La Penca Azul Taco Bar

2406 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda
(510) 769-9133

Recent Reviews

Eric Avirett

Best fish tacos I’ve ever had. We seriously need Kieth Lee to come try this spot. 100% it would blow up. Customer service was impeccable. I got 2 of the Beer Battered fish tacos, a steak quesadilla, and a mandarin Jarritos. Out the door w tip, $33.Hella good.

Cece B.

I'll give them two stars instead of one because it's New Year's Day and maybe they didn't have their act together. But a super steak burrito for 20 bucks was delivered with 80% rice, 10% steak and 10% refried beans with nothing else inside. The guacamole on the side was sort of OK, but I think it was really just mashed avocado. The tortilla chips were pretty good. I'll give them a 7 out of 10. If I hadn't already taken it home before eating it, I would've asked for a refund.

Kim S.

The taco bar is a great value and so delicious. Fun to add all the ingredients you want. I always order more than I can finish. Love the taco bar!

Sally Brownson

The tortillas are made fresh right when you order, they have excellent meat selection, and they have great toppings and aguas frescas. Perfect for takeout.

HardcoreGamer GTZ

Great small restaurant to eat out at. Owners where very friendly and hardworking. I had the tota and the esquite, which were both very flavorful and packed with condiments/food items of my choosing. The flan dessert was absolutely decadent. Overall great place to eat at and at a good price. Definitely recommend giving it a try if you are in the area.

Binta Diakite

Delicious food ,great service, and outdoor dining!

Jennifer C.

Extremely generous portions. We ordered the carne asada nachos & Super Famoso carne asada burrito. Took 1/2 of each home--portions are good for 2 meals. They give you chips and salsa. Only weird thing is you order and pay inside when you eat outside.

May Goo-Smylie

I drive from SF to have their birria tacos. So delicious...2 homemade tortillas filled with fillings from heaven and served with the perfect consomme. Ask for the grilled jalapenos heated on the flat top along with the tacos.

Daniel O.

Loved the place! A cute little spot with great food, service, and good prices. I got a fish burrito, which they make to order with the exact ingredients thay tou desire.

Ayden M.

$15 for a burrito? Super disappointed, I normally go here and they make a good size burrito but for some reason today they made it very small. This is half of the burrito and it's the size of this mini remote definitely not worth the money.

Jennifer Mosier

Spinach tortillas available for the burritos! Fish and shrimp burrito with corn and tomatoes for the win.

Aimee Hager

Have been loving it since it opened. Wish they would open up the back patio again. We love everything there!

Brooke L-J

This place is amazing! All the ingredients were super fresh and the tortillas are homemade. This is definitely a new favorite spot.

Jenny L.

After the Antique Flea Market nearby we came by to grab a bite to eat as this place had pretty good ratings on Yelp. I'm not much of a Mexican food gal but this place didn't disappoint. I ordered the Quesabirria with Consume. It was corn tortilla that was freshly made from this machine (see my photo). This place was so clean. The bar was spotless. Staff were friendly. Saw staff cleaning store windows outside when we were leaving. This place cares about their cleanliness which is great! This restaurant is really big. One side u can go in and sit down to order and eat. But if u walk to the left side of it, they have this taco bar area where u can just get a quick bite and go. And thats what we did. If you crave for some Mexican food. Come here and give this place a shot.

Naveed M.

Our family has been coming here almost every week since they opened. We've enjoyed it for a long time but the quality of the service and the food has declined quite a bit over the last 6 months and my experience today was the last straw. I placed a pickup order today via the Caviar app for 4 tacos. My order was ready when I arrived, but all 4 tacos were made incorrectly. When I raised the issue, one of the employees countered that I was wrong. I then showed him the receipt that the staff themselves had attached to the bag of food and he realized after a couple of mins of reviewing it that he was wrong. The employee then took the receipt to the manager and came back and in an accusatory tone told me that I only paid for 3 tacos, not 4, and that I owed them more money even though everything was already prepaid through the Caviar app. I dug into it further and it turns out that Caviar is not charging customers the extra $2 for fish tacos, which explained the discrepancy, so I paid them the difference. I let the manager (who stays on the restaurant side) know that he should take up the pricing issue with Caviar/Doordash so this doesn't happen to future customers. All in all, a pretty disappointing experience of getting my order wrong, denying it, then accusing me of shortchanging them. My son loves their grilled fish so I'll continue getting that for him, but we won't be giving them any business beyond that.

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