Gaido’s Seafood Restaurant

Always known for its quality, it’s been 25 years ago on our honeymoon that we dined at Gaidos. The seafood gumbo is by far the best I’ve had. The staff is courteous and willing to go the extra mile. Keep it up Gaidos!

This place was recommended by a friend and it was wonderful. The waitstaff was mostly attentive and the food was fantastic.
I had the fried shrimp dinner and they were big and tender. My friends said the same about their food too. Definitely recommend this restaurant. It was fairly pricey, but worth the splurge.

The waiter was very polite and great at making recommendations. I like the atmosphere of the place and its history. The shrimp cocktail was good, and so were the crab cake stuffed shrimp. They have a nice wine menu. The desserts definitely taste homemade, and there is a good selection.

Nice restaurant. Very good service. The food ranged from okay to very good/​delicious depending on what you ordered. My boyfriend ordered the chargrilled blackened salmon with Cajun seasoning and it was excellent. I actually wish I would have ordered that instead of my dish. I had the snapper which was parmesan coated and floured — it was meh. I had the key lime pie as dessert and it was kind of a big sloppy piece of pie. It looked a little unappetitizing at first. It tasted okay. Overall I would rate the restaurant as okay.

Pricey and they were out of a lot of things. The waiter explained the menu, then went over a whole list of what wasn’t available. We went for the Mahi Mahi and they were out. Bummer! The Jazz Martini was really good. The house salad was a good size, but the lettuce tasted funky.

How other mediocre seafood restaurants in Galveston have better reviews than Gaidos, I don’t know. Gaidos is truly some of the best seafood I have had and is one of the few restaurants in Galveston that serves fresh gulf seafood rather than frozen. If you grew up on an island like myself, then you know there’s a difference. I would recommend trying their Snapper Michael as it is fantastic. Additionally, Gaidos has probably one of the best Caesar salads on the island.
It is also worth noting that Gaidos sometimes will not have certain items in the menu. The reason for this is because they cannot get it fresh, and if they cannot get it fresh, then they don’t serve it. This may be disappointing for some, but it is indicative of the quality of the seafood at Gaidos. The Unilocal standard for 5 Star reviews is as good as it gets, and when it comes to seafood, Gaidos is as good as it gets. This is some of the best seafood on the island.

Food was good. However their menu says pasta include vegetables or potato which was NOT true… They say menu is wrong and was willing to charge us if we wanted it. We cancelled the dish and just paid for what we ate and walked out. No apologies from the restaurant. Server was not helpful in this much.

Absolutely coming back! Service was great along with the food. So glad we found a wonderful seafood place. Crab cakes are amazing here.

An awesome place for a delicious meal and excellent service. Thanks, Trevon (our waiter) for being so attentive but not hovering and balancing a busy evening with style. I had the best Grouper I’ve ever had, and the lump crab topping with Asiago cheese sauce was out of this world!

While staying in galveston for a special occasion, I looked up a place where we could enjoy some seafood by the beach with views of the ocean. We picked gaidos. The atmosphere and history here were rich. You could tell that a big part of eating here was the fact that the restraunt has been here a while. Now, being a seafood lover I have had some excellent seafood from across the blue marble. My tastes lean toward lousiana style seasonings on my seafood. However I must say I was slightly disappointed with the fried seafood platter I ordered. The shrimp was fishy tasting, my food was served boiling hot, and the overall quality was lacking and it showed. But I liked the experience, not sure that I’d recommend it again.

To start the night out we went to the bar. The bartender sniffed the shaker before making my drink. I must say that my drink was delicious. With a reservation we still had to wait about 15 minutes for a table. Once we were seated, we shared a calamari appetizer which was quite good. Nice portion size. For dinner, I had a grilled plate of shrimp, scallops, and catfish. My husband ordered at fried platter of shrimp, catfish, a shrimp and crab puffs. His food was a lot better than mine. The food was extremely fishy tasting. Not it a good way! Maybe thats a Houston Seafood thing. Idk. This was the first time I’d had fresh seafood here. The best part of my meal was the rice pilaf and mozzarella tomatoes.
At these prices I’m sure we can find a place that has better food.

Had to stop in and try Gaido’s this afternoon and we were well pleased. Here is a quick rundown on pluses and minuses.
Pluses. Food was very good. Bread was hot, fish was hot and tasty, and the salad was well made. Service was friendly.
Minuses. The maitre’dei was on phone and did not acknowledge us for long time. After being seated, we waited 7 – 8 minutes to have our server stop by.
It is pricey, $ 115 for mid afternoon lunch.
Overall very good.

If I could leave a negative value stars I would
If you expect them to have anything fresh please go fishing in the Gulf because I think they are Syscos biggest customer. Shrimp cocktail on shredded lettuce, sliced tomato and the shrimp then topped off with shaved ice to melt all over the shrimp and bad salad 1980s garnish. Wedge salad with imitation bacon, Mahi that looked like 2 frozen breaded fish filets crammed together, special tuna thing that was served with a side of tomatoes with some sort of processed cheese liquid on it. NO manager visited the table or was in site nor did the server, arthur, offer to bring one there. To Arthurs defense he was not only waiting on his section, he was also helping to wait on the bar customers with a whole 6 people eating there. Amyway, DO NOT WASTE your time. Bad, bad, bad. Never going back!

We came here for lunch on our first day in Galveston. We started with the crab cake appetizer. Very rich, but slightly cool. I had the fried combination platter and my husband had the grouper. The platter was excellent. Nicely fried shrimp and the stuffing balls were amazing. My husband ordered the crab topping for the grouper which was pleasant and definitely enhanced the flavor. The kids both enjoyed their kids meals. The only complaint was the potato wedges. They would have preferred regular fries.
For dessert, the chocolate brownie cake was warm and gooey. One was enough for four to share.
Overall, a great experience. I’d recommend it for anyone looking for good seafood.

You know when you go some place and have a top ten meal? You go back and again love it so much, so you bring your friends. Then no one trusts you to pick the restaurant every again.
Waiter was inattentive, food was flavorless, and my tears of joy turned to tears of frustration.
The crab avocado salad was a small amount of crab on top a huge pule of shredded lettuce. The tiny shreds that no one eats unless you’re at Subway. The asparagus had no seasoning. The snapper was okay but not great.
The waiter was too worried about impreasing the young female waitress so he kept checking her out while taking our order.
I know Mike would be disappointed in the experience all around.

The food was delicious, the atmosphere was lovely, and we had a nice view of the ocean from our window seat.
Had the calamari to start and of the 3 dipping sauces, I liked the chunky one the best. Between that and the bread, I was almost completely full by the time the main course arrived! The bread was extremely soft, and the olive oil dipping sauce had a nice bite to it, but may not be great for a date as it was very garlicky.
I had the shrimp and grits, which the waiter tried to warn me had a very strong blue cheese flavor, but I didn’t listen. The shrimp and the asparagus was heavenly!
Definitely want to come back to try more things.

We came here for Valentine’s Day and had reservations 5 days in advance… It all sucked!!! You guys RUINED my special day for my wife!!!
The manager then offered us free dessert after we were forgotten about… It turns out only one of us got a free dessert… We won’t be back!!! I don’t recommend anyone going for a special occasion! We never complain but this was total BULLSHIT!!!

This was our second visit while on Galveston Island. Exceptional food and service. We’ll be back for more!

We just finished an amazing meal with fantastic service. Melody aka Heidi due to her locks was attentive, cheerful and had great recommendations.
We enjoyed the oyster platter, CYE’S Demise oysters, seafood bisque. And some of the usual fried fare.
The «demise» was new to us and was so good. so, I have been coming here for…40 year! I never have room for dessert. Today, Melody tempted us and we succumbed to ordering: mousse, cream Brule and cassava cake. AMAZING! I want to come back sooner than later it was all so good.

One of Galveston’s oldest treasures. If you go and you don’t order the pecan pie… YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG.
I would also recommend a nice glass of Port.

Gaido’s been serving great seafood since 1911. It’s a huge restaurant — HUGE. The food was great. We tried their «crab cheesecake» and the catfish (breaded in pecans and served with a corn and poblano pepper relish). And, of course, we tried their famous pecan pie, which was delicious (and I’m not even a pecan pie person usually). Gaido’s is a Galveston institution. Only thing that stopped me from giving it five stars? The service wasn’t great — mostly due to how busy they were and how fast we scarfed down our food!

Gaidos is stuck somewhere in the 1940s. I remember coming here as a kid and not thinking that it was special then — still don’t today.
Oysters were sadly out of season so we deferred to the waitress’ suggestion for a crab appetizer. The crab cake was tasty but could have been cooked a little longer or a little hotter to get that crust on the outside.
Also as an appetizer we got two «Shrimp Peques» which are bacon wrapped with a sweet chipotle glaze. They are strange to the point of being a mistake.
My grilled seafood plate was okay although light on the fish and heavy on the rice. GF’s snapper almondine was very good.
Highlight of the meal was dessert. We struck gold with the bread pudding. It was dense, rich and sweet served hot with vanilla ice cream and a bourbon sauce drizzle.

Comida e atendimento excelentes.
Ambiente super agradavel.
Mesas com vista para a praia.
Preço justo, menu com varias opções de pratos.
Recomendo!!!

Seit 1911 gibt es das Gaido’s in Galveston am Seawall Boulevard und der altitalienische Charme hat sich bewahrt. Am Tag unseres Besuches ging einer der Urkellner nach 44 Jahren Dienst in den Ruhestand, das zeigt, wo es hier langgeht: Kein Fastfood, sondern guter Service bei frischen und fairen Speisen. So beriet uns auch unsere nette Servicedame aufs genaueste und nahm sich Zeit. Der Laden selber bietet Blick auf den Golf und ist riesig gross jedenfalls gemessen an den Dimensionen europäischer Italiener. Ich nahm erst einmal einen Crab Cakes zur Vorspeise, der aromatisiert war und mich durchaus überzeugte, das Krebsfleisch war sehr frisch und die Aromen nicht zu üppig, was die Amerikaner ja sonst manchmal sehr lieben. Zum Glück beriet mir unsere Servicedame einen traumhaften Chardonnay an, der wirklich perfekt mit den Crabs harmonierte. Als main dish blieb ich dann bei den Crabs, die ausgelöst und mit zerlassener Butter in einem weissen Pfännchen daherkamen. Sehr fein, sehr lecker. Meine hungrige Begleitung liebte den Mahi blackened zu verspeisen, was ihr sichtlich mehr Freude machte, als dem Mahi. Das Dessert stürzte etwas ab, denn der geschichtete Engelskuchen schmeckte vor allem eins: Süß. Der Preis für das ganze Vergnügen war durchaus stolz, aber die Freude wert.

This could have been such a nice experience. .unfortunately it wasn’t. We ate here for my wife’s birthday expecting a grand evening. The place is very nice and we watched plenty of wait staff take very good care of their patrons. Unfortunately our waiter was about Dennys quality. Our food was delivered incorrectly, by other waiters who simply put it down in front of us and left without comment. we had to flag down other staff to bring us silverware.
I ordered the shrimp martini and for the price I was expecting something special. I could have made the same dish in less than a minute: put a handful of shredded lettuce in the bottom of a martini glass, and top it with small frozen shrimp in about ¹⁄₃ cup of cocktail sauce. Then charge $ 14.
My wife ordered the Mahi Mahi and added a topping of lump crab meat that was supposed to be in a bur blanc sauce; a $ 35 meal. What she got was a piece of fried fish served with tarter sauce and and a side cup of lump crab meat. No bur blanc in sight or taste.
I saw many other plates that looked delicious and watched other waiters who seemed to be really attentive and professional. Sadly, our experience was horrible.