Esmeralda Restaurant replaced the Lozano's Mexican restaurant in Lehigh Acres with major renovation. The minute you walk in, you realize that the décor is much better. A Well-designed bar is fully stocked and a pool table is available to provide a little relaxation. Went in for an early dinner. We were seated by the Windows booth. A salsa with chip were provided immediately. Their salsa has excellent texture as well a right proportion of ingredients and not watery. We started with a Patria Y Vida - an excellent mix of Rum with Ganadine, Rum with Curacao and Coconut Rum - a perfect trifecta color presentation for a frozen drink! Wife ordered a small portion of Spicy Rice - rice with shrimp, chicken, and beef mixed with Jalapeno with slices of avocado and fried plantains. She asked and tell the chef, "Take it easy with Jalapeno." Well, it was done exactly to her liking. Amazing! One happy lady here! I opted with a Seafood stew or soup (Sopa de Mares). It has crab legs, crayfishes, clams, mussels, shrimps, calamari, and a small filet of fish (which I cannot identified!). It mixed with several vegetables, the flavor from the seafood is unmistakable well balanced here. A few slices of toasted Cuban bread went well. We did not have any dessert. May be on our next visit! Overall, it was an excellent dinner. The waitress was friendly, attentive and checked on us frequently to ensure we have a fine dining experience. Esmeralda Restaurant is a wonderful addition to Lehigh Acres! read more

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100% authentico cubano. Mis favoritos son el pan con bistec y pastelitos de guayaba Hacen un arroz amarillo rico también.

Como soy de Miami, y me mudé hace 1 ańo, extrańo mucho la comida Cubana. Sinceramente, no le tiene nada que envidiar a los restaurantes de Miami. Y el que no quiera comida Cubana, también sirven comida Mejicana. I've been here about a year from Miami, and sometimes you want a little fast of home. This does it for me. Nothing to be jealous of back in Miami. Food is delicious and hits the spot. Mmmm! read more

Great food every time and all the waitress are very attentive especially Karol. She is sweet and always making sure we are okay. The pallomilla and churrasco is really juicy. Overall great spot for Spanish food! read more

Esmeralda Restaurant - Sweet waitress - Cuban Near Me - Lehigh Acres, Florida

Enjoyed the atmosphere. Service was professional and attentive. Food was delicious and presented well. What a great find!! read more

I had the Esmeralda ceviche and my wife had the cuban Ropa Vieja and both dishes were outstanding. Our server Karol was attentive yet not overbearing. We love the ambience especially the big Christmas tree right in the entryway and loved smelling the fajitas from neighboring tables. I would definitely come back here and bring my family. read more

Esmeralda Restaurant - Christmas tree at Esmeralda - Cuban Near Me - Lehigh Acres, Florida

Awesome place to try Cuban food. The service is excellent considering I have never walked in there and they weren't busy with at least 5 other customers. The ambiance is filled with amazing smells of delicious fresh food options. read more

Back in May for my birthday my hubby brought me to this gorgeous restaurant. We had the most wonderful experience. The servers were friendly and food appearance was very appealing and it tasted amazing. They had just opened up recently and had their big grand opening. The decor was very beautiful and the establishment was very clean and inviting. We were so very pleased. I was all set to leave a 5 star review when I was informed of an emergency and had to deal with that. I totally forgot about leaving the excellent review back then. My hubby and I came back tonight. We wanted to eat the excellent food, relax and bask in the ambiance. We arrived and it still is beautiful and clean. The host was friendly and seated us. Our server arrived and she promptly asked what we wanted to drink. We ordered their lemony sweet teas. Some time had passed and as I looked around, I noticed that everyone had chips and salsa but we didn't. So I looked around for our server and she must have been back in the kitchen. I couldn't see here. We waited a bit longer and she finally came back with our teas and asked us what we wanted to eat. I thanked her for our teas and I told her that I must have not told her that we wanted chips and salsa. She said ok, He will be bring them out. I said ok. We ordered our food. About 15 minutes had passed and still no chips and salsa. I was looking at everyone's tables snd saw that other people had heaping full bowls of chips. I went up to our server and asked if we could have a bowl of chips and salsa. She said Yes. He's on his way out with them. I said ok and went and sat back down. About 10 minutes total after my second time requesting chips and salsa, another server finally brought us a partially filled bowl of chips and small cup of salsa. We thanked her. My hubby and I were really hungry so we scarfed down our little bowl of chips and little cup of salsa. Our food finally had arrived. My hubby had order chicken tacos (fajita chicken) listed that it came with Lettuce and tomatoes on it. I order 1 carnitas taco with 2 asada tacos (cilantro & onion) on the ones that I ordered. Both of our food came with cup of refried beans and rice. The food looked okay. According to the menu, my tacos only came with cilantro & lime. and only lettuce & tomatoes on the chicken tacos. When our server brought our food, I noticed that the my husband's lettuce & tomatoes but that was left off of this chicken tacos.I asked her if she could bring out some lettuce & tomatoes for his tacos. She said yes. She returns with a nice try of an assortment of toppings which included tray with, cilantro, onion, pico de Gallo , and guacamole. I thanked her and reminded her of the lettuce & tomatoes. My hubby and I put a little bit of everything from the tray on our tacos. Unfortunately, my tacos both carnita and asada didn't taste right. I ate only 1/2 of my refried beans and rice. I ate about 1/2 of my carnita taco and a couple of bites of my asada tacos. I left the majority of my food on my plate. It didn't taste good at all. My hubby was so hungry that he ate all of his chicken tacos but he said that it didn't taste very good. By the way, We never did get the lettuce & tomatoes. How How very disappointing our experience here was, after having an amazingly and awesome experience just 3 months ago. Maybe this was an off night. We return here on a different night and we will try this place again. read more

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This one is giving me fits. I got a beef chimychanga, my daughter steak fajitas and her fiancée got steak enchiladas. Parking is great with easy in and out and well lit. The restaurant was spotless with no dust visible anywhere including the air vents which is pretty rare. My chimychanga was good but not crispy for being fried. Her fajitas were tasty but weren't served with enough cheese or tortillas and when asked for more they still didn't serve enough cheese and one of the tortillas was ripped and they charged for them. The service was very good and very attentive. read more

Esmeralda Restaurant - Chimychanga - Cuban Near Me - Lehigh Acres, Florida

Great restaurant! We really enjoyed the food, the ambiance, the drinks and the service! This was surprising due to being in Lehigh, but we are really glad we gave it a try and we can't wait to go back! read more

Esmeralda Restaurant - Steak enchiladas - Cuban Near Me - Lehigh Acres, Florida

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Fantastic food and service! Love the food and atmosphere! Highly recommended! Best Spanish food in town! read more

Esmeralda Restaurant - Quesadilla - Cuban Near Me - Lehigh Acres, Florida

The food and service was great. It is a little pricey but you will leave with a full belly of good food. The only thing that bugged me was there are no menus you need a smart phone with decent service to scan the barcode to see the menu. I recommend you try at least once. read more

Esmeralda Restaurant - Ribeye Mexicano - Cuban Near Me - Lehigh Acres, Florida

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Very very tasty and fresh. Extremely clean inside with friendly staff. Absolutely loved the shrimp fajitas. Nice juicy large shrimp and homemade tortillas. All the sides were delish as well. Rice was so good! The margaritas were perfect- not too sweet, not too tart. Highly recommend this place. I was just visiting from Boston or I would go here regularly. Yummy! read more

Esmeralda Restaurant - Fabulous and fresh margaritas - Cuban Near Me - Lehigh Acres, Florida

I skipped some questions of the Covid compliance, because they make no sense. FL has no enforceable mask mandate. The service staff was wearing masks, the guests not. 100% occupancy operational. We witnessed the staff cleaning the silverware with gloves on and sanitizer being used. The interior design is very nice and for Lehigh a bit upscale. A real refreshing place. A full service bar and a pool table are available, some tvs around the rooms near the ceilings. All silenced and no aggressive or annoying sound. You can focus on the food, which is served nicely and is also well tasting. The service staff is very friendly, we got some laughs with some very friendly twins, Shary and Karol, who caused a nice confusion and some laughs. We didn't eat much, just some appetizers and enjoyed some good tasting Margaritas. We had a good time and stayed longer than intended. read more

I think the inside and design of this restaurant is so nice, honestly one of the best looking restaurants in all of Lehigh. Down to the waitresses uniforms, it just really brings the whole experience together. The papas locas appetizer was sooo yummy. The churrasco steak lacked flavor and individuality, it was subpar. The chicken milanesa was the same, just lacking seasoning. Maybe we caught the chef on a bad day. Will have to try again read more

This bakery restaurant is horrid in their customer service. They are always in a hurry and does not provide good service. Their good is ok but not having good customer skills ruina your experience. read more

Esmeralda is a very good place to eat but the place gives very high prices but over all the food is great but very expensive

Very good food and drinks. A little bit of a language barrier but would definitely go back!

This was a special treat for Lehigh Acres restaurant. Clean with a great menu and excellent service. The Hawaiian faquitas are out of this world read more

This restaurant have the worst service ever, today I went with my family because is my little girl birthday she loves one dish from this place but the server ignored us completely e few people that came after us were served and we didn't have the opportunity to have the menu. 1 star because I can't do none, I wouldn't recommend this place at all. read more

Good grub good service great ambiance. Food was great and we were seated right away with a party of 11.

We live in Lehigh so we decided to patronize locally. We knew Esmeralda was a grand opening so we were hopeful of having a pleasant experience. Talk about exceeding that expectation! Live music present but not overwhelming... pleasant decor... wait staff was attentive too. Especially when I asked about their "spicy rice" which is exclusive to a certain dish I was not ordering, they allowed me to make a purchase for a small upcharge and it was well worth it. We will be making this place our "go to" for Mexican food! read more

This was our first visit and we were delighted! The food was great and the service was excellent! We'll be regulars for sure.

The service was extremely slow, food was below average. But what you really need to watch for is the "fees" on your bill. There was a $9.27 fee on a $32.45 bill. I ask what it was and was told it was for using a credit card!! read more

Decided to give this new restaurant a try for lunch. Food was lukewarm by the time we were served. Service was slow. Food was ok, but nothing to come back for. Prices on the high side. read more

The food was deliciousss!! The presentation was on point, and the service was the best! Everyone was so kind and welcoming. The restaurant itself was mouth dropping, it looked full of life and smelled amazing! Will come again!!! read more

Service was amazing and attentive. Food was delicious freshly prepared came out hot. Will definitely recommend for fresh authentic Mexican food read more

The worst service I have ever had in a restaurant. I arrived at 8:26pm ordered my food at 8:42pm and dinner get my dinner until 9:45 pm. It took forever to be served and when we complained they said they had 1 large party that they were serving before us. Such a large restaurant and they were unable to serve us because they had 1 large party of 8. Apparently the kitchen is small and can't handle more than 1 large party at the same time. Server never came to do refills on drinks and food was cold when. It finally arrived. I will never be going there again. read more

Waitress attention is horrible I went by myself put me in a table I ordered my food took one hour finally ending take out they never came to me to ask me if I need something don't go this place is wasting time and food is not ok read more

Es un lugar familiar con una excelente comida el bar tiene tragos exquisitos se los recomiendo me fascina el rabo encendido y el cordero son unos de mis favoritos read more

If you don't have a smart phone that can scan a QR reader don't bother. They don't have actual menus and can't help you.

Super clean and beautiful decor, service was attentive and friendly. Spicy rice is really really good; never imagined. Going back today for Coctel de Camarones read more

Great food and great customer service, the decor is beautiful as well. Definitely recommend!

I ordered food for pickup & the lady asked for my card info over the phone, I felt uncertain about it but just went ahead & did it anyway.. The next day I get a bunch of charges on my card....... I can't prove it was them exactly. But this was already a brand new debit card & I've never given the info to anyone else......... beware.... read more

Just a heads up folks. They have the nerve to add an automatic gratuity on your bill without informing you-glad my wife spotted it. Very poor business practice. We were there frequently , liked the food and ambiance but now we wont return. It was that girl that says "Love" to you in every sentence! read more

Twice my boys and I have been here. The place is clean! Food is fresh, waitstaff attentive and just love coming here.

This is the worst restaurant i've been too. All my family hated it. The waitress chitchat with each other too much. The food was so bad & greasy. By far the worst restaurant i've been to. read more

Came on a Sunday night for dinner with my family. They had live music which we loved. Food was delicious and service was great, staff are friendly and attentive. We are vacationing in the area and plan to come back before we leave! read more

Wonderful service, drinks and food were excellent will definitely return there. Waitresses were well groomed, polite and efficient

The staff was very friendly and inviting. The food was excellent and they even had live music.