El Michoacano

It's lent season...so Fridays I have to go and find my grilled fish 🐟. They have home made tortillas here so that is a BIG plus for me. The fish was cooked well, but the seasoning was a bit too much. On the salty side. The place was packed so we were sat in a corner...waitress forgot about us so we had to get her attention. Food is fresh, would recommend you try it.

Highly recommend this place. Everything I've tried is delicious. Our server was friendly and made sure we had everything we needed.

1/15/24 5pm Order Carne Asada, come with rice & beans, salad and French fries with either flower or corn hand made tortillas.

If you're looking for home style cooking, this is one of the best mexican restaurants in monterey county. I have been coming here for approximately 2 years. Service is great most of the time specially with the ladies serve. Today I was served by a young gentleman. A little lacking and making sure I had everything was fine other than that. I recommend highly this restaurant.

One thing though, It is sometimes very noisy due to the music box playing to loud Inside the diner.

You always know the food is gonna be bomb when the salsa is good! Cafe de olla was so good. We all enjoyed the food and the service was great

Come for lunch Leslie the waitress was the best ! Recommend this place for taco governador 😋😋

Excellent food and service.
Seating is tight which made it impossible to ignore neighboring tables conversation. Other than that, I highly recommend going to this restaurant for some of the best Mexican food around.

Great authentic and really tasty!
Server was super helpful and nice...Thank you!

Mike and Ally 🇨🇦 🍁

Get the governador tacos! Every single bite is amazingly delicious. We kept talking about it and our eyes were rolling in the back of our heads with every bite.

I've also gotten the shrimp cocktail several times. That was my go-to before I fell in love with the tacos mentioned above.

Oh and their micheladas are bomb

This was an amazing experience and the food was delicious. The service was great- waitress was very helpful and food was quick. I'm looking forward to coming back!

Authentic Mexican food. Taste good. When you see lots of locals eat here, it must be good.

Look, I am going to tell you my opinion in two parts. Food then non-food review. The food was 100% authentic with thick hand made corn tortillas (my choice rather than flour). The chips were warmed and salsa was delicious. I had a molcajete (Mar y tierra) which is a hot basalt bowl containing a menagerie of cheese, meats, and veggies. You have quesadilla, grilled nopal or cactus, green onion, chicken, shrimp, beef and more. I also had huevos rancheros. The egg was mixed and on top of a tasty tostada (hard tortilla base) with beans and rice. I didn't take a picture of this because of my momentum while eating I forgot because I was having such a good meal. We had coffee and canned soda with our meals. Now for the non food part of the review. Seating was quick while IHOP and Dennys was packed on a Sunday around 11am. We found easy parking and service was good. We sat near the kitchen so it was nice placement for giving our order and such. I like the intimacy of it and a neighbor asked to share the tapatio hot sauce the tables are so close. It was a great random find and I have friends who confirm their mexican moms come here for the caldos (soup). I'll have a michelada next time which are huge mugs filled with celery, and other classic ingredients. Go where the people go

My first time eating there the burrito was really good

The music is too loud but the food was excellent. I might order to go next time. The service was great.

I ate here with my mom. Really enjoyed the food and the service. We ate here on a Sunday afternoon. They had a mariachi band.

It needs some maintenance but food is AMAZING. I always go on the weekends and get mole .. yum

The mariscada was so good

This place is good the food is great and the prices are amazing.

Food was delicious! 😋 service was great!👍

Food is delicious homemade, authentic Mexican cuisine