This is our second time here and I have to put another review. Oh my goodness their service here is amazing. I love the atmosphere very authentic here. I ordered my plate and just as I was done, she brought me a complementary quesobirria and man it is the best I've ever had. I wish this location was closer to my home, but I sure am happy. I chose this wonderful restaurant.. read more

Gaeta's Taqueria - The samples they brought to us two different Chili's yummy - Mexican Near Me - Gilroy, California

**3.5 stars** Came here on the earlier side, grabbing a bite to eat before heading over to the archery place. We were the only ones dining at the time, but like I said it was early. Only ordered a taco and had the chips and salsa. I liked the salsa, it was fresh. The chips and taco were just okay. Our server was friendly and attentive. Prices were very reasonable. I might stop in again to give it another try. read more

Gaeta's Taqueria - Chips and salsa - Mexican Near Me - Gilroy, California

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Absolutely phenomenal street tacos. Recommend the asada and carnitas. The tortillas were cooked to perfection. The cilantro and onion were slightly sautéed, adding a perfect texture and deeper caramelized taste. The salsa is the best I've ever had. Everything had the right amount of spice. You cannot beat their taco prices! The interior had a great vibe. People seem to meet there to reconnect. Definitely mom and pop owned, service was great. Looks like there's enough room for local music and dancing in the evenings. The barbacoa was a little dry. read more

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The dining room is large, and has many tables and booths. The service is friendly along with a relaxed atmosphere. The food is very good. Definitely would go again. read more

Gaeta's Taqueria - Carne asada burrito - Mexican Near Me - Gilroy, California

Forgot to take picture of the Menudo I ordered. All I can say is, the owner is so accommodating and gracious. Menudo is the best in town. I bet all foods they serve are delicious. Felt like I'm actually eating home. Ambiance is so great. Can't get enough of greatness that I experience throughout the restaurant. For sure, anyone who's been locally a patron of the place is grateful to dine and eat there. I should/will eat there again when I find a chance to be in the neighbor for my delivery again. The only regret I have is not living near this place. Otherwise, this will be my Local spot to try every menu per day. read more

Yum! Always have wanted to try this place. I normally prefer a fried fish taco, but the menu did not say how it was prepared. The shrimp tacos also said it was tilapia. So good!! A lot of fish in the taco. I ended up not wanting the cabbage or pico. Only 2 people working at noon on a Friday. So it was a bit busy with 4 tables. One guy was making the handmade tortillas and the other on the grill. My total was $29 for a Pacifico bottle, 1 fish taco, 1 shrimp taco with rice and beans. Ready to come back already. read more

Gaeta's Taqueria - Fish taco closest and the shrimp tacos also is in the back. - Mexican Near Me - Gilroy, California

All in good honesty , I don't understand how some Mexican restraunts make it serving unflavored foods. How do you not get a simple cocido to have some flavor which was in this case that I ordered one , as we were passing by from santa clara heading home to fresno. The excitement of seeing that it has 4 stars and ordering and not even the chile verde enchiladas had good flavor, very disappointed!! The only thing good was the sprite we ordered!!! Big spacious place and seating !! Not a place I will return !! Service gal was nice took our order asked a fee times if we needed anything else!! read more

I've been to Gaeta's Taqueria before, but I pass it numerous times a week. I was craving some chorizo and eggs with rice and beans. I like that they used lean chunky chorizo and not the greasy oily chorizo. The flavor was good on everything, but I wish they gave more rice and beans on the plate. That's the cheapest things on the plate. Their chips were standard, but their salsa was nice and spicy. I like tasty spicy salsa. read more

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Whenever I'm in Gilroy, Gaeta's is a MUST!!! They never miss and ALWAYS consistent with the quality of food and family type atmosphere! read more

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This has to be one of the worst restaurants I've ever eaten at!! Decided to stop by and give this place a try after heading home from a Niner game. Worst decision ever!! I go the #4 plate which was two enchiladas and chile verde. The enchiladas were terrible!! The chili verde wasn't chile verde !! And to top it off, food is way overpriced 50 bucks for two plates!! Should've just went to In-N-Out!! If you're looking for authentic Mexican food, this is not the place. You're better off trying Del taco or Taco Bell!! The service was good. The ambience was terrible. Don't waste your time coming to this place. Sorry to say !! read more

We needed to try a Mexican restaurant on this past Father's Day, and due to the high cumulative review score on Yelp we picked Gaeta's. My wife and two children were in love with their food. I was underwhelmed with mine. But due to the above average liking from my family, together combined with no time to cook tonight on our way home, they asked me if I could pick up food here to go and I thought I'd give it one last shot. I met the owner Emanuel - extremely professional, extremely friendly, and very thorough with my direct questions. It drives me crazy when I ask restaurant workers what their customers love the most on the menus and either the waiter the waitress or the hostess tell me what they personally like - which I don't care what they personally like. I want to know what the masses of customers rave about/enjoy. Emmanuel was very direct and gave me the top three favorites of his customer base. Chile Relleno was a top customer favorite if not the top number one favorite. It was something that I've had many years ago in Texas only once and wasn't impressed back then, but I thought I'd be brave and try it. And as a back up plan, I had a small shrimp quesadilla. Both the Chili Relleno as well as the Shrimp Quesadilla were OUT OF THIS WORLD DELICIOUS! Thank you Emmanuel, (and your mom) for the outstanding variety, quantity, and quality of your food here at your restaurant. And thanks also to Emiliano (one of the cooks) who made a huge impression on us the last time we were there. I would strongly recommend and will happily return!! read more

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Went here for a second chance thinking there will be some type of change. I'm a Menudo lover the Menudo was garbage same as last time animal smell customer service was very rude. The cook as well. I believe her name is Gloria dogging me while I was eating never again will I come? read more

I am going to be honest when we pulled up I was a little uncertain. However, my two daughters and I decided to go in before going shopping at the outlets. We walked in and the man at the counter was so welcoming and friendly, I think he could sense us being a little timid and he made a fun joke that quickly made us feel welcome. We were all in the mood for a burrito and we each ordered a deluxe burrito between the three of us we got Carne Asada, Carnitas and pastor. Before our burritos came out, we were served chips and salsa, which were not amazing. However, the burritos are absolutely the best burritos I've ever had and I have had my share. The man helping us was so nice, serving and welcoming. Also the tables and decorations are so authentic and fun. I will be going back for sure. read more

I like the menudo here. Good small place and always very friendly. Good food at fair prices.

The restaurant decorations are so nice. The workers here are nice and friendly. They price wasn't that bad either. I was searching for a Mexican restaurant because my mother in-law was hungry, so we gps the way to the restaurant but didn't realize it's only street parking. The food here here are good and delicious. I got a carne asada burrito with everything. I even ask for sour cream. Didn't know they didn't put rice in the burrito. It's ok because without the rice the burrito tasted better. read more

Gaeta's Taqueria - Mexican Near Me - Gilroy, California

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Best Mexican food, always fresh, made with quality ingredients and delicious to say the least

This family owned restaurant is ran with lots of love between staff to the customers. I feel like I'm visiting family. What a great experience. The food- hands down the best authentic Mexican food around! I live in Morgan hill and drive to Gilroy when I want posole or menudo which is SERVED DAILY! Their birra tacos and dip sauce is the best I've had and I've tried all local/near by town restaurants. I even bring my friends with me and they love it and praise the service/food as well. read more

Gaeta's Taqueria - Posole - Mexican Near Me - Gilroy, California

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Food was delicious the cashier who helped me out was so sweet and helpful as always t was li first time there

Came here for a family dinner. Service was great but the price for a meal was outrageous. It's like 17+ dollars for a small plate of food That's the first time we left a restaurant still hungry. The food was ok. Probably won't be going back here. read more

So, very impressed with the enchiladas, they were very delicious, and their tacos were excellent. Will definitely be coming back!

They serve complimentary chips and salsa (+) the chips itself taste like imitation styrofoam but the salsa was decent. Got the burrito deluxe with no pico & it was extremely mid. The beans are very watery (soaking the entire tortilla), the burrito had the smallest amount of guac and cheese i couldve imagined (as pictured). If it was advertised as "wet bean burrito" maybe it would've been fine. With that being said, the meat was very good & the green salsa had a good balance of spice and flavor. The workers also seemed to have a good relationship with some of the other customers and were very nice. read more

Gaeta's Taqueria - burrito deluxe - Mexican Near Me - Gilroy, California

I've tried every Mexican restaurant in Gilroy and this place is the best. Everything is good here and the Deluxe Burrito with rice and sour cream added is phenomenal. read more

Ate there with my wife and 2 kids and the staff were friendly and food was great. Definitely recommend.

Service is a bit slow but for sure your food will taste very good. The place is big and looks like it has been updated.

Good food in a unremarkable setting. Service was decent and they offer refills on dine-in with soft drinks. Food came out fast and hot. I just wish the salsas were spicier! read more

I was craving a Chile Relleno the other night. It's one of those things I do not cook myself (I never fry things). I looked through tons of menus snd reviews and settled on Gaeta's. I ordered this combo with Cheese enchaladas (yum) and one Chile Relleno (double yum). Husband ordered some sort of beef burrito thing that was massive! I also ordered guacamole (ugh I love the stuff) which costs about four bucks. Which is fine. And Chips and salsa. I'm not even sure where to begin! There was no YUM after food was sampled! The Chile Relleno was dry oily and completely tasteless. The majority of the pepper too tough to even chew through... my enchiladas ... not cheese but some sort of meat looked like beef also all dry. Please note I cannot eat beef ... this why I ordered cheese. The pinto beans it came with were cold and flavorless as was the rice. I managed about half of my Chile Relleno ... and that was all I was able to eat of my dinner. I scrapped out the beef from my enchiladas and gave it to the husband who said it was the plainest unseasoned beef he'd ever had. His burrito though massive was missing two of the advertised ingredients. And in his words 'it's ok.' That guacamole I ordered? Well it was not guacamole. It was a tablespoon (yes ... I measured it! Exactly one measuring spoon tablespoon) of slightly mashed avocado. That's right they just took a tablespoon of avocado put it in a tiny clear container, put a lit on it and blazingly called it guacamole (like no one would notice!) and charged me four bucks. Now don't get me wrong... I love avocado. I prefer mine with a little lime snd salt but can eat it plain with complete enjoyment. However, I did not order plain Avocado! I ordered 4.00 worth of guacamole. I was trying to work out how much that avocado would have cost me if I had bought the whole thing. At 4.00 per measuring tablespoon, Essentially I bought a 1/8th of 20.00 plain avocado. The chips and salsa (was that salsa?... on second thought was that chips?) oh I think perhaps I may have save the best (worst?) for last. They bent snd could not scoop a single thing if the watery tomato water they were claiming was salsa. The chips were oily bendable things that you could just tear in half (no break no crisp ... no chip!). They were not chips. The husband was horrified... we threw them all away. Completely inedible. He was even more furious when he learned I had paid for them separately . And he was even more livid when he realized my entire meal was inedible. So, I resorted to eating gram crackers with peanut butter... it was comforting after that complete atrocious mistreatment I had received by Gaeta's! Oh Gilroy ... how you have disappointed me yet again. Please tell me there are better Enchiladas and Chile rellenos and salsa out there, because they sure aren't at Gaeta's! read more

I discovered the restaurant is no longer owned by the Gaeta family.*** I've been coming here for years. Went in two days ago and the food was horrible and overpriced.. The caldo de res had tiny pieces of chopped beef, whole baby potatoes, chunks of carrots, absolutely no seasoning or flavor. My son ordered carne asada plate, big pieces of green peppers, meat was overcooked. Won't be coming here again. Sorry to discover the quality has declined drastically with the new owners. read more

Food and service were great. Great, great, great. Food and service were great. Great, great, great Food and service were great. Great, great, great read more

Best dang chile verde burrito ever! We love their food!!!! Always a go to when hungry! read more

Four of us went for lunch today. All our meals were excellent. Finally Mexican fare that is not too salty! Just good healthy food. Great home made salsa and the service was wonderful. Nicely decorated, and super clean bathrooms. Family owned and their pride in ownership shows. Can't wait to return. We are an hour away, so we ordered food to go too for the weekend! read more

Hands down the best Mexican Restaurant in Gilroy! I can't believe I have been missing out on their delicious comida! When I have their food I feel like I am in Mamá's kitchen Besides having excellent food their service is wonderful, the restaurant is simple, clean and neat. I am so grateful I finally came here. May they do very well, better than expected read more

Great place to eat with friendly staff who take the time to converse and answer any questions one may have.

These guys have their Al Pastor coming correct. Super nice folks running the place. Highly recommend.

This was our first time here and we will totally be back! Both the fresh homemade corn tortillas and flour tortillas were made to perfection. I had the shrimp with garlic and rice and beans and I will be thinking about this until the next time I come back to Gilroy. My coworker got the chili Verde and it was unlike any other chili Verde he had had before. It was delicious! Not too spicy and yet full of flavor. The how Mika is made in house and not too sweet. Overall, the experience was very good and we are looking forward to coming back. Highly recommended. read more

Gaeta's Taqueria - Mexican Near Me - Gilroy, California

Very good food never Gina stop going there food is always on point and the service is very welcoming . And the view is cool to look out Enchiladas Con Chile Relleno is the bomb read more

First time here. I tried the carne asada burrito. It was flavorful and generously filled with a lot of tender meat, rice, and beans. Big enough to share! read more

Great food, service and family friendly staff. Thank you for the great food Saturday and we will be ordering and coming in to eat dinner soon. The updated look is great and the kitchen makes some great things. We will return read more

I'm not sure what happened over the past couple years to make things change so much. The burritos used to be $5.99 or $6.99 and now they're $8.99. So every time I would come I would get a chile Verde burrito and it would be a good size burrito full of meat only. But now they changed it and there was only about 5 pieces of meat and mostly beans in the burrito. Definitely not worth $8.99 for mostly beans. They changed The recipe on their beans and also the chile Verde. The chile Verde used to have a spicy kick to it and it doesn't anymore. It was still good, but was disappointed. read more

Gaeta's Taqueria - #23, extreme garlic - Mexican Near Me - Gilroy, California

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Excellent food and service! Nice people, home made food. Yummy! We will be back. 3/15/23 Santos family read more

3 stars b/c the restaurant seems to be family owned and they are always super nice. Also the flautas and the carne asada plate were good! Unfortunately the carne asada in the fries and the burrito were sub-par. too salty for our liking :( read more