Reviews for El Sirenito in Seattle, WA
The food was just okay for the price. Service was also just okay, but I know it's harder with a big group. Tasty cocktails,... though! Read more
Firstly, the atmosphere and outdoor seating were great, super cute, and the food was also very delicious! However, that is where... the good things end as unfortunately the service ended up being sub par. We were never checked on while eating (refills,napkins, chips, sauce, another drink?) and we also did not get our drinks until halfway through our food, despite a smallercrowd. We waited for a bit once we were done, but from the time someone collected our dishes and offered the check, we sat for25-30 minutes. Sadly the vibe was more unwelcoming then anything, I liked this place a lot, but the service was just solackluster I can?t come back here in good conscious. Read more
It's been a while since we had a good date night, and I was on the prowl for some ceviche. That turned out to be the only good... part of our experience tonight. Started out just fine, made a drink order and ordered some appetizers. Drinks came just fine.When the appetizers got dropped at our table, we asked for more water. It never showed up. I tried for about 10 minutes to getour servers attention to get some napkins, but when those got dropped there wasn't even a query about if the apps were ok or ifwe wanted to order more food or drinks. We were never spoken to again after the appetizers came. It really felt like we werebeing deliberately avoided. After we sat there with empty drinks and plates for 15 minutes, we finally asked for our check fromthe other server because ours wouldn't even look in our direction. There easily could have been another hundred dollars on thatcheck. We are both reasonable, even nice people, having worked in the service industry ourselves, and we tip really well for thesame reason. What a bummer. Read more
Service was very bad, to the point where everyone at our table (who have all worked service jobs) spent various amounts of time... having full length conversations about the things they were observing and how off putting it was. We generally agreed that whatwe were seeing was likely the result of employees who did not care anymore and probably were "done" with management there, asopposed to just being bad employees. Food was OK at best, several dishes were left unfinished but most of the food was eaten.Fish tacos did not even get finished as no one wanted the last couple halves that were there, just not good enough to gorge on Iguess. The non-fish stuff was fine, but over-salted and kind of bland. Decor and interior was fine, nothing special, but theoutside seating space was nice enough. Would have been good for them to actually turn on the heaters for us, but this feeds backinto lack of service. They had the heaters on for the only other table that was there when we sat down, but never turned them onfor our table. Menu is a mess, they really need to be more specific with what their dishes actually are. Substituting friedfish for fresh fish or visa versa and not saying that specifically on the menu is always going to result in mixed experiencesfor people, even more so when the deep fired foods are battered. It would also be good to actually label what is gluten free andwhat isn't to prevent food being ordered that cant be eaten and then having to charge the customer for food they cant eatbecause you didn't label it on your menu and didn't think to offer up the information when directly asked about it. Finally, weare fairly confident that we got food poisoning from this food. Cant specifically say this was it, but fairly sure. Read more
Highly recommend the mushroom taco. it was so flavorful and was even good when reheated. I would like to dine in and try more of... their foods so i would definetly recommend to a friend. Read more
Had a lovely evening on the patio. A couple of cocktails, ceviche, the pozole special, and the comalito. It's really nice that... they offer open air tables. Outdoor dining during the winter/spring of another COVID year can be cold though, so bundle up orgrab an extra cocktail or both. Read more
I would give this place a 4 if the door leading to the back outdoor space was closed. It was very cold the night I stopped in... and my friend and I sat inside but it felt like we were outside. Big bummer. Food was really good. And would go back for thetres leches cake. Read more
Some of the best fish tacos you'll ever have. That's just one of the delectable small plates that you can get here. Order two or... three items in your bill will still be reasonable. The patio is amazing as well. Read more