Mariscos La Costa

I should of heeded the reviews. Honestly.. im writing this before I get sick. No flavor in the meat, lemon and salt are your friends... the "jugo de piña" we ordered tasted fermented like kombucha... like.. rotted. The chips de asada was my last option. They were out of fish, and shrimp. Like HOW!?! Anyways.. its flavorless. As a mexican.. this is sad. The reviews dont lie. Its basically a dive bar/restaurant. The locals here are just drunk workers whom have nowhere else to go. They tip the waitresses because its basically them sweet talking them and being drunk. The food was bland, not worth the 70 i paid. Could of gone to a burger spot for half the price and better food.

Local and authentic. A setting full of love, eye contact and very good food. I had ceviche and my friend had tacos. Both were fresh and very very good. The salsas couldn't have been fresher and this was at 9pm at night. Again, the staff go the extra mile without even trying. Can't wait to come back.

Service is friendly. Quite honestly not my favorite. I'm surprised Rubios has better fish tacos than this restaurant! I paid $10 for 1 fish taco that consisted of 3 small fish sticks (probably frozen fish sticks) and pico de gallo. The salsa they serve with chips is spicy but bland. They serve good drinks. This is why I'm rating 3 stars.

Fresh, fresh fresh ! Do you know it's probably going to be good when the chips and salsa impress you first .. And quite an extensive menu, If you like a Mariscos, make your way to this lovely restaurant with a welcoming staff. Indoor and outdoor seating. very near the beach.. parking was easy to which is not your usual in this side of town. As I practice my Spanish my server practiced her English. It was a lovely encounter., Bonus they make their flan in-house Decadent!

You step out of a strip mall in Costa Mesa and step into a little town somewhere in Mexico. You don't even have to fly or go to the airport to lose yourself in an authentic Mexican joint full of flavors of Mexico and music and atmosphere unique to this magical country. We decided to visit this place on a Friday night after basketball practice and the place was pretty packed with a few empty tables. There is a live DJ that is blasting Mexican music very loudly and also have karaoke going on TV which the patrons get involved every 10 minutes or so from their tables. Menu is expansive. A little on the pricy side but hey you are next to Newport Beach and a mile from the water so it is to be expected. I ordered their shrimp burrito and my son ordered the #3 which is a grilled shrimp special. He devoured every bit of his plate that was accompanied by rice and beans and salad and tortilla. My burrito was the size of Newport pier. It was very full and wet. The flavour was just ok but I was a bit disappointed and had to add quite bit of salsa and habanero sauce to kick it up but managed to only eat half of it. Service is great and our waitress was very attentive to our needs.

I ordered the shrimp cocktail. My wife ordered beef soup (Caldo de res). She didn't finish her soup and so we asked them to put it in a take out container. She left a good portion of her soup including plenty of beef in the soup bowl. When we got home, we noticed that they did not include the beef and had taken it all out! I can't beleive they went out of their way to do that. We were very dissapointed to see this. Maybe it explains why they took so long to bring back the take out container. Pedí el cóctel de camarones. Mi esposa pidió el Caldo de res. No se terminó su caldo y les pedimos que la pusieran en un recipiente para llevar. Dejó una buena porción de su caldo, incluida carne, en el plato. Cuando llegamos a casa, notamos que no tenía la carne y la habían sacado toda! Nos quedamos muy decepcionados al ver esto. Quizás eso explique por qué tardaron tanto en traer el contenedor para llevar.

Venimos con mi familia a NewPort Beach a divertirnos un poco y disfrutar con familia... terminando en la playa mi mama tenia antojo de una mojarra frita asi que buscamos restaurantes de mariscos y encontramos este lugar estaba lleno, nos sentaron y la muchacha que era muestra mesera tomo nuestra orden que era un clamato preparado, una horchata, y una agua de piña.. Para empezar el clamato preparado cuando lo trajo estaba a mitad de vaso y le pregunte a la muchacha si eso era todo?! Y me dijo "ah no le falta mas" y se lo llevo para atras y lo trajo de volada y le dije esto es el "clamato preparado"?! Y me dijo que para ellos el clamato preparado era solo clamato con limon y el vaso escarchado. Me trajeron despues lo mismo pero en una copa y como ven en la foto estaba a la mitad ni llena la copa. Y el agua de piña de mi mama estaba bien porosa y no tenia sabor a nada entonces le dijo a la mesera eso y le dijo si queria otra cosa asi que le dijo si queria agua de jamaica y cuando llego , llego con una agua de tamarindo y le dije que mi mama habia ordenado una agua de jamaica no de tamarindo y solo me volteo los ojos y mi mama le dijo que asi estaba bien. Y la "agua de tamarindo" tampoco tenia sabor ni mucho menos sabor a tamarindo... y en la foto como pueden ver hasta se separaba ... Asi que ya no dijimos nada .... despues regresa la mesera a tomar nuestra orden y le damos nuestras ordenes y noto que ella no apunta nada ni traia una libreta ... y esperamos mucho tiempo y decidimos decirle al dueño que ya nos vamos que mejor cansele la orden y el dijo coman y les hare descuento por esperar tanto y no les cobrare las segundas bebidas ....Entonces como ya habia salido la comida decidimos quedarnos y comer ... pero nos salio horriblemente desabrida TODA la comida ... ya mejor ni nos comimos toda la comida porque estaba tan mal ni sal tenia ...lo unico que estaba rico fue la sprite mexicana de bote que me dieron... y el dueño se porto muy bien con nosotros, pero la mesera. horible servicio.. no me quedaron ganas de regresar...

Shrimp cocktails were mid. Just didn't like the ambiance, bunch of weirdos in there seemed like i was at a club or something.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY HERE!!! Terrible service. Unmotivated servers and the food is not Good. Be cautious of the seafood as it is OLD. The ambiance in itself is more of a dive bar. Tables are Not clean bathroom is disgustingly dirty and overall I don't know how this place is even open at this point.

Tengan cuidado con este lugar el pasado lunes 17 de junio fui a comer con mi familia mi cuenta fue un poco mas de 100 dll, pero cuando llegue a mi casa y entre a mi cuneta de banco me di cuenta que habia otro cobro por mas de $1029.77 afortunadamente mi banco no lo aprobo y me mando un alerta de actividad sospechosa.