This place vacillates from a 1to a 4 and much of that disparity is simply because of the inability to communicate between the customer and the servers. The food prep is recognizably better than most Mexican restaurants and in most cases the majority of Mexican restaurants are hard to tell the difference between. There's nothing very authentically different in refried beans or seasoned rice, it all tastes the same !! The chips and salsa in almost all Mexican restaurants need an overhaul. Many times the chips are stale and the salsa is never consistent. Not a great way to keep return buyers because that's the first thing the guest tastes when being served. If i were in that business I would find a unique item that was of exceptional quality to set the stage for a better dining experience. read more

It is a Good as it Gets in Los Comales... I been now, 3 times and the food and service has been top notch for a little "Mom & Pop" Restaurant which has been open for ONLY a year. The Food is Authentic, and excellent in Flavors from the South of the Border. The Salsa is some of the Best I have eaten in Richmond and even when I lived in New Mexico years ago... Yesterday, they had a NEW Green Salsa and I had 5 refills of it, as it seemed I could not get enough on my Chip.... Los Comales is very clean, and has such a feeling of being in Mexico, I feel like I have crossed the Southern Border each time I enter. They make you feel welcome, and will answer any questions about the food. The portions are large, and you do not walk away hungry. I wish I could order a Margarita, however there is no alcohol on the primes. If you are looking for Good Authentic Mexican Food which is packed full of Flavor, than Los Comales is the place for you. Great for kids, as they also make many different Mexican deserts with Ice Cream. read more

Elopes are bomb!! We all enjoyed our food. I had the Birria tacos and an elope and it was good! My two teenagers had burritos and rice. My daughter doesn't eat rice and she smashed it down!! read more

Love supporting the smsll business. Thanks Thomas, for great reviews. Friendly greeting as soon as you walk in. Love that! Nice wooden booths and single seating available for the lunch crew. But I saw a lot of pickup, too. Served Salsa and warm chips. Salsa had good texture. Fish tocas hot and good, with lots if shredded chihuahua cheese for me to wrap in my flour tortillas. read more

Los Comales Taqueria - Fish tacos make me happy - Mexican Near Me - Henrico, Virginia

This place is awesome!!! The atmosphere, aroma from the kitchen and the music take me home in San Antonio TX. We will make this a frequent stop when we travel to the Richmond area. If you crave authentic Spanish cuisine this is the place to go. read more

$1 taco tuesdays!!!! Absolutely delicious food, authentic and fresh. Forget about Typical Mexican restaurant cuisine. Los Comales serves up homesyle fare that is filling and satisfying without putting you in a food coma. Tacos are street vendor style with various choices of fillings, the guac is rough chopped style and the beans are homemade. Nothing here tastes out of a can. Staff is very friendly, you instantly feel welcome. read more

Los Comales is a new restaurant that took over Chicken Fiesta's old location in the shopping center near Marshall's on Broad Street. Some people may not find this review fair given how new it is, but I had high hopes from a predecessor that were not met. First impressions walking in, the layout does not work. They threw a bakery counter in right next to the door as well as a high-top ledge around the front window that really cuts the flow walking in. It was dark in here before but now it's even darker. (Turn on a light please!) You can do take out or the tables are waited on now instead of over the counter ordering. Upon seating I was served some complimentary chips and salsa but nothing unique about it flavor wise. The variety on the menu is pretty wide and they appear to have a lot of more authentic dishes such as menudo as options. I went very "americanized" and ordered chicken flautas and a carne asada toastada. The flautas, though crispy, were not extremely flavorful on there own. They were piled with lettuce, avocado and queso fresco with a side of re-fried beans that looked like there were from a can. The tostada tasted stale and the carne asada was a bit chewy. Wait staff were okay but not very attentive. When I was ready to leave I made eye contact with another waitress but she didn't come over so I got up and paid at the register. I was the only person dinning in, with the exception of someone that appeared to be associated with the restaurant. Occasionally I observed the wait staff going and sitting and having a conversation with him. I realize it might be slow but as a fairly new restaurant I personally believe it's important to at the very least have good customer service. Every new kitchen has kinks to work out when first opening. A lot of people can overlook food from a brand new place if they at least rock customer service. I don't know if I would come back here again. You could say it would be fair to give it one more shot but I don't know I would make it a first choice place. read more

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My cousin and I were heading over to dollar tree and noticed a hot pepper on the Los Comales sign and also flames on the window. We automatically thought "SPICY Mexican Food!". It was during lunch time but there was only another couple inside. Its pretty dark when you walk in. The waitress just stared at us first when we walked in. Like it was annoying that we were there. We sat down and asked if there was any specials (Happy hr? lunch specials?) there were not. Okay- so we asked what kind of margaritas they had because there was no drink menu. She said they only had Lime and another flavor... I think it was strawberry. We asked for the 2 original margaritas on the rocks.. We then asked her what was spicy on her menu.. she said she didn't know (???) My first thought is- if you have a sign with a hot pepper on it and flames on your window, shouldn't the waitress a least know what's spicy? Anyways- so we just asked for the their soft/hard tacos combo. She went behind the counter and my cousin asked her if there were any chips and dip. She then told us they didn't have anymore. We took that as our queue to just go somewhere else. We asked to go ahead and cancel our orders (Don't worry they did not start making any food or drinks for us). read more

Gorditas were amazing! Meat was tender and the flavors are excellent! Glad to find this place because so much better than the Americanized Mexican restaurants. read more

Unfortunately i can't speak much for the food at this point because i didn't get a chance to try it. I walked in with a friend at around 7 to try this place out, and there were 3 girls behind the counter and one male "customer" in front chatting away. No acknowledgement for me and my guest for a good 2 minutes. Not sure if we should seat ourselves I said "Hello are you guys open??" -Take out or dine in? "Dining in please" - have a seat someone will be with you in a second. Now I'm not going to claim I was there an absurd amount of time but enough time for my company and I to go back and forth about whether we should leave or not because those girls were clearly not interested our business. We ended up leaving and getting dirty looks on the way out. So we just went to casa grande up the street. I probably won't come back. read more

Love this place, the people are nice and the food is amazing missed good Mexican food since leaving California. But lord and behold when I was told about this place from a friend, I can not stress enough on how good the food is AND they have horchata!!!!! read more

Excellent service, edible menudo. It's the closest thing to remind me of the taco shops and restaurants back home in San Diego.

I love when I find a good place that I've never been before, especially when it's within walking distance of my home. After several months, I finally noticed Los Comales as I stopped at the Food Lion and returned a few days later for some dinner. They have a full menu of classic taqueria items but also have a good selection of traditional Mexican foods. I opted for their Burrito California with carne asada for my first visit. It's a big burrito stuffed with flavorful steak, beans, rice, avocado, and cheese, and topped with a cheese sauce. It also included a side of beans and rice. The beans were my only issue because they were almost cold, which should have been obvious by the cold unmelted cheese on top. I'm sure this was a simple oversight but it certainly wasn't a dealbreaker for future visits. While we were there, several people ordered food to go and a couple of tables arrived after us. I'm guessing they do a bigger lunch and weekend business. The menu and flavors were intriguing enough that I'll likely make this my dinner-when-I-don't-feel-like-cooking-but want-some-good-food-during-the-week place. I'll also check the beans next time to be sure they're hot. read more

Are you to expect absolute perfection after seeing a 5 star review? Absolutely not, specially if you cook often. However, I found this place to have delicious, authentic, Mexican food with a few Central American options as well. This remind me of my mother's home cooking (yes, some mothers cook better than others-I like to think my mother is one of the best when it comes to Mexican). It's cheap, delicious, and they definitely don't skimp out on servings. You won't regret it. Try their Atole(toasted maiz flavor) and "Mexican" Key Lime Pie. read more

This place is delicious! They make all their tortillas from scratch and have authentic Mexican food. I have loved everything I've had there! Even the "basic" traditional chicken tacos are superb! They have great flavors and seasoning, delicious salsa, and the staff is great. Even my Mexican husband loves their food, and he is a tough critic! Delicious, inexpensive and fast! Definitely a place to try if you're looking for good, authentic Mexican (and some Central American) food! read more

This place service and food is very bad! If you want value for your money is better if you go Taco Bell

Called to try items on the menu such as a quesadilla and Gordita she was very nasty and talked to me as I'm stupid coming from Iowa we have a lot of Hispanics and wayyyy better food so I know what I'm talking about didn't feel like the attitude sorry I wasn't Hispanic enough for the menu make sure u know exactly what u want I did and she still was rude hung up and took my bussiness elsewhere no need for rudeness to the people that want to keep u open just saying sweetie read more

It's perfectly ok. Flavors are not super rich or deep but I appreciate the authenticity of the menu options. And they actually serve on corn tortillas, which seems to be an ironically foreign concept for latin american restaurants in RVA. read more

This place has some of the best Mexican food I've ever had. The food is full of flavor. When they say authentic they mean it. I feel like this is the type of place you could find in Mexico. read more

Have been there twice and both time food has been Great, we've had great service. The first time I had I ordered tacos al pastor and they were delicious. The second time we had tortas Cubanas and they were huge. One of those feeds two people. This place has definitely made it to one of our favorites. read more

Very good authentic food. Do not let this place scare you. Stop in and visit. Food and service is great

I have had much better Mexican. As others have noted, the people who worked there acted as if they were annoyed that I stopped by to give them business. The preparation for my food (a taco salad) took much too long. I sat myself and had to wait 10 minutes for them to finally bring me the drink I ordered (just a soda). I will not return. read more

I LOVE THIS PLACE!! The staff is always so nice and polite and the food is so authentic! Makes me feel close to home. Would recommend this to anyone who wants to taste what real Mexican tastes like. It has nothing on Mexico Restaurant, Casa Grande and whatever other Americanized Mexican food places. Prices are great too. read more

My mom and I walked in and no one welcomed us or said anything at all. We have never been here before but good thing I read the other reviews to know we can just sit down because when you walk in the front counter where people do to go orders is right there. I asked do we just sit and a he said yes. I then asked for a tea and they have NO TEA! I asked if they have alcohol and the guy didn't understand me so I gave up and ordered a water. We asked if they have the white sauce and again he was blank faced. So then we went to order cheese dip and they were all out. Completely bummed. I ordered the quesidillas and my mom got a taco salad. The food was really good and the service improved throughout. I will say when I was eating I noticed a weird women manikin in the back of the restaurant with crazy hair and short tight black dress on and missing an arm. Everywhere else was decorated and matched but this was just weird. Anyway I don't think we will ever go back just due to the lack of english, they didn't have any tea or cheese dip and because of the weird layout. read more

very good, nice service! If you like variety in salsa they have a salsa verde that is very good and also a nice spicy one. The tomato based one that you get with the chips is also good. Homemade tortillas are great! read more

Big fan of Mexican food and this place is it. Everything has just the right amount of flavor. The food is really good and there is so much of it you can hardly finish it all. But save room for their mouth watering churros. I tried to take them home but they didn't make it. Cheap prices, good food, and friendly people. The only other thing you could ask for is a take home box;) read more

Their pozole is really good!!! And their tortillas are all homemade. Would definitely go back!!