We went to Terramar yesterday (3/14/25), and while the food was pretty good, the overall experience wasn’t decent.
We got seated within 5 minutes since the place wasn’t full yet. Our server took about 10 minutes to come over, but he brought our drinks out fast. We both ordered the Ceviche Campechano, which was good — I’ve had other ceviches that packed more lemon and cilantro flavor, but this one still hit the spot. It came with saladita crackers, which felt weird at first, but ended up working really well.
The service went downhill from there, though. It took forever for our server to check on us after the food came. Eventually, I noticed he was also bartending, which explained a lot. The place got packed while we were there, and drink orders were nonstop. He didn’t come back, and I had to flag someone else down to ask for him, but he still never came.
We decided to share dessert and got the churros with vanilla ice cream. The portion was good for sharing, but the churros were hard as a rock and impossible to eat. The ice cream was okay, nothing special. We asked for the check as soon as the dessert came because, at that point, we knew it’d take another 20 minutes to get it, and we were right. The whole thing ended up taking about 3.5 hours, which was way too long for what it was.
Parking is decent. Street parking is free after 6 pm (Monday-Saturday), and I think they have a small lot behind the restaurant, but I’ve never used it.
Honestly, the food was good, but the slow service and crazy wait times really ruined the night. I get that they were busy and understaffed, but it still shouldn’t have taken that long. Not sure if I’d go back anytime soon.
Kid-friendliness: yes
Wheelchair accessibility: Not impossible to get in but there’s a big chair out front that might make it difficult.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa
Aury Mejia
Horrible staff. I have never been treated so worse.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Katherine Medina
We came here expecting the best service, food etc. we ordered steak and it came out BURNT. I ordered fajitas and never got our tortillas. Ordered a drink and never received it until she brought the bill. Worst experience I’ve had.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Isabel Lebasi
¡ME ENCANTA! 🇲🇽🌮
Amo la comida mexicana y Terramar Mexican Grill es el mejor lugar para disfrutarla. Me gusta mucho el ambiente, sobre todo los jueves con música en vivo y de la comida me DISFRUTO todo pero mis favoritos son los tacos de birria 🤩🤤 y el churrasco. Las bebidas son las mejores y el servicio también. Sin duda lo recomiendo al 💯 🙌🏻
Jashley Staley
Horrible customer service. They are disrespectful and rude.
Melinda Rodriguez
Yesterday, i went to Terramar Mexican Grill in south Lawrence with my 2 girls friends to celebrate my graduation. The waiter came by and took our drink and appetizer orders. )Im the only one out of the 3 of us who speaks spanish). The waiter struggles to take our order, 2 green tea shots, she kept saying green martini and i kept correcting her. A coconut margarita she kept asking what flavor and i kept repeating myself coconut, a guacamole with Chicharon and elote corn. She comes back with our drinks and she points to me and my friend sitting next to each other and says “ you guys were here when the fire alarm went off, and you guys left a tab that i had to pay” im translating this to my friends n also stating to the waitress that this is our first time in this restaurant. She proceeds to say no no no i remember you guys and i keep telling her that shes mistaken that we’ve never been there. She even says one of the girls had glasses and points to my friend with glasses. She leaves and comes back with our appetizers but now we feel some type of way and ask another waitress for the manager. The manager comes and we explained the situation and we let her know that we have never been to this establishment and this is our first time here and we don’t feel comfortable getting accused of skipping on a bill when we’ve never been here. So the manager gets the waitress, brings her to our table and says these ladies are saying that you are accusing them of being here and skipping out on a bill. The waitress says no I simply just asked if they were the ones that were here last time when the fire alarm went off and I said no no no you never asked you assumed and accused us of being those ladies and we keep telling you that that’s not us. The manager asked the waitress did you ever bring up a tap to them and she says no and I said well how do we know about a tab and she responds because it was them who left it behind. I’ve never felt so embarrassed and humiliated and pissed off in my life where I had to control my temper because I was in front of so many people and I didn’t wanna make a scene but I got up and me and my friends walked out to the front then I said actually let’s pay this tab of appetizers and drinks so that they’re not accusing us of walking out on a tab so we were charged $70 for two green tea shots one coconut margarita one order of guacamole and one order of corn the manager came over and said we removed the dinner plates from your bill and I said obviously, I was expecting that as we never received our order the manager and the waitress proceeded to give us attitude roll their eyes on us and standby as we paid for our tab and just left I will never ever ever step foot in that establishment again as I felt discriminated because one of our friends had glasses as I felt humiliated because they were accusing us of walking out on a tab..
francisco rodriguez
An exquisite place with excellent Mexican food, very good atmosphere and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Manny Sorto
Nice place, great food BUT... They serve you old chips and salsa, and I Don't mean it because they a hard like steel, they literally have left over sauce on them from previous customers. I was able to find three chips with red salsa on them. Disgusting If they do this with the chips and salsa, they must be doing this with all the left overs.
karinita solis
I love the food, the restaurant is very clean, good service and good atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cindy
Great margaritas and the birria beef tacos were outstanding. Everything else we order wasn't as memorable.
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas Terramar, Chips and Salsa
Edward Holland
So when I write a review I am comparing to similar restaurants. The food is outstanding. I had the costilla nortena, grilled short ribs done medium rare. The way they did it, separating the bones and tenderizing the meat produced one of the best steaks I’ve had at a restaurant. Everything was delicious. Service was very good. It’s a typical somewhat noisy Mexican restaurant, music, etc.
Dietary restrictions: One of our group has a dairy allergy. Our waitress was very helpful and careful about this.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Costilla Nortena
Floralba Gomez
The food here is absolutely delicious. I had it once, I went back the next day and ordered take out the following.
Their Tacos Gobernador (Shrimp Tacos) and their warm churros w/ice cream on the side were absolutely delicious.
I put my family on to this place and every time they came to town they wanted to go because the food was so delicious & filling every single time.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Greg Dunsing
We had the fish tacos, Carne Asada and Talapia. Everything was the best meal we have had during our visit in the area. Staff is amazing, food is authentic and absolutely delicious. Highly recommended in every aspect of a supper out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa
Jorge Recinos
The best seafood restaurant in all of the Merrimack Valley area. Excellent service and beautiful art work.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Torre De Mariscos Market Price
We went to Terramar yesterday (3/14/25), and while the food was pretty good, the overall experience wasn’t decent.
We got seated within 5 minutes since the place wasn’t full yet. Our server took about 10 minutes to come over, but he brought our drinks out fast. We both ordered the Ceviche Campechano, which was good — I’ve had other ceviches that packed more lemon and cilantro flavor, but this one still hit the spot. It came with saladita crackers, which felt weird at first, but ended up working really well.
The service went downhill from there, though. It took forever for our server to check on us after the food came. Eventually, I noticed he was also bartending, which explained a lot. The place got packed while we were there, and drink orders were nonstop. He didn’t come back, and I had to flag someone else down to ask for him, but he still never came.
We decided to share dessert and got the churros with vanilla ice cream. The portion was good for sharing, but the churros were hard as a rock and impossible to eat. The ice cream was okay, nothing special. We asked for the check as soon as the dessert came because, at that point, we knew it’d take another 20 minutes to get it, and we were right. The whole thing ended up taking about 3.5 hours, which was way too long for what it was.
Parking is decent. Street parking is free after 6 pm (Monday-Saturday), and I think they have a small lot behind the restaurant, but I’ve never used it.
Honestly, the food was good, but the slow service and crazy wait times really ruined the night. I get that they were busy and understaffed, but it still shouldn’t have taken that long. Not sure if I’d go back anytime soon.
Kid-friendliness: yes
Wheelchair accessibility: Not impossible to get in but there’s a big chair out front that might make it difficult.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa
Horrible staff. I have never been treated so worse.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
We came here expecting the best service, food etc. we ordered steak and it came out BURNT. I ordered fajitas and never got our tortillas. Ordered a drink and never received it until she brought the bill. Worst experience I’ve had.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
¡ME ENCANTA! 🇲🇽🌮 Amo la comida mexicana y Terramar Mexican Grill es el mejor lugar para disfrutarla. Me gusta mucho el ambiente, sobre todo los jueves con música en vivo y de la comida me DISFRUTO todo pero mis favoritos son los tacos de birria 🤩🤤 y el churrasco. Las bebidas son las mejores y el servicio también. Sin duda lo recomiendo al 💯 🙌🏻
Horrible customer service. They are disrespectful and rude.
Yesterday, i went to Terramar Mexican Grill in south Lawrence with my 2 girls friends to celebrate my graduation. The waiter came by and took our drink and appetizer orders. )Im the only one out of the 3 of us who speaks spanish). The waiter struggles to take our order, 2 green tea shots, she kept saying green martini and i kept correcting her. A coconut margarita she kept asking what flavor and i kept repeating myself coconut, a guacamole with Chicharon and elote corn. She comes back with our drinks and she points to me and my friend sitting next to each other and says “ you guys were here when the fire alarm went off, and you guys left a tab that i had to pay” im translating this to my friends n also stating to the waitress that this is our first time in this restaurant. She proceeds to say no no no i remember you guys and i keep telling her that shes mistaken that we’ve never been there. She even says one of the girls had glasses and points to my friend with glasses. She leaves and comes back with our appetizers but now we feel some type of way and ask another waitress for the manager. The manager comes and we explained the situation and we let her know that we have never been to this establishment and this is our first time here and we don’t feel comfortable getting accused of skipping on a bill when we’ve never been here. So the manager gets the waitress, brings her to our table and says these ladies are saying that you are accusing them of being here and skipping out on a bill. The waitress says no I simply just asked if they were the ones that were here last time when the fire alarm went off and I said no no no you never asked you assumed and accused us of being those ladies and we keep telling you that that’s not us. The manager asked the waitress did you ever bring up a tap to them and she says no and I said well how do we know about a tab and she responds because it was them who left it behind. I’ve never felt so embarrassed and humiliated and pissed off in my life where I had to control my temper because I was in front of so many people and I didn’t wanna make a scene but I got up and me and my friends walked out to the front then I said actually let’s pay this tab of appetizers and drinks so that they’re not accusing us of walking out on a tab so we were charged $70 for two green tea shots one coconut margarita one order of guacamole and one order of corn the manager came over and said we removed the dinner plates from your bill and I said obviously, I was expecting that as we never received our order the manager and the waitress proceeded to give us attitude roll their eyes on us and standby as we paid for our tab and just left I will never ever ever step foot in that establishment again as I felt discriminated because one of our friends had glasses as I felt humiliated because they were accusing us of walking out on a tab..
An exquisite place with excellent Mexican food, very good atmosphere and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nice place, great food
BUT...
They serve you old chips and salsa, and I Don't mean it because they a hard like steel, they literally have left over sauce on them from previous customers.
I was able to find three chips with red salsa on them. Disgusting
If they do this with the chips and salsa, they must be doing this with all the left overs.
I love the food, the restaurant is very clean, good service and good atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great margaritas and the birria beef tacos were outstanding. Everything else we order wasn't as memorable.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Good food fast friendly service
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas Terramar, Chips and Salsa
So when I write a review I am comparing to similar restaurants. The food is outstanding. I had the costilla nortena, grilled short ribs done medium rare. The way they did it, separating the bones and tenderizing the meat produced one of the best steaks I’ve had at a restaurant. Everything was delicious. Service was very good. It’s a typical somewhat noisy Mexican restaurant, music, etc.
Dietary restrictions: One of our group has a dairy allergy. Our waitress was very helpful and careful about this.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Costilla Nortena
The food here is absolutely delicious. I had it once, I went back the next day and ordered take out the following.
Their Tacos Gobernador (Shrimp Tacos) and their warm churros w/ice cream on the side were absolutely delicious.
I put my family on to this place and every time they came to town they wanted to go because the food was so delicious & filling every single time.
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had the fish tacos, Carne Asada and Talapia. Everything was the best meal we have had during our visit in the area. Staff is amazing, food is authentic and absolutely delicious. Highly recommended in every aspect of a supper out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa
The best seafood restaurant in all of the Merrimack Valley area. Excellent service and beautiful art work.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Torre De Mariscos Market Price
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