I've been here twice now (the last time now at least 3 years ago) and had a good time each time. However, this five stars is specifically for the stuffed pineapple with seafood - sooooo good, all 4 of us at the table loved it and I really would come back just to have this delicious, creamy seafood dish. We had the coctel, which was whatever - solid but not noteworthy. I enjoyed the complimentary surimi tostada and the service was good (they were willing to keep supplying us tostadas, crackers, etc.). A lovely meal on their patio / outdoor seating in the front. read more

Alegrias Seafood - Stuffed pineapple - Seafood Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This is the best restaurant, authentic service and food. Leis is the real deal there, she's so personable and friendly with an amazing work ethic ! Will definitely be coming back!!! read more

Excellent food and service. Horchata was very good. We had the chapuzon, very foos flavor Just remember BYOB read more

Alegrias Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

it is obviously still a neighborhood institution, but the prices are REALLY reflecting the times (I believe this plate of crab was $250mp?) and the rice and garlic bread isn't free anymore. still worth purchasing the garlic bread to dip in the sauce read more

Alegrias Seafood - King Crab - Seafood Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This place is byob I been there several times also I celebrate my bday here My favorite dish is langostinos estilo nayatit pretty good Staff is ok read more

Alegrias Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Looking back at the times I've been here, so far this is the best mariscos spot I been to. Food was fresh, flavors great. There's two levels and an outside area. Good service. You want Mexican seafood, this is a great place to get it. read more

First, this place is BYOB. Small restaurant but has two levels with plenty of seating. We had great severs that came to check on us plenty of time and got us buckets of ice for our drinks. We started our meal with some shrimp ceviche and their special oysters which was topped with shrimp, octopus and some fresh veggies. My husband and I shared the deep fried red snapper which was delicious. Nicely fried and flavorful. Definitely will need to come back and try other dishes on the menu. read more

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Alegrias serves the best Mexican seafood Nayarit style in Chicago. This place is all about sharing, and if you go with a group, you should get one of their delicious platters, where you can get everything from Stuffed lobster, crab legs and prawns! I am a big fan of this place and the service is fast and very courteous. Very casual pace and they're never trying to rush you so allot some time to kick back relax and have a good time. Also plus is that they are BYOB! read more

Went to eat with my family, asked for a steak dinner to go for my daughter due to her having to work and we wanted to take her a plate. As she heated up her food she saw mold in 1 of her quesadillas. Called the restaurant and the employee was understandable and put us on a brief hold to talk with the owner, she then told us OWNER didn't believe us and that we weren't there long ago that they checked the pack of tortillas used to make our quesadillas and that NONE had a trace of it. Asked us we can come back and they'll offer discount but truly don't want that because I spend money to go eat in a restaurant it's not free, I'm excited to have dinner and don't want to be checking if my food has mold. read more

Alegrias Seafood - Moldy quesadilla - Seafood Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The menu is full of affordable, shareable, flavorful platters-- it's a fun spot to go with a group for any occasion! My group of 6 shared the raw oysters, octopus ceviche, and seafood platter. Besides the raw oysters which were flavorless, the other 2 dishes were great. The ceviche was fresh and flavorful and the seafood platter was DENSE with both flavor and volume. Super good value and the service was excellent too. Also BYOB! read more

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Went in on a Wednesday night not expecting there to be much of a crowd. We were greeting the only server, Lizabeth, who quickly proceeded to give us ceviche appetizers. It included a habanero sauce that was simply amazing. Ordered the Alegrias Platter which feeds 2-3 people. Please note, it needs to be 2-3 hungry people or enough for 4. We also ordered an order of quesadillas (it wasn't my idea, I promise). Our bill wasn't bad and we were pleasantly surprised with everything! Decor leaves a lot to be desired but the food was on point!! read more

SUCH LARGE PORTIONS! The platter on the menu said feeds 2-3 and there were 4 hungry people in our party so we ordered the Alegrias Platter and another dish but the platter was more than enough food for us all!! The side dish of garlic bread, fried rice, and fries that comes with the platter was good to soak some extra sauces and eat alongside the seafood. The server was super helpful and even let us use two tables until another party needed it to hold all our food!! They also gave us recommendations on what to order and service was relatively fast. Lots of their menu is based on market price so varies so be sure to ask! Everything is super tasty and flavorful though and they even make a lot of the seafood easy to eat by pre-cracking some of the shells on the platter and opening up the shrimp. Great place for flavorful and large portions of seafood!! read more

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10/10 would recommend. This place is amazing - The food is fresh and flavorful, the BYOB atmosphere is super fun, and everyone had a great time! read more

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Alegrias is a great place for lunch or dinner. The seafood is delicious and very fresh. Our waitress, Liz, was friendly and helped us order some really tasty dishes. Highly recommend! read more

It's a dark and stormy December night with the wind blasting the rain sideways and I'm hungry. Upon being seated with no wait- magically ceviche and Chips appear. Fairytale come true. *5 stars We tried the Sangria which is more like a Bloody Mary mimosa especially with the tajin on top. Its weird initially but I actually like it. Can't explain the experience just try it - YOLO. We had the Charola Mixa, it was humongous. That's mussels, crab legs, and the most shrimps/prawns I've seen in a dish. With extra sides of rice or fries this will easily feed 5 to 6. This was almost gluttony. Why the *stars - it's just this side of pricey and the shrimps this Wednesday night was not the freshest but I'm nit picking read more

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I was recommended this place from a friend of a friend, the location reminds me of a small mom and pop restaurant. Since I love seafood, I decided to go all out and order the Alegrias Special and boy it did not disappoint. I will definitely recommend and return in the future. Everything about it was cooked/boiled to perfection, and the flavors were spot on. Customer service was superb. Also, you can BYOB They prepare drinks but they don't sell Alcohol. read more

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This cute little shop had great service and decent food but I do think I need to try out their larger seafood platters or fried fish before I can give a final verdict so expect an update. They provide you complimentary tostadas and a spicy onion salsa that I absolutely adored (extremely spicy though) which was really nice. We ordered a mangonada which was refreshing but a little on the icier side, a shrimp ceviche which I actually did not like because the shrimp seemed overcooked and it was on the saltier side, and an octopus ceviche that was actually very good!! The Pulpo was not too chewy or too hard which can be the case in many octopus dishes, although I did wish there were more meat than onions. Other than that , it was a good choice! read more

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I've been wanting to try this spot for a while, and I took my parents to experience it with me. We were first greeted with complementary ceviche tostada, which was fresh and delicious. We had no idea what to order (the menu is overwhelming with pictures and no prices), but our waiter pointed us right away to the special platter big enough to feed 3-4 people. That was the perfect dish to order for us because we loved the variety of seafood - lobster, crab, scallops, octopus, shrimp, etc - and the quality and amounts of it all too! The sauce was delicious, and we had a good amount of seafood leftover. The fries, fried rice, and garlic bread that came with it was also scrumptious. My dad's virgin pina colada (we didn't bring our own alcohol with us oops!) was very refreshing with the meal. The servers were so nice and explained that everything was made fresh to order too! It definitely tasted like it. Overall the price was well worth the value of quality and amount we got too - around $150 for the huge platter. read more

Alegrias Seafood - Alegrias special - Seafood Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

A friend and I came here on a warm 70+ degree day in April after thrifting nearby on Milwaukee. We were in the mood for seafood so this was perfect. They bring you a mini tostada seafood plate to start off as well as these fire chips and salsa (the salsa is pretty damn hot and I can tolerate spice well). We decided to just go for the aguachiles (with green sauce) to split since my friend wasn't super hungry. It came out pretty quickly. The first thing we noticed was that it was a bit sour - more sour than normal. The overall freshness of the food, shrimp, etc was good, but the sourness wasn't the greatest taste. I'm willing to come back and try other stuff though. The initial little complimentary tostadas they give out is a nice gesture and tastes great, so I don't see why I wouldn't return to sample other things. I also love that spicy salsa! It is also a BYOB restaurant so that's something to keep in mind. read more

Hmm not crazy about Alegrias. Went on Sunday with a good friend. The food was good, but the service was pretty bad. I arrived and, a tad awkwardly, stood near the bar to ask where I could sit. At least three workers saw me and just ignored me until I stopped one on his way to a table to confirm what is the protocol for getting a table. I was told any clean table. We placed our order and went with sharing the stuffed lobster, crab legs and shrimp dish. I wish I remembered the name. We were brought this ceviche appetizer which tasted ok. Our main dish came out fairly quickly and it was so much food! The menu says 2-3 people but it really is enough for 3-4. In the time we were there, I think someone checked in on us once and I had to get up soon after our dish was brought to get utensils for opening the crab legs. I also asked 2x for the server to bring our bill once we finished. I personally won't be back but glad I finally got to try it. read more

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This place has incredible food! It's a cute little place located on N Ashland that serves incredibly huge seafood platter's & individual plates. It's BYOB at Alegrias Seafood with an adult beverage store right down the block. This place gets packed quickly so get there early & plan in a feast! Enjoy! read more

The food is good, plenty to share and friendly staff. If you ever feel like wanting to go somewhere and eat your money's worth this is the place. We had a good time hanging out and seeing all the different seafood trays/plates that people ordered. This is definitely the place to go with a group of friends. Everything was very tasteful and beautifully plated. We all had something different and enjoyed what we ordered. The simple dishes were the tacos and shrimp. But as simple it was very enjoyable. One friend had the Dungeness crab and really like the house sauce. Which they also sell. Another friend had octopus in which she really enjoyed. I had the fried red snapper. It was a big fish. I was expecting it to be a little crisp but it had the delicious house sauce so there wasn't any crispiness left. But the house sauce was so flavorful that you just want to drink it like a bowl of soup. I will definitely come back and try some of the trays of seafood that we saw, lobster, crab and shrimp. Seafood lover's paradise. read more

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Family style atmosphere. The cat fish was delicious and food is so cheap for the quantity they serve you

Langostinos in the house Nayarit sauce were Service was great. No drinks so bring your own. Can't wait to go back and try more. read more

Used to love this place, but the service and the food quality isn't the same. They give you stale tostadas with what seems like old ceviche. There prices increased, but the quality of the food decreased. read more

Delicious, fresh, flavorful, juicy, unbelievable! I was so blown away when I came for dinner one night that I came back the next day for lunch. Ceviche was my favorite, shrimp platter was my boyfriends fave. read more

This is a great place for large parties for those seafood lovers. Came here for a friend's birthday dinner and loved it. You may think the portions are small but all the portions were huge. They gave free apetizers for everyone in the group. Can I just rave about the pineapple fried rice. I usually don't order that because I don't like sweet and savory mixed together in my food, but this was amazing. It was so good we ordered 2 of this dish. The party platters was a mixture of shrimp, lobster, crab, a whole dish, bread and rice. The order of 4-6 could feed 7 people and still had leftovers. The price isn't included but you can ask the waitress when ordering. It can get pricey but worth it for the amount of food they serve. Would definitely come back for more seafood and would recommend this place to everyone. read more

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Highly recommend if you want to check out a hole in the wall & craving seafood! The service was great & helped walk through the menu. It is BYOB & they provide cups if you did bring your own drinks I ordered the dinner for one langostinos & pulpo with Nayarit sauce! There was so much food per order & all was delicious. Each dinner for one includes rice, salad, fries & garlic bread. Very unique flavor & would recommend for everyone to get the langostinos (prawns) in the order. Heads up with the prawns is the head is attached so keep that in mind when ordering! The plate is topped with garlic bread & my mouth is watering thinking about the bread dipped in the Nayarit sauce. read more

Alegrias Seafood - Langostinos - Seafood Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Overall: The chippy interior and exterior shouldn't stop you from trying Alegrias' tasty seafood! The good: Came with a large group of 20+ people, and the family platters served at Alegrias were the perfect meal for us. The amount of food we got was astronomical, but the prices were reasonable (considering we got some of the "fancier" options). The majority of the seafood was terrific, with highlights (for me) being the ceviche, pulpo, langosta, and fried shrimp. Heck, even the bread was fantastic! Plus, it's BYOB, and the service was friendly and attentive with refills. The not-so-good: As a whole, the family platters' tastes began to bleed together as time went on. The food was fantastic, but the seasoning and sauces were all very similar, and I left wanting more variance to the meal. The atmosphere could use a touch up - the chairs were uncomfortable and the entire restaurant was on the colder side. Food/drink: 8.5/10 Atmosphere: 8/10 Service: 8.5/10 read more

Alegrias Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I will admit that I'm not the biggest fan of seafood. Outside of shrimp, I'm not very adventurous. Even though I had a mostly shrimp meal tonight, I've got to say that it was pretty darn good! We had a party of 21 which from the get go sounds like a logistical nightmare. Luckily, they have a giant upstairs party room which was perfect for us. It afforded us a little privacy and allowed us to move around and be a little rowdy. They gave us each a small cerveche on a tostada on the house. I felt that it was a nice touch and was extremely flavorful without the "fishy" taste. We got another cerveche and guacamole. Both were ok, but they were missing something. I was particularly disappointed in the guacamole. I feel something was off with it. Either way, we went with the giant platters which would be difficult to describe. It had tons of shrimp in different styles and sauces, snapper, and lobster! I just went with the shrimp. One grilled in a spicy sauce. That sauce really snuck up on me! Next was the bacon wrapped shrimp which was pretty good too. The biggest surprise was the fried shrimp. They were sizable and crispy. Sometimes the simplest is the best. Other interesting items from the dinner was the spiciest (and pinkest) salsa I have ever had and a pretty interesting margarita mix. The menu stated that there was a pitcher available, but they "ran out". They could only give me a glass. That was weird! I would be rude if I forgot the fantastic staff that made us feel like VIPs. They helped us with every need and explained dishes to us multiple times. Lis and Horacio are the best! Based on the great service and some tasty dishes, I will certainly be back, but just for shrimp :) read more

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Yesterday 7 of us shared two of the large seafood platters- stuffed lobster, prawns mussels and snow crab legs. Very expensive ! The seafood was So completely saturated with sauce you really couldn't taste the inside"meat" at all. Best part of the meal was the French fries (which were amazing) and the garlic bread. Very disappointed in the quality of the seafood! $50 each! read more

The food here is incredible. How incredible? Let's just say the last time I went I was on my way to the washroom but then I saw our meal on its way to the table and I turned around. Shrimp, prawns, octopus, crab, mussels, can't remember what else was on those platters. The first platter for 2 or 3 actually has octopus which was a nice surprise. Both platters are enough food for the 3 men pictured below and we like to eat a lot. The fries are fantastic, also a pleasant surprise. The prices for some of the items aren't listed on the menu, and they're quite expensive. Be prepared to dish out over $100 for your meal. I think the most basic platters for 2-3 cost around $150 or something last time I went. It was quite a shock the first time, but I still returned twice since then. Bring a companion or several. Don't be afraid to get messy because you will. Come hungry and embrace the experience. BYOB if you want, but you will still have a great time even if you don't! read more

Alegrias Seafood - Our last dinner together as a house. - Seafood Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Don't let the location deter you. This is a unique Mexican seafood place that has amazing food. Yes, they are pretty heavy on the carbs (rice and fries on the same plate) but the main course is the draw. The fried whole fish with choice of sauces will have me finding an excuse to head the 30 miles to return. read more

Seafood is some of my favorite stuff and alegrias does it well. Came here with my family and did not regret it. Octopus, shrimp, lobster, not one thing was bad. Everything was delicious and portion sizes were plentiful. My only regret was not being able to finish the entire meal in one sitting. read more

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We were a party of 5 that visited late on a Sunday night. The place is quaint with indoor & outdoor seating, convenient location & BYOB. We ordered the Camarones in garlic sauce, Red Snapper & Stuffed Pineapple. Food & service was good. Would recommend. read more

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I've heard pretty good things about Alegrias but I can't say I'm that impressed. Very average dining experience. My boyfriend and I went today at 2PM and there was only one other couple in the restaurant that was finishing up. We ordered : Algerias Mix (3/5) I enjoyed the thought of having all the different types of seafood but wish everything was cut to a similar and smaller size. The oysters on top were extremely salty and had somewhat of an off putting taste. I love oysters but something seemed didn't seem right. Empanadas de Camaron. (2/5) This is a staple in any ceviche place you go to and these were not too good. The outer shell of the empanadas were not crunchy at all. The filling (as seen in the picture) looks like a ground fish filling than supposed shrimp. The 4 empanadas were also RIDICULOUSLY priced. $17 for 4 empanadas with no shrimp.. I did use the bathrooms and they were pretty clean. Another issue I had was when I asked for any other salsas (green or red) and the waiter said the cooks did not have any and weren't going to make some. Salsas take little to no time to make and is a staple to these types of dining experiences. They also decided to start cleaning during or meal constantly leaving the front door open letting in all the freezing cold air. Alegrias just didn't do it for me today. After going to places like La Costa, it's hard to feel satisfied read more

the seafood was old and over priced made me sick after eating it. Of you don't have a stomach if still don't go here

It's been a few years, but when I went for my birthday the food was great. We sat outside at a table near the curb and the ambiance was great. Inside is okay too! Summertime in the Chi definitely made it a nice place to be. As for the service, great. I plan to go again since I'm a seafood lover. read more

So looking at this place from the outside ... Honestly I wouldn't eat here but my friend is a regular and told me that is the BOMB and she is right! Marco was our server he is super nice and greeted me as soon as I walked in with a smile place was clean. Right away brought a little som we thing to eat while I waited. We got the octopus which was amazing and then a big platter of shrimp with salsa. It was so so good. I will bring everyone I know I love it so much! Good job! read more

We came for my birthday for second time, and very disappointed. The food it was very very very very salty. I will no recommend this place, no coming back anymore. The owner very rude. She got upset because we tell her about the SALTY taste. And she didn't believe us. La comida muy muy muy muy SALADA. La dueña se porto muy grosera, parecía sin educación de cómo tratar a un cliente. Le dijimos sobre el sabor salado y pareció no importarle ni creernos. Definitivamente nos fuimos muy decepcionados de este lugar sin ganas de volver. No lo recomiendo mas! read more