Incredible food with vegetarian options! Staff is friendly and the service is quick. For authentic…read moretacos and enchiladas do yourself a favor and check this place out

I've been wanting to check this place out for quite a while! I was running errands and happened to…read moredrive past Alquisiras Paleteria so of course I had to stop! It was a warm day so I decided to get a large agua Fresca (cucumber and lime flavor) and a mango popsicle. They have so many great popsicle flavors that it made it hard to choose. The service was great! They have a few tables outside so I sat outside while enjoying my goodies. A few weeks later, I stopped back in to try some tacos. I tried a carnitas taco and a Lengua taco. Both were delicious. They are served with cilantro, onion, lime, and two of their house sauces. I definitely will be back because they have some fun menu items that I want to try!

I used to go to the one in the south side from time to time. I wanted to watch a World Cup game so…read moreI decided to give this location a try. We sat at the bar and asked to turn the tv up which they did. However, with the background music, it was a bit hard to hear. Our bartender Adan was very nice and talked to us a bit. They had some pretty good happy hour deals but only on the pre mixed stuff and on the rock. We had queso con chorizo and that was delicious. Unfortunately, I wasn't too impressed by my main dish. I had the carnitas bowl and the pork was in big chewy pieces instead of shredded. The rest of my bowl was kind of mushy from too much salsa and sour cream.

Terrible service and bad food. Ordered a chicken quesadilla. It came out with no cheese. The…read moreservers were very kind and understanding. They also agreed the quesadillas were not up to their usual standard. They said they would remove it from the bill. I decided not to reorder and just have my drink. I told them I was apprehensive and didn't want them to waste time and resources in the event another dish came out with the same quality. All was well. While I was disappointed with the food quality, I was at this point satisfied with the service and their over treatment of our table. That is until, who I presume to be the manager, approached the table. Asked if everything was okay and stated that the quesadilla was up standard. I am unsure what her intent was. At the point the dish had already been removed and taken to the back. I wish I had taken a photo. It was a tortilla with chicken and no cheese. I see why this place has two stars.

Visited this spot for a happy hour! Fairly priced classic margaritas. Next time I would definitely…read moreask for no salt on the rim or light salt because it goes right into the margaritas and at one point I literally just drank salt. The triple dip starter is my favorite to try everything. The birria tacos are also delicious and a perfect portion with some leftovers to take home! Service was incredibly quick it felt like the food came out in literally 5 minutes. There is also a great view of market square and lots of seating!

Stopped in on a Saturday afternoon for some lunch. We were seated right away and the waitress took…read moreour orders. She was friendly and helpful. The strawberry margarita was very sweet and had lots of berry flavor. It wasn't my fav but I tend to like less sweet margs. We ordered the shrimp and the chicken lunch tacos that came with two tacos and beans and rice. The chicken tacos were super good and served on soft flour tortillas. The shrimp came on lightly fried corn tortillas that were a little chewy and didn't have much shrimp at all. The star of the lunch was the cup of Chicken Tortilla soup. They serve you a bowl with deep fried tortilla strips and a red sauce packed with flavor and pour the homemade chicken bone broth over the strips table-side. The soup was absolutely delicious. When she brought the check, she just presented us with a total on her handheld POS device and not a paper check to review. It was sort of strange. I did some quick math in my head for the dishes we had and the total seemed about right so I just paid it. We've been going here for many years and enjoy their homemade food.

I have driven past this taqueria multiple times a week and I finally stopped in for tacos today. I…read moream so mad it's taken me so long to eat here. It is 100% worth the hype. The shrimp tacos with the green hot salsa is what I ordered and I will get it every time. Location: 6277 Saltsburg Road Penn Hills, Pa 15235

This was my first experience with them, it was takeout, and unfortunately most likely my last time…read moreordering from them. The beans were basically soup, the tres leches was missing one of the leches (the cream that goes on top), and you can see the birria consommé spilled all in that bag which could've happened during transport but that's just not good care or quality. The tacos were fine but I rather order elsewhere after the disappointing side and dessert.

La Palapa catered our big Indian- Mexican wedding in Nov 2025…read more Oscar was so helpful in helping us design a menu, was responsive and most importantly provided INCREDIBLE tacos. We heard from multiple guests about how great the Mexican food was. Cannot praise Oscar, Jesus, and their team enough!

We came here for an early dinner around 5 on a Friday. The restaurant was nearly empty. It had high…read moreceilings and brightly colored blue, purple, and yellow walls, with traditional decorations throughout. They have a large cocktail menu and many vegetarian options. To start, we had the jalapeño cheese dip. The jalapeño flavor was subtle, but detectable. However the cheese tasted like American, so it wasn't the most authentic. For my main, I asked if they could add soy-chorizo to the mushroom and cheese enchilada and the waiter said they were not able to, which was a little disappointing. I ended up getting the enchilada with just soy-chorizo. It was tasty, but the soy-chorizo was a bit dry. My husband enjoyed the steak burrito, but found their hibiscus juice a bit too sweet.

this is the best place we've found to eat since moving to homestead. the food is ALWAYS piping…read morehot, delicious, and fresh!! try everything

I really couldn't wait to try this place, and our lunch was quite good! Didn't totally line up with…read morethe hype/praise, but it was definitely good and we want to return and try other things. The unassuming old bank building is easy to find. Street parking behind it wasn't tough. There's a warning on the front door that this is a "takeout" establishment -- but there were plenty of tables. You can totally dine there! If you want alcohol, then definitely get your food to go. This is another place that has sadly gone person-free at the front with an ordering tablet. You lose so much in the lack of warm greeting, lack of assistance with ordering, etc. I don't like this tech trend! Setting that aside, we were able to order fairly easily. We had to fish around in the menu to find descriptions --- the print-outs and overhead menu had no details. The food: I had -- and would recommend -- the Flava Bowl with shrimp. That bowl was so packed, the lid almost didn't fit! Roughly 10 medium-sized sautéed shrimp over rice & peas (you get a choice of that or maduros or rice), with perfectly-cooked plantains & sautéed onions and red peppers. I had them add avocado. A good add, AND --- I sprinkled on some of their house made green hot sauce, a nice citrusy bit of heat. My husband was less high on his dish, the plantain sandwich- aka, the Jibarito with pollo ala plancha. He said it was quite dry, but it got better as he got some of the sauce (not sure what it was). It took 30 minutes to get our food, but the poor guy in the kitchen was totally alone fixing all of these orders (cooking, packing them up)! He was so apologetic; we felt bad for him. Our meal was good, though. The place clearly has a lot of heart. We'll definitely be back. Gotta try the mofongo.

I have walked by here so many times, and finally decided to venture in. It was so good. The service…read morewas super speedy. I had Armando's arepa which has brisket, plantains, and cheese. It doesn't sound like it would all go together, but it is kind of like the best of all worlds and I ate each component separately. It came with two really great sauces -- one which was super garlicky and delicious (although not something I would put on the sweet plantains!). This is a really small place, so you have to be lucky to get one of the handful of stools which are the window seats. I think that was the one thing that kept me from coming to eat in here in the past. I'll definitely be back, as there a a lot of options to try here. Buen provecho!

We got takeout from Papelon yesterday evening. The inside is pretty small with a couple of small…read moretables so it's more of a takeout place than a dine in place. The food itself was pretty good and flavorful and I really enjoyed the tequenos! My arepa was great reheated the next day. I would come back!

A little while ago, this was the first place I ever tried birria tacos at, and I absolutely loved…read moreit. This is now one of my favorite spots for Mexican takeout. I got to try their quesabirria tacos, consomme, rice pudding, and strawberry lemonade agua Fresca. It was all amazing. The tacos were the stars of the show. Amazing portion for a very, very reasonable price. The beef was perfectly cooked and perfectly seasoned. Not too fatty like at many other places. Perfect bit of crunch to the outside. Cheese was great too. And the consomme...nice portion and so, so flavorful, not too spicy, and just perfectly warm. You have to get these. The rice pudding was very solid as well. Again, a nice portion. Would have liked it to be a tad creamier, but still great. Kept the texture of the rice quite firm. Nice hint of cinnamon. Finally, the agua Fresca was amazing too. Very refreshing indeed! An amazing portion, flavorful, tad creamy, and the perfect balance of sweetness. Highly recommend this place.

Best Mexican food in Pittsburgh. One of the few places where you can get vegetarian and vegan…read morebirria tacos.