Very wide variety of delicious Mexican food here. The service has always been amazing. The staff is very friendly. This was actually an old Pizza Hut and they redid the interior in a Mexican thing that looks beautiful. A NE Philly Jem! read more

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Love this spot. Food is always on point and the service is super friendly. The ambience is festive but could use a tiny bit of maintenance. A must go. Also, they have great drinks. read more

El Azteca - Camarones Veracruz - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

As always, the food here was fantastic. The service was quick, attentive, and kind. The ambiance is a wonderful blend of Tex-Mex-modern. El Azteca rocks!!! read more

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The nachos, tacos, and quesadillas are fantastic. The margaritas are soo delicious! The people are very nice . The atmosphere and service are great! read more

Great service, good food. My go to Mexican restaurant in the northeast. Always leave full.

Love everything! Highly recommend the fish tacos! You get 4 and they're delicious! A real bang for your buck! This place is super busy for a Northeast Philly restaurant. read more

This was our first time dining here. Let me tell you it was a great experience and we will be back. They accommodated our party of 12 rather quickly. They took our drink orders and brought our chips and salsa. After the drinks were served they took our orders and the food came out about 20 minutes after. Everything came out really fresh. The food had lots of flavor and it was alot. I took a picture of my food after digging in, I had a Quesadilla rellena. Everyone had something different and all the things we ordered were very good. Food amazing, service was excellent. 10/10. We will be back read more

El Azteca - Quesadilla Rellena - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Great food,eat in or take out. Made fresh! Staff is always friendly. Close to home. Families have fun and single individuals are always welcomed! read more

The food is so good and reasonable priced. It was worth the drive to come here for sure. The building looks like an old Pizza Hut but don't let that discourage you. Food was fresh and tasted great. Service could be better but my Spanish is not great & neither was our server's English so I'm sure the language barrier was a factor. Still wasn't enough of an issue for me to not go back. read more

El Azteca - Chili rellenos combo - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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My son and I had our first experience at El Azteca last weekend. Surprisingly it was not overcrowded as we were seated immediately. The customer service was welcoming and the food was great. I ordered the birria tacos which were amazing and filling. I washed it down with my favorite drink, horchata. He had the taquito platter which he enjoyed. We plan to return and try other things on the menu. read more

El Azteca - Taquito platter up top & birria tacos on bottom - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

It was a spontaneous visit on a weekday. The food was delicious and the drink was even better. I highly recommend and I also believe it's BYOB. read more

El Azteca - Table I was sitting at. - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Delicious food. The Vallarta special is my favorite! A lot of food for the price. It's well worth it. Pick up and eat in only.

Never again I called & placed an order literally repeated the order 5 times!!!!! FIVE OMG & they still got it wrong !!! Had to take the food back in which they couldn't remake because " the grills are cleaned" I'm so done with them!!!!! Such a huge inconvenience read more

Delicious and authentic. As a Mexican, I appreciate this place :). Yummm. I expect to come back again soon. read more

El Azteca - Salsa and chips - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Been here maybe 20 times, always amazing food and service, and complimentary chips and salsa! can't recommend it enough.

Food is amazing. The al pastor tacos are top tier. If they work on the decor and make the settings more appealing they can give las margaritas a run. read more

Where do start! Very nice place, the food is amazing. Always fresh and with good flavor. The margaritas are awesome and they give you amazing service. This is a family owned restaurant and they welcome you as their family. If you want a night out and love good Mexican food then I 100% recommend here. read more

Great food, clean restaurant, friendly server. I would go again. You cannot tell a book by its cover on this one, the outside of the building is so so. read more

El Azteca - Chicken hard shell taco & chili relleno combo and Carne Asada - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

First time there. Friday night and a few tables filled. Had to wait 20 minutes. Was seated and another 10 minutes before someone came over with menu's. Another 10 minutes then waitress came and asked about drinks. 15 more minutes when drinks arrived. Assuming short staffed. Food was very good. The price was good. Everything is made to order so don't be in a rush when you go. I would give 5 stars but wait time is a point deducted. I say go for it! read more

Great food always our waitress was great my dinner tasty next time I will go for the margarita. read more

El Azteca - My table art. I ate all my food and forgot to take a pic. - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

my husband and I stopped by here for dinner maybe a year ago and it was so good but I felt the need to come here and rave about it after stopping in to get take out last night-- they now have a full bar with an excellent drink menu!! I sat alone and had two regular margs (and some complimentary chips and and salsa!) while waiting on my take out (I asked they hold the order til I was closer to being ready to leave lol) and it was so nice. Perfect classic margarita!! My American style chicken tacos were awesome and so dank I had to save one for later (order of 3 and they are a good size!) my husband said his steak California burrito was banging and we both loved the Mexican fries. And they gave us more complimentary chips and salsa! Can't beat the price point for authentic fresh Mexican food the bill was under $60 before tip. I am absolutely obsessed and plan on becoming a regular :) read more

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Great lunch specials for Fajitas. Soooo worth the wait. Always order an extra side of Guac cuz its sooooooo good and they have fresh juices too. read more

Amazing food. This place has my favorite salsa and the chimichangas and quesadillas are top notch. The staff is friendly and the place is clean and inviting. My favorite Mexican place in the area. read more

El Azteca - El Jefe Especial - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I got the shrimp tacos. Really good . Nice size shrimp. The person at the front was welcoming.

Not your traditional "hole in the wall" since the place is huge! It's definitely a hidden gem in the Mayfair neighborhood that is bustling with a lot of local ethnic food. You feel welcome as soon as you come in with beautiful smiles. The family business transports you quickly to the warm atmospheres of Mexico with warm tones and energetic art decorations at each seat! The salsa is outstanding and you can't get enough of it. The chips are fresh and crunchy. I tried the chicken soup and it didn't disappoint. The Birria is out of this world though! So fresh and delicious with deep tomato flavors. The fresh cilantro and onions add a beautiful layer of tanginess and rich flavors. The service is amazing and very friendly. This is a neighborhood must go to! read more

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Food was ok but my margarita had a hair on its sugar rim. the service was good. It wasn't busy when daughter and i went so that was nice. The place is cute and probably can be loud when it's busy. read more

Warning !!! Do not eat food from here....me and my bf got food poisoning from this spot yesterday. The beans was spoiled and he even mentioned it to the server and manager and they didn't do anything about it but smile and charge us. The rice was over cooked and tasted old we also mentioned this it was so bad we didn't touch it from our platter at all. I wish I took a pic of our pics at the ending of us trying to eat. They need to close down the shop to be honest they barely had any customers, you could even tell they aren't doing well to not have their liquor license but they allow byob. They charge for candy at the front 25 cents for mints when they should be free after eating the horrible food. The cheese crab dip made me go straight to the bathroom even after a few bites... I should have know this was a red flag. Me and bae was so hungry because we were fasting we pushed through. Lilian the server tried to be nice but you can tell she wasn't even happy working there. We passed this place a few times and noticed not that much traffic and now we see why. Our horrible meal came out to 70$ for a low class Mexican restaurant this was disappointing. For my platter platillo Jalisco I received a few shrimps and mos def not a ribeye steak it was a cheap flank steak that was drowned in cheese sauce and a bunch of onions, peppers and mushrooms...Again the rice was basura!!!! The jumbo fajita that bae got he literally did not touch anything but the quesadilla and he didn't hold his tongue. I'm still in disbelief that the manager asked how it was and we were honest and he did nothing but cheese...like was this purposely done???? The entire day after our stomachs were in pain...we were vomiting and I had such a bad taste in my mouth, even today being the next day I had to get medicine for my stomach and we both can't even fathom ever going back to this spot. Please beware! I wouldn't wish this restaurant on an enemy just close it down and try again, maybe new management...a new cook or nothing at all. Will never ever come back here ever again. The only thing that was decent was the refillable Jamaica -sorrel wish I only got this & that's still questionable smh read more

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Love the food. Was there doing work and having lunch. Chimichangas were great. So was the soup.

Worst customer service ability from this establishment I have ever experienced. They were rude and unprofessional towards dealing with any type of complaint. read more

It's decent and the drinks were good too. I had the fajitas lunch and a huge margarita.

OH MY GODDDDD I LOVE THIS PLACE! Even though they changed to this new location, I have been eating at their restaurants since I was a child. I promise you that you will not regret it if you eat here. Everything is good. The chilaquiles, burritos, CHIMICHANGAS!!! The queso Diablo dip. Just everything is good. The margaritas too. We go here for birthdays and munchies (hehe). The people that work here are so nice too. read more

The perfect place for real margaritas and an abundance of food. All menu items are delicious and filling. No small portions sizes here! I used to come here so often when it was located in center city and was happy to know it didn't disappear! The staff is great! The food is outstanding. I love it! read more

Terrible! I ordered online and was to pick up my food in 30 minutes. Upon arrival i showed my order confirmation and was told it was being worked on. After waiting over an hour watching people come dine in and go, I approached the counter and was told they never received my order!! & asked if i would wait until they could complete my order. Beyond ridiculous! Would never come here again. read more

Chips were great...went downhill from there. Threw most of our order out. Overpriced and lousy food overall.

The food here is so good! my brother and I got take out. He got the lunch special #3 and I got the lunch special burro de casa. I preferred mine just cause there was a lot of beef and green peppers in mine, which I liked. AND the cheese they pour on top is sooooo good, especially with the rice. The one my brother got is still good but, it had ground beef instead which isn't my style. Anyways, I'm definitely coming here again read more

I'll start with placing the order, super easy and efficient way of ordering online! I ordered like 20 meals for coworkers at my job and everything was ready within 30 minutes of placing my order. The lady even called me to get clarification on a order so they made it correctly! The food was Phenomenal, and they had freshly bagged tortilla chips! Just a FYI the Birria Taco's aren't like the ones melted on the grill, the birria meat is put in a container and then they give you the corn tortillas on the side. But they were still so good and flavorful! All the ordered were correct and correctly bagged so that was a relief to me when needing to divvie up food to my hungry coworkers! Will definitely be adding this place to my works "Go to places to eat" read more

El Azteca - Steak Fajitas and Burria Tacks - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

My 19 yr old daughter and her friend dined there earlier this evening. Unfortunately I received bad news that the server was rude to them and made them wait for service although it was not busy. This makes me unsettled. I don't know if they were treated rude because they were younger or it was just a bad day. read more

Nice new clean Mexican food spot in NE Philly we went to on a whim the other night I've been wanting to try since we saw it was opening. We were welcomed right away into a completely renovated restaurant (for those who remember the old Pizza Hut, you won't even recognize it). The service was very nice and welcoming, even made some good suggestions; oh and you are welcomed right away with chips and salsa (you know that's a good sign ;) ). My mom had the chicken quesadilla platter and she really isn't big into Mexican food, but she is adventurous to try this and she enjoyed it. I had the Jefe Especial with a Chicken Quesadilla and a beef enchilada (I think) and it was really good. Only think I wish was there was more cheese inside the quesadilla but it was STUFFED with chicken with was nice. Oh and we got churros to go which were good, just wish there was more than 4 small churros for the price. They are working on getting their liquor license so when that happens I know I'll be back to enjoy an ice cold margarita with my meal. read more

El Azteca - Chicken quesadilla and the Jefe Especial. - Mexican Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Delicious new Mexican restaurant in the northeast. I'm particular about good food, and this spot is really good. I've been sampling the menu the past few weeks. My faves so far are, chorizo tacos, Birria and carnitas platters. (that pork is to die for!) Everything is fresh and prepared well. The staff is polite and personable too. Great experience thus far. read more

I ordered from here for the first time a few months ago. I think they had recently opened. Everything was delicious!!! I can't remember everything that was ordered unfortunately but I know the chicken wings were yummy and my chicken burrito was slammin! GET THE JUMBO BURRITO. You won't regret it. I just ordered from them again because I'm in the neighborhood and had to share this excellent Mexican restaurant gem with my friend. And yes, I ordered the jumbo burrito with chicken again. read more