Del Pez Mexican Gastropub Wilmington NC

T.S. Wilson

Everything about my experience last night was delicious. I ordered the plantain skillet and chicken enchiladas and was pleasantly surprised. My friend ordered the season salad, which consisted of crab, charred romaine, corn and a guacamole dressing. Our server, was attentive without hovering, and made sure we had everything we needed. There was some type of trivia event going on, but I wasn't paying much attention because I was focused on the food. My only issue was the margarita, it was a little too sweet for my taste and kind of small, but other than that great experience.

MM A

I really wanted to give this place 5 stars but few things inhibited me from it.. 1- our waitress was fairly unversed with the menu and when asked for removal of chicken from the enchiladas (since no cheese/non meat enchilada options were not available) she wasn't sure if this could be done?!?! Not sure that I've ever heard of a customer not getting to pick if they don't want a meat item in the meu, 2- the restaurant was essentially empty but I had super difficult time booking for party of 8, not sure if it's a staffing issue but I called few times and kept being informed that there wasn't anything available.. to my surprise when I arrived... the restaurant was almost fully empty, 3- a very limited menu, 4- I asked for tacos without bacon and it came out filled with bacon... this was promptly addressed but honestly I think the item was simply placed on a plate and the bacon pieces were attempted to be fully removed because when the item returned I again found some pieces in the dish.. at this point we had been there longer than desired which brings me to my next point, 5- food took way too long to come out. 6- molten cake was at best average, almost tasted like it had been defrosted. Now to the good points, 1- nice, location, appears to be a gentrified location, 2- Restaurant is nicely designed, fairly large and clean, 3- The waitress was pleasant and did fill drinks quite promptly so that was nice, 4- the food that I ordered was quite tasty and delicious. Overall I don't think I'll come back. If they expand the menu, more informed staff and appropriately fix mistakes then I may consider future trip in this direction... which I don't suspect will happen any time soon.

U. Nathan Davis

Food was DELICIOUS!!!😋 and our waitress was AWESOME!!!😁 The only downside was the "front of house/hostess" her way of greeting was stern and cold, not very inviting. Her "how may I help you" felt more like [what are you doing here] than a [I'd really like to help] Usually when you walk into a restaurant it's a "welcome to xxx, are we dining in/taking out today?" Not "may I help you???😐🤨" Also a physical menu would be nice*