's listed on the website, especially for the shrimp botana. Also, the creamy salsa that comes with the chips is fantastic..however, we like very spicy salsa, and when we asked if they have a spicier one, they do not. But it was still good. Overall, it was a nice visit, however, I don’t know if we will visit again anytime soon. Oh! If you drink beer and like watching sports, I'd recommend the bar area, it's...

First time trying El Muelle and we loved it! We started with the mixed ceviche (fish, shrimp, octopus) and it was super fresh and flavorful. We shared the 4-tostada plate which was plenty for two. For drinks, we had horchata and Coke. The horchata was good (no cinnamon flavor though, if that matters to you).

I got the Shrimp Vallarta, stuffed shrimp on grilled onions with rice, fries, and salad. The shrimp were filled with melty cheese (not cream cheese) and jalapeños, and everything was delicious. My husband had the seafood mix, fish filet topped with shrimp, octopus, and calamari. Honestly, I think I liked his plate more! Both came with fries, salad and fried rice.

We also got chips and a creamy white salsa to start, tasty and not too spicy. For everything, the bill came out to around $70 before tax. Great experience and we’ll definitely be back to try...

The place is very clean and the service is good. The food was not as expected, to start we ordered a michelada from the house with Indio beer and it had more mix of michelada than beer, we ordered an entrance that was 3 shrimp tacos and that was the only thing that was good.

We ordered an octopus and an sushi, the octopus was what we were most disappointed with, it had no taste, it was cooked at its point but it had no salt, pepper or some other species.

The sushi was fine, but for what we paid there is another places. I hope and with time and experience they will...