Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant

Came in during the week for a late lunch for some tacos…read more Parking is available on both sides of the restaurant and also street parking. Walked in and greeted. Order is placed at the front counter and once ordered a number is given so server can bring it right to you. Ordered 6 Tacos $6.75 Tacos de Carne Asada with queso $ 5.25 Small Horchata salsa Bar available + fountain drinks Inside is nice and fresh with plenty of seating options for small or large groups ( No booths)

First time in a while that I've dined in, I was in the area this morning so I stopped by for…read morebreakfast. I ordered ham & and eggs and a coffee. Food was good. Not sure what time they opened but it filled up very quickly after I ordered and found a seat. Ambiance is good. Customer service is still great, everyone is always very nice. I see that it continue to be a popular place!

Las Fuentes

Substitute of chips instead of tortilla

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Tierra Caliente Tacos & Beer

This place really gives you that "mi casa es tu casa" feeling because the food tastes just like…read morehomemade cooking. The only thing I would recommend is homemade tortillas, other than that food is delicious ! Honestly, you can't beat this place. Highly recommend!

Solid Mexican eatery in a very nondescript building in Northridge, Tierra Caliente brings a lot of…read morefire with some tasty food and beverages. Don't let the exterior of the building deter you from checking out this hidden gem. Once you enter, you are greeted by an incredibly friendly staff and some authentic Mexican decor. The menu is stacked with a lot of traditional staples. The food overall is simply tasty and the portion sizes are large. Prices are very reasonable for the amount and quality of food and drink. A special note is the chile relleno, any burrito, and the molcajete, which is filled with incredible chicken, steak, shrimp, cactus, cheese, and wonderfully-spiced vegetables that is perfect to share. The spices and flavor are on point and delicious. Fun atmosphere is perfect for couples and families, and a bar with a big screen TV has the latest live sporting events for those patrons. Plenty of parking in a retail lot and the restrooms are clean and well-stocked. Tierra Caliente is bringing the very best of Mexican cuisine in the area and Northridge is at the epicenter of this fire. Check them out!

Plato de Carne Asada

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Creamy Chicken Sour Cream Enchiladas

Joey's Tacos

4.6(295 reviews)

0.4 mi•Reseda

This place is cool! sweet wholesome family is running it. They made an effort to make sure I was…read morebeing taken care of last time I went and that goes along way. They have a good taco Tuesday special. I might go today!

I got a wet carne asada burrito with a "medium" coke. Got to say, not particularly freat. The…read moreburrito was uninspired and the drink was a child's cup but about $5... The inside was odd but not bad. Apparently they sell protein drinks or something like that as a parallel side business? Might as well, I guess. Not authentic. Over priced. Don't.

Interior

Fast food Mexican with complimentary chips? Awesome!

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Menu Feb 21, 2026

Melody's Fresh Mexican Kitchen

3.9(971 reviews)

0.7 mi•Reseda

Melody's has become my favorite Mexican restaurant in the valley even when Sol y Luna used to be!…read moreMelody's portions have remained true to themselves and the quality of food is incredible. I have never tasted enchiladas that have the perfect flavor enchilada sauce! I also love their hot greasy salty chips they are always fresh! I like the Horchata as well! My mom is a huge fan of the potato tacos! Whoever this family is that runs all these joints. I am grateful to have them!

So good! The salpicon tostada is my favorite. And I've never found better potato tacos. The…read morerestaurant is clean and comfortable and the service is always friendly.

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Salpicon Tostada

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Salsa & Beer

Assuming you can be seated right away, if you're in a rush and want your food in less than 30…read moreseconds, this is your place!! We still laugh about this - we literally ordered our fajitas and 2 chicken tacos and mine came out in no joke, 30 seconds and my husband's came out in 1 minute. Our friends who ordered 2 veggie burritos, theirs came out in about 3 minutes. It was unbelievable!!! And everything came out piping HOT. The biggest portions of my life. Their salsa bar is nice and love that it's accessible to everyone to get their own. We came on a Thursday at 6:30 pm and it took us 8 minutes to be seated indoors, but outdoor had ample seating. The last time I came here was at least a decade ago and now they have so many locations! I'll definitely be back sooner than that.

Had friends in today from out of town who were craving some good Mexican Food so we made our way…read moreover to Salsa and Beer! Despite it being the middle of the day and a Tuesday it was still hard to find parking and we parked on the side streets and walked. The main entrance is not well marked and we were pointed to the side door. On entering it was nice and air conditioned and we were seated quickly. Menus are on the qr codes on the table but the menu is hard to scroll through because you have to click each different items to look at and then scroll down and up. We asked for regular menus to make it easier and we were given menus that had hole punches throughout from punching out all the prices because I'm assuming prices have gone up. I hope that they could make the virtual menu a little easier to look at since i think they might be phasing out their physical menus. While we waited on our order we were given delicious chips and spicy bean dip which were excellent. So delicious. For salsa we were directed to the salsa bar. While I think the bar is cool, the tiny cups to get salsa are too small. I would have liked the bean dip sized bowl to get enough, instead of having to get several tiny cups which are hard to scoop from with the chips. I orderd the #7 which was a cheese enchilada, a crunchy beef taco, and rice and beans. My friends ordered two different taquitos plates, one orderd a fajitas plate, and the youngest got cheese quesedilla. My food was delicious but the portion was so large that I could only eat the taco and take the rest to go! Same with My friends, everyone ate maybe a 3rd to a half of the plate and then we all needed to go boxes. Overall a very delicious visit!

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Steak and shrimp fajita. Can't go wrong with the classic!

El Cancun Mexican Restaurant

4.3(88 reviews)

0.6 mi•Reseda

This was my first time trying this place and it was awesome…read more The staff was so nice and the food was amazing. They have big margaritas and micheladas so that was extra fun. Loved that there's a jukebox too

Hands down one of my favorite restaurants in all of LA. The hole-in-the-wall vibe, the Spanish…read moresports TV, the service, the delicious food. I don't even eat seafood, but I order the carne asada tacos and enchilada combo and it's just so good. The homemade salsa is one of my favorites. I just love this place, and the workers see us all the time so they know my order.

Enchiladas combination dinner

Burrito de lengua wet

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Red wet burrito

Castillo Mexican Restaurant

4.0(117 reviews)

1.3 mi•Reseda

Still one of my favorite go to Mexican food! I ordered the Rancheros Wet Burrito. It is very…read moreconsistent, the taste, the portion but the price did went up though, I paid $15+ (tax included). The service has always been great for me so far! Friendly and nice people. Ambience is the same and nothing's changed.

Located in a small plaza on the corner of Wilbur and Roscoe, next to Spiceland. The driveway into…read morethe place could be a little confusing since you could enter through Roscoe (by the 7-11), around the corner off of Wilbur, but there is another drive way that has been closed off which leads there the Plaza Signage is located. I had this location saved as one of the local mom and pop restaurants that I wanted to visit since I truly enjoy local small family restaurants. No table service, but able to order at the counter towards the back of the restaurant. Once the food was served, great customer service. The young lady kept checking in on us if we needed anything else. We ordered Menudo which was a little more oily than normal, a bit bland. The meat was fatty, no hominy, and about half of the bowl had meat. Served corn tortillas and with side of cilantro, onions, chile de arbol, lime, and oregano. Also ordered a combo of Chile Colorado with rice and beans. The beef was tender, tasty rice, but the beans tasted like from a can (not homemade), and 4 corn tortillas. 2 large drinks (size of cup were the almost the size of napkin holder - A+). Overall, it was ok.

Their menu July 2025

Rancheros Wet Burrito 5/05/26

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Menu as of 5/05/2026

Tamales House

4.1(525 reviews)

0.7 mi•Reseda

Family-owned & operated

Speaks Spanish

Cold day in the Valley had me craving some warm comfort food, so I finally checked out this spot…read moreeveryone keeps talking about for their tamales. Of course I had to order the 2 tamale combo plate. I went with the Chicken Verde and Pork Chile California. First off... these tamales are HUGE. I couldn't even finish everything! The masa was super soft and moist, not dry at all, and they packed each tamale with a generous amount of meat. The salsa on the side added the perfect extra flavor too. The beans and rice were honestly so good, those were the first things I finished. Everything tasted homemade, like a true comforting home-cooked meal. Definitely recommend trying the tamales if you stop by!

I like coming here for my tamale fix…read more They have meat options and vegetarian options. There are also Mexican breakfast dishes. I like ordering #2 because you get to choose 2 tamales from the menu. The Sweet Corn was good, but I was surprised to find that it was too sweet for my taste. I don't know if the tamal was actually too sweet or if my taste buds are changing. Jalapeno & Jack cheese was so good; cheesy and not too spicy.

Pineapple Tamales

Canela con pasas( Cinnamon and raisin) Tamales

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Fresa con crema(strawberry and cream cheese)

Mas Mananitas

4.2(481 reviews)

2.3 mi•Woodland Hills

Would rate 4.5, bumped to 5 bc of service…read more Beautiful and aesthetically pleasing restaurant with even better service and palette of food. Came in last night to celebrate a friend's birthday (they have happy hour all day Mon-Wed) and was pleasantly surprised. My friends started off ordering the HH guava margaritas, which they enjoyed. I ordered the coconut margarita (not on HH) a must !!!! Not overwhelmingly sweet and tasty! We ordered and rated the following dishes: Guacamole: 9/10 HH tinga Nachos: 7.5/10 (flavor was there but most chips were burnt) HH Taquitos papas: 9/10 great flavor and sauce HH steak tacos: 7.5/10 the corn and portion of meat to the taco was very good. The steak a little well done for my liking. Enchiladas verde: 9/10 great portion honestly enough for two to share. Rice and beans were okay. Beans a bit salty and rice was a bit bland. Would definitely come back for the apps and drinks! They also have brunch which looks like fun.

I came here yesterday for a late lunch with a friend…read more It's a beautifully decorated restaurant. There are a lot of photo ops. It's definitely IG & TikTok friendly. When we got there, there was a DJ playing 80s/90s throwbacks. It was good music and vibes, but it was quite loud, we could barely hear ourselves speak. Luckily he wasn't there too long, as brunch-time was over. We ordered Mango margaritas, chips & salsa, birria tacos, tinga taquitos, elote, and chicken enchiladas with green sauce. Every single thing was delicious. I was highly impressed. This place will definitely be in the rotation. If I didn't live so far away, I would go for happy hour.

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Sol y Luna

3.9(3.1k reviews)

2.2 mi•Tarzana

Every time I eat here, I enjoy my time and meal. The hostess was so kind and allowed us to sit in…read morethe room we asked for. When we were sat, our wonderful server Ashely greeted us and took our appetizer and drink orders very quickly. The service was an easy 10/10. Now the food, again no doubt, amazing. The portions were great and the flavor is unreal! We got the guacamole, queso, grilled chicken burrito, and Mochaca burrito. All so good and filling. My grilled chicken in the burrito had a perfect, grilled smoky taste accompanied by the fresh pico and avacado. So so good. And the guac is perfect every time. So flavorful and delicious. Thanks again Sol y Luna! We will be back again.

SOL Y LUNA IS HANDS DOWN FRESH AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FOOD. Such a treat and the servers are always the…read moresweetest as can be. Food comes out fast and warm! I would recommend the molcajete (it says for two but can easily feed 3 and I'm sure the one for 4 can feed 5) So flavorful with whole and clean ingredients! The restaurant has such beautiful decor and it's very lively! PS - The table side guacamole is a MUST!

Molcajete Sol y Luna. An absolute favorite!

Salpicon Tostada paired with chips, salsa, your favorite beer, and a refreshing Strawberry Margarita.

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Chips, salsa, house margarita, and fresh tableside guac are always a must!

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Andres H.

150

7

4

11 years ago

Hands down the best Mexican Restaurant through out the Valley. I Love the tacos and especially the quesadillas they serve are the best!!! I would recommend to anyone who like low price for great taste. read more

Hector O.

3

2

15

8 years ago

excelente servicio y la mejor comida mexicana. El lugar esta limpio es fresco en un dia caluroso, muy buen hambiente...

Margarita C.

265

4

0

8 years ago

They have great food and everything is made there all natural there Huraches de Asada are good very recommend

Manny G.

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5

31

1 year ago

Menu as of 10/16/25 They also have daily specials on a dry eraser board inside the restaurant. read more

Grace K.

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16

4

3 years ago

Food is delicious. Service is wonderful. Restaurant is clean. What more can you ask for?

Lucrecia R.

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30

43

5 years ago

Loved the customer service, I ordered over the phone. I recommend the Chilanga torta!

Elbin R.

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7

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10 years ago

Food is always great but knowing the wait, i always call in advance.

Byron F.

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2

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12 years ago

OMG, the Tostadas with Chicken or Care Asada are out of this world.

Becky L.

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13

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12 years ago

Best authentic Mexican restaurant in the Valley!

Daniel S.

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42

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13 years ago

Cash only.

Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant - mexican - Updated September 2026

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