Mariscos Vallarta

Seen the reviews and decided check it out being I’m new to Vegas. Food was ok not the greatest or the worst. We ordered shrimp tostadas and fish tacos, beans tasted funky though. The micheladas were ok, we finished full. But once we paid and we’re about to leave my husband noticed a cockroach roaming through the place. We were both disgusted!!! We let them know and they acted like it was a ant. So just a little heads up people!

Here on Unilocal it states that they open at 10:30. My party & I arrived here at 1:30 only to see a «Closed sign on their window & it’s not like this place is ridiculously close to the strip. I tried calling the number listed & all I kept getting was a busy signal. Shame on them.

This place is the BEST and we will be back any time we fly to Vegas. It was a little far from where we were staying and we drove there on the one day of the week they’re closed so we had to come back the next day. It was totally worth the drive!
We ordered the shrimp ($ 14 for three tacos and a salad) and fish tacos ($ 13 for three and a salad) and they were DELISH! We also ordered four fish tostadas (I think it was about $ 12 but it came with a lot) and those were so yummy too, especially with the house sauce and salsa. But our very favorite thing about the place was the fresh oysters. They were AMAZING! AMAZING!!! We ordered one dozen of the Vallarta oysters ($ 20) and they were yummy (too spicy for my kids but I really enjoyed it), along with one dozen of the plain fresh oysters ($ 14 served with lots of fresh lime and the house salsa) and that was the winner!!! I was surprised that even my five year old couldn’t get enough. We kept ordering an additional dozen and ended up ordering a total of SIX DOZEN oysters. Totally wish we could’ve gone back again before we left Vegas. It was that good!
We went early and the service was impeccable. Clean place. Attentive waitress. Can’t say enough good things about it. We kind of revolve our travels around good places to eat and we will most definitely go back there again.

This place is very good. I always get the fish tacos and a preparada. The cevich is also very good. It’s a small menu but every thing on there is made just right.

Really good service… Food taste like it was made with no passion what so ever! I was extremely disappointed and would never go back if y’all trynna eat something bomb come through to my house I cook way better than them when I’m half asleep!

One of my favorite places to eat Mexican seefood. I love the octopus tostadas and seafood cocktails:)

Food was wonderful, husband got the fish tacos and we also ordered the tostada mixta and the dozen regular oysters. Everything was very fresh and tasted amazing. I’ll definitely will be back and bring other people as well, can’t believe how long it took me to try this place when I live 5 mins away! I drive by it every day. Service was also very good.
Muy rica comida, se nota que la hacen fresca. Muy rico todo. Mi esposo ordeno los tacos de pescado, la tostada mixta y yo ordene los ostiones regulares, muy rico todo y el servicio fue excelente. Raro que no estaba mas ocupado con el tipo de comida que tienen! Seguro que volvemos muy pronto.

I posted pics of the food we had: oysters and fish tacos. The oysters were wonderful! Very friendly, courteous service. The restaurant smelled a little funny, maybe it was the fish and bleach for cleaning mixed together that was weird but it put me off a little. It is quite a drive from the Vegas strip, about 20 – 30 mins b/​c it’s all street. Other than that, I would go back for the oysters.

Came in for lunch and they do not have a lunch menu so yr left to buy any meal at dinner prices, over $ 11 dollars. Service is good, food is good but pricey for Mexican, portions are no very big, should include more items for that price. They tried to make it gourmet plates at high prices and that does not work for this location.
The ceviche tostadas are excellent, it’s provably the only items that is worth the price, portion wise.
Mexican food is know for filling u up, this isn’t French, please increase the portions or lower price.

I really liked this place. Super small, friendly service and the food is authentic. Growing up in Mexico, this reminded me of being near the beach. The shrimp tacos were good. We really enjoyed the oysters. I would definitely return.

Bright, clean space! The servings are generous and their oyster ceviche is served with shrimp and fish with a tangy green salsa — was delicious and affordable. Papa Lai had a shrimp dish and he scarfed it down barely giving me a chance to try it.

If your looking for excellent Mexican style mariscos this is a place I would highly recommend. The fish ceviche is delicious, the prices are lower then other marisco places in Vegas. The atmosphere is more like a deli, not exactly a «fine dinning» type of décor, not that there’s anything wrong with that I came to eat not admire the decorations anyways.

If you are in Vegas, and want some bomb mariscos! Definitely hit up this spot! Its about 15 – 20 mins of the strip, but definitely worth it. Price on food is cheap! Try the shrimp burrito! Also micheladas!

I am originally from Los Angeles and was looking for a great Mexican sea food place to eat. We ended up in this place and to my surprise the food was really delicious, however customer service was horrible. The waitress was very rude and the smell of this place is disgusting… If you plan on coming here make sure to seat by the entrance or bring nose plugs otherwise you will be smelling the smell of the restroom while eating your good!!!

Mad props to Matt S. and Brook M. for leading me to this place. This place is a winner! Hands down the best Mexican food in Las Vegas to date.
This is Mexican seafood the way it should be eaten. Fresh. Delicious. Simple. It reminds me of the little Mexican food stands in San Pedro, you know the places that serve what was brought in the boat that morning. I can’t describe it, you have to taste it to experience it. The fish tastes different, it doesn’t taste like fish, just the most delicate, soft, pieces of protein I’ve ever eaten. How does this place gets fish that fresh? Dunno… but hey, it works!
Besides their excellent fish tacos, I got their Tostada Mixta, a ceviche made with shrimp, octopus, and imitation crab. Again, excellent, as was their shrimp taco.
The place is ultra divey, I mean, there’s bars on the windows, that’s scary divey. The place itself is clean but it caters to a mostly hispanic clientele. But that’s how you know it’s authentic. LOL. So, prepared to be adventurous. Also the place isn’t cheap, the tostada was $ 6 and the tacos were $ 3 or $ 4 each. But for the quality of the seafood, definitely worth it!

²⁄₅ for service.
¹⁄₅ food.
Mariscos Vallarta were suppose to be from Vallarta, not a single Vallartence working in this place. Very disappointed I suggest them to change their name and food.

Mad.
Fucking.
Delicious.
It’s a mexican seafood place, complete with bars on the windows in a not-​so-​good area of town. I’m not hating on the area — I used to live around there in college.
BUT.
You walk in, and it smells like the coast. Sooooo good.
All they do is seafood. I think there are some beef tacos here??? On the last page of the menu in fine print. Maybe!!! WTF. You don’t come here for that.
All I know is that there is fish stew, oysters (FRESH), tilapia, shrimp, etc.
OK I’ll admit the beans were a little gray and tasted old. I’m not knocking them a star for the not-​so-​great beans since we could all use a few less stinkbombs at 2am unless you enjoy hotboxing your S. O… The rest of everything — OMG.
The oysters vallarta which were fresh oysters topped with shrimp/​green chile/​chopped garlic and onions — AMAZING.
The shrimp dishes — bombz! The rice accompanying them was great. My friend had the ranchero, I had something with garlic and butter (of course) that was so tasty it would make more famous Italian restaurants cringe in guilt about how their shrimp scampi tastes. The tortillas may not be made from scratch — but who cares and who needs them when the shrimps are that flavorful? (UPDATE ⁵⁄₁₉ — the tortillas are cooked to PERFECTION though) I honestly am giving this place 5 stars on account of the oysters being fresh as a baby’s shit and the shrimp having more flavor than Flava Flav on his best day.
Doesn’t hurt that this place is SPOTLESS.
I will be back, often.
Honestly, when the waitress grabbed our check I blurted out ‘This place is better than Taco y Taco.’ She just smiled and shrugged. And I love TyT. But hot damn. It is if you like seafood…
(UPDATE ⁵⁄₁₉ — I cannot WAIT to try the fish tacos. My 2^nd time here and some of the group ordered them and did those foodie moans while devouring them.)

This review is based on my boyfriends opinion. My boyfriend is from Hawaii and knows how hard it is to find a seafood place in the middle of the desert that serves FRESH seafood. There is a little girl who greeted and seated us immediately and I thought it was a cute touch to the whole experience. Very good preparadas and cocktails. I ordered the fish tacos which in my opinion were really delicious. Each taco had four pieces of fresh fish battered and fried to perfection. The spicy sauce they bring was really good. The servers and staff are very friendly and prompt to take your order and bring your food out to you. This is his 3^rd time being here and my first time. He has tried a handful of items from the menu and says everything is delicious. Good Choice for Fridays during lent. Dont be afraid of the neighborhood or the bars on the window this place is the real deal for fresh seafood.

Super fresh. Very good can’t go wrong. Make sure and order a prepared beer ! And the shrimp cocktail is also good. No farm raised shrimp here like some other bunk places. As soon as you walk in it smells like the ocean always a good sign of how fresh the place is.

Growing up in Southern CA I have done my fair share of road trips down the coast of Baja California. The seafood here is the closest thing I have come by that takes me back to being barefoot on the beach enjoying authentic seafood.
The setting can create some hesitancy at first but once you relax and more importantly become enamoured by the deliciousness in front of you, it soon melt away. Maybe it was growing up and traveling down south, but I find some sort of comfort in the plastic utensils, and casual simplicity at times.
I knew I had made a good choice when all the people eating there were all obvious regulars/​family and the steady flow of customers all knew each other. You don’t get an ambiance like that from producing sub-​par dishes.
I cant wait to go back with some family members when they visit.