The Alamo Mexican Grill and Cantina

A large, well-run establishment with excellent large portions of food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Good food options at the brunch. Fresh omelets, fresh fruit, good margaritas. What more can you ask for.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Best $3 bean and cheese burrito West of the Mississippi. Menu prices as of January 2026

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I've been going to this joint ever since I was a kid, so just about 15 years. Top teir, always been my favorite.

About 5 years ago, I've moved to Texas, and I could never find anything like this restaurant. Everything was either too big or too expensive to grab a plate out there. Over here is perfect with the window, where you could ask for a couple burritos for like 5 bucks. And they would always be done quick and fresh.

Everytime I'm in town, I always gotta hit up my no.1 restaurant. Thank you for serving my family and I great food after all these years

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We've lived in Thousand Oaks for 30 years and never got around to trying this place. Finally we decided to try it out only to show up and find out they're CLOSED. Checked the hours again and yup says they open at 10am. They were not. Chains on the front door. Tried calling. No answer and mailbox was full. As we were pulling out of the parking lot someone finally starts to unchain the doors. Just another restaurant that can't get it together and open on time. Maybe we'll try again in 30 years, but I doubt they'll still be in business.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Always enjoy The Alamo

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Wet Burrito, Chips, Chimichanga, Chips Salsa, Chicken Fajita Salad, Kids- Burrito Meal

We ate here weekly when I lived in the area in the nineties and 2000s and they even catered my wedding. We moved away and I had not been in 20 years. We visited this summer while we were on vacation. The food, atmosphere, and service was everything I remembered. We ate in once, and did a take out order on our way out of town to eat in the car. The dine-in experience was lovely. The take-out experience was frustrating. They accidentally shorted us one single taco, which is no big deal and easily fixed, or so you'd think. The guy at the window was so insistent that he'd include the taco that he made me go back to the car and bring the entire order back to him so he could paw through it and verify that he had in fact, missed the taco. It really soured the experience, and was so unnecessary. I'd encourage management to tighten up that element of the operation.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Blows my mind they have Sunday brunch but still don’t advertise it. Not even on their website. Food is good but not advertised. Do you guys want to fail? Who’s running this place into the ground? I would be embarrassed if I owned this place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was way overpriced for what I received. MY burrito was all refried beans and rice a gew pieces of meat at the very bottom of burrito. Not offered napkins or utensils. I wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy, sorry but I wish I could get a refund, $42 for two shitty burritos thumbs way down!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Was there for brunch this morning. Food was good, but service was awful. Waitress charged my 12,10 and my 12 year old niece as an adult brunch..

Sad to make this review because this was one of my favorite mexican restaurants in TO, but we found plastic in one of our burritos. I called after it happened and someone stated, this is not uncommon.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

Post pandemic excellence! So glad they still have the original format with generous, perfectly prepared food, and clean spacious environment.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Taco Tuesdays are the best.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Absolutely rude person working the window on 9/12/2025 at 4:45pm

Service: 1

I work Nextdoor at barre3 and I’m so grateful for The Alamo! The people there are always absolutely lovey and the food is amazing and so quick! The portions - fantastic, salsa - perfection, I love everything about this place! Must go!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5