El Sazon Cocina & Tragos

Incredible birthday dinner last night. Everything was perfect, starting with beautiful, interesting cocktails. We loved the mezcal old fashioned, finished with beautiful smoke from burning corn silk. Extra special is the bone in birria, which I will be dreaming about for many months. Super beefy silken meat, loaded with flavor. Don’t pass on the pork shank if you love roast pork! We had the nicest guy as our server, who was so enthusiastic about the food he brought us and happy to handle our big table complete with kids. I will go back!

We were hoping for the food to be wow but it was ok.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Ohhh, yassss! This place is so good. All the food I have had has been great, and the location is cute! It's right in there, so make sure to make a reservation or come during off hours! The matcha marg didn't have much matcha flavor to it, but it was still good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Savory food is incredible here but drinks and dessert were just plain bad. A godawful soda water calling itself something fruity and a poached pear that still had a long, long way to go before it was ready to be plated. The pear itself was nowhere near ripe to begin with. The drink sat off to the side of the table nearly full the entire meal like some terrible pink elephant in the room our server pretended not to notice. I could also see the management doing their best to corral an unimpressive waitstaff and being openly argumentative with them. To be fair, those servers needed to hear it.

All that said, this place knows how to make some fire Mexican food. The entrees made us forgive all the other apparent sins.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Birria Ramen

I wish I could give this place 6 stars. I love a good brunch, especially a Mexican brunch, but I’ve never ever seen it this well executed. I need to go back (again and again) so I can try more things.
I had trouble getting past the drink menu - delicious and inspired.
Everything we ate was delicious - best grilled cheese, birria, pork belly - I have not had better pork belly anywhere ever.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Quesabirria

Delicious and creative

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I haven’t had a bad meal here and has become on of my favorite for 2024!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

First the waitress ruin the experience with her attitude. I spoke perfect English and she acted as if she did not understand my English. 2nd the staff talking and starring because of interaction with waitress just was so unprofessional. 3rd the food not what I expected Ramen are a bath of salt with actual Muchan soggy noodles. Along with oil fried tacos that tasted just like what it look like a bath of oil w cheese. On the plus side Guacamole on the plus was fresh. Train your staff to be less rude might help.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

The food here is fabulous. They’re taking what might otherwise be a straightforward dish and elevating it several levels. My favorite dish - and the one i can’t stop getting - is their enchiladas de mole negro - incredibly flavorful with deeply layered, earthy notes. Elote is the best I’ve had. Guac has a number of extra elements that go beyond its beauty to deliver their flavorful version. The food has so many extra details and touches that add to the beauty and perfection of every dish. Flavor and quality is excellent, cocktails are beautiful and well-balanced and owners are lovely! I’ve been a bunch of times and will keep going back!

Parking: Small lot on the north side of the building, but may be for take out only. Larger lot in available in the back, shared by several businesses

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Elote, Guacamole and Chips, Cheese Dip, Enchiladas Suizas, Birria Tacos

I went to El Sazon for brunch this past weekend. It was incredible, I really appreciated the extensive brunch menu, drink options and service.

We shared a variety of the menu items, we had the guacamole which was delicious. Some of my friends tried the pizza, enchiladas mole and suizas, benedict and I had the breakfast burrito.

The breakfast burrito surpassed my expectations, it was delicious, warm, filled with eggs, chorizo, potatoes and topped with guac and crema. The burrito came out with an incredibly spicy but delicious salsa.

Brunch was amazing and I cannot wait to go back to try more.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Checked Google, checked Instagram and drove all the way down here only to find they are not serving food and have a private event.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I've been here three times now. The first time was phenomenal service, 5 star on everything! I absolutely ? love it. We also came here for Father's Day, and they went above and beyond for us. I am extremely grateful. The third time, it felt like we were forgotten about? It wasn't that busy, and maybe it was because we were sitting outside, so out of sight out of mind? The server must have had a day. She was clumsy: spilled water didn't even bother saying sorry, got the order mixed up, and we waited a long time for food. The drinks were off this day, too. I had previously ordered a paloma in the past. This time, it didn't taste like it did previously. We did call ahead, and they said they would have a table for us but ended up giving our table away. We were five minutes late, so we understood and said we'd take the patio outdoor seating when they asked. After waiting so long for our food, by the time they took it out, it was already cold. Having worked as a Hostess in the past, I knew this meant they may have probably left the food sitting out for a while. There's a lot more that can be said, but 1 of 3 experiences was bad. I'm definitely still coming back. I think that was just a bad day overall. I do want to refocus on some positive things: the owner is extremely respectful ??! The food is delicious! Not gonna lie; It's on the pricier side for me, but worth every penny! Oh and if you're wondering about parking - it's street parking so plan accordingly- don't be 5 minutes late like us. hahaha

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Ceviche, Enchiladas Suizas

This place has amazing presentation of their food and the flavors are so good. Took my Dad who is a negro mole fan and he said it's about 5 times better than the version he was used too. The nachos were very delicious and the enchilada suiza was also very good. We probably ordered too much food but the nachos were still delicious the next day despite no longer being crunchy.

We will return!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great presentation, service, and food.
Brought our puppy to the patio and they provided a bowl for water. No wait for brunch on Sunday. We will be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The birria ramen was such a good order for breakfast. Amazing flavors!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5