Bahia Caporales Restaurant No 4

I had been going here on a regular basis for years, but finally gave up on it about six months before it closed. The waitress and waiter were nice (did they have more than one of each?), but the time it took to get food on the table was ridiculous. I got to wondering if they were also doing the cooking because they would disappear into the kitchen and stay there for extended periods. You would have to get up and go to the kitchen to ask for refills, more chips, etc. Interesting to read there were new owners at some point. I guess that was the problem. I miss the old Bahia, but not the final version.

I cant beloeve this closed! so many memories here, my parents arrived from el salvador in 1985 and this was one of the first restaurants they discovered, its been a family restaurant since then. As kids me and my brother were always taken to eat here, mothers day, fathers day, valentines, saint patricks you name it. We grew up here, the food was delicious and the staff was amazing specially javier. We were close to the owners prior to the recent ones, we even got people fired on several occasions due to the amount of respect they had for us and vice versa. Im going to miss this place. I hope they reopen it in a new location. Im heartbroken.

The food here is excellent and worth a read beyond my only complaint keeping it to 4−½ stars: Aside from taking and delivering the order, the waiters hang out in the kitchen unless he hears the front door open. Both were very nice, though. The restaurant is small, so the kitchen is a short walk to get his attention, but that shouldn’t be. I agree with others that the emphasis here is on fish. I’ve visited twice and loved the Friday special $ 8.95 fish tacos or fish fillet with soup of salad. The fish tacos were big and deliciously seasoned. The cod was butter flavored, but not greasy, soft, melt in your mouth delicious. It was a generous portion with slight golden brown crisp perfection on outside. The rice was perfect; the outside was slightly crisp and the inside was soft. I liked the pico de gallo sauce with chips better than the red sauce and i liked the salad more than the seafood soup.

Chicken tacos are the bomb! Great place. What really keeps me coming is the service. Always keeping you stacked on chips and salsa. I really only like their chunkier red salsa, but they’ll only bring you the salsas you like as long as you ask. Chips are always freshly made.

I love this place. They have the best Mexican food and the staff is always so friendly and helpful. Their salsas are the best and I love their rice!!!

Ven y prueva la calidad mejorada en sus platillos siente el sabor fresco en los mariscos el servicio es mejor el ambiente

Went here after work yesterday. I ordered the whole fried fish and the shrimp ceviche. It was surprisingly fantastic. I’ve lived around the corner for almost 3 years and never came here.
I’ll most definitely be back. The server was very nice too!

I’ve never been here. Seriously GREAT. Fresh warm chips is a huge plus. Two different kinds of salsa. Our waiter was very nice. We shared a tostada and it was so yummy. The chicken was perfect. Sorry we didn’t have more but we were just doing a quick bite. Havier was very friendly and even gave us some suggestions on specialties to try on our next visit. This is definitely a hidden gem in Burbank or others just haven’t told me. Either way sharing is caring :-) We will definitely be back. Hard to find truly good Mexican restaurants. We really like this place and are looking forward to checking out more on the menu.

Very low key and no windows, which I appreciate in this HOT BURBANK WEATHER. Have been here a couple of times with the fam bam and the restaurant has been very kind to us and our bunch of kids under age 5. From my dad being the oldest of the bunch and my infant nephew being the youngest, everyone ate and had a fine time. I order the carnitas, I love how they prepare them. Considering the options for Mexican food in Burbank, this is as close to original as it gets; and if you don’t like it, there’s a Taco Bell up the street haha.

This is an update on my review I just re read my previous comments and thought it sounds like a commercial! Funny and kind of annoying. But it’s ALL TRUE. We have been back a few times and just last night we commented how impressed we continue to be. The food is delicious, absolutely fresh –all of it — the chips, the salad and the fish. I don’t know about you, but so many times it’s the little things that make or break a place. Detail is important. I can stand it when a place has wilted lame salads. Bahia’s salad’s — although not even that crucial because you are there to have seafood — are perfectly chilled and fresh every time. That tells me that behind the kitchen someone is paying attention and I love that.
The prices for seafood are kind of hard to believe. This is what we had last night:
1. complimentary small bowl of magical yummy magical refried beans
1.broiled fish filet dinner
1.lobster dinner
3 beers
1 shot of agave
Total, not included tip was $ 61.00. Pretty nice!
BELOW IS MY ANNOYING, ALBEIT HONEST, INITIAL REVIEW:
This place is great. We have been here several times and each time, we have been treated with kindness and respect. Each time we stop by, we have been cared for as if we are family. Is that not what we want when we go out for a meal? Don’t we want to feel as if we matter? I definitely recommend this place as they serve good food at reasonable prices. Also, and this is a big deal: the place is very clean and well kept. It is an out of the way chill spot. Try it, you WILL NOT be disappointed!

This place is great! Awesome food and decent service. They have the best ceviche ever. It’s low key so a good spot for good food and good conversation.

sorry guys — the next visit blows chunks. Felt like having the oysters for an appetizer. They wer literally flavorless. Not spoiled. Not funky. ZERO flavor. Not sure why but lemon and hot suace didn’t help. Then I ordered the trout. Some was dry and approaching jerky. The thicker part was better but not very flavorful. Person who came with me had a shrimp salad. He said lettuce was warm and shrimp was so so. Even service wasn’t great and the salsa was still meh. Sorry guys. Doubt we come back.

Had a drink here…

There is a cow’s head you pass by before and after you get to your seating so that’ll be a nice conversational piece.
Their ceviche, while not memorable, wasn’t bad. Good food, good margarita’s. I had the cuervo gold and it was frosty good. Nothing to complain about with the food really so go for it.
It’s rather an old place. You can gauge this by the gum ball machines near the register and the register itself looks like it was made in the 80’s. Hipsters would love it.
Once you’re in you’re in baby. No outside light ever hits you and there are no windows. I don’t know if you care either way but I prefer some kind of natural light.
Plenty of parking so no worries on meters or valet.

Fabulous food. It looks a bit tacky inside but do not be fooled. The camarones de cocktail is a great starter and all of the food is wonderful and authentic. HUGE margaritas. Reasonably priced. My in-​laws (formerly of Guadalajara) love this place.

This place looks like a shack from the outside, but don’t be alarmed! The food was amazing. As I watched other customer’s orders go by, I kept saying to myself, «I gotta try that next time!». The people in the next booth ordered the seafood platter for two, Parrillada de mariscos. I just drooled smelling that until my chile rellenos came. Chile rellenos were just the way I love them… oozing with cheese with a little crunch on the coating. Good agave margaritas, too.

I went there last night and the Parrillada de mariscos is fantastic. The chunky salsa is also great.

This is a place that will definitely warrant a second review from this writer’s on going adventures in la comida Mexicana. (forgive my grammar) I am emotionally mixed regarding my experience here and finally settled on three stars, which I will elaborate on. The food I thoroughly enjoyed, however we had a server who seemed to spend the evening practicing his one magic trick. Apparently he disappears, and my guess is he’s getting good at it. (cheers M. Ward)
You know, maybe I’m reading too much into this. Perhaps he was having a bad evening and his head was out of it. Trouble with the girlfriend, strife at home and abroad, the troubles with health care reform, possibly he was concerned with bigger issues. Who knows?
He came out and took our orders, another girl brought our entrees. We had to flag down the same girl to get a second round of Margaritas, (which were tasty, you should know) Oh, and the other waitress that we had to intrude upon to get more service didn’t seem at all pleased to be dealing with us. But again, maybe I’m projecting a bit. She might have been pissed at our aspiring magician of a waiter, and forced again to pick up his slack. Regardless, the sour attitude should have stayed behind the scenes I do believe. He made one more appearance after we bugged the other girl for drinks letting us know that round two was on the way and that was it.
After we finished our food we waited, and waited. Attempted to make eye contact with our substitute waitress who was done with us as well. Eventually, we were successful in flagging her down and were afforded the opportunity to pay for our meals.
Now for the food. It was really good. And their menu… wide variety of delicious sounding options, both seafood and more traditional Mexican land bound fare. If not for the food and the potential for other delicious entrees, this reviewer and lover of la comida, would have panned this place for its poor service and one or two stars would have been the result. But listen kid, if you can just get your staff in order we may have a real gem on our hands. After all, today is a new day.

Camarones Costa Azul – to die for. Alas del Mar – vicious. El Burrito Cancun… delicioso.
Try off the menu stuff: Godorniz (Cornish Hen)…bomb.
Been coming here since 1987 when I was a young playah.
Go to Bahia Caporales for their specialty stuff, seafood, the different types of shrimp they make. Their «Costa Azul» shrimp otherwise known as «Imperiales» at other restaurants are the best in LA, yeah I said it. But just have them once a year, they might give you a heart attack
Don’t come here for «guacamole» or «tacos.» WTF goes to a sit down Mexican restaurant for guacamole? That thinking/​logic is more a kin to to a happy hour Americanized restaurant such as Acapulco etc. If you want tacos go hit a taco truck, or Speedy’s taco in nearby North Hollywood.

I hate to rag on a restaurant I’ve enjoyed many times, but I finally realized I’ve been giving Bahia the benefit of the doubt for too long. I still find the service to be good but it’s no longer enough to save the place.
Ever notice that, when a restaurant starts trying to cut costs, the quality of the meat is usually one of the first things to go? Sadly, this is the case with Bahia.
Went there last week and ordered a combo plate of one soft taco carne asada and one chile relleno. The taco had four big chunks of inedible gristle. In the chile relleno, I somehow managed to find a few small bites of chile amid the mountain of batter and sea of cheese.
My wife got chicken fajitas. She was unhappy with the quality of the meat but didn’t complain and got the leftovers to go. I tried eating it the next night. Wow. It was all brown meat (grayish hue) with a few chunks of cartilage and a taste befitting dog food.
As a customer, it gets a little insulting after a while. Do they really think we won’t notice?

My brother was in town and he said that he wanted Mexican food, but something low key. I used Unilocal and this place was more highly recommended then some other options in Burbank.
We walked in, and it was basically empty. There was a neon tree outside. My brother had to ask for his beer twice. We reviewed the menu, and for some reason my brother decided to be adventurous.
I had the carne asada soft tacos which were terrible. They cooked the crap out of the meat, the guac was terrible, and it was not worth eating. My brother got some sort of stew with seafood. It took FOREVER to get our food even though there was no one in the place. After we «ate» we waited again, FOREVER for the bill. When we got it, eventually we decided to just pay cash instead of my brother paying with his card.
After we left he asked me to take him to taco bell, because he was hungry.
Never again.
Service was terrible
Atmosphere was terrible
Food was terrible