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Ceviche Bar Info
Amenities
Service options
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Outdoor seating
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Delivery
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Takeout
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Dine-in
Highlights
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Fast service
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Great beer selection
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Great cocktails
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Great wine list
Popular for
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Lunch
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Dinner
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Solo dining
Accessibility
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Wheelchair accessible entrance
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Wheelchair accessible parking lot
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Wheelchair accessible restroom
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Wheelchair accessible seating
Offerings
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Alcohol
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Beer
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Cocktails
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Coffee
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Comfort food
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Happy hour drinks
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Happy hour food
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Hard liquor
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Late-night food
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Small plates
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Wine
Dining options
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Brunch
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Lunch
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Dinner
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Dessert
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Seating
Amenities
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Bar onsite
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Restroom
Atmosphere
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Casual
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Cozy
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Trendy
Crowd
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Groups
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LGBTQ+ friendly
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Transgender safespace
Planning
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Accepts reservations
Payments
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Credit cards
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Debit cards
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NFC mobile payments
Children
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High chairs
Other
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LGBTQ+ friendly
Best WLM Reviews
A fun, uniquely decorated place that has great food and friendly service! The Cuban is pretty good, and not heavy on the bread. Thats a positive in my mind- better tasting meats and pickle spear with a tasty mustard that isn’t overwhelming. Has a patio for when the heat’s out, and nice, quaint indoor seating until then. The art is fun to look at. Humidor with cigars available too. Can you find Bigfoot?
Super cool spot we always meant to try but couldn't. Very nice decor & layout. We took advantage of the Mojito special. We also had Yuca fries, Cubano, Pan con Lechon, Ropa Vieja & Flan
I have ordered takeout here and eaten outside with friends another time. I was disappointed both times. I was craving ceviche and this was the first place that came up. I ordered ceviche to-go the first time with tostones. It was really underwhelming. The ceviche here is salmon and shrimp that is barely marinated or seasoned with avocado and cilantro. Fatty salmon with fatty avocado in a "citrus" marinade that can barely cut through the oils. It tastes like there's not enough acid or spices. The salmon and avocado take over the whole dish. I felt like I was just eating Crisco lard. The salmon just does not work. It's not the ceviche you would think of if you've ever been to Central or South America. Ceviche is normally made with shrimp and whitefish and/or squid/octopus. The combination of these firm, mellow proteins soak up the tangy, citrus marinade which normally renders an exciting dish teeming with explosions of flavor. That's not what I experienced at Ceviche either time. Not only that but the Cuban bread I got with the "ceviche" the second time was thick and soggy. This place is a no go for me. I love to support local, and I tried to give them another chance, but no. Just no. The other two entrées we tried are also over-priced and unremarkable. If you want large servings of real ceviche that is cheap, go to Isla del Pacifico by the capitol building!
UPDATE TO OWNER:
No one is asking you to sell cheap food. If you go through all of the negative reviews your diners are saying that the quality of food +/ service doesn't match the prices. If you actually go through my reviews like other restaurant owners you can see that I'm happy to pay hundreds of dollars for good food. Making a slight against one of your competitors by saying that you won't use fish from China shows that you lack emotional intelligence. And, in reading your response to other reviews that also shows. Being a restaurant owner requires you to be able to take criticism and use it to your advantage. People aren't asking you to sell cheap food. People are asking you to do better. Not everyone is going to like your food. I eat, I leave reviews. I am not responsible for your actions or emotions. You are.
We don't get here enough! Today was National Margarita Day so we had two for one margaritas. Also on Thursdays they have a special lobster roll and it is delicious. They fly the lobsters in from Maine. I had a steak sandwich which might be moving past the cubano I always have. Love it especially when the tiny patio is open!
If you want an authentic Cuban sandwich, then this is your place. Even the rice and beans were delicious. Love the atmosphere but AC was not working and it was a tad stuffy. Nonetheless I’d come back again.
If you’re a paella lover, like us, check out Ceviche’s Cuban seafood (or vegan) paella! Tuesdays is a $10 special on paella. It was delicious, so much so that we ordered 4 of them. Different than a Spanish paella (not in concept but overall flavor), but still amazing. Served with awesomely seasoned plantains and bread slices, plump shrimp and a mix of other seafoods, this dish was fantastic. Definitely something worth not skipping out on, and would be great as take out, too.
Ropa Vieja: shredded beef and vegetables was very flavorful. Hard to beat the paella but we still loved it and all tried a bite. Flavor was on point.
Diablo Shrimp: spicy shrimp with tons of capers, if I could combine this with the paella I would be in heaven. Very different flavors, but the diablo shrimp was sooooooo good.
The latter two dishes came with an option of rice and beans or a salad. We opted for salad but they both came with rice and beans. No worries, a salad was brought out anyhow, which I loved but the others did not; tons of green olives, onions, avocados and peppers, this was definitely a “Jessica-style salad”!
Espresso martini was awesome. Really really good (wasn’t mine but I tried a sip and it was fab).
Oh my goodness!!!!! The food and the atmosphere are great. Jackie is awesome. We started off with tostones and stormy mule. I had the yuca and cabbage salad. My husband had the ceviche on tostones and Cuban bread. I will be going back before I leave Des Moines to have the vegan Paella. The service was great!!!! If you are in downtown Des Moines you have to go!!!!
Wow this was such a bad experience. I never make reviews unless the place is really bad or good but this place was TERRIBLE.
We ordered stormi mule, Cuban margarita, tostones, and ceviche platter. Our drinks were so bad that we had to send it back and not order anything else. The mule was flat and had ginger beer that was from a gun which made it gross. The mule had old pineapple juice and was not garnished correctly.
The food came out wrong and gross. The tostones were SO salty that I had to spit it out. The ceviche tasted like only lime juice. We’ve had good ceviche and I know it does not have an overpowering taste of lime. It had this weird oil film on it like it was sitting in the back (see picture). The server gave us the wrong order and gave us the shrimp cocktail from another table, so I tried it and it was also gross. There was poop still in the shrimp which was so unappetizing.
The food looks great coming out but after examine the entrees and appetizers, you can tell this food does not look and taste like it was supposed to.
Never coming back, super disappointed.
Quick Facts About Ceviche Bar
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Opening Hours
| Monday | 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM |
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| Tuesday | 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM |
| Thursday | 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM |
| Friday | 11:00 AM - 02:00 AM |
| Saturday | 11:00 AM - 02:00 AM |
| Sunday | 11:00 AM - 08:00 PM |
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