El Salpicon Detroit | Mariscos

Love this place, lots of seafood options and the micheladas are yummy! It’s a must try. Fridays they have a Dj playing music with the option of karaoke.

Delicious food but bad service. We have chosen to go to this place twice, last time this saturday and the service is terrible. The waitresses brings you the food and they dont come back to the table just to check on us. My husband had to go look for her.

Very welcoming. Karaoke on Fridays, delicious food.

We went there for lunch it was very lively and family atmosphere. We had the layered ceviche with cucumbers and avocados for starter, the shrimps were cooked, the crab was raw, it was fishy. I will not order it again. The large seafood platter was supposed to include octopus but it arrived without it. The overall experience was fun, I would go back again with a group of friends, but don’t expect much of the quality of food. We had to ask for silverware, crab forks, and bowl for the shells. The margaritas were good and made with fresh lime. Friendly service and clean bathrooms.

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El Salpicon is the best! My favorite Mexican Seafood spot 😋

Liked the oysters a lot, good filete sarandeado.

I give it 2 stars because customer service was excellent. I was disappointed with my food. I wanted the shrimp pineapple dish , the plate presentation was very nice once I was ready to eat I noticed the dish had lots of calamari throughout it. I settled for it because I hate complaining about food once I receive it. The rice was beyond delicious.

Excellent service and amazing food!! It reminded me the Pacific side of Mexico. How food is served is really good. You won't regret to visit this place.

Wow! This is a gem in Mexican town! It's a seafood eatery that serves fresh fish dishes and they also have a bar. I ordered the plate that had almost everything on the plate with mussels, shrimp, crawfish, scallops. A very tasty dish. 1. A very nice ambience. 2. Excellent seafood. 3. Nice service.

Food was very bland. No flavor at all. Terrible Watch your bill. That is gratuity included and nobody let you know

The food was amazing!!! They gave us some chip and salsa that also came with ceviche. The waitress was okay they didn't refill our drinks tho. The ambiance was to be improved. We were sitting in the front room as you come in and I believe that family of the workers or owners came in and were very disruptive, loud and cussing up a storm. They didn't seem to care that there were paying customers siting next to them. The food however was the main reason I highly recommend this place.

Sunday my wife and I came through for mother's day. Parking is ample but can be tricky if they are real busy. Service was really good and super friendly. The menu is really seafood centered and spot on. All in all family friendly,great music,nice space,super service and awesome food.

** My review is for the club, not the restaurant/food ** I do NOT like this place because the club is tiny, the vibe is off in my opinion (fights happen all the time) and the parking sucks. The parking lot literally fits 5 cars so you have to park in the neighborhood across the street. For a place that has a nightclub, they should have better/safer parking. I don't see myself going back at all.

My girlfriend in Thai found this place by accident and I can tell you we make this our go to place where we come from Cleveland to Detroit. Service is great. The food is magnificent. You don't have to deal with ignorant people or profanity four children running around without adult supervision. I feel safe and at home when I go here. The oysters with the shrimp in the crab and the pico de gallo is so delicious that you will have to order 2 full trays. I promise you you will not want to share them. Yesterday the chef how's the restaurant into our table and told us how delighted he was to see us enjoy his food that it made him feel really good. As my girlfriend and I sit there a Hispanic female walked up and open a beer for her asked if we were family. Please believe me this place is great and I can definitely see it's going to grow and they're going to need more room. We had the steak also......the flavor was delicious. Tim Holt 8-8-21

This is a very nice, small and casual seafood dining restaurant in SWD. There is ample parking, clean restrooms and all of the prerequisites for a good dining experience. The restaurant, however, does not have a liquor license, which is kind of sad because their delicacies would go great with a cold one. The food is very fresh and the menu is extremely centered on seafood. I ordered the camarones a la diablo, which was not as spicy as I was expecting, but did come in a flavorful but slightly "barbeque sauce-y" red sauce. The grilled and butterflied shrimp had great texture and char and the butterfly cut made them very easy to eat and enjoy. I would order these the next time I visit because their preparation was very unique. Prices are standard for a seafood restaurant. Around 15 dollars a plate. But honestly, with a seafood restaurant, I don't need to be a bargain hunter. I feel like prices were fair for the fresh food received. I will definitely be back. It was a fun and unique restaurant with many creative seafood preparations.

The food was good something there for everyone but the music was so loud in either room. Not really family oriented with nightclub volume music at noon.

Exquisitely Crafted Uniquely designed explosive flavors OMG WOWED had the Virgin Michilada fantastic, Carne Asada come with Rice, Beans, Salad n Warm Tortilla, me fresh machete chopped Coconut hulled n filled with Shrimps, Scallops n Octopus, new flavor overload me so LOVE. Owners friendly folk, super service. We only Gringo in packed restaurant, now that be Authentic Mexican meals, find them on Facebook

Still fantastic mariscos in SW Detroit. We had the Aguachile Verde with Camerones (shrimp) and the ceviche with Shrimp and both plates were fantastic. Very tasty and very authentic. In addition to these two plates, we also had the langostinos, which were delicious, but not full or plentiful... Some were empty, which was disappointing. However, the food was all very tasty.

We love this place, the "pescado zarandeado" is incredible delicious! You can see that they are investing in decoration because it is a little better than 4 years ago. We live far away but sometimes we drive a lot just to eat here.

Delicious for my first "Southwest Detroit Restaurant Week" experience! This restaurant's week's dish: "Del Mar Dream" was everything I would have wanted in a seafood plate: gorgeous prawns, orange shrimp, ...and buttery octopus! Accommpanied by a rice and salad, this was a great sized dish to share. A side dish of shrimp empanadas was also ordered but I assure you that the "Del Mar Dream" will leave 2 people full.

Horrible service I was served the ceviche, they bring it, looks nothing like the pic, yet I am charged for it even tough asked why it didn't have avocado. They said we're out of avocado. Well then don't serve half a meal & expect me to like it & pay for it Paid for it regardless to avoid issues but will never come here again. The shrimp on the michelada tastes horrible like they were expired

It's a nice in the hood seafood place. Only has 1 meat dish. Great for lent. The building has housed literally 6 different businesses within the past year, but this place was very busy when we were there. They kept the momentum moving though, tables turned quickly. So busy or seemed three waitresses couldnt keep up with the 10-15 tables there. The prices are kind of high for Southwest Detroit. But, it's fresh seafood, and you're getting a platter if your looking at the higher prices. You can still get a tostada de Ceviche for 2.50, and a cocktel de camaron y pulpo for 13 bucks and that's regular retail in the neighborhood restaurants. When you arrive, you sit, and wait for them to see you and they bring you a plate of tostada shells, crackers, and ceviche. I think it's fish. Not sure. Menu is varied but is heavily shrimp. Big variety of platters, and with those you get rice, a Lil lettuce and a piece of bread or tortillas. I ordered the Langostines, they were really good. A tad overcooked, but the taste was amazing. Rice was good and well cooked, came seasoned with red spicy herbs. Hubby ordered shrimp fajitas , a lot of shrimp, green peppers, onions and tomatoes. And tortillas. Made about 6 tacos for him. The shrimp empanadas were different then why I thought they would be. Different dough then I'm not used to, and actual whole shrimp inside. We asked for water, and we got two bottled waters, each a dollar. Two dinners, an appetizer, and two bottles of water was $45. We would definitely go again. I hope they renovate the place though, it leaves something to be desired. Put in actual tables, not card tables, and get ice and actual glasses.

There are so many good places in this part of town - so I was excited to visit! Warning - there is seafood on the menu. And more seafood. Don't eat seafood? There is beef. Or seafood. Maybe a tostada with some guac? No... Salsa? No. I am not sure if you can blame the place for sticking to one thing - but I don't eat seafood so based on that I would give it 1 star. My companion loved his, and would give it 5 stars. So I settled in the middle... I would not return.

In Mexican town it's nice to have an option besides Mexican food! If you're looking for some great seafood stop by Salpicon. The wait staff is great! The ambiance is upbeat and the food is delicious and always fresh! There is also a club part for music and dancing so you don't have to go far after you finish your meal to burn off those calories!

Delicious food. Try the tostada de ceviche estilo Nayarit, right amount of tanginess & spice. Coctel de camarón is good too. The place is kind of grungy, like a hole in a wall, with a rusted nail in it.

Yeah.. it ain't it. I wanted a normal alcoholic beverage, and it came with shrimp in it. The drinks are crazy priced for something weird. The staff is horrible. Thick lil mamas but not all the way their yet. Oh and my drink came in a bowl not a cup.

I've had this place book marked for awhile and finally had the chance to make it in. Wow! The food was amazing!!!! I felt like was back in Puerto Vallarta.

We stopped here on a whim for drinks. Couldn't have been happier with the friendly hospitality and tasty drinks. Especially enjoyed the cantaritos. Delicious and affordable!

My husband and I heard about El Salpicon from the Southwest Detroit Restaurant Week and we're so glad we stopped in! Their seafood is tasty and very reasonably priced. Defintiely recommend trying their specialty drinks. We got the Damazo one with oysters and shrimp and it was delicious. We'll definitely come back here, especially with our family members who love ceviche.

It's great for the family the food is very tasty and IRON CHEF Estaban is a fantastic Chef

There seems to be a lot of positive reviews here on yelp but I cannot understand why. While it is perfectly OK to run a restaurant that has no concern with ambience, it's not ok to run a kitchen that has no concern with flavor at a price point on the high end of reasonable. This place offers a wide variety of choices, with an emphasis on seafood but with little emphasis on bringing out the best it can with the seafood that it offers. Although the ceviche has a little kick, It almost seems that the kitchen is relying on a belief that people love shrimp, crab and fish and won't notice the lack of fresh herbs, spices or seasonings. My group of four noticed and probably won't go back.

El Salpicon is far down Vernor and past most of the other Mexican restaurants but worth the drive if you want seafood. The place is kind of a dump and needs a fresh coat of paint and some sprucing up, but that being said, the food was pretty good. If we were rating it strictly on the food, we would have given it four stars. The portions are large and the prices reasonable. We had the fish ceviche (pretty good), the shrimp fajitas (great) and the shrimp empanadas (excellent). We would probably get all of them again. The service may not be very polished but fine nonetheless. We went to their main competitor down the street several months ago and the food here was definitely better. We'll be back.

Delicious food, great price. The music is a little loud so it makes it hard to hear the waitress.

Great place great food I thought It was going to be hard finding a place like this detroit this good since coming to work here from houston but didn't disappoint!

Amazing food ! Some of the best seafood I've had in a while - everything cooked perfectly ! Atmosphere inside is very cute and tropical. Also, had fantastic service. Would recommend 100%

Amazing seafood and friendly staff. I would highly recommend this location for small to medium party sizes. Get the molcajete de mariscos and michelada.

This place is fantastic. The atmosphere is quite beachy and tropical, so is the food! Tried the shrimp quesadilla and it was delicious! Prices are incredibly reasonable here too. Highly recommend!

Great Mexican Seafood Restaurant to enjoy in SouthWest Detroit; Food and Drinks are awesome with a great atmosphere I get the house special and the Chelada beers

OMG! wayyyy tooo expensive.... this is the worst place to eat, everything is just made with the cheapest frozen sea food, plus all the shrimp dishes are made with the cheapest shrimp on land. How can people eat in this place? there are better selections, please value you money and pay for quality food. Be Smart!