I've been wondering about this place. I visited years ago so I figured since it's close by and I was craving taqueria food it was time. We walked in after finding a parking spot. It was crowded but when we walked in there were only a few people inside? Weird, I guess the people were at the laundromat or the barbershop. 1st thing I noticed was a guy with a huge michelada with 2 beers in the glass. I was like WoW! Lol plus it was breakfast-ish time well maybe noon. I ordered a Carne asada and a pork taco. We sat at one of the many available tables but needed to find a clean one. Hmmmm, that took a minute. Ok seated and waiting. And waiting then more waiting. Oh great here come our normal sized micheladas. I know you guys don't know my mother but if she drank alcohol this is the level if spicy she would make it. NOT SPICY OR FLAVORFUL AT ALL. Not tasty not anything. Like a watered down generic ketchup packet with water then some modelo added to a glass with boring shrimp on top. Sorry but this should have been a sign of the flavorless meal to come..eventually. yes still waiting for food while time slowly drags by and I kick myself for picking this place. Finally our food arrives. Maybe we'llget forks one day too. I'm not even excited to try after tempting Faith by eating a few chips and their salsa. Blah. It was barely edible. Sorry it was bland and tasteless. I can definitely cook this dish better at home and I'm not even Hispanic. My boyfriend definitely cooks way better and could show the cook a thing or twenty. It's called spices and salt. How can this place have any customers at all? I guess they want that huge michelada, not pictured here. read more

El Marisquero - Michelada - Mexican Near Me - Modesto, California

I eat here frequently and it's been too many times where they miss my side of salsa and other sauces. Very disappointing. Not even gonna bring up the fact that the to-go salsa cups are filled 1/3 of the way, please improve in this regard. read more

Just terrible experience all around. They left me waiting for water for 20min while they served the table near us just ignoring our us. Then made multiple rude comment under her breath while having attitude. I finally got my aguachiles 1 hr later warm and mushy. It was the worst experience I have ever had. The drinks are watered down. Don't go here. read more

Bomb food, BOMBBB micheladas, good & quick service. All the servers are very kind and helpful! I visit this place almost weekly at this point and have ordered many different items from the menu. ALLLL have been delicious. My favorite has definitely got to be the canchanilla shrimps though or the steak and shrimp plate. We always always always get the botana before dinner and it is sooo good!! But it's really the MICHELADAS that bring us back again and again and again. I order the double and it leaves me very filled up LOL trying to finish the super should be a challenge! It is definitely too much michi for one sitting like if I order a super, i definitely don't need any food to go with it. I honestly think the Marisquero michelada may just be one of the very best in the area! I really don't think I've had a better michelada in Modesto and I have tried them a lottttt of places. LOVE THIS PLACE read more

El Marisquero - Super michelada and small botana - Mexican Near Me - Modesto, California

If I could I would give this restaurant 0 Zero stars, I am very disappointed in the food and I have been going there for a very long time now. I ordered a combination plate carnitas with rice and beans. The carnitas were burnt and very salty they were horrible I pre-ordered and I brought it home I'm very disappointed and honestly this place has permanently now lost my business I will not be going back ever again. I had ordered it for my spouse as a Valentine's surprise very disappointed we both got sick to our stomach if I wanted a plate for the salt I could have just served me salt seriously.. read more

El Marisquero - This is the menu - Mexican Near Me - Modesto, California

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Full flavor pork with just enough bark. Double grilled tortillas with zippy salsa and fresh cilantro and onion. Soccer was on the TV in the dining area, so it had to be good! #spicemeister approved! read more

El Marisquero - 2 carnitas tacos. - Mexican Near Me - Modesto, California

Burrito was pretty mid but this is what I received as a salad. I get that it's not on the menu but my 8 year old sister can make a better salad .. read more

El Marisquero - Mexican Near Me - Modesto, California

They used to have larger glasses for the beers. I think it's possible that they use the large beer glasses to lure first time customers into returning, then are notified via a biometric scan or rdif chip that a customer is returning and they give them the smaller beer glasses. The aguachile is always good the relleno is good the cocktail is good. 805 Pacifico bud dos x dark dust bowl and modelo on tap. Foods good wait staff is nice locals are friendly read more

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Went in a group of 5 and everyone was served except my mom, they took over an hour to serve food and they kept insisting it was coming out. Never did! I understand that happens here and there but it's so often at the place that I'm never going back because of it. Don't recommend it one bit. They need to improve on so much read more

Did you guys know we've been searching for good chilaquiles? This Mexican breakfast dish (usually with tortillas cut up, fried, with red or green sauce) is a favorite and the standards are high. El Marisquero (a local recommendation) totally delivered! We got red AND green versions, and our group praised both! The enchiladas and chile verde sope also very good. The (huge) micheladas at another table looked amazing - we'll need to try those when we come back! read more

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Great chips and salsa. And nice service. Thinking of going back just for that. Tried the super burrito for $11 and It was average tasting and hard to eat as the insides kept falling out. It was pretty big so lots of food but hard to contain. I think next time I'll just tell them to make me a burrito half the size. Also to note they'll charge you a fee for using plastic. Unfortunately I know that's become a common practice but just an fyi. read more

Delicious food, good place, reasonable priced. Bring cash or pay a 3% service charge. read more

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Haven't been here in years. Saw a video on IG where someone was reviewing the breakfast burrito and didn't really give it a good review. I decided to try it for myself as everyone's taste is different. Anyway ordered the chorizo breakfast burrito and added bacon as the reviewer did in IG. I don't normally include potatoes in my breakfast burritos but decided to. I am glad I did! Their potatoes are country style and were really good! I completely DISAGREE with that review on IG! Great job El Marisquero! read more

worse service ever Never coming back !! come to get a Chavela for hubby and I ! got my food of course incomplete since they did not add rice and beans , we finished food and they brought tortillas after !!!!! did mot even bother to ask if you need it anything else ! kept asking young lady for my chavela , she kept saying, almost ready ! A couple come in we had already finished and they got served micheladas !! my husband had to get back to corner and get sodas !! not good at all !!! been. a long time I had come to this place Will never come back read more

El Marisquero - horrible food - Mexican Near Me - Modesto, California

Food was ok but customer service is seriously lacking. Poor communication by staff and did not offer to remedy the situation or even check in for the long wait times. I don't leave reviews, if a place has so so or bad food I just don't return, I don't complain or ask for money back, but the staff was so lame I had to let them know. read more

New to area and wanted Mexican food. We drove past several times and decided to stop in this place. I ordered chicken burritos and noticed Chili Rellani on the menu..was a bit hesitant but decided to try it! It was delicious! The burritos were a bit dry but had lots of shredded beef! The chips were fresh and the red salsa sauce was spicy but not overly so! The service was also good! We will be going back again in the best future! read more

Love the food & the service. We been coming here for years. And it is a family owned business as well !

omg the salsa is fire!!! can't wait to get my plate. service here is on point. and did I mention the salsa is fire omg I think this might be the best I've ever had. read more

Use to come here often and it use to be great and lately every time i've came it's been really dirty. They don't seem to have any up keep on any of the tables, floors and restrooms, hoping they see they review and clean up the place a bit. It's hard to eat when it's messy all over. They asked a poor couple to move from the only clean table to a booth, luckily the girl did tell them they tried sitting elsewhere but they were all dirty. They cleaned the table and seats for them but then left them wet so they couldn't even sit down for some time. read more

The food is ok don't get it twisted people the service is in my opinion 2/5 get rid of the girls and hire waiters that know and are aware of the menú be more diverse in your ingredients. read more