Since my family moved to the area, we come here at least 2x a week...sometimes take out and sometimes to eat here...very good food and service...

The food was excellent...very fresh and the flavors were incredible...Elizabeth was the best !

So far I've tried the Enchiladas and there so delicious I'm actually craving them right now and will send my husband out to pick some up for me I'm 7 months pregnant and the cravings are REAL

Best fish taco's North of the border

It is really delicious I enjoyed everything on the menu and it is family friendly the owner is super nice and everything is fresh. It is fast and friendly I think this the best place hope you guys enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. It is super super super clean

My husband and i come here pretty often.. he orders the mojarra and i order the ceviche tostada.. every time the food is delicious, and keeps us coming back.. their micheladas are bomb... we love this place..

Love this place always welcoming fast service good food and drink love the music

Clean, friendly and great service. Some of the best ceviche I've had and the Best grilled fish tacos ever.

Absolutely delicious food. Come hungry but prepare to wait for your food because there's always a lot of customers here waiting for their turn.

We had fish tacos and empanada de camarón (shrimp empanadas). The food was excellent and the service was very friendly. The hand-made corn tortillas we added to our meal were great as well.

Fell in love with this place. My back was hurting and I needed something to make me feel better. I love " Lizz" she told me I would fall in love with this place and I was sceptical but decided on a carne asada burrito. It was delicious Lizz is the best she gave me a sample to try of the ceveche and I almost cried on how good it was. This place has the best food the best waitress and I will definitely be back.

Enjoyed the beautiful dishes and it tasted wonderful.

Great food! Great service! Great tasting! I ordered some shrimp, rice, and beanand it all tasted great. Tortillas were super good too! Chips and salsa was great too!

I love this place the it’s my favorite, service is amazing I’ve been coming for about 6 years and the food is amazing Theresa the server is great and so kind I love when I get here and she’s my server highly recommend I bring my family here all the time!!

Been a fan of their shrimp ceviche & their fish tacos... their other dishes is delicious too... I'ma go get me a shrimp cocktail, all this food talk got me hungry, lol ... love the atmosphere here in this restaurant, everyone so friendly....

Food is delicious! 👍 Very clean place 😍 The best customer service👌fish tacos & all types of ceviches are awesome Food quality is just delicious micheladas are so good totally recommend this place 👌

Good fish tacos. Love the shrimp in all its forms there. Service was great. Will definitely keep coming back.

Amazing staff. Very welcoming. Food was excellent. The only thing that I didn't get to taste was the chorizo on my parillada. Besides that that michelada was delicious.

I drive from San Diego here just for the service and great food. The young lady who serves me is absolutely amazing. Keep it up guys.

As I sat down to eat a lady leaving the building recommended the shrimp ceviche. Since I hadn't made up my mind on what I wanted to eat I went with her recommendation and was not disappointed. The Ceviche was super fresh and tasted great, plus the salsa with the complimentary chips was killer. Would definitely go back here if I'm in the area.

first time here...we really enjoyed the atmosphere the help and of course the food!

Our 2nd visit and there will be more! Awesome food and service. Bacon wrapped shrimp and fish tacos are spectacular! Maricela is always sweet! Keep up the good work!

I’m obsessed with the ceviche and aguachiles 😩🤤 We ate there the first time and the service was great they were friendly and attentive. The place was clean and the music was great. Had it 3 days in a row not even kidding lol Wish they were open just a bit later but I’ll be there tomorrow for some more 🥰🥹

Fresh seafood you could taste. I had the cold mariscos molcajete. Couldn't finish it ,so much food. I saw someone ordered the all seafood platter. I'll be getting that next time fur sure. Fish, ceviche, and four different types of shrimp!!!👍👍👍

Ive been coming to this place over a decade. Miguel makes the best pescado zarandeado 😍😍😍 and there home made tortillas are delicious! I love there zarandeado shrimp and cucarachas (spicy shrimp). Also there best bean and cheese burrito!!

The shrimp ceviche was amazing! The young girl who works there in the afternooons is very nice and talkative. She makes great micheladas. My new favorite seafood place to go to! And I live right down the block so I will be coming here often!

Omg! We have lived here for 20 years and never went to El Nayarit. We finally decided to go one day and we are so mad that it's taken us this long! It's not fast, so don't go if you're in a hurry... but that bc it's well cooked! Get the ray tacos, you won't regret it!

The staff was so friendly and so nice and helped me walk out my food to my car The amount of food that I got is absolutely stunning 10 out of 10.

Love their ceviche and aguachile here amazing. Friendly staff ordered over the phone for a medium ceviche tray and was ready upon arriving.

Very fresh, authentic Nayarit style seafood. We ordered aguachiles, camarones ala plancha and tostada mixto. Big portions, generous amounts of shrimp and equally ratio of mixed seafood tostada. Friendly staff and family operated, matter of fact the family owners were eating there when we picked up our food.

Absolutely loved the food from this place! We got the Shrimp and Octopus botanas and a Torre de Mariscos and wow it was all so good! This is one of few places that cooks the octopus right. It was soft and tender and the rest of the seafood tasted great and fresh. Not only that, the entire staff was super nice and friendly. Cracked jokes here and there. Good people! I highly recommend this place for their delicious mariscos.

Outstanding everything! Staff was friendly and attentive. You can taste the freshness in the seafood. The whole place was very clean and tidy. Would definitely recommend!

The grilled fish and shrimp tacos here are amazing. The home made tortilla definitely takes it to another level. Simple yet delicious and satisfying.

My first time here, I live in Temecula, someone told me about this place. This place is so good, I love all my dishes that we ordered. Service is great and fast. The owner Miguel is a very wonderful person. The only bad thing I'm a marine, they don't have military discount. I do recommend this place, great for family.

My favorite ceviche this side of the border! 🤤 Shrimp tacos are a must! Dont go too hungry or you will want the entire menu!🫠 (And trust me you cant go wrong with any option!!) 🙌

If you're ever in lake Elsinore, drop by El Nayarit for some Mexican Food! I met two cool people that way after taking a trip through ortega highway. One of them was an older gentleman who had recommended me the spot since he was a local and the second one was a server named Angel who recommended me some bomb food there! Unfortunately, I don't remember the dishes, but it tasted amazing! I posted the picture for everyone to see! If you see a Lime green challenge parked outside you're in the right spot!

So this place has been here for very long and I’ve never ate at the place. Now after many years, we decided to finally come here and eat and may I just say it’s the best seafood ever. They give you a lot of shrimp and good food that is prepared very nice. Employees are nice and chefs are very good chefs. This is a seafood restaurant so it’s all seafood, although they do have a kids menu with no seafood and a small section with different kinds of food if you don’t want seafood which is very good. We are always satisfied and very good prices! I do recommend eating here at night, it gives it more of a dinner feeling for me. But of course that’s up to you. If you do come here, you will not be disappointed because unlike other seafood restaurants, this one is the elite. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🤤👍👍👍🍤🍹🐟🐟🐠 (photo is the asada fries which are my favorite! ❤️❤️❤️)

J T

The staff was so friendly and so nice and helped me walk out my food to my car The amount of food that I got is absolutely stunning 10 out of 10.

Alondra Valdez

Love their ceviche and aguachile here amazing. Friendly staff ordered over the phone for a medium ceviche tray and was ready upon arriving.

Debby Cabanillas

Very fresh, authentic Nayarit style seafood. We ordered aguachiles, camarones ala plancha and tostada mixto. Big portions, generous amounts of shrimp and equally ratio of mixed seafood tostada. Friendly staff and family operated, matter of fact the family owners were eating there when we picked up our food.

Gustavo Flores

Absolutely loved the food from this place! We got the Shrimp and Octopus botanas and a Torre de Mariscos and wow it was all so good! This is one of few places that cooks the octopus right. It was soft and tender and the rest of the seafood tasted great and fresh. Not only that, the entire staff was super nice and friendly. Cracked jokes here and there. Good people! I highly recommend this place for their delicious mariscos.

Ez Pz

Outstanding everything! Staff was friendly and attentive. You can taste the freshness in the seafood. The whole place was very clean and tidy. Would definitely recommend!

Daniel Emerick

The grilled fish and shrimp tacos here are amazing. The home made tortilla definitely takes it to another level. Simple yet delicious and satisfying.

sermar Garcia

My first time here, I live in Temecula, someone told me about this place. This place is so good, I love all my dishes that we ordered. Service is great and fast. The owner Miguel is a very wonderful person. The only bad thing I'm a marine, they don't have military discount. I do recommend this place, great for family.

Robert Huynh

If you're ever in lake Elsinore, drop by El Nayarit for some Mexican Food! I met two cool people that way after taking a trip through ortega highway. One of them was an older gentleman who had recommended me the spot since he was a local and the second one was a server named Angel who recommended me some bomb food there! Unfortunately, I don't remember the dishes, but it tasted amazing! I posted the picture for everyone to see! If you see a Lime green challenge parked outside you're in the right spot!

albinochad

So this place has been here for very long and I’ve never ate at the place. Now after many years, we decided to finally come here and eat and may I just say it’s the best seafood ever. They give you a lot of shrimp and good food that is prepared very nice. Employees are nice and chefs are very good chefs. This is a seafood restaurant so it’s all seafood, although they do have a kids menu with no seafood and a small section with different kinds of food if you don’t want seafood which is very good. We are always satisfied and very good prices! I do recommend eating here at night, it gives it more of a dinner feeling for me. But of course that’s up to you. If you do come here, you will not be disappointed because unlike other seafood restaurants, this one is the elite. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🤤👍👍👍🍤🍹🐟🐟🐠 (photo is the asada fries which are my favorite! ❤️❤️❤️)

What a wonderful place! The lake fish is especially delicious.

The best fish tacos you will have anywhere. Miquel his son and there whole group of staff are the most polite and kind people you kind find. The detail to their food is amazing and the rice is something you have to try.

It’s hard for a Mexican restaurant to stand out. It takes something special. This place is full of special stuff!!! Get the guacamole, and you are welcome. Because honestly. Fresh made just like grams Maria used to make. The taste is perfection. Everything else is on point as well. I find the place clean and the server was delightful. My water glass was always full!! Had some people from Texas with us. One complained that California doesn’t have good Mexican food. He has been converted. This place is a real jewel. Did I mention the guacamole?!? Because that was just like a warm hug from mom. Bestest.

Mary Lou Pruneda

first time here...we really enjoyed the atmosphere the help and of course the food!

Ricardo Espinoza

I drive from San Diego here just for the service and great food. The young lady who serves me is absolutely amazing. Keep it up guys.

Team Metcalf Real Estate Group

The best fish tacos you will have anywhere. Miquel his son and there whole group of staff are the most polite and kind people you kind find. The detail to their food is amazing and the rice is something you have to try.

Dennis Livingston

It’s hard for a Mexican restaurant to stand out. It takes something special. This place is full of special stuff!!! Get the guacamole, and you are welcome. Because honestly. Fresh made just like grams Maria used to make. The taste is perfection. Everything else is on point as well. I find the place clean and the server was delightful. My water glass was always full!! Had some people from Texas with us. One complained that California doesn’t have good Mexican food. He has been converted. This place is a real jewel. Did I mention the guacamole?!? Because that was just like a warm hug from mom. Bestest.

Food is delicious. There green salsa for the pescado tostadas is delicious!!😋 Michealadas could be better though.

The campechana i ordered,i felt the shrimp, octopus, and oysters weren't fresh. The service was ok.

Loved the food very authentic, loved the service, will continue to eat here

Excellent food, good prices.Table service not so much.

Delicious food, I have been here many times and will continue to come here. The place is clean and the people are quite friendly.

Modern stainless furniture. Clean. Tacos weren't as awesome as I expected. Very nice staff. Moderately priced.

The people there were very loud, the place was kinda sketchy though. The service was great though and the food was amazing (recommend the quesadilla) and they had my favorite Mexican cracker.

Food is always great!. Very fresh and tasty. Reasonable prices. Good service and walk out full.

The food was great the ceviche de tostada of camaron and pecado is really good. Tasted like the ceviche in nayarit. The customer service can get a little better.

They have one of the best of each I’ve ever had great place to eat

I enjoyed my time here with karaoke and the atmosphere. The food was good too. Everyone was friendly

A small, low key, casual Mexican spot bringing the flavors of Nayarit, Mexico 🇲🇽 to Lake Elsinore. The space is clean and simple. Nothing flashy. Just a comfortable place to sit down and enjoy a solid meal. Service was good and attentive without hovering. Prices are fair. Most importantly, the food delivers. Fresh, flavorful, and clearly rooted in coastal Mexican cooking. If you enjoy seafood and traditional Nayarit style dishes, this place is worth a visit. Not trying to be trendy. Just trying to serve good food well. And they do.

We ate dinner here, the prices were reasonable. The fajitas were not bad, but nothing amazing about them. The coconut shrimp was pretty good, and my husband loved his fish. No fountain drinks, I HATE that. Everyone overcharges for the cans or the bottles and no refills. The Service was ok, all 3 meals were brought out separately, but it didn't take too long.

This is my second time at this place. The food is good, the staff is friendly. The only thing that I dislike and makes me think on whether to visit again is the type of very specific music they play vía YouTube which is annoying to hear all the commercials. It is super loud too. You can’t relax or talk to your family because it’s almost impossible to hear each other. I wish they just played typical Mex music and lower the volume. might try again in the next month or so to see if this review helped the owners reconsider the current environment.

Amy Gonzalez

We ate dinner here, the prices were reasonable. The fajitas were not bad, but nothing amazing about them. The coconut shrimp was pretty good, and my husband loved his fish. No fountain drinks, I HATE that. Everyone overcharges for the cans or the bottles and no refills. The Service was ok, all 3 meals were brought out separately, but it didn't take too long.

Argelia Flores

This is my second time at this place. The food is good, the staff is friendly. The only thing that I dislike and makes me think on whether to visit again is the type of very specific music they play vía YouTube which is annoying to hear all the commercials. It is super loud too. You can’t relax or talk to your family because it’s almost impossible to hear each other. I wish they just played typical Mex music and lower the volume. might try again in the next month or so to see if this review helped the owners reconsider the current environment.

Food is not that great prices are high, service is bad

Friendly waitress and fast service. Had AMAZING FISH TACOS. But made the mistake of ordering (from iPhone App) a side order of shrimp - price wasn't displayed on App. We were charged $24.99 for 10 small shrimp with CATSUP sauce! What a RIP-OFF! We were SHOCKED! And the shrimp dish was awful. If we wouldn't have ordered the side dish, this review would have been ALL 5 STARS!

It’s good! The ceviche and the agua chile is the best! The only thing I dislike is that they don’t clean the shrimp and it’s honestly really gross. I lose my appetite when I’m eating and have to remove the insides myself. Me encanta el ceviche y el agua chile sobre todo! Pero no limpian los camarones 🤢 y la verdad da muchísimo asco.

Sophia Hsu

Friendly waitress and fast service. Had AMAZING FISH TACOS. But made the mistake of ordering (from iPhone App) a side order of shrimp - price wasn't displayed on App. We were charged $24.99 for 10 small shrimp with CATSUP sauce! What a RIP-OFF! We were SHOCKED! And the shrimp dish was awful. If we wouldn't have ordered the side dish, this review would have been ALL 5 STARS!

The food is ok, not the best, small portions and it’s expensive. I’ve been at this place twice and I’m dissatisfied

Din't like it, I order some camarones al MOJO de ajo and asked to make them well done, and no they just put the garlic on top and that was eat they were raw , so ewww unable to eat, I just say If you really want good mariscos. Go to Tecuala in perris , enough said

Service needs to be better they forget to bring items out and when you tell them it's ok forget it n they still try charging that's not right. I did not pay for item but waitress tried to say she had it written I then had to remind her over n over hire better help.

walked in and the girl was like get your menu and place your order and we standEd there and the the Guy gave us the menu and told us to sit down then all tables had like plates cup so we sat down in a table that had drinks table was dirty so we ask the guy if he can clean the table witch he did also we asked him if there was chips with salsa he said there making some so we waited and never brought chips also I asked him and he was like we do not have any... so he brought my food and didn’t bring my tortillas after 20 min he brought my husband food and just his tortillas... i really like the food but if they can’t have a better service that will make things better... Also my rice and beans were cold!!

Disappointed. The food wasn't very good and the service was really slow. 2 tables actually went up to ask about their food and the wait. The nachos has almost 0 meat and cheese and the quesabirria fries that they advertised were dry and had an entire onion on it. I would not go back

Horrible food order 2 7 mares plates n got a plate with no flavor N only shrimp n chicken if its fish its really bad fish 77.36 for. My plates n i got horrible food

This place deserves to be put down. Dirty carpets, tables and a 9 year old trying to tidy up. Waitresses look hopeless and some guy just returned his shrimp cocktail because he found a fly doing backstokes in it. Never again.

GARAGE! Waited 45 mins for a tacos, to go when the place was empty and they were cold, dry and just chicken in a tortillas. This place is GARBAGE! Don’t waste your money!

Terrible customer service and they were out of many menu items. I ordered a shrimp empanada and it was completely burnt.They take forever to take out your order. Never going back.

Gave me old soggy grease filled fish. Just because they were busy. Fish was not crispy and they wasted my time. If they are busy they will give you old soggy food.

Service was horrible... the host could not even explain ingredients on the menu... she didn't even mind to ask the cooks about our request. She seemed to be bothered by it...at the end she rush us to order. first time going there and the last one too

Awful will not go back. Terrible service bad ceviche. Got the mixta and it was just loaded with fake crab meat and was warm

Ugh. Its on the menu, but they didn't have chicken for my enchiladas. The food tasted bland. The waitress forgot my food. Really bad experience in food and service.

First time here and most likely the last. The food is mediocre, and the customer service is terrible! We never got the waters we ordered and the waitress never came to check on us after we got our food.

Very bad service . Brought everyone's food at different times. Once one person from our party was done eating then the bright the next person from our party their food. Raised prices once it was time to pay. Food wasn't great. There was only one other couple in the restaurant before we sat down

This was the kinda place I would forget about. There was nothing that stood out to me. I can say that crab enchiladas should not be on the menu. The sauce conflicts with the imitation crab.

Ordered shrimp empanadas which were overcooked and the shrimp was dry and overall too salty. Fish tacos, which were ok but the tortillas were undercooked. And two 1 liter horchatas which were half the size. Maybe is better in person but ordering for delivery was a masive waste of money, we threw over half of it away.

I ordered fish n chips and waited around 45 minutes, when they came to my table they told me they had no more so I order shrimp instead. The shrimp was good and so was the rice but the beans had alot of salt in them like alot.

Food takes 45 minutes. I ordered fish n chips and waited 45 minutes just to hear that they ran out. I ordered something else with beans. The beans tasted like they dumped a bag full of salt will never come to this hell restuarant again.

By far worst taco place I been to. The 3 different meat tacos I tried, carne asada, carnitas and, barbacoa were the driest meat and flavorless tacos I ever had in my life and trust me I'm Mexican so eaten tacos all my life. There has to be a better tasting taco place I'm new to Lake Elsinore and I hope I do find a good taco place while here.

Canceled our order at the very last min. Pick up time was 8:00. They canceled the order at 8:00. Never have items on the menu. Been there several times. Don’t waste your time or money$$

Staff was not very interested in getting our order or coming to our table at all she was more into talking to some guy. Michchaladas were not good. Chips were very hard and old. Not very clean. We will not be back

Worst place any one can eat very poor service food wasn't that good,sorry but owner really need to re do his training on service n get a great cook it's location is nice but service n food can improve so the place can pick up. Next time I go down to Cali I hope it had better quality of food n servers.

The food was awful the staff don't have a clue of what there are serving and when ask and they move so slow when there is like maybe a couple customers in there I will hate to see it busy if that ever happens ..I will suggest to anyone looking for good ceviche to stay away from this place .

Very bad service. The waiter did not know how to take our order and didn’t do a good job explaining things. This was a very awful experience overall because not even the food was good. The coctel didn’t even have any flavor they didn’t even have hot sauce just the empty bottle. They made us wait so long even for our drinks and the restaurant was not even full of people their was only one family besides us. They were rude to me and my family just because we asked for someone who can explain better to us. Hopefully they can do a better job on their food as well as their employees. Overall I highly don’t recommend this restaurant.

Was here a month ago and had a terrible experience.... Keep in mind all previous visit had been a good experience. The experience was made bad by the server she lacks customer service. Poor girl has no clue at being a server. Decided to give it another chance today... As luck would have it same server and same horrible service. The establishment is filthy the tables are sticky and dirty. Carpet is gross the whole restaurant is smokey, they said forget turning on exhaust fans. Don't bother with this place!

Went there with my family and ordered 14 tacos. After 30 we had 8 tacos. At the 45 min mark the server asks how many more are missing because she lost the ticket. I asked for 3 more only because one of my kids had not eaten It took them another 15 minutes for 3 tacos. I was still missing 3 but decided to leave after an hour of waiting for simple order. I would understand if they were busy but, we were the only family dining in. Worst service. The wait time and uncomplete order made me never want to go back.

Worst service ever. Called to make a phone order and was left on the phone for over 12 minutes. I walked in and was still on hold. Told the server, you know you just left me on hold, and I am still on hold showed her my phone. All she said was well it wasn't me. No sense of what customer service is in this place! The food is great we love it here. You need to hire better help or at least train your staff to have better customer service.

The food here is not fresh. Everything comes frozen and then is thawed. They use the same soup all week and just reheat it everyday. And don’t throw it away until it either smells or a customer complains it’s too salty. The cooks and waitresses do not have their food handlers Licenses, And honestly don’t know the proper rules to food safety. Ive seen the older waitress drop silverware and wipe it on her apron and proceed to take it to the table. They don’t wash their hands often and don’t use gloves when sticking their hands in the tub of ceviche to serve it(both waitresses and cooks) basically contaminating the whole batch. Also they pick at the food before taking it to the table. The pescado saraniado is the main thing all the staff picks at, they then cover it with hot sauce so you can’t tell. They don’t serve half the things shown on the menu, and have to go to another restaurant to get most of the meat dishes. But if you catch the waitress on a bad day she won’t walk over to get what you asked for, she’ll tell you they’re out. The older waitress is very unprofessional and gets drunk on the job with customers while she has other tables waiting. Area is sketch too, would not recommend Eating here late as there are a lot of homeless people hanging out around there and always going in the restaurant. Not a great place for a family meal. Maybe hangover food- cause you’re gonna throw it up anyways.

Ceviche is hella over due like a couple days old not even fresh and I had camarones a la diabla con arroz y frijoles de la Juanita refried beans de bote wtfreak I wouldn't recommend diz spot I'll rather make my own lol

Ordered to go. Service ok. Presentation of food and portions terrible. See pix

Alberto Lopez

Ceviche is hella over due like a couple days old not even fresh and I had camarones a la diabla con arroz y frijoles de la Juanita refried beans de bote wtfreak I wouldn't recommend diz spot I'll rather make my own lol

Rommel Balmeo

Ordered to go. Service ok. Presentation of food and portions terrible. See pix

When we got to the place, the waiter was kind of rude as she was doing us a favor . Everything was kind of dirty. There was a lot of trash on the carpet floor and the fans were really dirty. No menus and the food was overpriced because of the restaurant is really dirty . We went 1/20/2026 . We usually go to ixtapa restaurant, but I wanted to give it a chance and I’m never coming back . Overprice and dirty and bad service .

Service was good but the food was terrible. Ceviche tasted like soap and they gave me barely any Avocado. Overpriced! Rice and beans were dry as well.

Amalia Vazquez

When we got to the place, the waiter was kind of rude as she was doing us a favor . Everything was kind of dirty. There was a lot of trash on the carpet floor and the fans were really dirty. No menus and the food was overpriced because of the restaurant is really dirty . We went 1/20/2026 . We usually go to ixtapa restaurant, but I wanted to give it a chance and I’m never coming back . Overprice and dirty and bad service .

Ash Vaz

Service was good but the food was terrible. Ceviche tasted like soap and they gave me barely any Avocado. Overpriced! Rice and beans were dry as well.