La Bocanita - Rio Rico

This restaurant is very small so it fills quickly. We went on a Saturday night, party of 3. There was live music which was nice, he was talented, but it was SO loud you can't have a normal table conversation. We never got drink or chip refills. Had to ask for napkins. It took quite some time for our food to come out after ordering. My food wasn't terrible but it wasn't flavorful for the price. There were definitely more peppers than (very dry) meat on my fajitas and the beans and rice had zero flavor. The flour tortillas were definitely the star of the show. Bf tried the bacon wrapped shrimp and they were AMAZING. The service was overall ok but not great.

We have eaten here before and haven't been disappointed. My son in law and I ordered the whole fish. They really know how to cook it, done but still moist. My wife had a delicious chicken enchiladas. Our granddaghter had a shrimp taco and a shrimp tostada, very good!

We'd heard that this place had really good seafood so we tried it. Of the four meals we had, only one was excellent. The others, not so much. Garlic shrimp really, really good with lots of shrimp and garlic Grilled octopus no way this was grilled and came in small pieces Shrimp skewer huge pieces of veggies. not good. Just look at the picture Shrimp empanadas way, way too doughy Service was spotty at best. We had to walk over to the server for our bill. It was understaffed for the lunch rush. All in all, it was a miss.

Worst chips and salsa of any restaurant in Santa Cruz County. Many entrees are to hot for most people. Other entrees are extremely over salty. Complaints are not welcome nor discounts or refunds allowed for unedible entrees. Shrimp cocktails are not deveined and we found some shrimp shells and a piece of plastic was found in one.

Great food but they don't have their liquor license. Not sure what happened because they had it, didn't have it, had it again, but now don't have it. Too bad cause cold beers go great with their great food.