El Maguey Express

Great place! The mole was so flavorful, and the meats were juicy without being oily. Wonderful service and reasonable prices, too! Definitely worth coming!

Had Tacos x 3 styles. All tasty and sauce was fresh and zingy. Service was friendly and quick.

Deliciously prepared Mexican food, very reasonable prices, I love this restaurant. I always leave with a full stomach and full wallet and it's about as authentic Mexican as you can get around here.

Samantha Hammer

This restaurant has been around for a long time and a very good family business. Everything is made fresh to order. The tacos are filled with a lot of meat and the enchiladas and taquitos are just delicious.

David Buchanan

Had Tacos x 3 styles. All tasty and sauce was fresh and zingy. Service was friendly and quick.

Tom Tachihara

Really good food!! Left there so stuffed portions are good size

Elizabeth Azamatov

Putting this review for the great service, the pollo asado and the tacos de cabeza al vapor are the bomb!

JK NOONE

Very Good Carne Asada Tortas. We were going to have Lengua (cows tongue) but, it was soaking in green chili which upsets my family's stomach. Othewise it did look delicious. Prices were reasonable.

Michael Berman

Great place! The mole was so flavorful, and the meats were juicy without being oily. Wonderful service and reasonable prices, too! Definitely worth coming!

Neptunes “High Priestess88” Mermaid

Excellent authentic Mexican food. Great service.

Kathryn Llanes

One of the best Mexican restaurants in San Juan Capistrano. Great food, excellent service and always nice to see Rosie, she is one of my favorite waitresses.

Sean Donohue

Deliciously prepared Mexican food, very reasonable prices, I love this restaurant. I always leave with a full stomach and full wallet and it's about as authentic Mexican as you can get around here.

Good food and good prices. Definitely recommend phoning in your order ahead of time in order to avoid the sometimes 15 minute wait.

What a nice and quaint little gem for quick Mexican food. The interior is clean with a cute layout. The food was prepared in the open kitchen, which you can see over the cashier shoulder. The food was not bad at all, the rice could use a little more seasoning/salt, but over all not bad. Definitely give this place a try, and be turned off by unkempt strip mall.

Greg Coll

What a nice and quaint little gem for quick Mexican food. The interior is clean with a cute layout. The food was prepared in the open kitchen, which you can see over the cashier shoulder. The food was not bad at all, the rice could use a little more seasoning/salt, but over all not bad. Definitely give this place a try, and be turned off by unkempt strip mall.

J. R

Good food and good prices. Definitely recommend phoning in your order ahead of time in order to avoid the sometimes 15 minute wait.

The food here is delicious and I have been a loyal customer, recommending to others for a long time, BUT I WILL NOT BE BACK. I've been put off before by the Owners unwillingness to give customers more salsa when requested but have tried to overlook it. When she's not there the other servers are great! But this week she finally pushed me over the edge. My friend and I, who go every other Saturday, were on the patio for 1½ hours from 11:30 to 1:00 when she came out and wanted us to move inside because we had been there too long. There were 2 open tables and NO one waiting. When I politely said we always tried to be aware if there were people waiting, she said the other tables were for 4 & 6 customers and we were at a 2 person table. I'm disappointed because I love their food, but honestly, poor customer service is such a huge mistake.

Food was excellent. The only complaint I have is the service. I ordered first, but everyone else's behind me got their order first. I only ordered one burrito and took 15 minutes for me to wait. Other than that, the food was really good!

Ana G

Food was excellent. The only complaint I have is the service. I ordered first, but everyone else's behind me got their order first. I only ordered one burrito and took 15 minutes for me to wait. Other than that, the food was really good!

Katharine Henderson

The food here is delicious and I have been a loyal customer, recommending to others for a long time, BUT I WILL NOT BE BACK. I've been put off before by the Owners unwillingness to give customers more salsa when requested but have tried to overlook it. When she's not there the other servers are great! But this week she finally pushed me over the edge. My friend and I, who go every other Saturday, were on the patio for 1½ hours from 11:30 to 1:00 when she came out and wanted us to move inside because we had been there too long. There were 2 open tables and NO one waiting. When I politely said we always tried to be aware if there were people waiting, she said the other tables were for 4 & 6 customers and we were at a 2 person table. I'm disappointed because I love their food, but honestly, poor customer service is such a huge mistake.

I got a bean and cheese burrito with tomatoes and it was cold the cheese wasn't even melted!!!! The hottest thing in the bag was the salsa!!!! It was not worth $8.72. The burritos from Taco Bell are hotter than the burrito that this place gave me. I just wasted my money. I threw it in the trash. Won't be coming back here again.

Tammy Faye

I got a bean and cheese burrito with tomatoes and it was cold the cheese wasn't even melted!!!! The hottest thing in the bag was the salsa!!!! It was not worth $8.72. The burritos from Taco Bell are hotter than the burrito that this place gave me. I just wasted my money. I threw it in the trash. Won't be coming back here again.

Overpriced , rice beans and meat burrito 18 dollars , I got better food and quality for 18 dollars,

I'll just say this: My GF ate a shrimp taco 12/24 and got food poisoning so bad that she was doubled over and shaking in pain to the point where she couldn't even walk. Six hours in the ER. She is now on morphine for the pain. I wouldn't go here at all. You've been warned.

Ordered menudo it had no meat just a few pieces it was mainly just caldo and the caldo was not even the right color for menudo I won't be ordering it from here again and there was hair in it as well

Last night I picked up two burritos and 4 chicken and carnitas tacos w side order of rice, Burritos were great But Chicken Tacos were full of dry chicken with bones inside and Carnitas had all burned black dry meat inside....? Huge disappointment after spending almost $40.00....

andrea rodriguez

Ordered menudo it had no meat just a few pieces it was mainly just caldo and the caldo was not even the right color for menudo I won't be ordering it from here again and there was hair in it as well

Raul Raul

Overpriced , rice beans and meat burrito 18 dollars , I got better food and quality for 18 dollars,

Erik Takaoka

I'll just say this: My GF ate a shrimp taco 12/24 and got food poisoning so bad that she was doubled over and shaking in pain to the point where she couldn't even walk. Six hours in the ER. She is now on morphine for the pain. I wouldn't go here at all. You've been warned.

muriel michalewicz

Last night I picked up two burritos and 4 chicken and carnitas tacos w side order of rice, Burritos were great But Chicken Tacos were full of dry chicken with bones inside and Carnitas had all burned black dry meat inside....? Huge disappointment after spending almost $40.00....