Mariscos Sayulita Nayarit

We dined at Mariscos Sayulita Nayarit tonight. We arrived around 6:15 and the place was almost empty, but we were seated quickly.
The restaurant itself is beautiful. The color and decor make you feel like you're near the ocean. The brightness opens up the space (even in that weird booth nook they have).
Our server was kind and looked after us well. We didn't really ask her much, as we were kind of overwhelmed by the massive menu.
And it is massive. There is so much on the menu, but most of it looks similar. I wonder if they could trim it down to basics with sauce options or something. Giant menus like that are just wild. I didn't get a picture of the menu, unfortunately.
The chips and salsa were amazing. The salsa was a roasted, deeper red than any other salsa we've had at a restaurant, but it also managed to be bright and refreshing. It and the chips, which were thinner than normal but not as thin as Chuy's, were top notch.
Our margaritas were also delicious. Flavored well and they came out exactly as we wanted (on the rocks and mine with no salt).
When my partner wanted to order a different kind of appetizer and main, I opted to get shrimp tacos so I could try their range.
Our appetizer was half great. I'm not sure of the name, but it was fried fish and calamari with guacamole. Well, the menu said guacamole, but it didn't come with it. We didn't ask, though. The fried fish bites were awesome. They had an excellent crunch and flavor. The calamari was, I'm sad to say, one of the worst I've had. Chewy, strange coating, and all small rings. Strange indeed.
My shrimp tacos came out with the appetizer. I would recommend not going for their simple dishes. My shrimp were clearly pre-peeled, frozen, and unseasoned. The portion was good, but give these to your unadventurous and very boring food friend lol.
My partner's main dish was great. It was some type of fish diablo. The plate was beautiful, though odd when we talked it out. Nothing on the menu said it had shrimp on it, but it came with a few. I ate them, and they were so much better than my tacos. He loved the fish and the sauce as well as the rice. The dish also came with a salad that was large chunks of lettuce, a slice of tomato, a slice of cucumber, and 2 orange slices. It was odd because we would have preferred it chopped so you could easily eat it with the fish, but I definitely ate the oranges as a dessert. It also came with both fries and bread. He said the bread was excellent (light and airy). The fries were great to me, but they were clearly the frozen seasoned ones from a large food distributors.
Actually, most of the food was probably frozen, but I think that can be well done.
We were both surprised that all of this food was under $70! We think maybe the margaritas were on happy hour.

Really, just go here and pick something wild. Order something you've never seen on a menu before. That's what I'll do when we go back.

This place is awesome!!!
I went today with my friend to try it, and we had an amazing experience.
We ordered seafood soup and Paella. The food is delicious and sooo yummy.
But it takes almost 30 minutes to serve, so if you hate to wait that much I recommend you to call them before you come to prepare your order until you arrive.
The dishes is too big and the food is a lot. We ordered just tow dishes, but it can share by four ppl!

15 stars. We ordered 4 different dishes to share. Oh my lots of food per order. Everything was awesome. The menu is a little difficult but only of you have no clue of any Spanish words. Use your smart phone to download a translator app 😅. The waitress and waiters were awesome. The hostess was super nice and even gave us a sample of her favorite dish, super nice of her. ❤️. If you like ceviche then this is the place. Everything is super fresh and home made. You can tell my the taste that lots of TLC went to the food. Most tender squid i have ever had. Soups you say? They have some very awesome soups. The broth is perfect and so much in a bowl 🍲
I had enough for another dinner. Do yourself a favor and break out your wallet and go try some top shelf foods here. I will be back often. I had to work fast to even get photos. Notice one taco gone 😋