Opinions needed to food in Galveston

[anniversarycruisin']

Come this May will be mine and my DH's very first visit to Galveston. We will only be there one day before our cruise, so I would like some opinions from those of you who have been there before. In your opinion, what would be the one (or two) places that you would say...."oh, you just gotta eat there!"? I guess while on the subject of Galveston, is there any thing there there we just don't want to miss during our very short visit? Thanks for any help here guys!:)

[Texas_firefighter]

Come this May will be mine and my DH's very first visit to Galveston. We will only be there one day before our cruise' date=' so I would like some opinions from those of you who have been there before. In your opinion, what would be the one (or two) places that you would say...."oh, you just gotta eat there!"? I guess while on the subject of Galveston, is there any thing there there we just don't want to miss during our very short visit? Thanks for any help here guys!:)[/quote']

 

Most people would probably point you toward Gaido's Seafood Restaurant since this is your first visit.

http://www.gaidos.com/menus/index.htm

 

If seafood is not your thing, then I would suggest Saltgrass steakhouse.

http://www.saltgrass.com/default.asp

 

Both are on the seawall. You will get lot's of suggestions depending on peoples faves.

 

You'll be there on a Saturday so the trolley will be running from the Strand Historic District for a short tour through town to the seawall and back. Just taking part of the day and walking around the Strand Historic District with all the shops and restaurants is fun and a great way to pass the day. There is a harbor tour boat avilable for 10.00 ea. I think. You can get tickets outside of the Harbor House at their booth.

 

Lots of info can be found at http://www.galveston.com/default.asp

 

Have fun and enjoy your cruise!

[ssb]

Better restaurants in Galveston in my opinion are

 

*Sunday Brunch at Galvez Hotel

*Rudi and Pacos...*white table cloths... no shorts.....

central american seafood, and steaks.... 20st Post Office Downtown

reservations recommended

*Gaidos ...... *legendary and wonderful ..Seawall

Gaidos-Pelican Club-separate kitchen- if you are members

of your local club, it is recipical

*Olympia Grill *views are great- wonderful greek food, seafood, and steaks.on Port

Willie G's ..... ...on Port

Shearns on top of Moody Gardens views great....white table cloths

Saltwater Grill .....Seafood assortments, soups, bisques,gumbos

20th Post Office St Downtown

Sky Bar ..... Sushi and Steaks........ 21st Post Office Downtown

Steak Restaurant in San Luis Hotel ....Seawall

Luigi's ......Italian .....Strand downtown

DiBellas....... Italian …..31st and O..... locals haunt and in old house

Le Croys Cajun... Strand

*Original Mexican .....14th….Great and Oldest

Sunflower Bakery .... 14th

*Mosquito Cafe and new backery across Street....14th The Best

*The Spot .hamburgers and cervezas, PEOPLE WATCHING

Family area and bar next door ---decks view of gulf- biker bar - Seawall

Clarys Seafood

Others:

New York Pizza - Seawall

Benos... Seawall

Shrimp and Stuff.....39 and O

Millers ....Seawall

Fish Tales ....Seawall

Joe's Crab Shack ....Seawall

Landrys Seafood ....Seawall

Saltgrass Steakhouse ....Seawall

Fishermans Wharf ....Port

Rainforest Cafe ....Seawall

Gumbos....Post Office

M&M .....24th

Mod Coffeehouse (Postoffice St, downtown)

Lunchbox Cafe (23rd St, downtown, small eatery that serves locally grown food)

Murphy's Pub (22nd St, downtown, TONS of beer on tap, including Texas favorites; best darn pizza on the island)

Mosquito Cafe (14th St, a must for any galveston trip)

LaKings Confectionary (The Strand, downtown; the aforementioned ice cream parlor and candy factory)

top 10 restaurants list in Galveston in the Houston Press:

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating...n_galvesto.php

look on galveston.com/what to do/dining in galveston

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You need to decide if you want to stay on

1. Gulf of Mexico Beach Area (many hotels)

2. Historic Old Town Strand – Terminal Port Area (Tremont and Harbor House)

3. Bayside Area (2) Moody Gardens Hotels

 

Tremont and Harbor House are 2-3 blocks to terminal.

Everything is close though!

All hotel/motels are just two or so miles from terminal anyway.

 

 

To get bearings of island

Look at FREE internet map

See Galveston.com

Interact and Discover

Maps

Galveston Fun Map

 

Click on the image of the Galveston Fun Map

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With a couple of days only

There is plenty to do in Galveston/Kemah/Nasa area

 

look on galveston.com (what to do)(calendar of events)calendar Date

look at galvestonhistory.org --------- Galveston Historical Foundation

There are special events in Galveston almost every weekend

in Galveston

Clearlake

nasa space center

kemah board walk

 

Galveston:

1894 grand opera house * (a must see tour and/or performance)

ghost tours

old town galveston *- on strand and post office streets(lots of shops and ice cream, old army surplus store, fine restaurants)

wineries

many live theater venues

1894 grand opera house * (a must see tour and/or performance)

museums

antiques and art Galleries

horse drawn carriage rides

galveston historical foundation properties

moody gardens (lots to do) *(Imax Theater with lots of educational films)

schlitterbahn water park

airplane museum

restored tall ship schooner Elisa (wonderful)

1900 storm and pirate jean laffite documentary films at port

walks and shelling on the beach

Cruise Ships

shopping

dolphin watch and port tour

turtle rescue farm behind San Luis Resort

carved damaged trees tour from storm

kite flying on beach

free ferry ride

maritime museum

sea wolf park – wwII submarine and destroyer

many historical and Victorian homes

bishops palace (wonderful)

moody mansion (wonderful)

ashton villa (wonderful)

oil drilling rig museum

large souvenir shop over gulf water

duck tour (amphibious boat)

Galveston.com/ interact and discover/cams

 

[Hypo]

We would vote for Gaido's or Olympia Grill at Pier 21 (Greek restaurant on the pier.