The Best New restaurant in Raleigh for 2020 is officially crowned! This place is the best way to save money on a vacation to a coastal city in Mexico, without the annoying travel or need to avoid the water! Right out the gate this IS NOT a speedy Gonzales, taco and burrito specials kinda of place(Don't worry they still have Steak tacos and land lover entrees). This is a Mexican restaurant focusing on wonderful seafood entrees and their bold flavor possibilities. In my three visits I have had the Seafood tower which is loaded with Shrimp, Tuna, scallops,Octopus, onion, avocado, and tomato. I can't recommend it enough. Camarones Bahia is the dish I have had each visit. You are gonna get messy because this is head and shell on shrimp cooked in an amazing spicy sauce. The drink options are as amazing as the food. They take Michelada to a whole other level, I swear whoever came up with the drink page of the menu had to have consumed a whole lot of tequila. Bottom line stop reading this and just go, unless you have had a recent neck injury, because as dishes come out you will be head spinning like an owl to take in the handy work of the kitchen. read more

Mariscos Nayarit - Camarones Bahia - Seafood Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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The food is ridiculously delicious. We sat in the bar area and it was lively. We ordered the ceviche and it was citrusy, fresh and yummy! The salsa was good, too. My son got the chimichangas and said they were delicious so I have nothing but good things to say about this place. It's authentic, the service is good, and you should try it. read more

Food was great! I ordered the steak with potato and veggies. Drinks were delicious and will definitely be back for the seafood! Didn't get photos cause the drinks were flowing freely. Maybe next time. read more

New Mexican seafood restaurant in former Fogata Brava site at North Raleigh Plantation Point (BJ'S) location. I had the Filette Costeno ($20) and wife had the Camaron Costeno ($20). Both were excellent- tasty, moist and tender. Service was attentive and friendly. We will return. Note- most of the clientele appeared to be Mexican families which is often a sign that the food is authentic. read more

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Honestly just walked in and then straight back out. Staff members were having a food fight outside and when we walked in the music was way to loud could barely hear each other. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. read more

Stumbled on this place while in the area. Beautiful food and drinks. Everything was seasoned wonderfully and the service was amazing. I will definitely be back for a date night to sample more of the menu. read more

Mariscos Nayarit - Seafood Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

The food was delicious! But the service sucks! I sat at the bar while I waited to be seated. None of the bartender were approachable they were dismissive and miserable the waitress that serviced us was forgetful we had to remind her numerously for items or basic things such as utensils and a kitchen serving spoon for eating cocktails. And as many other reviews the music is to loud any and all conversation had to be over screams and shouts. Disappointed with lack of customer service. read more

I have been here several times even before the redesign it was a hood place to eat. The customer service is just ok but the food is really good and theres alot to choose from on the menu. Prices are fair imo read more

So good! Not your typical Mexican restaurant as it caters towards seafood and coastal foods. They also have some Tex-mex menu items as well. Portion sizes were big. I'll be back to try some more ceviche and other seafood meals. read more

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Very bad service. We wit more then 10 minutes. No one came to the order. The restaurant wasn't bussy. Muy mal servicio. Esparamos como 10 minutos nadie llego a tomarnos nuestra orden read more

It's not a chain and the food had flavor. And all I ordered was the nachos. Why? sample the guac, pulled chicken, beef, hot sauce, chips. All tasted great and the serving was huge. read more

First time eating here and I absolutely loved everything about the service. It was cold inside but the food was fresh and flavorful. My waiter name was Oscar and he checked in on us without a skip of a beat. The food portions was bigger than what I expected but I will definitely eat here again read more

Mariscos Nayarit - Seafood Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

Amazing food I will definitely come back this is not the normal mexican restaurant.. I had shrimp tacos. The guacamole was awesome. read more

Mariscos Nayarit - Guacamole - Seafood Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

Food was alright, service was also alright they didn't refill drinks but when it came time to pay they charge us refills when you walk in you couldn't smell the food at all read more

When you first walk in, you cannot smell the food, that's the first sign. Against my better judgement, I stayed and dined in. Waitress was not helpful and did not know the menus. Food was not good and overpriced. read more

My new favorite Mexican restaurant in North Carolina. From the appetizer and drinks to the food. Absolutely delicious!

Ate here for the first time yesterday and it was excellent. Food was authentic and cooked to perfection. Additionally, the menu is huge including many dishes typically not available in the Triangle area. The restaurant was clean and service was excellent. I am VERY picky about Mexican restaurants but recommend this one without hesitation read more

I took my parents here when they were visiting. The lights and outside decorations have always intrigued me so we decided to try it out. Excellent spot. The food was extremely fresh and high quality. Not too many places give you a full fish dip appetizer free of charge. It is usually just salsa. The service was excellent and everything seemed fairly priced. If you love seafood I highly recommend. Will definitely be back for the Tourre de Marisco! read more

Great food, but the server doesn't need to lie about the drinks, he said the house licor for the cantarito was casamigos. I don't mind the price but seriously dislike liars. read more

This is my second review to be fair from the first review I previously posted. As I mentioned during my first review, the food is excellent amd has always been. My issue was and noticed I said was customer service which is now so much more improved. This is my 3rd visit back and they have really improved. I noticed the manager Mila going above and beyond with her staff and the customers and so happy to see a good restaurant doing well. I highly recommend. The seafood is excellent!!! So far everything I order hits the spot. We love the pulpo ceviche, the fried fish dishes and my husband loves the raw oysters with the shrimp ceviche and pulpo on the top of them. Just delicious. Today we had Blanca as the waitress and she did a beautiful job read more

ordered ACP and got 1 pound of rice wit 3 pieces of chicken and some cheese. Also ordered 2 tacos and all I got was steak and tortilla. No toppings at all. Better of eating a taco truck. GG.- A1 read more

Service lousy. staff walked by us twice while waiting at the front door without speaking and left us standing for quite some time in the not very busy restaurant. Table service lousy. no follow up, no drinks, chip/salsa afterthought Long wait for food while staff sat on stools with no table follow up Food not worth the wait not worth my time read more

This is a very good representation of sea food from Mexico. I lived the Campechana cocktail and my wife enjoyed the Chicken Chimichangas. My son had the seafood pasta and my daughter in law enjoyed the grilled fish. Ver good, I will be back. read more

First off food is amazing, portions are huge and it is just an amazingly fun place. The only reason it's not full five stars was the volume given we were seated right at speaker, but could not hear my son sitting right next to me and eventually it gave me a headache. But we sand we danced we ate a great meal recommend! read more

Food Poisoning/Poor sanitation. We were seated quickly in a mostly empty restaurant. We noticed the low-80s sanitation score by the door but shrugged it off. The food menu was fine, drink menu was limited. Our food and drinks came fairly quickly. There were a few unidentifiable drops of white-liquid in one dish of our salsa. We pushed that salsa aside and ate from the other bowls, which looked fine. Unfortunately, everyone at our table who had chicken that night (3/23/21) ended up with a violent case of food poisoning. read more

Stopped by on a whim instead of going to a usual dinner place in the same shopping center... walked in & was immediately greeted by smiling faces, we were sat immediately on a Saturday night at 8:30pm. WOW! Seafood & Mexican! Very clean restaurant, nicely decorated with all new under the sea decor, good music playing not too loud just the right volume. Extensive menu included not only seafood but vegetarian, chicken & steak options. I ordered the spicy grilled shrimp entree with no butter. Very accommodating as food is all cooked to order. I also ordered a Virgin "mango-nata" that's not on the menu, it was so delicious the BEST one I've EVER had! The chips & salsa kept coming... refills for our waters... the entree's came out fast & correct! My food was amazing! Perfect cooked rice to balance out the spicy shrimp & cold crispy fresh salad was just perfect! Juliana was our server, very sweet & prompt lady. My friends dish was great, he said 4 of 5 stars for the shrimp tacos but isn't sure what he'd change about them... read more

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Heard how good it was from others and tried it today. Nothing was wrong with the service. But the food wasn't good. Came home throwing up etc. And that rarely happens to me. Hope this was just a fluke read more

I went here for the first time tonight and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The service was A+. Our waiter was Oskar and he was patient and very friendly. They even let us try their ceviche, which was very good and something I normally wouldn't have considered. The sweet tea was excellent and the food was good. I highly recommend this restaurant. read more

Food is good but the music is terrible, don't try this restaurant if you eating with your family, specially small kids. When to eat at this restaurant and music was so loud that we couldn't talk at the table without yelling to each other's. I ask the server if he can't turn the music down and he did, another employee came and turn that up again. Playing nasty music like bad bunny. Even my daughter told me that music it's not appropriate for me. Food is good but you feel like you eating at the club. By the way speakers sounds awful. read more

5 stars for the food, 0 stars for the service. We were seated outside by the hostess and forgotten about, had to go back in 20 minutes later to get stat in side. Despite having a $150+ tab between two people, the service did not much improve from there. read more

Our drinks were served several minutes later after being seated. The appetizer was brought out late too. We didn't have silverware until after we finished the appetizer and we couldn't ask for the silverware because nobody came to check if we were okay. We barely had napkins and we didn't have enough straws for the drinks. When our food was brought out, there was a hair on a cucumber. When we received the check, they had already added a "suggested gratuity" of $61 which we felt was not the correct amount for the poor service we receive. I suggest that the suggested gratuity should be according to the type of service received. Nuestras bebidas se sirvieron varios minutos después de estar sentados. El aperitivo también nos llegó tarde. No teníamos cubiertos hasta que terminamos el aperitivo y no pudimos pedir los cubiertos porque nadie vino a ver si estábamos bien. No teníamos suficientes servilletas y no teníamos suficientes popotes para las bebidas. Cuando sacaron nuestra comida, había un cabello en un pepino. Cuando recibimos el cheque, ya habían agregado una "propina sugerida" de $ 61 que sentimos que no era la cantidad correcta por el mal servicio que recibimos. Sugiero que la propina sugerida debe estar de acuerdo con el tipo de servicio recibido. read more

My friends and I came here for dinner tonight...they were busy, so I understand not everything being "perfect", but all of our food upon getting to the table was cold. I ordered a fajita quesadilla & tho the flavor was good, the meat & veggies inside were not hot. It was almost like the food was microwaved, then put inside a tortilla & sent out. I don't expect sizzling & steam coming from food, but when ordering cheesy food, I don't want my cheese to be congealed when it gets to me. The server Alejandra was great, the manager was great...the issue was with the kitchen. We literally were there for 2hours & sent back all of our food. read more

Amazing authentic Mexican! If you're looking for burritos and Speedy Gonzales, this is not the place. But if you want real Mexican and great seafood look no further. The ceviche Nayarit and grilled whole snapper were fantastic. Reminded me of eating in Barcelona but with that Mexican flair. It is clearly a local favorite among the Hispanic community. read more

Not a fan. I got the burrito tapatio, girlfriend got the enchiladas supreme. The cheese on top of my burrito was kinda gunny, and made the whole thing a pain to eat. Tasted fine enough, but definitely wasn't great. The enchiladas were just... well, bland. The ground beef one was abominable. The enchilada sauce tasted suspiciously like spaghetti sauce. We also waited nearly 15 minutes for our check when the restaurant was practically empty. Go somewhere else. read more

Had dinner here this Friday evening. The food was excellent, but the ambiance was just strange. When you walk in they are selling what appeared to be some kind of Girl Scout candy at the hostess stand. Between that, and the menus, it just felt kind of cheap. Was also a little thrown off by the lights being a little to bright, and music being a little to loud to be able to talk while at the table. Definitely authentic food, which was excellent, but not a fan of the environment of the restaurant. read more

Very bad service a very noisy place drunk people drinks are terrible i won't recommend this place

Really nice looking place inside and out, when we got in we were greeted promptly and nicely by the ladies in the front, right away to a clean table, I was expecting the tables to be separated more bc of covid but no; all very close together. After we sat it took about 5-7 mins for someone to notice us. Taking our drink order letting us know that our waiter is coming. My sweet tea came and my husbands Dos X michelada not yet but that's understandable. We were ready to order but still no one came about 5 mins after my tea. Our waiter came and asked if my husbands still didn't have his drink yet, "no"we replied and he said he would go get it, he came back with a tea... we told him we were ready to order and that the tea is not what my husband wanted. After that he came with the michelada but it was not good it lacked flavor it was watered down by the ice. The food came right away and it was delicious! I finished my tea; I thought I shouldn't bother our waiter since he was running around one table to another so I took the other tea he brought prior and to my surprise it was unsweet . I could tell our waiter as really busy and I don't blame him but we waited a while until I had to wave at him to come to us (I hate doing that) but if I didn't he probably wouldn't have come. That's when I finally let him know I needed more sour cream and a sweet tea. That's all. We left soon after. Probably will come back but when it's not so busy... the waiter needs to ask for help when he can't handle the tables that are given to him. I could tell he has 4 more other than us... read more

Food lacked spice and taste; very bland. Service wasn't bad but definitely has a huge gap for improvement. No table check ups and forgot our drinks for a while...my visit was during the quiet hours, so I'm not sure if they're handling too much as is...couldn't imagine coming during "busy" times. read more

I have been here twice. The first time my experience was excellent but the second time it left much to be desired. The service the second time was laughably bad. I have never made eye contact and attempted to wave a waiter over before and been ignored in favor of him talking to a waitress. Getting a check took well over twenty minutes in a mostly empty restaurant. If the restaurant had been busy or the waiter not immediately visible the entire time I absolutely wouldn't be writing this review. The food is delicious and the margarita flight is a steal but I will probably not return because I don't like having to beg for service because the waiter wants to flirt with his coworkers. read more

I was taken for my 67th Birthday. I did not know it was here. This place used to be another Mexican restaurant called "On The Border" years ago. First it was very busy place so if you are uncomfortable about COVID right now it may not be for you. They did have outdoor seating however. Everyone was very friendly but some servers did not speak hardly any English. My high school Spanish helped out though. The ladies in our party requested wine but they said they had none. This is a much needed addition to their menu. The menu is a bit confusing but we figured it out. Pictures helped and we got a server who spoke good English. They brought us some very nice chips and salsa to start. The drink menu has very strange combinations. They do have single margaritas but they are not on the menu. You need to ask. My wife had a grilled salmon with creme sauce cooked perfectly. I had the Pulpo Culichi which is a very tasty grilled octopus with a spicy sauce on it. It was the absolute best octopus dish I ever had. The meal ended with the servers bringing me a delicious flan and singing happy birthday in Spanish. All in all a very pleasant evening. I understand they do have live entertainment from time to time. The food is geared to coastal Mexico so lots of seafood dishes but they do have some traditional and Tex Mex as well. read more