Mariscos El Pirata
6050 US-69, Des Moines
(515) 256-8901
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This place is absolutely unacceptable. When we arrived, the empty parking lot should have been a warning sign, but we decided to give it a try since the building has changed businesses so many times. We ordered over $100 worth of seafood at dinner time, and it was a complete disaster. Everything was burnt—the shrimp were so overcooked they were nearly impossible to chew, and the lobster meat stuck to the shell.
The restaurant was out of corn, potatoes, sausage, sushi, and even multiple sodas—none of which they told us until after our food arrived. Instead of a full seafood boil, we were left with just burnt shellfish. The chips came in the smallest basket I’ve ever seen, and the salsa dish was barely half-filled—we had to repeatedly ask for refills.
On top of that, the waitress couldn’t manage basic service like drink refills. Overall, the experience was a joke. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great food and amazing staff!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recently visited with my family. Orders were wrong, food was stale, and it killed our vibe for the evening. The service was great though, they made sure to try and do me right with their mistakes.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Nice restaurant, food was amazing and fairly priced. Would most definitely come again. 👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Never got my food waited for one hour and thirty minutes for nothing
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The food was out of this world! Service a Lil slow but enjoyed it. The prices though. Omg! For a plate of octopus it was 59.00. I thought the prices were a Lil high but all in all it was good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Great spot! Food was awesome.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Maybe I ordered the wrong thing off the menu. But the menu was very high-end priced! In my opinion very expensive. The restaurant itself look like it was possibly partially under construction or just torn down the chicken tacos that I ordered were buried in cilantro. Even without the cilantro killing the flavor the chicken itself was not well seasoned. 2 tables remained un bust the entire time that we were there eating even though there was only two other tables than ours in the restaurant being used.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Walked out when first item on menu was 89$. Price not for me and very empty people wise.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Really great quality, exceeded our expectations! And they have sushi!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Prawn Cocktail
Restaurantji Recommends
I love this place! Fajitas are fantastic. Lunch prices/amount of food are the best
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came here with a group of friends for my birthday at the end of the year, we had a reservation changed from 7:30 to 7:45 and when we got there it was dead, we figured this would be a good thing but it seemed like they were trying to rush us out when we had only been there for about 45min and they don’t even close til 10pm. They turned off all the music and started sweeping literally right next to our table to try and give us the hint to get ready and go which we found to be incredibly unprofessional. Not to mention that the place is infested with gnats. One of my friends found one in her cocktail and told the waitress. The waitress that served us was fine and I was kind of looking forward to a desert or a birthday drink but didn’t receive one, no worries but found it rude the waitress never wished me a happy birthday. Overall the food made us sick and the atmosphere is incredibly unwelcoming. Don’t eat here if you don’t plan to stay passed 8:30. Says they close at 10 but it seems like they’re used to closing rather early.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
Roach Ville
I ordered a steak loco plate and it was suppose to come with cheese sauce. When I got my plate it didn’t have cheese sauce, but that’s that least of the problems. $20 plate for a tiny piece of steak and half the steak is full of fat which I did not like.
Chef must of ate my dish idk.
But anyways we saw a roach on the wall later after unfortunately eating my food.
Told the waitress about it and she came with a tissue paper and attempted to kill it, but it ran away.
No discount or anything was offered to us.
Will never go back!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Good service happy people
Food was meh, the shrimp were not fresh. No. Just no.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
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