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    El Picante

    3.9 (36 reviews)
    ModerateMexican
    Closed • 8:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Jenny H.

    Everything was super fresh and delicious! They were very speedy when preparing my Togo order but had lots of seating too. The menu is huge! I wish I had tried it all. Went there specifically for the pambazos which was very tasty.

    Hand made corn tortilla /asada tacos.
    Melissa G.

    Hand made tortillas.... You don't come by that anymore! Great tacos and pretty darn good / fresh seafood, and the staff is super sweet.

    Carissa H.

    This place is one on my favorite spots. Chilaquiles to die for.. sopas and hand made tortillas. In don't think there is one thing on menu i don't love. Its like your mama made you food.

    This place is great, we have been coming here even before they changed locations.
    Mike R.

    We love this place, we have frequented this establishment for several years even before they relocated to this location. The food and service is great and they are in the process of getting their liquor license. Overall great place although a small restaurant.

    Brenda M.

    Great food, decent prices, friendly staff. Love this place! Oh and tortillas made by hand!

    Aqua de limon!

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    Fav spot in Santa Ana food and micheladas are amazing, always appreciate the chips and salsa when we arrive

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    The bomb cucumber water breakfast is always the bomb me and my family love it love it home feeling

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    The carne asada tacos are delicious. The best part is that they use homemade corn tortillas.

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    I used to LOVE coming to this place... until I realized their customer service seriously sucked…read more First off, the food is honestly a little on the salty side, but I kept coming back because I liked the place. Then this happened. I brought my family here for dinner, and when we were closing out the check, the server failed to mention that gratuity was automatically added for a party of 6. I didn't realize it until I was about to sign and saw that I was about to leave ANOTHER tip on top of the automatic gratuity. I was like, oh HELL NO, I'm not tipping $80+ So I asked the server to refund the entire transaction and rerun the payment correctly. She told me she couldn't do that, but said she could refund the extra tip instead. I said okay, trusting that she knew what she was doing. We left. Fast forward about 4-6 months later. I come back with different family members, and the MANAGER comes over and tells me I have an outstanding balance of around $150. At first I genuinely thought he was joking. Nope. Apparently, when the server was supposed to refund the extra tip, she accidentally refunded the ENTIRE BILL and kept the tip. ‍ Now explain to me HOW that was my problem?! I specifically told her I wanted the entire transaction refunded so we could start over, and SHE chose to handle it differently. That was THEIR mistake, not mine. And the worst part? Instead of pulling me aside privately and explaining what happened, the manager brought this up IN FRONT OF THE FAMILY I WAS WITH. So now I'm sitting there being told I owe $150+ in front of my guests because of an error THEIR employee made months earlier. Talk about embarrassing. Thank God I'm in a position where I could afford to pay it, so I paid the outstanding amount AND my new bill that day -- over $300 out of pocket -- just to resolve the whole situation. I paid everything they said I owed for both visits, and I have never gone back since. And I WILL NEVER go back. Between the salty-ass food and the customer service, I'll take my money somewhere else. Just sharing my TRUE experience because I think customers deserve to know what happened.

    Las Cazuelas was okay -- not bad, not amazing, just somewhere in the middle. The food had good…read moreflavor, but it didn't really stand out the way I expected. Service was good, fast & friendly. The restaurant itself is clean and comfortable, and the prices are fair for what you get. I can see why people like it, but for me, it was more of a "good if you're nearby and hungry" kind of spot rather than a place I'd go out of my way for.

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    El Picante - mexican - Updated September 2026

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