Asadero Norte De Sonora

Asadero is hands down my favorite restaurant in all of Arizona. It’s a must-​visit every time we go back to visit. It’s a small, hole-​in-​the-​wall restaurant with delicious food. I’m grateful to Unilocal for Asadero getting it’s name out there more. Years ago, it was a word of mouth type place. Co-​workers introduced me to it, I brought friends and family, and they’d bring their friends, etc. and it was like sharing a precious treasure, because their food is that good.

The lady’s who work her act like they don’t get paid. They are so rude the food is amazing but there attitudes are so rude will never return and will tell al my friends to go somewhere else.

Rarely do I give a 5 star review and this place probably deserves it the most out of any place I’ve been!
I give it 5 stars because of the authentic ingredients, amazing taste, incredible service, giant portions and awesome value!
I’ve never seen a combination of all of the above like this place. This IS your «hole in the wall authentic Mexican cuisine GEM»

This has been a favorite of mine since my first visit. If you can get past your upper middle class expectations of décor and can focus on the food, you will not be disappointed. It’s authentic. It’s delicious. And I can feed a family of four for $ 15.

So delicious! I love it! Highly recommend it if you’re craving Mexican food. I was working in the area and decided to stop by. I love their Torta Pastor but I’m sure everything else is just as delicious. A plus is just the Torta alone is very filling. It’s a great, clean and yummy place.

I came here based on my co-worker’s recommendation for Mexican food in the Phoenix area. The restaurant was not too hard to find and there was plenty of parking when we arrived. Friend of mine ordered 2 beef tacos and 2 chicken tacos and I ordered a chicken taco and the chicken torta. Overall we preferred the chicken tacos over the beef tacos and the chicken torta that I ordered was extremely tasty. We would even go as far to say that these were some of the best tacos that we ever had and both of us have been to plenty of Mexican restaurants in the past.
If I ever make my way back over here I would like to try either the quarter or half chicken as that seems to be a solid choice based on the pictures here. I’m not sure if this is the best Mexican food in the area or not given that there are so many options available but either way this place is really good and definitely worth a try!

Our standard order is two whole chickens (dos pollos entero). We have nicknamed it Dos Pollos. For about $ 25, you get enough to feed 4 – 5 hungry men. There are lots of other things on the menu… but were sold on the chicken. We take out if town guests there and when they see how humble it is, they think we’re joking. Then they go in, eat and know why we take them there. Go there. You’ll love it.

Looking for a quick, easy meal off our flight, we found this place minutes from the airport. Each had 3 tacos. The pastor and BBQ were fantastic and the chicken was tasty if a little dry.
Guacamole and chips are recommended.
Simple, honest, and delicious. Go for it if you’re looking for what the southwest does so well!

Driving by I never would have stopped here. However the reviews were good so I tried not to judge this book by its cover.
The bean small soup they give was very good. Tacos were soso I’ve had way better.
Although service was good, I’d have to pass on a return trip because it wasn’t very clean. The outside of the building is a pretty good indicator of what you’ll find inside.

This place has some delicious chicken! Their charro beans & flour tortillas are fantastic too. The service was good and everyone was friendly. I love salsa & typically like it spicy, but their salsa was a bit too much for me. I wish they had another that was more like a chunky, spicy, pico de gallo. If the salsa had been better, I would have given 5 stars.
Tips for newcomers: It’s a sit down & order place. When you’re done, you just go up to the podium and pay, they won’t bring a check to your table.

Trying New Mexican food restaurant with wife. This one is not one I would have normally come too looking at the outside. The previous reviews on Unilocal are what brought me into the door.
Long story short
Customer service was great
Food was better then I thought it would be.
Only gave 4 stars due to parking and cleanliness.

Good Mexican food, prices acceptable and services is average, my favorite plate is the parrila de carne Asada and some time burrito Asada, both plates are good

Twenty minutes for 4 tacos!!! Haha yeah should’ve gone to the taco truck across the street. The tacos were not horrible but then again were nothing special especially with $ 1.90 tag…

Great food, two of us shared the ½ paradilla made up of carne asada, barbacoa and al pastor. Yummy. Came with 7 tortillas and definately more than enough for 2 people.
Barbacoa was tender and juicy and flavorful and so was the al pastor. Carne asada wasnt’ as nice as the barbacoa but still great.
Horchata was creamy and nice but wasn’t the best one in Phoenix but the barbacoa was definately the star of the lunch.

Best food Everrrrrr great customer service.

Ate here during Super Bowl week with some work buddies.
Now I’m a gringo who’s married into a Mexican family. I love and eat a lot of authentic Mexican food. I found Norte De Sonora to be just ok. Maybe it’s because their brand of authentic Mexican is from a slightly different region than my family’s. For example I’ve never seen cucumbers served on the side with salsa
in any event the salsa was descent with a good kick. I had 3 tacos and each had good flavor.
Chips and salsa were kind of weak and guacamole is small, leaving you wanting more.

This place is much like any place you’ll walk in all through Mexico and Central America — I need places like this whenever I get sick with wanderlust.
Order the whole chicken and some carne asada tacos. The food is amazing, their salsa is top notch, and they REALLY know how to cook up some carne asada. You’ll be coming back for more!

It’s all relative. If this place was back home in SF, I’d probably give it 5 stars. But in a city full of excellent, cheap Sonoran joints, this one rates ‘very good’ in my estimation.
I tried the chicken burro on a recommendation thinking it would be one of those dinky little burros I usually get here in Phoenix. But this was a full-​sized affair; not Mission burrito big but enough to make a meal out of.
Not knowing that, I also ordered a couple of tacos. The carne asada wasn’t as flavorful as the best I’ve had, the old original America’s Taco Shop on 7^th. The barbacoa was lovely.
Their chips reminded me of Fritos but the red hot sauce and little cup of frijoles a la charra were outstanding. So was the guacamole that accompanied my tacos.
Next time I come here, I’m going to get the ¼ chicken like just about everyone else in the place was eating.

Everything is relative, right? I don’t want to give four-​stars to a taco place, but as far as taco places go, this is one of the best in Phoenix. You need to know what to order though. Don’t get the beef ribs, they are tough and chewy. Make sure you try the carne asada tacos, the cabeza tacos and a Mexican coke. You may also notice that the tortilla chips suck and come from CostCo. This is bad for tortilla chips, but good for the restaurant. They don’t have a deep fryer, so they can’t fry chips. But then again, they don’t have a deep fryer! I bet there is no microwave in the kitchen either.

I wish I possessed the power to delete this place from Unilocal and keep it secret. since I cant, I will share.
Others have said essentially disregard the visuals with this place. Fact. it is in the ‘hood, has a downscale exterior appearance, limited parking, and a colorful human element circulating on the street adjacent to the area. Nothing dangerous, just colorful.
Just park your sled and go inside.
The interior consists of a single room of ~30’x20’ with perhaps a total of ten 4-​top picnic table/​bench style tables.
Wait staff brings menus. The fare is simple — flame singed animal protein ferried to your table on a small sterno fired BBQ contraption about the same size of a 12pack of soda cans.
We ordered a beef, pork and chicken paradilla, termed a half order. For $ 13,it arrives with tortillas, salsa, lime wedges, and onion on the BBQ contraption which I surmise is a parradilla.
This meal would be a contender for my last meal if I were on death row. Perfect. Super tasty. Smple. Excellent value.
Free people watching. What more can a carbon life form hope for?
$ 19.36, with tax, before tip, for a sizeable pile of meat, a giant horchata and a giant soda.
If you want enchiladas, albondigas or a taco salad look elsewhere.
This joint does one thing, and one thing only, very well.
My ONLY complaint would be the tortillas and tortilla chips could be a bit better quality
but things are actually fine as they are.
I hope the folks get rich and stay in business for many years to come.
Go, disregard the optics of the place, enjoy, and thank us band of swarthy reviewers
for convincing you to give this gem a shot.