Great Mexican food and great service. Try their rice milk drink for a nice treat!

Best kept secret in town. Quality authentic Mexican food. A lot of seafood to choose from. Vegetarian options. Fair prices. Limited seating. It's a great hole in the wall small restaurant. read more

I mostly order to-go, service has been good. The tacos and guacamole are the only items I have ordered. Double corn tortilla filled with meat and topped with cilantro and onion! Great chips and salsa too. Always fresh! read more

The menu here is huge. And I wish I could talk about it. However, I love tacos, and nothing in town gets better than these tacos. Especially the pastor. Skip qdoba. You can eat better (and cheaper) here. read more

The food was great! Chips and salsa were solid. The ceviche was fresh. The fajitas were flavorful. The gordita was delicious. The michaladas were fantastic! Will absolutely eat there again. read more

On second thought, maybe I should have ordered the fish. To qualify, for Indianapolis, this is a good Mexican restaurant. The salsa is still a little soupy, but it's thicker than the other places I've been to, and it has a bit of kick. You can actually get a tomatillo or ranchero sauce. And your entree is probably not going to be covered in some strange cheese sauce. Why should I have ordered the fish? For one, Escollera has more fish dishes than any other Mexican restaurant I have seen. It definitely seems to be their specialty. Secondly, this place is somewhat authentic. While I was expecting boneless chicken breast for my chicken dish I was served chicken on the bone. While not terrible, I was looking forward to the boneless breast meat. Throw in the loud juke box playing cumbia, and futbol on tv, and you've got as authentic a place as you're going to see around Indy. If you can get past the fact that you're eating in a building that looks like a worn down tool shed, you should have an enjoyable meal. But, I would recommend you start with the ceviche and go from there. read more

Fantastic authentic Mexican food! I'm not a cheapskate by any means, when I saw the prices it was more than what I expected due to the overall decor, but it was so good. And entree is great portioned and the chips and tortillas are exceptional. Only this I would change is the service. We were the only ones in there and waited 25 min after eating for plates to clear and for the check. But it was great!!! read more

My experience here was somewhat confusing: while the food and service was good, they charged my friend and I more once we went to pay than what was clearly printed on the menu. We even politely double checked everything and the orders were correct, they literally just charged us more than what was quoted. It's for this reason that I am hesitant to go back, I can't afford to eat somewhere where I literally don't know what I'll be paying at the end of the meal! read more

Yay! I'm a fan but am only giving this tasty authentic style Mexican restaurant 4 stars because I have only been here once, as of last night. Definitely will be going back for more. I am new to the Irvington area and of course am looking for the hidden gems. My father suggested trying this place and since he is a Spanish teacher he's always in search for a downhomegoodauthenticlikemiabuelacooks restaurant. Being that it is Indiana and not many people like to venture out into unknown food styles, we didn't know what we were in for. It could only have been horribly bad or unmistakeably AWESOME. Cozy, because it is small, dining with easy to find place to sit. The waitress brought out to us what looked to be homemade tortilla chips with homemade salsa which had just the perfect amount of spice for my sensitive palate. My father ordered the steak burrito and my mother ordered the chicken burrito. I myself ordered the cheese enchiladas which came with a side of rice and beans, oh and I got the mole sauce on the side not knowing if I would like it or not. The mole sauce was great, I for sure would get that again. My mother stated that she really enjoyed her chicken burrito using comments such as the tortilla shell was sweet and the chicken was cooked perfectly. My father on the other hand said his steak burrito was slightly on the dry side for his liking. He did follow up that comment with steak burritos usually are on the drier side. My cheese enchiladas were great along with the rice and beans. I received 4 small enchiladas that were in a corn shell. Just the perfect amount of cheese inside. Just ever so slightly were they on the greaser side but I didn't care. We were so full that we didn't have room for some dulce. Maybe next time :) This place has made the list of Mexican restaurants that my picky father will go back too. A must try!!!!! read more

By far my favorite tacos in the city! Fresh ingredients, wonderful friendly service. I hit this place up weekly. I recommend not calling your pick up order in. Grab a beer, sit down and enjoy a chat with the staff. read more

This is a wonderful, authentic, Mexican restaurant and is the best Mexican food I've had since I lived in Tucson, AZ. I had the Texas Fajita and I swear it could have fed two people. Definitely get the guacamole. The service is slow - probably a 20 min wait for food when they're busy - but definitely with the wait. Looking forward to enjoying the leftover fajitas for dinner! Also, don't be turned off by the appearance of the restaurant or the location. I had to talk my teammates into actually stopping and they're happy we did. read more

I've driven by for years, without stopping. Why?! This has awesome guacamole, taco pastor was great. All in all, highly recommended!

The tacos are simple yet really great and a good price. Loved the warm homemade chips and the salsa. We just moved in down the street from the place and will probably become regulars. It looks a bit dodgy from the outside but once you go in you'll realize your in for an authentic Mexican experience. Not your standard plastic Mexican food restaurant. read more

Loved the plantain appetizer! I got two tacos: one chorizo and one lengua. The food was fresh and authentic at very reasonable prices. I will definitely visit again! read more

Found this place on Yelp when visiting for a soccer tournament. The portions were huge, the fajitas were amazing, and the guacamole was one of the best we've had. read more

Decent local spot. I'm not into sea food, which seams to be their specialty, so I won't judge too harshly. It's good not great.

I wish I could rave about this place. I ate there with my husband and daughter during the Luminaria. Indeed, the ambiance is lacking and the jukebox blared a number of Mexican pop tunes. Being from NWI, lack of ambiance is sometimes a sign if really great food. In this case, it was just so-so. I ordered shrimp empanadas and my husband had shrimp diablo. Both were overcooked. The chips and salsa look to be made in house and they are delicious. Looking around at what others were enjoying it seems you have to have some insider knowledge on what to ask for. The group next to us had tacos, seafood soup and tortas that looked amazing. I plan on giving this a second chance. read more

All wrong in many ways. Starting with the drunk guy at the bar/cash register/front desk thing. Food was edible only because I was just that hungry. On my stay away from list read more

I'm confused by the positive reviews. Way too pricey for the quality. The chips were very good, salsa was bland. I ordered the chicken mole and was disappointed to get chicken legs (I can't stand chicken legs). The mole was bland and did not have that rich sweet n spicy flavor I like. The beans were bland and the rice looked and tasted like they are from a packaged mix. The service was a little slow but otherwise pleasant. I will not be back. Too many other better choices that do not cost as much ($13 for mediocre chicken mole was crazy!) read more

get the pork quesadilla. holy hot cheesy goodness! full of flavor. great price, great homey and clean atmosphere, staff was delightful. another irvington gem! read more

Excellent food and service. we try a different meal each time we go. never been disappointed. Strongly recommend it if you want something better than TACO BELL read more

They just updated the menu recently, it's no longer entirely in Spanish! Either way other than la parada some of the best authentic Mexican in town. One of the few Mexican restaurants to actually use chihuahua cheese and try the bistek a la mexicana. read more

Go anywhere but here and if you do go here, do NOT under any circumstances order the chicken enchiladas. I have no idea why it has so many multiple star reviews on Yelp. It does not deserve them. I visited Sat. 8/31 and I will never go back, which is too bad as it's close to my house. I'm pretty easy to please but I literally could not eat my meal, it was so bad. The tortillas had been dipped in the nastiest, oldest, most offensive oil imaginable so I thought I'd at least eat the chicken out of them. Oh no, the tablespoons of miscellaneous mostly dark chicken parts in the enchiladas were worse. They were at least a week old, horrible tasting, and as inedible as the enchiladas. Luckily the meal came with chips, a little bit of salsa, refried beans, a little diced tomato, and some iceberg lettuce I could consume. Add to this blaring music from a wall jukebox in a diner-sized eating area with about 12 tables and box fans blowing more warm bad kitchen/cleaning agent/bathroom smells at you. For this privilege and one semi-warm can of beer I had to fork over $17 and take Tums at bedtime. Do yourself and your intestines a favor, patronize other Mexican restaurants in the area, but not this one. read more

This place has the worst service. The food is average but even it was excellent, it would not be worth what you have to go through to get your food. I have been there twice thinking that maybe the first time was just a mishaps but apparently it was not. Food takes forever but if it is prepared in a timely manner, don't worry, they won't give it to you until it's cold. Even when I ordered carry out the girl behind the counter ignored me when I walked in, and after finally acknowledging me she failed to tell me that the bag on the end of the counter was my food. I honestly stood there for 15 minutes under the impression that my food was still being prepared and she just sat there ignoring me. She finally realized I was still standing there and decided to ask me if here was anything else she could do for me. Obviously my food would be nice, but I took the high road and decide to politely let her know I'm waiting for my food. She chuckled at me and told me it was over there on the counter. I then said, "really? I've been standing here this whole time waiting?" To which she said "well I didn't want to kick you out." I won't be back. read more