Michoacan

On a late Sunday afternoon my wife and I decided to try a new-​to-​us Mexican restaurant for take-​out burritos. As I approached the restaurant, children in a large SUV began hurling slurs at me from the car in Spanish. Slurs I myself learned well during my time at a San Antonio, Texas middle school — names I completely understood. I approached the door anyway shaking off the children’s verbal assaults.
Even though the restaurant was supposed to be open all day and it was late afternoon — I could tell there was something amiss as I pulled on the open door. The lights were off and a woman behind the counter gruffly said, «Closed».
I turned to leave and as I walked past the gold Tahoe this time, the little demons screamed at me, «Esta cerrado» followed by another string of expletives, why yes, yes it does appear to be closed. Thanks kids. For some reason it was closed fully 5 hours earlier than it should have been. Weird.
As I left the area the grumpy worker at the restaurant came outside to talk to the kids in the SUV. Of course they were hers.
Very long story short, I wanted to give them a try but never got the chance and after this experience will never be back to try again.

This is what I wrote to
in regards to a certificate I purchased from them and attempted to use on the same day at Michoacan Mexican Restaurant:
«I WANT MY $ 25 CASH BACK FROM EITHER
OR MICHOACAN MEXICAN RESTAURANT!!!
I exchanged one of my older certificates today for a certificate to Michoacan Mexican Restaurant for dinner this eve. NOTHING on the certificate stated any restrictions other than a minimum spending of $ 50. I called earlier in the day to make sure they were accepting certificates and the girl said yes.
We ordered our meal (which they even charged us more than the menu prices!!!), ate and then went to pay (we had ordered an item to go). When I showed the older lady my certificate (mind you, she was our waitress, cook and cashier… the husband just sat there doing NOTHING), she shook her head and said she doesn’t take them. She stated she canceled her certificates with
. She kept repeating that I had to pay the full price or she could give me a $ 5 discount. My total was $ 51.65!!! I was suppose to receive $ 25 off!!!
I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR MY $ 25 EXTRA CASH THAT I HAD TO INCUR FOR YOUR SELLING OF AN INVALID CERTIFICATE! I HAVE ALL COPIES OF THE RECEIPTS SHOWING THAT I PURCHASED IT TODAY AND ATTEMPTED TO USE IT ON THE SAME DAY!
Someone needs to make this right!»
Overall, the place was a train wreck. We were the ONLY TABLE in the place and it took FOREVER for our «waitress» to take our order. It was more important to stock the beverages in the coolers.
After finally taking our order she went off to go cook our food… mind you, the husband just sat there doing nothing the entire time.
We finally get our food and it was tasty. We will give them credit for that…
Oh, the tamales were dry, DO NOT ORDER THEM. I’m from San Antonio and cook texmex/​mexican food and know good food vs horrible food. The food was decent.
The poor thing is that I would have written a half way decent review about the place if it wasn’t for the lack of «service» and being treated like crap and over charging me along with NOT accepting a VALID certificate that entitled me to $ 25 off.
I WILL NOT BE RETURNING NOR WILL I BE SUGGESTING IT TO ANYONE IN THE AREA.

I signed up for Unilocal to write this review. I have never been so disappointed, frustrated and generally disturbed by a restaurant.
I looked through the reviews of this place, and seeing one with photos from 2008, it is obvious that in the past six years the restaurant has taken a turn for the worse. Chairs stacked everywhere, dirty tablecloths, and a general unkempt appearance made me question my decision immediately.
Now, I am used to eating great food in dumpy places, but the whole vibe was off here. Of the three adults in the place, 2 were watching telenovelas on the large TV in back, one was working the kitchen, and two very young children were running the place.
The menus are horribly out of date. No margaritas, the only beer was Heineken (Heineken?!) and many crossed out food items and price changes.
The service was very poor. The young boy who took our orders and brought us food could not have been over 14, knew very little about the menu and had no desire to make you feel as if they appreciated us being there. The girl at the front counter was absorbed in her smartphone. We felt neglected and generally unwelcome.
Of the four of us there, one ordered a soda, and was told to go grab it out of the cooler in back. When he came back we looked at the lid and there was a dead fly on the lip of the can. Not good. The salsa had good flavor but was very watery, and the chips were stale.
When the food came, the steak fajita meat was tough and dry, and the guacamole was liquid purée. We were never checked up on, as the kids had better things to do, and everyone else was bust watching TV.
I only ate a few bites and decided it was time to leave. We tried to pay with a credit card, but our waiter was on the phone, so we had to wait for him to get off before the transaction could be completed. I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
I don’t wish ill will upon someone trying to make a restaurant work, but it just seemed like these folks weren’t even trying. So disappointed.

I picked up dinner to go the other night and I was pleasantly surprised. I’m from Texas and I am constantly in search of great little places to grab tacos, ceviche, etc. I ordered a sope (not on the menu), an al pastor taco and a carne asada taco. I paid $ 6-​something. When I got it home and opened the box, there was so much food! The tacos are served in perfectly homemade corn tortillas with diced tomatoes, onions and cilantro. There was also a large side cup of roasted salsa verde. The tacos were good but the meat was a little dry, although well-​seasoned. The sope! Wow, it was delicious… fresh farmer’s cheese, lettuce, a slice of red, ripe tomato, meat, beans and topped with fried potatoes. Yum! I will be definitely be back!

This was really good for being ran by kids, The burrito was HUGE! I did find everything to be too spicy tho.

I don’t understand what everyone is talking about. I’ve been here 4 times and each time I was overcharged, ignored, given the wrong meal, given poor service by an underaged server and given attitude.
I keep coming back because I was hoping they were just having a bad day but no.
2 of the 4 times, food was plentiful but bland, the rice was cold and burnt and it was not what I ordered, (I’m a native Spanish speaker).
Their service was slow. One woman was manning the kitchen her husband was busy watching tv and their child was angrily and very rudely serving tables.

My husband loves this place. He is very picky about his mexican food. This is very authentic. Good portions for a fair price. We come here quite often. Today my husband had the menudo and I had Machaca. The owner kept the fresh tortillas coming. The place isn’t fancy by any means so don’t let the outside steer you away. It is always cold inside the seating area. Be prepared for that as well.

So this hole-​in-​the-​wall place is a mixed bag. It’s has indoor plastic seating and they tiny TV is fixed on a Spanish channel. The owner/​chef speaks very little English. BUT the food is great and the prices are fine. Most items are ten bucks or less and can feed two. They also have lunch dishes that are around 7.
I always get the Camarones a la Diabla (Devil Shrimp) which is perfectly spicy and full of large-​sized shrimp. They also ask if you want corn or flour tortillas, so gluten-free’s like me can chow down. The rice has some veggies in it and has «Pe-​gow» which is the part of the rice that sticks to the bottom of the pot-​which many people like best. I now call for pick-​up at least once a week. The owner is very nice too and they have some great college psychology books and toys in the front, next to the bouncy ball machine.

This was part of my search for the perfect Southern California Carne Asada Burrito. Pictures above.
Parking here looks like it can be painful.
As specified on the outside of the place, it’s actually a restaurant. You can buy food to go though.
Burrito ordered so-​cal style. It was pretty decent sized, nothing HUGE, especially for almost $ 5. I forgot to get a shot of the inside of the burrito. It was filled with lettuce. I guess I wasn’t specific enough with the «only carne asada, salsa, and guacamole.» Anyway, I think that may have ruined it for me, I hate lettuce in burritos more than beans. It did come with chips and salsa. The burrito tasted ok. Lacked guacamole and especially salsa inside, meat was big flat chunks, not really diced, kinda chewy. I wouldn’t eat here again.
* Overall Rating: C Price: $ 4.75
* Beans /​Rice: Had to specify not to include (was confusing). I got lettuce in mine. Make sure you ask for no lettuce.
* Salsa /​Guac: Not really /​Not really
* Salsa Bar: No — Tapatio only.
* Tortilla: Rolled half way correctly. Not big enough. It wasn’t TOO grilled — good.
* Size: Medium for the price.
* Assistant’s Rating: «B. Great meat, but no salsa! :-(»