Mariscos Sonora Querida - Tecate

Large seafood cocktails and plates!! Everything is fresh from this morning catch!! The restaurant is the typical hole in the walking restaurant. It is clean and simply decorated. Everyone dressed super beautiful and appropriate. No need to drive your car across the boarders. It's a light walk over the border. A block south and it is at the corner of the first street light south-east side. Tips: 1. If you want to pick up some souvenirs, go south two blocks to see a large park with all kinds of goodies doing something easy shopping. 2. If your friends don't like seafood and want street tacos, you could find them next to the left building. I hope it helps!

Came here today with a group of nine friends. Once again, as often as I come to this restaurant, I was not disappointed and do not expect me to ever be. I'm trying to describe what we had. Camarones al mojo de ajo, Camarones a la...diabla, Camarones termidor, Ceviche, Rellano de marlin, shrimp quesadilla, marlin quesadilla, fish tacos, rice, chips/salsa, beer, iced tea, water, sodas, and I'm sure I missed a few things. The lower line for those so interested? $105 for nine people, of whom no hunger or misfortune has left, and also some to-go bags. You're doing mathematics! Mariscos Sonora Querida is not a quiet, illuminated place, but it is clean, brightly lit, and with young families, young people and even those like me it is somehow loud.

As often as I was in Tecate, Mexico, I was always able to go right in this place... it could happen as a real dive. Maybe someone should get Guy Fieri there? Ok, last week it rained in mostly sunny San...Diego, so I decided to go to Tecate for lunch with a buddy of mine to get out of the rain (as if I went to the mountains, represents a lot of sanity on my part. I went through my normal routine, parked on the US side of the border on the last parking lot and drove down the hill in Tecate. The woman in the parking lot suggested we try Marsicos Sonora Querida, so we were there. This restaurant is located on the first traffic light that you drive down the hill from the border crossing area, at the southeast corner of the intersection. We were immediately greeted when we went to the restaurant and were led to a seat near a window. During our time there the server was friendly, attentive and not intrusive. Five stars for them! When we received the menus, they were in Spanish, so the server brought the restaurant owner, who translated the menu a little good enough to make a half-informed choice for our meals. We both had the Camarones Termidor (shrimp thermidor in English), which turned out to be an excellent choice! The duck was supplemented by a blisting hot large glass of a tomato-based soup with a small dish of cut red onion and cut cabbage, as desired. We had two huge cups of iced tea served with a foam head on it. Meals came on large oval plates, most of which were cooked by a lot of fresh plump shrimp in a white cream sauce with some mild slices of white onion and some cut celery. Also on the plate were a pot of a fluffy brown rice, some more cut cabbage, and a salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and avocado. I thought that everything was on the table when the server appeared with a large bowl house made chunky salsa (that was good enough to eat only with a spoon) and a bowl of fresh tortillas. If you see the price of this meal, remember that the grilled teas did not usually appear to be refilled free in many places in Mexico. My only disappointment with this meal was that the restaurant ran out of my favorite dessert, flan. Our review for these two meals came to a total of US$20.40 (the exchange rate for US$1,00 was MN$20.47)

Came out here today with a group of nine friends. Again, as many times as I come to this restaurant, I wasn't disappointed, and don't expect I ever will be. I'll try to describe what we had.Camarones al mojo de ajo, Camarones a la diabla, Camarones termidor, Ceviche, Rellano de marlin, shrimp quesadilla, marlin quesadilla, fish tacos, rice, chips/salsa, beer, iced tea, water, sodas, and I'm sure I missed a couple of things. The bottom line for those so interested? US$105 for nine people, none of whom left hungry or unhappy, and some to-go bags too. You do the math!Mariscos Sonora Querida isn't a quiet dimly lit place, but it's clean, brightly lit, and with young families, young people, and even those like myself, it is kind of loud.

As many times as I've been in Tecate, Mexico, I've always managed to walk right on by this place, ...it could pass as a true dive. Maybe someone should get Guy Fieri to go there? Ok, last week it was raining in usually sunny San Diego, so I decided to drive out to Tecate for lunch with a buddy of mine to get out of the rain (as though going to the mountainshardly represents any amount of sanity on my part. I went through my normal routine, parked on the US side of the border at the last parking lot and headed down the hill into Tecate. The woman at the parking lot suggested that we try Marsicos Sonora Querida, so we were headed there. This restaurant is located at the first traffic light you'll get to going down the hill from the border crossing area, on the southeast corner of the intersection.We were greeted promptly as we walked into the restaurant, and were guided to a seat near a window. Throughout our time there, the server was friendly, attentive, and not obtrusive. Five stars for her!When we received the menus, they were in Spanish, so the server brought over the restaurant owner who somewhat translated the menu well enough for us to make a semi-informed choice for our meals. We both had the Camarones Termidor (shrimp thermidor in English), which turned out to be an excellent choice!The entree was preceeded by a blistering hot large glass of a tomato-based soup with a small plate of sliced red onion and sliced cabbage to add as desired. We both had two huge mugs of iced tea that was served with a frothy head on it.The meals came on large oval platters, most of which was occupied by a lot of fresh plump shrimp cooked in a white creamed sauce with a few mild slices of white onion and some sliced celery. Also on the platter were a scoop of a fluffy brown rice, some more sliced cabbage, and a salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, and avocado. I thought that everything was on the table, when the server showed up with a large bowl of house made chunky salsa (that was good enough to just eat with a spoon) and a bowl of fresh tortillas. When you see the price of this meal, remember tht iced teas don't generally seemed to be refilled gratis in a lot of places in Mexico. My only disappointment with this meal was that the restaurant had run out of my favorite dessert, flan.Our check for these two meals came to a total of US$20.40 (the exchange rate for the was US$1.00 was MN$20.47)