anniversarycruisin' Posted February 16, 2011 #1 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Come this May will be mine and my DH's very first visit to Galveston. We will only be there one day before our cruise, so I would like some opinions from those of you who have been there before. In your opinion, what would be the one (or two) places that you would say...."oh, you just gotta eat there!"? I guess while on the subject of Galveston, is there any thing there there we just don't want to miss during our very short visit? Thanks for any help here guys!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_firefighter Posted February 16, 2011 #2 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Come this May will be mine and my DH's very first visit to Galveston. We will only be there one day before our cruise' date=' so I would like some opinions from those of you who have been there before. In your opinion, what would be the one (or two) places that you would say...."oh, you just gotta eat there!"? I guess while on the subject of Galveston, is there any thing there there we just don't want to miss during our very short visit? Thanks for any help here guys!:)[/quote'] Most people would probably point you toward Gaido's Seafood Restaurant since this is your first visit. http://www.gaidos.com/menus/index.htm If seafood is not your thing, then I would suggest Saltgrass steakhouse. http://www.saltgrass.com/default.asp Both are on the seawall. You will get lot's of suggestions depending on peoples faves. You'll be there on a Saturday so the trolley will be running from the Strand Historic District for a short tour through town to the seawall and back. Just taking part of the day and walking around the Strand Historic District with all the shops and restaurants is fun and a great way to pass the day. There is a harbor tour boat avilable for 10.00 ea. I think. You can get tickets outside of the Harbor House at their booth. Lots of info can be found at http://www.galveston.com/default.asp Have fun and enjoy your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssb Posted February 16, 2011 #3 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Better restaurants in Galveston in my opinion are *Sunday Brunch at Galvez Hotel *Rudi and Pacos...*white table cloths... no shorts..... central american seafood, and steaks.... 20st Post Office Downtown reservations recommended *Gaidos ...... *legendary and wonderful ..Seawall Gaidos-Pelican Club-separate kitchen- if you are members of your local club, it is recipical *Olympia Grill *views are great- wonderful greek food, seafood, and steaks.on Port Willie G's ..... ...on Port Shearns on top of Moody Gardens views great....white table cloths Saltwater Grill .....Seafood assortments, soups, bisques,gumbos 20th Post Office St Downtown Sky Bar ..... Sushi and Steaks........ 21st Post Office Downtown Steak Restaurant in San Luis Hotel ....Seawall Luigi's ......Italian .....Strand downtown DiBellas....... Italian …..31st and O..... locals haunt and in old house Le Croys Cajun... Strand *Original Mexican .....14th….Great and Oldest Sunflower Bakery .... 14th *Mosquito Cafe and new backery across Street....14th The Best *The Spot .hamburgers and cervezas, PEOPLE WATCHING Family area and bar next door ---decks view of gulf- biker bar - Seawall Clarys Seafood Others: New York Pizza - Seawall Benos... Seawall Shrimp and Stuff.....39 and O Millers ....Seawall Fish Tales ....Seawall Joe's Crab Shack ....Seawall Landrys Seafood ....Seawall Saltgrass Steakhouse ....Seawall Fishermans Wharf ....Port Rainforest Cafe ....Seawall Gumbos....Post Office M&M .....24th Mod Coffeehouse (Postoffice St, downtown) Lunchbox Cafe (23rd St, downtown, small eatery that serves locally grown food) Murphy's Pub (22nd St, downtown, TONS of beer on tap, including Texas favorites; best darn pizza on the island) Mosquito Cafe (14th St, a must for any galveston trip) LaKings Confectionary (The Strand, downtown; the aforementioned ice cream parlor and candy factory) top 10 restaurants list in Galveston in the Houston Press: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating...n_galvesto.php look on galveston.com/what to do/dining in galveston =================== You need to decide if you want to stay on 1. Gulf of Mexico Beach Area (many hotels) 2. Historic Old Town Strand – Terminal Port Area (Tremont and Harbor House) 3. Bayside Area (2) Moody Gardens Hotels Tremont and Harbor House are 2-3 blocks to terminal. Everything is close though! All hotel/motels are just two or so miles from terminal anyway. To get bearings of island Look at FREE internet map See Galveston.com Interact and Discover Maps Galveston Fun Map Click on the image of the Galveston Fun Map ============================================ With a couple of days only There is plenty to do in Galveston/Kemah/Nasa area look on galveston.com (what to do)(calendar of events)calendar Date look at galvestonhistory.org --------- Galveston Historical Foundation There are special events in Galveston almost every weekend in Galveston Clearlake nasa space center kemah board walk Galveston: 1894 grand opera house * (a must see tour and/or performance) ghost tours old town galveston *- on strand and post office streets(lots of shops and ice cream, old army surplus store, fine restaurants) wineries many live theater venues 1894 grand opera house * (a must see tour and/or performance) museums antiques and art Galleries horse drawn carriage rides galveston historical foundation properties moody gardens (lots to do) *(Imax Theater with lots of educational films) schlitterbahn water park airplane museum restored tall ship schooner Elisa (wonderful) 1900 storm and pirate jean laffite documentary films at port walks and shelling on the beach Cruise Ships shopping dolphin watch and port tour turtle rescue farm behind San Luis Resort carved damaged trees tour from storm kite flying on beach free ferry ride maritime museum sea wolf park – wwII submarine and destroyer many historical and Victorian homes bishops palace (wonderful) moody mansion (wonderful) ashton villa (wonderful) oil drilling rig museum large souvenir shop over gulf water duck tour (amphibious boat) Galveston.com/ interact and discover/cams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypo Posted February 16, 2011 #4 Share Posted February 16, 2011 We would vote for Gaido's or Olympia Grill at Pier 21 (Greek restaurant on the pier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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