Ensenada Restaurant Mexican & SeaFood

One of the best and most authentic Baja style seafood restaurants in Orange County; I've been coming here for the past 15 years and I still haven't found a better place with the same level of service great atmosphere. The prices are reasonable for the quality and freshness of the seafood, I personally enjoy their multiple different soups and hot stone entrees.

Absolutley BOMB Mexican food. This place is so underrated in the reviews. Humbly looking venue, serves great Mexican dishes, had live Karaoke when I went on a Friday night and the service was great too! I ordered the Carne assda Fajitas which came on a hot skillet plate, I was so full afterwards but it was absolutely worth it!

Excellent burrito!

Steamed fish with excellent. We'll go back for it again and again. Excellent service gently nice people

Brittany Hickey

The food was delicious. The salsa and chips were so flavorful with out being over spicy. I had the SHRIMP ENCHILADAS and they were fantastic. The posted prices are quite a bit off from what they are at the restaurant. I didn't know if I would like their white rice but I ended up enjoying it. The service was slow but she was working alone. What I would change: have fountain drinks with refills. Overall, great experience.

Fernando Noriega

One of the best and most authentic Baja style seafood restaurants in Orange County; I've been coming here for the past 15 years and I still haven't found a better place with the same level of service great atmosphere. The prices are reasonable for the quality and freshness of the seafood, I personally enjoy their multiple different soups and hot stone entrees.

John Quist

Excellent burrito!

Santiago Robledo

Absolutley BOMB Mexican food. This place is so underrated in the reviews. Humbly looking venue, serves great Mexican dishes, had live Karaoke when I went on a Friday night and the service was great too! I ordered the Carne assda Fajitas which came on a hot skillet plate, I was so full afterwards but it was absolutely worth it!

R Burian

Steamed fish with excellent. We'll go back for it again and again. Excellent service gently nice people

On Sunday afternoon I went to eat at this restaurant located in Fountain Valley. You can't go wrong if you really want to eat delicious. As soon as we entered, the server Fatima welcomed us and directed us to our table. Seconds later she brought us our drinks and recommended several dishes. I started with the cóctel de camarón and then we ordered the carnitas 🤩. Everything was delicious and the service and attention that Fatima gave us really made the experience incredible. Of course we'll be back!

Food really good everything taste fresh fast and friendly environment highly recommend

The food was amazing with big portions! The service was just as amazing!

The place was great. The food is awesome and the owner gets up and sings. He gets everyone to sing karaoke and puts up a good show. We had a big party and the waitress was not great. The owner, before he started singing was very attentive but his waitress was not the best. Overall it was awesome and I'm definitely going back.

SOOOOOO GOOD! PLEASE try it. I got here by chance and trusted in the reviews. So tasty. I got the Martha Special combo. Had to order one to go. The homemade flan is great as well. Thank you, guys.

April Castillo

On Sunday afternoon I went to eat at this restaurant located in Fountain Valley. You can't go wrong if you really want to eat delicious. As soon as we entered, the server Fatima welcomed us and directed us to our table. Seconds later she brought us our drinks and recommended several dishes. I started with the cóctel de camarón and then we ordered the carnitas 🤩. Everything was delicious and the service and attention that Fatima gave us really made the experience incredible. Of course we'll be back!

Sandy Ramos

Food really good everything taste fresh fast and friendly environment highly recommend

Jimmy Ramos

The food was amazing with big portions! The service was just as amazing!

Elena M

SOOOOOO GOOD! PLEASE try it. I got here by chance and trusted in the reviews. So tasty. I got the Martha Special combo. Had to order one to go. The homemade flan is great as well. Thank you, guys.

Javier Duran

The place was great. The food is awesome and the owner gets up and sings. He gets everyone to sing karaoke and puts up a good show. We had a big party and the waitress was not great. The owner, before he started singing was very attentive but his waitress was not the best. Overall it was awesome and I'm definitely going back.

the swordfish tacos a delight. the excellent micheladas. I like this place.

love everything about it. sometimes a tiny communication breakdown but not enuf to keep me from coming back. good portions, quality, variety of hard to find dishes. people great!

The vibrant atmosphere and friendly service make it a perfect spot for a satisfying meal with family and friends.

I couldn't believe how much food they gave on the plate👍 I had a chicken enchilada and chili relleno with rice and beans😋 and my drink was a michelada with a Modelo. I will be back again.

Went in for lunch. Service was good, clean restaurant and restroom. My coworker had enchilada plate. Tortilla was dry on the outside but chicken was moist inside. I had carnita plate which was good. The only thing (which was not major) the music they played was the same artist for 1 hour. 4 and 3/4 stars. I would go back again to try something else on the menu.

My mom and dad are obsessed with this place they go at least once a week. They love the food and karaoke on Saturdays. Wait times for order pick-ups on busy nights is 35 to 45 minutes.

It was good, but the waitress was a little distracted... she kinda disappeared after the food was served. I'm sure it's not representative of how the business usually is (hence my rating).

The food was pretty good here. I was here on karaoke night which was cool if you're into that, I know some people aren't. I think the food took long to prepare but damn it was good and plentiful.

Service is good, the food is ok. I don't like that they serve the shrimp cocktails in a shell looking bowl, it makes it hard to add the condiments.

Very authentic. The food is off the charts

Darred Fraites

The food was pretty good here. I was here on karaoke night which was cool if you're into that, I know some people aren't. I think the food took long to prepare but damn it was good and plentiful.

Daniela Arroyo

Service is good, the food is ok. I don't like that they serve the shrimp cocktails in a shell looking bowl, it makes it hard to add the condiments.

Kitwana Freeman

Very authentic. The food is off the charts

Food was well prepared, service was slow. Communication was difficult. Prices were moderate for the food genre.

Everything is ok but is expensive 2 plates food 120 pay for chips the beer 10dlls is to much expense.

They have really good food, but the place is soooooo crowded! It's like they forgot we're still in a pandemic! No personal distancing what so ever! Omg! It gives me the chills! Chairs and tables are so close to each other and they are now open like nothing indoors! They sing karaoke so close to your table and food that can easily spray (their saliva) on it!! And don't even disinfect the microphone after any use. The only people wearing masks are the waitresses; and yes, you're eating but, hello! Not all the time, since people are done eating and just enjoying the karaoke guy or waiting for their turn or just talking and socializing with the rest of their party and not wearing a mask at all. Trust me, there's no space to have social distancing even if you just go to pick up your order, and to top it off when you order ahead energy day it'll be ready at one time and when you get there they tell you it'll take another THIRTY MINUTES! And no waiting areas with any clear ventilated space! We had to go to our car and wait, and after the 30 minutes, still had to ask the person about our food which was still on the counter waiting for somebody to bag it!!! Not recommended to it there, and even to go; if you can find somewhere with the same quality of food and fresher, ventilated, open space then go for it, other than that just do to go, or be aware they don't follow any protocols for CDC but just masks.

Visited this restaurant with my wife and kids on a Sunday night. Food was pretty decent but is definitely not a family ambient. They had karaoke way too load. This is more like a bar. Will not go there again.

She was friendly took our orders. Took forever to bring my water. Food was great. She just never came to check on us we sat there for 20 min. Just to get check and me and a friend were the only ones there.

Food is good but everything on the menu is around $4-ish more than is listed on google maps. However, I believe it is probably just out of date.

Wolf Ryu

Food is good but everything on the menu is around $4-ish more than is listed on google maps. However, I believe it is probably just out of date.

This place was very busy. My guess is that the seafood is good. The steak fajitas I ordered was horrible. The meat quality was good. That's why I gave it 2 stars. But the bell peppers and onions were hardly cooked. Large chunks of onions still had part of the root ball attached. Horrible quality control! Is that their style? If so, then it is absolutely horrible. The veggies should be chopped correctly and be cooked in a fajitas dish. Was it because the place was so busy? Regardless, the food was bad. Either way, I am not returning.

Our waitress offered very bad service. She had an attitude when taking our orders, never came to refill water cups, we had to ask another waitress for help because we were not being helped by ours. The food was okay, not great considering the cost was 20 dollars a plate. I had the Ensenada burrito with shrimp it was huge but the sauce is not good and i was disappointed with it overall

Went there on a Saturday Night. Mistake. Obnoxiously loud music, impossible to have any conversation. Then it is karaoke night! Couldn't leave fast enough. Food was OK, but not worth suffering through the extremely loud music or being punished by people who think they can sing.

Kent Grasso

Went there on a Saturday Night. Mistake. Obnoxiously loud music, impossible to have any conversation. Then it is karaoke night! Couldn't leave fast enough. Food was OK, but not worth suffering through the extremely loud music or being punished by people who think they can sing.

Bad food and service no recommend

muy mal servicio. comida esta decente pero el servicio esta muy mal. awful service. food was decent but we all got our food at different times. I was given the worst excuse that I have herd at a restaurant. "Our cook went on break and when he returned he started making other peoples food first". will never come back first and last time.

My first time there, food is ok but the big problem is that they're not following the protocol for COVID 19 at all. They have Karaoke and everyone is using the same dirty microphone. Do not recommend.

Awful service!!! I have been here numerous of times but this time the service was very bad. My group got their food at different times and incomplete. As for me, I never got my order and had to ask and wait an additional 20-30 min to get my food. I will never come to this restaurant again.

On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 I ordered two Grills, one Roast, Quail and Tripe and another Seafood Grill, they were more than $300.00 dollars, the problem I had was with the Roast, Quail and Tripe grill, the roast and the burnt tripe You couldn't eat it, I was embarrassed with my guests because it was to celebrate my wife's birthday and the tripe and meat couldn't be eaten because of how burned it was, I called and filed a claim, they just told me that the manager wasn't there, nothing Sorry. I called and the manager is not there and so they don't respond to my claim.

Ordered fajitas, only 3 tortillas were given no sour cream no guac and Pico was thrown in the plate with the rest of the food, who likes their Pico hot? Steak and chicken were and tasted like rubber, over cooked and the thinnest 4 tiny pieces of a "steak". No a.c. doors were open and flies everywhere, probably not the safest environment for food. Service was not that great either. Save your money and time and go to el pollo loco instead!

The food was great. .......but service from Gabriela was horrible and an her attitude was so rude not good place to eat whit the cain of servers she trow the manus on the table and she was like don't like to work on the business I am a server and I do better than her sorry about the place.... and the owners he doesn't care. ...... he was there. ......

Bad quality and High prices First, the prices posted are waaaay off. Probably outdated - 25% below the current rates. Second, the quality has majorly deteriorated since a couple of years ago. 7 seas soup is now made with fake lobster ( see pic) , old and hard shrimp (unnedible), terrible quality clams ( also unnedible) saggy fish and bad tasting crab-legs (dark and foul tasting). Dirty restrooms Will never come back.

Came here for mother's day & my experience was terrible. Not only did they take a long time to get our food. The food was brought all sperately, once our plates were coming out 3 of our Martha specials were cold. Had to send them back. Not only that becareful because they charge "gratuity" aka tip to the bill. Something that should be optional & not mandatory since it's a tip. Not to mention the waitress was absolutely rude & my mom had left her a cash tip so she got double tipped for bad customer service.

Came here for the first time a month ago and it took over 45 min to get our food and once they brought it, it was brought all separately. Figured we'd give it another chance, last time it was busy. Bad idea, came in and there was on 3 other tables with people. But it was the same thing if not worse, took over 55 min. to get our food. My daughter's food was brought out first and it took another 10 min to get ours. Even to get the bill we had to literally wave over the waitress twice, once to give it to us and again to come and pick it up. Last time we visit this place, terrible...terrible...terrible

Food was ok. Chips were hard and greasy. Had to wave service down. Too loud of speakers.

Zolly See

Bad quality and High prices First, the prices posted are waaaay off. Probably outdated - 25% below the current rates. Second, the quality has majorly deteriorated since a couple of years ago. 7 seas soup is now made with fake lobster ( see pic) , old and hard shrimp (unnedible), terrible quality clams ( also unnedible) saggy fish and bad tasting crab-legs (dark and foul tasting). Dirty restrooms Will never come back.

Elizabeth E

Came here for mother's day & my experience was terrible. Not only did they take a long time to get our food. The food was brought all sperately, once our plates were coming out 3 of our Martha specials were cold. Had to send them back. Not only that becareful because they charge "gratuity" aka tip to the bill. Something that should be optional & not mandatory since it's a tip. Not to mention the waitress was absolutely rude & my mom had left her a cash tip so she got double tipped for bad customer service.

Pablo Hernandez

Came here for the first time a month ago and it took over 45 min to get our food and once they brought it, it was brought all separately. Figured we'd give it another chance, last time it was busy. Bad idea, came in and there was on 3 other tables with people. But it was the same thing if not worse, took over 55 min. to get our food. My daughter's food was brought out first and it took another 10 min to get ours. Even to get the bill we had to literally wave over the waitress twice, once to give it to us and again to come and pick it up. Last time we visit this place, terrible...terrible...terrible

Jean Grasso

Food was ok. Chips were hard and greasy. Had to wave service down. Too loud of speakers.

I came here for Mother’s Day and the service was really bad. The waitresses took other peoples orders and we had been waiting for 20 min. Also very rude when I told them if they were able to take our order. By far the worst experience

kiara olivera

I came here for Mother’s Day and the service was really bad. The waitresses took other peoples orders and we had been waiting for 20 min. Also very rude when I told them if they were able to take our order. By far the worst experience