La Playita

Octopus, I've eaten in Spain at high end old world. Husband grilled shrimp & son shrimp with cheese wrap bacon. This was HIGH END eating. Parents running kitchen! The platting was beautiful as well.

Been here twice in the last week and it was amazing! The salsa is fresh and delicious. Tried a shrimp meal and also the seafood boil. They both were full of flavor and worth the price. The wait staff was so great! Welcoming and checked in frequently to make sure we had what we needed.

The food was absolutely amazing. Everything was so fresh and delicious. The staff was very eager to help us understand the menu. All of the dishes were super fresh and seasoned to perfection. The red snapper was excellent. My mom was in heaven with the crab legs. The shrimp salad dish was exquisite. That inside of a sweet bread/bun would give any lobster roll a run for their money! The only drawback was that they use a ton of Fabuloso, so the cleaning solution smell is pretty strong.

Have eaten at La Playita twice in about a week now. Ate some chicken fajitas and was delicious. Today my dad and I came back to try their sea food boil. We had some high expectations because we were just down in North Carolina eating sea food. It definitely beat NC with flavor we asked for a some spice to be added and it was delicious. Added some crab legs, sausage, crawfish, some shrimp, and a kids meal for 100$. The worker came up and talked with us after and talked about their restaurant and he brought up another restaurant that started doing the same sea food boil and he stated” that’s fine they can do there thing we have my mom”. Our waitress gave us free dessert and my dad a free Margarita for Father’s Day. Great family business, and I will definitely be coming back!

Table was dirty as the 2 of us were seated. Looked like crab boil juices. Very spaced open seating arrangement. One guy stood behind the bar register and stared at the women he thought looked "nice". Like that nasty creepy kind of stare. Anyway, on to the food, ordered 2 crab boils. 1 full pound of crab and shrimp, the other Half pound crab and shrimp. Orders come with potatoes and corn. Not many additional items to choose from to put in crab boil. Lacking boiled eggs and sausage. Iced raspberry tea taste of powered Lipton tea. The "juice, butter flavor" just tastes like Zatarains shrimp/ crab boil concentrate. Was definitely hoping for a better outcome. Pretty pricey for everything on the menu. No dress code that I noticed. Server was nice.

Came here for lunch because I heard the crab boil was delicious and they were right! Perfect mix of flavors. We ordered the crab legs, headless shrimp, corn and potatoes. The waitress was very informative and helpful on the ordering process. I can’t wait to come back for more.

Apologies to my followers but many thanks for over 10 million views! I’ve been AWOL from Google reviews due to an Amazon offer where they have given me thousands of dollars worth of products to review at no cost to me. I’ve written over 80 reviews for them just this year which has taken my attention away from Google reviews since I don’t get anything from Google, only the pleasure of expressing my passion for food and service! On to the review! First impression was the casual atmosphere. The menu, while extensive, is laminated sheets put together with binder rings which is honestly pretty cheesy, not deserving of a menu with such a high average plate cost for sure. Most appetizers and entrees are at least in the $25-$30 range with some items, while for multiple people, with prices in to the hundreds (yes plural) of dollars. Pricing on drinks don’t really make sense but kind of balanced out in the end. I’ll explained. My son got a Dr. Pepper which came from a soft drink fountain. He got free refills as you’d expect. I asked for a Diet Coke which apparently they don’t have in their fountain (I was not made aware of this until it showed up at the table and it became evident) so I got a can and a glass. When I asked for a refill, I see I was charged for ANOTHER Diet Coke. Kind of petty when you’re charging $3.86 for soft drinks so I spent $7.72 on two cans of coke. I guess I should have just brought a 12 pack with me! At the SAME time my wife asked for a lemonade, but she didn’t want a fountain drink so the waiter offered a custom lemonade from the bar. We were also charged $3.86 for that which should probably be about 1.5 times a fountain drink charge so they are UNDER charging for those drinks in my opinion. The service was top notch! Achieving unselfish team service is no easy task but we had several people stop by to ask us if we needed anything, refill chips and salsa and drinks. No food auctioning! Finally! This seems to be an issue at so many restaurants now and is a huge pet peeve of mine. Plates were given to the correct person without asking who they belonged to, well done there! I got a big seafood boil with crab legs, shrimp, muscles, and added corn, sausage, potato, and egg which ended up a $45 plate. I did share with my wife and son. The seafood was good, it could be better. It was nicely cooked but I would have liked to see some more seasoning to give it that extra kick. Perhaps a spicy option to kick it up a notch. I wouldn’t expect a Cajun seasoning, since this is a Mexican restaurant but lots of options in spicy peppers and sauces in Mexican cuisine for options. My son ordered a fajita plate that was really good and my wife ordered a shrimp plate which was also good. Altogether, good Mexican seafood. Some areas for improvement but this is a new establishment. I look forward to another visit maybe in a month or two to see how things progress.

The food was genuine and really flavorful I enjoyed everything we ordered the shrimp was fire the steak was delicious and the empanadas were delectable 💪🤙 thank you for the delicious food

Best Mexican seafood in South Dakota, delicious and great staff. Nice vibe and pleasant beachy music as well makes me return again and again ‍

First off I wanna start this review by apologizing about not taking a picture after I put the food on the plate! I was so hungry I just dove right it! The food was amazing and so fun to eat because who doesn't like eating with their hands right? Anyways the service was great and we didn't have to wait an extraordinary amount of time which is always a plus. The drinks were a huge disappointment unfortunately! The presentation was beautiful but I couldn't tell if there was any alcohol in our drinks because for the margarita it tasted like candy and the michelada tasted like lime water with tajin. The location is decent but there isn't anything stunning about the inside of the restaurant but it is still nice. Overall I would rate this a 3.9 out of 5!

It is a family owned business with the sweetest people. The food came out fast and had amazing flavor. Definitely a place I will revisit. Give these amazing people some love

Delicious seafood. The beach and surf vibe give it a relaxing feel. Staffed is friendly and attentive. Try the sampler platter if you have a group. I recommend the ceviche.

Absolutely loved it! We asked our server for recommendations and he was spot on. Their mango margarita is amazing! Their house chips and salsa are fabulous. Love the homemade salsa with habanero zing to it and they have lots of great hot sauces on the table to zip it up if you want it hotter. Can't remember the name of the shrimp dish we ordered, but it was wonderful as well. Highly recommend!

Went for a birthday party with a party of 8. Excellent food! Seasoning and flavor is spot on. Excellent and super friendly service! Highly recommend!

Amazing. The service is exceptional. They treat you like family. We had the seafood dinner for two so it allowed us to try everything. It will be hard to pick out a favorite. The decor and music is upbeat and easy to have conversations. So happy for Sioux Falls to get such a treat.

Great food, good selection of seafood. They will make it to order. A family owned and operated. Service was excellent. I was pleasantly surprised at the variety on the menu!

So good, forgot to take a picture! Their lunch specials were the perfect size. Fresh and authentic. Fun beach theme. Very kind and welcoming service from the family who owns/operates it. I had the fish tacos and a fajita shrimp taco which were both excellent. Their French fries were among the top 5 I've had in my life. Wasn't expecting fries to begin with either! Don't miss out; go now!

Dined in the restaurant the first Saturday following their opening. The restaurant was warm and welcoming, it appears to have had a partial makeover in the former "The Keg" eastside location. Service was attentive and reasonably paced, we were served and finished our meal in under an hour. Rather than being a Mexican restaurant, this is a seafood restaurant with a Mexican influence. Red Snapper and Tilapia are served whole, cooked and scored. The result is a flaky, tasteful fish unlike anything else served in Sioux Falls. The fish is served with white rice and french fries, an unlikely combination for a Mexican restaurant, but it works in La Playita.

Amazing food, welcoming staff! clean area and good parking areas. the shrimp tasted fresh def not disappointed

Terrible service. We went in and had to wait around 5min to get seated when there was only 2 other tables that had guests. Then after we got seated 5-6 more tables of people were sat down and had their drinks and chips while we were still waiting to talk to our server for the first time. We didn't have drinks or chips or talked to anyone. We finally just got up and left after about 15 min of waiting for a server to show up. They won't last very long with terrible service like they gave us.

When the two of us arrived, there were only 2 tables of people eating, and 10 or so staff members milling around. We waited several minutes while the hostess chatted with the customer at the counter while the other staff glanced at us but didn't offer to seat us. Hostess finally seated us. 5 or so minutes after sitting, a guy came by our table and served us mushy too spicy salsa. I only ate one chip; I didn't like that they were cold and the salsa wasn't good. Of course, I didn't have a drink because no server came near us although many looked at our booth. 5 more tables came in over the next 15 minutes, and they were all brought salsa upon being seated, and their drink orders were fulfilled minutes later. After 15 minutes of being stared at and ignored by staff, we left. We see no reason to go back. I know it's a new restaurant, but there's absolutely no good excuse for our poor treatment there. We went to LA Plaza Fiesta instead, where the food and service are both ALWAYS great. Hopefully La Playita treats people better soon, or this will just be another failed restaurant.