50 Best Mexican Restaurants near El Sobrante

“GREAT FOOD, WONDERFUL SERVICE. EMPLOYEES ARE FRIENDLY. YOU ASK FOR SOMETHING EXTRA LIKE CHIPS, SALSA, LIME, THEY PROVIDE THEM WITHOUT HESITATION.“

“muuuy buen servicio y Rápido“

“WOW and a second WOW. Excellent cousin, awesome variety, great portions, quality products, extraordinary service, clean place and a convenient location with available parking! What else can a hungry person ask for... Let's support our good local businesses so there could be more like them, top choice for @service... Thank you Anabel having such a wonderful place to enjoy a delicious meal!

Vegetarian options: Because the owner manages, cooks and serves you can ask for your favorite dish to be made vegetarian or even Vega and she will make it fresh, specially cooked for you!

Dietary restrictions: Place the order the way you want it and Anabel(owner) will make sure you get exactly what you ordered!

Parking: Location comes with a parking lot next to the building, no need to walk far or cross the street!

Kid-friendliness: Just about everything served at Kaliente is kid-friendly and if there's anything your child doesn't want to have in their meal, just say so and they'll make it the way you want it with a smile!

Wheelchair accessibility: Entrance is at street level and with a double door for easy access!“

“I would never eat off of another taco truck. This Taco's Rodriguez, makes the best authentic Mexican food. I have been eating here for as long as they have been there. I don't eat Mexican food just anywhere. I'm picky when it comes to my Mexican food, and I have never been disappointed by these guys.I will continue to eat this food, and continue toreccomend all my family and friends to them, if they want good authentic Mexican food. 100%“

“Best carnitas tacos anywere!“

“Edited my review down to a 4 stars because they don't offer early brunch on a weekend. We came at 9:40am today, Sunday, and they're closed. Why? I hope they'll reconsider their schedule because many customers like to eat earlier than 10am. Btw, we went to their competitors a few blocks down and it was full of people having breakfast.
Lovely new (for us) Mexican restaurant on university av. We stopped for Sunday brunch and food was excellent. Huevos rancheros, my husband's favorite, were perfect, fresh squeeze OJ, good lattes and wonderful cafe de olla. I had scrambled eggs (tacos a la Mexicana) without the tortilla, and plátanos fritos--so fantastic. Friendly service, and the ambience is top notch. We'll come back!“

“Highly recommended, creative way of serving carnitas tacos. Delicious!! Menu is simple and easy to understand and we got a cookie with our order. Finally a legit place in Orinda“

“Excelente servicio y por supuesto la comida es verdaderamente deliciosa viajamos por una hr de San Francisco a Vallejo pero valió la pena el marisco es muy fresco y riquísimo todooooo!! los platillos mexicanos como el Molcajete es muy rico. Al principio ellos ponen chips crujientes frescos y salsa en tu mesa y tienen una barra de diferentes salsas las cuales puedes disfrutar con tus chips, el ambiente te hace sentir como en casa ellos son muy amables y al final te llevan unos ricos churros con crema de cortesía. Volveríamos una y muchas veces más a este lugar.“

“Excellent food and service“

“I love their food and service. The tamales and excellent and the masa is always fresh and delicious. Sometimes they have daily specials which are also delicious such as tacos dorados and eliotes in a cup. Yum.

I don’t eat pork so the owner makes the masa with oil instead of lard, if I place a minimum order. Thanks Sergio for accommodating my diet restrictions.“

“I do not frequent this area often but was in town for work. Was looking for a lunch spot and saw the great reviews and photos of the food. I opted for the Chilaquiles with carne asada red sauce. I'm telling you...it was the best serving of Chilaquiles I have ever had. Perfectly soaked chips with great sauce and onions...the meat was super flavorful. I will 100% be stopping by every time I'm in the area so I can try it all. Give them a try!“

“So happy to find a delicious and friendly restaurant that doesn’t close in the afternoon in my neighborhood. We have been there several times in the past couple months and I’m still trying new things on the menu. My husband tried the ribs which he said were the best he’s ever had and half the serving went home with him. It was huge! Desserts are exceptional especially the flan. I’m still exploring their vegetarian options but so far my favorite is their version of chili relleno. Come and relax and enjoy the food and friendly atmosphere!“

“If you blink you'll miss it. I blinked and had to go around again, but boy I'm glad I did! Good clean cooking and welcoming server. I came by way of an a-fram sign while driving to and from a showing appointment -- I just wanted a quick something to eat. But all in all the three sisters do Mexican cuisine awesome. Great presentation, and yummy. #TheBrokerWithAHeart“

“Literally a hidden gem! After a hot sauna with friends, we decided to check this place out. I wasn’t even hungry and was pretty skeptical, so my bf and I started with only 4 tacos. However after the first bite, I was completely won over by the flavor and the incredibly tender pork so I ended up ordering every flavor on the menu, and each one was just as impressive. Especially in this super duper inflated world, where else can you find $1 chips and $3 tacos? Highly recommend for anyone craving authentic, affordable, and unbelievably delicious ?“

“We were there from San Mateo- really enjoyed their burria, prepared very well with fresh salad & homemade salsas. The pozole we took home for dinner which was delicious and meaty. Definitely worth trying!“

“Really good food! Very nice and kind workers. This was my 2nd time eating here. Both times I ate in my car.

If you like to drink alcohol, you can get a drink next door and order Mexican food here and stand at the bar to the left of where you order, and drink and eat.“

“True Mexican food and a lovely family business. Our waitress was Lynda or Linda I think and she was amazing and so attentive to our needs. Such a sweet lady and we even got a tour and met one of the family at the end of our meal. Went with a couple of friends for lunch after a conference nearby and would love to come back if ever in the area. Been meaning to do a review for this place since visiting in May and just reminded by finding the sticker! Thanks again guys.“

“Tostaditas de tinga (de-li-cious)“

“Excelente servicio. El mismo dueño atiende con mucho gusto, si me hiso recordar los tacos de Tijuana. Recomendadisimos los tacos de cabeza al vapor!!!? 10/10

Vegetarian options: Just ask your dishes with out meat

Kid-friendliness: You could modify the dishes.“

“Best case of mistaken identity ever!

I walked in mistaking it for Vallejo Brewing Company right after they closed for the night, but the menu was so enticing I had to come back during business hours!

The red beans and rice with Cajun shrimp is an INSTANT comfort food go-to, and not to start drama, but a certain barbecue place on the block could learn a thing or two about making amazing cornbread from this chef! The perfect, fresh baked, sweet and buttery portion of cornbread I've had since my mom's recipe.

The $7 cocktail special was also amazing, not too powerful but not so watered down you couldn't feel it!

The gal working the counter was sweet as can be both times I've been in as well.

I can't wait to bring everyone I know here!“

“great food and service!!!“

“I have ordered catering from here twice now for my office. I usually order different meats and sides to build your own tacos. Not only is the food delicious and hot and fresh, but the service is great too! They are super quick and responsive and don't miss a thing. They provided plenty of sides like salsas and such as well as plates and utensils. I highly recommend Tacos El Tucan for catering or just a quick bite. The team is great!“

“Love this place, the food is fantastic, very much a taqueria. The Cameron’s taco are fantastic. Everyone that works there are really friendly, you can tell they like it there because it is the same faces.

They moved in and painted the place bright pink. They replaced another favorite that was not able to survive COVID.

If you get take out, check you got your chips, they love to leave those out of your bag. 5 stars if not for the many bags of missing chips.“

“Try out the Jalisco special burrito is really good!! Service was good and friendly“

“the best mexican restaurant in Berkeley“

“Great Food Friendly service“

“Looking for something special for my son after some medical stuff, saw the reviews and decided to take a chance! Great little hole in the wall place, amazing food (definitely filled us up!) Chicken burrito, wet ground beef burrito and sope y enchilada. Chips and salsa with a Pina colada to top it all off. Price was WAY less than I expected ??“

“There is a second part to this review, which is 1 ⭐️ . I will get to that in a moment .

Let me start off by saying I am a burrito guy. I realize this place opened in my neighborhood and decided to give it a try after reading the reviews. They’ve got a couple of reviews talking about how the food wasn’t that good etc. I live off of burritos and that is far from the truth.
The burrito itself was very tasteful. The seasoning was perfect. The rice is good. The shell was cooked exactly how most people would like it.
Let me get to the one star part of My review now.
First at the counter, the guy worked in the counter, gave him my order. It was hard for them to understand kept repeating, and I gave them specific directions slowly on how I wanted my burrito made. When you tell somebody no beans and then two minutes later they come back and say you don’t want no beans no I don’t. When you tell somebody I want cheese and then they come back while they’re sitting there typing something in and say do you want cheese. With that said that’s minimal here’s the bad part. My wife cannot eat dairy I told the first person three enchiladas and no dairy, no cheese and no sour cream. I said all three of those things however I should’ve only been able just to say no dairy and they should understand that, but I specifically said no cheese and sour cream.. Specifically said my wife cannot have dairy. After talking to the lady in the back going back And fourth. The lady comes out and continues my order. She’s really a hard worker and tries too hard but I think it’s a slight language barrier. She repeated to me no sour cream and no cheese and I said correct as I’m leaving getting my order she opens it to show me, how the enchiladas were and I said oh is that sour cream she said yes I said no sour cream. My wife cannot eat dairy no cheese and she goes oh no cheese?. So she takes the tray back rather than make a new one she scraped the sour cream out of the tray and was not aware of that at the time when I got home, I had to wipe it out with paper towels. I think they personally should’ve grabbed another tray possibly remade the order if it was the neighborhood of dairy. That’s just my opinion, but the food was great. Have a good day.
I went well before lunch place was not busy only one other customer there so no reason to get mixed up here. So I don’t want to dock them for the food and trying just making people aware who can’t have dairy. Be careful.“

“Amazing, delicious and homemade taste.
Every single time we came here, we go home satisfied and happy.
It really taste like home made food.

Vegetarian options: Labeled vegetarian dishes and they accommodate and make changes“

“Una comida auténtica de los ancestros aztecas.una variación de moles“

“These are some FLAVORFUL tacos and burritos. The meat is clearly cooked with love and slowly because it's not dry and well seasoned. The steak tacos and shredded chicken burritos ? ?. We flew back to Texas with them. Yup, just that good.“

“We ran across this place looking for dinner late the other night. It was closing in 5 minutes so wasn't a good choice then but we noticed the pizza birria on the menu and just had to try it. So when we were in the area again but earlier we decided to give it a shot and boy were we glad. The pizza birria was like a multilayered quesadilla filled with birria and cheese with a side of soup. Filled with onions and topped with cucumber and radishes + add yourself lime and salsa. It was fantastic and we polished off the whole thing with two people. Will be back to try other things. It's inside the Food Barn.“

“Taqueria La Familia exceeded my expectations and was delicious! I got the Calazbaza burrito (rice, pinto beans, salsa, zucchini, and onion) and it was delicious! The zucchini was really well spiced and cooked. I was nervous it might be large pieces of steamed and poorly spiced zucchini (common in veggie burritos), but it was SO tasty. The burrito wasn't massive, but definitely big enough and worth it for the price--getting a quality burrito for under $10 is more and more difficult to find. I have only been here once and gotten the one burrito, but I'd definitely go back! It was nice to have an outdoor dining option even though Ashby and Shattuck isn't the best ambiance. Staff were friendly and helpful and the service was really quick.“

“Found this place years ago and it quickly became a favorite. When I first discovered it, it was hands down the best food at an amazing price. Now you kinda get what you pay for prices have climbed quite a bit but the food is really good.

Check out the mole plate, if you like mole it's the best around.“

“My family and I have been going to El Sol since 1984. The food is excellent, reasonable, large selection, quantity and the staff are so friendly, it’s like one big family. Their enchilada sauce is my favorite!“

“A hole in the wall located in a small plaza, this place offers food that is simply put delicious. The service was excellent and the atmosphere was welcoming.
I ordered the carne asada torta with everything and it’s one of the best tortas in the East Bay.

Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair accessible.“

“My family and I have been going to El Sol since 1984. The food is excellent, reasonable, large selection, quantity and the staff are so friendly, it’s like one big family. Their enchilada sauce is my favorite!“

“Amoooo sus tacos boy casi cada sabado!!! Muy buenos sobretodo los de tripa k en muchos lugares no tienen% recomendados!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!“

“Everything is excellent

Kid-friendliness: Highchairs are available for tiny humans. There is a small upstairs dining area as well as a larger dining area as you walk in

Wheelchair accessibility: The double doors are always open for everyone, and they're is space for a wheelchair“

“EXCELLENT BURRITOS AND TACOS SINCE 1978 IVE BEEN A FAN SINCE 1980“

“Food always tastes great and the owners and staff are always super friendly ❤️“

“This Place has by far the BEST TORTAS you can get these day's at a restaurant! It's Always"s clean...The lady at the register is very nice! They Greet you when u come in! They don't try and charge $2 for sour cream and all those hidden fee's! One day they will find a better location! Food is Fresh! Perfect!!!!“

“This place is vary delicious ? tortillas are hand made with love. This taco truck has their own parking lot, vary spacious and seating outside to eat. Underrated for sure. My favorite drink is the mango Agua ? Fresca, so it is delicious. ? come and bring your family.“

“Great smelling restaurant, bringing back child hood memories.“

“We usually enjoy eating at Comal, but last night it was so hot in the restaurant that it made it impossible to enjoy our meal. I understand we are going through a heat wave, and that they don't have AC, but perhaps some fans could have been brought in to make sitting there bearable. My partner and I were sweating through the entire meal, and probably should have left before ordering and gone somewhere else.“

“It used to bum me out that my local taqueria wasn’t very good. I had stopped coming here years ago but came recently for convenience sake and was so happy to find the food is now very delicious!!! Evidently the ownership changed 3 years ago and with it came new recipes. Service great too.“

“I recently dined at Cassave Restaurant, a charming hole-in-the-wall Mexican eatery in Emeryville. Despite its small size, it seems to be a popular spot for take-out comfort food.

I tried the fish tacos and pupusas. The fish tacos were excellent, with fresh fish and ingredients that really stood out. The pupusas were authentically made, though I would have preferred a bit more stuffing. The zucchini pupusa was particularly flavorful compared to the plain cheese ones.

The service was quick, and the owners were extremely friendly, adding to the overall positive experience. The only downside was the lack of spicier sauces, which I didn’t ask for but would have preferred.

Overall, I would definitely visit again if I’m in the area.“

“I was craving Mexican food with my lady and did a quick google search and this place came up. Food looked good in the photos so I decided to give it a try. It’s a little off the grid from where most of the restaurants are but this hole in the wall will not disappoint!“

“Pupusas and shrimp burrito were the bomb. Not to mention, the super burrito was freakishly huge Was my first time trying them out and I really like that they paid attention to the notes in my order. Will definitely be ordering from here again.“

“Always fabulous!! Great for vegan, vegetarian, & carnivores“