This was my first time coming here . The waitress took forever to take our order. When she was taking our ordered she seemed in a bad mood and tried to hurry us with the order . Honestly the service was crappy . Another customer was complaining about waiting on the waitress to take her order as well. We came Sunday around 2 pm , it wasn't crowded which I was happy about especially because I have a 2 year old that is impatient. It took almost 30 min for the waitress to take our orders. I ordered shrimp tacos, I wasn't impressed but it was okay . I also ordered a michelada and I was disappointed. I make better ones at home Anyways my husband ordered a coctel de camaron , a tostada de pescado , a coke, and some fries . They gave him the wrong order instead of a tostada of pescado , they gave him shrimp . He was trying to get the waitress attention but it seemed like ahe was purposely avoiding and ignoring us . So he was like fuck it , I'll just eat it . The coctel tasted like freaking water and the tostada tasted so plain ... We were so disappointed because the bill was 60 $ and the food was crappy . We were better of going to the fish market . read more

Las Islas Marias - Shrimp tacos and Michelada - Seafood Near Me - Gardena, California

Music is somewhat loud, service is slow, and the food could be cooked more. Not the best staff in weekends.

So went to meet up with some friends, when we walked in MUSIC WAS BLARING! Thought ok for the moment. Music NEVER died down at all.. it was impossible to have a conversation with our friends. The plus side is food was great minus the loud Banda read more

My family arrived here to eat delightfully, but my daughter didn't want any seafood today! So we bought something else, we came in perfectly fine until the waitress told us to not eat outside food on the table??? A very stupid policy they have , so now my daughter has to wait until we get home. read more

Came for lunch and had Good civiche & bomb micheladas! Clean & good service! I'll be back for more! read more

Las Islas Marias - Shrimp Civiche & a Michelada - Seafood Near Me - Gardena, California

Food taste good. But the place looks and feels run down. Waitresses are rude. They thought we where leaving without paying jet the check was already paid for and even left 20% tip. Apparently u have to go in with a facemask on even after the restrictions ended June 15th. Once you sit down after walking 5 steps u can take off your mask. Apparently u cant get covid when u r sitting down read more

First and last visit! I ordered the ceviche de camaron and the oysters. The ceviche had no good taste, all the pepper was at bottom of the cup, they did not give me avacado for topping. The oysters tasted like they were fake plasticky. Upon paying with debit card... they charge a 2 bucks fee. Way too expensive for eating nasty food. Will not recommend nor return. read more

I always say I won't come back here and I do. The food is ok nothing out of this world. The drinks are on point!!! Like you don't really come for the food you come more for the music and atmosphere. Be prepared to wait for your items especially food. read more

I'm happy to see this place still open and servicing the people! Delicious mariscos super fresh and worth the experience because that's what they provide when you sit here. Loved it! Quality food read more

This place is horrible. The food is not that good and the service is HORRIBLE!! My family and I ordered a $100 food platter that is overly priced. I asked for plates and the waiter brought me disposable plates and utensils. I did not come to a restaurant to be eating on foam plates. I informed the manager and he told me "we can serve our food in what ever we like" and for very confrontational. I will NEVER go here again. read more

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Food was bland, cups were dirty and service was horrible. My table of 4 received their food 30 minutes apart although there's a 2 hour table limit... The workers are either tired or just hate people. Will NEVER BE BACK. Save yourself the trip and go elsewhere. My 1 star went to the beer..my negra modelo michelada was good and it was cold. read more

The waiting time to be seated was ridiculous. Specially because they had tables available, but there was no host to receive customers. From there we had to wait more time at our table for a server, who never bother asking us if we needed anything while eating. The food also took longer. It was a party of 4 and only person got his food on time. My shrimp cocktail was very bland. We all got our food at different times. Supposedly tacos el gobernador were rich in flavor. I don't think we will ever return to this location. read more

It's good, the food is good I love it but this particular visit was funny but at the same time gross. I don't know if I'm over reacting but I found a fly in my beans and lost my appitite, and when I was peeking thought the kitchen given the seat in front of the kitchen. The chef just took the fly out and was about to send it back out, but no, good thing I was staring at him or else he wouldn't have made a new dish Also one of the cocktails didnt have any octopus and only shrimp and I asked for a octopus shrimp cocktail but that's okay. The wait was more than an hour long. The waiters kept ignoring us aswell. read more

Fantastic Food Delicious Drinks Suppirior Service. Went with a co-worker on a Friday afternoon. I found the dining area to spacious, well lit and immaculate. Wendy our server could not have been more friendly and attentive. Co-worker and I both had Micheldas Isla Maria's for $13 we ordered several Modelo's to keep it topped off. The drink was savory. We also order tacos. The shrimp tacos were good but the marlin taco was fantastic and should not be missed by any fish lovers. At around 7 pm a band set up. And yes as other reviewers may point out it was definitely loud. But that is what many of the patrons come for. We will definitely be going back. This is a much more traditional alternative to El Pescacor over on Avalon which is frankly way too homogenized and couldn't hold a candle to the quality and freshness of the food here. read more

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Yeah, pass. Came here for lunch with Coworkers and just horrible.. this place is overpriced and the food sucks. Service is slow (there were only two other customers when we arrived) and it still took 40 minutes to get our tacos. The portions are super tiny, the food bland, and 12 bucks for three tiny tacos on a limp thin bed of dry chopped cabbage.. Meh. There are better spots for great Mexican food. read more

Las Islas Marias - Twelve bucks!!! . Fork to show scale. - Seafood Near Me - Gardena, California

Service started good. But then went down hill the moment they forgot my food! Waited 1 hour for my dam food. Thought it was because we were a group but dam well know they forgot my food. AND TOOK FOREVER TO BRING MY FOOD OUT! ON MY DAM BIRTHDAY TOO! How is it that everyone in the group ate and I still didn't have my food. Give this place a ZERO if I could. Get better waiters. And they took like they be the bothered ones f*ck that sh*t. Tip given was the tip deserved. read more

Staff with a bad attitude and oh and if you go make sure you keep your menu you so you can check your prices afterwards. They like to change them a lot then say " oh that menu is old" okay so why bring me it then ???? read more

If I can give this place 0 stars. I would. First of all the wait for your food here is ridiculous. We waited over an hour for a molcajete. Second our pescado sarandiado was disgustingly raw. Third, the waitresses there are extremely rude. They don't make you feel welcoming at all. They need a new group of workers, ones that actually enjoy dealing with customer service. We've been here a handful of times and we always get different employees to help us out and ALL OF THEM, have the SHITTY attitudes. NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL. read more

If I could give them zero stars I would. First and foremost the only reason I came to this establishment was because I wanted to dine in. Service was horrible not once did the waitress came and asked if we needed anything. My food was decent the gobernador tacos was the only thing redeemable from this experience. I also ordered a dozen oysters which to my surprise had a cloudy appearance and tasted horrible they had definitely gone bad. Needless to say I won't be back and neither should you. Overpriced garbage. read more

Really disappointed with the service we received last night. After our waitress took our drink order it was about 30 mins that no one had came back to take our food order and we were starving!! There were literally only 5 other tables there. We got tired of waiting so I had to wave down another waitress and ask for our check since ours went MIA. When the other waitress brought our check I told her that our waitress never came back to take our order. She proceeded to tell me that our server was the "owners wife" and that she was really busy and has to be everywhere. No one ever apologized for the wait or ended up taking our order even after I told them our waitress never came back. Instead they let us leave hungry and upset. read more

Food here is amazing ! Really good food green salsa is super spicy but it's still amazing . Only reason I'm giving it two stars is because I thought this was a family restaurant not wanna be narco restaurant. My little cousin 16 years of age got too witness men snorting Coke . He rushed quickly too the table nervously . We asked him what was going on and he told us "I went too the men's restroom and the security guard was in front of the door and asked me if I needed too use the restroom I was like well yeah it is the restroom I need too pee. The guard said ok but hurry up and when he open the door 3 men were snorting coke in the restroom. The security guard kept rushing me too use the restroom and I was soo confused as in why isn't he telling them too stop . " My little cousin couldn't even pee he got nervous and just pretended too pee and walk out too our table. This isn't ok another man went too talk too the bald security guard and instead of being understanding and trying too figure out wtf is going on he completely went off on the guy and his entire family kids were around and he clearly didn't give a dam! This place is great but that Bald old security guy is just a huge bully and thinks he owns /runs the place . People really need too get there shit together If your going too do your disgusting drugs do them out side a restaurant not we're a child can potentially see . Smh read more

I have been to this place a couple of times. I can't say that the food is anything worth returning for but its a good option to go and have a couple drinks and listen to music. The first couple times that I went the service was fine, one of the times the waitress was super social and nice. Again, food was mediocre but the ambiance made up for it. Place always seems kind of busy and a lot going on for the waitresses. However, this Saturday, a couple of friends and I decided to stop by as a kind of late night option.The place was probably the emptiest I have ever seen it. The waitress was a complete mess from the start. Very rude and condescending demeanor, not helpful or friendly at all from the start. We ordered a couple drinks, and asked the waitress what would be a good option for my friend and I to share since we were not too hungry. She didn't really give us a response. So my friend and I both ordered an order of the Ceviche de Camaron each. The waitress does not bother to tell us that the ceviche is a huge order, enough for 2-3 people, when we had asked her this at the time of ordering. Not a big deal, we can take it to go. As she is taking my plate she drops my fork on the floor, picks it up and throws it back on the plate with my food, right in front of us and still packs the food up to go!! When she came back to the table I asked her if she had placed the fork on my food and she said no when we all clearly saw her! I was so annoyed, disgusted and just pissed off at that point that we just took off without even taking the food. Not only was her service terrible but clearly has no food handling etiquette or experience. I definitely should have talked to a manager about this situation but my friend did not want to make a big thing about it so we just left. What a waste of $160! After this situation, I don't see myself returning to this place. Not sure why people want to pretend like this mariscos spot is super top notch when its just an average restaurant in the hood. read more

Molcajete Cora and a michelada ya see armo!!!!! Delicious you have to try!!! I usually order to go but they have plenty of seats and tables available read more

I don't know what the big deal about this place is, it's supper noisy in here due to the "Banda" . "Banda" singer has to have a phone to look at lyrics to sing a song. $20 for a song. You cannot have a conversation in that place. Very disappointed! The food is subpar. Our party only tried a few dishes... maybe we ordered the wrong thing.This place is not lit at all. The tacos were good at least but that's it. My nose is dripping and my mouth is on fire because the food is flaming hot! The only person we were feeling was the security cause he had a GOLD grill. read more

I LOVE COMING HERE! get your friends together and go have a good time at Islas Marias they are always on point. try the oyster shots they are bomb! + banda is lit too. read more

The food got all of us sick great for the vibe with the banda but not for food its just way overpriced to get you sick like that.

Dude they need more help they only had one chick working taking orders and serving, I get it maybe short staff but the business needs to do a better job at coordinating how the business runs. I get it she might of been frustrated and stressed because she was the only one and that doesn't help her attitude. They need more than two people working the floor especially during the week when they assume will be slow. read more

The food service was decent as far as the "cold" foods are concerned. However if you order a "hot" dish like tacos gobernador, every one else who ordered ceviche and seafood cocktails will almost be done eating by the time your hot food arrives. Not only that, the server had to be reminded that the order of tacos was still pending. On a side note, parents please leave your children at home. Not only is the live band super loud, but this is not a place to bring infants and children and expect them to sit down for hours while you sit there drinking. read more

Service was really bad it was my friend we order some fajitas especiales and they forgot the shrimp and also my friend order some shrimp taco and no good also when we were paying the by the cashier it smell like toilet eeeeeewwwwww read more

Las Islas Marias - Seafood Near Me - Gardena, California

Really bad food ,no flavor . service is not like they suck but they do! they don't have enough waitress service is really bad. I won't come to this place if you are looking for good food. read more

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I only have one problem with this place.. (let's get straight to the point) and it's their Banda being SO LOUD!!!!!!! It's impossible to have a conversation. You'll end up having to text each other lol I love the whole idea of the Banda .. but if they can turn the volume down even just a little bit it would be awesome. On the bright side ... micheladas are bomb ... empanadas de camarón y queso.. ugh, to die for. read more

Horrible experience! Came to eat with my husband, son and daughter. I asked for the empapelado and my family got the camarones a la diabla, empanizados, and a morrito Jr. everyone finished eating, waitresses kept passing by and I kept calling out for them and none seemed to hear me despite me yelling excuse me multiple times. Our waitress never bothered to come check if we were ok or needed refills or condiments or anything. Not even to update me on my food. Finally got the attention of one server and told her everyone finished eating and I never got my food. She asked what I ordered and then said that's one of the lengthiest dishes to cook and she'd get our server. I've ordered this before on previous visits and NEVER had it come AFTER everyone has finished eating. Our server just happened to show up and the server helping told her I was asking about my plate. Our server said to the other server oh, it's almost done, it's about to come out u know how long it takes. NEVER ONCE did she even attempt to apologize or make it right! I ended up cancelling my order so we could leave. She could've come by and updated me on my plate or at least apologize, NOTHING! Extremely disappointed and will not be coming back! I will make sure to tell my family and friends who visit here often as well read more

Ayer fuimos a comer y la comida está bien, la música y ambiente ok, pero el servicio fue pésimo. Ordenamos una cubeta de cerveza y pasaron como 10 minutos y nunca no la trajeron y eso que estaba vacío el restaurante. Pésimo el servicio en la meza#13. read more

Came on a Sunday night. They had a live "Banda". Song requests are $20 bucks if you're in to that. Vibe feels real energetic here. My buddy says it just opened up. I gotta say, it's a cool little spot. read more

I was a bit apprehensive about this place because of the reviews. Something has changed from the previous reviews. This place not only has great food and drinks, it also offers prompt and polite service. I highly recommend this place to all sea food lovers. read more

I ordered fish tacos and they were a 3 out of 5 . I tried a few other plates and they were pretty good .They also have a live band that plays great. The set up in here looks super cool, Very modern ! The service could improve a little but it was overall it was ok . read more

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Parking is pretty big but you will find it gets pretty packed on the weekends. Food is good always on point, specialty drinks are also pretty good.. kinda pricey but worth it. I have been to this location many of times since they opened and this last time i must say service sucked big time my date had to actually go to the bar to order a drink. read more

Today my family and I received the worst service from Angelica. She did not greet us and was just rude! We asked for a shot of Don Julio and was definitely not Don Julio tequila.. I told her and she said I would get " a free shot" bcs of the inconvenience. She did bring another shot but did not discounted from the bill. The bill was incorrect, charged things I didn't ordered but she argued about that I didn't ordered what was in the bill.. If I ever come back to this place I will definitely request for Angelica not to help me! read more

Not good, seafood was not fresh. I'm surprised this place is still open from the all the negative reviews and violations. Never again

Liked that there was live music the salsas & food are on the spicy side. Overall it's a nice sit down mariscos spot. read more

Las Islas Marias - Ceviche de Camaron and cocktail de Camaron - Seafood Near Me - Gardena, California