CASH ONLY! I repeat CASH ONLY! The place is attached to a gas station so it is kind of hidden. There is plenty of parking. Once in the place it looks dingy and does not look like much but the reviews make one try it any way. I would have given the place 5 stars but the service was a lacking a little polish. I am sure they are tired as they seem busy but their emotions, facial expressions, were worn on their sleeves. Kind of made it a tad uncomfortable when asking questions. Once the food came out we over looked that portion of the experience. The Wife got her sea food platter called "King Kong." She absolutely loved it. It was a, literally, a mountain of scrumptious sea food in agua Chile. I got a carne asada taco that was good and a shrimp taco the "Gobernador" was delicious! All the food was super fresh and made when ordered. Prices are not bad for it being sea food. All in all we had the King Kong, quesadilla, 2 tacos (carne asada/Gobernador), chilaquiles and 2 cokes for $43. If in the area and do not mind a true hole in the wall atmosphere give it a shot. read more

Mariscos El Chango - El Gobernador (Schrimp taco $2.95) and a quesadiller - Seafood Near Me - Riverside, California

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Food isn't great and the tables were all dirty and the floor was messy. Pulpo Taco lacked seasoning, the shrimp empanizado was bland and the cheese tasted funky. The extra in the 'gobernador extra' is just one more shrimp....it isn't worth the extra cost. It's sad because this place used to good read more

My husband and I stopped here on our way home. 40 minutes later and we are still waiting for our food. A big party came in and it seemed as if the restaurant employees knew them so of course they got served first even though we got to the restaurant before the big party. All we ordered was one taco and four tostadas, that's it!! I've never gone to a place we're it takes longer than 40 minutes to serve a taco and four tostadas.... The owner did come over and apologized for the wait. I have to say the food was delicious and everything was fresh!! If it wasn't for the wait time, I've given them 5 stars. read more

I had a friend recommend this place to me several times! We finally went one day for lunch, there was maybe only one other table with three people. Oh my goodness the ceviche was amazing! By far the best ceviche I have ever had was in TJ once, and this has the same exact flavor. I've gone to several mariscos spots but I honestly do not know what it is that made it so great. Every ceviche taste almost the same, but this has a distinct flavor I recognized & made to sooooo good. It was so good, I went again later that day with my friend. I didn't give it 5 stars because the servers are a bit slow. We also waited a long time for our food both times. I've worked at two different mariscos restaurants as a server, and it's definitely not the service you want to be giving people. They were nice, just extremely slow, would forget to bring out drink refills, or tostadas, etc. I had to walk up to the front to pay because I was waiting for like twenty minutes to get my check. My friend walked up to them to get a refill on her drink. read more

My wife and I had the following: Two small bowls of seafood soup - Tasty, spicy, carrots, onions and included two shrimp with cilantro, limes and additional onions on the side Two Large Natural Limonadas - Refreshing and tasted like Mexico Ceviche de Pulpo y Camaron (Octopus & Shrimp) - Fresh, Tasty, & Awesome with crisp Tostados and a variety of salsa to choose from Taco de Gobernador - It was good and tasty taco Taco de Marlin - Amazing Taco Taco de Pescado - Overcooked and not much fish Taco de Camaron - Overcooked and not much shrimp Overall, I really enjoyed our meal and it felt like we were back in Sinaloa, Mexico. Atmosphere is a hole in the wall next to a gas station convenience store, but that just adds additional character and charm. The service was excellent and the staff were very attentive. I would have given 5 stars, but my shrimp and fish tacos were not up to par. Everything else was excellent, we will be back! read more

I love this place. The aguachiles and shrimp ceviche here are the best I've had. They're consistent with the flavor and whenever I eat my shrimp it's "cooked" buttery and delicious. They get busy and may not answer the phone sometimes so I'll literally drive there, place the order and wait which hasn't ever really taken "that" long. Calling has helped and they're on point when I go that route. I have tried other dishes and loved them all, but most importantly I can't wait to take my visitors from out of town here and show them I be eating good haha. I would eat the aguachiles everyday if I could- legit the flavor is unmatched and I've given a lot of spots a chance. Have never had such consistency in a mariscos dish until I came here straight up! read more

Horrible service!!!! The waiter served 2 people who came after us. Waited 40 minutes and left!! The new waiter chick is so slow, i used to love this place. They lost my business for good! read more

Mariscos El Chango - Seafood Near Me - Riverside, California

on a Sunday this place hits the spot My family and I've been coming here for years highly recommended if in the area try them out read more

Mariscos El Chango - Seafood Near Me - Riverside, California

I've been sitting here for an hour waiting for my food. It wasn't so bad cuz I'm talking with my friend. But an hr! Really! I heard this place is really good but I won't be back. An hr wait for cold food just doesn't seem reasonable to me. Won't be coming back. read more

A hole in the wall type place, the tacos gobernador were the only only thing I liked, the ceviche was all pepino and cebolla

Pretty tasty! Found this on Yelp. This is a hidden gem, almost missed it as it is behind a gas station and an oil change locale. I recommend the Taco Gobernador. The tortilla tastes homemade. The tostada de ceviche de camaron and aguachile was good but the serving is fairly small; yet nice presentation. Overall good service from what seems like a family operated restaurant. read more

Mariscos El Chango - Shrimp cocktail with scallops - Seafood Near Me - Riverside, California

Driving in through a gas station and a oil change place, you wouldn't think that a little mexican restaurant is tucked away in the corner. That's right, it shares a glass wall with the gas station convenience store, so you're literally watching people go in and out to pay for their gas and grab their bags of chips. I feel like this place is the epitome of "hole-in-the-wall." Not knowing what to get, I got their cameron empanizano burrito (deep fried shrimp). Honestly, it was more like shrimp-shaped deep fried batter, because I did not taste any shrimp at all. The burrito was about $10 and was huuuuge, maybe just a tad under a foot long. There was wayyyy too much rice in there, I felt like each section had like 1/3 rice. However, their dipping sauce is deliiiiishh! It's homemade and creamy. My friend got the carne asada burrito and she liked it, but also found random globs of rice in certain parts of the burrito too. This place was a miss with me this visit. I'd give it another chance, and next time I'd steer clear of the cameron empanizano, maybe try their gobernader or their seafood tower next time! read more

This place is amazing! I can't tell you enough how much I love their ceviche there. The michelada is big and has taste you will enjoy. 10/10 would recommend read more

The seafood is very good but I have experienced bad service here a couple of times but it's all worth it when I don't get bad service because the food is really good that's the only reason I'm giving it for 4 stars read more

Now i know why this place has the rating that it does. BE ADVISED: its cash ONLY and i dont believe that they sell any alcohol. read more

This is a hidden little spot my coworkers shared with me. The service was meh, but courteous. The space is shared with the gas station and you need to walk in from the side door or thru the services station store. I came in for the marlin fish tacos. I have to say they were delicious just like a spot back in SA. If you like seafood and the taste of sally fish I suggest you try the marlin tacos. They also serve beer which paired nicely with my dish. We also had a sope. read more

Mariscos El Chango - Sope and marlin taco - Seafood Near Me - Riverside, California

Use to like coming here. Now they open we ever they want not as clean as they use to be .do your self a favor go down the street to mariscos el Zorrillo. You can thank me later read more

This place gets more credit than it deserves employees need to learn how to be decent humans .. the cashier working their acted like a snobby little b**** and the rest of the employees to include the management acted unprofessional ..unreal their food can't even make up for the horrible service cause it's bland af take your business else were to an establishment that deserves to be open for business read more

One of the best shrimp cocktails I've ever had. I didn't need to add anything to it, perfect and generous portions read more

The best aguachiles I've ever had! Aguachiles de Chiltepin!! Tacos gobernador de marlin and shrimp are good too! We just decided to pass through and made a good choice. Nice staff and pretty clean. I enjoyed it. read more

Mariscos El Chango - Seafood Near Me - Riverside, California

Yo soy de Sinaloa, y para mariscos, no hay como mi tierra. Guasa e, Culiacán, y Los Mochis hay se dan pero la neta, este lugar me encanto y me recordó al sabor sinaloense. La neta regresare antes que pierda el sabor como muchos restaurantes lo asen con El Paso del tiempo. read more

Mariscos El Chango - Mini King Kong - Seafood Near Me - Riverside, California

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Delicious food. Never disappoints. My family loves their food. Their micheladas are the best. Their seafood cocktails are delicious. Food is always fresh. read more

My review of 3 stars is based on both food and service. FYI- Cash only! FOOD: The food itself is pretty good. My husband and I tried this place for the first time on Sunday, Father's Day. I ordered the Gobernador quesadilla and my husband tried the King Kong. Both were really good and both were big portions. SERVICE: The service is not up to par at all. The place is small and only has 2 waitresses. The day my husband and I went I attempted to call the location twice before to make sure it was open and both times I did not get an answer. We arrived and there were about 4 other parties seated and eating so it was not busy at all. We waiting at the door for a few minutes until a waitress finally acknowledged us and told us to take a seat. The table was dirty and it took the waitress about 7 mins to come and clean it. She also was not too welcoming. My husband and I have decided to give the restaurant another shot in the near future because the food is pretty good. I will update my review then. read more

This is our favorite spot to go to !!! This is literally a gem, hole in a wall type of place !!!!!

I would highly recommend this place! I got the King Kong tostada and it didn't fail me, it was so fire! My wife got a cocktail & taco gobernadores Vip and they where delicious the sauce was bomb! read more

Omg there isn't nothing on the menu that I don't like! Bomb food. A lil pricy I think but well worth it. Absolutely nothing has to be added to the dish to make it better! Go-to mariscos place. Not to mention the micheladas! The only thing is that the place needs a major cleaning dusting on walls. Other than that I would of given them 5 stars. read more

Some of the best marlin tacos I've had outside of Mexico City. No1 does it like them. That dark brown sauce they give too is top tier. Ceviche is next level. They just know what they're doing over here read more

Well the food is certainly good. They may be a little slow in the service side but it is good..

By far the best shrimp & fish tacos I've had in Moreno Valley. Definitely worth your buck here. read more

Mariscos El Chango - Shrimp taco - Seafood Near Me - Riverside, California

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I'm not going to lie, the place has great flavor but it was empty and they took so long to get my order ready. They also didn't have shrimp, how does a seafood restaurant not have shrimp. read more

Are you kidding me? It's a gas station dirty little hovel and only take cash! I was so excited to try good seafood but turned right around and left. read more

I found this hidden gem on Facebook and decided to try it out for myself. I ordered a large shrimp cocktail to go and my husband ordered the King Kong with some gobernador tacos . Let me just say, the cocktail was perfect. It had cut up cucumbers, tomato, cilantro, purple onion, and a bunch of avocado. I did not have to add anything to it. It was super delicious and even my 5 year old kept asking me for more. I could taste the lemon as well. I didn't want to add Tapatio and take from the flavors it already had. I will for sure be ordering at least weekly. The tacos were delicious as well. I will have my husband review the King Kong. read more

This is a very good mariscos place. Pretty authentic and servings are good sized. It's family own. The only thing is that they don't have enough staff so getting your food can take some time. The food is delicious. read more

I love this place...have been here twice already this weekend.... the seafood is very fresh. I like that the kitchen is open and you can see the cooks preparing your food. The restaurant is small quaint but very good 5stars from me, thanks for the great service read more

Mariscos El Chango - Seafood Near Me - Riverside, California

Hidden Gem! Reasonable prices! & Tasty Food! Definitely worth trying(: I really enjoyed my experience and would be back even tho I'm not from the area. read more

BOMB BOMB BOMB!!!!! This place needs more reviews and customers! It is a little hole in the wall and it doesn't look pretty on the outside but you can't judge this book by its cover it is next door to a gas station very hidden in a corner. The food was so amazing I've been here before and it was consistent . Great service very kind and the restaurant is clean. Please try this place it won't disappoint I promise!! read more

Mariscos El Chango - Seafood Near Me - Riverside, California

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Very friendly and attentive customer service is excellent Place is kept very clean. Had the 7mares and marlin taco. The taco was too salty for my taste. The 7 mares I tasted plenty of salt and had to peel my own shrimp. But the soup was not bad. Just tased a lot different from what I'm used to. The portions are adequate but I had a lot of small piece. I'll give it a three star this time around for the taste of the food but 5 stars on service read more

Mariscos at this spot are fire!! Don't judge the food on the appearance of the place, believe me when I tell you that the mariscos are legit. I would recommend the King Kong tostada but get the mini if you don't eat a lot. I also love the tacos gobernador. My kids usually get the ceviche de camaron. read more

One star because I was here today at 11:15 am and it was still closed, the sign on the door states they open at 11:00 am...It was my first time coming and really wanted to try their food, I'll just stop by another day at a later time, this place is kind of hidden it's inside the ARCO & Shell shopping center next to the oil change business it's easy to miss if you don't drive into the shopping center read more

I hadn't tried this place because I asked the guy at the gas station if it was good and he to me that islas was better , but it's not he was way wrong this place is good my uncle had told that it was good so I tried it and wow best iv had here in Moreno and in riverside so far Iv only had shrimp and pulpo tostadas but from now on if I'm not in Pomona or Elmonte this is the spot read more