Wow! I had the chicken burrito with the white sauce (sorry can't remember what it's called) it was sooo good! I'm from Texas so I feel like I'm an expert on Mexican food or anything of the sorts, this place knows their stuff! Will def go back while I'm here and try out more of the menu! read more

Was really looking forward to trying this place and I left really disappointed. I ordered a smothered corn/onion burrito with the habanero sauce. No option to put salsa, guac, or other veggies inside (or at least it wasn't offered) so they wrapped it up, put it under the toaster, and that was it. The inside of my burrito was not even remotely warm. The burrito is huge and difficult to eat with the plastic utensils they provide. Veggies had no seasoning and the corn was overly sweet. Not for me. My boyfriend had the steak smothered burrito and he said it was okay. The highlight of my meal was the excessively large side of queso and salsa with chips. Tortillas were soft, restaurant was clean, and we only had to wait 5 or so minutes. But the food wasn't good enough to have us come back. read more

Cafe Mexicali - Giant queso - Mexican Near Me - Johnstown, Colorado

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Amazing food and the staff here is always friendly! Great service all around. If you haven't tried the breakfast burritos here, do it...they'll fuel you for the rest of your day read more

Love this place! Eat here a couple times a month. Sweet pork burrito with either sauce is the way to go! I am only writing this because we had such a great experience with one of the managers Justin, He was friendly and helpful he even went out of his way to help me with my pregnant wife. read more

Cafe Mexicali - Mexican Near Me - Johnstown, Colorado

4 stars for the great food. Service was quick and efficient, however, the fact that of the 12 or so employees behind the counter, all but 3 had their masks below their nose and some below their mouth was very concerning. I am covid weary as anyone, but this is just unacceptable. read more

The smothered burrito green chili is so good! Super fresh and great quality. The Cafe Mexicali team is super friendly. Love this place!!

It's not very often when I do a review but felt I had to with this place. The outside of the place was inviting, I was expecting a bar/grill atmosphere, but it pales when you walk inside. I was actually surprised to find basically a Qdoba knock-off with tone-deaf staff and well...bland, tasteless food. I ordered a burrito with chicken and had to beg for no rice before the person understood then they continuously rushed the ingredients without me having a chance to say anything. All staff needs some coaching. Note: it is all "to-go" dishware and knife/fork whether you dine in or not. I took two bites and tossed it...never have I ever done that. Bland: chicken was terrible. Worst $ I have spent in a while. In a place where there is a high concentration of eating options, best to avoid this one...lesson learned. read more

Good is mediocre and the staff is rude. Tried it for the first time and I can say we will not return. The staff was not professional, not a family friendly establishment. read more

Big neon sign "breakfast burritos" so we stop in on a SUNDAY MORNING and find out that Sunday is the only day they don't serve breakfast?!? WTF We walked out and so did people behind us read more

The staff, the food, the cleanliness! EVERYTHING here was fantastic! The sweet pork is delicious and the white creamy habinero sauce is to die for! Go here! read more

Food is always hot and great tasting. You really get a lot of food for the money! Tortillas are pressed and cooked fresh right in front of you! Great chips and queso too! read more

Wonderful fresh tortillas. I love this place specifically for the sweet pork and the Creamy Habanero Sauce. So good! I used to have to drive to FOCO to eat here so i'm glad it's near Loveland now. read more

This Cafe Mex definitely does not disappoint! Hand-made tortillas, amazing habanero white sauce, and great quality for the money spent. My favorite is the sweet pork quesolle, it doesn't leave you too full! Highly recommend this restaurant and all other locations! read more

I can't put into words how much I love this place. It's my favorite place to eat out at. Unfortunately none of the locations are very close to me, put one in Denver please. Creamy habanero sauce is the absolute best. Can't go wrong with the sweet pork whether it's nachos quesoles or the burritos! Picture that scene In ratatouille when fireworks go off in his head, this is it. Never change Mexicali, never change. read more

Skip it. Go across the street to Qdoba The atmosphere here is fast food meets dine-in, so it's more upscale than Taco Bell, but it's not a typical "sit down" restaurant. The order process is a "you pick it" style similar to Subway, Qdoba, and Jason's Deli. The food and menu is basically identical to Qdoba or Chipotle, except that here they charge you extra for guacamole and sour cream - and you have to ask for it and they expect you to know exactly what's in your entree, even if you're a first timer - be ready for brusk service (casual rudeness because they expect you to not be a first-timer). I ordered a chicken burrito. The server immediately loaded the burrito with a massive scoop of rice without asking if I wanted rice - I did not, so she gave me a nasty look and scooped it out, then went for an equally massive scoop of beans and I managed to stop her before that made it onto the tortilla. Then the meat, and I had to request the aforementioned guacamole and sour cream, along with the cheese, lettuce and tomato (which come stuffed into the side of the plate and not in the burrito. I discovered that onions are considered either lettuce or tomatoes here because I asked for no onions and they were there. Who knew onions were tomatoes in Mexicali? The burrito is served "smothered" - meaning a ladle of liquid chili is poured over the top, so this isn't a burrito you can eat with your hands. It's gonna be messy, so I wouldn't recommend it for anyone under 10 unless you have a LOT of wet wipes. The flavors was just ok, nothing to rave over. The consistency was like a really amazing tortilla stew - wet, liquidy, and, well, soupy. Definitely need to use the plastic tableware that they offer, grab a spoon. Overall, I paid $15 for my burrito stew and a drink. My suggestion would be to walk 50 yards across the parking lot to the Qdoba. Less $$ and better food. Oh, and Qdoba has a soda machine with all the cool flavor add-ins. read more

Mexicali is the BEST! My favorite meal is an "extra" bean burrito with both black & pinto, a little rice, topped off with a little sweet pork and cheese for flavor, and both white & red sauce inside & out. I also request red onion and cilantro added inside. Tonight I tried the enchiladas and they were amazing, too. The only thing we don't recommend is the soup, since it's microwaved. :P But everything else is FRESH!!!! Another family fav is the raspberry limeade! OH MY!!! read more

Cafe Mexicali seems to be really struggling. We have been to the Johnstown location many times and every time we go the food seems to get worse. They post signs about prices increases, which we have to pay, but then we do not get what we pay for. I have ordered their salad numerous times, and when you order with meat, you can't even tell they have put any in. Only the extra extra small amount that they put it to show what you ordered. Please give your customers what they pay for. This is use to be a great place to dine, but really has been disappointing lately. read more

This is the best burrito I've ever had. The creamy habanero sauce is AMAZING!! My son had the chicken tortilla soup and he said it's so good too! read more

HORRIBLE!!!! It's too bad the service at this location is terrible. The food is great but service ruined it for us. Waiting an hour for our call head food. Only for them to give it away to someone, then didn't want to give me a refund and claimed that I already did get my food! Horrible establishment ran by children apparently. read more

Had a very disappointing experience and customer service was lacking. I placed an online order and my husband picked it up on his way from Denver. We live 20 minutes away from the Johnstown store. I started to dig in to my smothered burrito only to find that it had pork (I ordered bean and cheese because I'm vegetarian). I called to get a replacement and staff told me I could drive back for a new one but they wouldn't refund my order. No apology and no offer to make it right to fix their mistake. The store manager was very rude about the situation. We supported this store a lot during the pandemic. Last time we go there. read more

Hit this place everytime we travel North. Homemade tortillas, good menu and well prepared and decent portions. Never had any issues with staff. Only wish they had some hard taco options, but I haven't been dissatisfied with anything. Wife and kids love it as well. read more

We decided to try this place tonite and the food was so so the girl who waited on us had about six hickeys that were dark black and blue which threw me off. Then after seeing the price for 4 people to eat not even mediocre food and the hickey was curious if you got more for your money. lol. Anyways I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone I could have went to a good Mexican restaurant and fed all of us for half the price. The portions of meat they give is horrible only enough to piss a guy off. Save your money hit up Taco Bell. Note to manager very unappealing to have a hickey covered girl running the register also you might want to check on that relationship and make sure your employee is ok because any man that would leave that many marks on a woman has some major issues. read more

I just want to say that this place is absolutely wonderful! The customer service is great, the workers are friendly, the food is delicious, and their guacamole is my favorite (if we're talking about restaurant guacamole). I tip every time I'm here. Thank you guys for doing an amazing job! read more

Curbside pickup was awful. Had my order pick up at 5:15 called at 5:10 when I was there didn't get my food till 5:30 multiple cars arrived after I did and their food was given to them read more

Cafe Mex has the most amazing sweet pork and white sauce! I highly recommend eating there or just ordering the pieces and putting them together for dinner at home! Yum! read more

I was shocked to receive my food in a disposable aluminum plate with plasticware even though I said I was eating in. And no clear options for recycling. The food was good although my salad included rice when I clearly said no rice. read more

This is basically a gringo knock off that calls itself a Mexican restaurant. Nothing ethnic about it. Poorly prepared, slapped together, heated in a Subway sandwich mini oven. Tasteless and served in an aluminized carry out container. Reminds me of Qdoba. The 20ish-30ish crowd seems to like it, and the openness of the place is good for smaller children...but if you're looking for a Mexican restaurant go somewhere else. read more

Best food ever! Homemade tortillas and chips and the sweet pork is the bomb! Chicken and beef are also yummy

Love the food love help in the small guys out so much better than the competitors they deserve your support

What a great place! Fast fresh and super friendly. Great value, will be back for sure:)

This place is as good as it gets for quick Mexican food. I eat here at least once a week. On top of the great food the staff is incredibly friendly. Try it and you will not be disappointed! read more

Don't bother ordering curbside from Cafe Mexicali. We sat waiting for our food for 25 minutes while at least 20 groups of people went through the line and got their food. When we went in to check on our food, it had been just sitting on the counter. Clearly, they don't care about serving people who actually order ahead. They shouldn't offer an online ordering/curbside service if they can't provide said service. read more

Simply one of the best Tacos I've ever had. Fish tacos were awesome especially the sauce over the top. I'm so glad I ran into this place. During my week stay here, I came here everyday for lunch and tried most of their tacos and they are all delicious. Their Fresh Raspberry Lime drink is out of this world! I will miss this place and look for it anywhere I go in the US. read more

My family and a friend went into to grab a quick bite, we have all been here before and enjoyed it so we all decided we would get some burritos. we got 4 smothered burritos, since the virus it was to go. My daughter paid for the meal. She paid on her card and I left the tip in cash. Since I left cash she clicked no tip on the option on the computer. They packaged up our food and we were on our way, when we were about to eat they did not label any containers so we had no idea whose food was whose. We figured it out and the food was as good as we remembered. Once my daughter got home and she checked her bank account. They had adjusted the total and added an extra $10. I am assuming for the tip, which i left cash. Now she has to call her bank to adjust the tip they decided to add. We were disappointed they had done this because we enjoy their food. We will not return now that they are taking it upon themselves to tip instead of being aware of what is going on at the cash register. read more

Cafe Mexicali is by far the best fast food Mexican. Food was great! And the workers were really nice! Especially the manager was really nice to us! 10 stars! Also your worker chloe tippmann needs a raise of 50 percent!!!! read more

This location is incredibly slow. I've been attributing it to possibly having new staff which would be fine... they're still learning, but today, a Saturday evening, I noticed something unacceptable. There's a very long line, maybe a 25 minute line, and one of the workers is literally just standing there and talking to other workers. He's literally just standing there with this huge line of people waiting. He wears glasses, has a beard and a grey shirt (not sure if mexicali differentiates staff by their shirts). This is just unacceptable. The Fort Collins location is much better. read more

This is the most overprice rice&beans (I ordered a beef burrito) seasons beef has no flavor and $10 for a tortilla filled with rice & beans... I work across the street and will not be back :( read more