El Favorito - Rancho Cordova

The food is authentic! El Favorito is our favorite Mexican food location. We first visited on a Sunday, and were surprised they were serving menudo with handmade tortillas. I think the handmade tortillas are a weekend treat because they didn't have them during the week. Second time, we ordered to go and everything was hot when we were ready to eat at home and all had savory flavors. Third visit, I took my parents. They ordered the molcajete and were decently happy to not have to cook for the food to taste good. Lastly, my daughter and I had an early dinner date. My selective eater said everything she ate was delicious (quesadilla, fries, and fried fish). Bonus they have a self serve chip section with a variety of salsas, pico de gallo, along with pickled onions, and picked jalepeños with carrots and onions.

This place turned out to be surprisingly good! We were on our way back to San Jose from Tahoe when we came across this place(looked up Yelp, good reviews and decided to give it a chance . Parking shouldn’t be a problem, the parking lot is pretty big. Be mindful, the place is pretty busy during the weekends and the biggest drawback is that they do not have a lot of seating space inside. The service is great, our server was very sweet and brought our food within couple of minutes after seating us. (You have order on the counter and your food comes to your table . The food is authentic mexican:We tried their Super Taco-Chicken, Chicken Super Burrito and Chicken Enchiladas which came with Beans and Spanish Rice (Trust me everything was so flavorful and tasted wonderful! They have an open nacho and salsa section, you can fill up bowls with as much as you want! (5 stars for this :D Best part: They also have a separate little counter for freshly made tortillas which you can take away for home! The place is very family oriented, must visit if you are anywhere around.

Very clean seating area and great service. Carne asada fries were excellent.