El Bucanero
El Bucanero
Our traditional ceviche. Fish, shrimp or mix, with tomato, onions and cilantro. (No veggie options, additional charge)
Made to order ceviche in our special black sauce. (Fish, shrimp, or Mix)
Made to order ceviche in our mango puree sauce. (Fish, shrimp, or Mix)
Made to order ceviche in our tangy green ceviche marinated. (Fish, shrimp, or Mix)
Made to order ceviche in our red sauce. (Fish, shrimp, or Mix)
Tropical ceviche with added fruits (mango, coconut, pineapple), served in a half pineapple. with cucumber, tomato, cilantro, onions and avocado. (Fish, shrimp, or Mix)
3 different ceviche flavors, green, traditional and red. (Fish, shrimp, or Mix)
Cooked shrimp, octopus, imitation abalone and surimi mixed in our tangy sauce with cucumber, tomato, onions, cilantro and avocado.
Fish, shrimp or mix ceviche tostada. with tomato, onions and cilantro. (No veggie options, additional charge)
Tostada topped with fish ceviche, cooked shrimp and surimi, with tomato, onions, cilantro and avocado.(No veggie options, additional charge)
Tostada topped with shrimp and fish ceviche, cooked shrimp, octopus, imitation abalone, and surimi with cucumber, tomato, onions and cilantro. (No veggie options, additional charge)
Tostada topped with shrimp ceviche, cooked shrimp, and octopus. Onions, cucumber, tomatoes, avocado and cilantro, with our homemade spicy "Salsa Negra".
Tostada topped with shrimp ceviche, diced cooked shrimp, octopus, mango, strawberries, jalapeo, tomato, cucumber, cilantro and avocado.
Tostada topped with cooked shrimp, raw shrimp, octopus, cucumber, tomato, onions, cilantro and avocado.
Tostada topped with diced cooked shrimp, cucumber, tomato, cilantro, onions and avocado, covered in a house sauce.
Tostada topped with octopus and cucumber.
Tostada topped with cooked shrimp and cucumber.
Raw tuna tostada in our black house sauce with cucumber, mango, onions and serranos.
Marinated shrimp, cook shrimp, octopus, abalone imitation, surimi, onions, tomato, cucumber, cilantro and avocado.
Scallops, marinated shrimp, cooked shrimp and octopus, with cucumber, tomato, cilantro, avocado and onions.
Marinated shrimp, cooked shrimp, octopus, tomato, serrano, onions, cucumber and avocado served with our spicy salsa negra.
Marinated shrimp and cooked shrimp served as Aguachile tower, in your choice of aguachile sauce.
Fresh guacamole with tomato, cilantro and onions. (No veggie options, additional charge)
Fresh guacamole with cooked shrimp, cilantro, tomato and onions. (No veggie options, additional charge).
Fried breaded Tuna, served with our fresh homemade guacamole with onions, tomato and cilantro. (No veggie options, additional charge).
Sampler platter with both fish and shrimp ceviche, cooked shrimp, octopus, imitation abalone, surimi and oysters on the half shell topped with our camarones ahogados.
Cooked shrimp and octopus served with chopped onions, cucumber and tomatoes tossed in our tangy sauce.
Cooked shrimp served with chopped onions, cucumber and tomatoes tossed in our mild tangy sauce.
Octopus served with chopped onions, cucumber and tomatoes tossed in our tangy sauce.
Botana with cooked shrimp, shrimp ceviche, octopus, raw tuna, with black house sauce, veggies & mango, garnished with Mexican Tostitos.
Sampler with cooked shrimp, marinated shrimp, octopus and oysters.
Cooked shrimp served with a side of our tangy sauce.
Whole avocado stuffed with your choice of filling.
Raw shrimp marinated in our spicy aguachile green sauce.
Marinated shrimp in your choice of aguachile spicy sauce.
Sampler of the green, red and black aguachiles.
Marinated shrimp in three different spicy salsas: green, regular and red aguachile sauce.
Mexico's Pacific Northwest version of the shrimp cocktail. (Cooked shrimp, cucumber, tomato, onions, cilantro and avocado).
Octopus cocktail with, cucumber, tomato, cilantro, onions and avocado.
Shrimp and octopus cocktail with cucumber, tomato, cilantro, onions and avocado.
Shrimp, octopus and imitation abalone cocktail with cucumber, tomato, cilantro, onions and avocado.
Marinated shrimp, cooked shrimp, octopus, imitation abalone cocktail with cucumber, tomato, cilantro, onions and avocado.
Marinated shrimp, cooked shrimp, octopus, imitation abalone and cocktail in our green ceviche marinade with cucumber, tomato, cilantro, onions and avocado.
Fresh raw oysters.
Oysters topped with molca-campechana.
Half a dozen of oysters with a dozen of shell-on cooked shrimp.
Raw oyster, shrimp served in our house sauce.
4 fried fish strips with french fries.
10 fried shrimp. with French fries.
3 fried fish strips and 5 shrimp with French fries.
10 fried oysters with French fries
3 fried fish strips and 5 oysters with French fries.
5 fried shrimp and 5 oysters with French fries
2 fried fish strips, 3 fried shrimp and 3 fried oysters with French fries.
1 Fried Catfish filet served with your favorite side choice.
15 fried butterflied shrimp served with a salad.
Fried Calamari
6 fried shrimp breaded in shredded coconut accompanied by a mango dipping sauce.
Beef fajita, Chicken Fajita grill shrimp served with our house sauce. Accompanied with a side of refried beans, Mexican fried rice and salad.
Grill fish, grill chicken, & grill shrimp, served with our house sauce. Accompanied with a side of refried beans, Mexican fried rice and salad.
Grill sausage, beef fajita, chicken fajita, served with our house sauce. Accompanied with a side of refried beans, Mexican fried rice and salad.
Bacon rapped shrimp, beef fajita & chicken fajita, served with our house bacon sauce. Accompanied with a side of refried beans, Mexican fried rice and salad.
3 empanadas stuffed with diced shrimp, bell peppers, onion and cheese, served with refried beans, Mexican rice and salad.
Bacon-wrapped shrimp, served with rice, beans and salad.
Butterflied with shell-on and grilled shrimp. served with rice, beans and salad.
Shrimp in our diablo sauce, served with white rice and salad.
Shrimp in our salsa verde with melty cheese, served with white rice and salad.
Shrimp in our Veracruz sauce, served with white rice and salad.
Flash-fried shrimp with the shell on and tossed in a spicy creamy sauce.
4 flautas filled with shrimp, served with our consume soup.
Whole Tilapia, served with Mexican rice, refried beans and salad.
Tilapia chicharron style served with white rice, salad and pico de Gallo.
Grilled fish fillet, served whit Mexican rice, refried beans and salad.
Fried fish fillet in our cornmeal, served with Mexican rice, beans and salad.
Fried fish fillet in flour and light seasoning, served with white rice and salad.
Fish fillet covered in molca-campechana, served whit white rice and salad.
Grilled Salmon served with white rice and salad.
Shrimp sampler platter, bacon wrapped shrimp, fried shrimp, grill shrimp, diabla style shrimps and green salsa style shrimp accompanied with white rice.
Fish and shrimp sampler with a 3 salsas dipping sauce and Mexican rice.
A seafood fried rice made to order
Surimi and cooked shrimp mixed with jalapeo, mayo and veggies.
Grilled shrimp served on top of a house salad.
Grilled fish filet served on top of a house salad.
Grilled chicken breast served on top of a house salad.
Surimi tossed with mixed greens in a soy-ginger dressing.
Grilled beef, served with Mexican rice and refried beans.
Grilled chicken breast marinated in our guajillo sauce. Served with refried beans and Mexican rice.
Diced sirloin and grilled with vegetables then sauteed with our molcajete sauce, served with Mexican rice and refried beans.
2 cheese filled poblano peppers, served with refried beans and Mexican rice and salad.
Grilled fish fillet, grilled shrimp and grilled chicken breast all on 1 plate. Served with refried beans, Mexican rice and avocado.
Sizzling fajitas, choose your protein. Accompanied with a side of Mexican rice, refried beans and salad.
Pick and choose 2 options and create your perfect combination plate.
Large flour tortilla filled with your choice of protein, bacon and grilled bell peppers and onions all topped with queso fresco and served with a small side of guacamole.
Fried masa with refried beans, your choice of meat and topped with lettuce tomatoes and avocado. Served with a side of consome.
Large flour tortilla with your choice of meat, refried beans, Mexican fried rice, mozzarella cheese, onion and cilantro.
4 Non-TexMex red enchiladas dipped in our guajillo sauce, stuffed with your choice of cheese, chicken or beef then folded over and topped with queso fresco, served with Mexican rice and refried beans.
3 enchiladas stuffed with your choice of cheese, chicken or beef and topped with our tomatillo green sauce, served with Mexican, refried beans and salad.
3 enchiladas stuffed with diced shrimp sauteed with bell pepper, onion and tomato, served with refried beans, Mexican rice and salad.
3 enchiladas stuffed with various seafood choices with bell peppers, onion and tomato, melty cheese and served with refried beans and Mexican rice.
Seafood soup.
Shrimp soup.
Fish soup
Fish and shrimp soup.
Shrimp ball soup.
Seafood tortilla soup.
4 tacos with melted cheese and your choice of protein sauteed with bell peppers and onions.
3 tacos with fish strips, lettuce, tomato, onion, cilantro and avocado in our creamy tarter sauce.
3 tacos with shrimp, lettuce, tomato, onion, cilantro and avocado in our creamy tarter sauce
Order of 4 mini tacos served with a side.
Crispy toasted bread with mayo filled with your choice of meat, lettuce, tomato and avocado.
Crispy toasted bread with tarter sauce filled with a crispy fried fish filet, lettuce, tomato and avocado.
2 full size beef patties on warm toasted buns dressed with 1000 island dressing all topped with lettuce and tomato.
2 fried fish strips with fries.
5 fried shrimp with fries.
1 fried fish strip with 3 fried shrimp & fries.
6 Chicken nuggets with fries.
Grilled chicken with fries.
Kids Cheeseburger with fries.
Cheese quesadilla with fries.
2 bean and cheese tacos & fries.
2 mini tacos with French fries.
Your choice of our homemade sauce.
Spicy Aguachile Sauce white sliced onions.
Pachanga sauce with sliced onions and peanuts.
Homemade lemonade
Homemade hibiscus fresh water.
Homemade rice water.
Homemade pineapple fresh water.
1 stuffed poblano pepper with rice & beans.
3 Non-Tex Mex enchiladas in our red house sauce, served with rice & beans.
Steak ranchero in our spicy home made sauce, served with rice & beans.
Grilled chicken served with French fries & house salad.
Double cheese burger served with french fries.
Beef or chicken torta with mayonnaise lettuce, tomato, avocado & French fries.
4 mini tacos beef of chicken accompanied with charro beans, & cilantro, onions & avocado on the side.
2 Mexican sopes topped with beef or chicken, beans, lettuce, tomato, and onions, accompanied with consume soup..
Fish sandwich, lettuce, tomato, avocado & tartar sauce.
Whole fried tilapia served with french fries.
Fish filet served with french fries & salad.
2 Fish tacos served with lettuce, tomato, onion, cilantro, avocado & tartare sauce.
Seafood
Non Tex-Mex enchiladas
Camarónes a la Veracruzana.
Tacos Para El Gobernador
Molcajete campechano. This is amazingly delicious!
Camarones al mojo de ajo
Tostada mixta. It has two tortillas, crema, ceviche, shredded crab leg, avocado, and shrimp. $8.99. Huge portion. Delicious!
Can't decide whether to eat or drink? Look no more! Michelada (bucanera?) He enjoyed it. I stuck to my limonada.
The tostada mixta
Pretty decent enchiladas
Mojarra 05/2012
tacos
The tostada " El Chapo " is as bad ass as the Sinaloa druglord!! It's a must try !!
Vast/open seating area!
Calamari Frito
Molcajete El Bucanero
Ceviche
Vampire drink
Parrillada
El Senor De Los Cielos
Hawaiian Ceviche
$21 for thid
Drink
Audrey F.
Dec 10, 2024
El Bucanero is a staple in San Antonio! last night we dined at the blanco location as the embassy location was closed and I have to say, the experience was outstanding in many ways. The service was exceptional from start to finish- attentive, friendly, and quick without being too overbearing. What really stood out, though, was how wonderfully they treated our babygirl. The manager went above and beyond to make her feel welcome, offering her a variety of food to try, which was such a thoughtful touch. (beans, tortillas, and avocado) At the end of the meal, we were pleasantly surprised to find that none of the food they had provided for her was actually on our bill. It was a lovely gesture, and it made our experience even more special. The food itself was delicious as always, but the service and kindness made this visit memorable. Highly recommend this place for anyone looking for great food and even better hospitality! Been going here with my family for 10+ years, my sister use to work here, and our guests request "El Buc" as soon as we pick them up from the airport!! We will always make the drive for our favorite.
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I L G.
Feb 23, 2025
Wow! What fun this place is? I had the sea bass and it was well prepared and absolutely tasty. The service was excellent and I even learned a little Spanish. But my favorite part was the mariachi players. They were on point and LOUD! Loved it!! Can't wait to come back...SOON!!
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Ricardo J.
Feb 18, 2024
We came here on 02.18.24 for the first time - I had been wanting to come here for years after being told about it by a friend. This location (one of three) is in a nice Hill Country setting, dirt parking lot and oak trees included. On a Sunday, we found a crowd. Benches are all along the covered porch, in anticipation of lines. We walked into an enormous dining area packed to the gills with people. I mean, PACKED. The place was hopping! After intense review of the insanely populated menu, our amazing and super friendly server took our order of fried calamari and two large seafood cocktails. The fried calamari was good but a little dry. It came with a delicious house-made hot sauce and seasoned cucumbers and tomatoes. My date had the large shrimp cocktail and I had the large shrimp and octopus cocktail. You definitely get what you pay for with these. They were enormous and packed full of seafood, as well as pico de gallo and a tasty cocktail sauce. We barely could finish these - actually, I finished mine and there was plenty left of the other cocktail. Every dish we saw coming out of the kitchen looked amazing, and that the place was as crowded as it was with locals, that said a lot. For the food, that there was so much that sounded good, and for the five-star service, we are definitely wanting more visits in the future.
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Cristina B.
Jan 27, 2024
I had not had Mariscos in quite a long time. "Mariscos" is the Spanish word for seafood btw :) Since moving here to SATX, I have been on a quest for the best/most authentic restaurants for all of my favorite foods! El Bucanero took me back to my childhood and some of the seafood places I visited as a kid, since my Dad loves Mariscos. So it is safe to say El Bucanero definitely exceeded my expectations! Warning: their menu has over 100 items! Extensive menu is an understatement! I was torn on what to get and so was my husband. When we finally decided, I ordered the "AKA" shrimp tostada which is essentially "shrimp ceviche" and they already have home made tostadas and crackers at the table when you arrive. My husband ordered a "Molcajete" which is just a serving style bowl symbolic for an actual molcajete (mortar or pestle). They have a few variations of the dish. The one my husband ordered had chicken, beef, slices of cheese, cooked cactus (nopales) and bacon wrapped shrimp all served in a delicious sauce. It's served with a side of beans, rice and tortillas. Service is above par despite how busy they get! Very clean restaurant! Ambiance is lively with traditional Mexican music playing and friendly staff/servers! Overall wonderful experience! I love that I felt "home" as soon as I walked in! Can't wait to return!
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Brandie A.
Jan 9, 2024
Visited for an early dinner before catching a flight home. The food and drinks were nothing special but the pricing was appropriate.The bar area was loud and the sound extended into the entire dining. That is somewhat expected with the sports bar feel.
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Christine L.
Mar 3, 2024
My family and I decided to give this restaurant a second chance. As an appetizer we got the calamari. It was chewy but it was served with slices of tomato, cucumbers, and a home made sauce. I was looking for something small and thought the shrimp salad would fit the bill. But it was huge! I took three quarters of it home. It was yummy though. I probably won't order it again unless someone will split it with me. My other family members ordered the fish and shrimp plate. It looked delicious and I will be getting that next time. The place was nicely decorated and the staff were friendly. I will say there was a language barrier it we worked through it.
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Sandra D.
Jan 9, 2024
This restaurant NEVER DISAPPOINTS! The food is always so good! I'm not gonna lie, it's always hard to make a choice about the menu, because it's so extensive! But I do love they have so many pictures in the menu, so you can see what you are going to get. This time we got Torre el Rey and Camarones a la Veracruzana, both very very good. Both plates have enough food to feed 2 people each.The only reason I didn't give a 5 star review is because this place need a renovation, it looks the same as it looks when it opened years and years ago, it definitely needs some love and the bathrooms need some work too, only two stalls and very and in need of some work. Staff is friendly and they know their menu which helps.
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Sammar G.
Nov 9, 2024
It has some of the best ceviche in town. We also tried the steak quesadilla and fried fish/shrimp. The steak quesadilla was extremely hot and fresh. Fried fish/shrimp was also pretty good. The service is efficient and welcoming. Ambiance is chill depending on what time you go. It is very busy on the weekends.
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Norma G.
Jul 7, 2024
Food quality and quantity has degraded to a point that we will not return. The server tried hard to give proper service but he had several tables. The carne asada was ground meat over cooked and tasteless! The fish was so small we had to order another order of the same plate. Unfortunately there a manager was not available. The only good item was the green hot sauce. The ceviche was grounded mesh of fish I hope , poor quality and not worth the price or taste. Hope they read this and turn this place otherwise close it.
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luna v.
Feb 9, 2025
La comida está muy rica y sabrosa los camarones tienen un sabor muy rico y únicos!!Los meseros/a son muy amables y serviciales siempre tienen buena actitud como primera vez! Me encantó me veré viniendo seguido!
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