Don't listen to the nit picker reviews. This is real Mexican food. Service was spectacular, especially when considering the fact that it didn't have to be. It's a hole in the wall, know what you're walking into. But the integrity of the establishment speaks for itself. Very clean, wide variety of options without a compromise of quality. They're a family working with what they have and that deserves it's own respect. With the food being as good as it is, it's us who should feel grateful they're still going out of their way to go the extra mile and provide first class service. It's really too bad that people who know nothing about what it takes to run a restaurant try and diminish this places worth because of its location. Try it out for yourself; my reviews haven't been proved wrong. read more

5 Estrellas Mexican Restaurant - a plate of food - Mexican Near Me - Santa Ana, California

I ordered in advance over the phone because I only have a 30 minute lunch , I arrived paid expected my food to be ready and to my surprise I still had to wait 10 minutes for it. I ordered a wet burrito it looked good but when I took a bite disappointment! & on top of that food didn't even sit well with me.. Not going back read more

5 Estrellas Mexican Restaurant - Red wet carne asada burrito - Mexican Near Me - Santa Ana, California

Very good menudo for the price. They give a lot of menudo and meatless bones at all unlike other places! This is definitely my new to go spot for menudo. read more

les recomiendo a probar los ricos platillos y el ambiente del karaoke los viernes sábado y domingo, muy buen ambiente y el dueño es muy amable read more

Service is great, ambience is cozy, and the food was delicious! Overall great restaurant experience!

TLDR; bad customer service, dishonest practices and mediocre food for high price. The aguas frescas were absolutely revolting. They tasted as if they completely watered them down and then dumped a ton of sugar to make up for the lack of taste. And then when we asked to change it for anything else they refused. All the cilantro, lime and onion was old and dry like if it had been sitting in the fridge for a long time. The tortillas were absolutely white like of they were heated in the microwave, gross. At the end when informed of our disapproval p they fought it truth and nail saying that they tasted everything and it tasted great which was not true. After finally agreeing to remove the horrid drinks they rang up the total which was too high, upon checking the itemized receipt they has actually not removed the drinks and were trying to still charge for the drinks. Absolutely unacceptable experience overall. read more

Okay, I typically do not leave reviews but this place is beyond delicious. I just tried their red Chilaquiles with rice and beans and everything was so tasty and spot on. My grama makes the best home made chilaquiles and this place made me think of her. I don't know why this place does not have more reviews but I would definitely recommend to anyone. I am so excited to try more of there foods. Liquado de platano was also bomb! Thank you :) read more

Menudo was very flavorful and a mix of pig feet and intestine. Along with harmony and very flavorful soup.

I'll give a 0 to this place waitress did not show I needed to go to the counter to ask for a drink and napkins the food was really bad I am definitely not coming back read more

I rarely ever leave reviews! But man this place has amazing food. First time and definitely will be ordering or going in. My son is a picky eater and he got the order of wings, he ate them All! From the horchata to the enchiladas and the pozole. Really recommend . read more

Shitty service, had an emergency and had to cancel an order and the lady was being extremely rude. Emergencies happen that are out of our control, was courteous and called to explain just to argue with the owner on the phone. I'd give them zero stars if posible. Her daughter is also super rude. Will never be going here again. High recommend no one else puts themselves in this horrible customer service situation. Who tf sits there and argues with a customer for having an emergency ? Like wtf, as if im going to be like "okay fuck my emergency, On my way to get this food how rude of me" fuck this place, no wonder they're always hiring, no one wants to work with rude ass people. read more

I'm not even done eating and I had to leave this review this place hands down has the best chilliquilAs I've ever had!!!!!

1st time here they won me over with just the chops and salsa I like it a lot. Hope the food i ordered tastes good as well. If it does they will have a regular and i will come here more often. read more

Agua de Jamaica tastes a bit outdated, but "no exchanges." customer service could definetly use some help. Birria tastes microwaved and at least a week old. Tortillas are probably microwaved too. read more

I rarely find a need to write a bad review. But, this place absolutely deserved it. Service: If I could put less than 1 star, I would do it. Our server was a nice lady but barely spoke a lick of English. I understand and speak very basic Spanish and at least enough to understand her. It took FOREVER to get orders in and doubly longer to get our orders out. Food: Bland as #$%!. My wife liked the salsa and sauces for some reason, but not I. Payment: We were a group of 4 who split the check on 2 cards. This is where the nightmare began. She got my card to read but not my friends. After trying 3 more cards from my friend, my wife finally gave her card and it seemed to have went through. My boy had put in some money toward the bill but the waitress misunderstood and pocketed the money. On top of this, it took her 25 minutes to get us our checks back! She served 2 groups before she got back to us! WHAT THE FUCK? Today, my bank account was charged twice for the same amount. #shady Decor/Atmosphere: There was this door chime that was broken and stuck "on". Add in the sound of Novellas playing at a really loud volume and we could barely hear each other talk. I mean there was some guy painting the register backdrop neon green while we were still in the restaurant! LMAO. The lack of management here is the problem. The entire venue needs a serious upgrade on all fronts. Please do not visit this place unless you enjoy slow, shady service and bland food with a noisy environment and inattentive service. read more

So funny story, we came out here looking for Alberto's and spotted Alfonso's and got mixed up. We didn't notice till after we had ordered that the menu said Alfonso's instead of Alberto's, but it still hit the spot. Basic mexican food, although they did have lengua (tongue, which was pretty good). I'd come again if I was in the area but wouldn't make a trip out here to get it. read more

Bomb ass Tacos. Sadly its very far for me to go. I loved their salsa. The waitress was very sweet and very efficient. I can sense a tad communication problem. Still bomb food awesome service. BEST prices for a sit down/fast food style. read more

Really good food and cheap you should go come here and the staff if really friendly and the service is amazing I would definitely come back here read more

Atmosphere - lol. There was a dude singing karaoke very loudly in Spanish the entire time.. nearly impossible to converse unless you're within making-out distance. Eats - I got a carne asada burrito, and the burrito was pretty much 100% meat, no fillers like rice, beans, salsa etc. But I love meat so that was awesome. You also need to know spanish to order! Minus one star because it took freaking forever for our orders to be ready, even though there was nobody else in line. read more

This place went to sh$t after the last owners, Food is delicious. No complaint there. But, this new young RUDE, MISERABLE "waitress" needs to go. I hope that the owner reads this, I know that she is somehow related to you or the other waitress that works there all the time. You need to get rid of her because you are losing long coming customers that have been loyal to this restaurant. I read the other reviews about her and WOW...I felt as if I could have left those reviews. She doesn't greet you, she acts like she doesn't speak English or Spanish. She stares! She is soooooo RUDE!!!!! I have been coming here for over 8 years and I hardly come now because I can't stand this little girl that they have here, as if she is being forced to work. She doesn't bring you anything until you ask, She doesn't wipe the tables. You have to come and sit down on a dirty table and ask her to wipe it. I sat and ate my dinner and watched her, she stands behind the counter staring, as it is packed. Doesn't ask if we need anything? Pick our dirty plates, needs to be told. Check your staff. What is more important, having happy customers that have been returning for years, or having your family member that is miserable run out your customers. HORRIBLE SERVICE!!!!!!! read more

I found this place by accident while getting lunch for my daughter at McDonald's.. The menudo is the bomb.. read more

5 Estrellas Mexican Restaurant - Menudo - Mexican Near Me - Santa Ana, California

3.5 Stars Decent hole-in the wall mexican place. I guess for the price and that it's a block from my house, I may go back. Quesadillas were good and as well as the $1.25 good chips and less than average salsa. Enchilada was also good but the two of us felt a little queasy after this meal. Maybe it was too much cheese or the grease, either way I wasn't too pleased with that. With so many other Mexican options in LB, I doubt this one is going to be better than the others on taste, but maybe they will on price ($5 Quesadilla). read more

I was at Cafe Lu's watching the Lakers game and wanted something to grub on real quick. I ordered a carne asada taco only, to go. It cost me $2.10, but she charged me $2.00, didn't wanna break my big bills. For $2.10, I was expecting something huge because most tacos I have are pretty small and are around $1.00 each. There were only a few people there, two people by themselves and a family. The to go back included some carrots/jalapenos and hot sauce. Brought back the taco to Cafe Lu and just wanted something to have in my stomach because I was going to eat later. It was just okay for me, nothing to rave about. The carne asada was basically just carne asada...that's it, not many veggies or anything else. I've had better tasting carne asadaa and it's pretty expensive here compared to other places. read more

Best Mexican food I have had in a long long time. Food was delicious, not too spicy and you could add heat to your food with the salsa. OMG! They will also do special orders and were wonderful about it. I just need to put up a mailbox and live here. read more

Awesome tacos del pastor with a hint of pineapple. Friday,saturday,sunday totally coming back with friends nice little place very friendly people read more

The waitress was attentive, but few minutes later it got busy and we lost her attention. They should have two people on the floor. Other than that the food was really good. I had enchiladas de mole and they were so tasty. Just perfect! I will be returning. read more

Love this spot. Lyft driver, I eat all around town. I never miss a stop at Estrellas. I always order the red wet burrito with AL pastor. Excellent guacamole, I order a side of that nearly everytime. Sayra is usually my host, she's amazing in the dining room ^^ read more

This is a little hole in the wall with great food and service. Their burritos mojados, tacos and horchata are delicious. The waitresses are great hosts and are respectful. I will not recommend it for dates nor family outing for dinner only breakfast. In the evenings the restaurant has more of a casual drinks and karaoke with friends type of vibe. Nothing fancy.Parking is good. read more

I had tried their tacos almost a year ago and they were excellent, Today I decided to try their menudo since I had been looking for good place to have menudo in Santa Ana and it was the Bomb delicious and the portions are really good too. This will be my regular spot to get menudo on Sundays. I agree with some other customers that they could use a second waitress, but the waitress they have does her best to take care of everyone and she always has done an excellent job when I am there and she is very friendly and courteous. read more