Mariscos Tampico, Austin TX

Listen to the reviews! My husband got sick after eating here. The crab cake was half hot and half cold. The fish was flavorless. Fried shrimp tasted like whatever they were mixed in had Clorox. Also, when the check came, the server automatically added gratuity (tip) to the bill. A little over 15%, for a table of 5. Imagine if they are doing this to a lot of people, and then tip is left on the table on top of that. The audacity!

Anywho, this place has definitely gone down when it comes to food. I remember the first time they opened, it was full of flavor.

Everything that "Vin Vin" said PLUS my own personal Review.

Do not come here. Food is so bad. The pictures will trick you on the menu! They bring it out nicely, but DO NOT get tricked. I should've also trusted my gut feeling. It's way too expensive for the "quality" of food.

Also, there was a bunch of MOSQUITOS!

I feel so bad for my review, but it's the truth:/

Service is awful! Food is outrageously priced and bland! Bartender needs to go to bartending school and learn how to make Mexican martinis! I ordered a Mexican martini and it tasted like they put vodka in it! Very unsatisfactory. Not a fun environment

The food is delicious and music atmosphere are great. Alcoholic drinks are a joke they get 2 thumbs down from me. Gratuity is automatically included on your bill regardless of the number of guests so expect service to be slow and a bit rude.

Food is not very flavorful or fresh, no vegetarian options also the biggest issue I had was the waiter tipping himself 17.00 when he only came to our table to take our order and never saw him again until I had to ask for the check which came out to 143 because he put in the wrong item but we had already waited more than 30 min for food so when it was brought out we told them it wasn't what we ordered no one could find our waiter i told them it was ok we were hungry not what I expected on our 1st and last time here

MUSIC WAY TO LOUD! I ONLY COME FOR THE FOOD BUT NOW EVEN THATS NOT WORTH IT! CANT EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME! MISICA MUY LOUD!

Unless you have all night don't bother coming here. Food might be good but the service is terrible and they take way too long. Horrible service. Can't stress it enough. Do Not recommend!

Yuck worst excuse of a seafood restaurant ever. We had several different dishes and they were all bland no flavor no seasoning. Even the rice was disgusting

As soon as we went in smelled good and so did the food. Didn't even get are food as soon as we got are drinks and silverware, inside of it was a live cockroach. My mom was disgusted and we left immediately.

I've never been to a place this bad. We went in for lunch hoping to get some good "mariscos". The food was not fresh at all. The chips were steal and the salsa tastes old. We ordered a queso that came out with the food. And I could tell it was from a can. We ordered shrimp enchiladas. The beans were no longer good. I can't believe they would serve them like that. The enchiladas were just as bad. The shrimp was not fully cooked and the tortilla was cold and hard. I'm not that person that complaints about food. But this time I have to. This place is just terrible! Never going here again!

If i could give less than 1 star i would.i should’ve trusted my gut before entering this restaurant.food was terrible even the drinks! Like how bruh? Then when my mom got her food like 20 minutes after me she didn’t like the smell and she asked the waiter for a refund and she said she couldn’t refund it (her plate costed $25 btw) don’t come here, it’s super disgusting!

The food is exaggerating Bad. Extreamly salty. My husband and took 1 bite and we told the manager which he gave us another plate, still the same thing. Rice is so squishy and some hard parts as if its days old. So we got up let them know about the food being so bad we payed for what we drinked and left

The food was really bland, the service was pretty bad. I sat at the bar. Drink I ordered wasn't well made, bartender didn't even offer me water, and automatically added a tip to my check which should only have happened if it was a party of 5 or more. I didn't know he did so I tipped again. Then I read my check and asked him about the automatic tip, he asked me very rudely if I wanted him to give me cash out of his pocket so I said no and left. I don't mind tipping and usually tip more than recommended (which I did) but it was really not cool that he added the automatic tip to my single person tab, without telling me and it's not what they do at that restaurant, so why.

Please do not come here.

This place is for drunk people who don’t care for the taste of food.

We came in after lunchtime and the place was empty (should’ve trusted my instinct and left). I wanted to give the place a shot because the food LOOKED good online. However, it was far from good. We went in thinking we could find the same type of Mexican seafood like in Cancun. IT WAS FAR FROM IT.

The prices are ridiculous! $17 for a cup of aguachile? The shrimp wasn’t even cooked well, the salsa was too spicy. It looked like they just blended some jalapeños and served it like that.

We also ordered a molcajete, because eating from one tastes better. However, when it arrived, the food was on a silver bowl, which was placed on top of the molcajete. It defeats the purpose of using a molcajete. Might as well just serve the food in the bowl.

There’s not a lot to say besides stay away from this place. Food isn’t good and prices are ridiculous.