Seviche

This was a great first visit to Seviche! The drink selections were great as what the bar staff. They were very open to making suggestions and were very knowledgeable about both. The music was good and the atmosphere was very cool and upbeat. We will definitely be returning here in the future and would recommend it highly. Enjoy!

Went back a year later super excited! The service was slow & was served food on dirty dishes. Spent the next two days ill. It was so bad that 9 months later, I haven’t been able to bring myself to eat ceviche. Never again at this place!

Excellent dining experience. The hostess was clearly experienced at ensuring diners have a memorable time while at Seviche. We had well-​prepared drinks that went very well with our delicious tapas dinner. The atmosphere was pleasant and not overwhelming.

We headed over to Pittsburgh for a little getaway the week after Christmas and saw the great reviews for happy hour here. We stopped in just after 4pm on a weekday and were almost the only people there. We sat at the bar and started off with the happy hour Mojitos. Very minty and delicious! We snacked on the chorizopan which was like a choizo slider, fantastic! I noticed the free sangria offered with a check in on Unilocal so I checked in and that was great too! Wish we could have stayed for dinner but we often like to «bar hop» in new towns to try some different things.
The bartender helping us was friendly and attentive. We will definitely return!

Seviche has recently become one of my favorite happy hour spots downtown. I’ve never had trouble getting a table or spots at the bar, so it’s a good option for spontaneous drinks/​bites with some coworkers.
Happy hour runs from 4 – 6 and features specials on certain wines and cocktails for $ 5, as well as some $ 5 tapas. I believe there is a selection of discounted beers as well.
We usually order a few of the tapas to share, and I have loved pretty much everything I have tried. I have had several of the seviche options which have been full of flavor and tasted extremely fresh. From the regular menu I have also had the tuna tartare (it’s a delicious combination with capers, onion, and a wasabi aioli) as well as the Jimmy Roll (tempura fried nori, crab, avocado, cucumber, and a spicy aioli – also very tasty and fresh).
Everyone has always been prompt and attentive as well, which rounds out the experience. Hopefully I’ll be back soon for dinner.

I was here with some friends for New Year’s Eve and I must say it was pretty good. The portions are pretty small and the prices are pretty high but the food quality was great. The BLT tacos were by far my favorite. We also had chorizo pan and shrimp pil pil which were both pretty good. Drinks were also interesting and good. Portuguese lemonade was my favorite (tastes dangerously like it doesn’t contain alcohol). The boyfriend had some jalapeño and honey drink that frankly sounded disgusting to me but he very much enjoyed!

Fun place for drinks and appetizers after work. Food above average and yummy cocktails. Servers are all fun, nice chicks.
Overall good place:)

I came in at happy hour on Monday night by myself. We were in town for a Veterans Business Trade Show at the convention center a block away. I was staying at the Marriott across the street. They gave me a free sangria for checking in. They had on nice music and the server came right away.
They had a delicious happy hour menu $ 5 drinks and $ 5 small plates. (Sorry no picture of that menu). I ordered a Mojito and two small plates. I had a salmon mango salsa with chips and a burrito. The food tasted fresh and lite.
My daughter (University of Pitt) joined me and had the Jicama Sofrito with the fish of the day octopus. It was fresh and light.
The interior nicely lit and decorated. The sound level seemed loud to me but there wasn’t a lot of soft surfaces to absorb sound. There were nice looking business dressed young people there.
The waiter was able to help with gluten free choices.

Great to see mojitos on the Happy Hour menu, which is awesome btw. Margaritas, mojitos, and sangria all $ 5 from 5 – 7. There actually aren’t a ton places in this town that make mojitos, and if they do, they’re usually just not that great. Seviche did a pretty good job. The mango was just a bit lacking in flavor and tasted a little too fragrant and artificial, but the follow up raspberry mojito was delicious and totally spot on. All the prominent flavors of lime, mint, and raspberry were present in the drink.
Being an Elite Unilocaler, I’ve developed the habit of being zealous when it comes to checking in. It comes in handy at Seviche, cuz it means you get a free glass of Sangria with your first check in! It was absolutely delicious and the server won’t even bat an eye when you ask for it.
We had already eaten elsewhere, so we asked for the dessert menu right away, which really threw off our server, cuz it was pretty early. Lol. But it was a great idea. We got Mexican flourless cake and churros with a cream cheese dip. They were both equally awesome, although if you love chocolate, you’ve gotta get that cake. Ever see the movie Chocolat with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp? This cake tastes how I imagine all the chocolate in that movie must have tasted. Rich, decadent, but with the slightest hint of mexican spice at the very end of the bite. It comes with Rumchata ice cream and a chocolate chipotle sauce. It was yum.
Churros were more simple when it comes to flavor, but also really tasty. Save a little of that cream cheese sauce from the churros for your chocolate cake and you’ve got a dessert duo to die for. Everyone always talks in their reviews about the dinner menu here, but I had no idea the dessert would be so good as well!
Service was really great. It wasn’t very crowded, so we got a lot of personal attention. Our drinks and desserts came promptly. I wouldn’t say we were rushed at all, but I did find myself wishing I could slow down the pace of things just a tiny bit so we could spend more time there. I hope to come back in the future to eat dinner!

I recently dined here with some out of towner friends, and two of the three of us really got into those tacos. Mind, we all liked what we ordered, but those tacos were the special stars of the show. In fact, that might threaten to overshadow the signature dish of the restaurant, which is various types of ceviche. We tried that too, but MAN, those tacos… They were all very tasty, but my special favorite involved pork belly, and my friend’s hubby was really raving about the fish taco. They’re decently sized too, so a trio of tacos with an appetizer should set you up right if you had a good appetite. I would definitely come back for more.

3.5 stars. Seviche is right in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh… free parking was relatively hard to find… so your best bet is some sort of parking lot 1 – 2 blocks from the restaurant. It’s a particularly great, relatively trendier spot to meet up with friends after a long day of work/​end of week. Their happy hours are actually good deals, despite relatively small serving portions (the fire and ice is definitely an interesting take on seviche, but be warned… each order is relatively small, so if you are somewhat hungry. you probably need to order 3 of them :))
What I like about their seviche is you can customize whatever types of seviche and fish/​meat of you want. If you come with a group of people like we did, you can end up trying different combinations of those, too. Their quesadillas are just ok (I tried their mushroom one, and it wasn’t as memorable), but as the name of this place suggests, you’d do best trying different types of seviche to make things more interesting instead.
P. S. Don’t forget to check in for a free Sangria! This is a must for ladies… for guys… I don’t think they care so much for those sweet cocktails though! :D

2.5* Friendly, unpretentious service, but unfortunately food failed to live up to the good reviews.
Good: Aside from the service, Seviche has a prime location that it takes advantage of with their ‘HappyHour’ specials like $ 5 mojitos/​margaritas & sangrias. How can you go wrong with that?
(Although the drinks, I suspect, aren’t as strong as if you were paying the reg price!)
Not-​So-​Good: Food is meh. I had the Seviche + Chorizo tacos (2/​$ 12). Chorizo was so super salty and greasy, it was difficult to overlook everything else. Seviche on the other hand was dry and needed some acidity to cut through the crispy onions.
I tasted the Seviche Salad ($ 8) and it desperately needed more acidity as well.
Bustling atmosphere and attractive specials will get you in, but the food may not bring you back!

You can make reservations so I recommend making reservations on Fridays and weekends.
It is VERY dark and very loud in here. I liked the high ceilings and to me, it looked like a futuristic twist on an old-​fashioned diner.
The negative was that my food came out almost 15 minutes earlier than my parents’ dishes came out. I got tacos, which could’ve been assembled when the other dishes were ready. So I pretty much ate alone as my parents were waiting for their food. I tried to wait but my parents told me to eat or the food would get cold.
For an appetizer we got the fire and ice crab seviche which was pretty tasty. I wish I could’ve tried the ahi tuna or salmon as well.
I got the 2 for $ 12 tacos so I chose the tempura fish, which comes with mahi mahi, kimchi verde sweet soy and a peanut aioli + the BLT, which comes with pork belly, cherry tomatos and jalapeño ranch. They were both SO good! My dad asked which one was better and I couldn’t answer because I really enjoyed both of them. The choice of sauces and flavor worked so well together I was impressed!
Going back to what I said about the food coming out way later, our waiter was still so nice. He apologized and had the manager come over.
I recommend the tempura fish & BLT tacos as well as the fire and ice seviche!

Since my beloved Fish Market has closed I was looking for a new place to eat at in Pittsburgh while waiting for Amtrak’s Capital Limited. This place fits the bill.
The tuna tartare was spectacular. The salmon I had for my main course was perfectly cooked. They used gazpacho as a sauce. Brilliant, and I’m so going to steal that idea. Too bad the mains were served before I finished the appetizer. The spicy egg roll that was served as a side with the salmon was tasty, but the way he wasn’t crisp as it should have been.
I had a great conversation with the manager, Kaylee.
I’m looking forward to dining here again next time I’m taking Amtrak from Pittsburgh.

The good:
The location and ambiance are festive. I enjoyed the wall art and layout of the restaurant. There is ample bar seating and a variety of table sizes. The menu has a good bit of variety. The Unilocal check-​in offer, free sangria, was great. The fire and ice seviche and jerk kiwi seviche were good.
The bad:
As other recent reviews mention, service was slow at times. Our seviche order was quick but our small (six) taco order took around 30 minutes. The seviche portions are a little small. The tacos had stale shells and quality not really worth the three tacos for $ 16 pricing.
The verdict:
Has promise, however, based on my experience, there are better options out there for the price.

I am very torn on this review between giving 5 stars for amazing food, and 1 star for terrible service.
I had the crispy tofu taco, and it was absolutely amazing. I honestly don’t know whether I’ve had such a good mix of flavors. There were grilled shallots, pickled carrots, Korean BBQ sauce, and avocado. Basically all of my favorite things in my favorite food (a taco).
However, the service was pretty terrible. Once we seated, we waited a while to be waited on, not too long for the food, but then a long time to get service afterwards. We asked to look at a dessert menu, it came like 20 minutes later, then we waited for 40 minutes and no one came to see if we wanted dessert. Our drinks were also delivered to the table next to ours. It was such a shame that a beautiful night of al fresco dining was ruined by such neglect.
So basically, 5 stars for the food, 1 star for the service.

I just want to clone and date me. Is that too much to ask?
Solo date night: dinner and drinks at Seviche… So happy! hehe (~o~)
Seviche is a Latin American dish of raw fish marinated in citrus juice… onions… tomatoes and chilies and sometimes flavored with cilantro… delicious!
you have to order their tacos!!! one of my favorite entrees was just munching on their specialty tacos… was very filling too! pair with their signature mojitos perfect!
Drinks is one of the most important part of my meals… i ordered champagne… mojitos and a sangria.WOW.everything was strong and tasteful!

In. Love.
What I had on Tuesday:
fire and ice Seviche
Crispy tofu taco
Jimmy Roll
What I had tonight:
Crispy tofu taco
Seviche Taco
Tempura Fish taco.
Totally should have either had the Crispy tofu taco thrice OR the same thing I had the other night. Everything was amazing except the Seviche and Tempura tacos were both just ‘pretty good’.
Go. Now.
Came solo On a Tuesday night in June around 8 and on a Thursday night around 9.
Service was was attentive but not intrusive. I had no issues with seating either night. Bar on Thursday and a small table to myself on the Tuesday. Amazed since the city seems jam packed with conventions and this place is very close to the convention center
Highly recommend. Get the crispy taco! Amazing..

I’m not really sure how to write this review since my ratings in different categories are all over the place. First I will start out by saying the restaurant itself has a great layout with curb seating and two garage doors that let in fresh air from the outside. The art on the walls and overall design of the building is very catchy.
Food: I tried two different kinds of ceviche, The piquillo pepper and the ceviche of the day which was a honey crab with scallions. The crab was good, you could definitely state the sweetness of the honey but the pepper was rather bland. This one is more of the traditional ceviche and I ordered it with ahi tuna which is maybe why it wasn’t so good but I’ve had some good ahi tuna in the past that had plenty of flavor. The menu said it came with avocado but when it arrived at my table there was none in the dish. I told the waitress who took my foo back and then informed me that avocado is not supposed to be in the dish. I showed her the menu and she said «oh, it must be a typo.» They were still kind enough to bring me a side of avocado slices but if that’s a typo it was in my menu and my husbands. We then ordered that chorizo mac n cheese (good), The crispy tofu (better) and the chorizo and short rib tacos (best). The tacos by far had the most flavor and were definitely the best taco I’ve ever had. Full of flavor and spice! WE finished our rather large order with some chocolate cake that was rather too rich but very creamy. I’m not a big fan of chocolate so my husband ate most of it.
Drinks: When you check in here they give you one free sangria which was the white peach flavor even though there where pictures of the berry drink on the Unilocal app. When I received it the glass was only ¾ of the way full. Again, from the pictures I had seen on Unilocal many customers glasses were filled to the top and my glass looked like someone took a sip out of it before they brought it to the table. The sangria was good, a subtle wine taste with some carbonation and fruitiness. I ended up ordering the strawberry cocktail which came with fresh strawberries and a mint leaves. Very decorative and very delicious too.
Service: As friendly as our waitress was she seemed a little in experienced to me. For starters when I ordered my sangria it took her 20 minutes to bring it to the table and that was after I had to ask her for it while my husband ordered his drink. She was very slow even though the place was only half full and I often had to look for her when I wanted something. The whole debacle with the avocado in my ceviche was blow because you obviously don’t read then menu and know what should be in the customers food. Lastly, besides bringing taking our food orders and brining us drinks, she really didn’t do much else. Other servers brought our dishes out for us to eat and once we finished eating we had to wait 10 minutes before she would come to our table. SLOWWW!!!
At the end of the day I would go back here for some tacos and maybe a cocktail or too, but I will be sitting bar side or getting my food to go.

I have to confess, I did not plan ahead and every place was booked on a Saturday night… Go figure! We were stuck ordering takeout. After much debate, we decided on Seviche due to its close proximity to the Marriott Hotel and its previous Unilocal reviews.
After calling, I was politely pull on hold for a couple minutes, and another polite employee answered to take my order. I ordered the Chips and Salsa, Jimmy Roll, and the Salmon. Oh the Salmon… That was the best, I loved the top crispy layer. Since I did get takeout, the dark sauce that came with it was on the side, in a cup. I enjoyed it so much I forgot all about the sauce. The Jimmy Roll was awesome and the chips were a hit.
If the delivery guy wasn’t so rough with the containers, the Jimmy Roll would have looked a lot better. (that was me)