Excellent coastal style Mexican restaurant. We can't say enough about it. We're natives raised in Yuma and spent time in the gulf most vacations, so we know gulf shrimp. The shrimp cocktail was great, with diced veggies just how we love! (Us stateside gringos do like a little horseradish in ours though, so I added some ketchup and imagined it was our family recipe). He had the simple butterflied prawns/shrimp, no breading. Messy, so get extra napkins. I had the beef/shrimp fajitas - lots of caramelized onions and 3 colors of bell peppers. Tasty put into great midsize flour tortillas! Beef was slightly dry - my ONLY 'mini-gripe.' Rice was awesome. Frijoles were decent to me, my hubby loved them, and he says my taste buds are off (true, for a few days now). If you hate traditional Mexican music, bring your earplugs. . Us gringos from border towns are accustomed to it. Just breathe and imagine you're in Ensenada, Rosarito, or Acapulco. Sad they were out of their famous dessert. By the way, they're hiring - still saying "No one wants to work!" Worried about Covid19? The waitresses wear masks as of June 5th 2021 but no guests were wearing them on this Saturday night. The chefs aren't either. This is a place to FORGET about 2020. We don't mind. We're ready to breathe ourselves without a constant reminder. Have a bucket of beer or a margarita. read more

Mariscos "El Viejon" - Camerones Cucaracha. - Seafood Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

I would have gave the is place a 3.5 but the waitress didn't mention they charge for chips until our bill came out. We received chips and salsa when we sat down and when she asked if we wanted more we said yes, not once did she say they charged for chips and salsa. Food was decent. Green aguachiles aren't green they're black looking. We got there at opening but our food and drink took at least 30 min to come out. No one was there. I won't be coming back read more

Mariscos "El Viejon" - Tostada de camarón and avocado is extra - Seafood Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

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My one of favorite mariscos places, everything is always fresh, fast service, can be a little loud inside with grupo/banda that is playing, everyone is always friendly, they're opened up spacing since I starting going there, use to be just one space, they've expanded since, nice to see they're growing! My fav dishes are their augachilies y camarones a la plancha read more

Mariscos "El Viejon" - Seafood Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

I heard of this place and I wanted to try it so me & my wife went last Saturday for dinner when we got there the host asked us what time is it? I said 9:45 then she replied we close the kitchen at 10:00 and the restaurant at 11:00are you guys ready to order Umm we haven't seen the menus yet lol so we decided to stay we were already there but we felt like in a rush so we ordered toritos and shrimp & steak fajitas and a tostada de camarón the food was ok but sadly I wouldn't come back read more

Great customer service, extremely clean restaurant, and the food was excellent! The seafood was fresh and full of flavor. Our waitress Karely was the best--she made the experience amazing. Highly recommend! read more

Loved it! This is a great little place in Mesa. After leaving L.A. I didn't think that I would find a place this good. I see that Mariscos El Viejon has a great following. I never saw a restaurant turn tables like this place has. If you're looking for a place just to have taco and drinks or a nice dinner, then this is a must try. This will be our new get a way. read more

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He estado viniendo aquí desde hace tiempo y siempre he recibido mariscos de gran calidad, pero en esta ocasión en particular llamé para ordenar un ceviche de camarón en vaso y me dijeron que lo recogiera en unos 10 a 15 minutos. Sin embargo, cuando fui a recoger mi pedido, me di cuenta de que era incorrecto; intentaron darme ceviche de camarón en una tostada. Cuando les dije que eso no era lo que había pedido, me culparon a mí por no haber "comunicado bien" lo que quería. Luego tuve que pagar la diferencia para recibir el pedido correcto y me dijeron que serían otros 5 minutos. No estoy enojado, solo decepcionado con el servicio que recibí. Espero que traten de mejorar en el futuro. read more

If I could I would give this place a 0 I can't believe my family meme era like this place they are the only reason I had to go in there twice, the first time I came in we went early in the morning on a Sunday all the kitchen workers were late so they told us we could only order cold stuff, it was a table of 4 and they served us all at different times about 8 min difference each plate ! I got a shrimp cocktail with tajin!!! Who puts tajin on a Mexican shrimp cocktail! Anyways they always charge with tip included my husband only orderd a tostada and we payed 45 for that trash, second time we were dragged in there again because of a birthday I orderd carne asada fries, because I said how can they possible ruin this ?! Well they did ! A lot of beans and fries only about 5 pieces of the smallest cut carne asada the nastiest runniest sour cream and a whole avocado on top not guac a whole avocado !!!! And no salsa ohh and kraft cheese ! My husband ordered a quesadilla that costs 26 we paid 51 in total because of course 8 dollar tip was included in bill oh and forgot to mention horchata tasted like powder horchata worst mariscos place ever !!!! read more

Food came on time tasted real good waiters were too busy to help, even though it was empty

Ordené tacos y tenían lechuga. No sabía que eran estilo Taco Bell. Un asco la verdad. Un taco simple con cebolla y cilantro...salsa fuera perfecto. Aparte de eso, las meseras están un poco distraídas con chismes porque nomas se la pasaron atrás de la caja. Uno en su mesa, ahogándose con el taco seco read more

I haven't found a good seafood restaurant in Arizona yet. El Viejon was ok. If you're ever in Downey, CA try Mariscos Choix...they are the BEST and the Micheladas too!!! read more

No recomendable si vienes con mucha ambre El lugar está ocupado y se van a tardar para que te traigan tu comida más o menos 45-1 hora Pero son amables y la comida está buena Gracias a diana que nos atendió read more

Mariscos "El Viejon" - Molcajete frío vieron - Seafood Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

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Go every Sunday and bt far the best agachiles in Phoenix Arizona. Service is great and ways with a great attitude. read more

Mariscos "El Viejon" - Seafood Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

I stopped by for a pick up order of seafood soup. The menu listed the cost at $17 and I was charged $25. I didn't care too much about that because I would rather pay for something I thought I was going to enjoy. The soup was poorly packed in a flimsy container and was boiling hot. Not even ten minutes into my drive the soup top cracked open... they used the type of cover that is used in a McDonald's soda. The scalding hot soup cracked the lid. I called the manager Will and explained the situation. He offered to make another soup and I told him I wanted a refund. Will agreed. I arrived at the restaurant and asked to speak with Will, and another manager Ava proceeded to open the soup bag and accused me of dropping the soup on the floor and refused my refund. They are thieves. read more

The food was expensive. The service was alright. The Mexican music was not for my taste but hey other people liked it. Overall you can find better food for less. The ceviche with a different kinds of seafood wasn't good. The breaded shrimp was bland. read more

Service was horrible the women only cater to men. Food was not great, you can definitely find better places. Ambiance was boring. read more

Mal servicio pues no atienden y pasan a personas antes de ti, y al retirarte del lugar pues no atendieron todavia se burlan.

It's was my first time eating there.. and more likely my last! Food was very flavorful however the staff /service was real bad. We ordered food and it was "ready " one hour late, the waitress served your food without any utensils and didn't bother to check back again for another hour to see if we needed anything. You would be better off if it's food ordered to go. Horrible service. read more

Good food, I got the aguachiles. My friend got the mangoneada. Authentic. People complaining about the loud music go somewhere else, thats the ambience at a restaurant like this, if you know you know. read more

I love this place my favorite dish are the camarones cucaracha style the taste is amazing and their micheladas are to die for!!! Service can sometimes slack depending on the servers who are working but other than that I've only had one bad experience and all other times have been great. read more

I also wanted to give it a 3.5 stars but rounded down because the other person rounded up. Now we are even. Ok, we'll here is where the 3 comes from. Service was as good as it could be for our understaff situation. Our ceviche tostadas had shrimp which was obviously from yesterday. It did not even taste like lemon. Then that same ceviche was in my cocktail which I had to use every salsa to save it! My husband said to return it and I should have but decided try and fix it . My kids love ceviche and they were like ohhh not this is fishy. That's not a compliment. Their green salsa that comes with chips was extremely watered down. Why would I go back. Their fresh plates tasted good. My husband ordered tostada la viejona. The raw/lemon cooked sea food was good and fresh . Next time I would try their bacon chilies, fish soup and prepared oysters. I had ordered the prepared oysters but the waitress sent it to another table. read more

Started coming here about a year ago and each visit gets worse. The food is still good but the service is appalling. Used to be great, now the waitresses are bad. Last visit the waitress spoke no English. Asked for waters in addition to the the Coronas and got 3.00 bottled waters. She didn't understand or it's a trick. The portions are getting noticeably smaller each visit. The last straw was the prices on the check were not the same as on the menu. Uncool. Rather than make a scene about the "Gringo tax", we've decided to blow them off. Would drop well over 125.00 each time for just me and my wife. Too bad. Adios. read more

The food is actually really good tasted very fresh , I loved the many options they had for food I picked a tostada de aguachile and tostada de Camaron con pulpo really good I definitely will be coming back ! read more

Amazing food, great service, casual fun atmosphere. Can't wait to go back, we LOVE this place!!

Over priced for the quality received first time here and I won't be returning! The waitress never even came to the table to check on us bad service , pricey place, and mediocre food...not a good combo read more

First time trying this place really good Shrimp Cocktail. I recommend people around this area to try it out. The owner is really koo and friendly. Will definitely go back. read more

We love this place, small neighborhood restaurant with great food...both the mariscos-seafood- and the traditional Mexican fare are excellen. The other thing that really makes it for me is the service. The staff is super friendly and accommodating. I wish I knew the name of our server during our last visit this past Friday, we had a table of 8 when the bill came we did not realize the gratuity was included so we included a 20% tip, the server came back a couple of minutes later to tell us that we were overpaying and showed us the amount that had already been added. I was so impressed by her honesty, she could have easily take it and kept the money. to me that's as important as the quality of the food. Another reason to keep going there! read more

My wife and I were discussing meeting friends for dinner, and I mentioned that we had been to a mariscos restaurant with them before, maybe we could do that again. I didn't want to go to the same place, but my friend Edgar said "You must go to El Viejon, it's really good". We took the recommendation and went on Friday night. It was super busy. We were seated right away at one of two open tables. The wait staff was certainly working hard, there were a few very large families there. Our server was super nice and warned us it might be a bit slow on food "we're always busy but everyone showed up at the same time". Okay, we're not in a hurry and we got drinks and chips/salsa right away. Margaritas are great, beer selection great. After a while we were able to order. Server super apologetic but we assured her we understood and we were patient. So, the staff was great. The food? Oh my! They have all the traditional Mexican dishes plus tons of seafood varieties, of course. The food was amazing!!! We had crevice cocktail for appetizer. I had tacos (shrimp, tilapia, smoked mackerel). Everyone else had a mix of tacos seafood and carne asada, and quesadilla (my non seafood wife's go to lol). Everything was fantastic, I would say those were the best seafood tacos I've had in a long time. Price? About $50-60 per couple before tip... awesome! I want to go back again, and if it's as good as the first time, I'll promote to five stars! read more

My wife and I had our early lunch here on Sunday morning about 10:30 AM. It's a small unassuming place that gives you the impression it might be mostly take-out. It was opened about 5 months ago. Six small 4 seat tables and a counter, behind which is the kitchen. It's a friendly and clean place, and if there is a bathroom available, it must be somewhere through the kitchen, I'm not sure. It appears to be a "mom and pop" operation, I like that. This is mainly a seafood place, a very good seafood place! My wife had a strong desire to have a cheese enchilada, not a great idea in a seafood place. I "saved the day" by suggesting she also order a shrimp taco! She thought her enchilada was at best a 3 star dish. It came with a nice rice and average beans. I had a shrimp burro with a side of guacamole. My burro and her taco were fabulous 5 star items! We would return just for those! Wonderful flavor, lots of shrimp. Now I understand the word "Mariscos" in their name. The guacamole was fantastic, one of the best I have ever eaten! Did I mention their chips? They are the absolutely best chips I have ever eaten and they make their own. They were served with a thin salsa verde that I needed to add some hot sauce to. My wife was disappointed that they had no tea on their menu, just canned and bottled drinks. We asked for water and were brought icy cold 16 ounce bottles of filtered water. That was a nice touch. We had almost finished the chips and our waitress brought us another basket. I had told her that they were the best chips we had ever eaten. She was so sweet as to insist that we take some home, and had filled a medium sized brown bag with their chips and gave them to us! We enjoyed them that evening, they were so good. Their prices were very good and we will return for their seafood. read more

Wanted to go with 3.5*, but Yelp won't let me, so I rounded up. Tried this place last night. It's a small no frills hole in the wall place. They offer sit down (only about 6 tables) and to-go options. The girl working the counter was nice and attentive. They cranked up the music as soon as we sat down, but she offered to turn it down when I not-so subtly complained about it. They offer cans of soda and bottled water ( a pet peeve of mine) and there was only 1-2 people working the kitchen so food to table time was pretty slow. Prices are comparative with other mariscos places. Flavors would good. We originally tried the place out because I was craving 7 mares, but they don't carry it :( I had the seafood soup instead which she said was pretty much the same thing. It wasn't bad, but didn't have that 7 mares flavor I was hoping for. It came with corn tortillas. I wish they would've given me a choice of corn or flour, since I don't like corn tortillas. Tostada and campechanas were good. No complaints. First round of chips and salsa is free. read more

AMAZING!!! the best I have tasted in a long time, my husband and I went to eat today 09/14/19 never been before, it's always so hard to find a good ceviche Mariscos place, well, today we found the best place ever, very tasty food, the ceviche was to die for, we are NOT disappoint at all best place around we will definitely be going back, price is good not expensive which is nice our waitress was young and very friendly, very good vibes in the atmosphere a must go if you like Mexican and seafood this place will for sure NOT disappoint you. read more

Muyy recomendado la vdd, rica comida y buena atención al cliente, mariscos frescos muy rico

Best fish tacos in Arizona! They are crispy but not over cooked. The breading is perfect! The husband got an entire fried fish and he said it was the best he's had. read more

This place is the most delicious Mariscos in Arizona, The owner Alex is the Chef, he have many years of experience making Mariscos, the place is super clean, it is busy but the owner from the kitchen as he is cooking everything to the order he also supervises the place. The prices are very affordable for the high quality of seafood that they offer. This is very family oriented place I like taking my wife and kids and the owner is always there and comes out and meet you. I recommended 100% get the Tostada la Viejona, you will not regreat, it has everything that you want but the flavors are amazing. What a great job! read more

Had the cocktail and it was delicious with sliced veggies and avocado. Also had the guacamole and wow it tasted great. My friend had the beef fajitas with shrimp. And also delicious! Good service as well. Everything tasted so fresh. Would highly recommend !! read more

love this place! Husband and I have been coming here since they opened and we love the food! Prices are affordable. The wait is a little long BUT its worth it. The blonde muchacha is very friendly and always knows what we want to order as soon as we sit down. love it! read more