Ancla De Oro — Restaurant in CENTRO

We brought friends here to have shrimp and drinks. This is not a restaurant, but rather an experience one should do when they visit Mazatlan. On one side of the street are the Shrimp Ladies. It is a group of Ladies, who under the protection of 15 or so blue and white umbrellas, sell shrmp of all sizes, as well as some fish and lobsters. Once you've purchased your shrimp you can cross the street and have it cooked here for 70 pesos for each style of preparation. We chose breaded, garlic & butter and Diablo. You pay for the preparation and any drinks.

We ate 1.5 kilos, 3.3lbs, of shrimp, drank 1 pop and 5 beers. The cost for everything was 683 pesos. About $40 US.

No fuss, everything done for you. Great service by the waitresses and they keep a running tab for you to see right at the table.

It is a fun experience and the...

Good music, 25 peso Pacificos and excellent staff- read on for more details if you want...

I had just landed and suitcases in tow, my community van dropped me off, where I don't remember. Several rides and pesos later I needed up here! Stephanie was great! So, after a Pacifico, I asked for help! She contacted an Uber, walked me to the car. Then she spoke with the driver to make sure I could move on to my AirBnB. After she called the Uber, I paid her for the car, my cervases, and then a generous tip.

1 January 2023- again I found myself here. I found out that they will cook fresh shrimp that you purchased outside from many vendors...

You buy your seafood from the changueras across the street and bring here for cooking. I would definitely come again, but you need to know their limitations. First, there are no side dishes available. You bring in shrimp, you eat only shrimp. Some French fries or a small salad would help a lot. Breading on fried shrimp was too thick and hard, it was beyond crunchy, but the garlic was perfect. The beers are very cold and reasonably priced.

Our large group had two waitresses, one of whom was confused and ended up bringing the wrong shrimp (small when they had brought in jumbo) to part of the group and then totally losing some...