Catalina Fish Kitchen

670 W 17th St, Costa Mesa - 92627
186 reviews
Seafood
(949) 645-8873

Very casual, but good fresh food. Several cheviches to choose from, mainly taco/burrito/sandwich fare. Great salads and seafood.

Best seared Ahi taco I've ever eaten.. seriously good food with fun low key atmosphere. You should try it!?

Tacos were really good. I tried a fish, lobster, and tiger shrimp. Great value, and excellent quality. I can't wait to go back and try everything else on the menu.

Fast service and tasty food. Highly recommend the seared ahi tacos. The ahi tasted fresh and was seared perfectly! We got one plate (2 tacos, rice and beans) 2 tacos a la carte and 2 beers and the total was $40, which in my opinion is totally worth it!

They have the best fish tacos in the area . It’s clean and affordable . Love the Burritos lobster,Fish and chips, gumbo ,great selection of beer always ice coldLove the place .

Such a cute place and the food is super delicious, there is a lot of things to try ???

All I had were the fish and chips which to me were a great disappointment. They weren’t fish and chips as we have come to know them but a variation that had a thick Panko crust over a thin strip of fish. Not worth the 12 bucks. The help was unfriendly I don’t know if the guy could speak English or if he was just high on something. I kept asking for malt vinegar to put on the fish and he kept telling me I would be getting some with the meal. When it couldn’t be found he claimed the vinegar was in the shrimp cocktail sauce that was in the shrimp cocktail sauce that was included in the basket! Come on! There wasn’t any malt vinegar anywhere in that place. So if you’re looking for authentic fish and chips you won’t find it here.Summary: high priced for what you get, you don’t get much fish it’s just a lot of breading, no beer batter breading to be seen only Panko, and no malt vinegar to complete the dish. The Panko was almost burnt.Perhaps the other dishes are good here I wouldn’t know, my disappointment with the fish and chips will send me elsewhere. And the help were not motivated. Nice atmosphere though.

Aside from a British Pub in the San Fernando Valley, this place has the best fish and chips I've ever had. And there are a lot of menu choices I’ve never tried, including a breakfast burrito with lobster. Casual too.

Fish and chips are odd. The fish is old school panko breading like high school cafeteria.

Cheap beer during happy hour but skip the food and go somewhere else.