Taqueria Mi Tierra II

Not a safe place for kids beware there are hoodlums smoking outside checking out your wife and ready to rob u

Today I ate the worst pasole I have ever tasted. You know how most places offer you cilantro, lime, onions and other topping to add to your pasole? Not this place, just a handful of cabbage. This pasole was so bland. It really needed some spice. Along with the three giant clumps of bone (no meat in the pasole AT ALL, just tiny pieces on the bone) there were plenty of pork bones to choke on or crack your teeth. How do you own a taco joint in Watsonville and get away with charging for this shit? I get asked all the time where to grab good food in Watsonville (I live and work here), I will never tell anyone to come here. WORST PASOLE IN WATSONVILLE!

I went there today Thursday and it was packed. They had a Mexican group playing Inside (great music) but my friends and I couldn’t have a conversation, because we could not hear each other. My favorite is tacos de machete yummy. Today I tried a mangoneada which comes with a tequila shot. I suggest you go to their Instagram, they have all the different drinks they make. Disappointed that they don’t have those pictures on Unilocal.Service was friendly. I noticed they fixed their patio, even have tables with fire pit. They do need more help. Only one lady taking orders and takin food to tables. She’s never happy. Needs to smile more. m

Place is full off hoodlums!
Smoking and drinking
Not sure if its a restaurant or a bar!
A little ghetto hangout place for the kids!

Never in my life have I been so dissapointed then when I came to eat at Mi Tierra.
As I drove up I knew I should have kept going. But something told me don’t judge a book by the cover. Here that rule does not apply. Judge! Please people Judge!!! I parked next to a truck that was/​is used to transport empty beer bottles. As you walk in the place is so funky like a beatn down bar. Filthy, smelly and nothing but drunks all around.
The service is nice yes friendly staff but thats as far as it goes on the positive. I originnally came here due to their Instagram account. Dont be fooled as I was, it’s nothing like that.
The food is terrible. Those that say its good have no taste buds. I got the chile verde. No taste to the chili, small pieces of dried up chewy meat. The tortillas are store bought and poorly cooked. It’s not that hard to warm up a tortilla. My friend got the dried up what could have possibly been yesterdays chicken fajitas. She had one and done. She offered me one but from the looks of it I decided to pass.
On to the OMG Chavelas. Ehh! i make a better chavela than that. We drank half and were done. It’s bland. Has a taste of mineral water with V8 juice not even clamato.
No! never again will I come here. Not for the food not even for the so called best chavelas in town. Ha! Pathetic!

3.75 stars rounded up
The siren call of chavelas & Mexican food is so sweet & so loud that we hear it blaring from the Central Coast. We venture 90 – 120 miles from home under the guise of romance & weekend dates, but we’re both really chasing that chavela he found on IG or that thing someone posted on Unilocal.
Taqueria Mi Tierra II is located three blocks from its sister restaurant on Freedom Blvd in Watsonville. Every table was occupied, most with patrons who’ve ordered some sort of ginormous receptacle with a beer bottle (or two) stuck upside down into it. This is what we came for…
Our chavela ($ 6.99, we opted for one Negra Modelo instead of a «double») tasted of lime & spices & zero beer flavor. Refreshing, easy to drink, easily in the top 5. He mentioned the shrimp on the glass’ rim were flavorless.
Without a paper menu, the options were overwhelming. I ordered a botana platter ($ 29.99), thanks to its enticing Unilocal pic. It was a sampler of fried things, shrimpy things, & tasty things. I’m glad the cashier/​owner let me customize a bit… add carne asada, absolutely no octopus or squid. BF focused on the ceviche & ignored the thin slices of steak after one bite. I thoroughly enjoyed the fried shrimp & the bacon wrapped shrimp, but agree whole-​heartedly with his assessment: love the variety but we know where to get better versions of each item. Shrimp empanada & chicken taquitos were both 3 stars.
Side note: salsa was not to our liking & selection of condiments were lacking; we were given a bottle of ranch dressing in the place of tartar sauce = no bueno.
I have to admit — my expectations were sky high because of our previous great finds in this city & the surrounding areas. Not a repeater for us, but highly recommended if you’re already in the area.

Food is a 3 but the service is definitely a 5. I couldn’t find a place to sit and the employees made sure I wouldn’t be left standing alone. They made me feel right at home.
The taco salad with pastor is pretty to look at but not as pretty to eat. When you’ve had Mi Pueblo pastor meat and hold it as the standard, many things pale in comparison. Taqueria couldn’t escape my narrow preferences.
I was also jealous of all the tables that were ordering pitchers of delicious Bloody Mary’s and Corona Light. It compliments the salsa well. The restaurant is not the absolute cleanest but it’s cleaned enough.

Me encanta este lugar comida exquisita y sus bebidas #1 lo Recomiendo Lo único malo es que esta pequeño Si estuviera mas grande fuera espectacular Pero todo lo demás muy bien

Cashier was kind of snobby a
But it was very enjoyable and great drinks including a shrimp cocktail which was to die for

So as we were sitting there eating enjoying our chavelas and meal. Some employee decides it is the perfect time to start pulling out the AC filter above our table so he can clean it. Look people! Anywhere there is food certain things don’t mix like, combing hair, blowing your nose at the table and sure as shit working on the AC units???
We left in disbelief. I would say that’s what I get for eating at a foreign owned establishment but that’s not the case. This is a case of someone with half a brain! Dude work on the AC before or after restaurant hours. Common sense guy