Food in Tijuana

**Captain Solo** · 03-21-17 16:56

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**Travv** · 03-20-17 17:21

I got there just as it opened for lunch before leaving for San Diego, so easy to park and no waiting and plenty of tables. Recommended it yesterday to a group I met at Phil's BBQ. But I would not eat there then go to Zona Norte as you will be unable to walk, fit in your pants, or do anything but sleep due to being stuffed with so much BBQ like a bloated lizard! Love using the garlic bread to make steak sandwiches. So Zona Norte first then the buffet if you want to party.

Originally Posted by Hargow20 [View Original Post]

I visited Pamapa's last year. Nice place, but it's to noisy for me. Reminds me of 3 alarm fire drill.

**Hargow20** · 03-20-17 07:48

I visited Pamapa's last year. Nice place, but it's to noisy for me. Reminds me of 3 alarm fire drill.

Originally Posted by ScatManDoo [View Original Post]

Well Travv,

It seems as if you had no trouble finding and enjoying Pampas. Perhaps because you didn't try to change the restaurant's name? Pampas is great, but be sure to make reservations at peak times to avoid possibly waiting in line for a table. https://www.opentable.com/pampas-tijuana.

Can't understand why finding Erizo was difficult. It is located two half-blocks from the Grand Hotel Towers and just across from the Tijuana Country Club. Easy to find using google maps. https://www.facebook.com/ErizoBaja.

**ScatManDoo** · 03-19-17 18:46

Originally Posted by Travv [View Original Post]

Heard someone talking about the Las Pampas steak buffet in Zona Rio so I decided to try it for lunch. Took about 15 minutes of driving through heavy traffic before pulling into the parking lot on Sanchez Taboada where it is located to arrive a little after noon. A large soup and salad bar is in the center of the restaurant and after my waiter seated me, I began filling up a plate with a guacamole tostada, Caesar salad with romaine lettuce, cobb salad with hard boiled eggs and chips and salsa. There is a signal on your table: green means bring meat and red means stop. I flipped it to green and the waiters began bringing marinated beef steaks and tender prime rib chunks to my table along with garlic bread, which I used to make steak sandwiches. After 1 more trip to the salad bar for sushi and beef and vegetable soup, I was stuffed, even though there was more salads and desserts that I had room to try. Around $300 pesos for the buffet plus 80 pesos for the drinks I ordered. Left a tip of about 80 pesos for the good service by the waiters who cut the meat off the barby sticks to your order at your table. Recommended.

Well Travv,

It seems as if you had no trouble finding and enjoying Pampas. Perhaps because you didn't try to change the restaurant's name? Pampas is great, but be sure to make reservations at peak times to avoid possibly waiting in line for a table. https://www.opentable.com/pampas-tijuana.

Can't understand why finding Erizo was difficult. It is located two half-blocks from the Grand Hotel Towers and just across from the Tijuana Country Club. Easy to find using google maps. https://www.facebook.com/ErizoBaja.

**Captain Solo** · 03-19-17 03:39

Was in El Centro Tijuana Friday PM for some business. Decided to find Erizo and Sr Pampas for dinner.

Don't plan to drive in Tijuana Friday afternoon. Traffic was horrendous. There were lots of cars on the streets with California plates, that would block intersections into gridlocks. I was inching along with an ambulance wailing its siren behind me, while some guys were potentially bleeding to death waiting for them, and drivers were blowing their horns in frustration like it would help speed up traffic. Tijuana drivers with CA plates are very rude and selfish.

My GPS device recognized the address for Erizo Mariscos, but brought me to behind the Cinemapolis mall. There is a food court in the mall but could not find Erizo anywhere nearby. Had a pretty good coctel de camaron for 140 pesos, equivalent to a 50-peso cup in La Zona, then set out to find Sr. Pampas.

The address for Sr. Pampas was incorrect; GPS did not have it. I was inching again in traffic in frustration back to La Zona Norte. Will have to try again with UBER or taxi.

Originally Posted by CaptainSolo [View Original Post]

This seafood restaurant looks fantastic and cheap, ceviches 50- 90 pesos. It's near Agua Caliente, a few blocks South of Costco.

https://www.facebook.com/ErizoBaja/

http://menu.mx/v2/Erizo_Baja_Fish_Ho...Espanol/NYB53W

http://www.streetgourmetla.com/2010/...p-ceviche.html

I would program all important Tijuana address in my GPS device so it won't forget.

**Captain Solo** · 03-14-17 22:52

The seafood dishes look great, but I would still like to have some meat along with them.

Sr Pampas has lunch for 150 and dinner for 210 pesos, all you can eat beef, veal, chicken, some grill tuna and shrimp. This is a good deal.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sr-Pa...24751784385564

**Captain Solo** · 03-14-17 17:46

This seafood restaurant looks fantastic and cheap, ceviches 50- 90 pesos. It's near Agua Caliente, a few blocks South of Costco.

https://www.facebook.com/ErizoBaja/

http://menu.mx/v2/Erizo_Baja_Fish_Ho...Espanol/NYB53W

http://www.streetgourmetla.com/2010/...p-ceviche.html

I would program all important Tijuana address in my GPS device so it won't forget.

**Captain Solo** · 03-05-17 22:25

Ceviche is the right word for that cocktail of raw seafood in lime juice and hot pepper. The Mexicans call it Coctel.

This place is next to I 15, exit 17th street in Escondido.

Good suggestion. I will have to stop buy on the way down to try it out.

Originally Posted by Member#2041 [View Original Post]

Actually, there is a new taco place that just opened in Escondido on Center City parkway called La Tacqueria San Diego last week that makes a great ceviche, as well as the most authentic Mexican food I have tasted in San Diego.

**Member #2041** · 03-05-17 17:43

Originally Posted by CaptainSolo [View Original Post]

The good mariscos cart is diagonal from the Adelita store, on the South East corner.

What city are you in?

The Mexican mariscos or seafood restaurants in South California just don't have the fresh sea food like what you find in Tijuana or Ensenada. Their seafood cocktails are all cooked, nothing raw and fresh due to lack of fresh ingredients.

Alleged live clams in US seafood stores or super markets are all dead or half dead with foul odors. There are Mexican guys who drive truck loads of fresh seafood from Ensenada to So Cal every day.

Actually, there is a new taco place that just opened in Escondido on Center City parkway called La Tacqueria San Diego last week that makes a great ceviche, as well as the most authentic Mexican food I have tasted in San Diego.

**Captain Solo** · 03-05-17 16:58

The good mariscos cart is diagonal from the Adelita store, on the South East corner.

What city are you in?

The Mexican mariscos or seafood restaurants in South California just don't have the fresh sea food like what you find in Tijuana or Ensenada. Their seafood cocktails are all cooked, nothing raw and fresh due to lack of fresh ingredients.

Alleged live clams in US seafood stores or super markets are all dead or half dead with foul odors. There are Mexican guys who drive truck loads of fresh seafood from Ensenada to So Cal every day.

Originally Posted by WindAngel [View Original Post]

Man,

I miss Mexican food! I have been going out the last couple of days looking for street vendors and trying them out but they are just not as good. I will keep looking.

Is that the mariscos cart near the Adelita store corner? The old man is very friendly, and I really enjoy it.

**WindAngel** · 03-05-17 05:20

Originally Posted by CaptainSolo [View Original Post]

The site mare, or seven seas, soup has a good variety of seafood and is delicious. It's similar to the famous French fishermen's Bouillabaisse, or the Greek soup, in which they use the scrap seafood, notably the ugly Monk fish, to make a tasty seafood stew. Recommended.

You should try the cold dishes, Botana, in which shrimp and octopus are blanched then marinaded in a spicy dressing. Mexico does have fresh and delicious seafood, which are marinaded in lime juice so they are safe to eat. Even the picky Japanese are impressed.

One of the Japanese bros keeps crossing the border from San Diego to buy a few cups of mariscos cocteles from the cart at the school girl corner. LOL.

Man,

I miss Mexican food! I have been going out the last couple of days looking for street vendors and trying them out but they are just not as good. I will keep looking.

Is that the mariscos cart near the Adelita store corner? The old man is very friendly, and I really enjoy it.

**Captain Solo** · 03-04-17 20:56

The site mare, or seven seas, soup has a good variety of seafood and is delicious. It's similar to the famous French fishermen's Bouillabaisse, or the Greek soup, in which they use the scrap seafood, notably the ugly Monk fish, to make a tasty seafood stew. Recommended.

You should try the cold dishes, Botana, in which shrimp and octopus are blanched then marinaded in a spicy dressing. Mexico does have fresh and delicious seafood, which are marinaded in lime juice so they are safe to eat. Even the picky Japanese are impressed.

One of the Japanese bros keeps crossing the border from San Diego to buy a few cups of mariscos cocteles from the cart at the school girl corner. LOL.

Originally Posted by WindAngel [View Original Post]

The soup came in a large bowl. I also ordered shrimp linguine. Too much food for one person.

**WindAngel** · 03-04-17 16:35

Originally Posted by CaptainSolo [View Original Post]

Most people would eat 1 of the 3 items your ordered. That would be enough for a meal.

Are you sure you ate all 3?

Looked like you liked what you ate.

The pictures are for two different meals. I like the food.

**Captain Solo** · 03-04-17 06:07

Most people would eat 1 of the 3 items your ordered. That would be enough for a meal.

Are you sure you ate all 3?

Looked like you liked what you ate.

Originally Posted by WindAngel [View Original Post]

The soup came in a large bowl. I also ordered shrimp linguine. Too much food for one person.