What's there not to like about this hole-in-the-wall bar, Acua Baja. The bar may not be the largest, the most attractive, the most modern looking, or have the best DJ/VJ, but the bar has the biggest heart. It's perfect and just right for all the numerous occasions I have had at this place. Myself, family members and friends having been coming here since 2019. It's definitely evolved. It would not really matter who was tending the bar or serving our food and drinks, Acua always worked for us. No complaints, hands down. Our go-to seating is usually at the bar area (facing street) and sometimes at the tables by the window, depending on the group I came with. We're always greeted immediately and once seated, we're ready to be waited on. On a similar note, not all servers may have the happiest/friendliest character, but all servers have been attentive. Our encounters with all servers have always been favorable. I do want to point out, Acua had THE best server in town - Sandra! Besides her outstanding customer service, her positive and happy disposition, her eagerness in getting customers to let loose and enjoy, Sandra always showed she cared and loved her job. Sandra gets the best server crown. Good luck on your new venture, Sandra Silva! We are your biggest fans and still rooting for you! Acua Bar, we are still your biggest southern San Diego fans too read more

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Food was delicious. Service great. Establishment clean. Price, affordable. Music isn't too loud. Right by the beach so it's convenient. read more

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We went here two nights in a row during our recent trip to Rosarito. The service from the ladies at the bar was great, the food was good, and it was nice to get a break from the loud bars and music but still be part of the night life. We will go back on our next trip. read more

This is a good place for people watching, but no so much for food, or drinks for that matter. It's prime location is right on the main strip, near the hotels, and on the side street that leads to the famed Papas and Beer, and the main entrance to the beach. Everyone walks by here. Food and drinks will cost much more here, and simply won't be as good. I ordered a gin and tonic, light on the tonic, and received a large, flat sweet glass of something that may have had gin in it. Just don't do that here. Stick with beer. Fish taco: Mistake. It looked okay, but was bland and not crispy. Fries: Kids didn't finish them. I didn't feel like taking many pictures, as the food was just so blah. The other gringos did seem to be enjoying themselves though. read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

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Out of all the places we tried during this 3-4 day weekend this was by far the best one. We sat at the bar, our server was super attentive the food came out fast and it was delicious. I was happy that I got avocado without brown all over it and not raw shrimp like the previous locations I had visited. read more

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Great service and excellent food! I ordered the shrimp poblano pasta and it was so good! Would come back here many more times!

food is always delicious. Would recommend to come here. Service is fast and employees are nice

Food , service is amazing. We come here each time we arrive to rosarito . The ladies Pink party is the best . Also dont leave without their governor shrimp taco read more

Great Food Service and Music. I have tried Breakfast, really good choices for $5 dlls. Had the Waffle with 2 strips of Bacon. My friend had the 3 eggs with house potatoes, with Toast. Really fresh Oj and good coffee. At night had the Margaritas and shrimp mango tostada. Very tasty and Unique! read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - street view. - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

This place sucks!! The manager have a disgusting behavior with employees I saw him taking the tips from their waitress! And also a employee told me that they are not allowed to have tips!(WTF!) but the most terrible thing is that they take money from their paycheck or don't pay them sometimes! Food is PLAIN , ZERO FLAVOR , and NO FRESH! Bathroom is DIRTY poop in the walls just DISGUSTING! STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE! . read more

Acua bar has a great location right in the middle of town and night life. The food is really good and the drinks are ok. Prices are reasonable and service is always great. I recommend them. I like their Clam chowder soup and their tacos. As soon as they sit you you get chips and salsa with a cup of a really good tuna salad. They have drink specials. We always have dinner here when in town. Great place for people watching due to their location in the middle of all clubs. read more

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We stopped for a bite while walking through the streets shopping and touring through Rosarito. GREAT place to sit outside and people watch and enjoy the weather while eating deliciousness. We got the Combo appetizer which was very good, but the chipotle shrimp (beer battered fried shrimp in a chipotle sauce) stole the show. It was amazing! I also got the Shrimp Gobernador taco. After trying three different shrimp tacos in Baja, this was my personal favorite. The cilantro pesto gave it the little bite it needed while the shrimp was perfectly cooked and the corn tortilla was definitely freshly made. My friends got the Cucumber Margarita and raved about it. Service was quick, staff was super friendly, atmosphere was top notch (highly recommend the outside seating) and the food was certainly worth writing about and adding to the list of places to visit again. read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - Taco Gobernador (Shrimp Taco) - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

Food was excellent! Mix drinks were really weak. I ordered the ceviche on tostado with shrimp taco along with a Sangria. My boyfriend ordered a burger with fries and a coke. We both enjoyed the food, but could have done a little better with the mix drinks. read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - Food was excellent! - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

Service was great! Sandra was a fun bartender very friendly & made delicious drinks. Stop here when you're in Rosarito. Music was good too!!

Sat down with the wife and kids for lunch and a drink. Ignored for 10 minutes even though they were not very busy. A dude pulls up on a Harley outside, orders a beer from the corner kiosk, and blares Flock of Seagulls music from his bike. We can't hear each other speak anymore so we got up and left. .....Namaste.... read more

Place has delicious drinks delicious delicious govenador and tqcos mariscos baja...bartender is very friendly, great spot to people watch on the strip...come one come all. read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - tacos de marisco - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

A nice little spot right up from the beach. The tacos fish were really good, we tried the yellowtail, salmon, and the governor. Can't go wrong with any of those. The 2 for $6 margaritas only applied to the regular ones but truly can't complain about those either. The service was a little rude but overall this place is pretty good. read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

Overpriced and watered down drinks, slow Bartenders and service. I am American and Yo Hablo Español pocito. But their bartenders are deceptive and rude and they take advantage of tourists. Stay away from this place, because you may be drugged or ripped off: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Sincerely, JM from OC, CA. Yo soy un miembro de militar de Estados Unidos . I am in the Navy and I speak nothing but truth in this review. I have also traveled to many countries. Feel free to message me if your read this review and have any questions. Be Safe and cautious my Fellow Americans! P.S, This does not reflect my entire trip to Mexico, this is simply one place where I had a bad experience multiple times and decided a warning would be helpful and sincere to future tourists. I am not YELP Elite but This review is 100% truthful. Please feel free to message me for more details and information. God bless USA and Mexico . I may have gotten Fucked this trip, but at least not as much as Brazil Fucked Mexico in the World Cup. read more

Updating my review, service has gone up and I recommend the 2X6$ house margaritas, they have a nice kick to it!!! Can't beat that deal...!! Also, a fun place to people watch From 1 star to 4!!! Come 1, come all.. give it a shot. read more

The service was good and though I didn't try many things, there is one MUST HAVE if you like seafood. And that is, the Baja Seafood Taco. It has octopus, lobster, shrimp, scallops, avo, and a delicious sauce. It is one of the best tacos I've ever had, and I don't say that lightly. I've had thousands of tacos! So much flavor. Yes, it's $7, yes it's worth it. The shrimp and the salmon taco were ok. Don't bother, just order the big one. We would stop in Rosarito again just for this taco! read more

Worst service and disgusting food! Beware of their inflated taxes and tips!! Waiters claim tips cant be adjusted due to restaurant policy. How can a customer be forced to tip for bad fucken service??? Food service is extremely slow! read more

Amazing breakfast and dinner options!! There drinks aren't so good but the food is amazing. Highly recommend read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - Shrimp, pasta, creama - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

One of the few places open really late at night to serve food in addition to drinks. Their drinks are strong but you have to explain what a skinny margarita is (sin azucar). Food wise, we enjoyed the tacos gobernador with the shrimp and pesto sauce. I order mine without cheese or butter though because I try not to gain weight while I'm on vacay. The Dj is bumping here too so pro tip sit away from the speakers as it gets loud in here. read more

We sauntered in here as a medium-small group after a day roasting in Rosarito (visiting from SD), and actually enjoyed the food and drinks just fine. (Fish tacos were perfectly mediocre but filling, and the special deal margaritas were a little tangy-sweet for my taste, but decent). HOWEVER, at one point during the meal we noticed a worker go in front of the restaurant and paste two promotional posters over what we hadn't noticed was a governmental warning poster of some kind (!). What?! We could not believe our eyes as we all stared in disbelief. Someone in our party later asked two different employees about what had happened (including the one doing the posting), and got evasive answers at best. We all felt fine in the party, no one got sick, but I'd look very carefully at the posted signage and eat at your OWN RISK. (And trust me, I'm someone who does not like posting negative reviews but intentionally covering up governmental code violations in Mexico? More than shady.) read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - Two posters perfectly placed over some sort of health code violation sign ("suspension") - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

During our recent weekend in Rosarito, we came back to this bar/restaurant twice. We liked the clean bar with lots of TVs! And the tacos are amazing. We had a huge group and we tried most of the tacos on the menu. No one had one complaint. The octopus appetizer is also very good. Cheap drinks and beer! Great service. Right on the main area close to everything. We can't wait to come back to this place! read more

This bar was the best one near our hotel at rosarito beach. The staff were all very friendly and attentive. The food was amazing. Ordered panela tricolor, octopus tostada, and Marlin taco. Everything was delicious. It's a short walk to the beach from here too. At night they had music and lights when no other place did on the street. I will be back next time I am in rosarito. read more

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Some of the best fish tacos in Rosarito, in a really nice setting. Our favorites were the gobanador and smoked marlin. They make a pretty tasty margarita, too, 2 for 1 during happy hour. read more

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Ehhhh. Came here randomly since they were open late! Thought I was ordering 2 x$6 seafood mix tacos but ended up being $6-7 each when we got the bill! I would say i probably won't bother getting those if I ever come back here. Drinks were strong as hell so I'd recommend just coming here to drink!! read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

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The drinks, food and Music are incredible!!!! After Baja Beach Fest we chill here....

Rotten Guacamole and Gristle Meat - Bad, Shady Communication I am a professional secret shopper, so here is what I observed: Pros: -It was one of the only places open at 9 pm on a weekday in Rosarito -A lot of drink varieties -Lots of TVs with fun music videos -Not too loud to talk -Marlin taco and shrimp ceviche were good -The bathroom was clean Cons: -The waitress made me a pina colada and had a lot leftover in the blender. It melted for 30 minutes. My friend ordered a coconut margarita and the waitress used the same items in the blender to make her a drink. So in order words, she mixed watered down pina colada mix and rum with tequila and coconut mix to make another person's drink. Not cool because she was not expecting her drink to contain any rum or pineapple. This could have been an allergen issue for someone, plus, it's cheap and lazy. -Took a long time to get our order put in and they were out of over 50% of what we ordered -Took even longer to put in the new order, so we were really hungry -Ordered 2 plates of guacamole to hold us over but they didn't come first - they arrived with the meal and were ROTTEN!!!! -The al pastor meat was filled with so much gristle that my friend had to spit it into a napkin, so she had almost nothing to eat (they were out of everything but the al pastor and the guac, and so both of her items were bad) -We spoke to the waitress the entire night in English (she started speaking to us in English first) but when we had a problem with the rotten guacamole, she all of a sudden didn't know how to speak English. Our host speaks Spanish, so when he translated the issue, she pretended not to understand him either and ran away. -We were charged for both plates of ROTTEN GUACAMOLE and there was no way to take them off - everyone pretended to not hear and understand us. Literally, we're talking about removing $10 worth of food here. -We ended up paying it because my husband was embarrassed and just wanted to go home and go to bed. -The next day, the same people asked us to come in and try their restaurant. They didn't remember us. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to embarrass my husband but I wanted to yell at them and tell other people to not go in there. -When I told the security guard at our condo what had happened, he laughed and said that the management usually does this to groups that have a bunch of white people. "Gringos get the old food because they know that they won't be coming back." read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - Rotten avocados in the guac - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

Horrible service...guys in bar area are just hanging out and talking rather than checking on customers. I sat at the bar after 2 drinks and none of the 3 guys at the bar bothered to ask if I wanted another drink. I finally had to signal one for a drink and observed as they just stood around talking. Turned around a few minutes later and saw him walking down the street, leaving for the night and never got my drink. Didn't return to this place for the rest of the weekend....horrible service! read more

Just across the street from my tattoo studio. For real people this is the spot!! The vibe is great! Food is like no other in all of Rosarito plus they're open 24hours/365 days! The staff is cool and friendly. Most my America friends agree that's its the spot to be at. It's right on the corner so it's great for people watching and lots of laughter and also a very cool vibe with their great taste in music and trust me I know good music. Hands down the place to get great food and mainly the drinks. Nothing watered down. Perfectly made in every sense. Just go and you'll know what I mean. read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - Marco taking a break at the tattoo studio - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

Stopped here to pick up breakfast for the family. Everything was delicious, especially the pancakes and breakfast potatoes. Staff was polite, and spoke enough English I was able to order and pay with ease. read more

The Burger is awesome it's different but it will blow your taste buds. ....the type of bun is great flavors and service is awesome. ..cool atmosphere...must eat if your a foody read more

Food is awesome (chicken taco fajitas) Plain margaritas were perfect. Music wasn't the best but I'll let that slide. Good lunch experience read more

The bar was not busy, maybe 10 people mostly at bar. We got tired of waiting for our food, 40 min later we decided to leave without even an apologie from the waiter. Not to mention a couple that arrived before us got there food within 20 min. These people just want your money and do not care to treat anyone with respect or even the desensie to at least appologize!!!! BEWARE OF THESE TYPE OF LOCATIONS. read more

This place has great drinks in a great location. Try the ribeye tacos. They're amazing! read more

Acua Baja Bar & Mar - Seafood Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

Bad service rude waiter! He was a man with a scar in his face. First I get my mimosa and it has a fly in it then we waited over an hr for our food then he yells at us because he kept coming back and fourth with our drinks "saying make your mind up already" then we ask him how much longer for our food and he says another 40 minutes. Mind you we've been waiting over an hour already. So at this point we said okay we're leaving bring the check he goes takes another 25 minutes sipping his drink looking at us while he knows we are waiting for the check. He took so long with our check that we left $10 for our 2 mimosas and 2 cokes thinking it was enough then he ran after us saying you need to pay more who do you think you are. Our check was $20 for 2 mimosas and 2 cokes 1 water. He was ridiculous read more

2 for $6 margaritas...and they were good! Ceviche is very very good. The sauce is a little sweet, but the veggies are fresh and the shrimp is amazing. The special taco is really nice (lobster, shrimp, scallop, avocado) and so is the salmon pesto avocado taco. All the tortillas are corn. The oysters we nice and fresh but not the kind I like. I don't know the name of them but they are smaller and a little more fishy and slick. I couldn't eat them but they were definitely good for the person that likes those kinds of oysters. Prices are reasonable for Rosarito, although you can find cheaper tacos. Ceviche $8, tacos $3.50-6.00, 6 oysters for $10. Music was old 90s and 2000s pop which was fun. Staff is nice and knowledgeable. read more

Worst service ever!!! As soon as we walked in we were seated to only be at our table for 20 minutes and as soon as we ordered drinks I had to wait another 15 minutes and when he decided to bring two of the 4 drinks we ordered we thought he would immediately come back with the other 2 but instead started helping other people. I had to get up and tell the guy at the bar that those were my drinks......it got even worse as time progressed. Finally when we got our food they expected us to eat without utensils and condiments, and we had to ask for napkins 3 times. Also, we recommend asking for the check as soon as you get your food or you'll be waiting another hour. And better be good at math because you're going to end up adding up your own check. We waited 25 minutes until we got up to tell them we needed our change and that took another 10 minutes after that, because we had to remind them how much we owed, how much we gave them initially and how much change was needed back. read more