While driving back to the Twin Cities from Chicago a few weeks back we needed a place to stop for…read morelunch. I opened up Yelp and found this little taqueria in the cute downtown of Belvedere so we decided to stop here. The inside definitely makes you feel like you're at a family owned restaurant. It reminds me of all of the pizzerias I went to as a kid in New York. The staff are all incredibly friend and funny and were cracking jokes the whole time to our table. They offer a wide selection of Mexican specialties from some of the more common ones to some of the harder to find ones. Lately, I've been on a Gordita kick so I ordered the Gordita dinner. The rice and beans were so good, and the fresh tortillas, along with the beautiful meat inside were all perfect. I wasn't expecting to have such incredible Mexican in this part of the US, but I need to reassess my biased because this was fantastic. Highly recommend!

Food was fantastic and had enough left over for lunch the next day so portions were perfect! The…read moreflan was wonderful too but didn't get a picture of that. Nice little place and very clean. The people there were so friendly, I highly recommend this place!

Today was the grand opening so we thought we would try them. We have eaten at the truck in Rockford…read moreand love it. Not so much here. I ordered online. We go to pick up. Only two other people in the building. They couldn't find my order. I have to drive home since I forgot my phone. I get back and show the girl who is speaking English the whole time. She calls another girl over in English. Then they start talking in Spanish to my face. So rude. She puts my order in and says 10 minutes. No apology. We get the tacos and ask for hot sauce to find out they have none. Annoyed we leave to get home and find out no limes either. Then hubby finds a hair in his taco. Not good. Could of been so much better

Great tacos at a great price 3 for $5. At pickup today noticed they had chicken tamales for…read more$2/each. Good tamale, not a lot of chicken but really good masa. Favorite go to for tacos.

Out on a jeep ride and stopped by this place in Belvidere. Great service, great food, and the best…read moremargarita's i have had in forever. Fresh food and freshly squeezed drinks. A must try for all!

Food is always phenomenal, highly recommend the fajitas, enchiladas, quesadilla! The cocktails are…read morealso a favorite, specifically the micheladas & coconut margarita. Service is decent, sometimes it's a hit or miss. They're always kind, just forget about the table sometimes. The vibe is a little bland but overall good. You have to check it out definitely one of the best Mexican spots in town!

I could not wait for this place to open! Stopped in with a friend of mine for lunch on opening day,…read morewhich I was a little leery of, because I'm sure there are kinks to work out. It wasn't terribly busy, the busy lunch crowd had come and gone. But we were greeted warmly and asked if we were dining in or carrying out. We wanted to dine in and were told to sit anywhere. We chose a booth by the window. The service for the first day was spectacular. Sweet, smiling servers eager to meet our every need. We first ordered water and a margarita while we looked at the extensive menu. They are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a bar. The quickly brought out chips and salsa. The chips were crispy and there was a small bowl of a greenish salsa, good flavor, but a bit too hot for me. There were 2 bottles of sauce as well in the little cart the other salsa came in. I tried each of those...again, good flavor at first then the burn. I had to keep eating plain chips and drowning my tongue in water. I alternated between my water and the frozen margarita I ordered. I feel like the menu was a bit more authentic than I'm used to, so I asked our server for something with steak. I don't recall the name of it, but it was nicely seasoned, thinly sliced steak, onions, jalapeños and tomatoes fried together served along side reddish rice and beans with a bit of cheese sprinkled on it, a side undressed side of lettuce and tomato salad. I asked them to hold the tomatoes in the steak and they accommodated.. I immediately dove into the steak... tender with good flavor. I went for the rice and beans and my beans were cold. The server came around asking how everything was, I told her the beans were cold and she immediately apologized and brought me some fresh refried beans, they had no cheese on them, but they were piping hot. So much better. My friend ordered a chicken burrito, she said the chicken was really flavorful and tender. My margarita was frozen, and you can request them either way, frozen or on the rocks. It had some kind of red spice sprinkle on it, maybe Tajin? I've had never had it that way before. Not much tequila, it wasn't strong at all. We had to ask for more napkins as there were none at the table. Otherwise servers were very attentive. The prices were average, but I would have liked to see lunch specials on the menu! I will try it again in a few weeks.

Found yet another locally owned Mexican restaurant in Belvidere. Gomez is actually pretty clean and…read morespacious compared to many others around it. It also has a pretty big menu. Actually impressive how much one can get. The prices are okay for portions. Coming here the first time we had assumptions about what it would be like of course. It's actually a lot better than expected. The thing is it still needs lots of improvement after several years. A lot of confusion about what got ordered. Pretty slow and took forever to get service. As with any of these places, there has to be alcohol. It's about $11 for a margarita. These come in a few flavors including peach. It's about $9 for the Vegan Burrito. We each got this and this is filled with avocado, beans, and other stuff. A lot of the menu is meaty. They have chips and guacamole for one of the few choices for vegetarians. A lot of authentic items. They even have tongue and tripe. Getting anything here is a chore. It's closed Mondays. There's not much to get for vegetarians.

Well as everyone said it's in a strip mall but recently painted and spruced up a lot it's small…read moreand independently owned. My friend loves the margaritas here and so we both got large ones and I upgraded tequilla but shouldn't have bothered. It's just a margarita, or I shoulda just got a shot. It's my opinion margaritas are kind eh, unless you really know how to make them super traditionally with lime, tequilla on lots of ice and salted rim. Anyway it wasn't bad, I'm just picky when it comes to mixed drinks. So I got the ground beef taco meal with rice and beans. It had some pretty runny "sauce" and the beans and rice were standard. I was ok with everything but not impressed quite frankly. Especially when the bill came. For taco meal, a margarita large it was $36 before tip. Making it in the forties with tip seems just kinda ridiculous. I know prices have gone up everywhere but geez. I probably won't make a trip to go again but overall just ok, except for prices. Friends looked good. Service was great anyway.

Certainly wasn't sure about this Mexican place in Belvidere. De Juan looked like it was pretty…read moresketchy even from the outside. It's at the end of a pretty crummy strip mall and that's saying nothing about the kinds of people. How bad would it be inside? Turns out not that bad to be honest: cheap looking but okay though. After thinking about it we went inside and got seats at the bar. It had a few others in there and it looked pretty okay. The menu is basic Mexican American stuff. It's about $7 for cocktails. Luna Azul is a blue margarita. This was an innocent looking but strong one though. As for the food, not bad. There's the basic types of stuff. It's about $11 for a burrito. The Vegetarian Burrito is among these. Very stuffed with onions, peppers, and whatever. Comes with a cheese sauce on it. The burrito without it is maybe even better it seems. Honestly it's a place that needs to be given a chance and not passed up just because of the sketchy area. It's for sure not authentic, but it's still mostly okay though. There's plenty of choices for meat eaters as well as vegetarians.

Not your typical mexican restaurant. Truly a place to get authentic regional tacos. The hand made…read moreburritos' masa is amazing and the quesabirrias are something that I had never tried but also amazing. The owner is super friendly.

One of our family's favorite Mexican restaurants in the area. Being originally from California we…read moreare always on the lookout. Portions are large, staff is friendly, and prices and reasonable. We will be back.

Had a pretty okay lunch at this Mexican restaurant in Belvidere. It has a pretty nondescript…read morelocation on a dead end street to be honest. Taqueria El Torito is serious authentic stuff. A lot of the familiar items. You can even get exotic things like tripe if you like it meaty. Found out about it while looking up the Mexican restaurants around here. It's certainly got lots of competition to be sure. There's shit tons of these. A pretty boring place inside. Really not much of an atmosphere with it actually pretty quiet. Has no alcohol. It's about $3 to get the Jamaica. This is a hibiscus beverage that's good stuff. As for the food it's mostly authentic. It's about $12 for the Taco Salad. Choose a meat or get it with toppings that include avocado, cheese, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, and more. The rest of the menu is meaty with animal parts such as tripe. Got a menu full of classics. It's located on North State Street at Old Beloit Road. There's a plaza behind the gas station and next to a laundromat that are things to look for because it's hard to find coming from wherever.

The food was delicious ! Fresh tortilla chips with a nice homemade hot sauce, and I ordered the…read morecarne asada steak plate! Tender juicy steak made myself like 4 juicy tacos with the works ! My wife had the chicken enchiladas also was delicious ! They had flavorful horchata and margaritas good desserts the staff was friendly highly recommend!

Quinta Carmina's food is really good, and their menu is pretty extensive for a small place. Their…read morechips and salsa are always top 10%, and I enjoy the quality of their steak, fish, and chicken. Their meals are well-presented, and the atmosphere is pleasant. The service is quick and courteous. My only annoyance in this restaurant has been the overpowering odor of perfume (or deodorant?) worn by one of the regular waitresses. It is slightly obnoxious from a distance of 10 feet, and absolutely eye-watering from 5 feet. I try to sit as far from her as possible. Otherwise, this is one of my favorite local restaurants.

If I could give this place zero stars i would. The food is alright but here is my problem. I LOVE…read moreTACOS like LOVE TACOS however im not a fan of the beans. When i ordered the 3 taco dinner it comes with rice and beans. Tell me why when my tacos got here that I had been craving like a mad man I didn't have steak tacos. I had steak bean and rice fucking tacos. There were bean shit all over ALL of my tacos. Now you can understand since I dont like beans how upset i was and obviously still am. Completely RUINED MY DINNER. fuck yall.

The burrito dinner was a good size. The steak fajitas had good flavor. The elote mexican corn was…read moredelicious with plenty of spiciness! The steak tampiquena dinner was good the meat was tender. I wish they would have incorporated chihuahua cheese or queso fresco into the recipes. The red salsa wasn't very spicy. I would come back again!