Amazing food and excellent margaritas. The service can be a bit slow when it's busy but it's worth a visit

Family owned and ran full restaurant and market. The restaurant is amazing. The family feel is so nice to know you're putting money straight into the community especially this hard working family and entrepreneurs. The mexican waters flavors are vast and delicious! The pambazo, shrimp cocktail, tacos, fajitas, and more! Oh birria! It's all so delicious. The waitstaff are so kind. Go support this family today. You'll be glad you did! read more

Solid vibes from this place. They have a dining area and a bodega right next to that. You can find all your staples from your achiote y moles to raw cactus! Everyone here is very welcoming and makes you feel like a regular! They offer take out tamales, carnitas, and more. read more

La Jalisciense - Mexican Near Me - Detroit, Michigan

Dined here on a few occasions but unfortunately will not be going back. I have just returned to earth from one the most violent and painful nights of my life. 8+ hours of extreme cramping, mud butt and vomiting. Last nights food poisoning(my first time) has left me broken and weak. Between the Dehydration, Nausea, cold sweats, body aches and stomach evacuation I wondered what may have caused this? I do remember trying to use the restroom during my meal and finding the building had no running water. I managed to wash my hands using the glass of tap water I was served, but now I question what the employees may have been using to clean hands. read more

Stumbled acrossed this place on my way to another Mexican restaurant, and decided to stop. Was a little confused because its a half market half restaurant. Food was good, the Peach Margarita was a excellent choice. Not a long wait for seating or food. There is a 15% gratuity add to all bills, so please pay attention you might double tip. read more

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Visited on a Saturday afternoon and ordered 3 chicken tacos with rice and beans. The staff were all super friendly and helpful. While I waited for the food to be ready (I ordered takeout) i walked around the store that is part of the restaurant. Food was good nothing too fancy. read more

The best LA-style Mexican food in Detroit. The food is prepared for the taste of Mexicans, not Canadians coming across the bridge. I love the shrimp burritos and steak quesadillas. While there, visitors should check out the adjacent grocery store. Plenty of fun surprises! read more

Eat here at your own risk. The wife and I both got sick from the Botana. I believe it was the retried beans. I am literally on the toilet with mud butt as I type these words. This was our little secret hole in the wall until this happened. I was always a bit concerned as their food hygiene practices seemed a bit loose but we didn't have a problem before. I would not recommend anyone eat here for safety reasons. read more

Yummy horchata ($2) and decently priced tacos ($1.80). I wouldn't say they're the best I've ever had, but they were good. I do like that they have a grocery store connected and a really great selection of cooked meats to eat - charged by the pound. Delicious salsas. Great service. The lady really didn't have to check up on us, but when she did it was seamless and didn't really interrupt our conversation. The place wasn't super crowded on a random Wednesday night. Free parking in a parking lot. Grocery prices are decent, bought some chorizo and queso from the meat deli in back. read more

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Great place to pick up authentic groceries. Food is always fresh and tasty. Very friendly service. This is one of the places we make sure to always visit when in Detroit. read more

La comida súper rica y servicio rápido, pocos restaurantes como estos con comida auntentica Mexican. excelente servicio. read more

We LOVE La Jaliscience !! The restaurant is excellent with a wide selection of entrees. Very fresh and flavorful. Waitstaff is wonderful and can't wait to to go back!! read more

La Jalisciense - Shrimp ceviche excellent - Mexican Near Me - Detroit, Michigan

This restaurant was a dissapointment. I had plotted to go there for months. The Drinks tasted watered down. Food did not have a lot of flavor. I tried several dishes with my daughter. I was disappointed. At the end of our dinner, I noticed a check out charge on my bill for using a credit card to pay. This was something that should have been mentioned beforehand. I would have paid cash. Service was nice. read more

My must go too !!! Became To who took over? A hidden gem became a wish fulfilled quadoba... food still decent but became quasi portions with increased prices and it seems the locals noticed. Loved the simple elegance dishes that became something ordered thru a clowns mouth. I don't know who revamped this special spot into a franchise knock off but seriously you discounted a phenomenon into meh ... hope your proud. read more

Margaritas are a good margarita size and taste! The cheese dip was super good and the carne asada tacos were tasty!

absolutely amazing food, the best truly authentic mexican food in detroit. the drinks were incredible, had the hibiscus margarita and a horchata and both were housemade and so delicious. also - i was in the service industry for 15 years and never have i ever experienced such a lovely staff. everyone in there was so friendly and helpful and so sweet. if you're looking for good authentic mexican food in southwest, this is the spot. i know I'll be coming back again and a read more

La Jalisciense - birria - Mexican Near Me - Detroit, Michigan

Found about this place years ago since I work around the corner and the word has gotten out how awesome their food is. They expanded their sitting down area and made outside eating tables so the secret is out. They are amazing. I eat here once a week. They have vegetarian options and they don't skimp on the flavor. Most mexiplaces consider something vegetarian if they put beans/cheese and lettuce on a tortilla. The veggie tacos are huge, $1.80 for all of that?! The veggie tacos are delicious The super veggie burrito is massive. I can't eat it all. The cheese quesadillas? Yummy. Sometimes I add avocado in them to change it up. And the sauces they come with are out of this world. I'd buy it in a bottle if they sold it. read more

La Jalisciense - Veggie taco and veggie tostada - Mexican Near Me - Detroit, Michigan

Arrived just after opening and ordered two menudo to go. Twenty minutes later they finally had my order ready (even though they had no other customers). They have remodeled the dining room, but they need to spend more time encouraging their staff to serve customers in a more timely manner. read more

Best Authentic Mexican Food ever!!!!! I found this on tiktok gave it a try now its in my favorite top 5 read more

I had a quesadilla and a fish taco, it was really good! I also went into the small grocery store connected and got a churro. The waitress was really nice and the service was fast. Highly recommend read more

Came here on Sunday, worst ever the food not that great. But what discuss me the most there bathrooms are discussing and not only the area where you eat. The floor is horrible and not that clean. read more

Horrible service Waitress brings your check before your even done eating and will demand yes DEMAND payment right now. Asked the manager why, their excuse is to avoid people walking out without paying! Firs and only time I'll even come here. read more

If you want detroit's BEST tacos.. look no further. Don't come to this place as a pretentious suburbanite expecting steak-house customer service.. this place is delicious and STRAIGHT to the point! These other 1 star reviewers make it seem like they have bad service and are racist... WHAT A HOOT. As a white male, i personally feel out of place, as this place is fueled by all cultures. I feel out of place because almost always, I'm the only white guy there. I usually get it to go, but if I dine in the service is A1. There is a small language barrier at times, because the whole staff is not bi-lingual... but that's ok, it gives me reason to brush up on my Spanish. I've been coming here for 5-6 years now, and will choose this place 100/100 over hot taco, alley taco... or anywhere else! read more

I typically love this place. I love the store and the churros and the mexi-tiki vibe and the food is typically excellent. The last time I was here felt like a joke was being played on me. Something with the service was so off and I couldn't put my finger on it. Was it because before we ordered that I realized my friend worked here and spoke with him before ordering? Maybe I smoked a little bit of weed beforehand and some assumptions were made? I don't know. What I do know is that when the chips and salsa came out that I was given the world's tiniest plate with a single layer of about 10 chips and a to-go portion of salsa that you might pour over a single taco. I looked around and found myself alone in this scenario. Other tables had normal portions. I was being plenty nice and friendly though looking a tidbit ragged from having dressed to prepare for a day of moving furniture into storage units before stopping in. Was I being judged as a potential vagrant when this combined with my companion and I's want to just drink soda water? I don't know. My fajitas arrived with additional hints of disrespect i.e. enough cheese for a single taco. I left a $50 tip wondering if I just played myself as a psy-ops victim. read more

Best Birria with handmade tortilla tacos there's a bar and the staff is so nice! I will be coming back and can forget the store next door with all Mexican products and candy Food was great and super fast! As a Mexican one of the best authentic food ! read more

La Jalisciense - Quesadilla tortilla hecha a mano de Birria (Birria quesadilla with handmade tortilla) - Mexican Near Me - Detroit, Michigan

I really wanted to enjoy this place. My boyfriend and I decided to take a trip to Mexicantown to find a new taco spot to enjoy. We drove past here, so I decided to look at reviews. It looked promising, so we decided to stop in. We were seated almost immediately. That was the only part of this experience that was done in a timely manner. We sat for 35 minutes before someone came to take our order. We were understanding, because it was busy. We ordered our food and drinks, and just enjoyed each other's company while we waited. Unfortunately, not even our drinks came showed up for another 30 minutes. When our food finally did arrive, the tacos were cold. There were several servers standing around chatting. There was absolutely no reason we should have sat there for that long before someone came to check on us, and definitely no reason our food should have shown up cold. Other customers came and went before we even had glasses of water! That's ridiculous. Do better! read more

The family atmosphere is strong and each person that worked there was happy and helpful! The food was amazing the combo steak chicken and shrimp fajitas was sooo good! Also tried some spiked drinks. I would give them 10stars! read more

When I first moved to Detroit in 2002, I made some friends who were from SW Detroit. I'm white and from the burbs, so my knowledge of Mexican food was flour tortillas, chimichangas, and watery chunky salsa. My friends kept telling me I should eat Mexican food with them and I kept saying no because I didn't know better. One day, one of my friends convinced me to go get tacos with him. Expecting generic Caucasian tacos, I wasn't too excited. He took me here. This was some 15 or so years so it was much different inside, a true hole in the wall spot. He ordered the food for us in Spanish, and a man with a slicked back haircut cooked our food. I had never had real tacos before, after one bite, I was hooked. I've been faithfully going here over the years, I've had some other places, but none of them compare. In all these years it's always been the same slicked back hair dude making our tacos. They changed owners some years ago, and things really got better. The store has more variety, everything is fresh, its always packed in there now. I watched the young boy who worked the cash register grow up to a nice young man. Things are changing in SW Detroit now, the tourists have all moved in and taken over, opening fake places that charge too much, taste bland, or have zero Mexican ppl eating/working in them. One thing that hasn't changed is this little taqueria. They are in the epicenter of the "cool kid" take over, and still going strong. This place is home, this place is the soul of SW Detroit I fell in love with 15 years ago. Thanks you guys. read more

Great food, excellent service and fair prices. We were impressed. We drive by this restaurant/market all the time but had never stopped in until Saturday. We had the huevos a la Mexicana and a huarache. Both were very good as were the cream filled churros for dessert. Definitely adding this restaurant to our rotation. read more

Great dinner experience tonight! Delicious food and a very attentive waitress. Will definitely keep returning, especially for the carnitas that are only available on the weekends. read more

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I LOVE MERCADO ! Great prices, great food. I get steak tacos (3) with everything. There has never been a time when I left this restaurant unsatisfied. The friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere brings me back every-time. The location is perfect, in southwest Detroit other wise known as Mexican town. I literally haven't had a better taco from anywhere else, since I've been eating at this restaurant. read more

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This place has really expanded over the last decade such a large inside eating area, meat counter n groceries. Absolutely beautiful interior design just added a Cantina waiting on alcohol license. A favorite spot of ours I grew up just a block away. Had 3 Tacos the Birria de Chivo Estilo Jalisco (Mexican Braised Goat) OMG FABULOUS Goat meat marinated in a sauce with ancho chiles and spices, then slowly braised until soft. This traditional dish known as birria and is normally served for special occasions." On the menu everyday how cool. She has a Asada topped Botona and we shared a Grande Canalope be Mexican Melon I found it funny only place ever to list juice drink name for the Gringos. Note this place the largest market with restaurant anywhere with clean restrooms and great savings on Meats, Food and Grocery Household items on the cheap. Kinda confusing place listed has about 3 different names. Located corner of Vinewood n Vernor across from laundry mat I used as a kid in 1960's damn I'm old. #lajalisciensesupermercado #birria #goattacos #tacosdebirria #goatmeat #eatswdetroit #motorcitymunchers read more

La Jalisciense - Mexican Near Me - Detroit, Michigan

I loved it! Great food and great service. I recommend any and all of the taco options because the tortillas are perfect.

I love this place. The food was delicious and they had some great groceries! I even picked up a few kitchen pots and utensils. The churros were excellent too. I can't wait to visit again read more

We went down to Mexican Village to dine at Taqueria Del Rey yesterday and discovered it closed and boarded up (RIP), so we were about to head home when we saw a nice sign and what looked like a clean, fun market of some kind. We decided to go in and, damn, are we glad we did! It's half supermarket, half restaurant (with margaritas! ) We had an amazing lunch of tacos, tostadas, yummy quacamole and, did I mention, margaritas? Everything was excellent. One small thing was that the food took a long time. Like, a really long time. But it was fine for us because it was Sunday and we had nowhere to be. Just something for them to consider as they move forward. Before we left we had to visit the grocery side! Again, so glad we did. Such great products, produce, ice cream, churros and more, plus a nice meat counter. We got carne asada to take home and cook and it was so so good! Owner and staff very nice. We will be back (a lot!) read more

I gave them 5 stars . I'm taking it back I went for carnitas and the little boy gave me every unsightly pork part I think he could find I should've known when he asked did I have a preference. We couldn't eat most of it because we didn't know what it was This really disturbs me because it seems like he did it on purpose and then said to me we don't accept EBT like I had on a welfare to work shirt or something. In my hand was a platinum Visa and I should've walked out as that is a low blow to assume someone is on welfare just because they black..Then his little snarky butt tried to laugh it off Get that little smart aleck away from your customers because he's showing what y'all taught him. I've probably been in Mexico longer and more often than he has.. Nunca vayas a comprar nada de esta tienda. EVER.. read more

Solid tacos and they've got all the different frescas you can want (cantaloupe is always delicious). Don't forget the churros on the way out! read more

Literally doesnt get better than this spot. Everything on the menu is top tier and the grocery store attached has all the mexican drinks & candy you could ever want. read more

My wife and I tried this place and had an awesome experience. The food was really good and the service was perfect. I tried the quesadillas and my wife had the taco dinner, it was all terrific and obviously made from scratch. They have a full bar and the prices are great. read more

I always saw their ads on insta and decided to come check them out. Ordered 3 shrimp tacos, a glass of tamarind juice and a hibiscus margarita which were all amazing! The only issue is their bill, it came to $27 which they rounded off to $30! And the juice is $5? I think their prices are super sketchy. The tacos are $2.25 each, my bill should have been $23 tops before tax even with the $5 juice and $10 alcohol. So they rewarded themselves with a $7 tip and expected another tip on top of that. Not a happy customer! Proceed at your own risk!! read more