El Caracol Mexican Restaurant - Fairfield

Wasn't that great

Just bought a horchata but they were nice and the horchata was good. I prefer a little more cinnamon but it was lnt bad

A great hole in the wall place. The food is tasty and authentic. The atmosphere of the room is kinda funky, but everything else is on point.

I come here every other day to get a asada burrito because I work in Fairfield and they always treat me Right, chips come out hot and they have different salsas 👍🏽 everything is always super fresh and super clean, this is now the only spot I come to for good hot Mexican food 🙌🏽

I usually do not like to write bad reviews. But I have a feeling this place needs a health inspector visit.
The green salsa right off the bat had a mildew/mold smell to it. The red salsa just tasted like ketchup. When the food came the smell of the mixed fajitas seemed off, the meats seemed old and like the meats were marinated together. As someone that has been to culinary school and worked in many restaurants and passed years and years worth of food safety classes, I know you are supposed to keep meats separate while raw.
I took a photo of our food since I like to support local businesses. I didn’t notice until a day later that there appears to be a parasite worm sneaking out of the meat. Luckily my disabled father could not stomach the food because of the old smell it had. So I doubt he ate that worm creature. But please beware the salsa and meats appear old. Be careful if you go here!!

All of the food was delicious, from the chips and spicy salsa to the albondigas soup (Mexican meatballs). It is very tasty and fulfilling, with a good portion size. The customer service was outstanding, and the restaurant is very clean and neat.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The service and food are very good, the place is very comfortable, highly recommended, we eat there two or three times a week.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Flautas 3

High quality, authentic Mexican food. Will definitely be eating here again.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Very very good asada burritos, the Jalapeño green sauce is the best!, very good horchata, the service is very good, it is clean, I recommend it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Parking: Across the street is parking and on the street parking is available as well 😁

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes on the first floor, you can roll right inside.👍🏾

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

The pupusas where good. My daughter liked her enchiladas. Beans and rice where flavorless. My bistek ranchero was good but very dry. The tortillas where warmish so they broke easily. And they had a funny taste. The horchata is good. They had the ac on which is nice. But I did notice the prices overall where so much higher than neighboring mexican restaurants. I still wanted to try. But I dont think I will be back as their rice and beans where not good and mostly every dish has them.
The staff was very nice and quick to serve. The place is really clean.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

The food was good. Service was a little slow. There was one server (who was also the cashier) and two cooks.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

The food is excellent. The prices are reasonable and the service is great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This was recommended by my client and I am so glad I took up his recommendation.

I ordered a cheese & jalapeño pupusa and a pork & cheese pupusa for takeaway while on a business trip. Omg, best pupusas ever. Not badly priced either.

Service was quick and friendly, I was given two sauces and cortido (the pickled cabbage) and it was all amazing. Can’t wait for my next trip.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pupusas

I was craving delicious popusas “authentic salvadoreño food” so I decided to give this restaurant a try. I immediately felt so welcomed by the friendly cooks waving hello, and the nice waiter. We were greeted and immediately served with crunchy warm tortilla chips and deliciously picante salsa in red and salsa in green they were so good I tried both salsas. I ordered popusas revueltas yummy! the freshly made popusas satisfied my taste buds the popusas were cooked perfectly and the stuffing had a satisfying taste. I definitely recommend this place???