their service was slow, after reading reviews, decide still gave them a try. the food was mostly ok at average level. like typical tourist food. read more

Casa Mendoza - Mexican Near Me - Three Rivers, California

I sat & ordered a beer with a shrimp cocktail. I was served a beer. Then 45 min later i see my waitress drive off. I see that no one else is on outside patio but me now. I go inside one table with 4 people. I still don't have any food except for chips & salsa. I tell the guy @ register I would like to pay for my beer & leave. He says OK! I was never served my meal. read more

Visited sequoia park this week for some self care time and came across this homey restaurant. It's vegetarian friendly. The food was delicious! Chips and home made salsa came as complimentary and they were super generous with their portion. Had the veggies tacos which was amazing. It comes with rice and beans. The ambience was homey and relaxing. They have inspirational quotes on the wall. I especially liked this quote: Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.. read more

Casa Mendoza - Veggies tacos. Comes with rice and beans - Mexican Near Me - Three Rivers, California

With limited food options in the park we decided to go with Casa Mendoza. I'm from Orange County so I eat a fair amount of Mexican food. This place did not disappoint. The Carnitas which were not on the menu were incredible. Our server was nice enough to recommend them to me. Not only did she recommend a great meal but she was very friendly. Best place I've had here so far read more

Always a must stop when visiting Three Rivers. Definitely recommend if you like amazing authentic food and awesome attentive customer service! read more

I ate at few restaurants during my time in Three Rivers and I have to say this was my LEAST favorite. The ambiance outside was nice but the food was tasteless. There were complimentary chips & salsa and I could see the chips stacked up in trays on top of each other out in the open. I could imagine all the flies that landed on those chips. I ordered a burrito and an enchilada. The enchilada was too oily & the burrito was extremely plain. Our server was nice, but forgot our waters and never brought us hot sauce when we asked for it. Overall I would NOT recommend this place. read more

I love to come here for early dinners during the week. The staff is like family and food/prices are perfect for us.

Wish I could give this place a zero. The food was ok- too salty for my liking. There were two waitresses when I was there. Both seemed to be pissed off that night and seemed annoyed at having to serve people. My sister and I had to get up to go ask for and pay the check. read more

The people leaving comments here are so dumb! Why would you order a veggie enchilada, or a salad... Mexicans are not known for that.. I went there for breakfast and it was delicious we got a breakfast burrito, the egg and pork on chile verde, de chorizo and eggs the chicken strips and a burger and they were all delicious!! The salsas had a good flavor.. the food had good seasoning .. you're all just salty that there's a Mexican restaurant around serving food food! I'm going there again before I go back to hipster town in LA! read more

Wonderful environment, great food, and friendly service. Came with the family and Mrs. Mendoza served us personally. Had the Don Tobias burrito and it was dope!! Can't wait to come back again. My mom said the enchiladas were outstanding too read more

The food was good! Maybe not the best Mexican food I had but it was just what we needed after a long day of adventuring. We ended up going back for a second time during our stay in Three Rivers. The waitress was soooo friendly! read more

I don't enjoy writing negative reviews so I've been struggling with this one. There is so much to love: the waitstaff is really friendly and prompt, the back patio is stellar, beautiful views, not too loud. The salsa was great, and the chips. If I could stop there, I'd give it 4 stars (no margaritas makes me sad). Unfortunately, the food is horrible. I had the shrimp enchilada, the sauce tasted like a ramen noodle seasoning packet. Actually, none of the four of us ate more than about 3 bites b/c it was so gross. :( read more

Waited for a seat for almost 15 minutes among many dirty tables. Then I realized that most of the plates of food left on the tables were barely touched. Probably better that we walked out.... very very disappointing experience and surprising that the staff did not seem to care. read more

My family and I went here on a trek from Sequoia National Park recently. We had the basics for a Mexican restaurant: we had taquitos, a quesadilla, and I got the large chicken "wet" burrito. Growing up in LA, I've tried dozens of Mexican restaurants. The chips and salsa were great. The thing that can make or break a meal is the quality of the meat. I hate biting into a burrito and getting a mouth full of fat and gristle. It turns me off of the entire meal. My burrito only had nice, quality chunks of white meat chicken. My sons raved about the taquitos and the quesadilla, although we asked for a plain chicken and cheese quesadilla, it had chunks of green pepper and tomatoes in it, but it was still yummy. If we're in Three Rivers again, I could see us definitely going back. Not the best, but you could definitely do worse. read more

Hubby and I stopped here for dinner since there were not many places to eat around Sequoia. What a disappointment!! Ordered a shrimp dish and hubby ordered the seafood enchilada. TERRIBLE FOOD!!! Besides the shrimp tasting like CHINESE sweet and sour soup, the rice was unbelievably messed up. I mean, how in the hell can you mess up RICE??? Hubby's seafood was nothing but 90% cheese and 10% shrimp. Never, ever going there again. read more

Came in on a Saturday night after spending the day in Sequoia. We were staying the night in Three Rivers and went to one of two restaurants within walking distance. We chose unwisely. We ordered beers and guacamole to start, and both arrived promptly. I've for sure had better guac, but I wasn't expecting amazement. We ordered- a steak burrito for him, chicken enchiladas for me. Almost an hour later, our food arrived. My enchiladas were not exceptional in any way. His steak burrito was 'not worth waiting an hour for'. Our waitress was nice, very apologetic(there was a REALLY big to go order in an otherwise empty restaurant) and gave us ten percent off our check for the long wait. For $45, it was the worst Mexican I've had in a loooong time. It was a $15 meal(including the four beers) at best. read more

First of all, food was decent! That by itself should be 3-4 stars. having said that there were big downsides to our overall experience that brought it down to a 1...In short, we will not be going there again... First of all, it is right in front of a national park, which means they can expect crowd to hammer them down during the long weekend. But it looked like they were completely unprepared for it. Either that, or they simply had way too many tables than the waiters, cleaners they had. They took our name down and 30 minutes later we had to request them to clean a table that was emptied 15 minutes ago, so that we can seat. That took them another 10 mins. Then no one came by to take our order or even give water. We had to bus the manager Veronica to get us some drinks and a chips bowl. Even that took another 15 minutes to get. Then we had to request the manager to take our order as well. That took another 1 hr to get our hands. We had to request the status of the food after 30 minutes or so, when we noticed that the tables ordered after us where getting their food. Once we requested, it seemed like they realized that our order was still pending (one of them was a quesadilla that shouldn't take much time). We had a 4 yr old, who was super hungry and tired, making our whole ordeal unbearable and extremely sad. Wish they had told us that it would take us almost 2 hrs to see some food. We would have gone elsewhere. It was a long day for us, and didn't have any energy to question the whole process they had, but honestly it is terribly managed.I wish the manager takes some professional help or two in hotel management. As other reviewers noted, if you have enormous amount of patience and time, you can give this a try. Else just head to the pizza place next door, and be out in 20 mins or so. read more

Awesome food! Fish tacos were bomb! Salsa and chips sooo good... so glad we stopped here for our gluten free crew

Amazing! Because I happen to be there only once on the way back from Sequoia national park, I am giving it a 4 star. Otherwise, the experience that day was 5 star. Taken by surprise with the taste of the salsa served complimentary with the spice sprinkled nachos, my family with friends knew that they have some good entrees too. Service was great. Location is just off the freeway 198, ample parking and out door seating. The fish tacos, egg chilli burrito, grilled chicken tostada and the grilled chicken fajita was fantastic. Best Mexican food for a San Diegan!! read more

Was here during a weekend motorcycle ride up to the Sequoias with three of my girlfriends. WE ate here our first night in town across from our hotel. REally wanted a margarita, but no hard liquor license. One girlfriend ordered a carafe of chardonnay and got that but the other girlfriend tried to order the white zin or cab and they were out of both. She was told the owner was on her way back with more..but back was in Visalia! It was boxed wine. They should have just gone next door to the little market and bought some..their by the glass price markup would make up for paying retail..but alas..she did without. I ordered the sopas with shredded beef on top. They were good. Beans were good..rice was just okay..typical mexican restaurant side of rice. Meat was good and it was tasty. I would eat here again if in the area. read more

Awesome service and awesome food. Can get kind of spicy for me. But nice back patio to have a beer and some food. Really nice staff. Not sure why people signed them. Great little place!!! read more

Where are you going to eat in Three Rivers and not pay an arm and a leg? Well, this place is reasonable and surprisingly delicious. The salsa and chips were fresh. All the items were homemade. I loved the shredded burritos--any shredded beef item was great. The salads were attractive and not the out of the bag stuff. The soup was amazing. I wasn't a fan of the carna asada.,,the meat was too dry. But other than that this was a pleasant experience!! read more

So is this Serranos or Casa Mendoza? I'm confused. In the same little block with the Village market/post office/Pizza factory. has the patio right? I've been to many, many, Mexican food joints and this one is in my top three. NO KIDDING!!!! BOMB!!! Asked to have a chili verde tostada. NO PROBLEM Loved Three Rivers. can't wait to go back. read more

Not too friendly customer service. Chips and Salsa were stale. The food took forever and was not authentic. The place was dirty. Won't be back. read more

Im still sitting here waiting for my food. Its been over 90 minutes since I ordered. Even if the food is great (which doesnt seem too likely seeing other peoples plates) they still deserve one star for the horrible service. I would be better off going next door to the grocery store and making my own mexican food. read more

One of the worst experiences I have had in a while. Waited over an hour for our food. Which definitely was nowhere near worth waiting for. Apparently they ran out of salad for my meal and also guacamole for my meal as well. Didn't bother saying anything to me until I said something first then I was told they had ran out. read more

Large portions (at least for Europeans), very friendly staff, free WIFI and good burritos. This combined with a fair price gives 4 starts.

My son and I are in town for a few days visiting the parks. The eating options in this town are limited. I read the reviews on this place and hoped for the best. I cannot even find the words to describe how completely awful the food is. It is beyond bad. Even something as simple as the beans and rice. The retried beans were extremely runny and had an off taste. The rice had no flavor. My son had the Chili Relleno. He said the taste was so bad he felt physically ill after 2 bites. I had carne asada tacos. Also very bad. The meat was tough and all I could taste was onions and some weird tasting hot sauce they put on top. There was no cilantro. The only good thing I had there was the bottle of beer. Spare yourself and avoid this place. read more

I would like to start off by saying that I am not a person who gets disgusted easily. I am a mechanic and have a high tolerance for things and do not lose appetite easily.. I dont even like leaving negative reviews. However, our experience the other day was terrible and so I am here to share. The pros: - Chips & Salsa were good. - Beer was COLD. The cons: - Walking in to a restaurant not knowing to seat ourselves or to be seated. A very loud waiter "Mr Bowtie" eventually gets us seated. - The place is filled with gnats and bugs, understandable. However, if you look at their lights it does not appear that they clean often. More on this later. - Table settings. Chips and Salsa, beer and a salad were all served and we did not have table settings. - Mr Bowtie (our waiter) is a very excitable kinda guy, some might call him obnoxious or arrogant. He may be an OK guy, but he just needs to relax a bit. When the food is ready he comes out yelling, we're just trying to eat a meal here bud - take it easy. - Extremely long wait time for food. I believe our meals were served within 60 minutes, maybe longer. - Right as our food was served, my wife returned to the table with a look of disgust on her face as she is trying not to vomit from the scene she just encountered when going to the restroom in order to wash her hands. I still do not know the details and to be honest, I do not want to know. Watch the movie Desperado (bathroom scene) - that will paint the picture for you. Listen folks, I understand that "ish" happens. But when all of the above are combined, the restaurant review becomes 1-star and the mission of trying to eat is aborted. At this point I walked out and called it a night. The bottom line here is that the place is too large, too populated, and completely unorganized and understaffed. Based on the sheer volume of visitors, I doubt the management has any interest in making any changes since they are pretty much guaranteed to have traffic from ignorant tourists like you and I. read more

We're LA snobs when it comes to Mexican food. We're so thankful we found such an authentic chiles verdes with pork on the breakfast menu. It was so good, we ordered a lunch version of the same meal to go! The staff and owner were extremely friendly and kind - just the sort of folks we wanted to encounter after a weekend camping trip up in the Sequoias. Definitely going to be a place we return to the next time we're heading up to the hills! read more

Here's a short and simple review... don't eat there. Although the staff is friendly, the food is terrible and service is too slow for crappy Mexican food. read more

We ordered simple burritos here; they were inexpensive and fresh. As we were paying, I complimented a waitress on her head scarf, and she took it off her head and insisted I take it! I had received terrible service from a waitress at a separate Sequoia NP restaurant earlier in the day at breakfast, so this waitress' kind gesture was shocking and refreshing. read more

Great place to stop and get food in Three Rivers. I had the Don Maria's special - Chorizo and egg enchiladas. It was delicious. Beans and rice are okay, but the salsa was slightly spicy and FRESHLY made. read more

the food was pretty good. despite the governor's orders, none of their wait staff was wearing a mask. i wouldn't go back. no concern for the health of the patrons. read more

Food was surprisingly excellent! Menu has a wide variety and the prices are super affordable. Great option in an area with few options. Definitely suggest eating here if you are in the area. Staff was very friendly and the location has many other shopping options. read more

Would come here a few times a month. Really enjoyed the service not just the food. I got carryout for my family and me just at about 8:15 pm. The little chick with blue hair and tatoos was nasty and rude for no good reason when I came by. I barely spoke to her and was pleasant. She decided to show no shame about her attitude toward me. If she wanted to get out of there early, might I suggest not having the posted closing time as 9pm instead of treating customers like sh*t about it. I won't bring my family there if we see her. It's too bad this place hires such young trash now. It was alwyas great. I bet she doesn't act like that when her boss is around. read more

Good service and able to sit outside on back covered deck. No margaritas available. This was a disappointment. The food was average Mexican fare. read more

Do NOT eat here! NO coman aquí! We ordered simple carne asada tacos and shrimp tacos.... easy right?? Tortillas were bathed in oil/grease couldn't even make out the corn in the tortilla, the shrimp was uncooked and chewy. The carne asada was chunky and rubbery (who knows what that was) the "salsa" was from a jar and the chips were from a bag. I know this town doesn't have much to offer but you will be better off eating a ramen cup soup. Not joking! And what's worse, we payed over $40 dollars for them. TERRIBLE. I support local businesses but this was just plain disgusting. read more

Food here is alright. Chips and salsa were great. Crispy beef taco was really good. Veggie tostada was ok. Guacamole was disgusting, worst I've ever had. Service was slower than molasses. Outdoor seating under the trees for dinner was nice. If I had only gotten a couple of beef tacos it would have been great. Hit or miss depending on what you order. read more

Wonderful Mexican restaurant. Great service, excellent food.