Cantarito Mexican Grill

I e been coming here for years. The owner and staff are extremely friendly.

The food is served fast and has a salsa bar. You can get a Mexican come or a beer from the cooler.

There is open tables in the back if you prefer to dine in.

These place is my go to for authentic Mexican food. If I'm having a bad day this place always cheers me up. Feels like a families home.

Food is good. We ordered a camarones costa azul, Carne asada nachos, and a large Jamaica. We were also given a complimentary basket filled with handmade tortilla chips and chunky salsa. It’s a small mom and pop shop located in the heart of Long Beach.

Wow, let me start with the fries. They’re amazing great flavor great seasoning right temperature as well.
The burger it’s great. The flavor is juicy. The cheese is good. The customer service is awesome. I enjoyed ordering my order with the great staff and service.
Restaurant clean 10/10
Customer service 10/10
Food 8/10
Try the breakfast burritos
The burgers
Tacos fire 🔥

They have specials every day of the week,Wednesday burritos are $8.99 I got a wet Carne Asada burrito with no rice cheese and a yolk egg in side super delicious 😋

This place is amazing, excellent customer service, very clean and the most important the food, so tasty. I will come to this place again. Highly recommended

Amazing Mexican food is very authentic as it should be.
Friendly staff.
I recommend this place 👌
My only constructive criticism is that the parking has been sort of converted unto an outdoor dining patio with tables and umbrellas, very nice actually, but the large trash bins are noticeable. I would recommend adding several large foliage trees on planters to cover the ugly trash bin area.

Other than that, nice place overall.
Thank you for the friendly service Señor.

LGBTQ Friendly 🏳‍🌈

Gracias 🇲🇽

My favorite Mexican food in Long Beach. The food is tasty and the service is great. We’ve had the machaca and chorizo breakfast burritos- both really good! The guacamole also tastes fresh and the salsas are flavorful. The place itself is really small but it’s clean and quaint. Will continue to go back!

Best Menudo in the area bar-none! Couple that with personable service and you've got a winning combination that makes you feel right at home.

I live in the part of long beach where there is nothing but Mexican and Thai food restaurants so I've tried taco Tuesday at a different restaurant every week. My blackened fish taco, and blackened shrimp taco were the BEST. Well made, don't fall apart after 1st bite, excellent sauce, and not using all that other fillers like cabbage and cream fresh. They also have a well stocked sauce table, and outdoor dining.

Best burrito in the area by far. Love the salsa too!

The asada is so good a flavorful! Burritos are good and comes with cheese. Tacos are awesome and big. They never disappoint.

The burritos are crazy. This place delivers serious flavour. Taco truck on every corner but this place stands out.

This was some good cooking! Looks small from outside but the taste is huge! I love this place! They were a lil rude to me while placing my order as if trying to figure out if i actually have money or not... the food makes you forget....tender parts were tender, saltly parts were perfect, and it was a perfect burrito! The salsa on the other hand needed help... An unfortunate mix

I've been eating here through ownership and name changes for years and the place has had a few valleys. Right now however this is my favorite place to grab some great tacos in Long Beach! Ate here today on Friday and had some of the best $1 tacos ever. Plus I had $2 bottle Dos Equis beers! 5 tacos and 3 beers later I'm a happy man! Hope the quality to value stays as high as it is because I'll be customer for life.

Grew up in LA county but just came back after 50 years. Dropped in Cantarito by chance & the tacos taste the way they are supposed to! I had forgotten until that first bite. Nice staff, too.

It is my favorite spot to eat in long beach. Hole in the wall Mexican joint with the BEST potatoe tacos, and I'm talking the $2 ones, worth it. They also have a green sauce I am obsessed with. I eat here once a week. The staff is so friendly and by this point know my order when I walk in. Haha, please check it out! Support local eateries.

Cantarito, how do I love thee, let me count the ways. For 5 years, this has been my favorite Mexican restaurant. Everything made in this little tiny building is delicious. The servers are always friendly and the orders are always 100% correct. I always get the fish burrito with a bunch of substitutions when I'm eating healthy and they always make it perfect. One time they messed up one tiny thing which was fine (no complaints, it was still great) and the next time we came in they remembered without me ever telling them, and gave us free chips to make up for it. Best service ever. When I'm not dieting, the nachos are out of this world. I am moving soon and it feels like there will be an empty spot in my heart with no cantarito to fill it. I'm going to eat there as much as possible before I do. Thanks for the years, cantarito!!

It's the neighborhood mexican spot. Straightforward and tasty offerings, great staff, and just enough space to stay and sit down every once in a while. The only shortcoming is their 9 pm weekday closing time, but I still love them to a fault. Please eat here. :D

Fast service, lovely people. I think the place deserves a shot at least.