El Coleguita Mariscos Marina Vallarta — Restaurant in Jalisco

We walked by a couple times and the place was quite busy sometimes even with long queue so we decided to try. Well to summarise it, disappointment is a real understatement! Two out of three dishes were inedible and this is a first! First off let’s talk about the good. Once we’re seated the waitress offered us a shot of tequila. Free booze is always welcomed. Then came a complimentary cup of shrimp flavour stock. That’s great too. After main course they also offered a banana dessert and some liquid in a cup. I guess it’s something sweet cos I didn’t try any of their sweets which is rare cos I’m a sweet monster. But by that time we were all grossed out and lost our appetite. Ok now with the main course…. We ordered three dishes. My Sweet Heaven is a combination grill containing 8 shrimps, a small fish filet (probably tilapia), a small piece of white chicken and a small piece of Arrachera. I ordered this dish because grill is the most basic skill test for a restaurant. This one, although lack lustre, is not too bad (although I don’t like tilapia). The ingredients taste fresh and not over cooked. But I have to say there is nothing special about it. No wow factor at all. Not much seasoning which is ok. It is as it is, grilled meat and a little salad. I believe it could be greatly improved if they serve it with sauces for the different protein. Second dish we ordered Chicharrones de Pescado because I had a good one from another seafood restaurant last week. To my surprise this is nothing like what I expected. It is super greasy, tasteless and so over fried that it taste bitter. We each took one bite and cannot eat it. Third dish is Seafood pasta with Alfredo sauce. This is the worst dish of all three. Even the Chicharrones I could understand what goes wrong. But this one is just absolutely mind boggling! On top of mushy pasta and slimy sauce, this is the ONLY pasta dish I had in my whole life that taste SWEET! I wonder if the chef made a mistake by putting sugar instead of salt or simply used a sweet cream. It is simply inedible. The waitress, while picking up the dish, saw two dishes untouched. She asked if we like to pack it and we say no. Then she ask if we like it and we said no. I believe she can tell by the colour of the Chicharrones that it is burnt. She look apologetic when she took the dishes away. Most restaurants in America and other parts of the world the owner/ manager/ chef would probably come to ask about our experience (which anyone can tell is obviously bad) and apologise. Most if not 100% of the time they will take it out of the bill. But nobody cares and we were charged the full amount. We never complained. We did not send the dishes back which in hindsight we should have. We never made a fuss or gave anyone hard time. We just paid, left and never go back. This is so far the WORST DINING EXPERIENCE I had in...

On the very north end of the marina. We came around just when it opened around noon and it was empty inside except for the staff being seated around two tables. Maybe getting pumped up for the start of the day?

Anyways, we got seated quickly and food came out rather quickly too being we were the first customers. We were treated to a shot of tequila and a shrimp broth to start. The shrimp broth is like a seafood soup with a single shrimp meatball in it. It was...okay.

We ordered a mango smoothie, fried rice, chicharrones de pescado, and coleguita platter. Wanted to get the Red Snapper, but they were out :(

The mango smoothie was huge, but it was really good. The fried rice was okay, I just really needed to get some fried rice in me after eating mexican for so many days. The chicharrones wasn't that great. I don't think I've ever had chicharrones before, so maybe my expectations were off, but it was basically just fried dough. There's barely any fish meat in there. It was oily, and dry, and crunchy. The platter was okay too. The soup was kind of meh, lacked in flavor, the fish in this plate was actually pretty good, and the shrimp on the side again was just average.

Ended with a complimentary fried bananas dessert, which was really good, and a kalhua, which is, well, kalhua.

Overall, the meal was okay. Probably paid around $40 usd for a family of 4 total. So a decent deal, but you're in Puerto Vallarta, you can find just as a good prices on a much better meal even just down the block...

One week back we made a reservation for eleven of us at 7:30pm on November 23rd to celebrate my daughter's birthday. We were requested to verify after 3 days and we did. When we arrived and ordered drinks we were warned that we had to order our food immediately as the kitchen was closing at 8:00pm. This shocked us as we came to enjoy a nice relaxed evening. Again we were given a similar warning about ordering second drinks. The food supplied had many deficiencies from what was in the menu. The quality of food was mediocre. At the end they brought a sparkling flame and tried to force some liquid down my daughter's throat, banging the table and clapping. The servers apparently did not know the song "Happy birthday to you". Then they brought out the check without our asking and demanded immediate payment as the office was closing. We paid and left disgusted by 9:15pm. We had been in this restaurant several times over the past years and it was QUITE different. They used to serve a bottle of tequila to each table with a shot glass and each participants could have as many shots as possible. Another positive aspect was a dessert on the house. This they did this time too but it was 11 wedges of insipid cheese cake with a few pieces of straw berries and a few blue berries. We tasted some of them but none of us had more than a spoon full. I sincerely hope that the manager reads this and take...