Reviews for South of Nick's San Clemente | Mexican Kitchen + Bar in San Clemente, CA

Based on a positive recommendation from my friend I opted to have my Birthday dinner here. It was a wonderful experience from... the atmosphere, amazing service and absolutely delicious food! Our waitress was super friendly and made me feel special on myBirthday, even giving me a signed Birthday card from the restaurant with everyone's signature. I would highly recommend and wewill be back! Read more

Food, cocktails, and service are on point. The BEST taco salad I have ever had! The chicken and carnitas are both so delicious.... Can’t recommend more. Read more

We went here with our 1 year old and let me tell you, we had an outstanding experience. Our server Rebecca did a phenomenal job... checking in on us making sure we were good. The food was absolutely delicious! My husband and I are both hispanic we had doubtsabout the food because usually when a place says modern Mexican Food it ain’t good. We were blown away this food wasinnovative and made us experience food from our culture in a new way. The chiefs bring the food out to you and it’s just worththe money. Can’t wait to take my parents here as well. 5 STARS ?????????? Read more

Best meal of this trip. So good we booked it twice in the same week! The Single Barrel marg was refreshing. Guacamole tasted... fresh. Carnitas were jammed with amazing flavor. My daughter loved her chicken flautas. The shrimp taquitos had a nice spicykick. Jaden provided perfect service. He made great recommendations! Read more

I've been here twice and I've enjoyed their food, drinks, and service. Honestly, I don't give out that many 5 stars, but I... really didn't find any negatives here. Being Mexican myself, I can say the food is good quality and had good flavor. They havereally good cocktails and mocktails. I was joking with my wife about how if this place had bad food, I'd still come back becauseof their service... I'll say it again, this is definitely a place where I'd consider it for top 5 best services I've evergotten. Read more

Service was on point, food was so delicious, and I highly recommend the steak and seafood enchilada,, rice and beans! The... Tamarindo margarita was one of the tastiest I've had in the OC. Read more

This Nick’s location is amazing. Super friendly staff. Called close to closing and asked if I could still come in and grab a... bite to eat. They didn’t hesitate for a second when telling me that it would be their pleasure to have me come dine in. For adrink, I got the Tijuana Poolside - a delicious rum cocktail. For food I ordered the slow braised beef tacos. The tacos were“melt in your mouth” delicious! My companion got a local beer and a combination dish. Had we not been closing down therestaurant, I would have tried dessert. The table behind us received to be some sort of cake with an assortment of fruits andsyrup. The dark ambience and atmosphere of the restaurant was calming. I also loved the open kitchen. I will definitely becoming back here to try out additional food and drinks! Read more

Food was full of flavor, you could taste the freshness of the seafood.???? We had cucumber (I think margarita?) ???? All I know... it was Very refreshing. Service was great..a little overkill with checking on us???? to the point of disrupting our meal. But Istill give 5?. So if you are looking for great tasting high quality food this is the place to be for Seafood/Mexicancuisine.???????????????? Enjoy! Read more