Guanatos City Mexican - BLD Oceanside

The food was pretty good. I recommend to get their birria de res. It’s yummy and the prices are decent. I got an agua de Jamaica. It was early when I went so it wasn’t very busy. The atmosphere was chill.

This is my 2nd time here. I ordered a torta especial and a drink. It came out to $21. I was surprised by the final amount. I looked at my receipt and found extra charges. While ordering, she gave me the options of meats, including mix meat but there was no mention that having mix meat would cost an extra $1 and there was also a surprised service charge. Couple weeks ago I didn’t get a service charge. I dont know if this is a new thing or they’re inconsistent with adding a service charge. Food was ok but they need to be more up front.

Omg!!! I’m from Guadalajara so this place hit home for me literally). From the pictures on the wall, the small but intricate menu to the flavor of the food this place is an ode to GDL?My family and I all got the torta ahogada even my little siblings) and we all loved it. The birote, the salsa and the carnitas all taste authentic. We also had the tacos dorados and just too good!! I will have to go back to try the birria ramen!It’s really an amazing place. The food did take a minute to come out but it’s only understandable because of the preparation of the dish and the deliciousness that they serve.

Food: Was very tasty, correct temperature, well presented and plentiful in quantity.Service: Friendly but extremely slow. See the reason in paragraph below for better understanding.Served time: We waited 50mins for our food.Ambience: Family orientated with latino/Mexican culture.Parking: Plenty in parking lotCleanliness: Clean and presentableMy first time here, I saw it had a high rating and decided to take the whole family (4) to try it out on Sunday mid-day lunch.There was a line and the place was quite full. The lady at the register I believe was the shift lead was very nice and explained to us we could leave an open account to order more if we wanted more. I thought that was cool, open check is not seen much in smaller restaurants. They serve alcohol so I think that would be good if I came back with friends.We ordered plain quesabirrias for kids and a total of 5 tacos for the adults. To put it nicely the family was so upset to wait so long that I am sure they are going to roast me later. When paying I inquired as to if this is the normal wait times. I guess two people called out and when they do this happens. I suggest cutting your losses because the food was great but this experience will be hard for me to convince the family to come back. I saw others wrote reviews on the same issue, please fix that hate to see a bad reputation to a great place.Suggestion: If you are behind let the customers know about the wait time at the register. This will make a big difference in angry reviews.Ensure chips are served immediately. I had to ask for some to hold us over at the 25 mins mark.I do recommend this place and hope all who go have a great experience the food is delicious.

5:30 on a Taco Tuesday and there are 2 other people in the restaurant....not encouraging. We order the Taco Special . $1 tacos. We got 3 Carne Asada, 3 carnitas 1 Pollo asada, 1 Adobada. And two cans of Coke. Total $12.95. ....That was the good news.The Tacos were dry meat and basically flavorless. The Red sauce was super spicy I loved it) didn't try the green.I had high hopes for this place....but won't be back. Price is good, Tacos were less than average.Bummer.