Reviews for La Esmeralda Mexican and Seafood Restaurant in Santa Clarita, CA

Not good. Unfortunately. When the salsa is the best thing you eat there, you know you're in trouble. That said, they're salsa is... fantastic. Best salsa I've ever had. You also shouldn't call yourself a Mexican restaurant if you don't serve real margaritas.They have wine based margaritas because they don't have a liquor license and they have beer. But if I go to a Mexican restaurantI want a real margarita and they cannot provide that. I tried the Birria plate and it's the real thing. Goat meat and it wasgood. Not great but good. The beans were average and the rice was sort of below average. So overall the food experience wassimply not good and the fact that they don't have liquor was a real problem. If they'd add liquor then maybe I might give themfour stars. But frankly the foods just not good enough for that so I probably wouldn't anyway. I really would have given themtwo stars but that's salsa. It was really really good. I hope they improve because the staff was helpful, friendly andattentive. Read more

Stopped by to buy 2 burritos, saw the bill & I was a little stunned at the price, I asked the young lady if the price was... correct, she proceeded to make a a snarky comment & followed it up with a ?you can go get it somewhere else? while she chargedmy credit card. Given the option of course I would have walked out but I didn?t have a choice. The burrito is not good for theprice, not even close, there is a restaurant down the street from them that charge A LOT LESS & it is 100 times better, nevercoming back again. Read more

Food is just okay. The margarita tasted like limeade. They charge $3 for a basket of chips and 5% charge if you use a credit... card. It?s just not worth it. This was my first and last time here. Read more

Food is authentic! Family run! Great service!

They started charging for paying with a credit card and the food isn't as good as it used to be great. casa canela is right... across the street, I rather wait in the heat for them. Its great bar food if your drunk and don't care what you eat. Read more

The waitress was amazing but the carne asada and albóndiga soup I ordered was horrible I did not eat it my mom loved her 7... mares soup that?s probably what they should just specialize in seafood only! Read more

Taco Tuesday was decent. Can still be a bit pricey if you're not ordering by yourself. Flavor was on point! Recommend

I ordered the two molcajetes. The first one came out good. However this one in the photo was not what I expected. The avocado... was rotten and there was no way that they didn?t notice that it wasn?t. I called right after opening it and just wanted to letthem know to make sure it doesn?t happen again and the worker who answered made it obvious that he didn?t care. No apology andhonestly I just called so it wouldn?t happen to future customers who order from this restaurant. I will not be ordering foodfrom here considering that these are their standards for serving people who order from here. Read more