Good place for a lunch break if you're around the area. They seem understaffed but the food will make up for it. Flavors are there if you order the correct dishes and don't mind waiting since the food will come out hot. read more

The service I got here was really great! The server here was on point! She was always there when we needed something and answered all of our questions. The food here was a 5/5. We left so full! We ordered 3 of the things the server recommended and they were BOMB. The chips and guacamole here was amazing! The portions here are pretty big. We ended up having to take some of it home. read more

Your review helps others learn about great local businesses. Food was delicious, so fresh and great portions. I tried something new the Hurrache with Carne Asada and it was perfect a nice crunch corn patty topped with meat cheese and fresh veggies. The cocktails were good, the service was a little like being on Mexican time if you have ever been, but be patient, the food is worth it. read more

We came here for Breakfast after a run. The restaurant was not busy on a Saturday morning. We got seated and got the drink order right away, however it took a while for the waitress to take our food order. We got the Mexican Omelette and the Chilaquiles. Food was delicious and the coffee was real good as well. Despite the slow service, we really enjoyed the food. Can't wait to go back here. read more

I have been to both resturants...one on Arcade and the Dale/ University locations. The one on arcade was a bit awkword, because I pointed to the Coke eign, but got a red beverage...food was great, but I wanted the coke. Later some worker understood, and they gave me one as I left The Dale street one was busy, so I sat at bar. Got a menu right awa y, and food right away: some kind of a salad like fajeta?. Was very flavorful. A big plate of food. Parking in back was nice. Across the street from Big Daddys BBQ. *and Wendy's and more. A great eating out corner now read more

The menu clearly states at the top, with a big border around it that one can order extra items for a couple extra $. I chose to do so. They didn't bring the extras except some over salted, stone cold, watered down beans. They kept saying it didn't come with the meal. I know, I said, that's why I ordered it extra. I pointed it out on the menu to them. They still said "it does not come with the meal". I wonder what part of "I paid extra" do they not understand. They finally brought a small blob of guac. The dinner was stone cold too. Couldn't eat it. Won't be back. read more

I ordered door dash from here 2 steak tacos- meat was dry and not tasty. Disappointing!!!!

Eh. I ain't mad. Los Ocampo's food is pretty solid over. They offer a great selection of inexpensive Mexican food. I love their huge quesadilla thing (technically called Sincronizadas). I love their green salsa and their chips. Overall, the food is really good - not mind-blowing, but good. Almost always flavorful and well-cooked. Los Ocampo is generally just a great value. The boo and I can get out of there with our bellies full and lunch for the next day for under $20. I knocked a couple stars off for spotty service. The waitstaff is always friendly, but we have had a couple experiences of 30-40 minute waits. In other restaurants, that would be relatively standard but Mexican food is quick by nature. It seems a bit like this location has a slow kitchen. Despite the service, we still hit this place up when we have a craving for Mexican or we want to eat a bunch for not a lot of money. We just budget in some extra time for dinner and order some chips and salsa while we wait. read more

In the top 5, as far as Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities go. If you're a spicy food lover, you'll adore their hot guac salsa . I'd recommend trying their huaraches -- with steak, pork, or cow tongue -- , tacos, or meat entrees. Be sure to wash it down with a cervezarita read more

Los Ocampo - Mexican Near Me - Saint Paul, Minnesota

Disappointed. I don't know if it was an over site or I received the wrong order. My tacos did not have any meat ? Chips & Salsa were great as always . read more

If you plan on doordashing food from here don't...I don't think I've once seen my coworker receive his meal in its entirety from here. Food good but service bad read more

Came here on a Saturday night around 10, 10:15 at the latest, hours clearly stated they were open until 11. The doors were locked and the man behind the bar gestured for us to leave, then came to the door saying they had closed the kitchen because it had been a slow day so they would not serve us. I would understand if we had come in 10 minutes before close, but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect service an hour before close on a SATURDAY night. The gentleman was nice and offered to let us come in and warm up and the menu looked fantastic, but we were not given the opportunity to try the food. A real shame. read more

Since I spent a summer in Mexico while in college, I am on a perpetual quest for authentic Mexican restaurants. This comes closest in St. Paul so far. Los Ocampos on University is recently opened. Food was tasty and "real" Mexican. 4 stars because service was slow although they weren't busy. read more

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Amazing food! Tried Chicken Sope, its delicious. Being from India and trying Mexican food for the first time made my experience the best ever. If you wanna try Mexican food, this is THE PLACE! read more

Used to come her a lot until the waiter started hitting on me constantly and creeping me out! Food is mediocre and a little over priced especially since they no longer have dollar tacos! read more

This place closed early. What a joke. Don't give business to liars. I ordered a burrito on a delivery app at 10:10, when they say they close at 11pm. Lengua burrito is a 5 minute meal. Instead I get a call saying they closed early. Order cancelled. What good are posted hours when you refuse to honor them? Maybe close at noon tomorrow. Maybe 10am Monday. Maybe 6pm Tuesday. What a joke. read more

Bad online ordering experience and not getting all my food. This is my fist time ordering and eating at Los Ocompos. I placed a large order online for a birthday party and my credit card emailed me declicing the charge due to possible fraud. I confirmed with my credit card company that it wasn't fraud then called the Los Ocompos to make sure they received my order. They said they don't have it. The online ordering is systematic and should show up on their end, if my credit card was declined it then I need to re- place the order. So, I did and called them again to confirm it went through. they said they still don't see it. this is more than 2 hours since I placed the order. I checked my credit card and was charged twice already. Los Ocompos said they don't know what website I was using but they don't have the order so can't fulfill it for me unless I order and pay. I asked for the manager. they said they'll talk to manager and call me back. the manager said the same thing. they just keep telling me they don't know who i ordered it from. I told them it's their websit, I don't know if they're using a 3rd, but I got confirmation emails and texted all from Los Ocompos. it was nearing the party time, so I placed my order over the phone and paid 3rd time. when I got the restaurant to pick up my order, they said the order was through DoorDash and it just came to their system a little bit ago, but can't refund and I have to contact DoorDash. Such a hassle to order food. they don't even know the 3rd party their using for their website and in the end, I didn't get all my food too. I was missing 2 things! Never going back nor use Door Dash! read more

Love this place! The service is second to none. I have had Saul the last few times I've been there and your customer centric attitude will keep me coming back. Keep it up, Cheers! - Brandon read more

just moved here from texas so my expectations for mexican food are high, this place is great

Super clean restaurant. Ample parking off dale and in the back of the building. Staff was friendly and helpful. Service was fast. Food was above average but not the greatest I have ever had. But good. Fajitas smelled really good (at another table) but I didn't try them. read more

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Overpriced, bland Mexican food. $40 for a Cuban sandwich, chips and guac, and a cheese quesadilla. Boo. Will not return.

Went here for the first time on a very, very busy early Sunday morning after being out all Saturday night. The line was out the door when we arrived but moved fairly quickly and our order was taken in a decent amount of time. My friend had been here before so he ordered for me, a classic tacos with beef. Finding a place to sit required some maneuvering but we eventually grabbed a spot. Our food came in about 10 minutes afterwards which surprised me as I was half expecting it to take much longer. Everything was good, from the rice to the refried beans (which I don't usually care for), to the corn tortillas which had a slightly sweet aftertaste that had me going back for more. The only negative was that the bathroom was absolutely disgusting after a night of drunk women using it but I can't fault them for that. Overall I would definitely recommend Los Ocampos and would go back. read more

My girlfriend and I have never been to Los Ocampos and we ordered 2 burritos through doordash, out of this world amazing! Thank you! next time we will come into the restaurant and enjoy the amazing food! read more

Great food! I always get huarachazo with cecina, delicioso. This new location is nice but hosting, and service not up to par. Details are very important even if is 30 minutes before closing time, customers are important as whether is right when you open or closing. read more

Not so hot Thursday night: I have been here in the past multiple times and thought I wrote a supportive review, but am unable to locate it. Anyway, the waitstaff are all different from previous visits. Perhaps a change in management? We were seated and then subsequently ignored by all waitstaff for 20 minutes. No drinks. No hello. Passed by one server 4 times and another 2 without a glance or "we'll be right with you." It was not busy and appeared as if the waitstaff to table ratio was 4:5 and multiple staff milling at the bar. The staff member who sat us wished us a nice day on the way out... in a manner that made me think she didn't even realize that she sat us. Very disappointing. read more

I had a fantastic meal here. It was my first visit and I asked the waiter to recommend something. Turns out this was a great idea. He brought me something I had never tried -- huarachazo -- and it was wonderful. I also had the quest blanco and for desert the tiramisu. I'll be back soon! Saoul was a wonderful server--seek him out if you can. read more

I LOVE the Los Ocampo on Lake St. When I went to the one on University Ave. though, I had THE WORST service! I sat down at the counter and waited for 10 minutes - no one acknowledged me or brought me a menu, so I grabbed one myself. There was one other person at the counter, and the server checked in with him several times. I waited another 10 minutes, and still no one acknowledged me or took my order, so I left. WORST SERVICE EVER! read more

Sorry to say but its not the place to be at. At least during the lunch hours. Had to pay $7 extra because shrimp is not the choice of meat if your are asked to choose one, and unfortunately our server did not feel like communicating that because he thought we looked "business professionals" and wouldn't need that information. I suppose he thought the same when he deliberately neglected to refill our glasses. Moreover, he thought we were the owners of the place and wouldn't bring the checks EVER!! Servers do have preferences on whom to serve first regardless of who came in first. Best part is our server thought that we wouldn't need our sides of soup and salad!! Needless to say who cares about the choice of beans?? DO YOU?? I think the staff is preparing to scare people away because of the Halloween season and I really enjoyed every bit of that scare. All the best guys (Los Ocampo staff)! I wish you can still retain your customers because I and my whole office is not coming back EVER!! Perhaps, couple of more people. read more

My reason for 1 star is because we didn't even get to eat. Went there at 9pm on a saturday night. Looked at the posted hours the restaurant was open. It says Saturday 10-11pm. I was like oh great we can still eat. Got inside a waiter looks at the time and tells us "sorry we're closed." Like REALLY? why do you have a sign of the hours you're open and not be open? You might as well not post them up at all. I even tried to check on the website before going and it says varies by location. We just happened to be closer to this one. Not coming here again. read more

This place is great! Really great flavors and wonderful salsas. We love their nachos and burritos. But they have many flavorful items. I think it's probably not quite as good as the original store on Lake Street in Minneapolis, but it is very good. The prices are starting to get a little high, but still worth it. read more

This place has the most amazing spicy beef tacos I've ever had in my life!!!! Their queso is amazing too! HIGHLY Recommend!!!!

I traveled all over New Mexico and finally found good Mexican food in St. Paul, Minnesota. The story of my life, I guess. The food is outstanding, the service is excellent (especially from Karmeletta, who won the trifecta by delivering water, extra napkins and hot sauce with mind-reading speed and accuracy). I love the food here and the fact that the lunch specials are inexpensive. You cannot go wrong with these guys. I'm no expert on Mexican food, but this is good. read more

We had our food delivered to the house via a third party business so I cannot attest to the restaurant atmosphere or cleanliness or service. However the food was delicious! And the servings were plentiful. I will be ordering from there again! read more

This is one of my top 3 places to dine in St. Paul. They're good with guiding the menu for food allergies. The servers are friendly and genuinely want you to have a good experience. Saul is top notch. read more

Good food. Allergy friendly. We always have phenomenal service with Saul as our server.

Love mexican food and thought they offered a good variety! Nice selection on the kids menu as well.

I love the Mexican fish tacos. Service can be a little slow but the food is worth the wait. You know it's good Mexican food when there are Spanish speakers eating there. read more

If I could give a negative star I would. I have never been disrespected in a restaurant until 30min ago. My partner and I sat and watched 4 parties after us get served, drinks and all. And not one person thought to approach us and take our order. After 10-15 minutes of waiting and NO service I had to call over someone to over and ask "are we invisible?" Of course the so called "manager" came after she took her sweet time. And all she could say is "we are busy, I'm sorry". Like no no no you don't understand, people came in after us sitting right next to us have been served drinks and have food coming in about 5minutes and we still HAVE NOT been served. And all you could do is say I'm sorry and we are busy. No you weren't busy until people came in after us. She obviously didn't understand but she stated the owner will be there tomorrow around noon so we will be there at 11:45 waiting for him/her. Playing ignorant is NOT ok, you clean the table off for us, then don't take our order and ignore us. Unacceptable I do not take discrimination lightly and I cannot wait to talk to the owner tomorrow. WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I have experienced here. read more

Would not recommend to visitors from out of town looking for a fast, affordable and enjoyable meal. Not your typical Mexican restaurant - chips are not complementary and service is unfriendly. read more

The Quesadillas are excellent and I'm told the Margaritas are quite good. Reasonably priced.