We've been here three times, and we've left satisfied every time! We didn't know this place existed for the better half of a year living a mile away. Parking is tight. They have a sliver of a lot right off of highway 6, and there's usually a big ass truck parked somewhere along the way making getting through a whole situation. This place has always had a good crowd every time we've come through, so plan accordingly. Staff has always been super nice, and really fast with service. We've had a different person each time, but the excellent service is provided every time. The gumbo is hearty and flavorful. The crawfish queso is solid. Your usual queso with a good amount of mudbugs mixes in. I think I'd like a little more creole flavor in the queso, personally. The grilled platters have been excellent. The scallops are always done perfectly, as are the fillets. The oysters, I'd rather have Rockefeller, or raw. Personal preference. The boudin stuffed salmon was really good. I'd like less oil when cooking the salmon, but the boudin counters the fried fish flesh taste well. The snapper Pontchartrain is quite a meal, very flavorful, and quantity is enough for two meals. The parmesan crusted snapper is fantastic. The etouffee is quite tasty, it has some very interesting flavors mixed in. We've never left a meal here disappointed. Highly recommend if you're in the area. read more

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Even though this is a small mom & pop restaurant, the food was . The service was great, staff was attentive. They don't serve hard liquor so beer and wine is what we had for adult beverages. Didn't have a chance to grab a shot of the crawfish etouffee before my husband dug into it be he THOROUGHLY enjoyed it! read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - Cajun seafood Alfredo - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

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4/5/2015, Saturday - our first time there. We arrived around 8pm. We were told we moused the rush. Very friendly employees and interesting decor. They had a variety of options to choose from including Chinese food. We ordered appetizers, fried pickles, fried gator and shrimp bombers. Fried gator were small and 5 bombers came out. all tasted good. Lots of food on the plates and should be shared as entrees. Everything was great! I would come here again. See photos. From California visiting over here. read more

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This is definitely a "hidden" gem! Greeted as soon as you walk in, small & quaint! Food is absolutely delicious! We started with the crawfish queso - it's great with the home made chips. Had the hangover griddle - boudin, sausage, eggs, potatoes & cheese and can't forget the waffle!! Huge portion & the waffle was delicious!! Definitely worth a stop when en route to Alvin! read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - Crawfish Queso - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

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Looks are deceiving. Looks like just another place for a burger. Absolutely not. Great food. Nice portions. It's very clean. Nothing fancy but the food is great. Had a table of 5 and the service was fantastic. read more

The place looks like a road-side dinner but don't let the looks deceive you. Food is great and the staff is very friendly. Would highly recommend. read more

The food is amazing, simple and delicious. Staff is friendly and ready to please. Portions are ginormous! The dining room gets full but customers are quick to leave a table and bussing is very efficient and clean! Pricing is great and easy on the pocketbook. Gumbo is very tasty and rice is cooked Se care in the parking lot as access is tight but doable for an F150. All in all a great local fresh tasty spot! read more

Picked up to go order. Ordered egg rolls. They were OVER COOKED. Burned. Were not pleasant to taste. read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

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Food is GREAT!! Service fantastic! Marisa was very attentive and friendly. Small place which is good so you don't get "forgotten". Stuffed grilled salmon stuffed with boudin was awesome!! read more

The food was great!! Service and timeliness of said service was top notch. Definitely plan to return. read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - Soft shell crab was phenomenal! - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

Every thing is off Sysco truck Nothing fresh!! You are literally at the gulf an nothing is fresh. read more

Food is great service is excellent, and the restaurant is small but very comfortable Always great take out service as well read more

This feels like Louisiana. I love everything about their fried seafood. Although I wish I could eat this every day, I can't. But nothing I had was bad here. Only a few booths and tables within a small restaurant, but we've never had to wait to be seated. Service is good as well. read more

I stopped buy this past Tuesday, the food was not good, the gumbo was awful tasted like cumin-bo, some kind of Mexican concoction. The fried shrimp was also awful they had a weird taste like they were going bad. I will not be back. read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - Gumbo and eggrolls. - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

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Food was good but was disappointed at our waiter and other waitress. I asked them if we can have our check. They ignored us After 20 mins waiting my husband just went up to the counter and paid. Ruin my first experience dining there. read more

Pretty nice service. Good Cajun food. A friend thought it was on the salty side. I'm a fan of salty foods so I wouldn't know if it was or not. It had flavor to me. 3 Flounder and etoufee 3/5 Flounder was good. Etoufee was soso. But watery. Not as saucy as we like it. Gumbo 2/5 Light, tad bland. Too watery. Flavor was okay. Fried seafood platter 5/5 Fish was good. Super tasty batter. Lots of food to try. Everything was still tender. Tartar was good. Boudin something 5/5 Unique take on boudin. Tasted like dirty rice fried in both sides. Super flavorful, had a nice light crunch and soft inside. Played a good balance in texture. It maybe I'm just weird. Stuffed flounder 4/5 Has a good flavor and sauce on top but was a bit dry. Cesar salad 5/5 Solid salad. Dressing a bit salty but it's on the side so that's good. read more

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Busy Saturday but they accommodated us immediately. Ordered the appetizer spinach dip and it was delicious. The meal followed with fried catfish and grilled flounder. Love this place. read more

This place does good business! We got there at 5pm and had to wait a bit for a table. Fried alligator with onion strings - 5/5 Would order again. Alligator was tender and moist. Onion rings - 0/5 Terrible, thick pancake like batter and mushy onion. Never again. Jumbo shrimp cocktail - 3.5/5 Nothing wrong with it other than the word "jumbo" being misleading. Large shrimp at best. The cocktail glass dwarfed the shrimp. Chicken fried steak - Didn't try it but the consumer had no complaints! Crawfish etouffee - 1.5/5 Decent amount of crawfish, but too different in flavor from pretty much every other crawfish etouffee out there. The color made it look more like a curry. And it wasn't very warm. Not for me. Nobody at the table wanted to finish it. Sorry, etouffee. Fried shrimp/oysters/crawfish/etc. - 5/5 No complaints. Crispy and fresh. Hushpuppies - 0/5 Absolute trash. Please improve these flavorless, hard balls. Spicy boiled red potatoes - 5/5 My mouth was on fire in the best of ways. Italian cream cake - 4.5/5 The only thing that would make it better is more cream cheese in the frosting. It tasted more like buttercream. We had some hits and some misses but we'll be back to try new things and more of the good things! The staff was also very friendly and we loved our waitress! read more

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Outstanding fried seafood! I needed fresh gulf seafood while in the area, and this place did not disappoint. The platter is more food than it looks in the picture, and I subbed out the fries for a salad. Everything seemed fresh, and all was delicious! read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - Fried Seafood Platter - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

Stuffed flounder platter.. the flounder was too tiny and too much starch in there... couldn't even taste the fish itself read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

Last few times my parents ordered food to go and Even though the order is double checked by front desk clerk we get home and something is missing. One or two times maybe are mistakes but when it gets to be every time it's not a mistake and they need to have someone run what is missing home to my parents. It's hard enough for them to get it but then your dinner is ruined. They call back and it's sorry but sorry doesn't fix the issue read more

Stopped by and picked up a fish and fries for my mother and this is what I unveiled when we got home. read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

Delicious seafood! A bit pricey, but worth a splurge now and then. Employees professional and friendly.

Taking my baby sister out for BB tryouts in ALVIN at 5pm. We pulled up and found a great parking spot. Oh its after the lunch rush. Walked in and sat immediately. . Oh-oh. Where is my server- sitting a few minutes without drinks. Well she did finally arrive. We both ordered the 1 fish and 6 shrimp dinners with side salad.. I also ordered the crawfish queso . When the salads came out I was a little concerned but they were fresh and really satisfying. While eating our salads the crawfish queso and I knew by just looking it was one of my MANY WISE CHOICES. Oh my.. A MUST ORDER ITEM.. Then in the middle of our queso they brought our main course - my sister said - no way I'm going to finish. -SHE DIDN'T. The fries were good with a lite crunchiness. The shrimp and fish were lightly fried with a large amount (meal). My server says the batter in in house made... read more

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Glad to see that you're back open . Food is still Fantastic ! Fish and shrimp were perfectly cooked as well as the boudain stuffed Salmon read more

DO NOT EVER IN YOUR LIFE EAT At MANVEL SEAFOOD..!! This is the only place I have ever ate and we didn't eat our food. The crawfish was brown and it seems like they sautéed and fried it with soy sauce or hell idk what it was . The gumbo was straight up made with gumbo filè if you know gumbo you know you use. Small amount of file and the fried rice well Let's just say Walmart freezer section is better. This place is the most disgusting place I have ever at in my life !!!!!!! read more

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Great food. Very tasty We love the fried pickles but the blackened fish is my favorite. My kids loved the crawfish there! read more

This was such a nice find close to home! Sorry I don't have photos this time. I will say the wait was a little longer than normal but we had the best wait staff. The service was exemplary! My mom ordered the shrimp, hubby the catfish, I ordered chicken... everything was cooked to order and good. The place was family oriented and you could tell by tue folks eating there; they were pleased. It has a simple ambiance, tables, some booths. A few TVs but mostly you have conversation if you have folks out their devices away. All in all we will be back. The food was delish! read more

My usual fish place wasn't answering their phone so I decided to give this place a try. I ordered fried fish and shrimp and a couple of bacon wrapped shrimp. I wasn't impressed with the seasoning of the fish - the shrimp were ok and the bacon wrapped shrimp were not good to me. I can't say I will return. ISSANOGO read more

A bit disappointed. Waitress did ok, but took over 30 minutes from time we placed our order to get our mains. Other people that sat after us got there food way faster. Was told that there was a backup on the whole fried fish. Hole in the roof leaked water on me when I went to wash my hands. Boiled shrimp was very good. Ordered the the spicy and it did not disappoint. My fried shrimp poboy looked sad on arrival. A few overcook shrimp laying on a dry looking bun. The tomato pickles and lettuce were smoking hot from sitting under the warmer. I tossed on some of the boiled shrimp and it made it an ok sandwich. Frozen fries. Whole fish was cooked nicely, but was way to fishy. Like farmed raised chemical fishy. Can see potential, but will probably never return. Not sure if I can recommend, dinne at you own risk. read more

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The music must go. I would like to come back, we go there for food not the music. Food was good read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - Front of restaurant - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

Service was slow at lunch time. Took over 20 mins to get catfish special. $8 now for 2 pieces fish that didn't taste like catfish. Small portion of fries; each fry was about 1-2". Hush puppies tiny. Coke 2.89. Quality and portions down, prices up. read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - Burned, greasy, and mostly broken pieces of onion rings. There was 2 whole medium sized onion rings and the rest were broken pieces. - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

So. Small town? Check. Small Place? Check? Ridiculously good food? Check? Cold and dreary Sunday? Check. Wait...isn't this usually the end of the review!?!?! We trod in on a Sunday just a little past 1 PM and there was still a decent crowd from the lunch rush. We were sat in about 10 min and got to work. For the appetizer we had the bacon wrapped shrimp dredged in a sweet sauce. These were pretty good save for the bacon on some was still a little squidgy, some were super crunchy, and some were just right. The flavor of bacon definitely goes with skrimps and the accompanying thin crispy onions were pretty good as well. Of course, I had to get my fried skrimps and fries. Portion Control...in short...is not in the owners vernacular apparently. Coming here and trying to "eat light" is like trying to inflate a truck tire with your lungs. It will be laughably fun to watch and quite impossible. The flavor of the skrimps was pretty good. The fries which adorned the same plate were decent, but lacked sodium chloride, so I added some, lovingly dunked them in ketchup mixed with hot sauce, and ate what I could. The corn nuggets...a word of painful advice here...WAIT. No seriously. WAIT. Let these cool down if you do not wish to decimate your taste buds devoid of flavor tasting ability. A noob mistake was made rendering part of my tongue useless. But my God these tasted good. As did the hushpuppies. I could eat my body weight in hushpuppies were my waist not in danger of increasing in proportion to the amount eaten. My ONLY gripe is that it is 30 minutes from my house. So. Small town? Check. Small Place? Check? Ridiculously good food? Check? Cold and dreary Sunday? Check. Rock solid 4 stars. read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

Great and interesting entrees. Friendly service with a smile. Slightly $$ but Large portions. Family diner atmosphere.

Used to be good not anymore. Food quality is horrible for the $$ you spend there you can get much better!

D I S G U S T I N G ! This is my 3rd time ordering from this place. Food is always OLD if you order to go. I guess the 15 minute wait is for the heat lamp to finish warming old cooked food! That chicken breast was so tough & dry. Don't even overpay for the tough, cold , dry shrimp. If you like fresh & seasoned food ...keep going. Going to happily get a refund :) I refuse to pay for old food. read more

I love the fried shrimp but all their food is good! Very relaxed atmosphere and friendly waitstaff.

We recently moved to the area and wanted to find a great restaurant to visit for the Holiday. We ran across Manvel Seafood and thought it would be a great place to experience; especially since there are always a parking lot full of cars. I'm a born and raised Louisiana woman so the words "Spicy Crawfish " displayed on their building caught my eye. When I arrived I immediately asked about crawfish and the waiter informed me they were out ‍ Already off to a bad start. Nonetheless I took a look at the menu and there were plenty of options. I opted for the 3 catfish platter. I figured, I'd stay on the safe side and not explore too much as it was my first visit. When the waiter brought my food to the table, my daughter immediately asked if I'd ordered chicken strips. I informed her It should be catfish. Once I took my first bite, I was immediately disappointed. The fish was fried in FLOUR ‍‍‍‍ Who fry fish in FLOUR???? Not to mention it taste like they'd been frying the fish and chicken in the same grease. I normally have to ask "Is it Swai or Real Catfish"! Now I have to ask "Are you Using flour or Cornmeal" #Wow I'm giving a 3 star because the gumbo was decent, the side salad was great and the baked potato was good. Will I return? I don't think so. I don't play about my food. read more

Manvel Seafood & Grill - Fried catfish fried in flour that taste like chicken - American Near Me - Manvel, Texas

Awesome spot, I'm giving four stars because it could still use some improvements, but nevertheless a Great place! I recommend the gumbo! If ur looking for a nice little family owned business this is a treat! The service is good, sometimes a bit slow do to it's popularity, but definitely worth the wait. The variety of the menu is a definite plus! Definitely has a hometown vibe. Keep up the great work y'all!!! read more

This place was clean; they were practicing COVID precautions and the food was Great!! I am looking forward to their crawfish arrival. We had a little bit of this and that I'll post photos. I didn't get to eat my gumbo because my salad was so filling the gumbo made it home to the fridge but my son ate it because he finished his off at the restaurant and liked it. It tasted good to me just I'm not a big okra in my gumbo water so I was okay with him finishing it. They were generous with the seafood so I can say it was a true seafood gumbo. We will certainly visit again. We didn't get a photo of gumbo but it was nice Roux and good flavor. read more

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