The best Carne asada in Western WA. I love their tamales also, they aren't gritty and have the perfect balance of corn and pork. The stand out though is their Carne asada taco. So much delicious marinated beef, with the right amount of salsa and cilantro. My mouth is watering just thinking of it. I also tried their barbacoa taco, which was pretty tasty, but the Carne asada meat had a beautiful char that gave it a nice crispy texture and the meat itself was so tender and juicy. The tortilla chips are homemade and so is the salsa. They actually have 2 different kinds of salsa, a red and a green one. Their limeade is amazing! Totally refreshing on a hot day. Parking is easy as it's in a big strip mall. read more

Ramirez Mexican Store - Delicious tacos for $1.99 - Mexican Near Me - Tumwater, Washington

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The store, the food, dine in, or order to go . . . We love this place. Has the best Mole sauces! The food is great! We have ordered just the meat, beans, rice, and salsa for several potlucks read more

OVERPRICED!! Sorry but I'm not paying almost $3 dollars for mediocre tacos. If they were a 10/10 then maybe, but their birria tacos were more like a 2/10. read more

Their tortilla chips are made just how I like them- thick and real crunchy. I split the Macho Nachos and Carne Asada Fries with four friends, in addition to ordering a chicken chimichanga. I was pleasantly surprised by the carne asada fries, and would likely order those and the chimichanga again. Will have to come back to try their breakfast at some point! read more

They are a tasty little gem in downtown. I wish I could remember what I ordered the first time, some kind of stewed beef that the hostess recommended but wasn't on the menu, it was memorable! The most recent time, I ordered a wet burrito and it was bountiful! read more

Really really delicious food. I grew up eating Mexican food and this is just like home. The meat is always tender and meaty, not full of fat. The beans are very fresh and flavorful. I have been here a few times and I am always impressed. You also get a great amount of food for the price. This is definitely my favorite Mexican restaurant in the Lacey/Olympia/Tumwater area. Definitely recommend the burritos read more

I wasn't exactly blown away but left satisfied. I got the wet burrito because of the great reviews. I wasn't in love with the sauce on top which probably is a big reason that I wasn't blown away. FYI it was HUGE so it was a good amount for the price. I ordered carne asada as the meat and it didn't have a massive amount of flavor. Ultimately, I ended up just eating the inside of the burrito out of the tortilla. Staff was nice though and, if you dine in, you get chips. read more

I love the pre-made meat fajita mix! It's my go to when I'm short on time but still want to cook at home. Don't forget to grab their homemade tortillas! read more

Was staying in Tumwater on my way to SeaTac and found this place nearby - great low key family vibe. Market/restaurant with full bar. To go order of beef taco and chicken enchilada was very fresh, filling and reasonable :) my only recommendation, a small bag of your homemade chips and a small salsa will go a long way for the customers. will be back! read more

Great Quick meals, fairly priced, quality ingredients, authentic Mexican food

My wife recommended this place for their tacos, but their selection is pretty wide. The customer service is much better than most chains or sit down places. I had their Macho Nachos and they were amazing! Wonderfully made in house and Quick! From order to plate in less than 5 mins. Great establishment and will definitely return! I tipped. I don't tip. read more

no used my credit card for the first time and got a call from my bank as if i was in ohio the next morning. i had to cancel that card never used it but in ramirez store wont be back read more

I've been in for a meal at least twice. service ranges from okay to very good. this is a small establishment that also has a store front. it seems odd to me but they do make some seriously good food. if you're going by I highly recommend stopping in for fajitas or a burrito. read more

They have great variety of food and drinks on their menu, including a perpetual Happy Hour section. Every dish was well cooked and amazing - calamari, clam appetizer, poutine and then our dinners - lobster pot pie (a limited specialty), blackened salmon tacos, philly, and shrimp Caesar. Service and bartending impeccable as well - we felt very taken care of and will be back! read more

I like it. I eat their wet burritos all the time. It is a family run business, and they're always so courteous.

Three stars for outstanding Mexican food market, great homemade tortillas and other food stuffs. A very authentic Mexican place EXCEPT for their restaurant food. Don't be fooled - this is the same five-gallon mass-produced freezer container beans, rice, sauces, and slop that every other US Mexican restaurant serves up. Tasty enough until you're done; then you feel sorry you ate it. Not all their restaurant food is this stuff of course; a lot is fresher ingredients. The tamales for example were homemade and delish but they were served with the crappy beans and rice slop. The sauces too tasted mass produced. I don't know; I've been there three times now and each time I don't come away with a "wow authentic" dining experience. Anyway, go to Ramirez for your Mexican groceries and foodstuffs - great place. But skip their restaurant. read more

Excellent service! Food comes out fast, all waiters are very friendly and the flavor of their dishes is very authentic :) We came here for breakfast, but everybody ended up ordering different things. My partner had the menudo, which came with the option of with porks feet or no porks feet. He opted out, but made it no less special. The flavor was to die for and for those who enjoy a real bowl of menudo, it's definitely a must try! My mother-in-law got served an extra taco by accident and was not charged for it, she also ordered a smothered tamale, which was new for us, but did not disappoint in flavor. Our table also enjoyed the huevos rancheros and chilaquiles, which were all pretty true to what you would expect from these dishes. I'll be going back for sure! read more

This place is amazing. Such good food and service. Huge portions. Great location. Open for breakfast!! Yummy!!!

Good food, great store and the ladies who work there are so helpful!! Whether you are going to go eat or go buy items to cook. It's Authentic! read more

So pleasantly surprised and impressed with this place! We had no idea it was here and via yelp reviews learned about it and decided to try. Lighting and ambiance are florescent and bright, good for lunch but maybe not for dinner. Good food and drinks, good prices and friendly staff. Can't wait to go again! read more

Very friendly staff and has quite a selection of goods in the grocery area. We had breakfast burritos and they were tasty. Their salsa verde is to die for. I now have a good to for my craving for Mexican food and groceries. read more

Amazing food & service. Almost anytime I want to eat out, it's here. Highly recommend the wet burrito, you won't regret it!

Had not been there for about two years. We tried again. The tortillas appeared to be freezer burned . Didn't smell right either. The owner came over and replaced them with more - of the same thing --- huh ? read more

We usually like our food when we've taken it to go. However, tonight was a total miss. The chicken was really dry. The salsa we bought separately from the cooler was spoiled. Not sure what's going. But I don't think we will be returning anytime soon. read more

This little gem in Tumwater has got to be some of the best and authentic Mexican food you'll ever eat. Jam packed little eatery and Mexican store and Mexican grocery all in one building. You can pick up anything from Mexican merchandise to meat to fresh baked Mexican breads. Service is always amazing! read more

Best Mexican restaurant in town! So authentic and my server was incredibly nice. I love the grocery as well. Lovely place all around.

I went there for lunch and had the chicken mole. One of the best I have had. Mole sauce was definitely the best. Chips came with a red and green sauce. Can't wait to go try some other dishes. read more

This is my favorite local Mexican restaurant, plus there's groceries! Take home tamales from the cooler to steam up at home. Very authentic. read more

I have been going here for a long time and it is my favorite Mexican restaurant in town. They make their chips in house which are slightly thicker than most tortilla chips. I personally love the thickness to them. They season their meat exceptionally here. The meats always have good flavor and are juicy. Since I have been going for years, I also know that they are consistent in their cooking. They are also reasonably priced and have good portions. Their store is also fun to check out. I would recommend checking out their meat counter since everything there is well seasoned. They also sell their homemade chips and corn tortillas there. Overall, it is a great restaurant and great store! read more

I was in Tumwater trying to check out a few new local breweries in the area and had Ramirez Mexican Store come up in previous reading material as a solid place to go for Mexican food while in the Olympia area. I was not disappointed at all! I had a great Chile Relleno Burrito that tasted very fresh and had a great taste to it. It was a bit milder that what I am typically used to as far as heat and spice goes but this burrito still had the marks of being made carefully and with love. They had chips and salsa which were very good. The tortilla chips were homemade and had an extremely authentic aura to them. As I checked out I saw that they had fresh corn tortillas behind the counter. It was very, very tempting to get but I was very full and still had lots of stops to make in the Olympia area so I held off. This place is mostly restaurant but it indeed is a store too as they sell various kinds of baked pastries as well as piñatas which there was a great selection of as well as other merchandise. Definitely very solid Mexican food here for the Olympia area! read more

This place is amazing! Our favorite Mexican in town and we love the chips and green salsa to go! Great menu, authentic Mexican store especially for the PNW being surrounded by places like plaza Jalisco and el sarape that are American food. read more

When I first moved to Tumwater 5 years ago this was our go to spot, but they've changed. The last 4 times I've eaten here the food was not good. The carnitas burrito I had yesterday was this massive, sloppy, uneven mess with very little meat. They're salsas have changed too. What use to be standard green and red hot sauces are now picante salsa that is also not very good. What happened?! read more

My second visit wasn't the best experience. I ordered the Mexican pizza with shredded beef. Don't know if it was the beef or something else but it had a very funky flavor and was very dried out. Ate less than half and left without a to go box. The service was horrible. The young girl ignored us for awhile, finally took our order but failed to bring my drink. I asked for it again and it never appeared. A man brought the food to the table so I asked him for the drink and it came right away. My impression was that the only way we would get service is if it was a table of really muscled young men. I'll give it one more chance but this was a lasting impression. read more

Used to be my place to go with friend's and family when they visit. My husband wanted a coke the waiter asked Mexican or regular. He went with regular and was brought a Mexican coke. After brining it to his attention he said, it's a coke no ice and I said he wants a regular coke. He did bring a regular coke but changed us for the Mexican. My husband's meal was also incorrect and had to be sent back. The food was nothing special. The lady I spoke with didn't want to even talk with me. I suggested the waiter write down the orders. She refunded the overcharge and crumpled up my recipe while acknowledging the person behind me . read more

There amazing from the people to the food and it's always a good vibe in there. Wish more businesses were like them

This is an interesting place. We were in the area and decided to try them out. When they say authentic - they are not kidding. You could be in a run down area of Tijuana and they would fit in. It is a restaurant either in the middle of a grocery store or a grocery store around a restaurant. Nothing fancy to say the least. The dinner was OK - I had the small Tacos and enjoyed them. The price is great and the tortillas were fresh and good. I will say the service leaves something to be desired and the breads/dessert they had - well never again. We tried 3 different kinds and they were all not that great. I would probably go back for the Tacos and experience. read more

This is exactly the kind of place I want to go to when I want Mexican food. You walk in, and it looks like you're entering a convenience store with randomly placed tables everywhere. There's a meat counter in the back selling really delicious looking cuts of meat, but this is actually a sit down restaurant! I ordered the enchiladas with verde sauce, and MAN it was good. Usually, verde sauce is just kind of a mild, less spicy sauce than the regular kind, but this one was flavorful and spicy and just heavenly. I would buy it in a bottle and slather it on anything I made at home. Pretty much anything. Other pluses include great service, delicious horchata, homemade tortillas, and reasonable prices. Also, after you're done eating you can go buy all the ingredients to make what you just ate :) read more

Hmm... not sure why this place is rated so high. I like fresh tortillas, but I don't like paying exorbitant prices, and this place's prices on prepared food are pretty dang high. Visited Thursday night for dinner with the boyfriend before heading to the movies. I was excited to try the food after reading so many positive yelp reviews, and the storefront and dining area looked as I expected them to look upon entering the store. plastic chairs and tables set up near the ordering area for people that want to stay and eat, good-sized grocery area with a meat section and refrigerated foods. Was a little confused because it looked like there were two different order windows at two different ends of the store; never did figure out what the deal was with that. Good selection of items for purchase, and good prices on bread. We were there for food so we got straight to ordering. Was a little put off initially by the fact that as we walked in the door someone was asking what we wanted... I don't make decisions that fast sorry. Checked out the menu, and found that everything was $8 or more. Even the tacos were $2 each. I ordered 3 tacos (carne asada, pulled pork, and chicken), and the boyfriend ordered nachos with chicken and no onions. The bill was $15! You can get tortas and burritos almost anywhere for $5-$7 and here they were $8-$10- what is with the inflated pricetag?? Got our food and were both underwhelmed. Tacos were standard- server recommended the pulled pork and was correct; that was by far the most flavorful taco of the three. Nachos had long limp strips of onion even though they were ordered without onions, and the chicken was nowhere to be found on 3/4 of the dish. There was a taco-sized portion of shredded meat clumped in the middle and that was it. Overall I would probably shop at this place for a few cooking items but I wouldn't buy the food. Maybe my expectations were too high but it was just okay for me and the prices were more in line with a sit down restaurant. read more

There are a couple things that need to be considered here. 1. The Taqueria 2. The Groceries 3. The Deli 4. The Baked Goods The taqueria is top notch. A number of different meats, all with tons of flavor / seasoning. Al Pastor is great there, carne asada is choice, carnitas, lengua, and plenty more. I was slightly disappointed that they don't do a Chile Relleno burrito, because those are fantastic (The Chile Relleno when ordered separately was kind of dud). Tortas, burritos, tacos, quesadillas, all real tasty though. Homemade chips and salsa are also served when you take a seat. They've also got cool groceries. Lots of canned chiles and jalapenos, hot sauces, veggies, and more. They also have mexican mozzarella which is great and crema mexicana (mexican sour cream) which compliments homemade mexican food real nicely. Another awesome thing about this place is that it allows you to show off like you know how to make meat as good as they do. All the meats they serve there are sold either raw or cooked and still taste fantastic. I've picked up carne asade and al pastor there, both turned out wonderful cooked at home. They also sell their own tortillas. Both regular sized ones and ones to make large burrito cart / chipotle sized burritos. Yum. Haven't tried the baked goods, they look tasty though. I think you can also get one hell of a deal on Mexican phone cards there too, it seems that they sell about 60 different kinds and a few phones inside to make calls from. Certainly has it's quirks, but probably the best place in Thurston County to pick up some cheap mexican food. read more

This review is based on the restaurant and not the actual grocery store. Being new to the area and being in the mood for Mexican food, we decided to eat at Ramirez because of its strong and amazing reviews. Wish I could say we loved it but we did not. The service was lacking. We were seated and brought menus but never given a smile or a "welcome" to the restaurant. While we were waiting, our waiter brought chips and salsa. I happen to love homemade tortillas and chips so I was really excited to try theirs. Wow. What a disappointment. The chips were SO hard, dry, thick and when I took a bite from it, it literally felt that I was going to chip/break my teeth. Eek. Strike 1. I was actually going to order the nachos because it is one of my favorite meals but due to the inedible chips that was no longer an option. Moving on. The burrito was somewhat decent. If you got the perfect bite of meat, rice, lettuce, onion, etc., it was actually quite good. But I've had better. Seemed to be a burrito full of "fillers" instead of anything else. Strike 2. My husband loves fajitas and these were just an utter failure. There was no seasoning. Period. It didn't taste like anything. The chicken was all dark meat and was not cut uniformly so there were many hard and overcooked pieces. No dollop of guacamole or sour cream to go along with it? Boo. Strike 3. Being super disappointed thus far I decided to try one of their tamales hoping that the tamales would be a redeeming factor. I asked the waiter which he recommended: the pork or the chicken. I ended up ordering the chicken due to his suggestion. Having grown up in Southern California and having been to Mexico several times, I have tried homemade Mexican food numerous times. And that includes tamales. Well, all I have to say is, Strike 4. No flavor. No texture. Just very boring. I wanted to love this place but it just fell flat. Sad to say it, but we won't be back. read more