Favorite Mexican go-to in town! Food and service is excellent!

Hands down the best Mexican food in Lodi!!! The Mexico City tacos are the best!!!! Always super friendly and fast service!!

An Oasis of small town friendliness. The lunch fajitas were amazing. Great service and delicious food

Would not recommend at all! I don't even know where to begin. Went in tonight for a to-go order and was grossly disappointed. Don't ever order a taco salad because you won't get what you are expecting. It's all the fixings for a taco salad minus the most important part...the shell! Are you kidding me?! Then why call it a taco salad? Also, ordered some ala carte tacos and they were the smallest tacos I've ever seen, and I've ordered taco truck tacos before. My 6 year old son didn't even have enough to eat. When I called them they didn't offer any kind of remedy for this situation and to be honest barely spoke English so I'm not sure they even understood my confusion and frustration. Needless to say we will never be going back. read more

Do yourself a huge favor and order the Casuela. One of the most delicious meals I've ever had, and the staff was very friendly. I just became a regular read more

Try the Mexico City tacos! They are outstanding and the lunch menu is well worth the money. I also love their salsa which has a great flavor that my entire family can enjoy. This gem in Lodi is well priced, offers quick service, and amazing food! Definitely will be back read more

Traveling in the area and found this restaurant thanks to Yelp. Super friendly staff and the chicken fajitas were very good. Restaurant was very clean as well. read more

Gave this place 4 stars for the food. It would be 2 stars for service. We ordered the carne asada and carnitas dinners which were great! But the service seemed to be disjointed. Had to ask for our drinks, the food came out separately with a few minutes lag time between. The waiter seems to be cooking as well as serving. But over all a good place for tasty Mexican food. read more

My husband and I went to dinner at 8;00 PM waited for a table to be cleaned (at least 5 were dirty) got our drinks & guacamole, chips right away and waited at least 30 min. before waitress took our order (we had to ask) then we waited another 30 min. asked about our order and was told it was coming then another waitress came to our table and told us it would be another 5 min. and if we wanted it to go (1 hr. later)! My husband is a diabetic and had taken his insulin, SO we told them to forget and left. A waitress followed us out telling us we have to pay for 1 soda and a small guacamole which my husband did. She grabbed the money NO I'm sorry or nothing! Everyone that came in after us had been served, needless to say We will NOT be going back read more

Very mediocre food. They give you chips and salsa, but the salsa was super mild, no kick at all. Just had an al pastor(pork) sope and was very mediocre and greasy. not going back read more

I am only giving this place one star because their business has a vegetarian burrito on the menu, but their rice is made with chicken and they lady said she "thinks" the beans are made with Lard. Both of those make it non vegetarian which is misleading and very serious as some people may be unknowingly consuming meat products which is not cool. They also had typo's on their menu and service was slow, so the business has many flaws. read more

I will not be back and I found out today if you order al a carte they charge for the chios and salsa!! Will not be back!!! I will go somewhere else where it is less expensive!!! With beans and rice and tortillas it is too much food!!! read more

Mexico City tacos. Always a winner. Staff is super accommodating and friendly. Food is great.

Absolutely love this restaurant. They have the best Torta in town! The California Enchiladas are really good as well. Service is always on top of it. Salsa is fantastic. They have a plaque for best salsa in town, I completely agree! My fiance loves the tacos and chili relleno. read more

Always clean, great servers and best fried ice cream around. They have decent salsa and this place ALWAYS improves upon itself. It tastes better every time we go. read more

I saw some good reviews on yelp and decided to try it out. Long story short.. maybe we were there at a wrong time but the service was pretty bad. Seriously.. it was my first time there and I probably won't go back as there is enough decent mexican food in Lodi. Their Mexico city tacos were ok but even on Cherokee lane in Lodi you will find similar food with better service and a nicer ambiance. Not really worth my time or money... as it was quite expensive for what it was. read more

Favorite Mexican restaurant in town. We eat here several times a week. Service is always great, food is always very good and orders come out very quickly. Some favorites are the crispy shredded beef tacos, Gabitos special, and the enchiladas with white cheese sauce. The owner Ellie is very sociable, remembers everyone that comes in and is great to chat with. Very family friendly restaurant. We have been going in with our baby since she was a few weeks old (now around 6 months) and they are never bothered by us having a fussy baby (which happens every now and then). They have a great menu to choose from. Not just your basic burritos, enchiladas, tacos kind of place. I always suggest this restaurant to family and friends. read more

So glad to have a different spin on Mexican in Lodi. I'm a fan of most of Lodi's Mexican food establishments, and I feel like El Maguey offers something different in taste. I had a order of enchillada's and loved them. Great service as well. read more

Delicious fajita lunch special, we replaced meat with whole beans...delicious. Also the homemade tortillas were amazing!

This place is awesome! I highly recommend the spicy pork on anything. The service is superb too. Definitely my favorite Mexican food in the area. read more

Our family has been big fans of the food here since they opened. Love their chips and salsa (both salsas are excellent). They're a bit on the pricey side though (but not enough for me to knock it down a star). read more

Amazing food!! Amazing service!!! Will be back for sure!! If you want delicious authentic Mexican then this is the place for you

My Husband and I have eaten here several times. But we will not be going back. We have enjoyed the food very much, but the last time we ate there we left a cash tip and paid our bill with a debit card when the bill cleared through our bank I noticed the amount was different(higher ) than it was suppose to be. The waitress added her own tip on to our bill after we left, so she got the cash tip from us plus stole money from our checking account. Be sure to check your bank account after leaving. read more

My husband ordered "carnitas" looked nothing like carnitas, I ordered sopes and my daughter a taco. My sope was very disgusting, the actual bread or the base, was not edible! I took a bite and it had this nasty flavor to it! Opened it up and realized it was expired ! The smell was horrible! They took it back and did apologize because it was "bad" ... They didn't charge me for my plate but still. They offered something else and well, I didn't want to risk it again. read more

Terrible place I was sort of hoping it would of been good the service was great the place is clean but the food is awful will not go back there are some items on there menu that have to be removed don't serve them breakfast items are ghastly . read more

Short version: excellent food, convenient location, good service--we'll be back. The details: we had the lunch special of the day, taco salad (one beef, one chicken), and both were simply outstanding. Our server, Sandra, was gracious and cheerful. The drinks (one Coke, one lemonade) were large and were refilled when they got low. The wait time for the food and for the check were both a bit long but not worth knocking off a star--Sandra was simply challenged as the only receptionist, server, and checker for the busy lunch crowd. It might be a problem if your time for lunch is limited, but ours wasn't. We're looking forward to our next visit. read more

danny. this place is very good.food service everything great.i eat twice in two days.only beans&rice portion is small.but over all great food. read more

Great authentic mexican food. I have been there with my little mexican grandma and she loves it! Excellent prices. If your looking for good mexican food thats beyond reasonable, then this is your place read more

the quality of food is second to none. they are always fast and friendly. the mexico city tacos are my favorite!