While the entertainment and food are amazing here, the customer service, especially at the front, was not what I expected. The ladies were not courteous, could not spell my name, and were rude to our request to add another chair to our table yet, when another group of Latinos came in, they pulled one of our chairs to give them an extra seat. WTF?? Our server was great, but management needs to look at the front desk and make some modifications. read more

HORRIBLE SERVICE!!! This is my second time coming here the first time we got seated right away but the food took almost 30 mins now we waited almost 2hrs and our food took 40 mins this time so if your not that hungry and don't mind waiting then go for it read more

Good place to visit definately will be coming back soon! loved the mariachi and drinks! The only negative part was the wait time! we waited 50 minutes for a table but when we got seated we got taken care of right away thanks! read more

The service is definitely mediocre here and the food is ok. I only like the shrimp tostadas possibly the only reason I'd go back.

Nothing conpares. Great food. Great staff. Mariachi's out f his world. Feel like royalty at this place. Cannot find better food and ambiance anywhere else. read more

The 2.5 stars for this El Pescador... is too many stars! Let me start... They tried to seat my family in a dirty booth. (They just opened!) When the hostess showed me the table she cleaned up the pile of salt and pepper on the table and the paper on the table had spilled hot sauce on it... When I asked to be moved to a clean table, she said, "oh, this is not a clean table???" (If you just cleared the table of salt and pepper debris and hot sauce is visible...NO, the table is NOT clean) FOOD: I've had MUCH better! Since when do you get charged to get a refill of chips? The chips I got charged for were stale!!! I got charged for STALE chips!!!! *I can't get over that!* I am very disappointed with the overall service! I've been to two other locations and this one has tainted my desire to return to any of the other locations! read more

Just ate at this place and to my surprise I was very disappointed with the service. Food was good, but service was really bad. I can say I did more waiting on service than it took me to eat my food. I am not coming back! read more

I can't understand why this restaurant rating has three stars. Every time I dine in, I always leave with a smile. Why? Well my service is excellent and my food (molcajete this time) is always prepared with much love, so much that I can taste it. Haha no Really, it's delicious! read more

So I'm here at El Pescador in Carson having a drink and I mentioned a signature tequila I had been introduced to, not only was the bartender Kay knowledgeable of the the brand but made me one their special margaritas with that tequila and it was GREAT!!! I've been to this place before and I have never experienced anything but stellar customer service and the food is also a good compliment to the establishment. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone looking to have a good drink and nice time. A perfect way to relax after work read more

The band that was performing was great !! Nice ambience too. The food wasn't that great though. The food was semi cold and the mixed drinks lacked a little punch. Mojitos were basically water. I wouldn't come here again. Going to stick to Los Compadres in Long Beach for Mexican food. read more

Let be this place. Their ceviche is so good!!! They have mariachi on the weekends and you enjoy your food weather is a bday celebration, game day at the bar or you are hungover and need a lift to get well. I recommend read more

From the moment we walked in the hostess was very rude and rolled her eyes when we asked for a table. We decided to sit at the bar while we waited for the rest of our party. Multiple waiters walked by numerous times and never stopped to ask if we needed anything. I had to stop someone to ask if we could order a drink. Then I went up to the rude hostess to let her know our party was all here and ready. She rolled her eyes and was visibly annoyed then turned to my friend and spoke in Spanish without even bothering to answer me in English or Spanish. She had no idea that I even spoke Spanish. When we finally got our table we had a great waitress named Liz. She was so nice and very accommodating. If we were to come back it would definitely be because of her. The mariachis were nice but hearing the DJ in the bar at the same time diminished the experience. read more

Food is good just didn't like where the host sat us down right in front of the mariachi so awkward when ur eating people looking at you that's why it took 2 stars off read more

This place it's going from bad to worse Food it's overpriced and service totally sucks The food has no flavor at all I asked for Pollo poblano and the chicken was super dry.. for sure I'm not coming back... read more

Love the food here! Would recommend the sea food! Great service!! There's usually always a wait time besides that everything is great from here read more

ZERO stars for Customer Service. We get there and the first thing we do is order food for the kids, just to make sure they get their food first and start eating. No one wants hangry kids. We then order the adults dinner. All the adults food comes out first and half of the order for the kids. We asked three different employees for assistance, since our server was no where to be seen. It has been at least 30 mins of waiting and then finally the food comes out. The server apologized and said she would be giving us a discount. We thought that was fair. She was out the door as her shift had ended and another server took over. Once it came for the check no discount, we figure it was a mistake. We walk to the manager, Monica, and instead of apologizing and making the situation right she stated that no one had told her about a discount and that servers are not authorized to make them. She basically got on her high horse and was calling us liars and that she did not know what we were talking about. I then told her, okay, you are now hearing about it, what can you do about it now? She did not once apologize for the situation. Eventually she gave us a discount but was very rude about the whole situation and instead of being a "Manager" and handling with grace she made a huge scene about it all. read more

Very good food and great buffet with live music. A great family restaurant. I begin coming here since they open never had a chance to review them. read more

We were there recently for a Panama World Cup event and it was fantastic. Food was delicious and the service was wonderful. We will definitely go back there to catch other sports events there. Thank you! read more

Love the food here! Totally recommend them! Not much wait time and the service is great

Slow and terrible service, they need to have a better attitude if they're in the service industry, not a big fan if their piña colada

Horrible service we waited for more than 20 min for someone to get our order..i had to go ask someone to help us and not even like that they sent someone to help us..we walked out without ordering ..the place wasn't even packed there was tons of waiters just passing us and not acknowledging us..never will I go back bad service.. read more

Amazing restaurant. Great food, great service and a large marIachi band on Friday. I highly recommend this establishment. We waited 30 minutes to be seated, but trust me the wait was well worth it. read more

I love coming here to eat and here tge mariachi on sat nights all of there food is great... love the nachos very good

I will not be returning to this place. The service was mediocre. The food not so good. Who likes getting a huge fat glob in their Chile Colorado burrito?! Not me!! And $3 for a coke, really. read more

Really poor quality food, no flavor at all, the Mariachi was amazing, other then that the service was a 0 star, the waitress was horrible, attitude, rude, the drinks were nasty, we will never go back to this place read more

Came here last Thursday night to have a drink and an appetizer and the bartender named Amner was on point. He took care of everything for me right away. Everyone was very friendly and the food was great highly recommend read more

Probably the worst salsa I have ever tasted very very watery hard to keep on the chip . You would have been better putting Tapatio on your chips The guacamole tasted just like plain avocado no flavor whatsoever. The beans were okay average. The bacon wrapped shrimp was cooked very well not mushy. The mango margarita was very well made not too sour like most other places. The carne asada was bland nothing special it was just edible and we will leave it at that. The service was good a very big impressive place. But very deceiving the food is very mediocre.. You could go to Del Taco and get the same flavors read more

Don't waste your time this place is all hype! We waited an hour wait time when they had said it was less than 20 minutes. Once we got seated we only got handed one menu for 7 people. Then we ordered drinks ,appetizers and food at the same time since we knew it was going to take forever to receive our food. We ordered Micheladas for drinks and the Micheladas got there 25 minutes later with tomatoe juice and ice with barely any chile/ tajin. It looked nothing like the picture on the drink menu different cup no celery stick no nothing. So after waiting so long other tables around us got their appetizers before us (keep in mind it was oysters) and hour later we still didn't have our food or appetizers. We decided to speak to the manager and leave the place for having such bad service. The waiter helping us helped us one time during this hour . By the way the table behind us got a drink spilled on them by the waitress. Like I said don't waste your time go somewhere else for seafood . read more

El Pescador - Carson - The Michelada was served on a different cup with no toppings and almost no tajin .Opposite of what was displayed on the menu . - Seafood Near Me - Carson, California

This place was OKAY. The mariachi's were good! And kind enough to come to the table and sing happy birthday to my mom. Our food was okay nothing special. Our food tasted like it had been sitting around for awhile and the they heated it up for us. It's not an expensive place so I guess you really do get what you pay for. Our problem started when we paid and we put on the receipt for our waitress to take 20% of money left over for her tip. She came and brought us back the change and we were all ready to leave. She came back right as we were getting up saying "WHERES MY TIP??? SO IM NOT GETTING TIP?" can you say TACKY? First of all who asks for tip? Tip is good etiquette not mandatory. No one should be screaming at me asking me for their tip. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. She was very unprofessional as to how she went about it. If she wanted her tip she should've told us we can't write the tip in the receipt. There was other ways she could've went about it rather than press my family and I. That altercation really killed the mood for us. WONT BE COMING BACK. read more

This is one of my favorite spots to come and hang out after work and have a good time! Robert is the best bartender!! I always have a good time. Best nights are Thursday and Friday to come hang out with coworkers and make sure to ask for Robert! He makes the best drinks!! read more

The burritos are so plain and the service is even worse this restaurant seems more like a late night nothing open type of food.

Went on November 3rd with a party of 10 (4 kids)=14.. food was alright but because it was my mother's in law birthday party we were there celebrating and took our time. So when the Mariachi came out we paid our $450.00 bill (we had several buckets of beers) and tipped our server $90.00 (probably more) when the band was over and my party was still drinking and ordering drinks, the server advised us if we were going to stay around for the band again that there would be a fee of $25.00 per person wth.. I told my husband loudly that we should talk to the manager about this "FEE" after dining we felt forced to leave since our bill and her tip was paid. Then since she overheard she changed to well I'm not throwing or rushing you guys out. We ended up leaving as we felt not welcome after we chose their establishment. Never going back $450.00 could of been spent in a nicer welcoming environment. Very disappointed read more

Went to the Sunday Brunch and was very satisfied with the selection and quality of the spread. A broad selection of dishes were offered including the taco bar which had some spicy salsas to make it even more perfect. It was a very busy place but the servers and bartender took the time to be attentive and check in frequently. I was surprised reading other reviews as the staff were hustling and looking for ways to be of service. If you had a bad experience, go back again and give them another try. read more

Best Mexican food near Carson and Wilmington great service delicious food and the best free salsa and chips going every weekend now.

Friday thru Sunday mariachi nights are awesome. Let's not forget the brunch on weekends and trio style live music. Great spot for a beer or margaritas. Very family oriented as well. Heavy security, no worries about people getting out off hand and trying to start fights . read more

Went for taco Tuesday and happy hour. The website doesn't match the menu. Hours and prices are different. The music is so loud that everybody is screaming over each other just to talk. It seemed like there was only one waiter serving the whole bar. It was nice to get up and get your own tacos and not have to wait for the one waiter to make his way to you. But the food and the drinks had no flavor. I will not be going back and will not recommend this place to any of my friends or family. read more

I've been here a few times. This time i went to have lunch with a friend. We decided to sit at the bar since it was just the two of us. Our waitress Janeth was attentive right away. She placed our drink order and brought us chips and salsa while we waited. The salsa was extremely watery and bland. Taste like canned tomato soup. Our drinks arrived. I ordered the Escalade Margarita, my friend ordered a Mojito. Both were phenomenal. Great taste. We proceeded to place our food order. I always get a Large shrimp cocktail. I was extremely disappointed. The schooner they serve this in was not filled all the way. All it had was shrimp and cucumber. No tomatoes, cilantro, or onions which is standard for a shrimp cocktail. The shrimp were frozen shrimp, definitely not fresh. I asked for it cold and it was warm. A complete disaster. My friend ordered shrimp ceviche and it wasn't any better. It use to be really good. It tasted extremely sour. Like they used either bottled lemon juice or something to that extend. We were so disappointed because we know what the quality of food use to be like, and to experience this cutting corners nonsense is all bad. Yes, either they changed cooks, or they are definitely cutting corners to make an easy buck. I love this place. The environment, the drinks and the service is good. Please go back to putting love and care into your food. Nothing worse than claiming to be an authentic Mexican food restaurant and turning into another El Torito.(FAKE) Thank you Janeth for making our experience enjoyable. She was on point at all times. As soon as our glasses were empty she would offer another. When our food arrived she checked on us a few times. El Pescador Management team i would like for you to realize that the service was the only reason we stayed and spent over $100 that day. Unfortunately it's not a good enough reason to come back consistently. Hope you take this constructive criticism seriously and take a step back. I will give it another shot in the near future. read more

Not good at all the carne asada is not good no flavor and is expensive and is small plate, salsa so watery it taste like tomatoes. Really bad service, will never go again read more

Great food and entertainment for the whole family. Wait was long in the beginning but mariachi was worth the wait, plus the food came out fast. read more

This past week, I enjoyed a nice meal and a michelada at this venue. That wasn't the best part. Alicia our server/bartender was amazing so were her co workers behind the bar. She had a huge smile and never gave in to the rude demands of a group who consistently wanted to drink replacements - they basically wanted a double shot for free - come on now. Through this she paid close attention to all her customers and I have to say she makes a difference! Will gladly recommend this place and return read more