Alright..There was a hair in my agua chile verde, and there was little to no lime in the shrimp which made it take a long time to cure. Somebody in my party got shrimp tacos and the shrimp tasted and smelled bad.. The server took the hair and gave us new tacos. read more

Don't waste your time at this place. Upon entering the restaurant the hostess asked if I wanted a booth and I said yes. The hostess said the wait time for a booth was 15 minutes. 45 minutes later we're still waiting for a table and a family walks in and the hostess sits them in the next available booth before us. I asked the hostess if she forgot about me and my party and she replied " no tables" and looked away. Never been treated like this ever before at any restaurant. We left and ended up going to a restaurant called Santa Fe. It was awesome, service was excellent and the food was amazing. So disappointed with El Capitan. The hostess definitely need customer service training. read more

The food is good, pretty basic, same as every other restaurant in Coachella. One thing I don't like about this place is the over priced food. It is ridiculous pricey compared to other places near by that have better service same amount of serving portions and prices. The sushi there is not good at all since it's not fresh to begin with. When your raw sushi roll gets to you the fish is warm and almost seems to be cooked because of all the heat going on in the kitchen form cooking hot meals. Best way to get sushi is by going to an actual sushi restaurant. read more

I have never understood how the Coachella Valley could have Mexicans from every state in Mexico, each one more diverse than the last, each one remembering the sweet, savory flavors and smells from South of the Border...and yet every Mexican restaurant here tastes the same, and offers the same menu. By and large, I have cut Mexican food from my diet because the majority of the offerings here are lackluster and bland. I never understood how we as a community let this happen. How is it we don't ask for more? Demand more? Mexico has an exciting, vibrant culinary tradition that is as complex and has a depth of flavor as any great world cuisine; when did we let it go the way of standard resort fare? So it is when I went to El Capitan that I was hooked. This, THIS is the flavor I was looking for, the explosiveness, this was food that is truly alive (in flavor, you don't eat anything that still has a heartbeat). Look, I'm not going to tell you what I had, I'm not going to tell you what's good. I won't do this because you need to explore. You need to break free from the shackles of cheese enchiladas, hard shell tacos and chili colorado. You can get those anywhere. Those aren't special. This is special. Break free. Demand more. Patronize this place. I'll tell you right now, they are NOT sponsoring this review, and they have no need to. It's that good. Will you like everything? I highly doubt it. That's not the point here. The point is that they are breathing new life into a very wanting culinary scene here in the Desert. Will you take them in too? read more

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It's a bit hard to find a good Mexican style seafood place here in desert. Today, I figured to give El Capitan a shot. First, this isn't your fish and chips or fish tacos for, mmm, light complected north americanos. No offense. I happen to have very good north americano friends. This seafood place has all the pizazz and spice that can only come from south of the border. So come with an open mind. This place is not in Palm Springs or anywhere fancy. This is Coachella. East side. And don't be a afraid, you'll be safe. It's located in a strip mall. Nothing fancy on the outside, but inside, it's perfect. The deco, just like somewhere in Mexico by the beach. The menu is a work of art. They have everything here. I was overwhelmed by the selection of seafood. First, I started with a Negra Chavela. It was good. Then, I ordered the Molcajete Chakaloso. Oh my! Shrimp, octopus, sea snail and other goodness. DELISH! Bon ordered a fish taco and tostada de camaron. This was one huge camaron plate. Then, to make it even more enjoyable, they have a band playing all kinds of mexican music. They were jamming away by the bar. Accordion and all. Only con, tostada de camaron, was a bit chewy for Bon's palate. But hey, my teeth are like razors, I'll rip through anything. I'll definitely come back and try the other options. There's parking, staff is pretty good, friendly. Then again, I was here at 3:30 pm, not a big lunch or dinner rush. But please, get in your car and just come out and try it. You'll be pleasantly surprised. read more

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The best and most delicious Mexican seafood restaurant we have eaten at in a long time! The people are very friendly and helpful. Awesome portions and the menu show so much variety! We have been there with different friends more than 7 times now in the past month and the food is always consistently prepared and so flavorful! Whether it is seafood or meat, this place does not disappoint. Go with an appetite as the portions are huge! read more

Food is amazing I definitely recommend this place food is a 10/10 if I can rate this place 10000 stars I would.

Great food. Long waiting times since meals are freshly cooked. It's okay though it's all worth it once you get to enjoy their DELICIOUS food. My favorite roll is El Capitan Roll topped with breaded octopus. And of course the delicious cucarachas. read more

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If you are passing by Coachella and love seafood... this is your place! It was a long wait but definitely worth it! We ordered the meal for two parrillada de marisco and it was a blend of textures and bursting flavor!! read more

Been here several times this week due to working out here in Indio and let me tell you the food is delicious well portioned and flavor is exceptional have not been disappointed and there customer service is 100% top of the line there is one waitress there Patricia that goes above and beyond great customer service would definitely recommend and will be back when ever in the area read more

This review is based on my first visit and last. The food here is all right. Tasted the chile gueros with shrimp and were okay. I ordered some tacos which were good. The sushi is good as well. The only problem is that my cousin found a button inside his taco. The manager just gave him a free chavela for the inconvenience. Could at least given him the money back as well. I have not gone back there ever since. read more

Food is delicious here. However, service is not the greatest. We asked our server for some to go boxes about three times and we never received them. Plus the wait time was about 2 hours for some sushi's !! read more

I was a fan of this place, I used to order sushi until last time (it was disgusting). Live music is extremely loud. Everything else is good.

Great food terrible customer service called 5 times to place and order and no one answered

My rating is on their chabelas Have not tasted good besides chips and salsa Good beer choices and well their salsa tasted weird but you still get to eat some while you drink your chabela read more

Awesome place to come eat and enjoy the ambiance. Great food and drinks one of my favorites in the valley. read more

Mariscos El Capitan - Amazing ostiones preparados!!! - Seafood Near Me - Coachella, California

This rating is based off my first experience, I walked in it was super loud. Very awkward loud the host couldn't even hear us. The food was pretty good I got a "sushi" roll called the Pancho roll and it was really different and good so that's the best part. The Chavelas are really great as well. The server Ivan was amazing! Sitting his own tables since the host was busy. He got everything for our table asap. Although the food took forever to come out it was worth it. The reason I gave this place 1 star is because my trip to the restroom consisted of being Locked out for a good 10 minutes and they were only letting certain guys in, the worker even asked me if there's guys in there and I answered yes. so finally I got in and there was a group of guys huddled over a baggie and keys like savage animals over a carcass. Raise the security or something. It's annoying to be waiting outside the restroom because some guys want to get high in the baño. Didn't use the restroom just sat down. The workers looked at me like they knew I was disturbed by the situation that they were aware of. read more

I went there at the beginning of my lunch break and waited over 45 mins inside when I ordered 25 mins before I got there to just pick up. Total time 1 hour and 15 mins and all for the dish of marinated shrimp on top of rice and a bit of salad. I never knew shrimp and rice took an hour to make. As I was waiting all I heard was the conversation of the chefs . I have to give credit to one thing though is the young hostess actually helped me out and kept telling them to hurry cause I was waiting on my lunch time in Spanish and they responded with a answer like "whatever" No urgency whatsoever from the chefs. I won't be going ever again. read more

Slow taking orders out so If you hungry don't go here they take too long to give you your food !!!

Came for dinner with another couple and they totally forgot my food, everyone ate and they never brought my food until the end when it was time to leave. Very bad service. Everyone that came to table kept saying that my food was coming but they forgot about me. I've been here a couple of times and never had this service. The food is very good here at Capitan, but service today was very lousy. I hope they can get it together. read more

Mariscos El Capitan - My husband ordered the El Patrón. He enjoyed this very much. - Seafood Near Me - Coachella, California

I had been there many times until the quality of the food and service declined a bunch. It seems like the servers take care of people who order alcohol more than us who dont. The last time we went my husband and I went we ordered 2 fish tacos each and they took 43 minutes to bring them to our table. Their prices have gone up so much and I wouldn't mind it if food and service were good. Also, their live music is extremely loud and they have lots of vendors coming in selling stuff while we eat. Very annoying! read more

I was a fan of this place but how low they have fallen. With every visit it kept getting worse and this last time was my last visit. Our food look 45min! And that was only one one sushi plate my last plate took like the hour and it was cocktail! I asked the server what was the hold up she said the chef was backed up so I assumed they must be short staff... I went to the front they're was 5 cooks and only like 5 tables. I spent like two hours here it was ridiculous! The food was just as disappointing and for overpriced food I'd rather go somewhere else. read more

very bad service in the fact that they have live music and cannot dance !! how is that if we are consumming and even getting taxed more for the live music . how dissapointing !! next time will celebrate my mothera birthday somewhere else !!! read more

If your looking for a very fancy restaurant, this is definitely not the right place to be looking at ! But the food here is bomb. I ordered the "chapo role" and it was a very tasty role . The wait is a little long , but when you are surrounded with great people and looking to have a good time with the fam. This is the place to be :) . They have Banda here (on certain nights/days) , no bad experiences IMO . But everyone has different standards . This is a place , for humble and laid back people. That aren't looking to nit pick everything they look at. It's a honest and good place ! Get a chapo role read more

There is no polite way to put this: This restaurant sucks! It's overpriced with mediocre food and slow service. I went last night as a party of five and we spent $160 for substandard food. The ingredients they use aren't the best quality, yet their prices reflect that. All of of our five entrées arrived at different times. The Chile's were greasy, the Mojarra Frits i has was dry AF, the rice flavorless and I could go on-and-on, but I won't. We just won't return. It's not worth it. read more

Great service! The food is amazing we had the campechana and some sushi as well.the server was on top of it and stopped by to check on us every time we needed anything.definitely recommend for Mariscos in Coachella valley. read more

Was there Thursday night before closing waitress took order of 2 out of 3 people at table leaves to place it comes back to realize she didn't take the 3rd order takes menu and says kitchen is closed and still goes to take another tables order ‍ read more

Bomb dot com! We had the cucarachas, ensalada VIP to eat, to drink we had the chavala VIP and the little volcanoes. The best!

Great service, very attentive staff! Good food! Live music and just fun!!! First time here and had a great time!

By far the best sea food place. Great service. Great food. The cucarachas are to die for. Live music and great prices for the amount of food. The chabelas are so good. Specials are great. Definately going back read more

Food not so great l, took a long time to receive meals. The way the tables are set up felt very crowded.

This type of restaurant reminds me of the many in Mexicali. The food is good and the service is above average. The servers are quite new and it shows. read more

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Don't eat here! Went for dinner and as we were sitting waiting for our drinks a cockroach started crawling on the wall above us! So disgusting! read more

Mondays this is the place to be... 2 for 1 ceviche. I pay about 16 dollars for 4 bowls of fish and shrimp. You can get about 20 tostadas out of that. Its fresh and tastes great. My mondays are forever planned. Amazing deal and taste read more

This was probably my favorite mariscos restaurant until I ate their today and on the booth as soon as you enter to your right we sat their my 2 month old daughter, my boyfriend and myself. Towards the middle of our meal we saw a COCKROACH on the back part of the chair!!!!! Of course I freak out and jump up, no one wanted to help us and ignored us. We finished our meal and ANOTHER COCKROACH was on the floor near the kitchen. Now I would have to say I will NEVER GO THERE AGAIN!! read more

I'm totally disappointed with the service and the food, I ordered a Mojarra Frita and the fish was over cooked and very very dry it took 50 minutes to get our food and every plate came at least ever 5 minute, that's one place I wouldn't go read more

We were here a week ago. (The night of the big boxing match). I'm giving it 4 stars because of the guy who served us while seated at the bar. He was extremely knowledgeable and had a GREAT personality!! VERY HOSPITABLE and gave GREAT service!!! He made us feel very comfortable in a place that may not typically desire such white people as ourselves. Lol. They had an armed security man pacing the restaurant which was a bit scary and alarming. We're definitely not used to that kind of dining situation. The food was interesting. My husband had a shrimp dish which was fine, and I made my own dish. A chile relleno and taco. Both were fine, but nothing to write home about. Overall, we won't be back. There are better places in the valley. We were only here because we went somewhere somewhat close to the casino to watch the fight. read more

Came in to this location to dine in. The food was good but the service was below average. I would give this place another shot since I know it is during covid-19. read more

Place had really good seafood. Their campechana had really good flavor and their fajitas de pollo were awesome. The only thing I recommend is to change their salsa recipe. They could do a lot better on the salsa they give with the tortilla chips. The place has a nice ambiance with banda music playing in the background. Their waitresses are prompt and helpful. It doesn't hurt that they are also good looking. read more

My mom and I met with my niece there as a pregraduation lunch.She lives in Coachella, we live in the Imperial Valley... The place is nice inside, very busy, I don't know if because it was Sunday... It reminded me of Mexico... I yelped the place it said the Shrimp cocktail and the Chabelas were good so i decided try that.... The Chabela was not all that, but I like the chile an chamoy they put on rim as for the Shrimp cocktail it was at room temperature and spicy.. I would have preferred it cold... read more