Mariscos El Palmar — Restaurant in Lompoc

Best shrimp tacos, bar none! It's rare that I go to a restaurant and order the same thing every time, but the shrimp tacos are so amazing and unique that I never order anything else. They don't deep fry them, they chop em up and grill em, put them in a fresh, homemade corn tortilla, put a bit of a ranch type dressing, cilantro and onion. Simple. Perfect. Delicious. 🤤😋 The refried beans are great as well.

The owner, I believe his name is Juan, but we always called him Leo is always there, always grilling and always very friendly. Not sure where Leo came from, maybe because he first set up shop inside the old Lenny's bar (Now Johnny's) but he seems to talk to nearly everyone.

As I'm writing this review some other patrons were paying for there order and I heard them say "best Chile Rellenos in town." So maybe I'll try them next time, but I don't know,...

The food was good the service was great. We stopped because we were in the area and wanted seafood. They did not have what we were looking for but the server came to our table, she was very personable so we decided to stay. I think our server's name was Melissa/maurissa, she explained the tortillas were made in house and selections were made to order. There were a couple of locals seated and another family came. the family was greeted with familiarity and excitement by the cashier and servers. This is not a big fancy dining establishment but the food was good. The mojarra was fried perfectly with crispy exterior but the fish was still juicy tender inside. Will...

The food was awful. My husband had the Carne asada, it was very dry. Sad to think that the best part of his meal was the grilled onions. I had the shrimp enchiladas, the sauce tasted out of a can. But the rice was ok. It is embarrassing to have people think that Mexican food tastes that bad. The service was good. Nice waitress, very attentive. But the food was way too expensive, $42 dollars for okay rice, tasty onions, bland fish tacos, and awful everything else... waste of money! never again. Don't...