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    Don Jose Authentic Mexican Restaurant

    4.2 (91 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Open • 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
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    LARGE Chips and salsa
    S. B.

    This birria is excellent! We order from Don Jose's on the regular and it never disappoints. It is the right portion and exactly what I look forward to!

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    Jennifer W.

    I don't know how this place has 4 star review. The person there was friendly and it was good service. But I think we order the wrong things. We ordered three different things so we can try everything out enchilada plate torta and a street taco. The enchiladas were pretty good. The beef ones had a lot of flavor. Chicken didn't have that much flavor. The beans and rice were horrible. No kind of flavoring at all the thought that was actually really good. Got an Asada torta pretty tasty. The fries it came with were not that great and I ordered the Birria street taco. The seasoning of that was not very good no flavoring at all. It tasted like it wanted to, but it just didn't hit. The food was just very bland.

    Café de la Olla

    We love this place! We head up to Calico this time every October. We make this our spot before going back down the hill. The service is warm, hospitable and on top of it. I always get there Quesobirria taco plate, never disappoints. 3 delicious crisp tacos packed with delicious birria and cheese, rice, beans and the concommé for dipping. My husband had the menudo and a tamale on the side both excellent. What I enjoyed that my husband ordered was the Café de la Olla. It was a warm day for coffee, but just a couple of sips hit just right. The restaurant is clean and spacious with music in the background that is enjoyablly not to loud. Head to this restaurant and enjoy some really great authentic Mexican food that can not be passed up. This restaurant is hidden, but worth the find, a diamond on the rough.

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    Well we looking for a birria spot and we tryed are luck and this little gem was amazing from the birria bowl to the quesabirria taco plate and mulitas were delicious definitely recommend for people to come try and the two gentlemen serving were very polite and had good service manner thank you guys for the experience

    Non alcoholic sangria
    Kim B.

    The food was interesting for me. First time I had goat Birria and it didn't taste gamey at all. I enjoyed the crunch from the tacos but I figured out I prefer regular tacos. The ramen Birria was interesting but I would use different noodles. The services was very nice. The lady helping us was very nice and smiley and kind. She explained what the daily special was and did allow us to use the Yelp 10% off. The ambiance is very Mexican with all the decorations. The colors are fun as well as the restaurant. The kitchen is very clean and the food came out pretty quickly. I felt like I was in someone's house to eat dinner.

    Claudia S.

    Big shoutout to this local spot. The portion was great and pricing was reasonable. The lady that took our order was super nice and welcoming. Consommé for the quesabirria was so rich and accompanied the crunchy bite very well. I opted for the ramen rather than my usual pozole, and it was very fun as well. Can't say I love coming to Victorville but now I have something to look forward to when I do!

    Horchata
    Sabi T.

    Cute little place in Victorville with very decent birria tacos I just wish it wasn't beef, but still good. The interesting take on their birria was ramen. Horchata was delicious. The service was very pleasant and attentive.

    Top; chorizo Bottom asada
    Kristin S.

    I had really high hopes in finding a good birria and consome but felt let down. Especially after the price. 8 quesabirrias, 8 tacos and - bowl of parole rang up at $65. The number one about this place is service. The woman at the counter was really nice. She let me know they also have a food truck on el avado rd which I look forward to checking out some time. The tacos were okay, large in size and full of meat. Perfect amount of garnished onions and cilantro. I preferred the avocado salsa to the others but the green salsa was great. It also comes with radishes but I am not a fan of radishes. Quesabirrias was mostly the tortilla; two tortillas , outside was crunchy but the inside tortilla was mushy and soggy. I think they are better with just one tortilla so the cheese and meat stand out more than the tortilla but every place does them a little different. The meat was tender and well cooked but the flavor was off from any other birria I have enjoyed. The whole taco was very greasy and that was before dipping in the consume. The consommé was really salty and had a bitter taste, maybe heavy on the cumin, I can't place it. And again the grease was there, not thin but sticky. The birria parole was thick and again with the same flavor since it's made with consome. The hominy was scarce but delicious. I added beef broth to it and it wasn't as strong and I could drink the broth. Chorizo was great, the chicken and asada was good but the al pastor I would not order again. Closed on Monday.

    Skimpy tamale with almost no meat.
    Ronald C.

    Tamales were disappointing this time. They are really big but consisted mostly of dry masa and only a sparse amount of meat. I was surprised! You get a little container of sour green sauce on the side with them. I could not eat these so I left it and went somewhere else.

    Carne Nachos asada
    Greg V.

    Great local Mexican restaurant. All the dishes are prepared fresh and are so tasty. Service is excellent as well. Enjoyed the quesabirria and all the different meat tacos. I highly recommend!

    Quesabirria combo plate
    nicholas m.

    Came in for an early lunch. Got the quesabirria combo plate. 3 huge, loaded quesabirria tacos rice and beans with consume. Best tacos I've had up here. I came here once before just before the Covid lockdowns and have been wanting to come back.

    Nasty ass consommé they served me.

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    My Husband and I do our date nights here . It's so good I'm glad we found it. We love the enchiladas and the service is great.

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    Food is amazing and prices are great. I do recommend. Very nice customer service as well

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    thank you so much.its always a pleasure.

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    we re so glad to hear this.please visit us soon again.

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    Went there for lunch the 1st time and their Birria tacos are the absolute best! Can't wait to return'

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    Just ordered Door Dash right before they closed, food was delicious and thank you for the note, we did enjoy it.

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    When did they change this business from Las Three Marias to Don Jose?

    Hello Asjhia M,thank you for asking,and we change name about a year ago.you more then welcome to stop by and visit us ,we do have more plenty of new authentic dishes.Best regards.

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    Me & hubby went for date night and we started off with drinks. I got the mangonada and he got a…read moremargarita. Both drinks had super chunky ice pieces in it to the point I couldn't even drink mines with a straw. I tried stirring and still couldn't drink it so I sent it back and asked it to be remade. The second drink was no better. Neither of us finished our drinks. The chips and salsa that they serve was also a terrible start. The chips were extremely hard as if they refried leftover chips or they had been sitting for a while. The salsa was super runny like they mixed it with water and the bean dip tasted like it was made with old oil. We took a couple bites and ended up pushing both the drinks, chips, beans & salsa aside while we waited for our entrees. My husband got the whole fish and I ordered the 3 taco plate. 2 al pastors and 1 carne asada. Both plates came with rice and beans. I bit into the al pastor taco and immediately spit out chunks of fat. The meat I did taste tasted very porky with no seasonings. Like very low quality pork. It was gross and inedible. The carne asada taco was ok. I ate that and a little rice. The beans tasted the same as the dip we had earlier so I didn't eat it. My husband said his fish was fried well but had ZERO seasoning. Even a bunch of limes didn't help much. It seems like they are trying to stretch their dollars by serving poor ingredients, skipping seasonings or serving leftovers. A great way to close shop soon! The icing on the cake was when we got the bill and they charged us $2 extra for blended drinks when the damn drinks were barely blended! Unbelievable! We paid and left, never to return again. I was gonna give one star but their saving grace was the server. She was soo nice and kept apologizing for the drinks and food as if it was her fault. Of course it wasn't. In the end $90 before tip down the drain for the worst Mexican food we've ever had!

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