Absolutely delicious and the lady was so friendly and nice. The portions are amazing. Definitely come with an empty stomach LOL. Overall I would definitely recommend coming here. The only catch is this establishment is cash only so remember to bring cash with you.
Incredible value for fresh, delicious food! Note that they are cash only.
We ordered a veg burrito ($10) and a tostada ($7) at the counter and seated ourselves. They brought chips and salsa right away. The chips tasted fresh and were only lightly greasy (the perfect level of grease). These were probably the best chips and salsa I’ve ever had. The service was so fast that our food came out before we had even finished our chips and salsa. I was actually stunned at how quick they were.
The veg burrito is much bigger than the typical burrito size (probably a 9” tortilla?), and the tostada was piled high with toppings. They also gave us sautéed onions and peppers, some red salsa, and pico de gallo on the side.
Everything tasted fresh. My only critique is that the burrito was loosely wrapped and ended up falling apart towards the end. But, they provide you with a fork and knife which came in handy for me. Given the incredibly affordable price point for downtown San Mateo and the quality of the food, I didn’t even mind that the burrito got a little messy.
Past the counter, there’s a doorway to access the back seating area which has two beautiful murals on the walls. The back seating area is covered but partly exposed to the outdoors.
We left feeling full and satisfied and will definitely be back – gracias!
found this place through Google, when we first saw it I had second thoughts. but it turned out this is truly a hole in the wall mom-and-pop restaurant and that’s not in a bad way. Typically a hole in the wall restaurant has very delicious food
this place has a very delicious Authentic Mexican food. Now, I didn’t order anything special. I had a chicken burrito extra meat no rice.
#1. the food was cooked well and when you pay for extra chicken, here you get extra chicken! the burrito was huge, very delicious chicken and the flavor bursted at first bite. Real talk!
#2. Mexican ladys receive you with their homemade tortilla chips and their guacamole salsa. for free!, Bomb salsa!
These ladies customer service was through the roof, really made you feel welcomed and making sure you had everything you needed and with extra salsa, extra chips, without asking for it, like grandma would do for you. Just trying to feed you.
They brought grilled jalapeños, grilled onions on the side and this was before my burrito was served.
The customer service and the atmosphere really allowed me to enjoy my lunch. These two things have ruined my lunch experience in many other places.
Great food, great experience. definitely recommend it, definitely will be coming back when I’m in Northern California again.
Very happy to find this place!! We had shrimp and fish tacos and they were absolutely delicious! Juicy and fresh and a lot of shrimp (also not salty at all. Had freshly squeezed juice and loved it. Such a great deal. Must try
Good food, typical taqueria in suburban San Francisco. Great varieties of meat to chooses from and portion sizes are generous. They use double tortillas for their tacos which makes them very filling.. staff are good and helpful. Bathrooms are outside so have to request keys.. food comes quick and don’t forget to ask for fried onions and jalapenos that are available complementary for tacos.. price is reflective of San Francisco, bit on the upside but that’s true for all locations in the region..Will go again.
Alex Campbell
Absolutely delicious and the lady was so friendly and nice. The portions are amazing. Definitely come with an empty stomach LOL. Overall I would definitely recommend coming here. The only catch is this establishment is cash only so remember to bring cash with you.
Kat
Incredible value for fresh, delicious food! Note that they are cash only.
We ordered a veg burrito ($10) and a tostada ($7) at the counter and seated ourselves. They brought chips and salsa right away. The chips tasted fresh and were only lightly greasy (the perfect level of grease). These were probably the best chips and salsa I’ve ever had. The service was so fast that our food came out before we had even finished our chips and salsa. I was actually stunned at how quick they were.
The veg burrito is much bigger than the typical burrito size (probably a 9” tortilla?), and the tostada was piled high with toppings. They also gave us sautéed onions and peppers, some red salsa, and pico de gallo on the side.
Everything tasted fresh. My only critique is that the burrito was loosely wrapped and ended up falling apart towards the end. But, they provide you with a fork and knife which came in handy for me. Given the incredibly affordable price point for downtown San Mateo and the quality of the food, I didn’t even mind that the burrito got a little messy.
Past the counter, there’s a doorway to access the back seating area which has two beautiful murals on the walls. The back seating area is covered but partly exposed to the outdoors.
We left feeling full and satisfied and will definitely be back – gracias!
Danny
I was visiting Northern California again,
found this place through Google, when we first saw it I had second thoughts. but it turned out this is truly a hole in the wall mom-and-pop restaurant and that’s not in a bad way. Typically a hole in the wall restaurant has very delicious food
this place has a very delicious Authentic Mexican food. Now, I didn’t order anything special. I had a chicken burrito extra meat no rice.
#1. the food was cooked well and when you pay for extra chicken, here you get extra chicken! the burrito was huge, very delicious chicken and the flavor bursted at first bite. Real talk!
#2. Mexican ladys receive you with their homemade tortilla chips and their guacamole salsa. for free!, Bomb salsa!
These ladies customer service was through the roof, really made you feel welcomed and making sure you had everything you needed and with extra salsa, extra chips, without asking for it, like grandma would do for you. Just trying to feed you.
They brought grilled jalapeños, grilled onions on the side and this was before my burrito was served.
The customer service and the atmosphere really allowed me to enjoy my lunch. These two things have ruined my lunch experience in many other places.
Great food, great experience. definitely recommend it, definitely will be coming back when I’m in Northern California again.
Gracias señoritas!
Blackberry BB
Very happy to find this place!! We had shrimp and fish tacos and they were absolutely delicious! Juicy and fresh and a lot of shrimp (also not salty at all. Had freshly squeezed juice and loved it. Such a great deal. Must try
Máx
Good food, typical taqueria in suburban San Francisco. Great varieties of meat to chooses from and portion sizes are generous. They use double tortillas for their tacos which makes them very filling.. staff are good and helpful. Bathrooms are outside so have to request keys.. food comes quick and don’t forget to ask for fried onions and jalapenos that are available complementary for tacos.. price is reflective of San Francisco, bit on the upside but that’s true for all locations in the region..Will go again.