La Bocana Mariscos

Got the carnitas family pack here on a Sunday and what can I say is I'd come here again just for…read morethat. My buddy and I came here on an off chance cuz initially went to Key Burger but it was closed and we stumbled upon Carnitas Don Cuco. They had a great family pack deal for $25 with beans, rice, salsa, a bowl of carnitas and fresh pressed hand made corn tortillas. Carnitas - great flavor savory and smoke notes to the pork. Also, just the right amount of fat and lean meat. Not overly greasy compared to other carnitas I've had. Beans - great flavor of beans. Not from a can. Great seasoning on it. Corn tortillas - real deal fresh pressed and homemade style corn tortillas to go with our carnitas. This was definitely the highlight of the entire pack and put it all together. All in all I'd come here again just after my match. Go with cash only. They love that. Cash is still and always will be king.

My company catered with them and the experience was fantastic!…read more Drinks were on point, the lemonade was flavorful. Service was excellent as the food and drink were delivered to our office quickly and without issue. I did not dine in at their restaurant yet but I am now hoping to stop by if I am in the area! Thanks Carnitas Don Cuco!

3 taco combo plate served with fresh hand made corn tortillas and rice and beans

Cinco de Mayo special 5 tacos for $10.00 $$ only Al Pastor Carnitas Pollo 747-225-0825 10979 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima Ca, 91331

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Carnitas Don Cuco storefront

Antonio's Tacos & Kabob

4.6(766 reviews)

1.4 mi•Pacoima

DE-FREAKIN-LICIOUS! Ahh it's the standard chicken breast kabob plate for me that really does it…read more Chicken is grilled to perfection, and the rice is fluffy! I chose hummus as my side, gotta love the hummus here man. I could eat a whole tub of that. Oh and the pita bread arrives warm! Nice portions, good service, and it's close by. You'll find me stopping by here AT least once a week. Antonio's I love you. Lol

Food is delicious, service is always great and it's always a delicious meal…read more Their whole menu is amazing Enjoy

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Taqueria Los Compadres

4.5(159 reviews)

0.9 mi•Pacoima

Soo goood! Called ahead for a pick up order…read more Ordered 5 asada tacos with cilantro onion and salsa on side Tacos come with cheese as well (nice surprise as it pulled everything together) I don't usually like cheese on my tacos but these had a great balance of flavor and were made with love! Guy who took my order was very very kind and hard working. I came during a rush, it's a small place with probably 10 tables total and it's a very casual setting in a plaza with a lot of different stores and supermarkets. The sign is pretty small so keep an eye out but I would 100% come here again. My to go container came with lemons also and they do not skimp out on anything! Portions are great for the price - 5 tacos for $15

These are no ordinary tacos...they are monstrous tacos! They are piled high with meat and topped…read morewith cilantro, onion, and hot sauce. I mistakenly ordered 4 and was SO stuffed. I ordered to go so I could go eat at the park near the museum, but the place seemed casual and clean. The lady was nice and helpful. The order came out super quick.

Clean tables

Hard shell Asad tacos. Somewhere under this pile of goodness.

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Taco asada and chicken taquitos

Tacos El Gordo

3.9(213 reviews)

0.6 mi•Pacoima

A good spot with okay prices and good portions!…read more Has a small parking lot but TONS of seating inside. Not much ambiance but it does have TVs if you're trying to watch a game. Service was good! They were kind and helpful with our order. Their salsa bar was clean and well stocked, I appreciated that the onion & cilantro was separate, most places have it combined these days. Food was great. The Papas Nachos are a huge portion for the price so I highly recommend getting that. The tacos were great as well. Would happily come back.

Carne asada taco was so delicious…read more Came here on a whim with wife. Loved their carne asada and pastor tacos

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Tostadas de Ceviche de Camaron

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Lenchita's

3.4(353 reviews)

1.3 mi•Pacoima

We went in for breakfast and food was delicious and priced well. I had the menudo, it's flavorful…read moreand the homemade corn tortillas are delicious. (No homemade flour) They have a great variety of food to pick from. When we went in they did not have someone seating people so you basically wait in line and wait until someone gets up to take the table. I think it can be a little uncomfortable for the people eating, but not really a big deal. Luckily we had two people in front of us sit at a table too big for them and they offered us to sit with them which we did not mind at all. So if you get a big table, offer someone to sit with you. We only waited a few minutes for them to take our order and our food was out soon after that. Only a minus one star because the seating arrangement is a little weird, but their food and service is great. They even had musicians walking around playing - make sure to tip them!

On Friday my husband picked up some chile rellenos to go, they were so good, stuffed with plenty of…read morecheese the order comes with 2 chiles along with rice beans and handmade tortillas. Finally, my husband and I had a chance to dine in on Sunday. We got there around 10:30 am. The parking lot was packed but found parking on the side street. Once inside, we waited less than 5 minutes, someone got up and we sat down. The waitress came over right away to take our order. My husband ordered the costillitas en chile rojo with rice and beans. It was so good. That is one of the popular dishes. I decided to get the Menudo, it was so Delicious, it even had some pasta meat and some hominy. This included homemade corn tortillas. It is so nice to see all the hard working ladies in the kitchen, especially the ones making the tortillas, now that is a special gift to manually make them! We really enjoyed the food, next time I will order the tortillas to go ahead of time, since it takes awhile for them to prepare. Service was Excellent, especially the waitress, she was so attentive!

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Machaca

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Restaurante Maria

3.9(76 reviews)

0.8 mi•Pacoima

Great service, food portion is more than enough. Their salsa is fire. Just need to pay in cash.read more

I went for the first time and ordered chicken enchiladas, and chile verde…read more Very disappointed! The enchiladas were dry and the enchilada sauce tasted like stale sauce. Out of 3, my mother only ate half of 1. The chile verde was nothing close to tender... the meat was hard and chewy it was just terrible. I had three bites and walked away. Worse was no prices. No receipt was given to me for two plates two drinks. It was $50. I do not recommend this place and the ambience was not giving. I will never set foot here again,

Huevos a la mexicana

Chiles rellenos

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Espinazo con nopales

El Dorado Sinaloense Restaurant

4.5(64 reviews)

1.0 mi•Pacoima

Such amazing service and food! Super delicious! We went in for a quick bite and we will be coming…read moreback! All the dishes we tried were so delicious. The restaurant was so inviting and just had the most friendly staff! Enough seating and comfortable seats. Can't say enough good things about this restaurant.

SO delicious and authentic! We didn't even order anything fancy, but even the bean dip that comes…read morewith their chips and the meatless burrito con papas y huevos was REALLY good. Haven't been this impressed in a while with Mexican cuisine when not about the portion sizes, but rather the quality. Everything tasted fresh, made to order, and best of all, tender! Sometimes I feel the meats get overlooked when buried in a taco with salsas, but not here! Ate it on its own and was juicy! Thanks and we will be back again! We were greeted very well by the lady, and by the simple yet meaningful decor. Go Tomateros!

Pozole de puerco servido con lechuga, rabanos, cebolla y limon. Tortillas hechas a mano o tostadas.

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Tostada mixta, shrimp empanadas

The Original Tamale

4.3(514 reviews)

1.6 mi•Pacoima

Was on the way to Kaiser and saw there tent. I tried the pineapple and and pork tamale!…read more So so good. The tamale was soft full of flavor and amazing

A friend of mine bought me to this place after church the building just looks like you know the…read morefood is good. My friend had us get the beef tamales, as well as for my first time the dessert tamales of the strawberry as well as the pineapple. The tamales are such a nice size that you can get full off of one of them as a woman. It was my first time trying a dessert tamale and oh boy oh boy it is so good. I love that concept. If you would like to eat on location, there are a couple tables in the back. We ate there twice and had such a great time. There's no doubt that this place will be here forever.

Tamales

Pumpkin tamales

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Veggie tamale

El Michoacano

3.8(65 reviews)

0.9 mi•Pacoima

Dang can't believe 28 years living in the valley never tried it here till today never going back to…read moreel pollo loco again the half chicken combo was perfect for me and wife to share chicken so juicy def worth checking out

El sábado pasado fui a comer con mi esposa,no se si cambiaron de dueño pero nos dieron el pollo…read moretodo seco y parecía que nos dieron godornis unas piezas muy pequeños por el precio que pagamos,la verdad no volveré a jamás a ese lugar y no lo recomiendo,lo único bueno son las tortillas

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Chabelitas Restaurant

4.0(64 reviews)

0.8 mi•Pacoima

Clean little family owned restaurant. Couple table tops outside and about 10 tables inside. Very…read moreclean. The two women employees were very sweet and helpful. We ordered asada burrito, and caldo de res . The soup was full of flavor, veggies were cooked perfect. The burrito was stuffed full of delicious quality food. The tortillas are homemade.

DO NOT EAT HERE -- VERY DISGUSTING EXPERIENCE…read more I came to this place and can honestly say I will never come back again. I ordered a burrito, and I noticed what appeared to be fly poop on the meat. It was absolutely disgusting and made me feel sick. I went back inside and showed the employee what I had found. She offered to replace the burrito, but what really shocked me was that she asked me not to say anything because they could get in trouble. I understand that mistakes can happen, but something like this involving food safety is not something I can simply ignore. Customers deserve to know what they are being served and should be able to trust that their food is prepared in a clean and sanitary environment. I will never eat here again. Please be careful and think twice before ordering from this place. I strongly recommend being cautious about eating here.

Fly poop

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Elizabeth P.

142

25

31

3 years ago

Tenían un signo de handicap y ay nos íbamos asentar pero ella no permitió tenemos el placard. No avía nadien de clientes ..solo íbamos a comer y irnos... des criminar no es bueno so no recomiendo añadiendo con niños y estrollers o placard no vengan ha este lugar si tienes una cilla de ruedas ho strollers specialmente el handicap placard ... lo que más me duele es que no avía nadien el lugar es pequeño pero si íbamos a acaber la mesera bien cortante ;( read more

RT D.

Elite 20

14

121

320

5 years ago

So glad we stopped by this place. One of the best Mariscos spot I've tried! There was a lot flavor in each meal and big portions as well! There's complaints about parking situation, but there was plenty if parking spaces when we visited maybe we just got lucky lol If you're ever around Pacoima area, definitely check them out. I highly recommend their Camarones Empanizados and Aguachiles read more

Rony V.

10

1

0

9 years ago

No lo recomiendo x que ponen especiales y cuando las ordenas te disen que ya no están más siendo que toda vía las tienen en el menu y en sus ventanas del lugar read more

Manuel M.

4

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0

10 years ago

Muy mentirosos anuncian especiales que cuando llegas te dicen que lla se terminaron y todabia las tienen el anuncio no lo recomiendo

Deanna P.

149

162

159

10 years ago

Shrimp tostadas are great!! Fresh, clean, and a reasonable price!!

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