No-nonsense, strip-mall counter serve featuring a variety of familiar Mexican plates & combo meals. Based on 410 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.5 stars. Price $
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
1065 Holly St D, San Carlos, CA 94070
Phone: (650) 591-3520
Website: http://el-maguey-taqueria.cafe-inspector.com/
Hours
| Friday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Sunday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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10 AM–8 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–8 PM |
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Reviews
T V
At this Mexican spot, the food’s just okay,
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Ben Jams
Super burrito was great, filling, and only like 10 bucks. The contents got a little soggy and not as flavorful as I hoped but still satisfying af. Nothing a bunch of salsa can’t fix though! It’s really nice that chips and salsa are free. Overall, quick, cheap, filling, and tasty. It’s nice to grab it to go and then have a 1 minute walk over to the park next over to eat it outside.
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Jonathan Perez
Not sure why it took me this long to visit El Maguey. But the moment I walked in I was greeted by the friendly staff. The place is very inexpensive and the food is amazing. This is authentic Mexican food. I ordered some tacos and they were delicious, my wife ordered the shrimp fajitas and they were amazing. She couldn’t finish the whole plate. Also they have different variety of salsas and every single tasted amazing. This is a great place to get Mexican food around San carlos, and belmont. The only downside is the limited space to dine in. And the parking lot situation. But if you want great tacos, this is the place to go!
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Thomas Novelli
Fantastic authentic Mexican food. The chicken tacos are a solid and reliable choice. The salsa bar with unlimited tortilla chips is a great addition with an ample selection of salsas (including mango, my personal favorite).
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Char P.
Staff is really nice. Food portions are good; taste-wise, they’re okay. They get a lot of take outs and mobile orders I think from what I’ve seen.
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Ian McEachern
This place is INCREDIBLE! Everyone at my office loves this place and goes multiple times a week. My wife and I live in SF and love it so much she has me bring their food home for dinner multiple times a week. It’s not just that they make all the traditional taqueria stuff from scratch and it’s delicious, they also have things like home made soups (they are so good), and all kinds of other “real food”. Give it a try, it will become your new favorite place!!!
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Jenn Yee Huang
The caldo de pollo (Monday’s only) and caldo de res (Tuesday and Friday only) here is amazing. Agua fresca flavors are delicious too. If you go there for lunch dine in, it’s best to go early or later (not exactly at 12) or get takeout.
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Isabella Müller-Vogt
pretty good food, friendly staff 🙂
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Jose Vargas
excellent food, try the octopus tostadas, great!!!
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Matt Jennings
Just another strip mall greasy spoon. I ordered the Shrimp and Steak; the refried beans were watery, there were two small slices of avocado, “steak” was a small thin piece of well done meat. Got a single cup of water to wash it down while ordering. Terrible. No where near what you would expect from their undeservedly high rating.
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