El Shrimp Bucket

Not really a food truck. More like a truck with a trailer behind it. Whatever--this is OUTSTANDING Mexican seafood. The prices are high. Much higher than you would expect from a trailer/truck that looks like this.But the food is very, very good. We tried the lobster quesadilla, a shrimp burrito, and 3 street chicken street tacos. The tacos were 3 for $9 but were packed with delicious, fresh chicken. The shrimp burrito (about $15, yikes) was not small but not enormous but it was PACKED with incredibly fresh shrimp. Both the quesadilla and the burrito had an amazing smoky flavor to them.You can get enormous crappy burritos from any old taco shop for about $8 or $9. The shrimp burrito was pricey but terrific. You make the call. I would return.

Paid $20 for a surf & turf burrito that had barely any surf and sub par turf. All the prices were too high for the quality of the food. I've had better lobster rolls for cheaper, not sure what the hype is about.

I like a good food truck, and I am surely a fan of one that makes a great grilled fish burrito as this one. That being said, I ordered the "wild" grilled mahi mahi fish burrito for $7.00. The burrito came with freshly prepared pico de gallo with mango, shredded cabbage, a house chipotle sauce, and of course the griddled mahi mahi fish all wrapped in a soft warm tortilla. The burrito was quite tasty and the pico with the chopped and cubed mango pieces was great, but as whole, the burrito did need more mahi mahi because the burrito was just not generously filled as it should of been. The mahi mahi was well seasoned and prepared, perhaps a little over, but still was moist and tender. Regardless of the what I felt was a lack of fish, it still was a very good burrito. I tried all three of their salsa that came in the plastic squeeze bottles and they were all terrific and packed some very good heat. The gents who own El Shrimp Bucket are from Mazathlan and still have family back home that run and own a fishery that specializes in shrimp. They receive only the best Mexican White Shrimp from the fishery, so next time, I for see a pile of unshelled and cooked shrimp sitting in front of me.

First off, I don't feel like I could try what I wanted because the menu prices were so darn high. I saw at least 4 people look at the menu and walk away, I'm sure because of price. The pricing is WAY too high!A carne asada burrito for $16.50?A fish burrito for $19.50?3 Shrimp Tacos for $14.50?Cummon, this is a joke. This place needs to seek out a professional menu engineer and instill some fundamental pricing practices that are understood among all restaurant managers.

I'm a little bummed that this wasn't as good as I had hoped. I'm a huge fan of seafood but this was not a particularly good experience for me. They came out to Carlsbad and setup shop around our offices. We have various new food trucks that come out weekly and I decided to give it a try since the theme was seafood. Looking at the menu, they have some of the steepest prices for a food truck..! I went with the lobster quesadilla for $8.50, which isn't horrible; but I also wanted some fries, so I got the sweet potato fries for another $8.50. I was really banking on these fries being amazing for being the same price as the lobster..When I got my food, the fries were a decent size portion, but there weren't that many fries- they were just very big, thick cut fries... they weren't horrible, but definitely not worth the $8. While they had the occasionally sweet taste of the fries that I love, most of them were over salted. My lobster quesadilla came out half burnt as well. The lobster was fresh, but the rest of the quesadilla was not up to par. It was overly salty as well. This $20 meal was very much a disappointment..The service wasn't anything great either. It took a long wait (15mins) before I could order something as if they were behind on orders.. but there were only 2 other people who had ordered food from here. There were more people who were just waiting around for their friends than people who actually wanted to order.

The shrimp taco's tasted good but are microscopic. Super disappointed that I paid $11.88 plus a $1.00 tip for 2 micro street taco's. I am still hungry and will have to go get "lunch" now!

The food here is amazing! The chef, Felipe, always cooks bomb food! I had the rib eye and Maryland blue crab surf and turf fries, and ordered fish tacos for the kids! Big portions for the price! I also love that they're usually at a good brewery!

Fresh food at Second Chance Brewery today. Tasty shrimp taco- nice flavor and cooked perfectly. Big basket of fries too!

One of the best food truck experiences I've had. Got the Surf n' turf fries with ribeye and lobster and it was awesome. The fries were fresh, tasty and perfectly cooked (wife said "restaurant quality", there's balsamic vinegar, rucola and super tasty cheese, not to mention the quality of the protein and seafood parts. Five stars all the way!

So good! Great and fast service, high quality food. Best served with a local pint from a craft brewery!!! Cheese fries and shrimp tacos are superb.