We came here on a Tuesday evening and there was only a few couples eating. It was nice because it wasn't packed and it was a little quieter than before. We came on a Sunday evening and it was packed and hard to get a table, but they did have mariachi bands playing , and it was very loud, but it was very cool. they have mariachi bands playing Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This place is very clean and the service was very good as soon as we sat down they brought free ceviche with tostadas and salsa. I got the whole red snapper deep fried with no sauce and Michelle got the langostinos with Nayarit sauce.The Nayarit sauce is some of the best around! We used this sauce to dip our fried snapper into!! they have a large selection of drinks!! we've been here a few times and never have been disappointed. The pricing is a little on the high side, but that is expected for seafood.! the parking lot out front is not that big and on Sundays, It was packed and hard to find a spot. People were parking on the side streets. We will definitely return.!! read more

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I got the camarones à la diabla combo which came with fries, small salad, rice and a piece of garlic bread. The food had so much flavor and the shrimp had a nice kick of spice to them. The service was great! You get complimentary fish ceviche. It was lively when we came in they had live music. read more

El Vallartazo - Camarones a la diabla - Seafood Near Me - West Chicago, Illinois

It's difficult to find a good seafood restaurant outside of Chicago , glad I came across this! Drinks are good , and good is ever better! From the fresh oysters to the creamy stuffed pineapple ! Give this place a try when you're in the area! read more

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Stopped by around 6:30 pm on a Tuesday Staff is friendly atmosphere is what you would expect from a seafood restaurant food was good I ordered a tostada and a caldo de camarón good service a bit pricey for my taste but good review read more

Better Mexican food is here than the other place in this same strip mall, although the prices are higher. El Vallartazo certainly is expensive for some basic items. It's easy to find Mexican places in West Chicago, and this is among the more authentic ones. Higher prices are about the only bad thing you get. That and there's a lot of seafood and not much else, so it's slim pickings if you don't like fish or whatever. Came in here after not liking the other Mexican place next to here because of few of any choices. It's La Gisoles, and the menu is very limited. The menu isn't that great here either, but they have margaritas, which the other place didn't or any kind of alcohol whatsoever. Expensive menu. The drinks are good, especially cantaritos, of which they have a few of these. All sounded good. We got the Cantarito Vallartazo. It's about $17 and comes in a clay pot. That's a lot for any drink, but this was good though. It has so much stuff in it. This is Modelo with chopped fruit, grapefruit soda, lemon juice, orange juice, and a small bottle of tequila. As for the food, it was seafood and not much else. We ended up with Aguacate, which is guacamole. It's about $8 for some with tortilla chips. They gave a lot for the price. It helped after the drink. The guacamole was creamy and spicy. Good place if you like authentic Mexican. It's even better if you also happen to like seafood. The rest of the menu is limited but you can find some good things. read more

El Vallartazo - Cantarito Vallartazo With Guacamole And Chips - Seafood Near Me - West Chicago, Illinois

I have an issue when I order shrimp and the intestinal tract is not cleaned from the shrimp (deveined). Everything else was fine. I just have to remember to Order something else. read more

This place was great last week, today I ordered Ceviche Vallartazo for 30 dollars and it was awful I let my server know that I didn't care for it and I wanted something different he went and let the manager know, the manager Maria come over and told me I had to pay for it that she had never comp anything from her restaurant. I have been to the most amazing and sophisticated restaurants in many countries and I never had that happen. I worked in the restaurant business for the past 27 years and it is always about the customer, I told her I was here last week, and it was 3 of us and her reply was, oh and you asked for separate checks, I said nop I paid I can show you the receipt. Talking about customer service. This lady doesn't belong in the hospital business read more

El Vallartazo - Menu - Seafood Near Me - West Chicago, Illinois

This place offers 38 dinner platters. All with a vast variety of sea food. The meals are made to order and hot off the grill. The freshness is great and the seasoning is on point. The servers are very knowledgeable and make great suggestions. Do not be intimidated by the cultural difference. This is a very welcoming place and priced just right. The portion sizes are a little large so, you will not leave hungry. Great place to take your partner for date night. Oh! This is also a BYOB location (for an additional $2.99 per table). On Fridays they have a live Mexican band that plays as well. Buen Provecho! read more

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Amazing! Highly recommended. Drove almost 1hr to try they're resturant. It didn't disappoint. read more

El Vallartazo - Ceviche de camarón - Seafood Near Me - West Chicago, Illinois

Food was awesome, service was good! I'd love for them to keep open the option to BYOB! read more

El Vallartazo - Filete relleno, (seafood stuffed fish fillet) cheesy, super mild, saldad and fries! Patas de cangrejo y chapuzón! - Seafood Near Me - West Chicago, Illinois

El servicio es pesimo, la señirita solo se acerco a tomar la orden y no regreso, lo que necesitabamos se lo teniamos que pedir a otra mesera

Food was excellent, specialty is fish and seafood. Very casual dining. Definitely going back.

Great food and good prices and the service is amazing.. shrimp cucaracha, both fish and shrimp ceviches are good, empanadas/shrimp turn overs!! Aguachiles are firee make sure you wait for your michelada. Top choice huachinango ala diabla! Red snapper drenched with hot devil sauce!! Service is fast and there's always live music on weekends. read more

Good seafood and great service all the times I've been. The restaurant is cleans and the food is always fresh. Highly recommend it. read more

Drove by a few weeks ago and finally got the chance to try it out today. Very happy I did. Food was very good. We had the langostinos, very good, not salty like other places; also had the platillo chapuzón which is shrimp, octopus, n oysters, other places serve it with fish instead of oysters, this was so much better; we also ordered the shrimp empanadas and they were the best I've ever had. The ceviche was also good. Waitress came by enough to not be overbearing or neglectful. Best part is that you can bring ur own liquor!!! Will definitely come here again!!! read more

Pretty good food and good service on time, really polite people making everything Ceviche

Not sure about all the great feedback but the service was definitely not great the food was just OK the empanadas where is your oil how do use paper towels to put on my plate read more

El Vallartazo - Seafood Near Me - West Chicago, Illinois

Had a great time with my friends trying many of the dishes that they had here. If you don't like seafood you shouldn't even bother. We tried shrimp paella, shrimp fajitas, an appetizer with crab legs, prawns, shrimp, mussels, and octopus. The thing you really need to try is the shrimp empanada. It doesn't look like much, but they were really something that needs to be tried. They were amazing and we all liked them. Would recommend this place to anyone. If you come on a Sunday they have live music to entertain you. read more

El Vallartazo - House specialty and really good. - Seafood Near Me - West Chicago, Illinois

Great Birthday dinner last night! Service was wonderful, food was amazing and the entertainment and authentic experience was awesome. We will be coming back soon!!! read more

The Langostinos in the Nayarit sauce were AMAZING. We also tried the shrimp cocktail which was loaded with shrimp and the ceviche. Everything was fresh and yummy. My kids had the fish sticks with rice but ended up enjoying our food better. Service was decent but I wish they filled up my water bc the salsa was spicy. Plenty of seating and parking. Highchairs available. Great for large groups and families. BYOB. read more

Loved the paella. My son loved the garlic butter shrimp. My husband loved byob with a liquor store next door. The staff was nice, welcoming, and helpful. read more

I love this place great customer service and they have the best shrimp Empanadas I have ever had I usually order the ceviche cause it's always amazing and fresh but they have so many other things I love too and so cool that it's A BYOB establishment and they understand my broken Spanish lol read more

Great food/drink. A bit pricey but that's expected at a Mexican seafood place. Very happy with my experience

I ordered shrimp cocktail to go.I get home about to enjoy my food and find out the shrimps were not deveined and have to clean my own shrimps.When I called and complained about this the lady on the phone said the cooks don't clean the shrimps.She said that people like to eat them that way!And on top of that I asked if the cooks can clean the shrimps for the customers she said yes put that's an extra charge.Sorry but I won't be coming here anymore! read more

Love this place, byob, good service, spicy salsa, the seafood tastes fresh, try the paellas, shrimp cocktails, and I'm coming back for more next time! read more

It isn't good at all meaning the food it is completely tasteless the only reason why people come is because of the byob that's it I think they get pretty wasted to leave such good reviews - it's super pricey we tried the ceviche we tried the camarones with pulp hot those SUCKED. And we asked for a quesadilla for our son the cheese wasn't even melted !!! Don't go save the trip go to Islas on north by Addison way better !! read more

Very good mexican sea food place to go with the family, the only down fall is that if you want to have any alcohol drink you must bring it from home. They have live music with great service. I recommend this place if you love sea food read more

Complimentary ceviche with two side salsas and a whole bag of tostadas to start. This place is all about seafood. Prawns, mussels, crab legs,shrimp,lobster, octopus, oysters, clams, and whole fish. A variety of preparation/sauce styles. Generous portions. On top of that, your meal comes with salad, rice, fries and garlic bread. Did I mention BYOB? People were coming in with cases of Corona and Modelo and the restaurant will bring out a tub of ice for you. UPDATE #1: They are now charging $2.00/person corkage fee. This is excessive and I won't be going back until they change their fee structure. Most places charge $2.00/bottle or six pack. UPDATE #2: The service has slowed considerably. I was there with four other people and they were bringing out our meals at a rate of one per 10 minutes to our table. read more

THE FOOD IS AMAZING!!!! And it's BYOB!! Two major pluses...Only problem was that we all got our food at separate times and when there is a band it is so loud u cannot speak to the person next to you. We will for sure be back for the food! read more

Yum! The paella was yummy and loved the complimentary ceviche. Service was decent, so that's why it's 4 Stars. Overall a great experience!

Good food poor service. server take the order never come back we there for 2 hrs how you forget about your tables

To start off, I had such a hard time choosing what to eat because everything looked so good! I ended up going with the langostinos which were SO delicious. The best I've had. Our server Angelica was so nice and helpful. Very attentive and fast! It was my first time here and I think I found my new favorcito mariscos spot. read more

Don't recommend this place at all. The staff service is really poor no motivation. And the food my god don't get me started the taste of the foods I chose had the same taste no authenticity.Worst of all a bunch of fucking flies I spend half of the time I was eating trying to shoo them away. read more

Best food best service and best place love it it byob

If you're looking for amazing seafood with a twist of Mexican magic, this is the place for you. Get the Langostinos Estilo Nayarit. It's BYOB, with a liquor store in the same strip! Everyone is super friendly. On the weekends, they'll have live music. This is my new favorite restaurant in the area. read more

I wasn't too big a fan of the shrimp empanadas. The filling was great but the empanadas felt a little overly greasy. The paella con mariscos was delicious, tons of seafood. I was very impressed with how tender the octopus was. I will definitely come back. They don't sell liquor but there is a liquor store a couple shops down from them and they let you b.y.o.b. read more

The service was very disappointing. We sat for 11 minutes and no one asked us what we wanted to eat or drink, nor did we even get greeted. I had been wanting to come here for a while because it looked great, but the service was horrendous. read more

They made very obvious that food appeal is not at their best I requested the shrimp cocktail and noticed the shrimp all not just one was not de-vein and I made a comment about it but they didn't care I don't know if what they do could be considered a food safety issue but c'mon they're a seafood place ..Hopefully they get to know and understand that the black vein on the shrimp back is their digestive track & it's filled with you know what...I would like to think that not every dish is prepared so poorly -first & last time there- as someone said once "you never get a second chance to make the first impression" read more

The food has always been pretty good. I loved coming here. Byob restaurants are always a hit. Except, the last couple of times i've been here, the service has not been the best. Took us 30 minutes for a server to attend us. Even after we were attended to, our server was a little rude. We told him that the paper towels in the bathroom were empty and he rolled his eyes as he walked away. We were the last group in the restaurant. They close at 10 but at 9:10, while they were cleaning, they played music very loudly over the speakers. Seemed like they were in a rush to get us out. Very rude. I will not be a customer here anymore. Sadly. read more

Octopus could be more tender BUT the Shrimp Empanadas Habanero salsa was good but it is hot!