BajaNomad - Restaurant Estrella del mar, La Paz

Restaurant Estrella del mar, La Paz

4x4abc - 4-6-2019 at 08:31 PM

been there a few times over the years, great location, so so food, tourist trap

went anyway tonight to see one of my favorite waiters who recently joined the crew there

cute girl takes order for beer
Pacifico
I am happy
5 minutes later a guy asks for my drink order
told him, I ordered Pacifico with the girl
"We don't have Pacifico"
I am no longer happy
I joke with the waiters about the food and order Rib-Eye supposed to be very good)
medium rare
almost an hour and 3 beers later I get a cold steak
now I am peeed
I send it back (won't mention the other un-edibles on the plate)
comes back hot, but as a medium
have to invent a new word to fit my emotions
I eat it anyway because I am hungry
its a lousy steak at gourmet prices
not even the house dog would take the rest of the steak
(can steak be that bad?)

they offer a free coffee or desert for the botched food
why would I wait endless for bad coffee?

no gracias - never again!

In case you missed it
Restaurant Estrella del Mar, La Paz
have a beer and enjoy the view
but don't get exposed to the kitchen

chuckie - 4-7-2019 at 05:02 AM

Good honest review Thanks

Mula - 4-7-2019 at 05:55 AM

When it was Stellas - it was good.
Now with new management - it is horrible.
Too bad for such a great location!

vandenberg - 4-7-2019 at 07:41 AM

NEVER was any good !! :barf:

Warf - 4-7-2019 at 08:03 AM

Friday night Salsa dancing with the Cubanos was fun!

AKgringo - 4-7-2019 at 08:17 AM

Pics? Not the steak, the cute girl!

Good to see that you are getting around town a bit, the leg must be getting better.

4x4abc - 4-7-2019 at 09:43 AM

only have pics of the toxic CFE plume hanging over town
by the time my food arrived it was so dark that I could hardly see my steak
so, no food pics

[Edited on 4-7-2019 by 4x4abc]

4x4abc - 4-7-2019 at 09:54 AM

and yes, with my special Star Wars Boot I can "walk" OK

charliemanson - 4-8-2019 at 11:59 AM

Complain, complain. Bad doctors, bad food, bad service, bad air...Maybe time to move on? Oh yeah..no money for a bus ticket outta here. You are the prototypical white dude that locals here despise and give the rest of us bad representation of who we actually are.

Now go away

ncampion - 4-8-2019 at 01:32 PM

We ate there a few months ago and agree that the service and quality are not what it used to be. Great location (unless the wind's blowing) but I won't be going back until I hear it's gotten the act together.

BTW, who orders steak at a sea food restaurant?

gnukid - 4-8-2019 at 01:56 PM

Back when it was Club Racing there would be 500 people on a Friday night, now they can't figure out how to serve a few dinners, the prices are 5x and they only hire people from outside the area?#$%@!

4x4abc - 4-8-2019 at 02:05 PM

hey, they learned the rules of capitalism

4x4abc - 4-8-2019 at 02:08 PM

my world is whole again
had lunch at Harker Board yesterday
Pacifico, Chipotle Burger
to die for
cool location
super friendly and fast staff

4x4abc - 4-8-2019 at 02:11 PM

to top it off I went to my favorite lunch spot today
lightning fast service
cold Pacifico
location good enough for your daily meditation
food for the most sensitive of tongues
and no, I won't tell you where

David K - 4-9-2019 at 08:15 AM

That hamburger place was sure good we went to, Harald.

4x4abc - 4-9-2019 at 10:22 AM

Quote: Originally posted by charliemanson

Complain, complain. Bad doctors, bad food, bad service, bad air...Maybe time to move on? Oh yeah..no money for a bus ticket outta here. You are the prototypical white dude that locals here despise and give the rest of us bad representation of who we actually are.

Now go away

how do you make your life better? How do you make the world a better place. By embracing everything bad? By running away?

Lee - 4-9-2019 at 11:38 AM

Quote: Originally posted by charliemanson

Just a little hard on Harald, aren't ya? Obviously not about his dining experiences alone.

Dude has had positive experiences and posts them. And less than positive which is luck of the draw.

Doesn't look like a problem to me. Why the cheap shots?

''Now go away.'' Man, who put you in charge?

Try contributing something to this forum? We're allowed to complain. We're gringoes.

Mother of Dragons - 4-30-2019 at 06:50 PM

Hi, do most of you eat at places right off the Melecon or on it? I’m coming down again but I mostly ate at La Fuente, I love raspados and paletas, or street carts.
This time I thought I would actually go to restaurants.
Thank you
Yes, I’m new, just registered.

BajaBlanca - 4-30-2019 at 07:47 PM

welcome Mother of Dragons! Very cool name BTW

We highly recommend Maria California restaurant. Really good food and neat atmosphere, the wait staff get profit sharing.

Harold!!!!! Please share the good food place since we are on our way to La Paz next week!

Mother of Dragons - 4-30-2019 at 07:58 PM

Thank you so much BajaBlanca. Much appreciated.

Alan - 5-1-2019 at 09:40 AM

Venture up just a couple streets from the Malecon. Some really good restaurants on both Revolucion and Madero. (See your other post)

Mother of Dragons - 5-1-2019 at 10:15 AM

Thank you Alan. I tend to venture all the streets in the morning and then evening. I’ll wrote down the streets you mentioned and will pay attention when walking them.

Alan - 5-1-2019 at 11:11 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Mother of Dragons

Thank you Alan. I tend to venture all the streets in the morning and then evening. I’ll wrote down the streets you mentioned and will pay attention when walking them.

Google Maps and Trip Adviser can help.

Mother of Dragons - 5-1-2019 at 11:51 AM

Alan, Yes they do help tons. I just want to run into a gringo too this trip and I prefer to keep things as local as simple as possible.