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A huge tourist restaurant serving sumptuous portions guaranteed to leave you carrying doggie bags out the door. Great service, lively ambiance and sturdy cocktails. An upscale and more diverse menu than the average Mexican restaurant. Kudos to serving fresh green beans. Ideal for large parties and groups, located on the wharf, the ideal place to unwind.

+5

Don Gaspar

Where else can you get amazing Mexican cuisine and Pacific ocean views from the Santa Cruz Boardwalk? Olitas has great food and super friendly, professional staff. Try the citrus shrimp with red chile risotto, it's amazing, as are several other menu choices. After a great meal you can walk the pier and see the views and even an occasional seal.

+4

John Phonthaass

The place is excellent, service too busy with many customers, foods good, & there have 360 turned bars so you can enjoys ocean views 🌐🇺🇸👍🎊🎈🎉💞💃🕺

+9

Davisu Echo

Nice bar atmosphere with a great ocean view the service was friendly and attentive. The food was pretty good large portions. It was a good experience for sure! The chips and salsa were interesting the salsa tasted like vinegar dressing. But ya I would recommend good value and good portions. The shrimp and rice was very good and lobster 🦞 was tasty 😋

Art Howell

Actually ordered Papaya Salad, all I can say is that it was interesting 🤔. Nothing like Laos or Vietnam style Papaya Salad. It was unique it had greens, orange papaya, leche, feta cheese, tomatoes. Maybe pine nuts with balsamic dressing. Not spicy no peppers in it. The atmosphere was very nice and the hostess was very pleasant. If I had more time I would have eaten here, maybe next time. If you experience this restaurant let me know how you like it.

+1

I really wish I could give this place more stars because the server was very sweet, however the rest of the experience was not so great… we came in on a rainy day and had to wait almost 10 minutes for someone to greet us. We ended up sitting at the bar and it took a while to be greeted by the bartender. We then finally had a server step in and take our order while also bartending a few drinks. The food took forever to come. The male bartender was not friendly at all… We finally asked for chips and salsa after around 45 minutes of waiting for food, and realized they forgot to give them to us at first. Definitely will not be coming back if we ever visit the beach again

Vincent HT

We came here for a Mother's Day lunch last weekend and surprisingly we were able to find parking quickly and there wasn't a wait to be seated. We were seated next to the window facing the boardwalk so the view was nice. The host brought us water and chips and our server came by soon after. 5 stars for both of them. Our cocktails, chips and salsa were all decent. Our food arrived and it all looked amazing. Unfortunately, while it all looked nice, it all lacked flavor. My shrimp tacos just had cabbage and soggy, tiny breaded shrimp. Even the beans and rice were lacking any kind of flavor. Everyone in our party of 4 felt the same about their food. Highly disappointed in our $130+ lunch. This might be a good spot for happy hour/bar food or something. Thank you to the waitress for the great service.

+5

John Kusmierz

If you are looking for classic beach front vibe atmosphere this is a good place. Dine indoors or outdoors on a large dock like porch on the wayer. Food is not bad nor great. Typical for this type of dining and I personally like it. There are many other dining options on the street you walk down to get to the restaurant. Also many touristy shops. Many choices so.of you like this type of atmosphere I recommend the restaurant and area. If you are looking for fine dining I suggest you look for another close by restaurant. You have your choice.

Patricia Mutia

We went at around 7, and if you’re going to eat dinner, it gets pretty loud because of the bar. The food was not authentic Mexican food. Our waitress was very courteous to make up for some long wait times for ordering and getting our food.

+1

Yvonne R. M.

We discovered this restaurant at the end of our journey through the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk/Wharf. We wanted tacos and figured we couldn't go wrong with this place. We were seated at a window that had the most awesome view of the ocean. The food and service weren't the greatest, but it wasn't horrible. Our waitress was a bit scarce, but I don't like a hovering waiter, more than twice would've been nice though. I ordered the blackened fish tacos and my husband ordered the shrimp tacos which came with fried shrimp. His dish was much tastier than mine, but the blackened fish was a little charred and dry. It was cod, which is juicy white fish, but this was definitely over cooked. The sauce on top wasn't the best tasting either. The shrimp tacos, however, were pretty good. The shrimp were lightly battered and plenty for the small tortillas. I also wasn't a fan of the complimentary salsa, but my husband enjoyed it. The guac on the other hand was superb! We would probably check out a different restaurant before returning to this one, but it's not off the list.

Two stars: One for the attentive waitress and one for the harbor view. Zero stars for the food. The worst food I have ever eaten. They offered a taco and drink for $12. First I was given complimentary chips and salsa. The chips were ok but very thick. The salsa was a thick brown substance with a few chunks of tomato which tasted awful. The soft taco was about 4 inches in diameter. There was about 3 or 4 ounces of (supposedly) blackened fish. It tasted nothing like fish and had the consistency of chicken with little flavor. It wasn't blackened but covered with a brown substance and laid upon a bed of expired cabbage. I ordered a triple ginger non-alcoholic beer which tasted good but nothing like beer. The waitress was helpful and pleasant. The amount of food was appetizer quantity NOT worthy of a meal. Horrible experience!

Reserved a table here for Valentine's Day. Waited for a hostess for 20 minutes. Drunk server made a scene up front. Waited for a while to be served, servers forgot to bring utensils and napkins. Ran out of Ceviche for the Appitzer Sampler, decided to pile our sampler platewith a mountain of browning guacamole with no extra chips. When food finally came out, it was subpar at best. Steak was overcooked and reduction was burnt. It took 20 minutes for them to give us the check. Would not recommend. Only giving two stars because at least their Margaritas they served were good.

Shelby Watson

Come for the views, and the decent skinny margaritas. The chips and salsa are decent as well. The staff was friendly, quick and helpful. The food was horrendous. I didn’t know something could be over sauced and have no flavor. This was the blackened fish tacos by the way. I tried to make it through two bites and couldn’t go any further. I tried adding avocado crema and sour cream. It didn’t get any better. The ahi tuna and super chicken burrito suffered the same fates. Zero flavor and covered in ingredients. Do they not know what salt is??? Or aromatics like onions, garlic, peppers, etc. $60 meal that I could barely touch. NOT WORTH IT. There were also flies all over our table and the restaurant was a resounding 80 degrees sweltering when it was a nice 65 outside.