Mariscos Las Islitas

My first time here and it was pretty good. My co-​worker and I both ordered ceviche de camaron and it was fresh and so tasty! The tostadas were a bit hard (I prefer soft ones that break easier) but everything else was good. The waitress was nice and checked on us a few times to make sure we were ok. We will go there again and try a different plate.

My party of 5 decided to come here for lunch. 2 of us ordered seafood and the other 3 ordered meat plates. The seafood was great. No complaints. The «salad» aka lettuce, could SHOULD become a small salad. Lettuce is a waste of plate space.
The meat was cold and hard. Seemed like old meat honestly. Beans and rice were good. Tortillas are a store bought.
All in all it was an okay experience. We have gone to the one in Lodi, Ca and it is no comparison. Lodi is simply great all around from the food to the customer service. We were expecting the same. Sadly, it could use some tlc.

This place is definitely not worth coming to. The food has no flavour, the price was too high and it didn’t even come with sides for what I ordered, customer service was poor and to me it seems like they just throw shit together to make it look good and taste good but it was bad. You’ve been warned…

Nasty tasting seafood. Taste like it’s been in the freezer for ever nothing has flavor. Customer service was terrible first and last time I go here. Pollo loco is better then this place

Honestly, I was attracted to this place by its bright green paint job on the outside. We walked in on a Thursday evening for some Mexican seafood and that is exactly what we got. Susan had the shrimp tacos and I had the fried tilapia with melted cheese/​peppers/​olives on top (this was real good!). It was real quite in there, so I guess the weekends are when it gets hopping — the place is set up to satisfy your needs to have a Mexican feast/​party. The service is friendly. Too bad that they don’t put tables out on their large patio. The rough-​hewn log bar was real cool to look at. I’m sure they make a good margarita, but I didn’t feel like drinking at the time. The juke box is set to very loud.
Note, you will have a more easy time ordering if you speak Spanish (her English was scant, and my Spanish is scant). Fortunately, another diner was there and was friendly enough to interpret for us. I think we’ll be back in the future for Mexican seafood.

I am a regular here and love the food. Hangover remedy I recommend.. Michelada! Only issue is the service, there is always only one girl serving the entire restaurant. If you come make sure you are patient!

Visited on January 31^st, 2015.
Horrible restaurant– both the customer service and food. Waitress seemed like she did not want to be there, slow service. Food: no flavor, watered down. Had to add tons of salsa to get flavor. Drinks: margarita with upside down Corona had the Corona bottle empty placed down, looks like they mixed the entire beer beforehand, which is not the correct way. Overall, I would never return.

I’ve been here twice since my last review & they have totally stepped it up in the ‘customer service’ department. Love their food & will keep coming back when I’m visiting Reno.

I have been wanting to try this place forever! I ordered a ceviche and a shrimp and octopus tostada to go. Service was friendly and the seating area can accommodate small families. Décor was tasteful with lots of maps showing different areas of Mexico and some kitsch signs for beer. I would love to give this place a higher rating, but I asked that my two items not have cilantro in them because I have an allergy and both items have cilantro bits floating around. I also ordered a Jamaica drink and was charged for it but didn’t get it with my order.

This place was good. The seafood was fresh I had the shrimp empanadas, wife had the shrimp and octopus ceviche. It was really good. I’d give them five stars but when we walked in the jukebox was blasting and I asked if we could turn it down since we had out 4month old. And the did shut it off. Besides that I would come back when in the area and in the mood for Mexican seafood.

Awesome Nayarit style mariscos!!! My job takes me from coast to coast & border to border. This little place ranked in the top 10 in my book. It’s not cheap, but worth every dollar. Enjoy!!!

The husband and I are not gamblers, but we like to take trips to places that we have no reason to visit to try and find their gems (mostly the eating ones). We spend an entire weekend crawling through parts of town that may not be highlighted on the «tour» and see what reasons might prompt our return. Having previously experienced this in Bakersfield, I did a quick search on Unilocal for the same restaurant in Reno and found this place (YAYY!). So, when we showed up, first, we confirmed that it was part of the same family of restuarants — they’re each owned by a group of cousins, the restaurant names have mostly the same words, but reordered or with a couple of extra words thrown in, depending on which one you go to — all follow a standard menu and each one branches out from there).
It’s not completely off the beaten path — in fact, it’s just a block away from a main highway and has great parking in the back. In our excited quest, we showed up probably just minutes after they opened, so it wasn’t too crowded — in fact, the jukebox didn’t start playing until an hour later when we were just about leaving. The place was clean and inviting. The hesitant look on our server’s face when we first walked in could have been either because they are not typically frequented by caucasians or asians (us) or it could also have been the crazed-​excited looks on our faces having found this restaurant in Reno — we might have scared her with our excitement — I know how scary excited we can get. All I know is that when the second group of customers — a lady and her baby — walked in 30 minutes later, she was more warm to them — could have been the baby, too.
On to the food… chips and salsa were fresh (of course, we were there just as they opened). We ordered our favorites: Pescado con LImon (Lime Fish) and Mojarra Frita (Whole Fried Fish, usually Tilapia or some other white fish variant). Their version of the lime fish is actually more accessible than the Bakersfield version — theirs is marinated in the lime sauce before cooking and it’s served crispy brown on the outside with that strong salty limey flavor through and through. It didn’t come with the creamy lime sauce that we really love though, which I’ve heard can be overpowering for others.
And how can you go wrong with whole fried fish? Anyone who doesn’t eat fish cheeks and eyes and doesn’t enjoy picking out fish bones would probably not order this dish anyway. So, go ahead and skip the rest of this paragraph or be forewarned that it may gross you out… It’s crispy enough that you can eat the tail like a tortilla chip (can I get a basket of these instead?), but not so over fried that you can’t scoop out the fatty goodness off the face.
Both dishes come with rice and refried beans and their scoop of beans were a bit light, so we had to order some extra on the side. The hubs also ordered some horchata which he thoroughly enjoyed.
My only real complaint was that the bathroom, while it looked and smelled perfectly clean, was about 10 degrees colder than the rest of the restaurant — my 1 minute visit in there almost took away all the warm comfort I’d just experienced eating their food. The weather outside creeping in through a window is not their fault though, so just adding here so you know to bring a coat.