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    Cocina Authentic Mexican Kitchen

    4.1 (51 reviews)
    ModerateMexican, Food Court
    Closed 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Shrimp Ceviche
    Danielle F.

    Good place to grab a quick bite to eat at the Galleria Mall. The tacos were good, filling, and the spicy salsa was so spicy! The taco plate came with decent rice and beans. I wasn't a huge fan of the shrimp ceviche - only the shrimp tasted good and the vegetables in it were just okay. The food came out quickly and was packaged nicely. I'd eat here again when at the mall!

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    Zofia G.

    The food here is so good especially the street corn with cheese and mayo. The shrimp ceviche is awesome too and the portion is much bigger than I had anticipated. For mall food, this pace is top notch!

    Samantha T.

    The sign says 7.99 ended up being charged 12.00 for it food is excellent but the lady could have been nicer

    Taquitos con carnitas, rice and beans
    Priscilla L.

    We were craving Mexican food and we haven't tried the place in the South Bay galleria mall so we figured why not. The food was actually pretty good and the servers we nice and helpful with what to order and etc.

    Pork pozole. Weekends in December and January only.
    Brian W.

    It's mall food court food. Expect little and you will not be disappointed. The December/January weekend special, pork pozole, is... alright. It's a good step up from crappy cafeteria pozole but is still fundamentally nothing special. That said it's a nice non-big-chain to have inside the mall and hence is a worthy alternative.

    Mary S.

    Second time here, this is my first time ordering nachos. Thank you to Juan for his great customer service. The nachos were bomb!

    Shrimp ceviche
    Melissa B.

    I love this place. They have some amazing fish tacos ! And the cocina papas are delicious too.

    Francisco C.

    In one word , horrible. Was so disgusting and wouldn't come back really outrageous pricing for some nasty food Wasted $20 for a nasty meal. Need better meat and better everything

    Taco Salad my favorite
    Nashay S.

    Best taco salad I have ever had. Every time I'm at this mall I find myself back at Cocina I love it!!!

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    Ordered a torta and it was horrible. The bread smelled expired. It taste like throw up and caca. Will not be coming back.

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    Bomb asf, had the 3 sopes and it was a really good deal for the $8 price. def worth it

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    Unable to reach you directly Sharon…read more Thank you for your response and for apologizing for the confusion. My concern is not only whether the fee is adjusted later, but that I am being presented with and asked to approve a surcharge at the time of checkout when I am using a debit card. This has now happened more than once, and staff have refused to remove the fee before completing the transaction. As a customer, I am not comfortable authorizing a transaction that includes what appears to be an inaccurate surcharge and then relying on a later adjustment on the back end. That process is not transparent and does not make me feel confident as a patron. The California Attorney General's guidance states that merchants may not mislead customers or hide differences between credit, debit, and cash pricing, and debit card surcharges are generally not permitted even when run as credit. I hope this can be corrected at the point of sale so that debit card customers are not presented with this fee moving forward.

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