love this place. people are so friendly and enjoy bringing my young kids in. the chips and salsa are the best here. try a Michelada and some chile colorado it's a great combo read more

Amazing service of the best Mexican food anywhere around. Great prices and the atmosphere is welcoming and clean. Love the staff!

This is a great place to eat . Food is excellent and it is like eating at home, Comfortable,relaxed and friendly service. Being in the restaurant business in and off for forty five years I think I can say with confidence that it doesn't get better than this. read more

Holy Mole! Delicious Gallina De Mole with freshly made corn tortillas, beans & rice and awesome service. Such sweet people and great food here! read more

My favorite Mexican restaurant in Martinez! Service is always friendly and the food is so good. To be honest, it usually does take a little while for the food to be served. However, unlimited fresh chips and salsa help pass the time (and when I'm short on time, I can just go to their taco truck to get my fix)! The only thing that would make La Primavera better would be margaritas. I always find myself wishing for a margarita while I'm there, but they do serve wine and beer. My current favorite dishes to order are the al pastor nachos and the autentica birria de chivo. The nachos are supposed to be an appetizer, but my husband and I can easily share an order as our meal. The ingredients are layered nicely between the chips so you never run out of toppings and they put lots of meat and cheese. The goat birria is very tender and served with beans, rice, and your choice of fresh flour or corn tortillas. Never had goat? Give it a try! But they also serve a beef version that I'm sure tastes just as good. read more

La Primavera Restaurant - Autentica Birria de Chivo - so good, but watch for bones! - Mexican Near Me - Martinez, California

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Service is fast and friendly. The ladies here are funny and are like your tias. They will feed you and make sure you have what you need. The caldos (soups) re the best! Super comforting abs really fresh. And mmmm it's the fresh homemade corn tortillas for me!!! If I could give them 100 stars I would! read more

The staff was amazing and friendly! We had the chorizo and eggs and the burrito, which were so good. The tortillas were fresh and probably the best I've had in a long time. We can't wait to come back! read more

As a 3-star Yelp rating suggests.., this place is "A-OK". My coworker and I came here on April 3rd, 2013; as we happened to be around the area, so we decided to try out this place. The staff was friendly and the service was fast. I ordered from their Lunch Special menu, as those prices were reasonable for a sit-down restaurant. As for our food, it was just "okay". I liked it, but the burrito at La Costa is better and cheaper than La Primavera. My burrito here was on the drier side and had less flavor too. For the price we paid, it was fine; but I don't see myself going out of my way to dine here. read more

La Primavera Restaurant - Open daily from 7am - 9pm. - Mexican Near Me - Martinez, California

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The food is good and the prices are fair. You get nice healthy portions with fast service. I work in the area so I usually do take out and I am always satisfied. My office is pretty small so it's usually a group order of 3-4 and we all enjoy our meal. I definitely recommend this place if you are in the area and craving Mexican cuisine. My favorite are the taquitos; they are very filling. When I'm not as hungry I order the child's plate burrito but it is also very filling. I haven't tried their happy hour because I am on the clock however I see that it is offered everyday. This place really is a hidden gem for me and my colleagues. read more

My wife purchased 3 dozen tacos, and 3 dozen enchiladas, and a order of beans and an order of rice for catering. This order was just placed and served yesterday on Sunday for my step daughters sweet 16. We typically use Cinco De Mayo. But they aren't open on sundays. So we gave La Primavera the opportunity since we have dinned there before and we found the food to be OK. So by the time we take the food home the taco shells were soggy. We ordered beef tacos, but got some sort of beef hash with potatoes, and carrots in the hash that was just far to wet for the taco shells. The taco shells seem to be a cheap, very low corn tortilla content and a higher flour content which had the tacos soggy and falling apart within an hour of receiving. They were mush, and not pleasant on the plate for serving. We ended up throwing out half the order. The chicken enchiladas appeared to use a cheap canned enchilada sauce. There was no other filler in the enchiladas. No cheese, no enhancements to compliment the chicken. Much of the chicken was over cooked and dry. The enchilada sauce was obvious it came from a can and had very little flavors to it. There was no cheese on top of the enchiladas. People are about 2/3 of the enchiladas but we threw out the last third as they were to bland, and dry and not worth saving. Total we spent was $230. Worst value we have had for catering. La Primavera definitely needs to step up the catering. For having a full fledged restaurant versus a mobile taco truck. There are many taco trucks out performing and enhancing their foods to make it appealing for those that consume their foods. We would of been better off ordering dominoes pizza, the catering was that bad. read more

As we were being seated I noticed that tortillas were being made. I had the combination fajitas and my daughter had the Chili Verde. Both were excellent and we chose the corn tortillas which were fresh. The place was very clean and the staff was attentive and helpful. For dessert we shared Flan which was very big and delicious. I am so happy to have found a Mexican restaurant that I want to go back to try other dishes. read more

I came here to have breakfast with a friend. Place came with recommendation from a local police officer. Service was wonderful and food was delicious! I had the huevos rancheros yummmm read more

Really really down to earth people that work there with such the greatest food!! I highly recommend taking anyone with you to this restaurant read more

Great hole-in-the-wall local gem with unfussy fare. (Heads up, it's easy to miss aside from the white folding sign out front of the small parking lot) The inside is a converted diner with beautiful mexican country scenes painted all over the walls but the rest of the restaurant is very casual. We were seated and given salsa/chips quickly upon arriving and the service was friendly. I got the Fajitas Primavera, which consists of bacon wrapped shrimp atop peppers and onions and smothered in a red cream sauce which was absolutely delicious and my husband got the goat which was tender and the sauce it was in was flavorful. It's a good value and the portions are quite hefty. We will definitely be returning, although like many others have said here this place would be greatly improved with margaritas! read more

La Primavera Restaurant - Fajitas "La Primavera" (bacon wrapped shrimp with sauce) - Mexican Near Me - Martinez, California

Service is good. The food is good! People are friendly there. We always have the herevos rancheros. They give you so much food my husband and I always have to split it. read more

This place is super authentic and you can taste it in the food. I came for lunch a few days ago and really enjoyed the meal. I highly recommend starting with ceviche if you are looking for a starter. The flavor is really good and the shrimp had the right texture for the most part. The chips and salsa are also really good (usually an indicator of Mexican restaurants for me). I got the shrimp diablo plate which was good. The plates are a little pricier than traditional Mexican restaurants, but this place is definitely worth a try. read more

Nice spot downtown Martinez my first time here, the staff was friendly they got TVs up by the counter , had a good mix of customers are food was very good, not too over seasoned food was hot! I opted for corn tortillas, they were the thick ones! Ooh which is good they gave me like 5 or 6? It was enough, plus we had chips they bring out good spot can't say nothing bad about it , glad I found this place, also the pics on yelp helped out my decision, I'll be back here again and already telling people about this place! read more

La Primavera Restaurant - Cisco here! - Mexican Near Me - Martinez, California

We been going here for 20+ yrs I know they changed ownership but the food does not taste the same such as the menudo needed seasoning and the tostada especiala with chicken was soggy. read more

Everything here is good. It's a very traditional Mexican place. Our party of four got different platters and everyone was happy with their choices. However after they dropped off the food to our table, they seemed to have forgotten about us. read more

Excellent food, ambience and service. For 3 adults and 1 child, We ordered grilled fish and grilled chicken rice set. And beef vegetable soup. Food is rated 5/5. The beef soup was one of the best soup in the world..,salad has beet root and oranges in it. Service is excellent. Food preparation is fast. We arrived at 11:40am. Able to finish by 12:15am. So happy we discovered this place. It will be our definite visit place whenever we are in Martinez. read more

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Love their taco salad. Very fresh and a clean and friendly atmosphere bwill be back soon thank you for you're service.

This place has been my go to restaurant for Mexican food for years!!! My favorite is their Chicken Mole.... but their fajitas are excellent as well. Meals are served with freshly made chips! read more

Great food and amazing service. We love going here. Located in Downtown Martinez. Recommend for sure

The California burrito was the most flavorless, bland burrito I've ever had. The fries had no seasoning at all, not even salt and pepper it seemed. No cheese, or so little that I didn't see or taste any. Other items on the menu MIGHT be better, but this was terrible. read more

Possibly the worst Mexican food I've had. So confused by the raves about this place. Authentic?? Yeah...no. Extremely bland, dry food. Terrible service. My chicken taco came in a store bought crispy shell with what tasted like boiled chicken with NO flavor. Place wasn't busy yet service was super slow we almost felt like we were purposely being ignored. I'm guessing the fans of this place are Gringos who think even the mildest salsa is "too spicy". I'll take down and dirty flavorful Mexican food over this crap any day. read more

This is our favorite Mexican restaurant and we get their food at least once a week. My personal favorites are the chicken tostada and the chili verde burrito but my husband loves their grilled fish tacos. I'm so glad I found this gem when I first moved to Martinez almost 20 years ago! read more

I want to give this place better reviews because the food is pretty good. The wait staff is friendly but slow and you have to ask for things multiple times. We waited 15 minutes today before even getting asked what we wanted to drink. read more

Discovered this little gem when on jury duty. Great go to place tasty lunch... always fresh and delicious and so reasonable... Every one is friendly and service is quick... Best Mexican fare... read more

I was looking forward to trying this place because of all the good reviews I saw, but am pretty disappointed. I ordered to go. I ordered the burroto famoso whoch is just a burrito with rice and beans, topped with cheese and enchilada sauce. No where on the menu did it state that it would include sour cream, guacamole, or Pico de Gallo. I waited 40 minutes for my order, which I guess isn't that long but I was pretty hungry and after driving home to eat it, found I couldn't eat it because of all the extras that were added into it. Most likely won't be returning. Had to pick around everything so I didn't enjoy it at all. read more

Just ordered through DoorDash. I think the restaurant knows I'm on somewhat of a diet and only sent small portions. The food was excellent! I was going to take a picture of it but again, small portions, so it was gone in about 3 bites. For quantity I'll stick to the taco truck outside of Ace truck box, both great taste! That's what I get for being lazy. read more

It saddens me that I am more often moved to post bad reviews than good ones, but once you have a bad experience, it leaves a mark and you never want to go back. Stopped in here for lunch after jury duty because it was right where I was able to park, and I was starving. Seated almost right away and in a booth, which was very nice, as it was just me. Didn't want too much, and was super pleased to see the lunch special small burrito ($7.50). This excited me because it is unusual to even be able to get a small one these days and any burrito is a guilty pleasure. Rough morning, so I thought I'd treat myself and get a horchata ($3 .50) as well. Chips and both mild and hot salsas came right away, but as someone else has noted, dry, super yellow store bought chips. Seems to be almost the norm these days. I can deal. Ordered a veggie burrito, which is supposed to be beans, rice, cheese, guacamole and sour cream. Disappointment #1, no cheese. Disappointment #2, literally tepid at best. The list goes on. Served with the guacamole and sour cream on top, so I had to scrape that off to pick it up. Because isn't that half the fun of eating a burrito? To just shove it in your mouth? But no! I couldn't even pick it up because niether end was folded. How hard is it to fold a burrito, already? Not to mention totally lackluster ingredients. I have had burritos where just the fluffy perfection and seasoning of the rice were almost trancendant. This was not that, for sure. Second worst burrito of my life. And the absolute worst horchata of my life. Chalky beyond belief, and redolent of everything artificial and nothing natural. Anyway, I see a lot of folks like this place. Maybe it was an off day, new staff, something like that on the burrito. Maybe they do other things better. But if your beans and rice suck... I don't know. It's a pretty simple thing to make. And ingredients are key. Avoid the horchata, whatever you do. read more

As always, a must have when I'm in town. Food is EXCELLENT, and customer service wonderful. We got take out this time. As delicious at home as in the restaurant. read more

Was excited to try this place after all the good reviews. This is just about their breakfast burrito. I ordered one with double meat (bacon and chorizo), beans, cheese and rice. It seems like the burrito is all rice with no more than a tablespoon of the other ingredients thrown in, you can barely tell it's not just rice. read more

La Primavera Restaurant - Breakfast burrito = mostly rice and tortilla - Mexican Near Me - Martinez, California

Everyone, I am having a conundrum. My conundrum is between La Primavera and Cinco de Mayo. I think I'm going to have to choose La Primavera. Based solely on their enchilada sauce alone. Both kinds! Red and Green! I ordered the #13 two Green Chicken Enchiladas with Rice and Beans. My brother ordered the two beef Taco's with one Red Enchilada. My Enchiladas were some of the best Ive ever had. The sauce was so authentic and delicious. It was savory, smoky and had the green chile goodness that green sauce was meant to have. I couldn't believe every bite that I was taking. The chips were homemade and their salsa was so fresh and light. It had the perfect amount of onions in it. Now, I love Cinco De Mayo. But the sauce here is second to non for a local spot. I will always go back for Cinco's guacamole and bean dip but sorry they are off the Mole sauce radar from now on. I want to come back here everyday. Its clawing at the back of my mind to come and eat more green sauce on anything. Put it in a shot glass and Ill chug it. This sauce is going to be the corner stone of my pregnancy. read more

La Primavera Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Martinez, California

I've enjoyed food from the lunch truck before, but today was my first experience dining inside the restaurant. I was lunching alone so I sat at the bar. I was immediately greeted and given a clean menu and a choice of mild or hot salsa to go with my chips. Hot, please! The chips and my water came at the same time, and I ordered a crunchy shrimp taco, a soft taco with grilled fish, and a side salad. The salad was delicious. A little Italian dressing drizzled over lettuce, garbanzo beans, and a beet and more. Chips were light and crispy and the hot salsa was spicy and delicious. And the best part, my two tacos were outstanding. The grilled fish was seasoned very well (the soft corn tortilla fell apart but was also fresh and tasty). The shrimp taco had a crispy shell that also broke into pieces, but the yummy shrimp were cooked perfectly and had lots of lettuce and cheese on top. I was also offered more spicy salsa without asking - it was so good! Service was great and my tacos were delicious (and lunch only totaled about $10). Definitely will be back! read more

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This is one of my go-to Mexican places in Martinez and with a red/green variety to spice things up. It's located on the backside of what I call the USW building (with Smokehouse 10 on the other side) and has been around for as long as I have in Martinez. I usually come here for Lunch with work colleagues and tend towards ordering a small as I can go, as the portions are generous and delicious. read more

La Primavera Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Martinez, California

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I've been eating here long enough to see the mural (that is amazing btw) go up, little by little. I almost consider La Primavera family. It's always hopping at lunchtime. Everyone that works here is very attentive and they hustle. My friend and I sat at the bar today and the view was delicious, if ya know what I mean. ;) You have a full view of the cooking staff. Rawrrr. Great atmosphere, incredible food. I can't finish their "small" burrito. My only warning is that the menu doesn't denote "spicy" items. Be sure to ask, if that's not your preference. read more

I had lunch here twice. I decided that I could not review the food on its own merit after the first visit. I was so angry: I went to pay for it with a credit card and was told there was a minimum to use the card. I can understand this, however, it should have been written on the menu Then the cashier embarssed me by saying if you don't have any money there is an ATM machine outside in front of another customer. I gave her cash and told her how unhappy I was with this policy. Always in search of the perfect Mexican lunch and in, for me, an unusual give-it a 2nd chance mood I went back. While this restaurant will not make it to the top three, it wasn't bad. The Chili Relleno was good, and so was the Cheese Enchilada. The crispy taco was average read more

Next stop: La Primavera. The entrance is hidden away off the main artery from I-680 to beautiful downtown Martinez. But I'm glad I found it; I keep looking for good ways to clog *my* main artery. Food was good. I had chicken mole, and that was an unusually tasty sauce on that chicken. My wife had a two-item special with a soft chicken taco and beef enchilada. And my girl ate most of the tortilla chips. What's better than the sauce, though, is that not only is the decor is faux Mexican. That's quite typical with these low-cost diners. But the managers got these murals painted all over the walls. Shows that they really care about the place, and it adds a good ambience. Good for kids, good for a date night, good for lunch, good all around. Unless you insist on the high-end frou-frou stuff; but in that case, you would be in The City instead of downtown Martinez anyway. read more

Amazing food and service! The bean dip and horchata are highlights. Micheladas are especially refreshing. Will definitely be back.