Mariscos El Chef De Nayarit — Restaurant in Kannapolis

Friday at 6pm, the only cars in the parking lot belong to the employees. that was my first clue. sign said live entertainment, nope. sign did not say we charge 18% gratuity for 6 or more. we were 2 families of 3 dinning together. we were also the only people in the dinning room at 6pm on a Friday night. clue #2. I hope they gave the 18% gratuity to our server. He sucked, and we had no intention of tipping him. we paid 2 separate taxes of 7% & 2.6% on our meal. when questioned the staff REFUSED to explain. when we were charged the more expensive price on the seafood menu when we ordered the item from the non seafood menu. the staff couldn't explain it, and pretty much said tuff $%#". they have 2 separate menus, if you want seafood you have to ask for that menu, when i saw those prices they got those menus back. my wife ordered a chicken & cheese quasadia. they brought her a cheese quaso that was still frozen. not cold, FROZEN. my son ordered a shrimp fajita. not only did he say it was bad, it had 3 small shrimp. I ordered the Chimichunga. $14.99 Absolutely the worst I've ever had. both myself and my wife are diabetic, we ordered water. which I repeatedly asked to be refilled, and that never happened. my bill for 3 was over $120. 2 waters, 1 mixed drink, chicken qauso, chimichunga and shrimp fajita does not add up to over $120. the only good reviews appear to be from the staff. this place has no chance. plenty of better Mexican food at nearby restaurants. ...

UPDATE: We took an out of town guest because our first experience was so good. Boy, were we disappointed! The chips tasted stale and like the oil was rancid. The beef was tough, the chicken was so thin and flavorless, and the shrimp were much smaller than last time. Granted, we didn't eat the same dishes, but all the meals on the menu need to be good. And, who serves stale chips that taste rancid! I'm so disappointed.

If you haven't eaten here and like seafood, hurry and make it happen. The food seems more Spanish style than Mexican, and it is delicious. The portions are very generous and the staff was friendly and helpful. They have almost anything you could want in the way of seafood, but they also have other dishes too. The hardest part is deciding what to have. I think I'd this was in a better location, it would be a very popular and sought out restaurant....

The food was delicious and the pricing was reasonable. Bathrooms were clean. Inside was clean. Our server was nice and efficient. Will come back again.

** want to update and let people know this is a Mexican Seafood Restaurant. Meaning that if you want fajitas, cheese dip, chimichangas/burritos than this is NOT the restaurant for you. If your looking for ceviche and other seafood dishes then this IS the place for you to go. It has various typical Mexican seafood dishes. To me the pricing is still reasonable for typical seafood. Have been coming here various of times since originally posted and food still does not disappoint. Hope more people give it a try and embrace that different version of Mexican food that is not normally Americanized and...