Las Islas Marias

The worst langostinos you could ever have. The langostinos were not clean and it wasn’t prepared like most places. They might do it their own way but it’s just flavorless. Most seafood spots put garlic and butter seasoning on their langostinos and this place had none whatsoever. It was just fried and overcooked. It says that langostinos are their specialty on the menu but this is by far the worst langostinos I’ve ever had. I’m only giving them 2 stars because we also got the paella and it wasn’t bad. Definitely will not be going back

Para empezar siempre que voy pido lo mismo jajaja Langostinos es mi platillo favorito! Mi hijo siempre su mojarra o huachinango y tiene 8 anos. He ido a otros restaurantes de mariscos, como los magueyes, el veneno, uno que esta por la 24 y western no recuerdo el nombre, otro de las islas marias que esta 24 y pulaski y siendo honesta, prefiero las islas marias de la 54 y pulaski. Sobre el servicio no puedo quejarme, los precios son un poco elevados, y el platillo cada vez trae menos langostinos.

I really have no complaints. We took our 1year old and its so busy she was entertained the whole time. The staff was friendly, didn’t really understand English but tried lol. The food was amazing and we will surely be back.

Sex on the beach and micheleda are delicious.

Love this place good food always busy service alright hey it’s not waitress fault manager owner. 80 present customers same people owner don’t care there all over city kids menu suck need up grade it

Food way too pricey $ 35 for an order of langostinos!!! Insane people would pay that… and is not even enough for 2…

Oh my goodness… the langostinos will make you lose your religion. I believe i swore profusely after getting the first bite. That’s how good they were.
I typically order the molcajete full of seafood and a spicy michelada.
The shrimp empanadas are sinful and I’m sure the chef has sold his soul to the devil in order to recreate the same flavorful fusion each and every time.
I’m creole… i do roux. I know when people are rushing through seafood preparation because it’s in my blood to know. Yet, there is a roux like base that is used for a lot of their seafood dishes that rival creole rouxs respectively. That’s some scary shit. Mexicans have figured out how to make flavorful roux… hell, they may have made it (dare I say it)…better.
It’s pricey… but so worth the trip.

Food was ok but this is one of the worst customer service experiences I’ve ever had. Waitress was rude, never around, pretended not to here you and walk the other way when I tried to get her attention. I asked for seperate checks and she refused. Never coming back here again. Who wants to guess if this waitress is getting a tip or not?

My wife and I wanted fish and seafood, we usually go to Las Islitas on Western and 25^th St. but the last two health inspections this year barely passed and Las Islas Marias passed inspection last June with very minor details, so we decided to go to this restaurant. It was Tuesday around 3:30 PM, 86 degrees outside and we expected the restaurant to be empty or with only a few customers and that was the case, there were only people on two tables. The place looked clean and decent, at least the customer area, we came in but they don’t greet us, they just waited for us to pick a table A waitress had tray on hand with salsas and what it looked like chips. We move from one side of the restaurant to the other side and the waitress with the tray was following us. Finally we picked a table by a wall, but we had to switch seats on the table because there was an air conditioning vent directly under my wife’s left leg. Following us was the waitress with the tray and she brought a little bowl of ceviche, tostadas and crackers, and two small cups of salsas (green and yellow).
The seviche was good and the little cups of salsa raised a flag, they are going to be very hot. The green salsa was medium to high hot and the yellow was extra hot probably made with peron or manzano peppers. We place the order, I asked for the order of four shrimp empanadas and a big shrimp and octopus cocktail, the waitress asked me if I wanted the hot or cold cocktail. I never heard of hot cocktail and didn’t want to venture so I told her the cold. I decided to order something hard to mess up when I try a new restaurant so at least I get an idea of the culinary taste and condiments of the place without spoiling my meal. My wife ventures on firsts tries and ordered huachinango al ajillo (garlic red snapper). For drinks it was a good michelada with 2XX for my wife and a Negra Modelo for me.
The empanadas were served with a mayo base sauce and they were delicious and flavorful, the cocktail was excellent too with soft but not overcook octopus and the shrimp was ok with no too much tomato and onion in the cocktail, with very little avocado and the cilantro was missing. On the other hand, the huachinango al ajillo was really bad because it was over fried and with A LOT of garlic, the kind that comes in a plastic jar and looks like little pellets. The garlic was only on the side up of the fish and looked like it was placed directly from the jar. We were expecting a red snapper served with sweet sauté slices of fresh garlic ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FISH.
At this point we were the only customers at the restaurant, my wife was trying to remove garlic pellets from the fish with her fork, but the pellets went inside the slashes, fins, and gills. I let her borrow my cocktail spoon, but finally I got up picked the fish up from her plate and shook it till most of the fake garlic fell on the plate (and on the table and my wife’s jeans). But there was still the nasty flavor of garlic pellets on the fish. The 3 waitresses and the cook were just looking funny at us and after removing the garlic, my wife tried to eat the huachinango, but she couldn’t. We tried to cover the fake garlic flavor with extra lime, El Tapatio sauce, made fish tacos, and even with the very hot yellow sauce with no help.
I end up giving some of my shrimps to my wife so she would eat something with the white rice that came with her dinner. There was also a salad, but some garlic fell in it and it wasn’t edible. Later, our waitress came to ask if everything was OK and we started telling her that it was the jar garlic and it tasted bad, can you tell…(she said OK, and started walking away) the cook…
Total cost: $ 52.0 + tip, the size of the huachinango was perfect but it doesn’t worth $ 16.00 with that type of garlic flavor. I guess we need to look for another Mexican seafood restaurant.

Camarones a la diabla are to die for. I recommend this place to everyone with seafood cravings.

Love this place. The food is delicious and the drinks are great. I love the fact that I can call and order to take home. Sometimes it can get really loud in there and you have to scream to speak to each other. Overall good food and drinks. I highly recommend this place, just be prepared for loud music during the weekends.

I like coming here with my Wife. They have great food. Love there micheladas and paellas.

I’ve tried several Mexican seafood places in the area but this establishment did not look appealing from the outside, so I had never given it a chance. We had a party of eight people, and EVERYONE loved their dish. We had Camarones a la Diabla, Una Mojarra Frita, Camarones Cucaracha, and the Ceviche was delicious!!! Our drinks were ok, but the food is so rich you can really go light with the drinks. We brought a cake in for a member of our party, and the service staff were very friendly about helping us set it up. Service was excellent! This place is sure to become one of our regulars! Can’t wait to be back!

Totally delicious and friendly service. My husband took me for my birthday and I would definitely go back. Loved the ambiance is just jumping. I also liked that the Mariachi’s go around singing live. You have to catch all of this action on the weekend. It made me feel like I went to a party. Also tried my first michelada this day. I so rock! I mean they do!

I am a serious person and when it comes to writing reviews I try to be as honest as possible and don’t exaggerate good nor bad so having said that… The food is decent but every once in a while not very well cooked, also it gets very very loud and annoying they play music like your in a club house, it seems like every waitress is more concerned in how she looks and how customers see them rather than the service they give you but I guess the BIGGEST thing that would bother you is all the people that would come to your table either asking for money just like that or trying to sell you something. OVERALL not very good place

One of my new favorite restaurants. It’s small and loud and full of families on weekends and I love it. The seafood is fresh and delicious, and the margarita toro is worth the trip. Whatever you do, don’t order the steak. It was like shoe leather on a plate, but what do you want, it’s a seafood spot.

Great seafood, lots of variety, great prices, great service! All their shrimp dishes are delicious but I’m not a fan of their caldos (soups).