El Primo
Mexican · San Jose
Sobre El Primo
El Primo, located in San Jose, is a local favorite offering a variety of options for your dining needs. We provide convenient delivery and takeout services, as well as a comfortable dine-in experience. Known for our fast service, we specialize in local specialties, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinn...
El Primo, located in San Jose, is a local favorite offering a variety of options for your dining needs. We provide convenient delivery and takeout services, as well as a comfortable dine-in experience. Known for our fast service, we specialize in local specialties, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. With a 3.8-star rating from 301 reviews, we strive to provide a welcoming atmosphere for everyone, including solo diners. Our restaurant is wheelchair accessible, featuring accessible entrances, parking, and restrooms. We're open seven days a week, from 8 AM to 9 PM on Sundays and Saturdays, and from 10 AM to 9 PM Monday through Friday.
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El Primo is known for its birria, with many reviewers calling it delicious and flavorful. Amelia, a server, is frequently praised for exceptional service. Some customers have noted issues with cleanliness, slow service, and incorrect charges.
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Tip: If you visit, be sure to try the birria. Some reviewers suggest confirming your bill to avoid extra charges.
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Excellent authentic Mexican food great service.very friendly atmosphere.highly recommend 😀
Delicious food 💯
Good food in general and their fresh made corn tortillas are a nice compliment to the food
Great tasty food. Birrea is the best I have tasted in a long time.
Great food
The food has a great taste
Found this place on Google as we were looking for food to try on monterrey rd, got to say this is definitely the best birria tacos, so delicious definitely coming back!
I love this place because they have the best Mexican food and the best Enchiladas Michoacanas, also that service is great!!!!!
So delicious!! I loved the food and the staff was great! Thank you
The burrito are very good they have good flavor a very big cant wait to try there other food and drinks i will be coming back for sure.
The burrito are very good they have good flavor a very big cant wait to try there other food and drinks i will be coming back for sure.
This hidden restaurant is so good!! I ordered the regular birria tacos and that were the most flavorful meat in all of San jose! They also have the best seating area and since they're in the back of the parking lot the most secluded. I would 100% recommend this place.
Very large portions. Steak is not steak it's fillets. Prepared so so. Service was great and cordial the venue was poorly decorated and music too loud.
I tried this place out with my family and my experience was perfect. Not only was the food amazing but Amelia made it so much more enjoyable. I’ve never left a restaurant more content and that is all because of Amelia. I will definitely be going back!
Birria is very good. They just don't have a good spicy salsa for the food.
Great food, better music, and the service is exceptional! I have eaten at many restaurants in the San José area and the birria tacos here never disappoint! Added to that, our server Amelia was very kind and constantly checking in with us. If you’re in the San José area I highly recommend dining here, as the servers are great and the music adds a great atmosphere for a Friday night out!
my family & i tried this place and the food was fantastic. Extremely pleased with my meal. The service we received was unmatched thanks to Amelia, she was so welcoming and friendly. will be coming back!
I ate birria and it was Delicious, I went back in the evening But this time the burritos beef was no good taste ; they seasoned the beef with something that tasted like curry ( slightly taste ; THEY JUST HAVE TO USE SALT OR ASK THE CUSTOMER IF THEY WANT SEASONED WITH SOMETHING ELSE)
This was my second round. Very good food, waitresses are cute and good at what they do.
Musicians came in to play except I cannot handle loud noise so we moved tables. Food was delicious 😋 will be one of our places to eat at.
If I could give this place 10 stars I would. To start off the food is extremely good, I don't think I've ever had better food in San Jose than I did here. I have had THE best service in town, I felt very much at home all thanks to the wonderful lady by the name of Amelia. Amelia was very attentive to my family's needs and our food order; she made sure that I and my entire family were well taken care of. I recommended this restaurant to my friends and extended family. I will definitely be returning again as I had such a great experience.
Stumbled on the place by accident when I thought gps was taking me to another Mexican food restaurant and I'm so glad I made that mistake? I was so impressed with the food and service! I had the menudo and my mom had the beef soup and both were uh-maz-ing!!!!! But what blew us away completely were the handmade (or home made?), corn tortillas that were as big as flour tortillas and they don't skimp on the amount they give you. Probably the best corn tortillas I have ever tasted. I live an hour away but I will drive back here again! And, service with a huge smile.
The food has a great taste
This was my second round. Very good food, waitresses are cute and good at what they do.
Birria is very good. They just don't have a good spicy salsa for the food.
Stumbled on the place by accident when I thought gps was taking me to another Mexican food restaurant and I'm so glad I made that mistake? I was so impressed with the food and service! I had the menudo and my mom had the beef soup and both were uh-maz-ing!!!!! But what blew us away completely were the handmade (or home made?), corn tortillas that were as big as flour tortillas and they don't skimp on the amount they give you. Probably the best corn tortillas I have ever tasted. I live an hour away but I will drive back here again! And, service with a huge smile.
my family & i tried this place and the food was fantastic. Extremely pleased with my meal. The service we received was unmatched thanks to Amelia, she was so welcoming and friendly. will be coming back!
If I could give this place 10 stars I would. To start off the food is extremely good, I don't think I've ever had better food in San Jose than I did here. I have had THE best service in town, I felt very much at home all thanks to the wonderful lady by the name of Amelia. Amelia was very attentive to my family's needs and our food order; she made sure that I and my entire family were well taken care of. I recommended this restaurant to my friends and extended family. I will definitely be returning again as I had such a great experience.
I tried this place out with my family and my experience was perfect. Not only was the food amazing but Amelia made it so much more enjoyable. I’ve never left a restaurant more content and that is all because of Amelia. I will definitely be going back!
Great food, better music, and the service is exceptional! I have eaten at many restaurants in the San José area and the birria tacos here never disappoint! Added to that, our server Amelia was very kind and constantly checking in with us. If you’re in the San José area I highly recommend dining here, as the servers are great and the music adds a great atmosphere for a Friday night out!
Very large portions. Steak is not steak it's fillets. Prepared so so. Service was great and cordial the venue was poorly decorated and music too loud.
I ate birria and it was Delicious, I went back in the evening But this time the burritos beef was no good taste ; they seasoned the beef with something that tasted like curry ( slightly taste ; THEY JUST HAVE TO USE SALT OR ASK THE CUSTOMER IF THEY WANT SEASONED WITH SOMETHING ELSE)
This hidden restaurant is so good!! I ordered the regular birria tacos and that were the most flavorful meat in all of San jose! They also have the best seating area and since they're in the back of the parking lot the most secluded. I would 100% recommend this place.
I really like this place because if you are really hungry this is the place to go they give you enough food to get full that you can't even finish in one time😄
Vary good Mexican food try different plates there is something special just look 👀 for It the food is 10/10
Good food, great meat selection, friendly service, and good pricing.
This place is beyond busy at all time. Prepare to wait and to find seating a challenge. Once you do however you get to enjoy one of the better Birrieria spots in San Jose.
Food was great, except for my wifes' plate it was cold '' enchiladas'' We went there Sunday afternoon, and it was packed. Unfortunately there is only one restroom, for as big of a place it should have two restroom
My husband took me to your restaurant because he was craving for Birria I was very impressed with your place, it was packed, I think the place accomandate 50 people, BUT ONLY ONE RESTROOM AND TO MAKE IT WORSE ITS UNISEX. I HAD TO WAIT CLOSE TO 20 MINUTES. PLEASE CAN YOU WORK ON THIS.
My husband took me to your restaurant because he was craving for Birria I was very impressed with your place, it was packed, I think the place accomandate 50 people, BUT ONLY ONE RESTROOM AND TO MAKE IT WORSE ITS UNISEX. I HAD TO WAIT CLOSE TO 20 MINUTES. PLEASE CAN YOU WORK ON THIS.
Very good food! but poor service and no accepting credit cards
Food is decent but just way over price.
Not what I expected, not much flavor and the corn tortillas way to thick for my taste . First clue was that there was no one other client in place but me. I wouldn't recommend it.
It was open and food was ok. Barbacoa couldnt tell you if it was good or not cause order was wrong .mexican cokes were good though.😐😶To be fair I'd give then another chance!
Very Bad Bad service from the waitress Yesenia,this is my third time eating there,i think shes new cuz i had never seen her before,shes was very rude, not friendly at all, not very courteous, when I asked her about something she made some very ugly gestures, the food is fine, but the service from the waitress YESENIA is horrible,if you go there ask for another waitress.
Good food, bad service. They tried to charge me something we didn't get. Check your receipt!!
The birrias was cold and the salsa doesn't had no taste.
The food is a hit or miss. It's not good all the time. The bathrooms are always dirty and needs to be stocked. It's a family restaurant and kids needs to use the restroom.
The food is a hit or miss. It's not good all the time. The bathrooms are always dirty and needs to be stocked. It's a family restaurant and kids needs to use the restroom.
There were about 9 families eating at the restaurant when I got there. Two waitresses with little to no structure. They lacked on customer service skills. They seemed pretty busy and would take forever to get to you. They serve chips with salsa but the chips tasted old. The birria was okay. Big hand made tortillas. I would not be back.
Ordered Tostadas de Camaron, was given room temperature shrimp with no flavor no seasoning, tasted like they just added the sauce on top of thawed out shrimp with chopped cilantro, tomato, onion, avocado and cucumber. Had to add the seasoning back at home.
Ordered Tostadas de Camaron, was given room temperature shrimp with no flavor no seasoning, tasted like they just added the sauce on top of thawed out shrimp with chopped cilantro, tomato, onion, avocado and cucumber. Had to add the seasoning back at home.
There were about 9 families eating at the restaurant when I got there. Two waitresses with little to no structure. They lacked on customer service skills. They seemed pretty busy and would take forever to get to you. They serve chips with salsa but the chips tasted old. The birria was okay. Big hand made tortillas. I would not be back.
Couldn't even tell you what the food taste like server had an attitude ..... cash only and they didn't even have change uugghhh
This has to be one of the nastiest dirty restaurants in all San Jose
ZERO starts from this end. The staff is super rude an unprofessional! Starting a scene… while people are trying to eat this horrible and overpriced food was enough, can’t even imagine the horrible customer service
I want to keep it short and simple I hating having to leave a 1 stair review to a company but this one went too far, so me and my friend ordered burritos to go and Took about 30-40min for them to make it and it was not that busy and also noticed none of the employee workers in the back are wearing facemask and is not following COVID-19 guidelines, upon receiving our order and hours after eating the burrito I noticed that we don't feel so good after, my friend told me she wasn't feeling well as she had to go to the bathroom numerous time and also I started feeling the same my stomach didn't like whatever that was inside that burrito and I have ordered the exact same burrito from other taco places and I never feel this type before so it something from there, and I've heard it from other people that have went here in the last couple days on getting food sick and since it got involve us getting sick and food and sickness!!
Thanks Amelia! Really gave me the worst experience ever! Think twice before charging items i didn't order. Didn't even bother to give the items i paid for (unrequested items). What a waste of my time.
I ordered just a simple super burrito for myself and it was mostly all beans when you order a super burrito it's supposed to have cheese,sour cream,cheese and avocado the avocado is all that was there only one slice the asada was so skimp I couldn't taste any meat .I asked the lady for salsa she gave me two containers half filled across from me she gave them two bottles squeeze kind so they had unlimited salsas was it because I don't speak Spanish so much other stuff to complain about but not Worth my time or money I WILL NEVER GO BACK service and food sucked 🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮
This place is not a place I would recommend. The food was not good and the drinks were hot. The price for the food is also not worth it at all. I would not come back again.
Service is terrible. Incredibly rude. They scam people by charging you for items you didn’t order. Would not go back.
The food was not my favorite unfortunately and on top of that it is pretty pricey for what it is not even to mention having to wait a long time for our server to attend us. Service was not so great food wasn’t either I’d probably check something else around the area next time.
Everything was ok, not the best. San Jose has better options. Make sure you confirm what they’re charging you for as they have a history of adding extra items you didn’t get. Happen twice to me. Won’t be back. Suggest to go to mister birria y lady gomita over them.
We spent like $45 it was my first time there we order beef soup the meat was red like it had been reheated so many times, I order posole for me it tasted rotten I couldn't eat it I was too embarrassed to tell the waitress so I waited until we were leaving. I will never go back there. I learn my lesson because I started vomiting 30mn after eating there. Gastamos como $45 para comer ai el dinero no es lo importante, ordenamos caldo de res y posole el posole estava echado a perder el caldo la Carne Roja y desaciendose como si lo ubieran calentado varias veces. Mi primera vez ai y no regresare. Aprendi mi leccion 30mn despues estaba vomitando
As soon as we walked in and were trying to find a table, no waitress offered to help or get a table for our group of 12. Once we were seated, we weren't brought menus. When the waitress took our order she didnt go down the table to take everyone's order, she stood in one spot asking "anything else?" Instead of going to each individual making sure she got each person's order. She appeared to have no interest in being there
If I could give this place 0 stars I would. To start off the food is extremely overpriced and not good at all. Secondly the service is HORRIBLE. We were charged extra for food we did not even order. When confronted about the mistake they did not give us a new receipt and used the old one with the added items we didn’t order. The lady then charged us the total with the extra stuff we didn’t order and she gave us back the money that she charged us for after the transaction. We decided to go back to get a receipt when suddenly another woman who works there who goes by the name of Amelia started harassing us saying that we stole from the young waitress who goes by the name Cynthia. In front of everyone she publicly humiliated us and claiming we were robbing her of her money. Again we paid the whole amount and she only returned the money that she wrongly charged us for. We asked to speak to the manger and the manager said he was busy and couldn’t talk. She forcibly wanted us to pay the items we did NOT ask for. We left with no apology not from the waitress, not from the woman who was harassing us and not even the manager himself. PLEASE DO NOT EVER EAT HERE AND IF YOU DO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT CHARGING YOU EXTRA WITHOUT YOU EVEN NOTICING!
Everything was ok, not the best. San Jose has better options. Make sure you confirm what they’re charging you for as they have a history of adding extra items you didn’t get. Happen twice to me. Won’t be back. Suggest to go to mister birria y lady gomita over them.
If I could give this place 0 stars I would. To start off the food is extremely overpriced and not good at all. Secondly the service is HORRIBLE. We were charged extra for food we did not even order. When confronted about the mistake they did not give us a new receipt and used the old one with the added items we didn’t order. The lady then charged us the total with the extra stuff we didn’t order and she gave us back the money that she charged us for after the transaction. We decided to go back to get a receipt when suddenly another woman who works there who goes by the name of Amelia started harassing us saying that we stole from the young waitress who goes by the name Cynthia. In front of everyone she publicly humiliated us and claiming we were robbing her of her money. Again we paid the whole amount and she only returned the money that she wrongly charged us for. We asked to speak to the manger and the manager said he was busy and couldn’t talk. She forcibly wanted us to pay the items we did NOT ask for. We left with no apology not from the waitress, not from the woman who was harassing us and not even the manager himself. PLEASE DO NOT EVER EAT HERE AND IF YOU DO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT CHARGING YOU EXTRA WITHOUT YOU EVEN NOTICING!
We spent like $45 it was my first time there we order beef soup the meat was red like it had been reheated so many times, I order posole for me it tasted rotten I couldn't eat it I was too embarrassed to tell the waitress so I waited until we were leaving. I will never go back there. I learn my lesson because I started vomiting 30mn after eating there. Gastamos como $45 para comer ai el dinero no es lo importante, ordenamos caldo de res y posole el posole estava echado a perder el caldo la Carne Roja y desaciendose como si lo ubieran calentado varias veces. Mi primera vez ai y no regresare. Aprendi mi leccion 30mn despues estaba vomitando
As soon as we walked in and were trying to find a table, no waitress offered to help or get a table for our group of 12. Once we were seated, we weren't brought menus. When the waitress took our order she didnt go down the table to take everyone's order, she stood in one spot asking "anything else?" Instead of going to each individual making sure she got each person's order. She appeared to have no interest in being there
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