At this time restaurants rely on loyal customers who are willing to consume their products. Yesterday I ordered not 1, but 2 shrimp & octopus cocktails which came out to almost $40 plus I kindly tipped the cashier/server. LAST TIME WE EVER GO TO THIS HECTORS ! Drove about 18 minutes home to find the cocktails had no octopus. Called spoke to Orlando who said can you come back - not after driving all the way home , so he asked when we'd come back , he'd " hacerlo bueno". My husband took the receipt today which I imagined would involve the correct cocktails being provided- while we had the others last night for dinner , shrimp wasn't why we bought from Hectors ! My husband was told the price is the same so here's a complimentary flan for your troubles !! Good luck with your business in these uncertain times & goodbye !! read more

Service was great. Very friendly. I ordered the diablo fish cevichi tostadas they were bomb. Will come again read more

Hector's Mariscos - Natural Lemonade - Seafood Near Me - Chula Vista, California

love love love!!! i am dying to go back already!!! i was at a work thing all day friday...and for lunch we are out on our own...my coworker suggested his place...and his selling point was "my mom doesn't go out for mexican food...because she cooks mexican food...but she loves this place" i'm sold! when we got there he said that he recommends any of the shrimp dishes...he was going with the ranchero shrimp dish...i decided on the jalapeno style shrimp dish... we were brought chips and salsa...yummo! then i was surprised that our dish came with a fish soup...wow! that was a meal in itself...so tasty and satisfying on this chilly day. our meal arrived...i didn't taste my friends dish (we don't know each other that well)...but mine was spectacular!...i saved a few pieces of shrimp to take home to hubby to try. parking was easy... i had a giant glass of water (so big i didn't need a refill) service was quick and friendly... looking forward to a return visit. read more

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I know, it's my good friend favorite place, but, not mine. I've made three trips to Hectors now and all three times there have been problems. The real problem has been with the kitchen. The only thing that hasn't been overcooked, is the raw items. Everything else that I have ordered cooked has been overcooked, and I mean really overcooked. The shrimp, dried, the squid, dried, the fish, dried.....and I have no idea why. This place does a good business and the menu looks great. What is happening from the kitchen is another story. Maybe it's a change that's needed in the kitchen, because my good friend loves this place. read more

Everything is so good but my favorite is the parrillada de mariscos so delicious with a very yummy horchata just great!!

Well I use to love this place until covid and the delivery. There portions are small now for the price they don't give enough sides with the meal and most times it's all over the bag and leaking by the time I get it. This has happened three times now and I hate to give up on them but it's way overpriced for what you get now. read more

Stopped by here for some brunch since I am waiting for my car to finish getting the shampoo treatment. 9:50 am and this place is M T. Which is good for me since I sat where I want. Ordered the ultimate omlette and some Modelo to loosen up. Loved it! The ham slices inside were thick and the thousand island was a nice touch, I never had that on my onlette before very nice. Ordered some orange juice and that really was delicious, it must be fresh squeezed since I know minute made doesnt taste like how smooth that juice was. Hit up brunch, I bet yall didnt even know they had brunch. read more

Hector's Mariscos - Seafood Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Went today for fish tacos poster on the window said happy hour dollar and change for modelo. Order one charge was over 4.00 cause it was a bottle and not draft. The poster has bottles on it with the happy hour glass. I think this is common sense not customer friendly. read more

Bob Marley played easily upon walking through the door. Asked to self seat, I took the booth in the corner. Shortly after I was greeted with chips and salsa. Chips were fresh, if not slightly greasy, acceptable but worth mentioning. The salsa reminded me of El Pollo house salsa on overdrive. Same consistency and similar taste but with more flavor and heat. I quickly placed my order for an Indio beer, Siete Mares, a fish taco, and a side of avocado. The beer came ice cold with a frozen companion mug to pour at your leisure. Nice, that probably means their cocteles are served in glass as well. My first experience with this Mexican beer was nice and refreshing with a smooth finish. More please. Shortly after several reggae influenced songs in Spanish played my fish taco arrived and the music doubled in volume and started playing banda. The taco was pretty standard affair. A battered fish filet of some sort of tender tasty white fish, cream sauce, cabbage and a slice of avocado. It was good and I enjoyed it, but if you know where to get $0.99 fish tacos you might want to stick to that if you're on a budget. The siete mares was good and accompanied with 3 hot and tasty corn tortillas. I found a large Blue Crab claw, one Green Mussel, one Manila Clam, and a plethora of tasty White Fish, Bay Scallops, Squid, and Octopus, all cooked perfectly, resting in a hearty and rich hot broth. Service was decent for a Wednesday, but they were not busy. Overall a good first experience, judging by that, I look forward to exploring their menu more. read more

Hector's Mariscos - Siete Mares and Indio beer - Seafood Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I have been coming here with my hunny and every single time the food is amazing and the service has been great, they are very attentive and clear the table often. If you love Mariscos you should definitely come here! read more

Hector's Mariscos - Seafood Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I'm not sure how you fuck up a shrimp quesadilla but they did it! The staff can't speak English apparently because as I was trying to explain myself to the waitress says hold on, walks away and comes back to speak to a Spanish speaker at the table instead of me who had the meal that was fucked up. The food is over priced and pretty bland. You can get much better food at almost any taco shop. Don't expect good service either the employees just stand around complaining at being at work for 3 hours already and disappear when you need something. Just take your money elsewhere. read more

I been a customer of this restaurant but now everything has change , the service is still good but the main part witch is the food for me is just not the same . Food quality is not good I had clam chowder soup and it was like a potatoes soup then anything else and not fresh and I got sick I'm not ever going back I was wondering why the place was not busy anymore but now I know why Too bad I'm very dissapointe Kitchen crew maybe different don't know!! read more

I don't really yelp especially negativity but today I went to dine in and keep in mind Hector's is one of my favorite spots to eat because the food is GOOD, their usual manager is very kind and attentive making sure everyone is well taken care of and so is the owner. However if they're not there the service is not good. I waited at the host desk for 10 min with employees just passing by me not even greeting me or asking me to wait. They acted as if I wasn't there, just disregarding my existence. I don't understand why but I just left. read more

The lobster burrito wasn't, it was those langostino crawfish things. It is illegal to say lobster on the menu when it is really langostinos. The fish soup was salty. The beans were dry. Caesar salad would be more authentic. Pricey. read more

Hector's Mariscos - Not a lobster burrito - Seafood Near Me - Chula Vista, California

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I absolutely love Hectors! I have been to this location many times for birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day and it never disappoints me. This last time I went, it was for my best friends birthday. It was me, her mom and her daughter. We ordered a few things to share. We both ordered Pacifico micheladas with lime juice only and they were delish and refreshing! We also ordered the molcajete, cucarachas(fried shrimp), and tostadas de camarón ceviche! Everything was absolutely delicious and our waitress was amazing too! I love Hectors and they blow Karinas out of the water. I will always keep coming back to get my mariscos fix. read more

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The food was ok at best. Ceviche was great, everything past that was not great. There was 1 server for the whole restaurant- mind blowing! Poor thing was doing her best but all of us at the restaurant were hungry and annoyed. It was just unacceptable. read more

Food is Great but Prices are EXPENSIVE and small portions for the meals. I get it its seafood but They need to serve bigger portions for the price. I do RECCOMEND the Salpicones Shrimp now that is worth every penny! read more

Today I came for dinner and our waitress was Evenly she was an amazing waitress and the food was by far the best and fresh. Outstanding and delicious read more

Hector's Mariscos - Amazing and fresh also service was great - Seafood Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Best fish soup ever! I went here with my wife and we have never had better service. The food is amazing but our favorite is their fish soup. read more

Ate dinner with my in-laws 02/13/2021. Place needs true deep cleaning. Expected better food when you order a basic molcajete with overlooked chicken and steak which was oversalted. Not a fan of this place. read more

The food is so good service was kinda eh but the food came out quickly despite how busy it was. We had lobster tacos, shrimp chimichanga, Tamarindo aguachile, ceviche de camaron, sopa de camaron, Tamarindo margarita, and micheladas con clamato. It was all good and flavorful. My only thing was the chimichanga was huge and the chipotle was a little on the spicy side but still very good. read more

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Hadn't been here in a while and decided to go back about two weeks ago. We were greeted and sat at a small table, but one of the servers let us know a booth had just been cleaned and offered us a new spot. The fresh mariscos botana was delicious, I asked our server to add some of the green agua chile salsa and it was super bomb! The micheladas are delicious and the service was spot on. One tiny complaint... what was up with all the romantic pop music? Y la banda? read more

Well my wife order chilaquiles with rice beans and scrambled eggs and they brought her omelette eggs and she told them that she ordered scrambled and what they did just chopped it up and put them back in the plate and I ordered the molcajete seafood and they brought it after 10 minutes after when she got hers read more

I went here because my sister recommended it. It's definitely not like the one in Eastlake. The place is very old and dingy. The food was good, the service so-so. The reason for the 1 star. Well as I was getting up to go ask for the check (the waitress never came back after 1 hour) a cockroach crawled out from under the table and ran across our table. I told the waitress and she didn't do or say a thing. Then another waiter came over and also did or said nothing. He actually hurried us out because we were making such a ruckus. DON'T COME HERE unless you don't mind the cockroaches. read more

Hector's Mariscos - This is the cockroach that ran across our table. The waiter made us leave after taking the picture. - Seafood Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I ate here twice in the past 2 months. The first time I got sick I wasn't 100% sure if the food here made me sick or if it was something else. But now I know it was eating at this place that has me feeling ill. I'm currently writing this review in bed. I've been vomiting, diarrhea, fever, body chills. Have the same symptoms as the last time I went to eat at this place. Ugh it's horrible! I'm just wondering if anyone else has gotten sick & no it is not Covid. read more

Really bad mariscos. Got a tostada de pulpo. There was barely any Pulpo. It was cut down thinner than the red onion, and the cucumber . No flavor at all with the marisco. Way to acidic. Aguachile verde tasted old. Next I order a taco de marlin which had no chance at all. Just ugly. Dissapointed after hearing good things about this place from elders. I guess maybe in the past it was good? But as of now it sucks. Never coming back no love‍ read more

This place... sells pseudo-margaritas and won't tell you unless you ask twice. Meaning, they sell margarita mixes, and rely on that for the alcohol (so 7% maybe?), and the food is absolutely terrible. Don't order the enchiladas, it's as familiarly generic as it gets as far as rotisserie unseasoned chicken, the only redeeming qualities are the chips. Everything was terrible. Unless you come to a restaurant strictly for chips. read more

Food and service was ok , order a tostada de ceviche cocido and had a lot of lime kinda taste like aguachile wasn't good at all tacos were good bean n rice too. read more

Hector's Mariscos - Seafood Near Me - Chula Vista, California

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Some of the best Mexican seafood I've had and the service is phenomenal. They know how to treat their guests to ensure they come back, and I will! Even when they're busy, I always get acknowledged and greeted with a warm, genuine welcome. Even "high-end" restaurants can't compete with the service Hector's delivers. Muchas gracias! read more

1st time here, won't come back. I reather go to the eastlake location this one is old and paint is peeling off. Tables are to close together the guy sitting next to us tried to side down and his ass was on my table he apologize but it's not his fault. Food was ok the fish broth was not good too plain. Shrimp enchiladas were ok rice was good, but the beans tasted like it came out of a can and watered down. My daughter ordered the shrimp chevice tostadas, she said it's okay with a lot of ketchup. But it's better at the other location. Kinda pricy for two drinks, 1 tostada and enchiladas in total was $30.00 read more

Top notch fish restaurant. Beer comes with frozen glasses. So good. We had the garlic muscles. 12 on the plate with an avocado salsa that was perfect together. Dinners come with a fish and rice soup appetizer that was one of the best seafood soups I've had lol. And it was just a part of the main dish order! Our meals also came with rice beans and a green salad. Frajitas we're amazing and so was the shrimp plate. Both were a lot of food. Enough to take home for dinner. read more

I'm quite torn on this review. It should be a 3.5 stars. This location is on the same lot as the Goodwill across from Costco. I used to come here when I was young after church, then they opened a newer one in Eastlake. On a whim, I was in the area with a friend and decided to check it out again after many years and they apparently have revamped and updated the interior. Flat screen TVs showing all sort of sports and flooring and walls re done! Tuesdays they have $1.00 tacos, it has avocado, sauce and good sized fish. And when it's not Tuesday, I'm a sucker for seafood chimichanga. It has scallops and shrimp and best to have this with the chipotle sauce. And the horchata is pretty darn yummy. Service can be hit or miss. They have specials on drinks on some times, buy one, get one for 99cent on things like michelada or modelo etc etc. I'll be coming back again, a lot less hectic than the Eastlake location.Watch out for the free salsa and chips, it's pretty spicy!! read more

Yep, this is the jammy jam right here! I gotta say this place came very highly recommended and it still has not disappointed. I have only been here twice, but this is over the past two weeks. The first time I ordered the grilled seafood combo (about $16) and the wifey got the paella (about $16) and we shared a fish taco ($2) and a gobernador ($3). This was way more food than we could eat, but it was our first time here. Their salsa is so amazingly good. It is fresh, just enough spice, lots of cilantro and just like the one I grew up on from our friends restaurant. They also brought out a fish soup that came with the meal, which was delicious, tomato-y, and had some rice in it.. The fish taco was perfection on the first visit. The perfect white sauce just like they do on the other side and all the correct fixins (i.e., cabbage, avocado, salsa fresca, etc.). On the second visit though they used lettuce and the white sauce was not quite as good. The gobernador was the bomb, as usual and was actually very similar to the calamari taco ($2) that we ordered on the second visit. My grilled seafood was very delicious, but it was so much food, there was no way I was gettin near finishing it. The paella was very good also, but a little different than the boricua type. It was still the bomb though. On the second visit, I got the coctel campechana ($12). This was pretty good, but brought them down a knotch. Don't get me wrong, it was very good, but I have had better. The octopus was cut up way too big, but the oyster was actually pretty good considering I don't even like oysters. The wifey ordered the Shrimp quesadilla, which was a shrimp quesadilla ($8). The thing was huge and came with rice and beans. The only nuance to this one was the shrimp were fried. If I would have written this after the first visit, hands down it would be a 5. I really only wanted to drop them down about a half star after the second visit, but that's not an option, so deal with it. Delicious seafood and definitely up there with Godoy and probably the others I haven't been to yet. read more

I am a huge fan of this place. The food is great and authentic. Prices range from $8-$19 per plate. The servings are generous and great for sharing. The service is good and they will accommodate to special requests. My favorite items on the menu are: - Salpicones (grilled shrimp in adovo sauce), -Toritos (yellow peppers stuffed with tuna and cheese crowned with a grilled shrimp all served over a bed of grilled onions), -Tacos hectors (fried shrimp and cheese tacos topped with lettuce, onions, avocado, cheese and cream) I recommend getting the order which comes with 2 tacos, rice and beans- great to share! - And my all time favorite which is not on the menu but they always make it for me is the Popeye oysters but I ask them to put bacon, shrimp and chipotle sauce in addition to the spinach and cheese. It's delicious!!! One thing to know is that the music is pretty loud. Not a place for a low key date, but great if you want good Mexican seafood. read more

I went to Hectors last night for family dinner. We had a great time, service was very nice but slow. We weren't in a hurry so it wasn't a problem and from the looks it was only out table and we had a party or 8. Recommendations- -hectors molcajete with carne, shrimp, and cheese -Margarita was fresh and tasty. Not the premade syrupy mix kind. They definitely make them from scratch. I normally get mine on the rock but it came blended and was very good. read more

I like coming here , Luis took care of us today . He gave excellent customer service . Very polite gentlemen !! The service was great !!! The food was delicious !!! read more

Hector's Mariscos - Molcajete Diablillo !!! - Seafood Near Me - Chula Vista, California

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Atmosphere: Looks like a regular ol' taco shop. Service: I've had better! Waiters aren't rude anything. Just slow/not attentive (soup before my entree, please!). No host/hostess to greet and seat you. Food: Very good. Portions are generous, food is tasty. My husband was willing to come here a second time (and he is hard to please!). He is from TJ and is always comparing SD restaurants to the ones in TJ. He had the combo with many kinds of seafood (octopus, mussels, scallops, prawns, even lobster) one time and "Oysters Popeye" (which I tasted and it was delicious) another time and he said it tasted like the seafood in TJ. I normally won't eat refried beans but theirs was surprisingly good (tasted home made). Only a portion of my lobster was on the dry side, but, overall, everything was good. Try the cheese-stuffed, bacon wrapped shrimp! read more

Evelyn's a very very good waitress and she's been taking care of us for a long time. Food is very good not pricey.

The food is good but the services need to be more professional, I ordered one cocktail of shrimp and when I started to prepared my cocktail the cup broke and everything landed on me. The waitress mention to me that it was their fault for heating it up but never did they apologize. I got another one, but I still had to pay for it. On another note, the shift manager was in the background scolding at her employees. Not professional at all. read more

Hector's Mariscos - Seafood Near Me - Chula Vista, California

seafood here is amazing definately kicks karinas and perla negras ass... love their calamari....and well ive tried many things and nothing has dissapointed me here. very friendly and attentive service read more