La Cocina Mexicana

Cute location but the food is just ok. wouldn’t recommend it when there are way better places to eat in the area

I recently had a big hair in my food and today… A SMALL ROCK. I’m never going back which is too bad because the people are nice and the food generally is good.

La Cociana Mexicana is now closed :(
They closed shortly before the grand opening of the Mi Pueblo right next door, which has its own taqueria inside.
So, thanks Cocina, for all the good times.
If I hear that the owners open somewhere else, I’ll let you guys know…

No… it’s closed!

I came here with my boyfriend. He ordered two carne asada tacos with no onions (They forgot and gave him onions anyways, so he had to pick them off). I ordered one carne asada taco with a large horchata. The tacos were a bit on the salty side. I don’t know if they salted them prior to cooking. or after.but it was really salty! I didn’t expect much because they’re fairly cheap anyways. If the taco wasn’t so salty. I would probably come back. but since it was. I won’t be. sorry.

The cheapest authentic tacos I can find ($ 1.35/each). Pretty good too. Also while they have Mexican coke like other places, they are the only place I’ve seen in the area that sell «Medio Litro“‘s, half liter bottles of Mexican coke. Sometimes you need that big bottle to wash down the food.
Decent salsa bar, the only thing is that when a particular salsa is low they need to replenish it asap.
The tacos are better than Taqueria Los Gallos, and as long as Los Gallos puts its chips behind glass, I’ll save my money and go to Cocina Mexicana. (I am well aware Cocina Mexicana keeps its chips behind the counter, but they are nothing to write home about like Los Gallos’ chips).

Disappointing! The food was not even good, I thought after reading all the good reviews on here this place would be good but I think this place sucks. The taco trucks are way better, like 100x better! I got the super burrito, beef and it was just ok, it was a decent size burrito. I also got the nachos which I thought wasn’t all that great. The picco de gallo had jalepeno pieces in them which made it spicy, yea WTF? La Victoria n downtown San Jose is still the spot, oh and also the one place off of blacow rd and Fremont blvd. Shit taco bell is better then this.
SERIOUSLY… sucks!
Kind of like the feeling when u bite into a chocolate cupcake. And then wonder «where the hell is the cream filling?»

I was craving Mexican and wanted to have something instead of Los Gallos. I got the Burritas Burrito which is basically a tortilla with chicken cooked in spices and lots and lots of lettuce, onions and mayo. I had some issues with it. I liked that it didn’t have beans and rice but I didn’t realize all the vegetables would make the burrito so cold and wet. When my food isn’t hot, I am troubled. Basically it was just very watery due to the lettuce. The chicken was yummy but not good enough to make me want to come back and try other items anytime soon.
The steak quesadilla looked promising, and was decent tasting. At least it was hot.
A plus is that there’s an endless supply of warm chips and a salsa bar stocked with spicy salsa!

I was in the area, and I noticed this Taqueria. I decided to try it, since I love Mexican food.
After looking at the menu, I ordered a chicken burrito. While I waited, I put all the sauces I needed into little cups (salsa, chipotle, etc). The burrito came out in 5 minutes, and it was huge!
The buritto was really good. There was rice and beans inside with the chicken. I was only able to finish half of my buritto.
I’d go back and try other dishes.

To get to this place you must go passed Taqueria Los Gallos, don’t bother.
The good:
Clean, polite/​nice staff
The bad:
bland food. My girlfriend and I had a carnitas burrito & carnitas quesdilla respectively. Neither of us would get either item again.
The last word:
This place is not worth going to.
Edit:
Someone e-​mailed me to tell me that La Cocina Mexicana is good if you like REAL Mexican dishes. I suppose ‘REAL Mexican dishes,’ means food from Mexico. As I have not eaten a great deal of REAL Mexican food in Mexico I can not attest to whether the food at this restaurant (i.e. bland as all hell) is just like the taste of REAL Mexican food. What I can attest to is that compared to the hundreds of Mexican restaurants and Taquerias I have been to in California, this place sucks.

Uh oh. A taqueria to rival our other neighborhood favorite — Taqueria Los Gallos! Now I will have to flip a coin to figure out which place to go to.
Had the Pollo Adobado burrito. It had a nice bit of spice to it. The burrito is longer and thinner than other burritos that I’ve had. If you like them long and thin, try one of these out. If you like them shorter and fatter, then head back to Taqueria Los Gallos. I say, shape doesn’t matter! The burrito was yummy and filling.
Had a bite of the Chicken Quesadilla. It was good, but a little on the salty side.
Chips were not amazing but the salsas are pretty good. The tomatillo sauce has a good zing to it.
We’ll have to check it out again to try more menu items.

My sis and I were in the area after visiting a friend and had a craving for some nachos. We had tried the taqueria in the same shopping center (Taqueria Los Gallos?) and liked their nachos but didn’t care much for the environment. So we saw La Cocina Mexicana and decided to give it a try.
This restaurant appears to be fairly new: fresh paint, new LCD, decorations, etc. The service was friendly, tables were clean and there was a self-​serve tortilla ship «station». Our asada «super» nachos were $ 7.
Honestly, we were disappointed with the nachos. The main reason why was the use of velvetta-​type cheese rather than fresh cheese. No melty cheese goodness here =(While it had guacamole and sour cream, the whole thing was bland.
I’d give them another shot since it is a nice and clean place, but not for nachos. I’ll have to go to Los Gallos (to-​go) for nachos…

I came here for dinner Sun 6÷10÷07. It used to be a Chinese restaurant.
There is a Grand Opening sign outside.
They have tacos, burritos, nachos, quesadillas, mariscos, coctel de camaron, especials, combinaciones, tostades, tortas, aguas frescas. On Sat & Sat. they have Menudo-​Red or white; and Pozole.
I got 3 tacos which comes w/​choice of meat, cilantro, onions, cabbage & salsa for $ 1.25 each. The meats I picked were Adobada-​marinated pork; Lengua-​beef tongue; chile verde-​pork in green sauce. All were good. Free fresh salsa bar available.
Also got a small cantaloupe aguas fresca $ 1.50. Tasty and refreshing served over ice.
Credit cards taken. My total was $ 5.93. Unisex bathroom available.
Things I might try next time:
hot dogs con tocino: hot dogs wrapped in bacon $ 1.95
Menudo white $ 5.95 small
tortas cubana $ 5.75
Hrs:
M-​F 10a-​9p; Sat/​Sun 8a-​9p

Super clean. Super friendly, family — run restaurant! Now, Los Gallos used to be «the» place to go, but I am leaning toward Cocina Mexicana more and more these days. Yes, very true, authentic, fresh Mexican food.
We will go there simply to get their Pozole on Sundays (Saturdays, too.). We’ve had their tacos, burritas (yum! spicy!!), nachos, enchiladas, quesadillas. I’m determined to try something different each time I go there.
I highly recommend Cocina Mexicana. If it looks slow inside, don’t be hesitant, the food ROCKS!!!