Ceviche Ceviche

This place is a total tourist trap. If you’re just looking for a fruit or veggie salad with “some” shrimp, it might seem like the go-to spot—but that’s about it. The cleanliness here is seriously lacking. The prep surfaces looked like they hadn’t been wiped down in ages—definitely not up to food safety standards. Cross-contamination seemed inevitable. In the 20 minutes I waited to order, I watched the girl behind the counter eat and drink without washing her hands once. Then a guy took out the trash while wearing gloves, came back in, swapped gloves without washing his hands, and immediately started prepping food. Everything about the space felt unsanitary. The surfaces were visibly dirty, and it was uncomfortably hot inside. The same guy who didn’t wash his hands was sweating heavily and wiping his forehead while handling food—definitely not okay. Some serious management and food safety training are needed before people start getting sick. And if your idea of “fresh,” as some other reviews suggest, includes pre-cut veggies from a bag, then you’ll probably be fine. Unfortunately, my tomatoes were wilted and had that unpleasant “refrigerator” taste. Maybe this place used to be worth the hype, but like many spots that get too popular, the quality and flavor have clearly gone downhill.

4/5 stars Tried this ceviche spot in South Padre—fresh, punchy, and worth the stop. The fish was solid quality, citrus was on point, and the spice had just enough kick without killing the flavor. Portions were decent, not huge, but fair for the price. Chips were very oily, but nothing that ruined the experience. If you’re into ceviche, this place delivers. Would definitely go back.

Ceviche Ceviche was a great spot for a fresh meal on South Padre Island! The Ceviche was vibrant and packed with flavor, and I loved customizing it with fresh toppings like cucumber and jalapeño. The staff was friendly and the beachy vibe was perfect, though the service was a bit slow during the lunch rush. Overall, a solid choice for ceviche lovers—definitely worth a visit!

5 stars because their ceviche is that good! Seriously the BEST ceviche that I’ve ever had! Never thought about adding mango to ceviche but it works! Highly recommend! Come with crackers but get the chips! So good! I do want to note that parking and seating is pretty limited. Expect to wait in line because this place was pretty packed. Also there are no public restrooms here.

Best fresh ceviche on the island !! Please be patient and kind always the ladies behind the counter they are amazing . A hefty amount for the price for sure . Would def come back to this spot again it stays packed and it’s not much room to wait just to keep in mind .

Amazing service, delicious seafood and generous portion for the price. Got the shrimp classic and my husband got the fish and shrimp islander I recommend adding the ahi tuna!! Delicious

This is some of the best ceviche I’ve had outside of Mexico. It was so good 😊 I came cause I saw the high reviews, and I was not disappointed. I had the tigers milk (aguachile style) with the fish and the sangrado salsa. It was delicious! I got the extra portion of fish cause I thought I was gonna need more to be full, but honestly it was very filling so I probably wouldn’t get the extra fish next time. I hope I can come back again when I travel to the area! The chips they sell are local from Brownsville and they were top notch.

This ceviche is always worth the wait! It takes time to get through because it is prepared and customized fresh in front of you. Flavorful, not fishy, and very fresh! I wish i could eat here everyday!!!

Fresh, delicious perfect lunch. We ordered the classic and the fiesta - both were very different, but equally with fresh ingredients and tasty. The shrimp was perfectly cooked and the whole dish is seasoned with just salt, pepper and lime. We complimented our meal with the chips - and left satisfied.

I love, love, love this place! Wish we could get one in North Texas!!! I CANNOT come down here and not eat here AT LEAST twice; more if I have a whole week! Really fresh. Fair prices and great service.

WORTH THE HYPE!!!!We tried all the other places in town with good reviews and this one SHINED! amazing quality ingredients, great service, and one of the best meals i've had in a few weeks! The classic is recommended for non spicy lovers and the Peruvian is recommended for spicy lovers! I honestly loved both - we asked for avocado on top of the Peruvian and let me tell you that was the freshest avocado i've had ever. It's like a chipotle, you walk in, pick what you want, and then they prepare it for you in front of you! SO WORTH IT!

Amazing fresh ceviche. Love both the classic and the islander with tuna. Can be a line and it can take some time since they make and chop everything up to order but 100% worth it. Great for take out and they also have an area to eat in

Best ceviche I've ever had. Fresh. SO SO SO FRESH. Great attention to detail and cleanliness.

Literally the best ceviche I've had.....Just wonderful and fresh...get the classic ceviche with both shrimp And fish.

Love this place! It's fresh in all the right ways ;) the fish, and all the toppings make a perfect combination of deliciousness. You can probably share one order, but I don't recommend it. Get two so you taste another mix! They are friendly and will help if you're undecided on what to get;) I was looking forward to coming back to South Padre just for this dish! If you get the chips, put them in the oven, or air fryer for the perfect crisp because my chips were a bit stale. Other than that the main thing is perfect:)

I really enjoyed the ceviche. It was flavorful and well balanced. The staff was very helpful and helping me decide what to select. This is definitely a hidden gym.

Been to this location many many times and every time I go, we always love everything one of the top (if not best) sea food place on the island. the employees are always super nice, and the place is always clean. the food is top notch in my book, I don't really care for fired, grilled or even blacken sea food... so coming here is very enjoyable. also helps that the owners are super nice as well heck sometimes they will be behind the counter to take your order.

I saw this local restaurant on the yelp 100 best places to eat in Texas. I went on a mini vacation to South Padre Island, and checked the list to see what was close by. I wanted something fresh so some ceviche sounded perfect. Ceviche ceviche is a small, local restaurant that's very simple and very delicious. We ordered what the employee recommended, and man did those Ceviches slap. They weren't spicy as I was hoping, but then the employee offered us some spicy sauces that they had, and man were they good. Really enjoyed going to ceviche ceviche on a hot summer day.

I would like to start off by saying this was amazing. Best one I ever had, I even bought another one for the road the next day. Me and my boyfriend enjoyed it so well . A great portion and vryy tu fresh! Highly recommend

I'm a huge ceviche fan!! This place was really good!!! We will for sure go back next you when we are back in SPI!

I LOVE CEVICHE!! Especially in the summertime. We were in town over the weekend & wanted to check this place out on Friday. It's a small place but shares the tables & chairs next door but they were getting ready to close. The 2 guys that were working were very helpful, I added more lime juice to my ceviche bc I wanted more of a juicy flavor. They have us 4 packs of crackers & we got chips as well (have to pay for them but its okay). We will be back hopefully next year when we come to SPI & get more ceviche

This place rocks! The ceviche is the freshest I've ever had. I watched it being chopped and prepared and selected each ingredient. The staff was friendly and accommodating, allowing me to try several sauces. The price was VERY REASONABLE and the portions are HUGE. This place is a gem! Takeout would be my preference.

Fresh seafood, fair prices, my family and I tried the Leche de Tigre, spicy heaven in a tortilla chip, and the Mahi classic with crackers. Perfection! My son go the also added the Poke, which he could customize with veggies and choice if sauce. Really great place for some cook Ceviche!!

Tried based on good reviews and was not disappointed, it was so delicious and fresh! Will definitely come back!

Wow, i'm pissed I only went here once during our trip to South Padre. I am craving this everyday! This is the best ceviche i've ever had. They chop up everything right in-front of your eyes. Everything is fresh and good! They do not cheap out on the ingredients. There's a lot of different kinds of sauces you can add to your bowl too. I recommend adding the chips too.

Amazing! Classic Ceviche with mango and jalapeño, good services, good people and good location, Una locura

3 years later, this place is still awesome! I had the same meal as before at it was still great portions and nice and spicy! the staff are super friendly and conversational and there was a line of hungry folks. Still great!

I have had plenty of ceviche in my life but, I understand why this one was on the Texas Bucket List. The service was great from making it fresh and fast to being polite and understanding. I would highly recommend this spot!

Great new find for me. Fresh made ceviche. We enjoyed the classic with shrimp. Decided to add extra shrimp and made no mistake. The cevichers ladies are great as well Highly recommended

It's basically like ceviche version of subway. The taste was great and the ability to customize ingredients was perfect for our group. We tried both the classic ceviche and another one with fruit. Both were great. The girls did a great job of explaining the ordering process to us as first timers.

This was our first time. My husband had not tried cerviche before. He actually liked it. If was fresh and savory.

Great service by all staff members, food is always fresh and made to order. Good music is available if you have to wait your turn.

I've been craving this since eating it. Tastes like the ceviche you get in Mexico on the beach! Portions are huge

Very cool concept! We came to SPI for the day and had this place picked out to grab lunch. We each ordered our own ceviche and took it to the beach with us. Very friendly, quick service, The ingredients were fresh. We enjoyed being able to create or own ceviche! Very fair price.

Do not miss this place!! Honestly, I would drive the four hours just for this ceviche. We ordered the classic and added jalapeños and capers. D-freaking-lish!!! Everything is super fresh. The customer service is excellent and the place is nice and clean. This is for sure our go-to spot when we're in SPI.

Yes. No need to read any further, just stop here. Being in SPI, you're going to see "gulf shrimp" and ceviche everywhere. A lot of it is gross. This might be the best on the island. They even have a sign talking about their local shrimp. It's a fast casual style place like Chipotle, except with shrimp or fish as your protein. I went with the build your own with the mixed shrimp + fish. I topped it with jalapeño, red onion, cilantro, and mango. They added extra lime for me because I like it sour. I asked for their mango habañero sauce on the side and it was PERFECT. Unlike chipotle, an entire half of an avocado only costs $0.75 to top your ceviche. These come with your expected crackers for free, or you can get fresh fried tortilla chips for a little more. This massive pile of beautiful ceviche with chips was only $13! It fed 3 of us for lunch and was possibly the best thing we've eaten on the island. This will be our go-to place every time we return. I just really wish they'd add octopus to their list of ingredients.

My FAVORITE place to visit when in the area. Everything on the menu is delicious and the serving sizes are HUGE. Everything is always nice and fresh!

FRESH! You can taste the freshness in every bite the quality is amazing. And the portions of each ingredient is perfect and it is made to order! I wish I didn't live on the other side of the country because I would be going here often! The staff is super friendly and helpful as well which is a major plus!

If you like ceviche this is a good place to come but they have limited parking and even more limited seating. They have very fresh seafood, only downside is that they make more of a dry ceviche than then usual being drenched in lime juice which is my favorite part. Ceviche is still good. Just ask for extra lime juice to dump it on your ceviche. If you want lemon juice instead....get out... you don't deserve to eat ceviche lol.

Yes this is the place to go! 1000000/10 We ate one as a group then we ordered another one. The fish is the best ceviche. The shrimp tastes like shrimp cocktail. The fish ceviche is incredible. You must try the sauces: creamy jalapeño and the pine apple ginger (sweeter and creamy) there is also a red sauce and that one tastes like a sweet Bloody Mary. 100000000% recommend this place AND the price is worth it if you are a ceviche fan!!!

Pretty damn good ceviche Had to wait about 40 mins due to a very large order that took up a lot of time.. not really the workers fault, they just clearly need more hands on deck. Would def come back again tho

I don't know where to begin! The food was super fresh and tasty! I ordered the Islander which was a fruit based ceviche and I added strawberries and jalapenos. It was perfection and something different! The service was kind of slow to be honest but art takes a while to create. The ambiance is super casual and they have seating in the room next door. I highly suggest checking it out, portion size was huge and the price was decent for what you get!

We walked past this place yesterday and after reading the reviews knew we had to try it out. I am not a huge fan of raw onion and so I never have the opportunity to eat ceviche but this place finally let me eat it! On mine I got the mixed fish and shrimp with cilantro, tomato, cucumber, capers Serrano and added avocado and creamy jalapeño. My husband got a mixed fish and shrimp classic which comes with tomato, cilantro, red onion and avocado. We both ate them with chips and everything was fresh and tasted delicious. I highly recommend this place!

*******BUSINESS HAS MOVED******** New location: 910 W State Hwy Ste 117R, across the bridge in Port Isabel. Same phone number. We were told the SPI location was "under renovations," but we saw no business sign and could not tell. Very limited menu, and tiny location with carry out only. One person only was working, filling the orders, taking payments, washing her hands, then helping the next person. Great little spot for ceviche or poke. I had the poke bowl with fresh pineapple, ahi tuna, and other fresh ingredients. I thought it was strange that it was NOT served with rice (they don't have rice) but the dish worked. If you are in the mood for poke or ceviche it is worth the 10 drive to Port Isabel.

This is one of our favorite stops on SPI. The service is great- the staff even allowed us to share in their birthday celebration! Thanks for including us. The food was great- fresh, lite and refreshing for summer time meal!

I've been here a few times... actually every time we've visited SPI once we had discovered this little gem a few years ago. So now I'm here again ordering a few dishes for my family on another family vacation. My wife made sure we didn't forget to stop by. Anyway, this place has 5 stars on Yelp for a reason. And that reason is a delicious, crazy carnival of flavors erupting in your mouth!

This was a great spot to visit. Came and got parking, but it was a bit far away and I felt I was in front of a different store taking up their space. I'm sure when they are busy it is super hard to get a parking spot nearby - so take that into consideration. I called ahead and dropped off our order. It was ready when I came thru. Just waited for the line and then grabbed the food. I went with the shrimp islander. It was VERY good. But lots of flavors going on. I'm too simple and could have just gone with classic ceviche and I'm sure it would have been perfect. You MUST get the chips to go with it. Trust me on this one. The lines go pretty good. Be prepared to stand outside in line if the place is crowded. They handle the COVID times pretty well and I appreciated that. I think if I did it again, I'd go with this as an appetizer. There was just a LOT of it for me for a meal.

I wish I could give them 100 stars. The food was so fresh and excellent and prepared to order. I wish I had one in my town at home. The staff was super friendly when it came to helping you decide to have yours prepared and the cantina next door had amazing margaritas

Don't let the appearance of this place fool you, it's a gem in disguise! It's a bare bones kind of place with ahhhmazing ceviche and delightful service . There are 5 recipes to choose from but you can add anything you want. I just stayed with the original and added Serrano pepper and she removed 1/2 of the seeds per my request. It was the perfect amount of heat. She chopped it up faster than a ninja and sent us on our way complete with directions to a beautiful area with tables to eat overlooking the water. So good we came back the next day! Ordered the same thing but added mango. So freaking delicious!

This place has gone from one lunch to an almost daily occurance when we are in Padre. Fresh, delicious, and a great amount of food for the price. Can't wait to come back next summer.

This place is great! Take out only. It's a small store and are only 3 people allowed inside at a time so you should either call in your order or try to go at an off time. We waited outside for 5-10 minutes and it was SO HOT. They close early though (7pm) and we ended up being the last customers of the night. Good vibes and friendly employees! We hoped 2 orders of ceviche would be enough for two people...MAN we got so much food! The price was great and the food was amazing. We had plenty leftover for lunch the next day. We got the islander with shrimp and the classic with mahi mahi. We also got some chips, all of which we loved and would definitely order again (but maybe add some peppers if you like heat). The surprise hit was the islander. So refreshing and delicious, and we never would have thought to put those flavors together.

Each order made to order. I had ahi poke bowl and it was delicious! Although it was very busy, but the service was fast & friendly!

Peruvian! Tomato, cilantro, red onion and habanero (hott!). Huge serving. Chips were incredible. While not "classic" ceviche - obviously had pre cooked the shrimp and fish - it as tasty. As I ate through the giant portion, the habanero kicked in... almost too hot, almost. A legit 4.5 / 10 spice experience. So they don't have a lot of choices, as we investigated to make sure that our non-seafood compadre on this trip could find something that suits here. We ended up dining separate that night. Great to-go concept. Will return when next on SPI! PS - watch out for the staff closing early. At approx 630 PM, the Mrs. called while en route. Happy they were open til 7, we sat in car out front deciding menu order. At 642 PM, right in front of us, staff flipped the "Open" sign off ! She rushed inside and they had lots of the food already containered and ready to close for night.

Ok, can I drive back to SPI again soon? I am Jonesing for some of this Ceviche! Folks the 5 star rating is well deserved. While on the island I enjoyed their Ceviche twice. Each time I had the Tigers Milk, mixed fish, with mango and avocado with a bag of tortilla chips. It was amazing both times. Things to Know: 1. This is TAKE OUT only. Even during non-COVID times 2. You have to pay extra for a bag of the locally-made fresh tortilla chips. I HIGHLY recommend you get these. They are the best tortilla chips I have ever had. 3. During COVID they are enforcing a limit on the # of customers in the store, but do not worry because the line moves fast and it is well worth the wait. 4. If you like your Ceviche with an extra kick of hot, you can add extra Habanero, Serrano and/or Jalapeno peppers. 5. I will pay you if you will deliver some to me in Austin

5 stars based on the food! The ceviche is fresh and made right in in front of you. Super busy because the food is so good. The only seating options are in the place connected that is next door.

Great stop, near the beach. Loved the friendly staff and the good prices. I would definitely try it again.

First having ceviche, everything was fresh and the portions were large. I think I still prefer regular seafood, but everything was nice.