Walking to restaurant when we found out reservations were cancelled.
Fredy Zacarias
Been waiting for over 40 mins, this is unacceptable. They aren’t even packed, or half way. Don’t recommend, don’t ever come here.
Jackson Taylor
Our bartender CG was absolutely fantastic tonight!! We grabbed a few drinks before sitting at our table and she was working very hard. She was very attentive to me and my wife, even though she had three full tables of about 10 people at each and a bar top. We watched her give the same great service to everyone and make drinks at an impressive pace. She was delightful and always smiling and I still can’t believe she was able to handle us all. When we sat at our table we could see her serving another wave of people. This time it had to be at least 40, but she wasn’t breaking a sweat! She was very funny and gave us delicious drinks before we sat down. The food was also very good. We thoroughly enjoyed the vibe.
Brandon Trosch
Not a single thing from the chips and guacamole, to the margaritas, and the dinner it’s self. Terrible.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
larry hall
Happened to eat here on a Tuesday. Had no idea that meant it was Taco Tuesday, but it was. All tacos are 4 bucks. Best deal in town!! Even at full price these tacos are the best deal in town. Once in a great while you stumble into a restaurant that changes your life, SoCal is one of those places. Every taco (I got 4 just because I couldn’t decide) was spectacular. So much meat the shell couldn’t close, the flavors would make you want to smack your mama. LOVED this place, I will go again if I ever get back to Tuscaloosa. Roll Tide! Just kidding not an Alabama fan, unless it is the country band. The tacos were amazing, atmosphere was amazing, and the location was easy to get to. A must try restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delaney Godwin
came in for the first time with a group of 6 and all had a good experience. they got a table cleaned up for our group size and, even though it was empty, our server didnt hide away or forget about us. they were attentive, service was quick, pre-bussing and refills were on point. food was also very good, quick, and fresh for the late night meal. pricing was nice too and i like the daily discount specials. the two tacos i tried (~$9.5 total) were impressive and i liked the flavor and kick they had. fries were also good, served very hot which is sometimes difficult for those foods that cool down quickly. overall enjoyed the night and would come back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kim Traxel
We were traveling and decided to try this place. We were there about an hour and a half before closing time so they weren't super busy. We both ordered taco plates. The service started out slow and it didn't get any better. The waitress took our drink order. It took forever to get them and she didn't bring straws. Then it took forever to get those. Placed our order and it was an unreasonable amount of time to wait. I think the waitress checked on us once for drinks...they had been sitting there empty. Finally, our food arrived (approximately 50 minutes after ordering) and it was ice COLD. We had ordered two tacos but they prepared it as a taco plate with rice and beans. The beans were scaled over and looked like a small cow pie that had been sitting for a while and ran over. The rice was ice cold. Both were tiny portions. Those weren't as big a deal as the tacos. Tacos were Ice ice cold too. Once of the tacos was a California taco and had fries on it...yep...ice cold. It was so bad, I said something to the waitress. Her response, it can't be, they made it fresh. So, we ate ice cold tacos. Didn't touch the beans or rice and left one of the tacos because couldn't do the chicken taco cold. We were never offered a solution and when the waitress came to bring the bill was the only somewhat of an apology we received. She said they had all new staff in the kitchen and she was sorry it took so long. CLUELESS. Yes, it took a lifetime. That was bad enough but we never complained about that. We complained about the temperature of the food. We left unhappy and won't be back next time we travel through. It was the least busy restaurant down there at the time and maybe we should have taken that as a sign. Service was AWFUL. Food was Cold. Customer Service didn't exist. We were sorry we stopped at this place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Mad Fork
server was EXTREMELY rude.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Matt Banks
Great tacos and drinks!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bryan Ferguson
My wife and I visited for the first time tonight, the atmosphere was very cool, the service was great, the tacos were excellent!! We’ll definitely be back!
First, the waitress spoke to us and then walked past us to greet the guests behind us. The burritos barely had meat in them. The drinks were good, but it was no hand washing with the bartender and server. We sat at the bar because there were no tables available due to being short staffed.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
David Dolbear
Our server Lindsey was great! She is one of the best servers I’ve ever had!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Erial Malone
Hello. My friend and I recently visited this establishment. The heavier set lady working the upstairs part was very rude and bias. The white people are who came before me she let them in without checking their id when they clearly looked under age. When it was our turn she took about 45 seconds examining my id to find nothing but my birthday and a picture of me. This was very bias.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 1
Barbara Lewis
Their burrito was fantastic!
Giulian Gerow
Been in Tuscaloosa for 7 months now and I’ve tried every restaurant but socal cantina is the one I can’t stop going to, the California style Mexican food is just unbeatable. I recommend getting the socal burrito with or without meat it’s still delicious also I always order chips and salsa to go which they give to me for free(only place that does that) and they’re amazing at making drinks. I find it quite hilarious to see the one star reviews and their comments because I come to eat here at all different times of the day busy or slow and I’ll always give them a 5⭐️review YOU MUST TRY THIS RESTAURANT!!!
Walking to restaurant when we found out reservations were cancelled.
Been waiting for over 40 mins, this is unacceptable. They aren’t even packed, or half way. Don’t recommend, don’t ever come here.
Our bartender CG was absolutely fantastic tonight!! We grabbed a few drinks before sitting at our table and she was working very hard. She was very attentive to me and my wife, even though she had three full tables of about 10 people at each and a bar top. We watched her give the same great service to everyone and make drinks at an impressive pace. She was delightful and always smiling and I still can’t believe she was able to handle us all. When we sat at our table we could see her serving another wave of people. This time it had to be at least 40, but she wasn’t breaking a sweat! She was very funny and gave us delicious drinks before we sat down. The food was also very good. We thoroughly enjoyed the vibe.
Not a single thing from the chips and guacamole, to the margaritas, and the dinner it’s self. Terrible.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Happened to eat here on a Tuesday. Had no idea that meant it was Taco Tuesday, but it was. All tacos are 4 bucks. Best deal in town!! Even at full price these tacos are the best deal in town. Once in a great while you stumble into a restaurant that changes your life, SoCal is one of those places. Every taco (I got 4 just because I couldn’t decide) was spectacular. So much meat the shell couldn’t close, the flavors would make you want to smack your mama. LOVED this place, I will go again if I ever get back to Tuscaloosa. Roll Tide! Just kidding not an Alabama fan, unless it is the country band. The tacos were amazing, atmosphere was amazing, and the location was easy to get to. A must try restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
came in for the first time with a group of 6 and all had a good experience. they got a table cleaned up for our group size and, even though it was empty, our server didnt hide away or forget about us. they were attentive, service was quick, pre-bussing and refills were on point. food was also very good, quick, and fresh for the late night meal. pricing was nice too and i like the daily discount specials. the two tacos i tried (~$9.5 total) were impressive and i liked the flavor and kick they had. fries were also good, served very hot which is sometimes difficult for those foods that cool down quickly. overall enjoyed the night and would come back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We were traveling and decided to try this place. We were there about an hour and a half before closing time so they weren't super busy. We both ordered taco plates.
The service started out slow and it didn't get any better. The waitress took our drink order. It took forever to get them and she didn't bring straws. Then it took forever to get those. Placed our order and it was an unreasonable amount of time to wait. I think the waitress checked on us once for drinks...they had been sitting there empty.
Finally, our food arrived (approximately 50 minutes after ordering) and it was ice COLD. We had ordered two tacos but they prepared it as a taco plate with rice and beans. The beans were scaled over and looked like a small cow pie that had been sitting for a while and ran over. The rice was ice cold. Both were tiny portions. Those weren't as big a deal as the tacos. Tacos were Ice ice cold too. Once of the tacos was a California taco and had fries on it...yep...ice cold.
It was so bad, I said something to the waitress. Her response, it can't be, they made it fresh. So, we ate ice cold tacos. Didn't touch the beans or rice and left one of the tacos because couldn't do the chicken taco cold.
We were never offered a solution and when the waitress came to bring the bill was the only somewhat of an apology we received. She said they had all new staff in the kitchen and she was sorry it took so long. CLUELESS. Yes, it took a lifetime. That was bad enough but we never complained about that. We complained about the temperature of the food.
We left unhappy and won't be back next time we travel through. It was the least busy restaurant down there at the time and maybe we should have taken that as a sign. Service was AWFUL. Food was Cold. Customer Service didn't exist. We were sorry we stopped at this place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
server was EXTREMELY rude.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great tacos and drinks!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My wife and I visited for the first time tonight, the atmosphere was very cool, the service was great, the tacos were excellent!! We’ll definitely be back!
Restaurantji Recommends
First, the waitress spoke to us and then walked past us to greet the guests behind us. The burritos barely had meat in them. The drinks were good, but it was no hand washing with the bartender and server. We sat at the bar because there were no tables available due to being short staffed.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Our server Lindsey was great! She is one of the best servers I’ve ever had!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hello. My friend and I recently visited this establishment. The heavier set lady working the upstairs part was very rude and bias. The white people are who came before me she let them in without checking their id when they clearly looked under age. When it was our turn she took about 45 seconds examining my id to find nothing but my birthday and a picture of me. This was very bias.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 1
Their burrito was fantastic!
Been in Tuscaloosa for 7 months now and I’ve tried every restaurant but socal cantina is the one I can’t stop going to, the California style Mexican food is just unbeatable. I recommend getting the socal burrito with or without meat it’s still delicious also I always order chips and salsa to go which they give to me for free(only place that does that) and they’re amazing at making drinks. I find it quite hilarious to see the one star reviews and their comments because I come to eat here at all different times of the day busy or slow and I’ll always give them a 5⭐️review YOU MUST TRY THIS RESTAURANT!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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