Mariscos Tampico Karaoke Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Austin

Okokok, Oooooookay! You guys this is located on the Taco Mile in Austin. 🌮🌯🫔It's next to the indoor pulga on north lamar before Braker if going south to north. It's across the street from Chuy's on Lamar to be exact. It's pricy but it's seafood and well worth it. They've upgraded they're look to this island motif that's really cute actually. Tienen karaoke you guys!!!! We were there on a Friday and the people who sang were freaking good! You can tell it's their Friday night hang out. It has awesome sound too, don't think it's cheesy karaoke, noooonononono! It's the BA club style karaoke, jajaja 🥳 Their chelaritas are hellu strong. The oysters are gynormous, they hang off the spoon, so you better like oysters if you order them! Lol The shrimp in the cocktail are large shrimp, not baby 🤨or mini 🧐 or 6 jumbos hanging off your glass 😕 you know what I mean! It was a 25$ oyster shrimp cocktail that neither of us were able to finish!!!!! There's a smaller and larger portion as well. All in all it's worth checking out, it really is you guys. Our server forgot something on our order and it had to be remade but management came by to check on us and let us know it was coming soon. Our server made up for it, she was super nice, cute, friendly. Oh! Chips and salsa are freaking good !!!🥰 Todos hablan español. Don't expect fufi, no, it's suuuper laid back. I loved it! They have a decent tap Mexican beer selection and a whole bunch of margarita flavors, mixed drinks, etc.🍸🍺🍹🧉 Oh wait! You can also check out the indoor pulga (flea market) next door! Walk off the meal and the ritas! Lol OR go to the pulga and build an appetite, jejeje 🤣🤪😂 The pulga is awesome as well and has all kinds of traditional Mexican artifacts, dresses, guayaberas, shoes, leather boots, jewelers, quince dresses, food, I mean what you can imagine at a mercado, it's in there, it's awesome, go check it out, I promise you'll love it. It's a little piece of Mexico in Austin and Mariscos Tampico is a little Cancun restaurant/bar on...

Last night was my first visit... and my last visit to Mariscos Tampico. First impressions were not good and it only got worse from there. I was with a party of 8 celebrating an anniversary. Luckily we got right in, but only because there was no one else there. This place was a ghost town and after the food they served us, I can see why. 10 minutes after we had ordered we found out that 2 of our choices were unavailable. We reordered and after multiple rounds of chips and salsa (which we had to request over and over to get) our food finally arrived. My expectations were still high at this point due to the $20+ prices that were on menu. The food was horrible, we had to send back 2 plates that were inedible, 1 was completely burnt and the other was saltier than bag of sunflower seeds. Please steer clear of this place. The pictures are a huge misrepresentation. If I could go lower than a 1 star I would.

Also the bathrooms...

Please do not come here.

This place is for drunk people who don’t care for the taste of food.

We came in after lunchtime and the place was empty (should’ve trusted my instinct and left). I wanted to give the place a shot because the food LOOKED good online. However, it was far from good. We went in thinking we could find the same type of Mexican seafood like in Cancun. IT WAS FAR FROM IT.

The prices are ridiculous! $17 for a cup of aguachile? The shrimp wasn’t even cooked well, the salsa was too spicy. It looked like they just blended some jalapeños and served it like that.

We also ordered a molcajete, because eating from one tastes better. However, when it arrived, the food was on a silver bowl, which was placed on top of the molcajete. It defeats the purpose of using a molcajete. Might as well just serve the food in the bowl.

There’s not a lot to say besides stay away from this place. Food isn’t good and prices...