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    Paracho Mexican and Seafood

    3.5 (111 reviews)
    ModerateMexican, Seafood
    Open 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 1 week ago

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    Casual
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    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Steak and chilaquiles
    Celia C.

    Great customer service, very clean and the food was great. Excited to come back for dinner. We arrived at 9:00am for breakfast. Located off of limonite closer to van buren , next to the Carls Jr.

    Molcajete
    Diana C.

    I came here last night and was surprised at the great service and food here. I was a little deterred by some of the other reviews but I was glad I gave this place a chance. I was looking for a last minute Mexican food restaurant that had molcajetes on the menu. I was frantically calling different places in Riverside and was disappointed most places close at 9pm or 8:30pm on a Thursday night. But thankfully Paracho Mexican and Seafood saved the day! I called ahead and was told they closed at midnight on a Thursday night and was assured the restaurant was family friendly (all ages welcome). Our table ordered two molcajetes, camarones a la diabla, oysters, carne asada sopes, birria tacos, and shrimp fajitas. All dishes came with a side of rice and beans. We all greatly enjoyed our food. Everything was made to order and came out sizzling hot. But they did not have hand made tortillas. They had packet tortillas. And like other reviewers mentioned, the beans do seem like they are canned beans. If you are okay with those two things, then the rest of your meal will not disappoint. The ambience can be really loud at times. It is a restaurant with tons of televisions on their walls hooked up with a loud surround system. Depending on what song is playing, you can barely hear yourself speak. I would assume this would be great to enjoy a sporting event. The staff was incredibly nice. I brought my grandparents here which are Spanish speaking only and the staff are bilingual. They were easily able to speak to my grandparents in Spanish and myself in English for our service. I really appreciated that. Overall, I'd recommend this place if you were in the mood for a sit down Mexican restaurant that was open late at night and you are okay with the loud ambiance. My grandparents loved this place and I would definitely be bringing them here again in the future.

    This place is always bomb. The food, the staff, the chips and salsa and the drinks! They have a variety of salsas and some hot, which we love. Carlos is the best. Happy hour Monday-Friday all day. Enchilada plate is our favorite and me and my husband split it: Only advice would be, have a taco Tuesday :)

    MY MONDAY GO TO SPOT!!! $5 margaritas all day Monday and they're BOMBBBB! Carlos is amazing and the food is delicious! (2 thumbs up) and (5 stars)

    Sindy G.

    I do plan to give this place a second chance in hopes of having a better experience but I'll be honest, for my first time, it wasn't the best. My dad and I went a little after noon on a Sunday to have lunch and the restaurant wasn't busy at all. We were quickly seated but after that it took a long while to even be attended, not even a quick drink order. We saw two groups that came after us be attended much faster which was truly disappointing. It wasn't until we said something that a waitress came and there was no apology for the wait and to be honest, not the best hospitality service either. We proceed to order our food and just make the best of it. I had their mole cheese enchiladas and over all rating 3/10. I wouldn't consider their food authentic Mexican food but it's not horrible either, it does a decent job. I also ordered an horchata which taste like it came out of a machine which was a bummer as well. I did notice the restaurant had many tvs and read good surround sound which makes sense since they host tv sporting events so I think this might be a fun place to come watch a game or fight with friends. Like I said, I plan to give this place a second chance but first experience was a bit disappointing.

    Taquitos
    Anthony M.

    This place was pretty good! It's a small place located in Jurupa Valley but it's a really cool environment. Games we're on the TVs and service was great. Great music in the background too. The beef taquitos were good, not great, but good. My wife had the enchiladas de camaron (shrimp enchiladas) and those were delicious! I would definitely return to eat here

    $3 jump on receipt to sign AFTER the itemized receipt said $96
    Devianna C.

    Came in on Sunday at 1130 for brunch with a friend. We weren't even sure of where to enter through because they don't have a main entrance front desk or sign. We walked in and the girl behind the bar just looked at us. It was not a warm welcoming. The service unfortunately was bad. The girl that was taking our order just took forever to continue coming back to us. After the first time she took her order. We had to wait for her to come back so that we can order our drinks and ask about the drink menu they don't have regular handout menus either we had to keep using our phones to scan the barcode there's no prices on the drinks which I feel needs to be updated. The food was also not the best. We paid $35 for our aguachili with octopus not worth it at all. A normal aguachilie plate cost around 22. I've never seen a plate go as high as 35 and come out looking as plain as this one it was definitely not worth $35. I ordered the enchiladas Verdes. And they were good, but not the best. The enchiladas were also very, very small. I wish I could say I would come back for the drink but I ordered the spicy mango and the mango was good but the drink had so much syrup in it. It was too thick and didn't taste good. I kept trying to stir it to make it better but it wasn't happening. The service was terrible. Every time we looked at her she was talking to the other girls or talking to people at the bar, but she wasn't paying attention to us. We had to wait every time we needed something else it took us 45 minutes to leave after we were ready to go. We had to wait awhile just to ask for boxes . She didn't bring our check we had to ask for it again which also took another long while once we got our check, our bill was $96. Yet when she brought the receipt for us to sign all of a sudden it was $99 a three dollar jump but yet the itemized list was 96. So they changed the receipt that we were signing and updated by three dollars. Double check your receipts people because that's not a normal mistake. I'm giving two stars because the parking lot is spacious the one restroom they have was clean . And the food was decent, but I wouldn't come back for the food or the drinks. And even though it was only a three dollar on our receipt we're very confused on how something like that happens. so if you're coming here, enjoy the atmosphere,they do have several large tvs playing soccer. The bar is a good size with what looks like lots of options.

    Nereyda at the register keeping busy ignoring our table.

    Went on a Friday before dinner time and as we walked in we were not greeted we were stared at by a server at the register near the Bar. Eventually Nereyda (our server according to the receipt) sat us at a table and told us to scan the QR code to look at the menu. The menu needs some work there are no prices on some food items and on alcohol. This means if the management can't decide on liquor prices then I'm not buying it from here. We put in our food order and waited 45 minutes to get the food to the table. The wet burrito is smothered in canned tomato sauce with absolutely no seasoning. The fish tacos were dry and flavorless. Nereyda was absolutely not in a good mood as she kept herself busy sweeping and ignoring the only two tables she was serving. She did not check up on us until it was time to pay. We didn't get the usual "have a nice day" or "thank you" - nothing at all. We won't be coming back to this location. Unfortunate because the music was great but the servers need some training in customer service.

    $14 Burrito de Asada not worth it there barley any meat  I'm just better off going to bakers or del taco!
    David C.

    Wow talk about being rip off lol $14 burrito nah not worth it! Very little meat. Nothing but rice. Will not be coming back.

    This photo is Cielo mar , y Tierra  If your looking for authentic MEXICAN FOOD this is not the spot .
    Sandra G.

    The service and the atmosphere on a Friday night was lit ! Karaoke night but food come in canned beans! A BIG NO ! The portions was not good . This place doesn't offer athletic Mexican food and if they think This is ? I'm sorry no ! Drinks are strong ass shit! And you can over look the canned beans lol sorry I like beans !

    Cóctel de camarón.

    Good and delicious michelada. Family restaurant whit good Mexican music en verdad lo recomiendo y más en estos calores donde se antoja un buen cóctel de camarón.

    Asada Burrito de Asada

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    The food was terrible !!! Bad service only one waiter for 10 tables seriously !!! The music was loud

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    Stopped in here for lunch and a beer to waste a few minutes and it was delicious. Ordered the beef taquitos and they were so good

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    Great service and even better food. Would recommend trying if your near the area and try there seafood

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    Nice place to just chill .. quit compared to the other crazy spots around Mira Loma .. food is great service is excellent too..

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    3.2 mi

    The food here is really good, super flavorful, and honestly one of my favorites. I always get the…read moreaguachile appetizer, so I really wish I could rate this place higher. Unfortunately, the way we were charged on multiple visits has made me a lot more cautious about coming here. The first time my coworkers and I came, we were a party of 5. When it was time to pay, they added about $30 in gratuity without explaining it to us. We were given a receipt, but it wasn't itemized, and the additional amount was literally written in with a pen. Nobody told us what the extra charge was for. On top of that, we ordered waters with lime and were charged $6 EACH. For water and lime. That was honestly insane to me. What really bothered me was that on my most recent visit, I noticed a sign stating that automatic gratuity applies to parties of 6 or more. We only had 5 people the first time, so I'm still confused as to why gratuity was automatically added to our bill. Then, when my coworker and I recently went to pick up food, they also tried to charge me for an extra aguachile that I didn't order. Thankfully my coworker noticed and said something because I honestly didn't even catch it at first. The "cash only" sign also threw me off a little, especially after these experiences. Again, the food itself is genuinely delicious, which is why I'm giving 3 stars instead of less. But I would definitely recommend checking your receipt and your total carefully before paying, because we've now had more than one issue with unexpected or incorrect charges.

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