Mariscos Ensenada 4

Good food although waitresses take a bit long to check on you. I personally don’t like the fact that they barely speak English but I still don’t mind eating there. Fairly friendly staff.

I would give this place a negative score if possible. My wife and I came here and experienced sheer racism. Despite the fact that we arrived and were seated roughly 15 minutes before anyone else (i.e., the place was empty when we arrived) and ordered two carne asada burritos; we were served after a family of eight, who ordered a variety of seafood dishes. Moreover, our waiter never (literally not once) came to refill our drinks and I had to walk to the take-​out counter to get the check so that we could pay and leave. Needless to say, I haven’t been back since. It’s amazing how a place like this can stay in business.

I frequent this place when I am craving fish and shrimp tacos while I’m at work. They always start you with fresh tortilla chips and mild/​medium salsa. The lunch specials are ridiculously cheap and the portions are HUGE! I typically get the 3 tacos (2 fish and 1 shrimp) with rice and beans lunch special for $ 5 when I stop in on my lunch break. The fish tacos are my favorite and are cooked to perfection. The shrimp tacos are also a great choice but can sometimes have to much breading on them. Staff is very friendly and service is quick. The language spoken in this restaurant is primarily Spanish and if you do not know any Spanish it can be challenging to get you wants and needs met here depending on how well your waitress can speak English. Be patient! The lunch specials are worth it!

I went here with a couple girls from work who frequent this restaurant. I must say, this place is better than it looks. It is a sort of nondescript store front in a strip mall in Maryvale. I had the 3 taco lunch special for 5 $, which was a good price because the tacos were huge. The salsa they give you is a good medium spicy salsa. I got a chicken, a beef, and a fish taco. The chicken was ok tasting, but was poor quality chicken (I probably shouldn’t have ordered that here), the beef was good, but greasy. It was shredded beef that had some cabbage and cheese on it. The fish was the best one, but it still wasn’t amazing. It was fried fish with a lot of breading, but the cabbage and salsa on it was good. I wish they used grilled fish versus the fried. The service was fine, but was very slow making it a hard place to go on a work lunch. Anyway, I wouldn’t rush out to eat here, but I wouldn’t say absolutely not either…3 stars.

Food: 4 stars
Service: 4 and ½ stars
Ambience: 2 and ½ stars
Value: 2 stars
As others have pointed out, the prices are high compared to other places (in the range of $ 13-​$ 16 for seafood cocktails) but the flavors were very good, and all the seafood was tender. I ordered the coctel de mixto (shrimp & octopus) and my girlfriend had the abalone cocktail, along with one shrimp and one fish taco we both shared. Both tacos were delivered hot, tasty, and dressed simply with shredded cabbage, although the waitress brought over a bottle of homemade chipotle mayo that went awesomely with the fried seafood. Only downside: the tip of the squeeze bottle was not big enough to allow the bits of cilantro through, which made dispensing the condiment a challenge.
The abalone was wonderfully tender and had that fresh-​from-​the-​sea smell to it. My octopus was tender, as were the shrimp. The previous reviewer’s comment about the shrimp not being deveined must have struck a chord with management because mine were.
This place is in the same shopping mall as the Ranch Market, and the seafood does seem to be of very good, fresh quality. However, sodas are by the can, which can be problematic if you’re thirsty. Our bill was just over $ 40 with two seafood cocktails, two sodas, and two tacos — not a cheap date out by any means. But for what you’re getting — fresh tasting, authentic-​style baja seafood — it beats handily the headaches of traveling to Mexico these days.

I stop by and it was a nice place but the prices are a little too high, I ordered the shrimp ceviche and it was the blend with no flavor whatsoever, I don’t think I’m coming back. ALTATAS restaurant is the place to go avoid this poor imitation restaurant.

I love shrimp cocktail as long as the shrimp are de-​veined. This place did not and I was unable to finish my $ 14 cocktail.

This place is amazing authentic Mexican sea food taste great and the staff is great