They have rats! No joke we were sitting at a table and saw a rat run from the right side to left side of the restaurant. A live, fat, rat. I'm from DC. I've grown up in places where rats are common place and I've never seen a rat run across a restaurant floor during dinner service. That just built upon the fact that the wouldn't let us sit in the front area to keep an eye on our dog. When there was NO ONE in the restaurant. Do yourself a favor and go to fogon, casco, Laredo's, or pretty much any other Mexican restaurant in Seattle. read more

Went to lunch with a friend Lots of people eating on the patio Food looked really good Angie waited on us she was very professional and knowledgeable I ordered the carni asada plenty of steak Served very nice Chips were excellent made in the house Guacamole was fresh This will be my weekly visit Go there Have a drink I only give five stars when I am overwhelmed Today the food was very good Enjoy! read more

Food was pretty ordinary. We started with chips, salsa and guacamole. The guacamole was fairly ok, there was something wrong with the tomatoes in guacamole. Then we ordered chicken quesadillas and another chicken dish I don't remember. Quesadillas were fine. Also the service was good too. But I have had better Mexican food. read more

The restaurant was very clean and we were greeted with a great waitress. After we ordered our drinks and appetizers, she made sure we were doing well throughout our meal. DEFINITELY would recommend!! read more

Fresh chips and salsa, good drinks, good prices and very nice staff! What else can you ask for? Really great place if you are downtown!

Food was really good, if you are in the area and craving Mexican food, try this restaurant out for sure. We had Tamales to start with then Shrimp Quesadilla and Wet Chicken Burrito. Server was really attentive and polite, restaurant was clean and nice music playing in the background. read more

Good - Selection of beer & service Meh - The food was decent Bad - Didn't serve chip + salsa You should look elsewhere if you're looking for good Mexican food read more

Old place in new location! Yummmmmmm! I was sad when they left the old location on Broadway but totally rejoice when I found out about this new spot! Even though it's in Belltown :) Bring me the mole!!! This place compared to their old space is ginormous! They took over the old frontier place. The have plenty of space for dinner and huge bar area! I can see this place happening on weekends if they play some latin music! It can also seem very empty on a slow night given how big the space is. But same delicious food! Kitchen is in the front so you can pretty much see the action from your table! And they have happy hour till 6 pm. Coming back next time for that. Menu has their popular dishes like the chicken, mole, steak, al pastor and so much more. I do like the food here a lot! We went with really good chips & salsa and few plates too share! I also got their house special margarita! Carne esada plate: big enough to share! I got double rice minus the beans. It was delish!! Love the meat. Taco Al pastor plate: came with white rice and beans. Also delicious!! Flan ~ soft and drenched in caramel! Sweet! Mole is my favorite here! Overall it was low key mellow dining experience for a Saturday night! Super mellow. Four stars all around. Except: I wasn't informed about some side prices. Its not a big deal but it would've been great to know. For instance: when asked what flavor is house margarita: they said strawberry or mango. But didn't say it would be an extra! As well as when asked if they have any spice: it would be charge per portion! We got two tiny cups of their homemade hot sauce. Its hot! We almost got a third too but didn't. But it would've been great to know that they charge you for it. It was a mellow dining! Definitely enjoyed it! Let's see what happens next time :) read more

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You have the choice of going to Mama's Mexican and paying $20 or something ridiculous for some HORRIBLY made "Mexican" food, or you can come here, where everything is under $15 (which is unheard of in Belltown) and you can actually enjoy your food. So happy that Villa Escondida opened and I was able to find it, thanks to Yelp! The food here was amazing. My dad and I both ordered Carne Asada and he got a side of Tamales. We were both greeted and checked on multiple times by all of the workers. If I even looked their away, they were at my table to ensure everything was alright and that I had everything I needed. They were definitely on it! I was really surprised by the prices. Even if you go across the street to get nasty ass Taco Del Mar, once you're done adding sour cream and guac, you've got yourself a $12 burrito meal that makes you sick after eating. So to come here and see the Carne Asada was only $15 was surprising, being that it's in the heart of Belltown. Everything tasted fresh and was well made. Lots of flavor and the meat wasn't hard to chew. I'll be back! The nachos someone else was having while I was there were looking mighty good. read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

My favorite restaurant in Seattle. We love everything. Tacos, burritos, carne asada, mole chicken, tamales, nachos, pollo estofado...they are all delicious. Their chicken soup is amazing and perfect for cold and rainy weather. Be careful it is spicy! But so good. We love the owners and operators as well- such a great family and team. They have adapted well to COVID guidelines and operate safely and efficiently. We you guys! read more

To all my fellow peeps out there who have had authentic Mexican and are always wary of trying any in Seattle....This one's a winner. Yes, authentic and legit. I've tried both their nachos and their burrito adobada extra cebolla and couldn't be more pleased. Not to mention the staff is incredibly friendly. A coworker placed an order over the phone from across the street and without asking, Maria hand delivered it to her! Skip Mama's Mexican Kitchen (Yuck!) and check this place out next time you're in Belltown and want to see what real Mexican food tastes like. read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - Nachos and $3.25 Coronas during Seahawks games - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Best authentic Mexican in Seattle. The carne asada plate should easily be $18+ dollars but it's closer to $12. The steak takes up a third of your plate and is a buttery charbroiled piece of heaven. The tacos are also the best you'll get in the city. Adobada and Carnitas are my favorite, but only because they're the ones I've tried. I'm sure they're all amazing. The mole is on point and if I could eat their chile relleno every day...I would. Don't even get me started on the breakfast burritos. Perfection. The service is impeccable! Friendly and fast. I would love for them to stay open late on the weekends!! Even if it's just tacos and burritos!?! PLEASE!!! read more

Came for lunch on a Friday. Flavors are definitely authentic here. Everything on their menu sound delicious and service was on point. Our food came out within 10 minutes of ordering. There were three other tables and they got their orders out pretty quickly also. It gets packed real quick at about noon - so go early if you can. I only gave 4 stars because of the drinks. Don't get me wrong, they tasted amazing and the spice level really delivered! We ordered the Picante Margarita and the Jalapeno Margarita; had two of each. I realized they spice up the margarita so damn good that you can't tell there's very little alcohol in the drink (eyes rolling). For $9-9.5 each it's not worth the drinks - stick to the beers! read more

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Bravo, Villa Escondida. Bravo. I needed food, fast. My hangry level was spiking as my attempts to get brunch in Belltown were being met with waiting list after waiting list. But there was Villa Escondida. The neons signs and musica mexicana flowing into the street reminded me of the oddly authentic Mexican food I grew up loving in Virginia (of all places). "Breakfast burrito! Breakfast burrito! Rapido! Por favor!" I didn't order it quite like that, but it's what I thought and what I got. In ten minutes flat I had chorizo and huevos wrapped with love in a homemade tortilla with a little buddy of potatoes, chilies and onions and a variety of hot sauces. Gracias mucho bueno. Well done. Mamas who? Mamas where? Mamas whatever! I'm going to Villa Escondida. read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - The Breakfast Burrito - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Website says open until 11, we're turned away at 8. Gentleman was very short and rude to us.

El pastor tacos with spicy cilantro pineapple salsa? Yes please! Beans and rice were perfectly cooked too. To often restaurant rice is undercooked and beans bland. Not so at Villa Escondida. I'm a taco truck fan, so at $10, lunch was a little spendy for two tacos, rice and beans, but there was enough meat in two of VE's tacos for three taco truck tacos, so it's not a bad deal. My companion's torta was equally lovely. Recommended. read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - Cool painting above the bar - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

New Mexican restaurant in the neighbourhood and we decided to stop in and have supper. Our burrito and vegetarian enchiladas were quite tasty. I had a margarita as well. All was delicious and we had great service! Hope business picks up and things go well for Villa Escondida. read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - veggie enchiladas and some chips and salsa! tasty dinner - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Amazing Amazing food. Best Tacos I have ever had. Not gonna lie better than my grandmas and she is Mexican. Which says a lot. The juiciest best carnitas (pork) I've ever had. read more

This is a small restaurant with A small outdoor eating area. We sat outside and watch the people walk by. We had the shrimp quesadilla and the wet burrito. They were both excellent. No complaints whatsoever. A little bit of a walk from the tourist area but well worth it read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Food was delicious, I requested a shredded chicken salad that wasn't in the menu and while the tostadas were still included, the salad itself was very tasty. My hubby ordered posole which he said was excellent. The interior looks like it was once a diner, they mural over the wall is a bit odd, it looks like a bear and a human are getting busy in a tent, and some other odd images, but it definitely gave us something to look at while waiting for our food. There's room in the back for a party or large group. Would consider returning next time in Seattle. read more

This place was by far the best place on my visit to Seattle. The customer service was excellent, compared to The Pink Door, Oyster Bar, extremely kind here. read more

I had Green Chicken Enchiladas (with Rice & Beans) and it was excellent. Green sauce was a bit spicy to me but I'll have it again for sure. Wonderful hospitality! read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - Enchiladas Verdes Con Pollo - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Love this place! It is family owned, everyone is friendly, service is great and food is so delicious!

The carnitas tacos you guys. The TACOS. We split a happy hour plate of 3 but I was sad about it. I could have eaten at least one whole plate myself. We also got the carne asada plate and it was a lot of meat that tasted really good. The rice was good. The beans were cold. We also got the happy hour order of chips and guacamole and man, Chipotle needs to take lessons from these guys. *drool* read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - Carnitas tacos on the left, carne asada on the right. - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Cockroaches in the food and a really rude hostess that just made excuses for the cockroaches and said they just fall from the ceiling upstairs. read more

Good food great service . My favorite Mexican place in Seattle . Definitely recommended read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - Micheladas ( spicy drink) - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Great place to stop and refresh! Delicious fish tacos, good outside seating. Maria is a lovely host!!!

We have been here several times now and I think the food is consistently very good. My favorite so far are the wet burrito's and I have to say that the chips are the best in town, by far. My only wish is that they would serve horchata. My partner and I don't drink alcohol and so we always like it with a Mexican meal. The service is also very good, welcoming and friendly and the prices are reasonable. read more

Holy moly! Hands down the best Mexican food joint in all of King County!!!!! Hubs and I are super picky when it comes to Mexican because we've been spoiled growing up in Southern California and Texas. And Seattle has a lot of delicious food but it's Mexican food usually blows. But this place.... Wow... Super authentic family owned place that has the best tacos. And I mean authentic amazingly fresh and tasty tacos, not Americanized and full of randomness. Simple and delicious. Also the margaritas were soooooo good! Great tequila list. Great friendly service. Food came out quickly. I can't say enough good things. We will definitely be coming back! And you should too!! Update: 2 years later and it is still the best Mexican food ever!! Just wanted to say again if you are craving fresh salsa, beyond amazing tacos and the perfect margaritas come here!! read more

this place is right up the street from where i work, so the location was really convenient! it was a friday around 530 and they weren't busy at all. we were seated immediately and it was still happy hour so my boyfriend ordered the sounderita. that was honestly way too strong and we weren't able to finish it even if we only had one between the two of us. the food was definitely better! i ordered the al pastor tacos meal and my boyfriend got the wet burrito. the food came out in a timely manner which was great because we had to catch a ferry. my meal came with two tacos, rice, and black beans. the meat portions were great and the green sauce that came with it was really good. the meat was soft, but not anything out of this world. just a simple al pastor taco with onions, which isn't a bad thing. the rice was pretty plain though, just tasted like plain steamed rice so i think that i would have preferred something with more flavor. i did enjoy the rice and beans together, so that was nice. the wet burrito was a good size and the red sauce on it was really good! again the meat was soft but the flavor wasn't something to die for. there was guac on the burrito which was a plus. overall we enjoyed our food and the portions are good for the price. the location is prime and the service was great. i'd eat here again and try other things. read more

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The only reason it is getting 2 stars is because the food is decent. In order to take part in happy hour prices on the food, we were made to order alcoholic beverages. We brought along a homemade habanero salsa, as most places do not make it, and we were told rudely (by the waitress with braces) that we could not use it. We asked if they had a spicy salsa, and they brought out a 1/2 oz container with a chipotle sauce with they charged us for as well. This place seems to nickel and dime you for anything you want. The chicken quesadilla was pretty good but lacked appropriate amount of toppings, which of course you had to pay extra for. Will definitely not be coming back. read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

I almost feel criminal for not writing this review sooner, because Villa Escondida is my favorite restaurant in Belltown, period. I've been coming here ever since it first opened a few years ago, and it has hit the spot every single time. The owners and staff are the sweetest people ever, always greeting you with a smile and they remember you. :) When I didn't go for a month and stopped by they asked where I had been! The ambiance is a big open space, but please don't turn away just because they don't have swanky hipstery lighting and Pier 1 decor like every restaurant opened by some celebrity chef with a confusing Restaurant Wars concept. You came to eat, right Padma? The food is so legit. I have to say that ever since I moved from NYC, I have craved Mexican and Caribbean comfort food--the kind that tastes like someone's grandma made it. Villa Escondida is exactly that. My favorite menu items are the jalapeno margarita (it has a kick, be ready!), tacos adobada (it's so good i'm re-surprised at how perfect it is every time), the pollo asado which is perfectly seasoned, and the carne asada. The orange rice with beans is so simple but perfectly executed in every way. Villa Escondida is taste bud therapy! Don't trash this place around me, I'll fight you. I don't even know how to fight but I'll learn. read more

We yelped a Mexican restaurant after we went up the space Needle. As we walked in, a couple ladies were walking out. They stated to get ready for some awesome food. That was a great welcome. I tried the de cebiche. It was spicy and delicious. We had six in our group. No one was dissatisfied. There chips are great almost like flavored. The quesadillas came with some Verde. That Verde was crazy good. The wet burrito sauce was very flavorful. You definitely need to try this place and review it. We will be back. Most entrees are reasonable priced around $10-13 so it won't break the bank read more

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Hands down the best restaurant in Seattle proper. I'm Mexican; every item on this meal my mom has cooked for me in one form or another. What more do you need? I've been to one too many gosh darn restaurants in Seattle that are a poor attempt at yuppifying Mexican cuisine and fall short at both yuppification, and the Mexican cuisine part, and become a gross Frankenstein that shouldn't be alive (looking at you Cactus SLU). This restaurant doesn't try to be anything it's not. I come here if I want comfort food because it tastes exactly like I'm 10 again and my mom just cooked me some amazing food to eat while I watch Spongebob. Everything on the menu is amazing! read more

Make sure you don't need to use the restroom first thing before ordering especially if you are walking in by yourself. I repeatedly said that I was going to eat there and I was a customer but because these are rules ... they don't allow anyone to use their restroom not before ordering. The worst part- I was a regular customer and I have been there a few times. I ended up leaving.... not worth it. read more

Terrible service. I've came with my wife with my own salad bowl. My wife wanted to get tacos, so this seemed a good place. Ive asked if it is Ok for me to bring the salad in so we can sit down and have tacos. The server said it is totally Ok, which is expected when you treated like a human being. In a few minutes, the server comes and tells me that the cook being a jerk and doesn't want to serve us any food because i brought my salad. Can you imagine? And I did order food for myself to eat, so it got me totally frustrated. Later i've asked for a coke, and we got it only after we finished eating. The food was pretty great tho! But they're audacity spoiled the experience to the point we could not really be relaxed enough to enjoy our food. Waited 23 minutes to get my credit card back. When I went to complain about the service Ive been pushed away of the restaurant and been told just to go away. No apology, nothing. WTF. read more

WE WERE KICKED OUT We went in for a dinner and had the worst experience service-wise EVER. Only one slow light headed server for the entire restaurant that made every possible mistake you can make. By the end of our dinner when we were heading out we were asked by a guy in the counter if it was good, and we were honest in telling him that their service was horrible, and he yelled at me and my husband telling us to get THE F OUT OF THERE. Didn't hear a single sorry regarding their mistakes. We are deeply offended by this place as customers and will for sure spread the word. read more

Was looking on Yelp for some Mexican food options in Belltown and found this place. When we got there my first reaction was that I've walked past this place a zillion times and never really noticed it!! We went on a Saturday morning around 10 and they were not too busy with just a couple of other tables with customers. The interior decor and songs really added to the mood. The service was quick and friendly. We ordered two vegetarian dishes - the huevos rancheros and vegetable omelette with wheat toast. Everything tasted pretty good! The huevos rancheros was served with the filling in between two slightly fried tortillas plus avocado. The coffee was standard diner style coffee but their freshly squeezed orange juice was delicious! I'm going to be back to try a couple of other dishes! read more

Ok so ... I came in here thinking it was gonna be just another "Americanized" Mexican place and thank goodness I was wrong!! Their food is great! The tacos, tortas, burritos, etc are so tasty. The happy hour pricing is really competitive and can I say again how much I love their food????? If I had a criticism ... it'd be the decor. It's pretty bare. But the wet burritos make me forget they even have walls read more

Food was really good. Service was good. Atmosphere was good. Over all... it was good. I'd go again, if I am in the area. I can't GUSH about it. But it was good. My husband fell in LOVE with the Pollo. The menu didn't say it was bone in and I think it should. I was going to order it and I'm glad I didn't. I would have struggled. (I'm not a fan of eating meat off the bone) but the flavor was amazing for sure. Plus it was cooked all the way through. Which I know it should be but you'd be surprised how many places serve raw chicken. read more

Villa Escondida Restaurant and Bar - Pollo was amazing - Mexican Near Me - Seattle, Washington

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