Isla Del Mar Restaurante - West — Restaurant in Omaha

Vibe 12/10. Decor 14/10. Ice cream parlor in front of building 9/10. Restaurant food 4/10 - not good.

The menu entrees all looked fairly pricey, so I decide to first test lower priced a la carte fish tacos with a side of beans.

I figured if the fish tacos and beans passed the test, maybe next time I’d go for something more substantial and pricier.

Unfortunately, the fish tacos was not good. Hours later I am still wondering what the tiny fried worm size and shaped object inside the street taco sized tortilla was. It was unidentifiable both in taste and appearance. I’m still worrying about this as I try to go to sleep.

A small amount of fish appearing whitefish or a couple of shrimp would be ok. I understand this is a low price item. But I’m not sure what that thing in there was, and I’m now wondering if I should not have consumed it. Was I unwisely full of carelessness and bravado, just going for it. Will this show up on an X-ray later? What was that thing in the taco that was described as a pescado?

The corn tortilla was a bit soggy. The pico de gallo and cabbage seemed ok. But the “fish” still haunts me.

The server was quick and very polite, but this can’t make up for the food. I only ate two bites of the beans, which left me echar de menos for Abelardos or Riveras. I wanted to be polite, but I just couldn’t make myself take a single additional bite of the beans. I felt embarrassed. No me gusta. Lo siento pero es la verdad para mi.

Thankfully, the helados in the front helped tremendously. The mangonada was delicious - 9/10 at least. I also tried to coconut - so good!

I will come back for ice cream and the great fun decor, but not the food. I am still afraid not knowing what creature or item was that I ate in the pescado taco. My companion’s shrimp was identifiable and tasted ok, but it’s still not enough to...

Isla Del Mar is not what I expected at all! The vibes definitely gave off "island oasis"! I loved the aesthetics and the service! It was beautiful! My reasoning for the food rating is due to what I ordered only! It does not pertain to the other delicious plates they have available. I know this because my family ordered different items, like the fish and shrimp plate. The tilapia was delicious, my boys had a quesadilla and fries, that was delicious! But I ordered the fried spicy mango sushi Birria noodles and a side of macaroni salad! The Macaroni salad with some salt and pepper was very good! The Birria, came off a little too sweet and was missing a bit of seasoning and maybe one spice I can't put my finger on. It also did not seem fresh. I don't mean it was not hot, because it was steaming hot, it just didn't seem as if it was made the day before, it may have been some days prior. The sushi was not bad, it was also missing flavor. It was missing flavor in the inside of the roll and on the outside ( whatever they rolled it in). It tasted ok with soy sauce, but it definitely was just missing something. I enjoyed my trip to Isla Del Mar, and I will go again, but next time I will be sure to order something close to what my family...

I can't remember ever getting this bad of service in my lifetime. My husband has been wanting to try this place for awhile so tonight we went, got sat immediately and someone dropped off chips and salsa while I went to the restroom. No drink order was taken, about 5 minutes later a gal stops by and asks if we're ready to order.. I just asked for a few Waters 1st. Another 5 min goes by and a guy brings the water and takes our order so guess he's our server, food came out quickly like almost to quick. I ordered the chicken enchilada on flour and a single steak taco, taco was okay meat a little dry, the enchilada was huge but covered in lettuce, I just scaped it off. Took a bite it has potatoes wth, take a few more bites and more potatoes with a little chicken mixed in, I'm not a fan.. ok so Another guy walks buy haven't seen my server in a bit and I ask him if I can get Ramen birria because I didn't care for the enchilada. 10 minutes later our server Jose Daniel V comes by and asks if we want boxes so I ask him if the other guy told him "oh yeah he said something about something but I was taking an order, do you want it togo" we already have the check and we're just done. We'll...