La Casa Del Capitan - Puerto Peñasco

Our favorite place in Rocky Point with dangerous Margs! We love it here and go back every time we are in town.

Oh the view you'll get! Surprise there's a fantastic restaurant on top of the hill overlooking Peñasco with absolutely stunning views of the town and the ocean. Pelicans fly overhead and the soft sea breeze keeps you cool if you sit outside. The man running it is the grandchild of the original owners who still live next door. I love the family atmosphere and the care that you can feel when you walk in. The food is good, I would say caters to Americans. Everything I had was wonderful and the prices are super reasonable.

December 30, 2024. Saturday. Dinner. We walked here from our hotel, Penasco del Sol. This walk took about 30 minutes. This restaurant is on top of a hill, overlooking the ocean. Our view at sunset was spectacular and rarified. The restaurant stood empty of patrons except for my wife and I and another couple inside. The waiter told us this was because of the border closing at Lukeville, Arizona. He said the restaurant typically overflowed with tourists around New Years. Even our hotel and its parking lot were relatively empty. I ordered the Brocheta de Camaron, for $18. The Brocheta came with steamed vegetables (snappy, not fully cooked), rice, baked potato with butter, and 200 grams of shrimp on a skewer with soggy bacon, onion, green and red peppers. This did come with a small salad on the side. I ordered a Michelada with Indio beer, for an unknown amount since this wasn't on either side of the laminated menu. Watch out when ordering cocktails. Maybe ask them the price? We ordered guacamole with our chips, which was $8, ouch! This place is pricey, and the food is bland and unseasoned, so you are definitely paying for the view. Even the guacamole tasted unseasoned, like plain, mashed avocados. The Michelada was good and so was the Cadillac margarita that followed it. They gave us a coupon for 1/2 price entree on a subsequent visit, from 10 to 4 pm. We visited this restaurant again, using the aforementioned coupon, on January 1, New Years Day, for lunch. Note: this coupon can only be used for entrees on the front page of the menu. On this visit, two other parties besides us sat inside the restaurant, like we did, since it was a bit chilly outside. This time I ordered the Camarones Thermidor, for $18. This included 200 grams of shrimp, cooked with mushrooms, white wine and melted cheese. This came with rice and the same steamed vegetables, which were undercooked. This second time around was better because of the coupon. If you can visit here with a coupon, then it would be well worth it. You can currently find this coupon in the Rocky Point Times newspaper, towards the back, around page 69. The view is amazing, the food is average/bland, and the price would be less. You'd have to come for lunch or a very early dinner (4 PM).

View is great .food is overpriced and would rate it a 2 stars. We have been coming here for many years just for the view and over the years the food has gone more down hill. Kids has fish and chips which fries and fish tasted like the oil was not changed in over 2 months. The enchilada sauce was a mole ketchup mess. Stay away from fried and Mexican food with sauce. Go for anything grilled including fish or shrimp tacos I think we are done with this place. They need to up their game on the food!!

We had very good coconut shrimp and excellent flan. But sent the nachos back; which they received with good grace and no charge.