21 Best Seafood Restaurants near Ankeny

“We often eat there when we're in Ankeny, and did so last Sunday. The fish and chips was, as it always is, outstanding. Our waitress, Jordan, was equally outstanding. She took care of our lunch time needs, often anticipating what we were wanting next. She even sent my wife home with a cup of the pop she was drinking. Simply outstanding and is our favorite restaurant when we're in Des Moines area.“

“Excellent steaks and seafood, onion rings and chocolate cake, everthing! And Kaydee was an excellent server. Thank you!“

“Definitely our go to resturant. The drinks. The food. The atmposphere. All of it!“

“Foods always good, quick, and by far my favorite selection of music“

“This place is legit… the food was fantastic and the drinks are awesome. Great atmosphere and the service was amazing. Thanks for a great late brunch! 💯☘️“

“Chicken de Burgo was delicious! Highly recommend“

“The fried rice is ridiculous. It comes with two different house made sauces that are top notch incredible. I don't live in Des Moines anymore but anytime I'm back this is the first place I go. Also yummy drinks and super friendly staff. Overall a great place!!!“

“In Des Moines to see a friend in the hospital and Google Maps showed a great review for 77. It was my first time eating Pho and it was awesome. I had the Combination Vermicelli and Green Tea Pot (kept warm with a tea light). The waitress was very pleasant and polite and the food was delicious. I'm now hooked on Pho.“

“If you’re craving fresh and flavorful seafood, this place is a must-visit! The seafood cocktail was packed with shrimp, a rich tomato-based sauce, and topped with fresh avocado and cucumber—perfectly balanced and refreshing. The seafood ceviche was another highlight, with a mix of shrimp and octopus marinated in lime juice, mixed with crisp red onions, tomatoes, and cilantro—bursting with freshness. And to top it all off, the guacamole was creamy, well-seasoned, and full of delicious chunks of avocado and tomato.

Everything was well-prepared, and the flavors were spot on! Definitely recommend for anyone looking for great seafood.“

“DELICIOUS! Highly recommend!! The food was Fantastic, the service was excellent!! 1 of the very Best Steaks I have ever had!! Special thanks to the GM Robyn who took the time to come say hi and she was very down to earth and friendly!!! Kudos to the Chef and the Kitchen Staff !!“

“သားလေး ရာယန် ရဲ့ Spring break ကျောင်းပိတ်​တော့ ကိုယ်ပါ အလုပ်ကနေ ခွင့်ယူပြီး မိသားစုအတူတူ HangOut လုပ်ကြတယ်။နေ့လည်စာကို Kathmandu Restaurant စားဖြစ်ကြတယ်။နီပေါအစားအစာ ဖြစ်တဲ့ ဆိတ်သားချက်ကတော့ တကယ့် ရှယ်ပဲ။ အစားအစာ အားလုံးက လတ်ဆတ်ပြီးတော့ တကယ့် Authentic ပဲ။ ပြီးတော့ ဆိုင်တဆိုင်ရဲ့ သန့်ရှင်းမှု ကို သိချင်ရင် restroom ကိုအရင်ကြည့်ပါ။ အနံ့အသက်ကင်းပြီးတော့ သပ်ရပ်နေတယ်။ ပြီးတော့ waiters တွေရဲ့ customer service နဲ့ personal hygiene ကိုကြည့်တော့လည်း ကောင်းပါတယ်။ဒီစားသောက်ဆိုင်ရဲ့ ထူးခြားမှုက၊Customer တွေက စိတ်ကျေနပ်မှုမရှိရင် ဆိုင်ပိုင်ရှင်ကို တိုက်ရိုက်ဆက်သွယ်နိုင်ဖို့ အတွက်၊ခုံပေါ်မှာ အသင့်ရှိနေပါတယ်။ စျေးနုန်းကအသင့်အတင့်ပါပဲ၊ နှစ်ယောက်စာကို ဒေါ်လာ ၆၀ ဆိုတာ အတော်ပါပဲ။ဒါ​ကြောင့် နီ​ပေါအစားအစာ အော်သန်တစ် မှ စားချင်တယ်ဆိုရင်၊ ဒီဆိုင်ကို သွားစားကြည့်ဖို့ Highly recommended ပေးပါတယ်။ A very unique and delicious experience. If you're looking to enjoy fresh and authentic Nepali cuisine, I highly recommend visiting this restaurant. It sounds like their goat curry is particularly delicious, which makes it a must-try dish. The cleanliness and excellent service at the restaurant are also standout features. I really like the suggestion to check the restroom to gauge the cleanliness of a restaurant. The good hygiene and friendly staff also reflects the professionalism of the establishment. Additionally, the unique feature of allowing customers to directly contact the owner is a great idea. This system enables immediate feedback and helps improve the service quality. The prices seem reasonable, making it a suitable place to dine. If you're craving authentic Nepali flavors, I recommend giving Kathmandu Restaurant a try.“

“Amazing food and at a reasonable price and not a bad wait time.“

“Food is always delicious! I went in after work on Mother’s Day to take home 3 orders of shrimp fajitas and the patio and tables inside were packed. Despite staff being very busy, I still got my order in 15 min and one of the teens working at the register checked on me while I waited to see if I needed anything. I’ve always had excellent service. The margaritas are delicious as well!“

“Thank for great food and service. ?“

“This is easily my favorite Mexican restaurant in the Urbandale area. The food is always delicious and arrives quickly, and the drinks are very tasty as well. I usually get the chori-pollo and highly recommend it!

The staff is very friendly and helpful, and their new location is very nice. The restaurant is clean and comfortable, and you can tell they take pride in their restaurant.

If you're looking for good Mexican food, you can't go wrong with El Patrón!

Dietary restrictions: They offer corn tortillas in addition to flour, which is nice for gluten sensitivities.“

“An absolute must for authentic and delicious Peruvian food in Iowa! We were blown away by the ceviche and pollo a la brasa and the excellent customer service. Cannot recommend this place enough and it will be a regular spot on our trips to Des Moines.“

“We stopped here at the last minute and they did not disappoint! Their food is amazing! Highly recommend stopping if you’re hungry.“

“GIVE FRANCIS A RAISE!!!!!“

“Couldn't have asked for better service considering I showed up 20 min before they closed, which might I add they closed at 9:30 on a Saturday & will discuss below. Food was delicious and hot no complaints with quantity or quality chips and salsa included. The corn shells were so fresh & warm I could have eaten the shells alone for my dinner. The seven seas soup was superb even though it contained only quarter size piece of fish. here are the few reasons I feel the need for 3 stars. First closing hrs are 9:30pm on a Sat.? Why so early?
Secondly, the parking lot feels unsafe as it seems there's a lot going on with all the businesses & traffic on the property. So not family friendly in the evenings.
Lastly, Environment inside was very noisy and rather busy. So not a place to wind down & have a drink at least not 20 min. before closing time (I can only base off the time I spent at the est.)
The food was so good I will def. return & recommend.“

“We have one of these back home in Virginia. Ours is situated in a gas station. This one is inside a liquor store. I was totally blown away by how good the chicken was at my home location and wanted to compare. I am happy to report that this place exceeded all of my expectations! Sky was behind the counter tonight. He was great! He gave us some samples while we waited. They make the chicken fresh, and it's worth the wait! I promise you. The chicken was crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, flavorful, and perfectly spiced! I can honestly say that this is my favorite fried chicken, ever! The biscuits, wedges, and mac & cheese were also delicious! Some people may be put-off by its location but, looks are deceiving. Try it for yourself!!! Also, our 3-piece breast and wing combo with biscuit and side, and 3-piece tender combo with biscuit and side was ~$18. Super cheap and we each got two meals out of each Krunch Box. You do the math!“

“Very good place, good portions of food according to the price, I ate Salvadoran pupusas, my friend had corn atol and everything was very good and the price was very affordable.

Parking: Very good because it is spacious and was empty the day I went.“