This is always a must if I'm in the area or will be meeting up with friends near by, remains authentic and fresh, fairly priced and delicious! Service is always attentive and friendly and the ambiance is very relaxed and welcoming. This time I tried the nacho cheese fries which are very different from all others, they don't use frozen fries they make them from scratch! Mole enchiladas are always a go to as well! Love their hibiscus fresh water! read more

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Came here for lunch with a vegan friend who enjoys this spot. I got the chicken enchiladas with the red sauce on top. Honestly - everything tasted good and it was the perfect portion. Filled me up. I also got the cucumber limeade agua Fresca and it was SO REFRESHING! Everything just paired so well together. Our server was super sweet and attentive. The spot was cozy and inviting! Great spot! Will def have to come back when I'm in the area ! read more

La Charrita - Mexican Near Me - Santa Clarita, California

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VEGAN. 100% I'm Back!!!!! I was feeling a little down today. Why I don't know. Probably just menopause hormones. Nothing like some good meatball soup to balance out your hormones ‍ The young lady who is the waitress here is so sweet. She always recommend something. She remembered me when I came with my sister. I tried something different today. I got the jackfruit tacos and soup. Don't judge soup went home. Very good There is soft music playing. The older gentleman that sits at the first table when you walk in the door. seems to be a little, not too friendly when I come in. He is always watching TV. It is on a Spanish speaking station. He did turn the volume down once I came in which he didn't have to do. I will always say Hello and Goodbye. Until next time La Charritta read more

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Super cute mexican eatery that features a full on vegan page in their menu!! So happy !! I started with an agua fresca made fresh in house. It was fresh and delightful- I saved half for my dessert, very sweet. I ordered the vegan verde with jackfruit. It was really good but way too big! I took almost half home and ate it for lunch the next day (still delicious BTW). It did taste super salty to the point I think maybe there was a mishap especially because my companion's meal was not salty so the contrast was significant. My companion ordered sopes and that plate was good! Service was prompt and courteous. If I lived here I would likely be a regular:) So grateful for proprietors who consider plant based offerings! read more

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The vegan menu is amazingly delicious. I've been coming to this hidden gem for years and I'm always impressed with how they make everything taste umami packed. The service is outstanding and so is the cozy ambiance of the restaurant. Thank you La Charrita for doing Vegan food right. Don't sleep on the vegan pozole-so addicted. read more

i love la charrita. one of the best restaurants in the area. delicious vegan food. i like the vegan pozole more than the chicken pozole and thats my go to order. overall actually i think the vegan options here are so delicious and healthy. full of flavor. fresh. i really appreciate this restaurant only thing is i wish they were open more often but maybe thats why the food is good. they have rest days to balance the love that goes inside read more

Solid place for vegans. It's a bit pricey, but the food is really good. Every single time I take Vegans and non-vegans alike, they rave about the food. Would highly recommend. read more

AMAZING flavors and an EXCELLENT menu with so many options! This food instantly transported me back to abuelita's kitchen--extra special yet beautifully simple, traditional, and genuine. I love the boss woman running the front with perfect service and attention to every detail, and then from the kitchen emerges an angel with the most mouthwatering, authentic food you can imagine at a perfectly hot temperature. The service here is warm, attentive, and flawless. Their super vegan specialty menu blew me away--extensive, creative, and full of choices (which is rare and SO appreciated!). My husband had the loaded breakfast burrito packed with tater tots and bursting with homemade flavor, while I enjoyed the Enchiladas Suizas with the most incredible green enchilada sauce. Both plates were absolutely delicious, hearty, and so satisfying. The portions are generous, and everything tasted fresh and authentic. Bonus points: the bathroom was immaculate. All around, it's a 10/10 experience. We can't wait to come back and try EVERYTHING on the menu! Highly recommend for anyone who loves authentic Mexican food, excellent service, and a welcoming atmosphere!! read more

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You don't find places like this often. It really did feel like authentic Mexican food! Overall, From the vibes (calm, relaxing, the music), how you're greeted and feel welcomed, to the food. The food feels light and fresh! And that guacamole was top notch! Will definitely be returning! We got the sopes and camarones con carne! **Maybe a little more salt and taste to the beans is all! read more

La Charrita - Mexican Near Me - Santa Clarita, California

Excellent authentic Mexican. Even the rice and beans were delicious and homemade. Very small place but best real Mexican food we have going

This place was a definitely a pleasant surprise! I'm never really fond of going to Mexican Restaurants as most can taste to Americanized. But this place captured the flavors perfectly! The restaurant is not too big. We had a big group and walked in and they were able to seat us right away during lunch time on a Saturday. Firstly, they have a good menu with plenty of choices. They even had a full vegan menu. I ended up choosing the Pollo en Mole Plate. The rice and beans were one of the best beans and rice I've had in a really long time. The mole's flavor had so much personality. The chicken was good, but my personal preference is too have it off the bone so if you are like me that is your heads up. The size of the plate is good for one. My friends did split a burrito so if you are looking to share I'd go for a burrito. Their guava drink was a also pretty good. The salsa was spicy and bomb! The service was good. To get the food it did take a little bit, but it was worth the wait. All my friends loved their plates too, so I don't think you can go wrong with anything here. read more

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Update: After posting my review, I later received a direct message on Instagram from the restaurant... "Hi Sonia sorry that you feel that way about our family owned and operated restaurant. I saw almost the same review from you on Yelp about a month ago and if it really bothered you that much, you should have asked to speak to the owner. We appreciate the feedback and we are working on improving our service but we completely support your want of not coming back. Thank you and hope that you have a lovely day " I just now saw your message since my IG account is private. I want to clarify a couple of things...first, I don't think customers should have to ask to speak to the owner in order to receive decent service. Good service should be the standard, regardless. Second, I really didn't appreciate the passive-aggressive tone in your comment about "supporting my want of not coming back." Of course no business likes getting honest reviews about poor service, but dismissing customers who share their experience isn't the way to improve. My review was based on multiple visits, not just one off day and I stand by it read more

Omg the vegan meatball soup was so yummy! Full of fresh veggies and vegan meatball soup. The lemon is the perfect add on to bring all the flavor of the soup together . We been coming here for over two years and I have to say it's the little gem of Valencia! If you haven't been it's a must ! read more

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Vegan Mexican food is Amazing, regular Mexican Food is also Delicious. Family owned and operated. Atmosphere is nice and family oriented. Service is really good unless it's really busy, than it's just good. I could eat their vegan food daily and go there very often with my family and friends for real authentic Mexican Cuisine and won't break the bank eating here. read more

This place is SOOO YUM I had the vegan breakfast burrito and it was most definitely worth it. I hardly ever get vegan food, but was taken here by a friend of mine and I would most likely come back on my own accord. The staff was also so helpful and nice. read more

Thank you so much for having a whole vegan menu! It's amazing to feel safe and comfortable going to your restaurant! For my birthday I recieved a free peice of vegan cake which was a total surprise and made my day! Lots of love to you all! read more

Very cute restaurant. Parking is a little small but you can find parking. The staff is very nice. Food was good. A lot of options. I had chicken sopes. Very tasty. They have a lot of vegan options which was awesome since we went with friends who are vegan. read more

La Charrita - Mexican Near Me - Santa Clarita, California

We have eaten take out from La Charrita and eaten inside the restaurant, and our experience was lovely both times. The food is very flavorful and the portions are very big. We've had the burrito, flautas, enchiladas, and pozole. The pozole was my absolute favorite, it was so incredibly delicious and I honestly will be ordering every time we return while it's cooler outside. The staff was helpful and food arrived quick. The restaurant is a standard place with plenty of seating. We will definitely be returning and this is top of our list for Hispanic food in the SCV area! read more

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Food was very good and fresh. They have an amazing vegan menu along with a regular menu. Service was wonderful. It's a small spot, but with enough comfortable seating for patrons. It's well lit with one side wall, fully glass. Parking is tight, but they do have parking on the side of the building. I will be back. I had the camarones de mojo de ajo and my sister have vegan albondigas soup and jackfruit flautas. We were so hungry that we forgot to take pictures. read more

Only ever tried their vegan tamales but they are now a holiday tradition!! placed an order wednesday right before thanksgiving and they were able to accommodate it luckily. everyone was very kind throughout the whole process and even the non vegans of the family loved the tamales!! read more

Amazing!! You have to try the vegan albondigas soup!! My husband loved the real chicken enchiladas. Mom and Pop. Please try!!! It's absolutely incredible for vegetarian or otherwise. read more

I'm not vegan but I enjoy eating delicious vegan food with my vegan bestie and this place really hit the spot! The environment is very cozy and traditional, the service was great, and the food was absolutely OUTSTANDING!! Ordered the vegan sopes and the taco plate, both with adobo protein and I kid you not it was probably the best adobo I've tasted. All the flavors come together so well and make you wanting more. I envy Santa Clarita for having this gem in their city. Hoping they can open one in the OC area. read more

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"The vegan Mexican options here are incredible! Everything tasted fresh, flavorful, and authentically prepared. You can tell they put real passion into crafting plant-based dishes that don't miss a beat. Amazing service, great vibes, and food that keeps you coming back. Highly recommend for anyone looking for top-tier vegan Mexican food!" read more

Before entering the restaurant, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the sign boasts that the restaurant is vegan friendly which made me excited to see what vegan items they have available. Upon entering the restaurant, we were warmly greeted by employee Maria who was friendly, attentive, and very helpful. I loved that the menu as well as employee shirts promotes that the restaurant is vegan friendly. After finding a table to sit at, I appreciated that each table had a bottle of hand sanitizer for customers to use while dining in. While looking at the restaurant menu, I noticed that there was a variety of vegan dishes available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Maria was very helpful in making sure hubby didn't eat any food with nuts and informed us know that the vegan cheese they use is follow your heart brand which is nut free. I was happy to see that there are three pages dedicated to vegan food options and after having time to review the menu, I ordered vegan nachos topped with mushroom asada "meat" and hubby ordered wet "California style" burrito with french fries inside and soy curls as the meat. While waiting for our food, we enjoyed a glass of Jamaica water and an appetizer of tortilla chips with freshly made guacamole. The Jamaica water was pleasant to look at and had an interesting combination of sweet yet slightly bitter taste. It was quite an fascinating drink. The freshly made guacamole was cool, refreshing, and some of the best guacamole I've ever had. I liked that when it comes to vegan meat options, there are five choices: jackfruit, soy curls, cactus, mushrooms, and organic soy with cauliflower. Our food quickly arrived and was hot, perfectly cooked, and delicious.I was impressed by the presentation of my nachos as well as the use of freshly made tortilla chips and the combination of flavors with the beans, mushroom asada, onions, guacamole and sauce. Hubby said his burrito was great. In addition, hubby said that adding fries provided the burrito with next level flavor. We liked the food so much, we brought family members that passing through the area to the restaurant and our nephew enjoyed an order of vegan tacos topped with the mushroom asada "meat" In closing, La Charrita is a hidden vegan gem you must visit if in the Santa Clarita area and hubby says take the time to order the guacamole, your mouth will definitely thank you for it. read more

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I try the vegan Pozole! It's was very tasty and they provided all the ingredients to go with the soup. It was a very good size $. 19.71 is high for soup but worth it for flavor read more

This place is Awesome!! I have been a vegetarian all my life and have always had to pick things off my plate, order the same old thing or go without at restaurants, but not here!! They have like 6 different vegan-meat choices for their traditional Mexican dishes! I cannot express enough what a big deal that is. I have been twice now and had both the Chimichangas and the Flautas and both were fantastic. In addition, my friends that have gone with me truly enjoyed their carnivore side of the menu as well. Don't miss out on this place!! read more

Unfortunately everything on my plate was cold. I ordered fajitas and was very surprised that they came on the same plate with the rice and beans not like the normal sizzling fajitas. I wouldn't have had a problem with it except that again, everything was cold. read more

*Vegan Review* I love this place but I have to be honest about how inconsistent they are. I first tried La Charrita back at the end of December 2023, when I first moved out to Santa Clarita. The first thing I got delivered was the vegan chimichangas and omg, they were amazing! But then I tried the beans and rice... The beans looked so pale and tasted like water. The rice was ok but not better than anything I could make myself. So I would rate the main dish a 5/5 but the beans were 1/5 and the rice was a 2/5. Since December 2023 I've eaten there over 15+ times and have dined in at least 6 times. The inside looks very nice and I love the art on the walls. There's a nice vibe for sure. The waitresses have all been nice and I've only had one time where the service was not good, but not terrible either. I've had the meatball soup, sopes, tacos, chimichangas, breakfast burrito, wet burrito, nachos, flautas and more. However every time it seems like the rice and beans are the short coming. I don't understand how they make all the main dishes so good but the basic rice and beans holds them back from getting a 4 or 5 stars. It's like they haven't decided on a recipe for either of them so its a gamble every time if they're gonna be good or not. I can count on 3 fingers how many times the main dish, the rice and the beans were all good. It's either bad beans or bad rice or both are bad, so the main dishes carry the meal hard. If you're gonna eat here try something that doesn't put rice or beans inside of it and I'm sure you're gonna enjoy it. I haven't been back in a couple months but I'll update my review when I try it again to see if they got the beans and rice tasting right. read more

Vegan in the Santa Clarita Valley? Yes. Authentic Mexican that's also vegan in the Santa Clarita Valley? Hole molé, yes! We had a fantastic, filling and vegetarian meal for dinner here which left us wanting for nothing. Let's start with the fact that they have a completely separate vegan and vegetarian menu which has the potential to make us vegetarians feel like regular people. Hurrah for that! I had the Agua de Pepino y Limon ti drink - a thick and tasty cucumber lemonade. Yum. And to eat I had the Enchiladas de Mole "Vegano." I'm not vegan so I had them use real cheese on it. I'm also a sucker for a mole sauce and finding a vegetarian one is not so easy. This one fit the bill and it was a hearty plate with the 2 enchiladas (filled with Jack Fruit...can't wait to try the other faux-meats), covered with the mole, and served with their unique beans and rice. My wife had vegan tacos served in a similar plate with rice and beans. We left in love with all the options and can't wait to go back and have more. They do delivery too through Uber Eats. Yay, a vegetarian Mexican Mecca in my home town! read more

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I've been wanting to try this place as I've noticed it a few times passing by but every time I wanted to go on my day off they were closed (Mondays). They are open on the weekends though, so I went today about 12:30 pm and there was three people inside waiting for food at a table and no one else. I walked up and ordered three jackfruit tacos a la carte and an horchata to go. The cashier had me wait and in no time at all my food was ready to go. You can also call in and place an order as well, as someone did that as I waited. The jackfruit vegan tacos are marinated with a sauce and served on two small corn tortillas 'street tacos style' and they have me a side of chips as well. These tacos had so much flavor, packed full of jackfruit as well as veggies and made to order. However the horchata I got I wasn't that impressed with. I do wanna try the hibiscus tea next time though as well as a few other items on the vegan menu. read more

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I ordered the carnitas nachos and they were good! Not the best nachos I've had but better than average. From the outside, the restaurant looks a bit sketchy, but you should not let that deter you. They also have a great selection of vegan Mexican food! My friend ordered the jackfruit tacos and they were really good (and I don't normally like jackfruit). The service was great! read more

La Charrita - Carnitas nachos - Mexican Near Me - Santa Clarita, California

Staying at the hotel near buy. We travel all day and we're hungry & exhausted. Ready to eat anything but this restaurant food was so the WORST choice on yelp. :( We were greeted with old chips and good salsa but couldn't eat it because of how bad the chips were. Silly me.. I usually love nachos so I ordered chicken nachos. I wasn't thinking right, didn't think they will use the same stale nachos.. too hungry to think. We also ordered a chicken quesadilla and beef. Wanted something simple that you couldn't go wrong... Food came fast, nachos were dry, stale, cover with a tasteless (which made them extra dry) beans. One small scoop of pico de gallo, lots of jalapeños, tasteless guacamole and boiled chicken. With a swirled of chipotle and vegan sour cream. TERRIBLE!!! I couldn't believe that even the rice and beans that came with the quesadilla were old and dry. My kids didn't eat it. They usually leak the plate with the beans and love rice. The only took two bites, they thought it was the worse day ever the quesadilla had barely any chicken or beef.. When I tell you this was the worst food experience we ever had is because it was!! Our bill came the menu said $3 for the chicken or beef they charged us $5 extra each. $18 plates of old food. $59. + tip. $70 total for 3 plates. That we couldn't eat. PLEASE DONT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY. This place is obviously struggling and should close down. Like my 5 year old said HORRIFYING!! read more

Came in on a Saturday around noon to have lunch with someone and the parking was pretty empty. There is a small lot next to it which shares its parking. I'm assuming during the week parking might be more difficult to find. Was greeted right at the door and told to sit anywhere we'd like. After sitting we were brought chips and salsa and our drink orders were taken. The menu is definitely Vegan-friendly and there were many vegan options. We however did not get vegan options. They offer a huge variety of dishes including breakfast and seafood. We got the Carne Asada plate and Pollo en Mole with Agua de Jamaica to drink. The food arrived and the plates did NOT disappoint. They looked amazing and tasted just as good. The salsas were very flavorful and spicy (not crazy spicy but definitely not mild like most places). The service was on point and our host/server was very friendly and kept coming back to check up on us. The music playing was traditional Mexican instrumental music like boleros. Definitely a nice touch to the ambiance. Once our meal was done the check came and it was very wallet-friendly! Will be coming back to try some of the other menu items for sure. read more

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This restaurant has a REAL vegan menu, not just 1 or 2 items on the menu or something that is really vegetarian. I was pleasantly surprised on how well EVERYTHING taste upon my first time there. This food was so good that I forgot that it was vegan! I've returned several times since then and it's never disappointed me. I forgot to state that I'm not vegan and I emitted the food tremendously! The staff/ service are very nice and room great care of me. read more

The most bland food we ever tasted in 60 yrs. Unremarkable. Small potions,tough meat. read more

Not too many places can help a vegetarian with Mexican food. It is greatly appreciated. read more

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This place is legit. The food is bomb, especially the vegetarian/vegan menu, even meat-eaters will be into it. And unlike a lot of veggie spots, it's not wildly expensive. The owners are so kind, and the vibe is cozy, feels like your tia's cooking. I think this is the best Mexican spot on Main. read more

Very friendly, good food and always kind staff. Double check online for hours. Very family friendly vibe.

Amazing!!! I have a hard time finding vegan food that's just as good as the original, but this place definitely does vegan Mexican food right. The vegan cheese is exquisite and the portion sizes are quite large. I had really good service the two times I have gone there so far, and the ambiance is less of a "big modern restaurant" and more a homey feeling. They keep coming up with new menu items and I'm so excited to try them all. read more

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Ok so this is definitely my new favorite spot off the 5 and will now be an essential pit stop on my next drive to LA. ###Vegan Mexican Options For Days### So many options it was hard to choose. Plus they have specials! The guy behind the counter couldn't be friendlier and was very helpful in navigating their most popular items for me. We settled on three things to share that I can't get at my usual Mexican spot that serves vegan: Flautas, Enchiladas Suizas, and horchata. (So sad, right?!) Our original plan was to get back on the road and eat while we drive north but after one bite I nixed that real quick so this meal could be properly enjoyed. Everything we had was fantastic, including the rice, beans, and guacamole. You know it's good when there is dead silence when people are eating. You know it's great when you start doing the math in your head on how much time it'll cost you for a detour here on your next roadtrip. I cannot wait to come back here and try more things that I am clearly being deprived of in NorCal. read more

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