Delicious food, great service, nice bar,immaculate kitchen. Awesome Molé negro. Great spot for healthy food with a fun vibe!

Fabulous food! The enchiladas verdes are amazing, great flavor with lots of spice. Love the ceviche and carne asana tacos as well. It gets very packed so good to go early and grab a seat at the bar. They have a great variety of mezcal as well! A great neighborhood spot with authentic Mexican food! read more

Holy mole! Delicious and fresh- I always enjoy the food here. Quality is like that of its sister restaurant La Carta de Oaxaca. One of the best restaurants in the Queen Anne area. read more

Mezcaleria is just awesome. I actually like it better than La Carta and for some reason think the food tastes better too. Not sure if it's because of the wait at La Carta, or if it's because QA is a little easier to park than in Ballard - who cares? Mezcaleria is the bomb. I used to eat the chicken mole all the time. I thought how can it get any better than this? Then I had the pork. It was over. We have sat there and tried to describe what the "mole tasted like" or guess some of the ingredients. We failed. It's like no other. Just plain awesomeness. read more

One bite of any dish, and you suddenly realize you have stepped into a new level of freshness. One talk with the waiter and it all came together. Everything is scratch made, from hand rolled tortillas that are never reused from the day before to scratch made chips, highest quality ingredients, incredible salsa (try the chunky kind of you don't like spicy)...it is just consistently amazing. Even the drinks follow this philosophy, from margaritas that don't skimp on the liquor and don't use sweeteners but rather a specific liquor to even out the bitterness. So many places clams to do this but fall short. Chicken thigh with mole sauce? The levels of flavor in this deceptively simple looking dish will make your head spin. While $6 may seem like allot for chips and quac, the chips are refilled for free and there is a salsa bar...absolutely worth it. Our new go-to place! read more

Same owners as La Carta de Oaxaca in Ballard....delicious! I had the carne asada tacos. It was so juicy and tender, with salsa from the salsa bar. The cocktails were also excellent...Mexican authentic. I am not a huge fan of tequila so I had sangria and then a cosmo, and both were great. You can pretty much guarantee that one of your servers is from the family that owns this authentic group of restaurants. The recipes of an abuela! This family-friendly place is great for a date night or a night out with the kids...hard to pull both off but they do it. read more

Good mole, but small portions for the price. Chips and guac not worth $7 when you can get a big bag of quality chips from the grocery for way cheaper. read more

I dined at Mezcalia recently as a solo diner. The staff was friendly enough, but it was busy (6:30pm on a Saturday night) and they were rushed. I got a seat immediately at the window bar. At first this seemed great, but unfortunately there was a standing-only table directly behind me, and it got extremely noisy and crowded. The noise level overall was almost enough to put me off my food (which was great!) it was that loud. Everyone had to shout at each other, and the place got progressively louder. Now to the food! I ordered the guacamole and chips to start. The chips were great, but skip the guacamole. It was very surprisingly bland. You've had better. There's a little salsa station at the back where you help yourself to a variety of salsas from med. to hot. Perhaps I should have seasoned my guacamole myself. (The staff also.neglected to tell me about this station!) Next I ordered the halibut tacos, which were AMAZING. I would have loved to have gone back to try the seafood soup which a gentleman beside me was having which looked wonderful. I would definitely return, but perhaps on a weeknight to avoid the crowds and noise. read more

Ambiance was awesome and so were the cadillac margaritas! We had the pork mole and the halibut tacos...both great. Meals are on the smaller side but sufficient if you order ceviche or chips and guac. Salsa bar rocks! Fast service too. The owners of LA Carta de Oaxaca killed it once again! read more

OK, I love these guys.. yeah... I know, we don't get decent 'Mexican' food here, or so says anyone from the southwest... sorry, not buyin' what yer sellin'. This is good food. I confess I'm addicted to the Estofado (on Queen Anne) and the chicken enchiladas or the Carne Asada plato... nice and salty as I like it. I confess I stay away form the BBQ as it's too sweet for me. The house cocktail program is interesting (if trending to the sweet side) but delicious. The #309 and the Sombre del Alebrije being my favorites along with the Para Machos... how can you say no to Squirt in a cocktail LOL read more

This is my favorite place to eat in all of Seattle. The food is unique and delicious. The decor is fun and they have one of the best selections of mezcal in the city. The only difficult thing about this place is what to order because everything is above average. The ceviche and the barbacoa are my fav. They also have the best mole I have ever tasted. Now if you have never tried mezcal or have drank the cheap stuff, then come here and try the good stuff out. Karina and the bartenders know a lot about mezcal and are happy to educate you and find a flight that would suit your taste buds. I have always had excellent customer service and every time I bring my friends in for the first time they become huge fans of the place. If you want real homestyle food and amazing mezcal hit this place up. Five stars! read more

Went for dinner and had a horrible experience. The service was so bad it was shocking. We waited 10 minutes for a table when the restaurant wasn't even full. We had to ask three different times for our margaritas as well as our check. The wall next to our table was so gross covered in stains and chunks of all food. Stick to the Ballard location. read more

This restaurant's original spot in Ballard was highly recommended to us (years ago) ... but whenever we attempted to dine there, we would drive around and around looking for a parking spot -- which is, of course, not the restaurant's fault, but we always weigh this type of hassle against the obvious alternative: eating great food at home. However, we were finally able to dine there and were not impressed. We had the same experience at this (again, highly recommended) restaurant on Queen Anne and we were ... I guess we're old ... not surprised to learn that the ownership is the same -- according to my not extensive google search anyway. It was crowded and the food was aw-right, but the whole place hummed with that "... too cool for school ..." vibe. Not relaxing, not pleasant ... oh, and we were seated next to the bathroom. read more

When we came out here in June last year, looking for a place to live, we ate lunch here. It's nice and cozy inside. We sat at the bar and watched the kitchen make everyone's orders. Everything was made fresh and to order. We both got tacos and they were so good. Hope we head back there sometime! read more

This place is mediocre, overpriced, but authentic. I came away hungry and refused to pay seven dollars for taco chips. They have quite list of mezcal but I came to eat, not drink. Portions are so so. read more

Great meal and service Really enjoyable meal. We went of a Tuesday night and there was no wait time. Everyone was friendly and attentive. Raoul, the waiter, clearly enjoyed his work and was always smiling. The servings were a modest size - all three of us left feeling it was just the right amount. The food was great. I will be back again for sure. read more

We went based on the great reviews on Yelp. The food was smothered in hot sauce and one of us couldn't eat it. Asked them if they could bring one without the hot sauce and they said we can rub off the hot sauce or put some extra whipped cream on it. Some serious lack of customer service.. read more

Carne asada tacos muy fantástico! Chips are delish. Prices reasonable. Service is excellent and friendly, and plenty of seating.

The pork tacos with pineapple are just the best thing ever:) The ceviche is always wonderful and great drinks too:)

Sadly, I have to post a terrible review of a neighborhood restaurant. We will NEVER go back, as long as Roberto, the manager, has a job there. He is a jerk and he is the reason I will tell all of you and all of my friends, not to go. The food is good. so what? They do NOT value customers. And they do NOT have good business sense. Here's what happened. We have a Dinner Club we go out with, and we try different restaurants. Every one was excited to try Mezcaleria Oaxaca. Roberto made an exception for us over the phone and took our reservation for party of 8 for 6:45. He said, "don't be late or I'll give the table away." 6/8 of us were there at 6:35, and the remaining 2 would be there at 6:45, coming from the Eastside. He told me, "At 6:45, your table is gone." The table I saw was a proper table for 6. 8 of us would be crammed in. Didn't complain. I asked, "We're here, can we sit and order drinks and apps and the other two will be here in a minute." He would absolutely not seat us. I asked, "Explain to me from a business sense how this works? I'm confused." He gave away our table at 6:44, just to be a jerk. Our friends showed at 6:46. I was furious and will never go back. I'm disappointed, because it was a good neighborhood place, and I can't go as long as he works there. He is a POOR representation of the business. Of all the good people out there than need jobs, and he is allowed to be in this position to treat customers so poorly. I've heard bad stories about him in the past, and now I know first hand. In the past, the service I've received has been just mediocre, any way, so I'm not sad to take it off my list. I just wish that we had a good mexican place on Queen Anne. I like the idea of this one, but it just doesn't work. It's extremely poorly run. Do not go to this location. If you want to enjoy the food, go to Ballard's location. read more

Consistently amazing food and friendly service! But be clear, this is not Tex-Mex this is authentic Oaxacan food, and it is delicious!

A qualifier with this review is that I don't eat meat. I ordered the only vegetarian option on the menu - Chayote con queso. The squash was raw - barely cooked with the egg batter deep fried. The batter was really eggy and the cheese was goupy. The rice and beans were below average. I ate less than half of the dish, paid my bill and left. The other weird thing about this place is that most of the seating is at the bar - a handful of tables for more than 2 people. read more

Delicious Oaxacan option. Was a fan of the food since the sister restaurant in Ballard. The service was quick and attentive, the food was flavorful but was a bit small on portion size. read more

This is the best mexican place in Queen Anne, one of the best in Seattle. Great food, great drinks and a kick ass salsa bar. The place is small and popular, so of course it's going to take a while to get seated. If you're in such a hurry go to Taco Bell and eat meat that came in a bag. However if you want good food go her, get a goat leg, chips and salsa and a michelada. Totally worth the wait. read more

Met a friend here for a quick dinner and drink before a movie. We had Gringas Oaxaqueñas and Tacos Dorados. Both were good, although the tacos were somehow sweet, which I wasn't expecting. Service was ok, not particularly friendly, but quick and competent. I would probably go back. read more

I am really conflicted by this place and I guess "signs of heaven, scenes of hell" about sums it up for me. I like the atmosphere and decor,,, feels really cosy and right. I ordered the chips and salsa which they fry to order (yummy) but then put then dump like a cup of salt on them. You have to go to a salsa bar in the back and put a couple of tablespoons into a small ramekin necessitating a couple of return trips; or fill up several and look like a gluttonous dork carrying them back to your seat. I ordered the Caldo de Mariscos which had a surfeit of very delicious crab and shrimp as well as some vile tubesteak of a once swimming thing (fish? eel?) that was kind of sour and nasty tasting. See what I mean? Could've been great, could've been five star, but just kept pitching occasional screwballs that kept it from getting the championship trophy, least from me. I think they have four of these so I will punch my ticket at one of the other ones and see if my luck changes. read more

This restaurant is by far my favorite Mexican restaurant. I go to other restaurants to see if they can match the tastiness of Mezcaleria Oaxaca, but they do not compare. If you were to try one dish, try the Tacos Al Pastor- I could probably eat 10 of them and still want more. The staff are very friendly and welcoming AND they make their own tortillas! read more

I live in the neighborhood and lunch here frequently - they have the best house margaritas in town! My favorite dishes are the Tacos de Pescado, Enfrijoladas, and the Tamales de Rajas o Salsa Verde. read more

First time in the neighborhood. We stopped in for lunch, and surprise!! We had an outstanding meal. This is a definite must return.

It's been over a year since I was here and I still dream about the Mole! I don't remember anything about the service or decor just that mole! read more

Everything I've had there has been absolutely fantastic. There's a real lack of Central/South American food in Seattle so I'm very thankful for this place. read more

Best Mexican food I've had in many years, great service, good prices, very worth it! Come early. read more

El Mezcalito - Carne asada tacos - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

The best Mexican I've ever had. Delicious meal - had the Estofado con pollo. Go here for dinner!

Portions are small, not filling, and expensive. Never happy leaving a restaurant hungry with a $50 bill for 2 people.

Delicious flavors, good ambience, small portions, slow wait staff. Took us 15 minutes to get our check after asking and there were people standing next to us waiting for our table. read more

5-star food, 1-star service, so we're going to average it into a 3-star review. It's a shame, because most of our waitstaff were kind and patient with our group situation (I had a lot of people flying in from all over the world for an event in Seattle and we decided to dine here based on the wonderful things I've heard about this place). The problem was just the lead server: a young lady who was hostile and condescending, and even my guests had to work at calming her down. I didn't even want to bring up an off seafood soup, but the lead server was so offended at having to take back a really rank soup that we had to listen to her lecture us about how they use only fresh seafood. I understand that things happen, but even when we were checking out and swiping our card, she still had to talk about it and justify it by saying, "sometimes, people don't know what they're ordering." We weren't strangers to seafood--heck, I'm from an island nation--and we all tasted it and agreed it was OFF. We understand that things happen, especially with seafood, so if not for the attitude and lecture, I honestly wouldn't have even brought it up in this review. Two separate people had to go up and thank her and calm her down for bringing the food back and replacing it with something else. I also had to calm down other members of my party who were so offended by her reaction that one wanted to give it right back to her. (My meal was obviously not that enjoyable, as a result.) Secondly, we came with a big group and only needed her to ring up one separate check. I got a preemptive lecture about how she's only doing it this one time for us because large parties must be paid with only one check. I understand that it's too confusing to do separate checks for a big party, but is doing one main check and one separate individual check (so 2 total) really that big of a deal? Is 2 checks really worth harrassing your customers over when you probably readily do 2-4 split bills for every other smaller party in the restaurant? Why not wait to see if I asked again before saying you won't do it again? The sad thing is that they did everything right. The other servers were great, and I even slipped the gentleman who dealt with our table some extra cash for his assistance. Despite the attitude and lectures, the lead server did the right things and took our food away and replaced it with food that really was enjoyable and delicious (would have been more so without the lectures). When I needed one person's bill to be separate from the rest of the party's, she did do it, albeit with another lecture. This review really would have been a 100-star review without the attitude, because it was completely unnecessary. It really is a shame. Seattle suffers from a lack of high quality Mexican food and Oaxaca had a monopoly on that for years, but the landscape is really changing I hope that their waitstaff leads can go through an attitude adjustment or at least learn to manage their stress, because the fantastic food deserves better representation in the front of house. There is an art to customer service that can be both firm and gentle, and this front of house hasn't learned it yet. (At least that one lead server/manager hasn't learned it yet.) In closing, the food was great. Seriously--even with the aggro server, everybody agreed that the food was tasty. However, the front of house gets thrown off its balance with large groups, and the leads are young and haven't figured out how to manage their frustration. Go if your party is easy-- small and you don't have dietary restrictions--or if you're seriously thick-skinned. It was a shame that this was my guests' first impression of Seattle service. But I guess it prepared them for the freeze, right? (We followed up the next night at Ethan Stowell's new restaurant in downtown, Cortina, and MAN did that redeem Seattle! You can always count on a Stowell restaurant to come through with great food and great service.) read more

This was not our first time here, but will definitely be our last. I don't know what changed but the food was bad, expensive and not enough to fill you up if you are hungry. The service was not así great either. So disappointing! read more

I went here very shortly after it first opened. Great food!

Not sure what a couple of the whiners are going on about, but we've been to Mezcaleria twice, and Oaxaca many times, and it's some of the best regional Mexican food in town. For those who think it should be just like Oaxaca (yes, we've been there) they should have been in Seattle when we came her in 1978 - this town was a Mexican food wasteland; it didn't exist except for Guadalajara downtown. read more

My husband and I tried Mezcaleria Oaxaca in Queen Anne on 1/25 Wednesday at dinner and had a wonderful experience. The decor of the space is beautiful, the food was delicious, and the service we received from the host and our waiter (who was also the bartender) Damon was excellent. In particular, the margaritas were delicious and my husband absolutely loved the Posole. My favorite dish was the tender pork tamale served with a mole sauce. The prices are very reasonable and we did not have to wait long to be seated. We can't wait to go back and try more of the delicious items on the menu! read more