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La Placita Express

4.3 (41 reviews)
ModerateMexican
Closed 12:00 pm - 6:00 PM
Updated 2 months ago

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Mushroom,  cactus, and steak quesadilla with sour cream.
Colleen L.

I'm a visitor to Flagstaff. For lack of restaurants near the theaters we came to the mall. I love Mexican food!! This place did not disappoint. I ordered the steak, mushroom, and cactus quesadilla. This is a very different quesadilla than I'm used to. Homemade corn tortilla is very flavorful. It was a thicker than what I'm used to, but it was delicious! Plenty of filling that was very tasty. I ordered it with a side of sour cream. Only down side, I should've had then cut it in half and grabbed extra napkins! This place will let me taste before I ordered which was great because my original item was a little too spicy for me. Delicious, but I want in the mid for spice today. Overall, when I come to Flagstaff, I will definitively come to the mall ti eat here again!!

Ona B.

This was my first time eating at La Placita Express . I was greeted by a smile and " Hi, how are you doing?" By the manager Maria. I ordered the taco asada dinner and was going to take it home. Maria suggested I eat it while it was hot, or at least one taco. She was so right! Everything was good! Everything was fresh. I have to say from the awesome service to the food these are the BEST TACOS IN TOWN!! I will definitely bring my peeps here and come back again. Can't believe how many times I've walked passed this place while at the Mall. Glad I stopped this time

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Coronavirus and they dont even wear gloves. The lady at the counter is so mean as well.

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7 years ago

A little expensive but WORTH IT! The rice has very good flavor and so do the flautas.

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Maria is amazing she has great food and wonderful customer service. I love the corn quesadillas

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Props to Maria P. for being one of the most attentive and friendly people I've ever had the pleasure of receiving customer service from.

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Soooo Good taco plate was off the hook the service was beyond excellent and they were so very nice! ! Our new favorite place

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Excellent nachos! My brother also really enjoyed his carne asada tacos. We will be back.

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I was incredibly impressed with the food quality and service for me the best Mexican food in Flagstaff

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Yelp sucks! But La placita express is to die for, the best I've had since I've moved to Flagstaff

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El Tapatio - Enchilada with rice

El Tapatio

4.4(866 reviews)
2.7 mi
$$

Tried this restaurant cause it had good reviews. I asked for my fish to be breaded it came on the…read moreplate unbreaded. Beans we slightly under cooked. Salsa is blan no taste. I had to ask for lemon which I was brought a lime that was as dry as the Sierra desert. I had to request a side of salsa. Rice was tasty Service was good. Restaurant was nice and clean. Over all this restaurant is not on one of my top eateries to dine at again..

We decided to come back to this restaurant because the last time we ordered food here, it was…read morereally amazing. Based on that experience, I chose to stick with the Ground Beef Burrito, priced at $14.25 as of January 2026. It was just as good as I remembered and still amazing. During this visit, we also tried two other dishes. The first was the Creamy Chimichanga, also known as Chimichanga a la Crema, which cost $19.25. This dish was savory, creamy, and very indulgent. Like the burrito dishes, it came in a large portion and was served in a huge tray. I liked it, but I felt it was a little too heavy for me because of all the cream. Even so, it was still very delicious. We also ordered the Veggie Super Burrito for $14.99. It was filled with beans and was pretty good overall, but I didn't think it was anything especially memorable. Out of everything we ordered this time, the Ground Beef Burrito remained my favorite. Overall, I was once again satisfied with the food from this restaurant and felt very impressed with the experience.

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El Tapatio - Tons of liquor on display

Tons of liquor on display

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Salsa Brava - Chips and salsa

Salsa Brava

3.9(1.7k reviews)
2.4 mi
$$

Food was delicious and our server Lana was absolutely amazing. She was very attentive with a great…read moreattitude. Would eat here again.

We walked into Salsa Brava on rainy Monday evening for dinner. It wasn't too busy at 5:30PM and we…read morewere seated immediately at a six person booth for our party of two. Overall the service was very prompt and friendly, a welcome experience after hiking outside most of the day. The restaurant itself is an interesting blend of Tex-Mex and Native American cuisine, with frybread living alongside cheesy lunch combos and plenty of dairy rich cream sauces. Chips & Salsa (Complimentary) - The chips are normal white corn tortilla chips, nothing really to comment about. Salsa Brava has three types of salsa. The first is a mild pico with fresh tangy tomatoes, red onions, and cilantro stem in a watery base that's somewhat sour from citrus. The second is a medium spicy salsa that's a bit warming, filled with comforting smoky and tomato flavors. The last is the spiciest, but doesn't really top out much higher than spicy jalapeno. It's so fruity at the start it's almost like drinking salted pineapple juice. Navajo Taco ($19.50) - The base is a piece of frybread around 7 inch in diameter. It's rather thin, not puffy at all, making it somewhat dense and chewy. The frybread is slathered with some refried beans that are tender and thick. They aren't pureed until completely uniform; instead, there are some pinto pieces strewn throughout. On top is a mound of their famous carnitas, full of pork flavor, seasoned well and braised until very tender, almost fall-apart so. There's a tiny bit of a tang but I'm not sure I can identify the flavor as citrus as the menu indicates. Plenty of cheese is melted on top, then a pile of mixed lettuce, tomato, pickled onions, and lime creme. Finally, there's a huge mound of sour cream. It all adds up to an extremely filling meal. It's fatty, it's rich, it's decadent. It sits so heavily in the stomach that it feeds two very hungry people. On the side, they give a small cup of Mexican rice. It has some charred bits inside and also some whole corn kernels. It's pretty much the perfect texture, no complaints. (5/5) Stuffed Sopapilla ($19.50) - Even with the taco being so rich, this dish is even more so. It's the same frybread base, but folded over with tons of ingredients stuffed inside, placed on a bunch of lime creme, and then topped with even more dairy. The lime creme is interesting in that it doesn't really taste like crema. For some reason, I taste nutmeg which reminds me heavily of alfredo sauce. On top is a bunch of melted cheese and cilantro cream, and then some diced onion, cilantro, and pickled onion. There's not enough acidity for that much richness from the rest of the dish. And that's why they give a side of sour cream. Which also adds more dairy richness, but also a pleasing tangy note. There's so much varied dairy, there's probably enough saturated fat to make even a cardiologist blush. Stuffed in the sopapilla there's even more cheese! And then refried beans and a ton of pulled chicken. The chicken is surprisingly moist - usually dishes with this many fatty and saucy elements means the chicken is an afterthought and cooked until super dry. This one's actually quite nice though, seasoned well with great chicken flavor. (5/5) Both plates are broiled so everything is warm and the cheese is all melty and delicious. This is one of the few places I've visited where they give you a ton more food than the menu pictures online indicate. Even with us hiking the entire day, we could not finish more than half of each plate. I feel like this is one of those restaurants which I wouldn't have given such a high review if I hadn't been ravenous going in. But I can only rate on how much I enjoyed the food as I ate it - and for that, Salsa Brava deserves a 5. Bathrooms - Two larger ones with multiple stalls Note: Salsa Brava charges an automatic 4% service charge. This is labeled on the menu.

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MartAnne's - Volcano

MartAnne's

4.2(2.5k reviews)
4.2 mi
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After eating next door for a lunch, we saw the signs all over MartAnne's claiming they are "The…read moreHouse That Chilaquiles Built!" We were intrigued enough that we visited MartAnne's the very next night for dinner. That was on a Tuesday at around 6PM and it wasn't too busy the entire time we were there. House Horchata ($5.99) - This drink comes in a giant 32 oz Ball jar with tons of ice. Per the server it's made with milk and condensed milk, no rice milk at all. It's rich, thick, creamy, sweet, filled with earthy notes of vanilla and cinnamon. There's so much spice included that at some points, there's almost a gritty feeling while drinking. It's perfect for a hot day after hiking. Buckwheat Pancake ala carte ($4.99) - Buckwheat pancakes are something we've never seen before on a diner menu in the past. It seems to be pretty common around Arizona, so we had to give it a try before leaving Flagstaff. This one's pretty big, almost plate sized. It's really moist, fluffy, bouncy, and light with a slight sweetness and a certain earthy flavor. It's moist enough that it sticks to the ceramic plate it's served on. The pancake is somewhat crumbly due to the low gluten content of buckwheat, although I believe they use a mix of buckwheat and wheat flour to give some more stability. It's bluish grey in color with black specks of ground buckwheat throughout. It's dusted with powdered sugar, but it's not a ton, making the pancake not really sweet at all. The pancake comes with a small cup of their cinnamon honey butter. It's not mixed that well, leaving it mostly unhomogenized with streaks of honey and spice through the softened salted butter. Tamale ala carte ($4.99) - MartAnne's offers two types of tamales - the first a red chile beef, and the second a green corn and cheese. We went with the latter, which is a homemade tamale with a somewhat looser, coarsely ground masa shell surrounding an interior of yellow sweet corn kernels, a bouncy and somewhat spongy block of Oaxaca cheese, and a fragrant green chile. There's a slight sweetness throughout and the tamale overall is easy to eat. Chilaquiles, Xmas, Fratelli ($17.99) - This is a monster sized plate of a mishmash of ingredients. There are three things as essentially a base layer. Firstly some Mexican rice that's tender, moist, and fluffy, totally unlike the more common dry and and compact version. My guess is that they skip the initial frying step that helps keeps the starch together. It's quite fragrant and has gives a bit of heat. On top of the rice is a layer of hash browns. The potatoes are tender on the interior, griddled on one side to give a delightful crunch, although there's some acridity that develops. Another third of the plate is covered with chili beans - tender pinto beans that are well salted and seasoned. Then there's the eggs stuffed in between layers of corn tortilla chips, smothered with sauce. I went with the Christmas combination of red and green sauce, followed up by the Fratelli-style pork green chile. The green sauce is fragrant and vegetal, while the red sauce is more smoky. The pork, which is cut into chunks, on top is a bit tough and dry but there's more than enough sauce to make up for that slight demerit. Finally, there's a small mound of I believe jalapeno peppers, cut into small neon-green colored pieces. Some pieces are spicy, some are mild, all have a vegetal pepper taste. I found the food at MartAnne's to be pretty good. It definitely hits the spot after hiking all around the area for most of the day. Bathrooms - Two individual rooms, one for men, one for women. Note: MartAnne's charges a 3.5% credit card fee. This is labeled on the menu.

Almost no one in the restaurant at 3pm. We were given the worst table in the place but asked to…read moremove. Maybe that made our server mad because she threw the utensils and napkins on the table. Never once smiled or told us her name. Extremely rude service. The food came fairly quickly but it was tasteless. Our server spent the rest of the time at the back table on her cellphone. Nothing authentic about this food. The salsa came in a tiny plastic fast food cup and tasted weird like oregano. Rice was tasteless and beans were right out of a can. The bill came and there's a surprise $1.75 service added charge for inflation. On top of horrible food and service. Don't be fooled by the cute decor...this place is BAD. To the owners: Better spend your extra $1.75 wisely because we will NEVER be back. We can't be the only ones that feel this way. It's sad because this place used to be epic. Not anymore! Must be new owners.

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Tacos Los Altos

Tacos Los Altos

3.9(236 reviews)
5.9 mi
$

Rarely 5 stars..always room for improvement…read more That said...once you find this place it's a gem it's hidden in a marketplace with crappy signage and directions from Siri sucked. But, when we found it...parking is ample and the entry is loud and proud. Bright interior colors and lots of Mexican pastries and other items before the order desk. The menu is ample and service is friendly...they acknowledged the poor directions ‍ I had the rolled taco special which came with rice beans and a drink (the horchata is AMAZING!). My friend had a huge breakfast burrito. In small places like this a salsa bar usually is a huge indicator of good food for me. The salsa bar was beyond impressive. All made in house...and do NOT bypass the pickled carrots and jalapeños. OH MY The interior is huge and it is definite a local take out place. I will be back to try more!

Wanted some mexican food and saw this as recommended by many people online. We ordered a varienty…read moreof tacos and a burrito. The tacos were good, but I would not say anything exceptional. The burritos were massive and full of meat. No rice or beans, like chipotle. I'm not an expert with burritos, but I was not expecting that. It was really good though and very filling. Certainly a good value. I like the salsa and cold items bar. We tried a varienty of salsas as well as pickled vegetables and roasted jalapenos. Those were a nice touch.

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Tacos Los Altos - Tables

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Tacos Los Altos - Here's the adada tostada, in the background are tomatillo sauce, guacamole sauce, and spicy red salsa

Here's the adada tostada, in the background are tomatillo sauce, guacamole sauce, and spicy red salsa

Tacos Los Altos - The menu as of today, March 1st, 2024

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The menu as of today, March 1st, 2024

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