I kept hearing about Rivera's Restaurant from people in the community where we just moved, so I…read morethought I would check it out. This place is an authentic Mexican restaurant, unpretentious and spacious. The chips and salsa are just like the ones I ate while traveling around Mexico over the years. I ate one of the best taco salads I have had in a long time. It was packed full of flavors because it was not too spicy, but I was able to enrich the meal with the homemade chili salsa. The mix of Mexican music and excited football announcers from the tvs gave the place a festive, party atmoshere. So, it is not a quiet date place. The owner, Pedro, is a contientious, hard-working man who has made me feel truly welcomed to this community. I will be back often!

Horrible service!!! The punk kid that is their son, is so…read morerude and disrespectful. Their wait times are way too long and inaccurate. They tell you 15 mins and it takes 45 mins for rice and 2 tacos.

Pros - Great service, chips and salsa Cons -…read more1. Super Tacos were made with fresh tortillas and looked good but they fell apart as soon as they were picked up. They were served with an expired oxidized side of red salsa. 2. Chili Relleno was flat, burnt, super greasy and flavorless. 3. Chicken Tamale was dry, chewy, and flavorless. 4. Rice & Beans - very unproportionate size of rice vs beans although they tasted good. We were highly disappointed as this was our 1st time since it's one of the few places nearby open on Monday.

I don't really like any of the Mexican restaurants here in town but this one is very good. The…read moreservice was good, attentive but a couple of drawbacks....they don't have their liquor license (working on it) and they did mess up my order. I ordered the steak flantas but got chicken but didn't mind because they were excellent. Everything just really tasted fresh and the waitress did offer to make me anything I want to make up for the error but I told her no thanks because I was happy what I got. It would have been a different story otherwise. We will back because I want steak flantas!!!

I'm hesitant to leave a review because we love this place sooo much. The owner & his wife ate the…read morekindest people. The food is the best around and it's price fairly. The beans are authentic and the burritos are worth the price and delicious. Green enchiladas.. so tasty. And the view across the street is priceless.

Best taco truck in valley springs, food is delicious owners are very nice, recomended.read more

Wow wow wow! Me Tierra has become a regular for me and my family. I also go to there often for…read morebusiness meetings or just to hang with friends. If you're looking for that Old School traditional, family Mexican taste, you're not going to quite find that here, you can find it but you got to drive all the way to places like San Francisco, Pittsburg California or elsewhere far away. But what you will find is a delicious alternative. Their rice is very delicious they're beans all versions of them are also very well done. Their sauces are quite good and even though they don't do my favorite which is ground beef enchiladas, all the other versions of them I have come to love. Next time you're driving through Valley Springs Calaveras County check them out. Mi Tierra is a refreshing taste of delicious Mexican food!

The owner doesn't know how to treat customers. I had an incident awhile ago with her. Accusing me…read moreof no paying my bill. I show my recit and she still wasn't satisfied and ask to show pictures of my family to see if they were with me that day. Never apologize for the accusation, but I give her another try. Last time she was worse, I went for breakfast and she completely ignored me. Thanks the son was there to uknowlage me and place my order. It was very sad her attitudes, lije if I did something wrong to her. I always been vey kind to her. But the behavior made my decision never to go back again to be mistreated by her.

Ordered fish and chips to go. Fish was killer! Chips not so much. Will order again when my fish…read moredesire rules again. Fish is cod which is wild caught. I like that. I never eat farm fish cause I know what they are fed.

There is a new owner. A skinny middle aged woman who had the customer service technique of a pit…read moreviper. We ordered the prime rib rare and it came tasty and tender but the entire exterior meat was medium well and only the interior was not rare but medium rare! When we confronted her with 40 years meat cooking experience she basically implied FY and stalked off. Now if you ask for one iota more sauce, dressing, horseradish or sour cream they charge you .75 per item! Unfortunately we took our outrage on the waitress with zero tip! However during our entire meal experience the wait staff congregated together past the cash register and gossiped! Minimal checking on customers no conservations unless they already knew you! Worst experience ever! I've lived here 23 years and have dined here since the original owner! Never Again! Not giving them another penny!

NOT open on Sunday- at least 12/7 Which is probably fine…read moresince the food here is usually dried out and clumpy. Haven't come in years and was willing to try it again- but since it wasn't open as advertised- won't attempt to bother ever again

The food is okay the service is generally decent the menu board on the the drive thru is horrible…read morethe glare off it makes it almost unreadable I have had to get out of my car multiple times to see it. I have mentioned the problem the staff response is yes we know it's new I think one of the worst decisions they have made in recent months is to close on Sunday and Monday totally a gigantic mistake the sales from Sunday and Monday football days geeze why didn't anyone think of that. On a good closing note they do have very good cookies and the hot pastrami sandwich is a winner.

We had set up with the restaurant in advance to have a LARGE group (47 people) eat lunch at El…read moreTorero yesterday. I didn't look at my watch, but I believe they opened a little early to accommodate our group. They got us seated and they quickly jumped into action. Our chips and salsa came out immediately and someone was taking our drink orders right away. So let me just say, their tortilla chips are my new favorite of any restaurant, anywhere. They are obviously made from flour tortillas and between the 4 people at our table, we ate 3 baskets of them! My wife and I both ordered the combination plate #19 which is a chimichanga and a burrito with rice and beans. She ordered hers with the sauce on the side because she's not a fan of overly spicy sauce. The sauce was actually perfect, and she ended up putting the sauce on her chimichanga. Neither of us could finish our food, possibly because we ate so many chips, but trust me, the food was just as amazing when we heated it up at home for lunch today. This restaurant is over 50 miles away for our group and I can 100% guarantee we will make the trip again next year. By the way, I love how the restaurant is decorated. It has a very authentic vibe.

I have passed this place a couple of times, but today I decided to check this place out. First of…read moreall, the chips were very delicious and crunchy. The salsa was yummy and quite mild. The chips were crunchy and warm. The servers were very nice and attentive. Everything tasted good, but nothing out of the ordinary. The restaurant was clean and had a nice traditional environment.