Their food and service is great, and it is super affordable. The ambiance is clean and festive.read more

I hate to leave a bad review, but I don't understand the good ones for this spot at all...the chips…read morewere so stale they tasted like plastic, and the food was not it. My chicken chimichanga had a chicken bone in it and between the mouthful of bone, and mush beans, all I can say is I am on my way to get a slice of pizza and never come back.

Stopped in while on vacation. The food was fresh and hot, and the restaurant was clean. The service…read morewas prompt and friendly. I would eat here again.

The food was so good! Everything we tried was on point. Big shoutout to our server Brittney T --…read moreshe was super friendly and made the whole experience even better. The chicken tacos were tasty, the Texas burrito was huge and delicious, and El Rey is a dish you definitely gotta try. The nachos were crazy good, and the birria tacos? 100% recommend -- they were amazing! Can't wait to come back!

Greeted at the door by a friendly hostess. She was helpful getting my mom seated and even stored…read moreher walker out of the way. Our server I believe was Giselle and she was great also. Friendly and helpful. Mom got the single taco with beans, rice etc. she said it was delicious and practically cleaned her plate. I got the Mexican pizza it was huge and delicious as well. Since it was lunch I thought it would be made with the smaller tortillas but it was made with the larger ones. Needless to say I took half of it home. Great lunch!

Update 6/16/26.I will be honest and say that this isn't my favorite mexican restaurant in the…read moreHagerstown area, but it is the closest to me. I went for lunch today. Ordered the lunch portion chimichanga with ground beef filling with sides is rice, refried beans some Pico and sour cream. Pros... it was a decent sized chimichanga with a generous amount of seasoned ground beef in a taco seasoned sauce. The server (Gizelle?) was friendly and very attentive. She did a great job! Not so great... the chimichanga was rather tough. Took more effort that mermaid to cut into it with a fork. The filling as noted was generously filled, though the added sauce mace the filling rather "saucy"... more like a Mexican sloppy joe. Including tip and a soft drink my bill came to $20 for lunch. You really can find better lunch spots for the money.

I really enjoyed this place. The food was delicious, the drinks were great, and everything came out…read morefresh. It was one of those places where you leave thinking, "I'll definitely be back." Our server was awesome too. She was friendly, attentive, and made us feel welcome without checking on us every two minutes. I also found out they have live music on Friday and Saturday nights. We didn't get to experience that this time, but it's definitely a good reason to come back. Looking forward to seeing what the atmosphere is like on a live music night.

We always enjoyed Mexicali Cantina in Frederick, so when that location closed, we started thinking…read moreabout the newer one in Hagerstown. I'm happy to say the food's as good or better, with good service in an interesting setting. On crowded Massey boulevard with its strip malls and chain restaurants, it takes a keen eye to pick out this spot (hint - look for the Hobby Lobby parking lot). Then get ready for some unusual decor - the last occupant, a seafood place, did a LOT of intense decorating, including ocean-blue floors and dock pilings. We've visited this location 3 or 4 times now, and the food's been fine, partly out of our sentiment for the gone Frederick location. It's not hard to find Latino cuisine around here, but Mexicali had some of our favorites, including the delicious chiles rellenos (here, fried battered chilis, stuffed with cheese). When we went last week, it seemed clear they'd recently stepped up the game a little - new dinnerware and maybe even larger portions, and just as tasty if not more so. As usual, the chips were crispy and good (though our basket was mostly fragments) and the house salsa is a treat, fresh and zippy but not too hot. I had my go-to Azteca combo, with that chile relleno, a pork tamal, and a chicken enchilada, along with Mexican rice (though no beans this time, for some reason). My wife chose her favorite shrimp fajitas, also with beans and rice, though maybe a little skimpy on the bell peppers this time. My classic margarita on the rocks was big and zesty. Our server was attentive and polite. The crowd was thin on this Saturday night, so there were plenty of staff on hand. In an area with tons of Latin food choices, we depend on the consistent flavor and service here. Bueno!

Service was wonderful and food came out quickly. I had probably the best al pastor tacos I've ever…read morehad in my life and I am not exaggerating. Like so good I literally made a yelp account just to make this review. This place easily got added to our restaurant rotation

I tired to order on the website and it's not even a website it's a random background with a giant…read morered tool.

BEST tacos I've ever eaten in my life. This place re-sets the bar! We had it while passing through…read moretown on a road trip- you all are so lucky to have this spot nearby!

This Papi's looks good, but tastes only "ok"…read more We were tired on a Sunday early-evening, (Jun 2026), and the staff of the Big Papi's location in Hagerstown seemed unmotivated, maybe worn out from towards the end of their day. We got a birria taco, a rockfish taco, a vegetarian burrito, and a guacamole. The fresh-made guac was quite good! Creamy, fresh, and generous. The Birria taco was good. Flavorful and tender and generous. But inexplicably they did not include a side of consommé sauce for dipping. Lots-of-sauce is a key part of a messy juicy birria taco. That would have just been a disappointment. But the fried rockfish taco, meh. It tasted fresh, but it tasted like something had burned in the oil. The fish seemed too chewy, overdone. The coating was overly-hard. The bean and rice burrito was also meh. The dull rice seemed too chewy, either overdone or cooked until it was too dry. And there were only a small amount of black beans, and no added veggies, so there was little flavor. Overall, we were disappointed in the Big Papi's location in Hagerstown. For over $35, we only liked $8 of the food. What was good, was very good. Maybe they were just having a bad evening. We might try Big Papi's again, but probably not this location.

Overall the food was good. The waitress was very attentive and nice. The ambiance was calm and not…read moresuper busy. We went on a Saturday at around 2pm and it was surprisingly not crowded. Our group ordered margaritas and the gambas al ajilio for appetizers. The sauce was garlicky with a hint of lemon. The jalapeño margarita was nice and spicy. For the entree we got shrimp tacos, cheese enchiladas, ground beef enchiladas and Valencia paella. Everyone enjoyed their food, nothing crazy just good. For dessert we got flan, sopaphilas and fried ice cream. I liked the fried ice cream, the shell underneath tasted like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and I loved the shell on ice cream. Overall would come back.

This place never disappoints. Went here in January with one of my coworkers and thoroughly enjoyed…read moremyself. It has a family vibe. Food is well seasoned and the staff is always friendly.

We always have great food here. The guacamole is absolutely delicious, every time. The atmosphere…read moreis cozy and family friendly. We come here once a year or so with friends and always have a good time!

I love El Ranchero but this location is their worst one. The service here is always rude. The food…read moreis inconsistent. We always go to the Wesel Blvd location now because of it.

Always great service and great food. My favorite Mexican restaurant anywhere! Highly recommend the…read moreshrimp tacos, and the fish tacos. But literally everything I've tried has been awesome! Im a local.

The interior was nice, but the service was honestly one of the most frustrating restaurant…read moreexperiences I've had in a while. Our server barely understood English, and even simple questions turned into a whole situation. I asked FOUR separate times whether the spicy salsa was free. I literally said, "If it's free, I'll take it. If not, never mind." The server kept saying yes, it was free... so we ate it. Then the check comes out with a $3.99 charge for the salsa When I asked why it was charged after being told multiple times it was free, the server still kept saying "free" while staring at the receipt. At that point I had to ask for the manager because we were clearly not communicating. The manager said there was a "language barrier issue," BUT because we already ate it, we still had to pay for it. That part honestly blew my mind. If I asked about the price four times before ordering, clearly the whole point was that I didn't want it if it cost extra What made it worse was the attitude. The server never apologized once and the manager acted super confident like this was somehow normal. And honestly... the food wasn't even worth the drama. Everything was ridiculously salty, and the salsa tasted like someone mixed it with water. Cool interior. Terrible experience. Definitely not coming back.