Los Manjares De Pepe

Stop by for dinner one rainy night to see if I’ve been missing out for over 20+ years.
Ordered a Carne Asada burrito combo with rice and beans on the side and the order came with complimentary chips and salsa.
The rice was old and dried out and the chips were recycled from a previous table. Some of the chips had guacamole on them from the previous table.
I do not recommend this place and suggest El Charro close by.

Not a favorite place. Been here more than once. Food is good. Today with only one other table being served, service was terrible. We also felt the salsa was left over rather than fresh. Definitely have had better for the same or less money.

Food (shrimp mojo ajo) was good. Place had flies… a lot of flies, salsa appeared to be passed from another table (see picture), soda cups were sticky inside as they were not washed. In the picture with the salsa, notice the ring around the bowl. This is exactly how we got it so you know it wasn’t fresh but passed from another table. Lettice on the plate was wilted.old. Yes after all of that we still eat there, didn’t think of touching the salsa, because we heard such good things. If you are not into a clean environment, this place is for you.

Great setting but the house margaritas leave you with a headache. Make sure to go top shelf to better the experience. Food is good… Chile Verde was spot on. Will go again and see if better on 2^nd go around since the 1^st experience was good.

I’m from out of town and asked for a recommendation by a bartender. He told us about this restaurant, it was perfect. The waitress gave my grandma a margarita on the house for her birthday. She was so sweet and funny. The prices were awesome and the food was amazing!

Try the seafood soup (Siete de Mares). It is the best! It took a while to prepare all the ingredients, but it was well worth the long waiting to enjoy this wonderful dish. It will fill you up, so no need to order other items.

Chili Rellano 2 of 3 were delicious! The 3 was just good, but still superior to most found in restaurants! The chicken tostada terrific!
Major problem with this place is location — its in Yuma, and we live in Ventura, CA
Great dinner for our last night in town!
THANK YOU

The way it should be. Authentic food, building, and friendly people. Loved the old school menu and music playing in the kitchen.

Many things went wrong with this meal. we were served“avocado” that looked like watered down cold cream. Additionally, had to leave due to a smell that smelled like mold. Beans were flavorless. I’ve been here before and it was a great place to eat. What happened?

Very Good Food!;) Good Customer Service, Good Quality Food, The Place is Too Old! Should Be Torn Down and Build a New Building! Would Come Back Though…

BEST FOOD BEST SERVICE! The plan on our visit to Yuma was to try a different Mexican restaurant every day. That never happened. Never needed to. De Pepe is mouth watering amazing. I’m craving it just doing this review. The barbacoa (sp), the Pepe special, Annnyyy of the tacos.
Now let me tell you about the staff. It’s like family. So helpful and warm. Great suggestions and help with the menu. Great banter. And here’s the clincher. I wanted hotter salsa and they went out in the garden and made me FRESH TO ORDER DELICIOUS SALSA! Every day we visited!!! I cannot say enough about how this place with their detail to food and wonderful staff stole our hearts.

Perhaps I’m just an East Coast rube that’s never had decent Mexican food before, or perhaps my father just steered me wrong on this place — only the locals here would know. But I can say, for the benefit of my friends here in Baltimore and east of the Mississippi, that this place served me up some of the very BEST Mexican I have ever had in my entire life. Forget Torterilla Sinaloa, forget Tijuana Tacos, ladies and gents. This place is the real deal, the bomb, the shit, the ultimate. I have been spoiled. I am no longer able to get Mexican in Baltimore without comparing it to Manjares — and it will always be wanting!
My father and stepmother took me here because it’s their favorite Mexican joint, and I see why. From the beginning of the experience to the end, it was everything I expected from a legitimate Mexican restaurant, and more.
I’ve read a few reviews about how the place isn’t sparkling clean; it was just fine to me when I went, and I’m a STICKLER for these kinds of things. No, it wasn’t «eat off the floor» level, but you know what? The atmosphere and the servers made up for that. We had several young women come up, offering us water and drinks and appetizers — the level of service was truly a standout here, and was well appreciated.
I had a chile relleno platter here that, quite simply, blew me away. It was spicy, full of cheese and sauce and deliciousness. The salsa was just perfect — it was full of tomato flavor and didn’t taste like it came out of a Pace jar (thank God for that!). And the beans were absolute PERFECTION. I don’t like refried beans as a rule, usually, and they have to be pretty special for them to make the cut with me — but this was the very first time that I’ve ever wanted to actually order MORE. That’s how good they were!
The drinks here are bloody HUGE. Be prepared for it. I didn’t need more than one glass of water and even that was way too much.
The shock came when the bill arrived. A mere forty dollars for FOUR PEOPLE. Are you kidding me? That’s a price for TWO in Baltimore for food that’s not even as close to being as good. I paid that, and happily, and I would again. And again. The only real crime here is that Manjares can’t be airlifted to the East Coast so that everyone here can share in the benefit of how Mexican food should be done.
I will miss the Tex-​Mex joints here in Baltimore (because, truthfully, that’s what they are). But I will visit Manjares again when I come to Yuma. I’m so glad I have relatives there!
HIGHLY, highly recommended.

The food is ok here but the service is questionable. The girls are helpful but the guys that work here have an attitude. I loved the Sonora tacos here the fist time I had them but they haven’t been the same since. I’m a little disappointed but it’s close to my apt so I just end up going here when I’m feeling lazy.

The portions are pretty large. I ordered tacos, which were decent. However, my friend’s fish was very undercooked.
What’s more, the restaurant was very filthy! Walls, floors and tables had grease and who knows what else on them! There was only a few people when I went, yet the service was mediocre at best. I definitely won’t be returning.

One of my favorite restaurants in Yuma. I love that it’s just a little mom and pop restaurant, and not a chain. It’s definitely not the cleanest or nicest place but its perfect if you just want good mexican food and a good time with good people. It’s always been fresh and great tasting every time I’ve been there. They have the best salsa in Yuma and I can’t get enough of the Pepe’s Special. Love their breakfast burritos too.
Usually I get the shredded beef tacos or enchiladas, but so far everything I’ve gotten has been great and it’s always very affordable. A great local place.

Had to add a lot of salsa to get any taste at all.
Won’t go back, not worth another visit to try anything else.

The food was good (not great) and the portions plentiful. The servers were generally helpful young women. but…
Los Manjares is dirty. At least it was when we there. We arrived after the main lunch rush and the hostess sat us at a large dirty table. Then the server moved us to a smaller dirty table. There was spilled food and paper stuff on the floor beside one of the tables that none of the servers made any effort to clean up for the hour we were there. They stepped over it.
Where in the world was Pepe?
Hate to say this but next time, we’ll stick to the chain places out by the interstate.

This hole in a wall restaurant in Yuma, az is full of surprises.
The Pepe’s special pork with tomatillo is unbelievably good. melt in the mouth slow cooked pork with bold flavor of roasted chilli red sauce.
Sopa de Birria is very good too. The beef is really simmered for a while and brings out the richness in the broth.
I asked for a roasted jalapenos and thought im gonna get a cold roasted jalapenos like most of the mexican restaurant, but its not. They took time to cut some jalapenos and toss it in the grill and brushed it with vinegar, pepper and salt. it was still hot when it came out.
This is the kind of restaurant that the owners really put their heart and pride on what they serve. There’s no cutting corners. Not many places like this to be found anymore.
All this awesomeness only cost me $ 14. Luckly i live a few hundred miles away or i would get chubby easily from this place.
Salud for Los Manjares De Pepe.

Where do I even begin? Los Manjares De Pepe is the only restaurant I’ve tried in Yuma so I can’t very well claim that this is the best Mexican food anyone can find in Yuma. IF this place is indeed the best Mexican food in Yuma, it would be tragic. But then again, not everyone has a Mexican Mom-​in-​law who cooks like an angel.
The restaurant is on the small side and the interior reminded me of Mexican home that I’ve seen on some cheesy telenovela. It was rather homey and I quite like it.
I had a bowl of White Menudo and Pepe’s special. BF had Asada, Eggs & Nopales Burrito. Menudo was very lightly flavored. It had a lot of hominy and very little tripe. Usually I like Menudo but this was a little flavorless for me even with all the condiments I’ve added. Pepe’s special consists of Pork in tomatillo sauce, frijoles, scrambled eggs, potatoes and salad. I had high hopes for Pork in tomatillo sauce but it was really disappointing. The fresh tomatillo sauce was nice but tasted one-​dimensional. Frijoles was very good — definitely not canned beans. Scrambled eggs and potatoes were both okay. I didn’t touch the salad. BF’s breakfast burrito was massive in size! It was also massively disappointing in taste. Eggs and Nopales were both overcooked.
Food were more like 2 stars but service was fast and friendly so I’m adding another star.

Los Mangares is kind of located in a weird section of Yuma.
It’s only a few blocks away from Downtown Yuma but I guess once get closer to Los Mangares, the area definitely becomes more industrialized (even has a strip club near by).
This place is situated in what used to be house-​turned Asian restaurant-​turned Mexican restaurant, or so it seems. It’s really a no frills place … parking is in the back and is on packed sand. If you’re not looking, you can easily miss this place.
I ordered the quesadilla, chicken taco, and sonora roll… just for comparison to Mi Rancho. Sonora roll was much smaller and was greasier. Same with the taco — they fried the folded roll. Quesadilla was good, but the middle portion was soggy (either from my own doing with the salsa or their cooking).
Chips weren’t very warm /​fresh and the salsa was watery. One of my coworkers had to ask the waiter if he could get us a chunkier salsa (which they did).
Overall OK. Service was great. Food was well priced ($ 1/​$ 2 tacos)… but I think Mi Rancho gives you more taste for your money.