Food in Tijuana

[Member #4722]

Thanks for the recommendation everyone! The red snapper tostada was to die for. Fish tacos were pretty good, I make really good ones at home they were almost as good as mine)) shrimp taco was soooo good. Date got the grilled octopus wow it was delicious.

[Travv]

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[ScatManDoo]

The wording on the 2-for-1 appetizer states "Equal or lesser value is free".

https://hktijuana.com/assets/pdf/HK-...s-Azul-App.pdf

But I'm sure that certain mongers, in the way they look, drink or act, are easy victims of HK's meseros.

[SenorTJ]

I'm going to second this recommendation. Nice, but not fancy. Good price and fantastic seafood. Short walk from Revo. On Google maps it shows up alternately as "Cevicheria La Mas Nais". I eat there all the time.

La Perla is fine if you are in the zona and craving seafood. Every time I've been there has been a screaming loud mariachi band, which made it less than ideal.

The other Corrientes around town have even fancier decors than the original if you're taking a lady. All of them have the same menu. The offerings are a cut above the other Tijuana seafood joints.

On Tuesday they do a Taco Tuesday special, 3 tostadas or tacos and a beer for 198 pesos. The tostadas are loaded with fish. The Red Snapper tostada is their most popular menu item, what they are famous for. All the tostadas are great.

The prices have gone up a lot here since I first started going years ago. About 3-4 years ago, the pulpo zarandeado (whole octopus grilled with seasoned mayo) was around 200 pesos and now it's more than 600 pesos. It's used to be a screaming bargain. Now it's not cheap, but I still go.

[KC Questor]

Highly recommend La Corriente. There are a handful of them in the city, they're all great. Check the yelp reviews and you'll see.

I'm going to second this recommendation. Nice, but not fancy. Good price and fantastic seafood. Short walk from Revo. On Google maps it shows up alternately as "Cevicheria La Mas Nais". I eat there all the time.

Anybody tried La Perla restaurant near TB? I went there on Friday. Menu looked good but I didn't eat because they were doing construction inside.

La Perla is fine if you are in the zona and craving seafood. Every time I've been there has been a screaming loud mariachi band, which made it less than ideal.

[Rainman306]

Seems the best & cheapest way for food is to eat at the Taco Stands and buy your sodas and snacks from the OXXO stores in the zona. Had meals at Al Capones & Azuls, mostly OK but the eggs at Azuls were so bad.

The tacos are cheap, about $1 USD each and a couple will tell you up.

[Mbison2411]

Anybody tried La Perla restaurant near TB? I went there on Friday. Menu looked good but I didn't eat because they were doing construction inside.

[Captain Solo]

That's what Tijuana is famous for.

LOL, the thread about food more exciting than thread about girls. I'm stuck here.

[Phordphan]

For Friday night good Mexican seafood restaurant (for a date) don't need anything fancy but away from the main tourist spots (discreet). Thanks in advance.

Lionfish or LOS Arcos. Both will be quite busy on a Friday. You should make reservations if possible, especially at Lionfish.

[SenorTJ]

For Friday night good Mexican seafood restaurant (for a date) don't need anything fancy but away from the main tourist spots (discreet). Thanks in advance.

Highly recommend La Corriente. There are a handful of them in the city, they're all great. Check the yelp reviews and you'll see.

[Captain Solo]

Villa Marina mariscos is on Paseo de los Heroes, a fancy place, about a block South of the huge shopping mall, not too far from La Zona.

It has a large menu of sea food and also a selection of steaks.

The second location is on a bluff overlooking the beach North of Ensenada, with a smaller menu.

https://villamarinarestaurante.com

[Pigopuwu]

LOL, the thread about food more exciting than thread about girls. I'm stuck here.

[Member #4722]

For Friday night good Mexican seafood restaurant (for a date) don't need anything fancy but away from the main tourist spots (discreet). Thanks in advance.

[ScatManDoo]

That coupon seems to work half the time. The restaurant accepted it once without problems. The second time, Azul accepted it but with a 180 pesos cap. The third time, they refused to honor it because it did not have the manager's signature on it. The fourth time they told me the coupon was only good inside HK itself and not at Azul so they rejected the coupon.

Seems like everything else in Tijuana, there is no rule. It's whatever they feel like enforcing.

Your "half the time" seems about right from my experience.

My quasi-wingman and I have a short history with this HK dinner coupon business.

About a year ago we used this 2-for-1 twice (in three attempts) during a visit to Tijuana.

I don't speak fluent Spanish, but fortunately my quasi wingman does. Without him speaking Spanish, and hanging in there, the success rate would probably have been lower.

As I recall (I could be wrong, it was a while ago) the coupon from HK's website was clearer to understand. Like last year's coupon may have actually said 2 meals for the price of one.

Yet with my quasi-wingman in the lead role, last year we had to get am HK manager to initial or sign-off on the coupon in order to get Azul to honor the two-for-one deal (the second & third time we attempted to use it). On our first attempt last year we were flatly denied the deal with the false assertion that the coupon was expired despite bearing no expiration date.

And last year, two days apart, we ate our half-priced dinners in Azul's main dining room on the second floor when we successfully made attempt #2 and #3. The rib-eye steaks were pretty good.

On subsequent trips I regretfully forgot to bring the coupon. But I remembered to bring many printed coupons when we were in LZ recently on Saturday November 30th and Sunday. December 1st,

This time the coupons stated they were for 2-for-1 appetizers. My Quasi-wingman was skeptical that the 2-for-1 appetizer coupon would get us 2-for-1 ribeye dinners.

So we started by taking the coupon with us on a Saturday (11/30/19) visit to Azuls.

A waiter in Azuls told us we needed to eat the steaks inside of HK & have the coupon signed-off or presented in HK.

There happened to be a HK mesero present in Azuls that heard the conversation with QW and the Azul waiter.

He came up to us and told us he would go with us downstairs and (once inside HK) help us get the 2-4-1 dinners.

So we all walked downstairs, entered HK, and used the coupon for 2 rib-eye dinners. That experience went well. We paid only 250 pesosand were not assessed any additional $4 fee.

Essentially QW used the coupon for two dinners and I used a different coupon to get us 2-4-1 drinks.

The HK mesero thanked us for his tip, and suggested he would be glad to help us again the next day to do it all again.

So we did.

Everything went almost as well on Sunday, December 1st, with one big difference.

On Sunday, my quasi-wingman and I were served incredibly super-tough steaks. For certain it was the toughest steak I've ever had in my 61 years of life.

WE agreed that we were served meat that chewed like shoe leather.

I left half the steak uneaten in its round tin container. I don't think I've ever before left half a restaurant steak uneaten & my waistline is proof of that.

[Captain Solo]

You should make the meseros bring Azul's full menu, or take one from Cascada's room.

The coupon is good for 1 item and one free item of lower value. So if you order a rib eye at 250 pesos, about $14, you can order another less expensive dinner for free, like the flank steak at 190 pesos. If you want 2 rib eyes, then they charge you $4 extra.

Some of the meseros in HK and in Azul's don't really know the prices or the rules. You should educate them, sometimes with a kick in their lazy butt.