Was invited here by my cousin. And let me say this place is one of the best mariscos places around. It's cash only they do have an ATM inside so be ready for that. The mayo has chilpten chile mixed in with it. It taste last so it throws every thing over the top. So good. Had the agua chiles so flavorful. Shrimp were cleaned and tender. Salsa was perfect with the right amount of heat. Taco el viejon was cooked over a fire so it had the nice char to it. Took it out of this world Camarones chuckle nice. Are butterflied and dipped in a sauce then cooked over fire. Served on a bed of rice. Can't even explain this taste. So good. Ceviche especial there is a sauce that comes with it on the side. Add that thank me later. The heat does build on this one but it's so worth it. read more

The Mariscos are delicious. We had the shrimp tacos, shrimp ceviche, and a shrimp cocktail. The food was great. The staff is friendly and quick to serve and check on you. I will be going back again. read more

Best mariscos around good shrimp tacos as well good service and nice atmosphere only downfall is cash only

The food is pretty authentic I like this location better than the one on Atlantic. The vibe is a little cartel-ish but the food is worth it

I've had it 3 times, each time it was consistently mediocre. Not terribly expensive but little pricey for the quality though. Nice servers. Clean enough place. Food was just ok. Portions were great so that made the price more acceptable. read more

Very good food affordable prices Lunch time is my favorite to go there manager really nice person very efficient read more

Que FEO camaron tienen en este lugar. Save a tierra y por mas limon y tapatio que le hechavamos nomas no nos pudimos comer las tostadas. Se tiro $50 a la basura. No huelvo a ir. read more

Our waiter by the name ( Briana) was the sweetest. I currently have a fracture. She notice my face (in pain) she came and asked me if I needed a chair. The food was chef kiss. If you come to eat here ask for Briana, she goes above and beyond for her customers. read more

Mariscos El Viejon - Seafood Near Me - Paramount, California

Mariscos, mariscos, mariscos, I love them all.so much that I have more than 60 bottles of sauce for mariscos. There's many types of recipes but all of them are unique in their own way, so let's get started. On 2019 I got a referral to try Mariscos el viejon me being a seafood lover, I glanced at the restaurant pictures to see if it would convince me to take the drive and eat there. Thank god for my good instincts, arriving at the Lynwood location on a saturday with no customer lines got me a bit nervous. As we entered to be seated I glanced at the kitchen door and saw a couple of older ladies peeling shrimp and talking to each other enjoying their work. I made the writing decision. That day I ordered many of their items and was shocked on how good their food was, look I have tried coctel de camaron with clamato, orange soda, shrimp skin and vegetables broth , oily base broth similar to caldo de pescado, with agua de coco , hot, cold etc. Over time I have gone to Mariscos el viejon Lynwood location many times seeing their quality of food diminish similar to what happened to el perihuete. Last year Invited a special person to have lunch with me at the Lynwood location since they have never disappoint me but unfortunately they did. That day the food was food was terrible, camarron was over cook, callo de acha had the plastic flavor, they couldn't make me a salsa negra marisquera, etc .it was so bad that didn't visit mariscos el viejon for more than a year. This weekend I decided to go over to the paramount location and give it a try, they did not disappoint. I ordered the campechana, tacos el viejon, ostiones preparados, tostada de camarones, michelada and the house salsa negra marisquera. La campechana looked regular until I tried the broth. It was made with vegetables, shrimp skin, a hint of coconut water and a perfectly cut small boxy cucumber with no seeds, my favorite. La campechana was a bit more expensive at $19.50 compared to other places going around $16.00 but well worth it. El taco el viejon $4.50 was well made with asada, shrimp and cheese. Not a wow factor but good it its way. The 1/2 dz of oistinones preparados $19.25 were like I remembered, just delicious. I tried to order the tostada mixta but they ran out of callo de acha, not the first time they ran out so I ordered the tostada de camaron $12.00. I noticed they don't clean the shrimp guts but hey that's their recipe. This time they charged me for the salsa negra marisquera $2.50. I wish they had a bottle like the rest of the other restaurants. La Michelada $11.00 was done right. They added salt, pepper, clamato, lime, beer, worcestershire sauce, but I would change the salt to Sal de grano, added a bit of tapatio and a hint of salsa maggi. Service was great except when the lady left me and went to eat in a corner. This place deserves 5/5 stars but today I will give this place a 4/5 and here are my reasons. I saw the person in the kitchen window licked his thumb and grab the food tray, no surprise to see that since their food is so delicious but i don't want to see that. The bus boy cleaned the table next to us and proceeded to clean the seats with the same cloth. Hopefully this will help new customers and please add a negra salsa bottle in the future. read more

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You must go to this restaurant! The food is outstanding! And so is the service! The drive is 19 miles from my home and this is the ONLY restaurant that I would drive that far for. read more

Top notch Service for takeout always extra condiments there wait time never exceeded 15 min all staff very helpful

I went there today with friends for lunch and was highly disappointed. I frequent a lot of Marisco restaurants in the city. I would have to say this place is not good at all the food and service is not up to par. I truly feel robbed from the money I had to pay for the mediocre food they offer. I ordered aguachiles and a few tacos and everyone in my table agreed. This place needs to work on there service and food. read more

Horrible the food the service and to top it off they tip themselves real generously if i could give u 0 stars I will never aging going back!! read more

They always have the freshest seafood around. I always order the malifico. It's amazing scallops cooked shrimp and raw shrimp... it's amazing you got to try for yourself read more

After driving by several times I decided to give this spot a try. The cold mariscos plates are delicious specially the callo de hacha with caracol. Get the cucarachas with the dipping sauce. I try to frequent the place when I can. read more

It's a nice little spot to eat. It gets a significant good amount of people. Parking is small ,so you will have to look for parking outside. I had the Camerones empanisados with rice and French fries. They where okay. You what was really good was the lemonade and the Agua de Jamaica those where authentic drinks. The tostadas de camaron where good and the tacos de asada as well. Good atmosphere would I come again ???? Hmmmm I don't know that's a maybe read more

Customer services lacks, let me tell you. After arriving no one approached us to take our drinks or give us the menu. We waiting 15 after sit down for a menu. The cocktails lack flavor and veggies. Although my husband really like the cayo de acha and viejos tacos from here. Other than that I recommend to go to the one in Lynwood that one is much better I. All aspects and the ceviche at the Lynwood location is much better. read more

Food was actually good , tostadas are sooo good. Not the best oysters though, huge let down is that this place is cash only. You know how hard it is to get cash nowadays. They do have an ATM inside but that's fees to pay your bank. read more

Came here for the first time being the new location. My husband and I ordered our drinks and our food at the same time. We asked for our typical choices being two consomes (shrimp broth ) which is basically a starter or an appetizer... we also settled for a Taco named ( el viejon ) we also consider that a starter... Our main dish was El Empiojado which we planned on sharing as usual. We got our drinks everything seemed fine, until we noticed food being served for two tables that got there after us. We signaled the waitress and asked her to give us our consome ahead of time before the main dish. This usually never happens as it's common sense to serve beforehand I told her to bring the tacos before as well. She seemed surprised as if she was obviously thinking of bringing everything out at once. My husband and I started to get really annoyed when we noticed the cook had the tacos ready and they were just sitting there for about 5 minutes. A different waitress was getting the tacos and the cook told her to have our waitress bring them. Well that took another 3 minutes or so. When she finally brought them they were no longer hot. The main dish came right after and the consomes followed lastly. She said the cook forgot to turn on the water for them. By this time we were both pretty upset because we like to enjoy our consome first then taco and lastly main dish. We felt overwhelmed with all dishes served at the same time and felt the service was not what we expected we decided to pay for our drinks and called it a Thai food night!! We won't be going back to this location. read more

This location is fairly new but I'm excited there's this new location because the Lynwood one is always busy. Their botanas and tostadas are always made fresh. And their micheladas are Bomb! read more

Mariscos El Viejon - Maleficio - Seafood Near Me - Paramount, California

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Micheladas are to die for and their pescado and camaron ceviche was break the mouth good!! Instead of just plain ol mayonaise they mix it with some kind of spice that gives it a nice little kick! Came during Covid and they seat you outside where a waitress comes and takes your order. Keep in mind, it's cash only. Not sure if it's only during Covid or if it's always been that way but, all I know is... after my 1st time attending here, I have a feeling I'll be back countless times again. read more

Very great food and clean place . They just opened this location so it's not as busy as the Lynwood location . Will definitely come back to have my favorite limonada and maleficio can't forget the tacos el Viejon ! read more

Mariscos El Viejon - Seafood Near Me - Paramount, California

WORST SERVICES EVER!! Me & my family came to eat and my kids were serviced within 15mins after being seated, while me and my husband waited OVER 45 mins after to be served!!! To top it off, people who barely got sat down had their food served before we did. Then to add the cherry on the top, the server brings one cocktail out and asks " you ordered a cocktail?" I replied, no I ordered 2 of them. She replies "oh yeah the other one is coming out." I called her back and tell her that I no longer want these cocktails nor the other one I'm waiting for! she still had the audacity to tell me I had to pay for for whatever she brought out! I asked her to call her manager and this waitress with her big ass JOJO SIWA red bow like a little girl that she is, still had me wait! Took matters into my own hands and called the manager myself! Every other waitress did the job correctly and had everyone's food out in a timely manner like how it's suppose to be. read more

Amazing seafood. Explosion of flavors. I can't wait to go back. Big portions. I order a campechana, a tostada mixta and some other dish with pulpo, callo de hacha and shrimp in a spicy sauce. Everything was delicious. read more

The tacos with shrimp and steak are soo good!!! The micheladas are very good as well. May be one of the best I have tried. Definitely recommend it. read more

Completely recommend their seafood! Super fresh and delicious. I usually order their Tostada Mixta Preparada you get your money's worth! read more

Mariscos El Viejon - Tostada Mixta Preparada - Seafood Near Me - Paramount, California

Love this place! The seafood is fresh and the staff is friendly. My only issue is that the music is a little too loud and I can't hear myself talk. read more

The "ostiones preparados" are excellent. The service is okay to great, depending on server, this of course isn't relevant during COVID, but one day, hopefully, when normal is back, good place to have good mariscos. read more

Yo tenia mucho antojo de ceviche y mucha hambre asi qie llame para ordenar ahi porque me queda cerca y em las fotoa todo sw miraba muy bien pero loos camarones del ceviche sabian mucho a tierra y los camarones del aguachile estanam totalmente crudos, no sabia a aguachile, en ligar de limon te dan un vaso con clamato. Totalmente decepcionada. read more

Amazing food very friendly service and great location... definitely will be back !! I recommend the micheladas and limonadas most of the drinks are all homemade very satisfying read more

Mariscos El Viejon - Tostada de ceviche de camarón preparada - Seafood Near Me - Paramount, California

This place never fails. The food is delicious! I just wish they accepted credit card. Who carries cash nowadays?!

The aguachiles are bunk. They taste like straight clamato....I'm from paramount but chales. GO TO MARISCOS EL GUERO on Somerset they a hole in the wall place but I give y'all my word the Mariscos are super bomb. read more

Very good food but prepare for a long wait on Sundays. Also cash only!!! They do have an ATM on sight just incase you forget to stop by your bank. read more

Today is Good Friday! And well it was great food and service. Food was fresh as was to be expected. I always had gone to their Lynwood location. But this place is even closer to me. Hope it doesn't get to busy as the Lynwood does. But do highly recommend. read more

Yea the shrimp taste nasty also gave me food poisoning and the price is way over the roof I should of gone to perihuete in paramount

I was looking for a different kind of seafood with a really good taste and definitely I found it here at mariscos el viejon of course I will come back here to get more of that aguachile with cayo you guys really impressed me with the sauce what a flavor really good read more

Tacos El Viejon are the bomb. Generous portions of everything they serve with lots of avocado....I love that! Only one downfall, the camarones a la agua Chile are made in red sauce and everyone knows that green habanero sauce is the way to go! Love this place and highly recommend it. read more

The Viejon Tacos are very good. I will recommend this place to anyone who wanna try really good fish food with little bit of different flavor. Excellent service also. read more

I'm so glad they opened another one! This is my favorite Mariscos place. Everything I've ever ordered is delicious. also please try their lemonada especial with agua mineral its amazing! read more

One Word To Describe This Place, "Chingon" Amazing Food,Mechiladas & Great Service....AHuevo...ey Dicho.