El Coraloense — Restaurant in Bell Gardens

The food was quite delicious and a real deal for what you're getting. I tried the mini ceviche tostada sampler your choice of three for only $8.50. What a deal! (My first visit I read mini and figured okay well this is not going to be enough, but it is!) the smoked Marlin tacos plate comes with three tacos for $7.50 and their plate of "Camarones al mojo de ajo" (that's garlic shrimp) is EXCELLENT! The shrimp come head on and it's served with rice very "homestyle" made and a salad for $11.50. I love this dish the best part is sucking all that yummy juice off of the shrimp before you eat it and then taking a scoop of that saucy and slightly spicy rice. Yum! This is one of my new favorite spots, so the reason I give it four stars instead of five is because I visited this place twice before writing my review to get a good feel and I feel they are a bit unexperienced with running a restaurant. Although the food is great! the service is a bit slow the food comes out of the kitchen slowly as they make it not all at once and I ordered an "horchata de coco" both visits, My first visit it was poured into a cup and I was fine with it the second visit I ordered it again and it came like a smoothie, So I'm not linking the inconsistency, Also my first visit I ordered fries and they never came I was still charged for them which I brought to their attention the second visit They ended up refunding my money but the way it was handled felt unprofessional she said well not much I can do about it I'll ask someone to see if they remember and then she kind of ignored me for a while and then finally came to me and said well they don't remember :-/ . But she gave me the money back. But that was a mistake they made and the proper way to handle that is apologizing for the mistake and then offering a fix. Food is great and I'm hoping the way they run the business will soon catch up they need to be a bit...

Do food and customer service go hand to hand?. A typical restaurant greets you even McDonald’s does. No greeting. There’s no direction here. Nobody told me where to sit or how many in my party. It appears that this restaurant is family run. Ppl come in and out whether they’re workers or friends who knows but looked unprofessional. It’s a small place with a predicament like that you expect ppl to be careful. While I was there one guy knocked over cup lids and another guy knocked over a water cup. Now the food. Aesthetically it’s great. Taste wise not so much. The mahi and shrimp tacos have a fusion of flavors that don’t go well with each other. Too much lime, dressing and seasoning. One taco I couldn’t finish because it was just too wet from the juices. I don’t like giving bad reviews in fact this is my first 1 ⭐️ review. The ppl seemed cool and friendly but I have to call them out. The floor was dirty and the clumsiness can’t go overlooked along with the bad service and food, B food grade on window by the way. If you’re reading this I hope you guys step up your service. You guys are successful and noteworthy but even so one should deliver everyday. Yes I’m just one customer with a bad review that should not be...

This is a family owned & operated Mexican seafood restaurant. They specialize in out-of-this-world recipes. They have what at first may seem as an unusual menu (outside of the basics), but their culinary creations are amazing!!!

My friends and I visit at least once a week, everything is made to order, so there may be a longer wait time than expected, but the food is definitely worth the wait.

My favorites include, Coco-Loco (a hallowed out peeled coconut filled with delicious seafood such as crab-octopuss-fish,shrimp-abalone and a special sauce), Tres (3) Palos cocktail (similar to a Coco Loco but in a cocktail version), Grilled Fish Fillet Zarandeado style, Breaded Fish Fillet Al Mojo de Ajo (Garlic Sauce), Shrimp Ceviche (SHrimp with Diced Cucumbers, Red Onion & Tomatoes), Camarones Al Millionarios (Shrimps For a Millionaire- peeled large shrimp in a special chipotle sauce.) And last but certainly not to be left out is a ceviche medley named after a custoerm who sorta inspired its creation, the "Clousner!!!"

Well I could go on and on, but if you love seafood, you gotta try this...