Puerto Cocina Urbana

Reviews

• James H.

  star star star star star 7 June 2026

  Every few weeks I take a group across the border to check out a few food and beverage spots that are highly acclaimed.  After selecting the neighborhood and siphoning through reviews I decided on Puerto as the photos made the place very enticing.  
  
  After noticing that some said the food orders came out on the slow side I decided that we would get there at opening.  We got there at noon on a Saturday and had the place to ourselves, which was awesome.  Puerto, being a seafood themed restaurant, had coastal decorations all over.  The stairway going upstairs was much talked about as it had oyster shells netted against the wall.  
  
  Thanks to Brad B's review and his rave of the Ahi Steak Burger I came in knowing what I wanted.  A friend of mine wanted to split the Aguachile Mixto and I am glad we did.  I am not sure the spices in it, but it had a nice kick to it.  We enjoyed chips and salsa while we awaited out entrees.  While all the salsas were good, I highly liked the creamy green one.  After much anticipation my Ahi Burger arrived.  It was perfectly dressed with fried onion strings, creamy avocado and a kind of chipotle mayo.  It was incredible and the steak fries it came with were great as well.  I had a margarita, which I wish was a bit bigger.  
  
  Service was fine and I think the prices were right on.  For example, my Ahi Steak Burger was around $10, but I imagine it would be around $15+ in California due to high costs of labor, rent, etc.  
  
  Everyone in attendance loved what they ordered and I think they would do it all over again.  And as I say about many places in Baja California I am already wanting to return.

• Claire R.

  star star star star star 31 May 2026

  Alonso Rabelo the manager is great, speaks good English!!! Love this place, great Ceviches and tacos. I would suggest trying the Mango Jarrito, the candy straw it comes with is delightful

• Julie L.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 28 May 2026

  The service was terrible here.  Joel G was incredibly rude as I walked in and became even more rude as my friends and I attempted to order drinks.  I gave up and decided not to order, my friends eventually were able to get drinks ordered.   Can't say much about the food because I couldn't bare ordering from a server with such utterly terrible rude service.  Sad, because it's a cute place with great stone sphere.  When a server is rude 3 times in the first 5 minutes-  you lost me at hello.  Worst part, tip was included, didn't even get a choice.

• Carlos R.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 25 May 2026

  I've never been treated like a sack of potatoes at the far corner of the kitchen fool. My mother and I were sat at the table by the cigarette butt box is (the smell was just horrible), we were given out menus..... and left there, forgotten for 30 minutes. Out neighbor miss bitch attitude got served 3 beers footing this time, out waiter never stoped once to see if we wanted some water. We walked out and the staff still has the nerve to tell us thank you come again.  What a joke

• Brad B.

  star star star star star 18 May 2026

  I've been eye f#cking Puerto Cocina Urbana's Instagram page for a few months now, (go look now), and I made a point of it being my first stop last weekend during a quick jaunt into Tijuana.
  
  You're going to have to know where you're going, speak decent Spanish if you opt for a taxi, or set the destination in your Uber app once you've crossed. No it's not walkable from the border crossing but is only a 7-10 minute drive once you land a car. Once you pull up you'll see that the building is beautiful, new, modern, and welcoming. Time to eat!
  
  Then language barrier is real though there are a few employees that speak some broken English. This is where my basic Spanish worked wonders but more importantly the food pics on Instagram served as our "picture menu" as there is no English anywhere in print.
  
  I feel like I went ahi crazy and ordered one of their ceviches with soy sauce that played a lot more like a poke. I loved it! The serving size was large and the dish itself was fish heavy with very little filler. Served with crackers or tostada shells... take your pick!
  
  The ahi burger was our most expensive item at about $9.00 and it was huge! This sandwich at home would ring in at $18.00 - $20.00 with the massive amount of fish that was loaded onto the bun. Topped with guacamole and served with a side of fries this one was a winner. I'll admit, I was pretty full when this "burger" came out so I ended up ditching the bun and devouring the fish. Now I know for next time!
  
  The bill arrived and for $40.00 we knocked out two vodka cocktails, one local beer, an ahi burger, the ahi ceviche/poke and some carnitas style pulpo. One of the pricier meals in Tijuana but absolutely worth it. I'd love to come back with friends for an end of the week happy hour, a birthday or hell, any reason at all.
  
  Oh, $0.50 oysters for happy hour... just sayin'.