Hole in the wall. But staff was welcoming and attentive. Was craving menudo on an oddly rainy weekday. I can never find menudo outside the weekend so it was a pleasant surprise. The menudo was fantastic, throughly enjoyed. read more

Friendly service, small indoor seating environment, a handful of seats outside, food arrived quick read more

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Bubu's Mexican Restaurant is located in Long Beach, California, close to LBC College and City of Signal Hill. It is open for breakfast and late lunch, seven days a week. The food (taste and presentation) and the service were superb, great enough to be the place to take welcomed out of town visitors if they have a craving for great Mexican food from LA (even though it is in LB). Bubu's restaurant has been open for more than a year, but only appeared in my radar because a posted picture was on my Yelp feed's front page. It is located on Orange Avenue, and since there is really no reason for us to be around that area, we've never seen it before. However, the reviews really pumped up my enthusiasm to take a drive, so we came around lunch time on a Friday. They share a dedicated parking lot with other businesses in the Orange Plaza strip mall, so didn't have to find street parking. The outside is an interesting set-up, with a walk-up window to the right, and some outside tables butting against the parking lot. So it appears like a typical taco stand, but reading reviews, we knew they had dine-in service as well. You walk in the open door, and was seated with menus. It's not a big dining room, but it wasn't too busy inside. Two servers helped us through our journey, with our main server, Alandra, being super friendly and helpful. With her help, we ordered (and greatly enjoyed) the following: -- Agua de Jamaica (Hibiscus tea) for $4 - one free refill. My wife really enjoyed it, not too sweet. One free refill: Alandra even offered to give the refill as a to-go, and my wife was enjoying it at home the next day. -- Carnitas Plate - $12.75 - substituted extra rice for the pinto beans. They did give a double portion of rice (bit mushy per my wife), a healthy amount of shredded, moist pork, and a flavorful pico de gallo. -- breakfast chilequiles $12 - breakfast is served all-day, so decided to get this for lunch. It comes with 2 eggs, your way (sunny-side up in my case), sliced avocado, decent pinto beans and some of the best tortilla chips soaked in green chile sauce that I've ever eaten. It had been prepared just for me, and would have been mush if I had waited to eat it an hour later. But eating it right after it had been prepared by the chef...heavenly. It's as good as the chilequiles from Interstellar, better if you prefer green sauce. And it's only $12. Next time, I'm getting it with scrambled eggs. -- side of Barbacoa ($5) - a generous dollop of shredded beef, perfect to share. I ate it with the homemade corn tortillas that came with one of our dishes. My wife used the generous gravy to flavor her carnitas. We made this almost a fine dining experience by waiting to see if we were too full for dessert, but decided to create take-home leftovers just so we could order the Churro Balls with Ice Cream ($7) to eat-in. A review had stated that it came with coffee ice cream, which would have been amazing. But vanilla was what was available. It did take a bit of time to come out, but when it did, it was clear why. Each of the 7 donut balls had been deep fried, topped with chocolate and sprinkled with sugar, with fresh strawberry slices at the corners. The center had two small scoops of good vanilla ice cream, topped with a mint leaf and a strawberry freshly carved into a rose. It was plated as if coming from a fine dining restaurant. It tasted exactly like one would imagine...fresh donut holes with good ice cream and strawberries...yum. Paying wasn't the most efficient. A hand written receipt is given for payment, with just a total price. There is a slight surcharge for using a credit card (extra $1.60). Once you decide, you can hand/state the payment (including tip amount) to the server. She then came back with a receipt, which did have an itemized list of charges. Everything was accurate, but can imagine the process has areas where mistakes could be made and not caught. But I'm glad they are not just cash-only. When the time is right, a better POS process would greatly benefit the restaurant. The menu has pictures...this was one of those times when the dish presented was better than the picture on the menu. It did take a bit for the dishes to be made, but once it did, it was clear why: for each dish, the chef had made sure to prepare what he could only once the order was placed. I imagine the kitchen could get backed up if it got too busy. If you have the time, dine-in is the way to go. But I can confidently say I would wait almost any length for the food we got served, especially for this price...it was really, really good. read more

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OMG!! This place has the best Mexican food I've had in like forever. The food is super fresh, something that we don't find that often when eating out anymore. I've resigned to mostly all home cooking. I heard about this place and had to check it out. If you are looking for amazing food, eat at BuBu's. If you are looking for ambiance, you won't necessarily get it there. It's a whole in the wall and not the best area, but that's probably why they close at 4pm. The place is clean and you can tell the chef puts his heart into presentation, skill, and the best ingredients. Enjoy!! You will not be disappointed. Chef Garcia makes everything from Scratch. Try his chipotle sauce. Yummy!! read more

Don't let this "hole in the wall" fool you! 1 star - Staff is so friendly, helpful and all around lovely. 1 star - Price point is incredibly reasonable for the quality and portion size 1 star - they have their own parking lot 1star - they have a little indoor dining area that is super clean and bright to sit in 1 star - the food was very yummy and generous in portion. I loved their take on the burrito egg not being just scrambled but actually rolled into the soft and perfectly grilled tortilla. The chipotle sauce that it came with is absolute fire. Can't wait to come back! Support your local businesses friends! read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Breakfast burrito - normally stuffed with bacon and chorizo but this gal doesn't eat pink puppies anymore - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

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Love coming here! The food is amazing! Wifey and my favorite local spot to just eat great local food, we've even had the pleasure to speak with the owner and chef here and thank him for his great food! The ambiance here is very welcoming and friendly! The staff here is amazing! read more

A hidden Gem! The food is flavorful, I love it at first bite. The quality is high and fresh. From the outside, it gives you that doubt if you want to eat there, a hole in the wall. But remember, not to judge the book by its cover because this book cover ends up tasting good. Excellent, attentive service. read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

For the purpose of this review, 5 stars. On the real real - 3.8 Mama bubu customer service 10/10 Got a fish burrito, barbacoa burrito, and carnitas burrito. Great size burrito. Good flavors. Nice parking lot size. Solid price. Homemade salsas. Detour off the 405 - worth j read more

Do not judge this place by the outside looks! At a glance it looks like it is a to go only place, but it has an inside area with tables and its actually nice and very clean. Our server was Andy who right off the bat we could tell he really cared about what he was doing. He was kind and very helpful. Food was very good too.. we got breakfast burritos. The chipotle sauce was good flavor and spice level. The beans in the burrito were something that I had not tried before in a breakfast burrito but they were a nice addition to the chorizo and bacon. It gave it a tastes like home feel. Also prices were almost unbelievable. We got a great burrito and for less than 10$! Looking forward to coming back. Great local place in Long Beach. read more

This is the real mexican food. Hand made tortillas. Great salsas OMG... My family and i go out for breakfast every sunday. The menudo is amazing!!!!! Everything is very tasty and the portions were good. Great costumer service Alondra is amazing waitress. The ambiance is homey and clean!!! We love bubu's restaurant. Supporting local bussines is very important to me. Im certainly be a regular customer here and would encourage other to do likewise. I recommend this place 100% read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Breakfast burrito - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

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Wow. Absolutely unreal. Called earlier today asked if they had breakfast burritos and if they made their own horchata. Got an order of both. The horchata is so good, sweet but not fake sweet and this burrito, top 3 best breakfast burritos in Long Beach, maybe even the best. Chorizo, cheese, beans, egg potatoes and bacon, plus their "salsa" I think it's like a chipotle crema is unreal. Will be back again, amazing food so fat read more

Breakfast burrito is stellar. Their tacos are also really special bc of their fresh mesa tortilla. 10/10.

Such a great spot to eat! The food was amazing!! So fresh and full of flavor! Great customer service!! Also a spectacular job with presentation for the Churro Balls and ice cream!! read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Churro Balls and ice cream - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

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The food is delicious and presentation was amazing . Everyone was very welcoming and patient. Would recommend to anyone! read more

Bubu's Restaurant - A grilled shrimp and chicken burrito it was amazing!! - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

I recommend this Mexican restaurant. Friendly service. great food. What else can I say but come one, come all to Bubu's restaurant!!! read more

Bubu's Restaurant - This is the dinning room - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

Friendly service! Fair prices and delicious food. I visited because they had handmade tortillas for their tacos, so I ordered the grilled fish taco. I also ordered a grilled fish burrito and crispy fries on the side. I am looking forward to trying different items! The menu had something for everyone. read more

They food is really good. I've had their burritos, fish tacos, churro balls, and their aguas frescas. Definitely give it a try if you're in the local area. read more

The BEST! BEST! BEST! BEST! BEST! Menudo in town. Hands down, I can't go anywhere else. Friendly staff. Always a positive experience.

Stopped by yesterday for lunch with my husband, this place is so cute and the woman that helped us was crazy sweet. The food was amazing we even ate the leftovers for dinner and he never eats leftovers haha read more

Got a breakfast burrito here this morning, staff was friendly but 11$ for a mostly beans, egg and whole potato burrito was ok. There wasn't any bacon and hardly any chorizo like stated read more

This place is sooooo good. We ordered carnitas and mole and the fresh tortillas that came with them were amazing. The green salsa was my favorite. It's clean and all the staff are super friendly. Highly recommend! read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

[Visited on 06.21.24] The location threw me off, but the reviews brought me here. The results are that the staff is very welcoming, pleasant, and helpful, and while I felt comfortable, I came to delight in some food and the highlights I would stand by and surprises me because my spouse ordered it is a bread dessert with coffee ice cream (not pictured) the picture here is what I ordered the churros w/ice cream the presentation is remarkable but the churros although good it took 2nd to the bread dessert. I did have the two tacos barbacoa (also not pictured). The meat in the tacos is enough to make my two into four tacos. Only if they were four fried crispy tacos I would gladly return to try them out. The green chiliakilas (mispelled) are crispy. I only took a bite. This place is good. Don't let the location scared you, but for me, I didn't find my spark. read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Churros w/ ice cream - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

Good food, and great service! Very friendly owner. Also, super reasonable prices! They have indoor seating, some outdoor seating and a to-go window. Parking lot is small and is shared with other businesses. read more

Very solid breakfast burrito. I recommend both the orange and red salsas if you like spicy. Very tasty.

Absolutely hands down the best breakfast burrito I have had!! I worked a marketing event in Newport Beach this morning and I treated the hospitals staff to breakfast! Jesus and his staff are lovely! Everything was on time I had a pick up at 7:30 am. Try this place out you will not be disappointed! read more

Bubu's is a brand new addition to Long Beach's crowded scene of mom-and-pop Mexican places, located in an unassuming strip mall with both a counter-serve and dine in option. I wound up here after staying up all night with family in the ER at the hospital a few blocks away, so it was complete good fortune that I wound up spotting the chilaquiles and coffee on their frontage and going "god, I need that to live." Well, it turns out I really did need Bubu's in my life. The chilaquiles verdes were absolutely divine, tangy, diner-style Mexican and I was totally refreshed by the time I was polishing off the plate. The coffee was pretty standard diner fare, but it was topped up very actively by my super friendly, attentive server. The ambiance was cozy and I didn't mind sitting around to digest for a while in their pleasant blue dining room with decorative succulents. A complete breakfast lifesaver. Don't sleep on this one. read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Chilaquiles Verdes, with a generous side of Chicken Pastor on the right! - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

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Amazing! I live in North Long Beach and do not mind driving 15 minutes to BUBU'S food is so delicious the serving sizes are huge and the best part are the prices ! Almost nothing is over $13! I found this place randomly on yelp & it was suggested with top reviews ? Well they are 100 true & I'm happy I followed my gut gave it a try and now I bring the whole family. read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Asada Plate & Chile Relleno - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

If you want amazing Homestyle Mexican food this is the place to go. Had a to-go order and it was quick and already ready for pickup. Starting off with the restaurant itself, it had a very cozy feel to it. The breakfast torta was amazing, it had beans in it which made it even better. The chilaquiles sauce was very flavorful, they for sure make their own sauce. To end we had the churro balls and will be getting those again. Overall if you want good AUTHENTIC Mexican food Bubu's is the place to go. read more

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Bubu's Restaurant is a hidden gem in Long Beach. The food is delicious and the staff is very friendly and welcoming.

My boyfriend and I were scrolling online trying to find somewhere to eat to start our day when we came across Bubu's. Once we looked at a couple of pictures we were sold. We pulled up, small place, homey atmosphere, but great service and care. We were sat immediately and attended to. My boyfriend got the wet burrito with half green and half red sauce- both sauces had a lot of flavor and it was a good balance of spice and flavor. I wanted the chilaquiles originally but once I heard about the chicken enchiladas special I chose that instead. I'm a huge fan of enchiladas and I can truly say they did not disappoint! We finished with the churros and strawberry ice cream and it hit the SPOT! Overall, I would recommend this place if you're looking for something quick, authentic, and tasty. Definitely coming back here again to support. read more

This is my 2nd visit. Their breakfast is . This time, I'm having the Chilaquiles con Rojo with Barbacoa (than you Jose for recommending this hidden gem). I was greeted with a friendly smile and like before, the service was awesome! read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Chilaquiles con roji with barbacoa - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

You guys ;-; I have trars looking at these pictures. My goodness, the food here was so fire. Look how beautiful that burrito looks. The woman who helped us out was SO sweet. She gave us drink samples as we mentioned it was our first time. Barbacoa burrito was DELICIOUS. The meat was so, so juicy. Jamaica agua fresca was great! Not too sweet, just right. As a guac killer, I had to get chips and guac- of course. Delish as well. It was great eating a burrito without spillage and 0 tortilla eruption. Thank you so much for a great first time! Can't wait to go back. read more

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I'm a big fan of Menudo and this place got 4+ stars so I had to check it out. The Menudo did not disappoint. Rich delicious with lots of meat. If you like your toppings on the side like I do, request that otherwise they come in the soup. Also, Menudo does not have homony so request that if you like it. Andy, our server was friendly, polite and attentive. I'll be coming back. read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Menudo was Rich and delicious with lots of meat. - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

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The staff is so sweet, the food was amazing I would recommend the chilaquiles rojos or breakfast burrito, so bomb! Will definitely come again! read more

Some of the best Mexican and service I have ever experienced. It is worth the drive and is the best in the city.

My family and I loved everything we ordered. My favorite was the fish tacos, but everything is made fresh to order and so yummy. The service was also amazing! We will definitely be back soon. read more

In my constant search for what Anthony Bourdain called the "good stuff," I found some -- the menudo at Bubu's Restaurant. I love menudo, and this place has some of the best I have ever had. I also need to give an honorable mention to their chilaquiles, with a choice of green or red sauce, which my wife Reyna ordered and said was delicious. The staff at Bubu's is fabulous, and they really care about their customers. Carry was our waitress and she was wonderful. When my wife said she couldn't decide between the red or green sauce for her chilaquiles, Carry suggested she try half and half. Great suggestion because my wife got to try both, which were both outstanding. The owners name is Alondra and she was walking around making sure everyone was happy. Finally, I need to give a shout out to their Chef Garcia, who makes some of the best menudo I have ever had. This is a working class place, which is a plus for me. None of the pretentiousness, just real people who care about you. read more

Bubu's Restaurant - My delicious menudo. I have found some of the "good stuff." - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

The best food I've had in a while!!! Service is wonderful!!!! She's a whole in the wall but that what makes this place a 10/10!!!!! FOOD IS SOOO GOOD. Also the the Agua fresa are so good... read more

Bubu's Restaurant - Bubu fries (I couldn't wait to eat) it looked beautiful I promise - Mexican Near Me - Long Beach, California

We love a small restaurant, but the size is not to disregard the quality and authenticity of the food. We all loved our lunch, the customer service was genuine, friendly and timely. The prices are decent and portions are filling, with a beautiful and consistent presentation. Must try! And close to Long Beach airport. We finished off with two ice cream cones for the kids each 1.50 you can't beat that. Thank you! read more

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Fresh, delicious classics. Great service, friendly staff. Would definitely come back for breakfast