Reviews for Rudy & Paco Restaurant and Bar in Galveston, TX

Rudy & Paco is beyond awesome. Our server Chloe was one of the best servers we've had in years. The food was excellent. I would... drive the 4 hours to come to Galveston just to have the great experience again. Read more

Came to Rudy & Paco for our 30th anniversary as we wanted a special, romantic meal. This place was amazing! The central/south... American flavors run through the menu and the wine selection is vast. Every sauce we had - whether it came with the plantainchips served upon seating, or the sauce served with the empanadas, or the fresh made ranch dressing, or the raspberry chipotlesauce served with the snapper - were ALL incomparable. Owner Paco Vargas was there to ensure his customers were all very happy,and the serving staff made a very positive impression. Having each dish placed synchronously at the table was something you onlysee at the finest establishments. Very impressive! They provided the perfect amount of service while allowing time for enjoyingyour private dining moments. We ended the evening very full but still ordered dessert, because when you are someplace with foodthis excellent you want to see if the quality extends into a sweet conclusion. Ordered the Quattro Leche...the dulce le lechewas just like homemade. If you have any memories of how your grandmother made dulce le leche from scratch, this will send youback to those days.???? Simply amazing. We will return anytime we are in Galveston! Thank you for making our anniversary sospecial and memorable. ?? Read more

The crab cakes were the best I have ever had. Fantastic food all the way around. Heads up, they do have a dress code.

I hate giving Rudy and Paco’s 4 stars, but my main course was a huge miss, and our waiter was very pushy and not personable at... all. I got the grouper special. It was supposed to be a “creole” sauce on top, but it was a tomato base sauce thatcompletely overpowered the grouper. The green beans on the side were literally not seasoned at all. The potatoes were greatthough. $48 wasted. Pretty expensive for a piece of grouper that you couldn’t even taste. My wife had the pollo empanizado. Itwas great! Highly recommended. We also shared the crab cake which was fantastic. The waiter was very pushy to take our drinkorder, food order, and clearly wanted to just flip the table. He was diligent, but obviously didn’t care about our experienceat all. We usually love this place, but I think between my main course being a huge miss, and the waiter, we will not bereturning to Rudy and Pacos. Read more

Went here to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary. The restaurant had delicious food and drinks. The vibe was romantic and... perfect for our celebration. Shout out to Micah for the excellent service tonight. He was attentive and very helpful. Read more

If you're ever in Galveston check this place out. I highly recommend you make reservations. This was our first time and we will... be back. Everything was excellent! My husband had the ribeye and I had the grouper with crab meat both entrées came with asalad (I forgot to take a picture of the salad). For appetizers we had the crab cake and crab bisque. We are doing dry Januaryso no wine and no dessert. Read more

Rudy & Paco’s was an absolute DELIGHT! From the 5-Star Service, to the exquisite food… 100% recommended! We had a rather... large party, Paco & his staff took care of everything effortlessly! We will definitely be dining here again in the future. Thankyou guys! Read more

My wife and I visited Rudy and Paco last night for the first time based on the recommendation of our friends at church. We were... celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary. We enjoyed a lobster tempura appetizer along with a red blend wine known as"Prisoner". For our entrée we had the plantain encrusted snapper along with a side salad with bleu cheese dressing. For dessertwe had the lava cake with vanilla ice cream and coffee. Our server Franco was very attentive. All in all we had a very memorableevening and we will definitely return. Read more