Tacos here are fantastic. I tried to go back for a second time in less than a week but was disappointed to find they close at 7:30 on weeknights. I hope they expand service at this location and open more because this place is a shining example of authentic tacos the way they are meant to be. The tamales are HUGE, and cost about $4. I would say if you want to try them, get one for the table. read more

Great old school Mexican food. Food was delicious, cheap and plentiful. Some of the best I've eaten in the area. Highly recommend the mole tamale. Service was pretty much non-existent so, if you care about that, this may not be the place for you. I know I'll be returning to try everything on the menu. read more

Do you like to eat amazing food? Not afraid of spice? Then check out Tenoch restaurant of St. Clair West!! Last time my hubby and I split the tinga (chicken) tacos (5 for $11.50) and Chorinachos-chorizo sausage, beans, cheese ($12). Try their tinga enchiladas and chorizo tacos too. So much good stuff on the menu. Can't wait to try it all!! Service is meh but food is great!!! read more

I've had the enchiladas and quesadillas and both were awesome. My husband likes the tacos. Love the hot sauces too. We plan to eat here at least once a week. SO good!! read more

They've lost a patron of years after tonight's experience. They're serving up "gringo specials" now under the new management - extra, extra, extra spicy with a side of old limes and wilted cilantro. I am so very disappointed. At least they've sped up their service, my food came so quickly it was barely even cooked. read more

Service is slow, it is way way way overpriced with tiny portions. Got the steak and it was so dry and tasteless when we called to ask about it we were ignored, save your money and go somewhere good! read more

Service: Every time I've tried to go on a Saturday evening, I've been turned away with warnings of "we don't know when a table will be free" and "if you sit at the bar, it could be a 40 minute wait for food." Fair and honest but I can't seem to get there during the right window of time to get a seat! Food: If their food wasn't so damned delicious, I'd be more upset. I don't mind waiting for food this good and I know they're making it to order. Just make sure to get a starter to share so you're not watching your date eat while you wait for your own meal. Portions are more generous, tastier and cheaper than any of the places on Bloor. Go on a weeknight and you won't regret it! If you're there on a Saturday and can't get a table, Tita La Guanaca just west at 1028 St. Clair always has a spot. Salvadorian, not Mexican but their tamales and pupusas are wonderful. read more

The tenoch torta sandwich was amazing!! Definitely cannot finish that in one sitting. We also ordered one la carnitas taco, guacamole and chips, and the doratos pollo. Hands down my favourite was the sandwich. It's not something you can eat everyday but I'd love to come back and order that again in a month or two. Otherwise , we definitely want to come back to try their other dishes! Maybe we'll have room for dessert next time around ;) @nomsoftoronto read more

My favourite mexican food in the city. Excellent chorizo con queso tacos, great value tamales, and overall an excellent spice blend and flavouring in everything they make. Friendly service, but expect a leisurely meal and possibly odd timing as to when things come out of the kitchen. That said, $5 tallboys of Tecate! If you're wary of anything north of Bloor/Dupont (where ever you see 'the city' ending), I urge you to make the trip to Tenoch, you won't be disappointed. read more

Most authentic Mexican food in the city in my opinion. Sundays they offer a lamb barbacoa, it is delicious. Besides, their regular size of nachos feed a family and are spectacular. read more

Since I live in the neighborhood and absolutely love Mexican food, this place had been on my radar for quite some time. The first time we went there, the restaurant was packed. So when we went back tonight, we were happy to get a seat right away. Place looked pretty authentic and I was excited to try some good Mexican food. We ordered guacamole and shrimp tacos and carnitas. None of the dishes were seasoned, the shrimp was way overcooked and the carnitas dry. The service was horrible too. We sat there for at least 20 minutes before the girl came to get our drink order. But she was the only waitress there so can't really blame her. Anyway, my real issue is the food. I think it was the worst Mexican food I've ever had. And if the other reviewers are right about this being a authentic Mexican place then I guess I don't like Mexican food after all. read more

They re-open!! still as amazing as before! Service is much faster now. They also have a Faceboook page now with updated info on closure :)

This place is ALWAYS closed, and one time I wanted to have take out because I work near by, and the waiter was rude and told me they don't do take out when they're "busy" and didn't even offer to take my order and tell me to come back in one hour or so. Bad service. read more

Food is pretty good here. Chorinachos are so delicious. The Al Pastor tacos were a bit dry for my liking but i was able to try the Bistec con Queso (steak and cheese) and they tasted much better. However, I'm disappointed with their customer service. I've called on a Sunday afternoon to order for pick up and I was told that they do not do orders over the phone because they're busy (could have least told me to call another time in this case but didn't), which was disappointing and then on another weekend afternoon I went to the restaurant to see if we can order in person and take the food to go and nope they didn't even wanted to do that. Bottom line, they don't offer their food to go and they don't seem to even care to satisfy their customers. read more

Really bad taste food, nothing like mexican Oil dripping form tacos and taste so ugly like a left over oil The mole sauces was also so fake and ugly like the canned one being warm Even Tacos bread had strong flavour of fake ready food with plenty of artificial adding, nothing tasted real except the chopped onions and cilantro. Very long and bad service. read more

This is the easiest, shortest review I've ever written: good food, cheap decor, and appalling customer service. I'm talking a 10 minute delay to bring you a beer and a 20 minute delay to bring you the bill. Avoid. read more

The best Mexican food I've had in the GTA. The Tortas!! The Tamales!! The Micheladas!! All amazing. It's not the most beautiful place, and it's kinda in a weird part of town to get to, but it is all totally worth it for the food. DELICIOUS! read more

Loved the food! Atmosphere needs some work but the food is king. You should try this place.

This is a go-to place for takeout for us. The atmosphere/decor leaves a bit to be desired - it's not pretty - but the food is delicious and the servings are ginormous. You can get a chicken mole tamale the size of your head for $4 - usually lasts me two meals, maybe three. Except, a lot of the time they are sold out of tamales, because they're so good they have regulars who come in and buy a dozen to eat all week. It's not the trendy hipster Mexican experience you find downtown, it is authentic all the way. read more

This restaurant is so yummy. Definitely one of the best Mexican restaurants in Toronto. The quesdilla is unique and pretty big for the price. The service is a bit on the slow side but the food it totally worth the wait. Can't wait to go back! read more

If you are spanish or mexican you get great service here, but us crackers are mostly ignored. It is a closed community. Not recommended.

I don't really remember the name for all the dishes I had ordered, but food are good in there, they service bigger portion than other Mexican restaurants around GTA.... and the spicy dippings are homemade,100% nature. read more

Friendly staff, and great food, probably the best Mexican restaurant in Toronto. Watch out portions are huge!!!

My favorite Mexican spot in Toronto. Authentic dishes and drinks. If you get the Tenoch Tortas you will need a nap afterwards. The tacos and guacamole are fantastic as well. Service is a bit slow but if you're looking for great Mexican, You've come to the right spot. read more

Best pulled pork sandwich ever, along with chicken sandwich and tacos and quesadillas, everything is authentic and delicious. Getting pretty busy so call ahead. read more

I went to this restaurant today with my family. We were looking forward to trying the food. As we were eating guacamole and enjoying some drinks a COCKROACH ran onto our table and remained there for some time. My husband didn't kill it, he threw a napkin on top and called the waitress. The waitress lifted the napkin and saw it for herself. Everyone who worked there pretended they had no idea that they had roaches. I'm thinking it's a big issue in this restaurant if they come out to see the guests in the middle of the day. I honestly almost fainted. read more

Probably the mosty authentic Mexican place in the city me thinks. Cool spot-mostly great food-interior is typical south american kitsch read more

This place is a disgrace. They bring a very bad name to Mexican food and Mexican hospitality. I went there twice. Last Sunday a friend introduced me there. The staff on Sunday consisting of 5 young female servers were very welcoming and attentive. As a starter we got nachos with 3 kind of sauce, no water. We ordered beer that came in bottles and cans with no serving glass. Tenoch is a restaurant, not a street food cart. The food was insipid. Not spicy and not hot, although I ordered an enchilada. Anyway I decided to bring one of my friends there on Wednesday. As we enter a guy in street clothes met us and seated us at a table. This time there was no nachos with sauce and of course no water. The guy went about his smartphone. We ordered huaraches, one with shrimp the other beef. The tortilla was chewy and hard to cut through. The shrimp and the beef was tasteless, no spices, no chilli hotness, the most insipid food I have ever eaten in an ethnic restaurant. Later a female waitress appeared, that brought us the nachos when we complained, we needed to ask for water and glass for the beer. Terrible service with disgusting TexMex food. I wouldn't recommend this place to my enemies. At least if they offered you all options up front and not let you guess and search for details in the menu. Like options, mild, medium, hot and Mexican hot. And waiters should come and recommended you food options. I go for Latino restaurants also to speak Spanish. Sunday the young waitresses spoke Spanish to me that was pleasing. Wednesday I needed to ask the waitress to talk Spanish to me. There are other Mexican restaurants with nicer people but same TexMex botched up food. read more

Worst customer service in the world! Can't say much about the food yet. It's been over an hour and haven't got it. We're not coming back here... ... ten minutes later and it still hasn't arrived. First time in Toronto that I decide to walk out of a restaurant. The server seems quite unsurprised, as if this was happening regularly. read more

Thoroughly enjoyed the food that we ordered, chilaquiles, enchiladas de mole and torta, pierna adobada. All three items were thoroughly delicious. To Yelp G from North Carolina...continue to enjoy your definition of good food. We also ordered two non - alcoholic drinks, limon, tamarindo. The chilaquiles are spicy, the mole is hearty and tasty. The sandwich is oversized and delicious. Bring your appetite. read more

Cool atmosphere and we have been wanting to try this place since we've moved into the area . Friendly staff. Large menu selection. For our appetizer we ordered the chips with avocado salsa which we enjoyed , followed by the el pastor plate which was served with rice , a few warm tortillas and marinated pork, I ordered a beer and spouse had a can of pop.Little disappointed with the main course ( not so flavourful, portion was so so) and further disappointment with the bill $72 after tip and tax yikes!!!! We will not be returning. But seems like a cool place for having a margherita( not our cup of tea but they looked good being served at the bar) read more

We used to eat here all the time when it was a charming family that ran it. Clearly management has changed. Had horrible experience of terrible food and terrible service. Generally i'm not too fussed with bad service if the food is great so don't like to base reviews on that, but to sit there for nearly 30 minutes being completely ignored and no one taking our order as the wait staff were too busy helping sleezy men drink beer after beer combined with a gloomy woman who sits in the corner just waiting for the wait staff to bring her the money and spends her time in between counting money glowering at patrons - it was all a bit much. You combine this dreadful atmosphere with the worst Mexican food we've had and really just a terrible night. We saw the server dumping nachos on our plate from a large box in the back, they were stale. The carnitas came to our table COLD, dried out and no flavour. |The choriza quesadilla, not even sure what happened there,was bizarre dried up quesadilla wrap and flavourless chorizo.The salsas were clearly from a bottle, even their horchata seemed fake tasting, i could go on but won't, you get the picture. Literally the best tasting thing on our table was the cilantro and raw onion for putting on top of tacos. So sad, this place used to be sooo great. read more

Went there with my husband and 4 year old daughter at 1:15 pm on a Saturday afternoon. There was one waitress who was somewhat run off her feet. We found a clean table and sat ourselves. She brought over the menus and about 15-20 minutes later she finally took our order - torta, quesadilla, and pambazo. A very simple order with no substitutions. We waited for a long time with the understanding that the place was clearly understaffed. (I used to be a waitress and am more than accommodating when I see a waitress struggling to keep up). We started to notice that the food orders were also coming out very slowly as there was only one person in the kitchen. After waiting for an hour (I know this because I had to put more money in the parking meter), I finally said to my husband that if our order doesn't come out next, we're leaving. The next order that came out was served to a table that was sat after us. I'd had it by that time. We were in the restaurant for 1hour & 10 minutes and NO FOOD. SO VERY DISAPPOINTED. WE WON'T BE BACK. read more

Incredibly slow service for such a small place. About 30 minutes after we ordered, we got our appetizers. The mains came about 30 seconds later. We ordered enchiladas, which were inedible piles of sour cream and cheese on a soggy tortilla, served with three tiny fragments of nachos in a tablespoon of beans. And there was bland rice with frozen vegetables mixed in. We left an excessive tip (the servers were nice, but not exactly attentive) just so we wouldn't have to wait for change. read more

I used to be a frequent patron here, but yesterday I went for the first time in some time and I'm left disappointed. First, the service is terribly slow, the girl is moody. Then, the food used to be excellent, now it has gone done quite bad. I ordered the torta ahogada and it was terrible (taste and ingredients). We ordered some tacos on the side and they were very unsavory and the portions are smaller compared to what it used to be before. I'm Mexican, I know it can be hard to replicate some dishes because of the ingredients, but there is an improvement in the Mexican food scene around the city and Tenoch is not keeping it. They forget the premise that simple dishes and good service is better, specially when pretentious taco places are popping up but are popular because they understand they need to be competitive to survive. Better go to Kings Tacos two blocks west to have a real Mexican taco experience (and a cleaner place). read more

Very authentic delicious tacos and delicious chilaquiles! Along with King's tacos, this is the best Mexican food in Toronto

They just re-opened today with a NEW and better Menu!!! Lots more choices and all the great old stuff is still there!!! Woohooooo. Best most authentic Mexican food in Toronto!!!! A Must try. The nachos are amazing and the tacos are to die for. read more

I wish this place existed a long time ago, let's say my high school days so I could drop by this place during my lunch hour to get some really delicious Mexican cuisine at a reasonable price. A Mexican co-worker of mine at the time highly recommended this place. She told me it served very authentic Mexican dishes and reminded her a lot of home. She told me she goes there a lot with her husband that I actually spotted a photo of them two on Tenoch's website (haha). She suggested I try their shredded roasted chipotle pork ($9), which I ended up getting. The pork was juicy and was smothered with meat sauce but not too soggy. My brother chose an item from their 'most popular dish' menu - the Tenoch sandwich ($15) and a glass of Tamarindo Jarritos ($2.50). I really wanted to try their tamales but it was just too much food to stuff down. The restaurant was filled with a lot of family affairs, you can notice it immediately with the amount of noise that were coming from each table. Service was alright, the waitress was able to explain the best she could in English of the different items they served and the ingredients. She simply thought everything was worth trying, which I must agree but until next time. read more

Tenoch Restaurant - Like she said, 'La comida mexicana es deliciosa' - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

The food here is outstanding and the prices are very reasonable. It's a clean, authentic place. If trendiness is important to you it's not the place. The best mexican I've had in this city by a mile. Pleasant service too. Zero pretension which is a welcome change. read more

Oh tenoch, how do I say this? I love you but I hate you. I can't live without your chicharron quesadillas, nobody in town that could even come close, your barbacoa and consome makes me believe I'm back at home, your pambazos! Omg your pambazos are great when you dont run out of ingredients and fill them out with random stuff. If it wasn't for your inconsistency and awful service I would say your the best thing that ever happened to toronto. And I mean it!! But for crying out loud stop turning down business, fix your hours and improve your bloody service!! read more