Cali Spartan Mexican Kitchen

515 S 10th St, San Jose
(408) 899-2755

Recent Reviews

Jeet For The Week

People are great everytime, food is awesome everytime. They are busy so you’ll be at your table for a bit, but the wait for the food is worth it! Recommend the Birria Super Burrito, the Breakfast skillet, crispy tacos, I can go on…The yellow/orange sauce is a bit spicy for non-spice people but so freakin good!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Crispy Tacos, Sauce, Birria

Peter Erdle

ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNER: Your cooks and dishwashers are hanging out in the parking lot 11pm, 12am and 1am in the morning /night using the white car seen in the photo here blasting their music extremely loud that the Bass is echoing against all the walls of all the neighboring apartments keeping all the people of the neighborhood and their KIDS awake. These families need to get sleep for work and school the next morning . If you don’t take action IMMEDIATELY I’ll go and take this up with the City of San Jose.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Zach Sarsoza

Wow wow wow.Great food, awesome service, and nice lively vibes.Got the birria torta and was not disappointed. If you're a messy eater like me, I would reccomend that you ask them to put the torta on a bigger plate.Lots of college kids go here, for good reason. Parking can be pretty rough on a busy day. Lots of vege options.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Birria

KC Alexandria

The carnitas is way to fatty my tacos were all fat the carne Asad’s one was ok not the greatest the peanut butter horchata was fire

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

kathy nguyen

Really enjoy their crispy tacos, regular tacos, fries, and horchata!Meats I usually go for are: carne asada, carnitas, tripas, fish, and shrimpCash only and small parking lot

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Little Crispy Tacos, Fish, Crispy Tacos, Sauce

Jarrod Tart

Food was not worth the long wait and messy service. Food was made incorrectly after taking a ridiculous amount of time to come out.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 1

Sundeep Singh

Great food, great atmosphere. Sometimes, it's difficult to find parking, and they only take cash.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Big Crispy Tacos, Cali Quesadilla

Ally Lin

If you find it hard to get a large super burrito for only $11 at a sit-down restaurant, you can come here. The meat quality is excellent, I especially love the crispiness of the cabeza. They have fun options on their menu and cute goblet drinks with gummies. They have a sign in the front that says you will have to pay $55 if you break a glass. But I haven't gotten buzzed off their Micheladas so I don't anticipate it being too much of a risk. Btw, they got new menus recently and the laminated heavy menus covered in gunk are gone.No one does fried tortilla shells like they do, huaraches, sopes, and crispy tacos are all on point!!!They have 4 forms of birria: tacos, birria torta, birria burrito, and quesabirria. I like the consome that comes with them.The super quesadilla and super crispy tacos are my go-tos. They have a nice condiments and sauce bar. The place is cash only and they have an ATM.Vibe is good. There is indoor and outdoor seating. They have TVs that play soccer games and Jeopardy. The employees are really hard-working, and for the most part, very nice. There is one unisex bathroom which is (strangely) clean considering I sometimes see multiple people come out of it on some ratchet nights.There is a dedicated parking lot here which is so convenient as everywhere else is mostly metered parking in downtown.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Big Crispy Tacos with Marinated Pork, Birria, Guacamole, Super Huarache

Khiem Nguyen

For their side station, the radishes were good. I don't like how they cut their cilantro, but it's alright. The mango salsa is nothing to ride home about.Their shrimp tacos are great value, would recommend. In general, their tacos are great value. I had their burrito as well and it was well-stuffed but I didn't like flavor of the stuffing too much. I guess don't get their chicken. Their carnitas and al pastor were on point, however.For the hot sauces the red one is like 1/5th of a seeded jalapeno. The green is like 1/16th of a seedless jalapeno. The orange is a chipotle ranch that's like 1/8th of a seedless jalapeno.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Richard Yao

First time trying Cali spartan … got the crispy tacos. So much meat it just spills everywhere when you eat it. Close to my auto repair shop Pete’s stop tire. So I’ll be back soon.I usually eat at super taqueria. It would be nice if they had more avocado but it’s ok.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Crispy Tacos

Vinícius Peron

Always great tacos, and a great lemonade!It’s also affordable. Only problem is the music, always so

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kunal Advani

The best tacos in San Jose, maybe the world!!!Kid-friendliness: They treat everyone so nicely, kids will feel welcome, you can also draw on the wall.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Little Crispy Tacos, Cali Tacos, Big Crispy Tacos, Crispy Tacos, Sauce, Birria, Super Burrito, Carne Asada Fries, Guacamole, Super Nachos

Rao Eash

Best Mexican food I’ve had in the Bay Area. Highly recommend tacos and fajita burrito for vegetarians. Goes without saying, the orange sauce is fire as well!Vegetarian options: Fajita Burrito with mushroom/zucchini >>>

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Veggie, Crispy Tacos

James Capote

Freaking love this place in their food. If you've never been there holly recommended.. The food may seem a little pricey but once you get it It is definitely worth the cost.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Yue Zhang

I’m pretty upset about their service. Me and my husband dined in on 2/6, the three lady servers act like they really hate their job and are tired of serving customers… One had no patience when taking our orders and nagged us 2 times; one put all the condiments on our table from the table next to us while cleaning it without any words; one rolled her eyes on us when we had no cash to pay for our meal, we had to use Venmo and they said they will charge $5 for us if we decided to use Venmo. The tall guy server was very nice, though. I We were very friendly and polite when interacting with them. I have no clue what has made them so mad at everyone. They really ruined the night for us.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

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Cali Spartan Mexican Kitchen

515 S 10th St, San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 899-2755