La Esmeralda Mexican and Seafood Restaurant

Excellent food, nice family joint and great service. Had the birria de cabra and the tostada with octopus, fish and shrimp. All excellent

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loved it!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shrimp Tacos

Little attention from customer service, the food was good but the attention when ordering the food felt uncomfortable since there was a lot of disinterest when asking what the dishes had, since it was my first time visiting this place

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Excellent service, delicious food. Family atmosphere. Very nice and helpful staff

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

A great Mexican restaurant food tasty and also you can have some beers too

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shrimp Tacos, Enchiladas, Fish, Carne Asada, Carnitas

Bomb and quick

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love their burritos

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The birria is not birria, run to the cook

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The birria is not birria, run to the

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Stars are for food. As a Mexican, I already don't like these "authentic Mexican" places. I've come to like a few in SCV. But this restaurant is not it. My mom got the civiche, and after we saw her face, my party 5 all tried it and tasted as if it had been made 3 days prior. It is easy to tell because the lime has a weird taste to it, and at that point, the fish was almost transparent. I ordered the "carne asada" plate, and that meat was definitely not grilled. Seemed more like it was put in a pan with a bit of water and just steamed or something. My 2 brothers both ordered the birria de chivo (goat), and they said it was bland but ok. So they put a lot of lime and green salsa. My sister in law ordered what I believe was the battered shrimp. Same thing, bland as can be. The only thing we all liked was the rice and beans, which were a little bland as well, but that's just sad as a Mexican restaurant. The horchata was overall gross, was definitely from the fountain drinks, and didn't have that homemade taste. The staff was definitely the highlight of our night. She showed up at our table quite often and came for refills. So, props to service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 5

Great Staff! Fun Place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I dislike their 4% credit card surcharge (which limits how often we eat there) but the food is great.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shrimp Tacos, Enchiladas

Yo en lo personal nunca lo he visitado pero todas las personas que lo han visto habla muy bien de él dice que su comida está muy preciosa y sus bebidas también son bien deliciosas yo tendré que ir para yo saber si es verdad lo que dicen del restaurante restaurante se ve muy bien nunca he tenido la oportunidad de visitarlo👍

Food is always on point. Table and menus were not clean and had food residue.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Enchiladas

It took more than an hour to serve us our food, the rice is very delicious but the wait was too long and there weren't enough people for it to take so long for the food to take so long but it's not worth it

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1