Spencer Makenzie's — Restaurant in Camarillo

Where to start..... Spencer's has always been a good choice for fish tacos and seafood for me. They never failed to deliver and this new location was exactly what I expected from a Spencer's restaurant. I live in camarillo and when I heard the news that a new Spencer's was opening in Carmen Dr. My mouth started to water. I just couldn't wait! Now that it has opened I waited a couple of weeks so that the Grand Opening would not get in the way of my dining experience (such as being too busy for my liking or the possibility of having bad service due to the amount of people). Now that I had the pleasure to eat here for the first time this past Sunday, I must say that it wss just a wonderful experience. The food was awesome and the staff was friendly and attentive. I know there are some negative reviews regarding staff and possibly some food, but now that the grand opening is over, the staff has room to breathe and the food has time cook with perfection. When we arrived we were greeted with a friendly smile and our waiter took our drink orders right away. We started out with chips and salsa for ur appetizer. The chips were good and seemed to be made fresh in house. The salsa was good and not too spicey. Just good flavor and mild heat. I then ordered the fish and shrimp burrito...man was this massive! It truly is worth the money! If you have a big appetite, then then this burrito is for you. The quality was NOT sacrificed for quantity. This beast of a burrito was loaded with a good amount of fish and shrimp. It was tasty and filling. I will dedefinite order again. Then we also ordered the fish tacos and a parmesan fosh taco. These were just as delicious as I would expect from Spencer's. The sauces they have for the tacos are equally delucious. Each sauce adding a unique flavor with every bite. I must say that I am very happy to have a Spencer's in my neighborhood. It was a must have in this area. I greatly recommend this place. It is a must try. This place gets 5 starts from me! Keep up the great work and congratulations on your...

Second time visiting here, the first time I had the "World's Famous" fish taco, it was good not great and the bell pepper as a garnishment was a little odd and left you with a very disturbing after taste. The 3 options you get for salsa was also interesting in of itself. The habanero salsa was very hot which was nice but again the flavor is a little off, I'll chalk it up to the fact it's first ingredient was cooking sake and either 3rd or 4th item is white rice vinegar, something that I didn't expect to find in Mexican or fish taco setting, the sweet and spicy salsa, again very different, would like it on something like chicken tenders or something fried to off set the fried/salty flavor and finally the Teriyaki Black Pepper salsa was by far my favorite but again an odd flavor for fish tacos. This trip I tried the shrimp and fish burrito, the best quality that stood out to me was the shrimp and fish. Not too much shrimp but I'll understand that with the cost of shrimp I wasn't expecting a pound of it either. The fish was good very flakey and not over powering either. All of that made up about 20% of the burrito, the other 80% was rice, cabbage, and onion and the "red" salsa. Asked to have avocado added, didn't happen, asked for extra Spencer sauce, didn't happen. Pretty much was given the burrito and was left alone till the check arrived, pointed out that the avocado was missing, the server fixed the bill and paid and left. At the end of the day, I don't know to make of this place, so many flavors and different menu items and yet lacking in menu items. Like why offer a carne asada taco but no carne asada burrito? The only thing that I think that describes this place the best is a Asian-Mexican fusion. Well I go back maybe, but between Camarillo and Ventura there are...

Interesting! That's the word I would use for this place. Home of the World's Famous Fish Taco... that's questionable. I'm not sure what made them known for their fish tacos but they were just ok. I absolutely hate when restaurants don't have any direction and this location we couldn't even find the door. The only drink that was not straight beer or non-alcoholic was a Margarita beer (not sure the specifics of it) but they were out of it so I'll never know. My husband and I went for a mini date night and we were thinking about going to a Mexican place down the street but we saw Home of the World's Famous Fish Taco and my husband loves fish tacos so why not. Unfortunately, for about $6 or $7 you get 1 taco (no sides or anything special) and sadly didn't have much of a flavor and enough slaw to have leftovers. Also, the menu had regular tacos or you could make it Brooklyn style (which means that it's the regular taco with their special sauce that was sitting on the table.) Now why would I get it Brooklyn style if the sauce is sitting right in front of me on the table? Seems pointless to be on the menu and for servers to ask. But if you decide to go and try for yourself definitely try the sauces... there wasn't one that I didn't like (I dipped my fries in them). After we were finished eating the server asked how was everything and did it live up to the hype? We didn't know exactly what she meant because we've never heard of this establishment and we didn't really understand the sign. Also, this place looked like a sports bar and was playing old pop, reggae, and Spanish music. I was super confused and probably will not go back just because atmosphere is everything to me when it comes to dining. All of the staff that we encountered was super nice. I just think this place...