We offer a wide variety of authentic Mexican dishes such as a large selection of delicious seafood entrees, appetizers, great drinks and desserts. Looking for chiles rellenos? Queso? Real refried beans? Look no further. This is the friendly, neighborhood home-cooking, tequila and beer, charming Mexican experience you’ve been craving. Welcome amigos!
Guadalajara-style cooking & a full bar offered in colorful, family-friendly surroundings. Based on 832 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.2 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
12709 NE 124th St, Kirkland, WA 98034
Phone: (425) 821-9405
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Hours
| Sunday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11 AM–9 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–9 PM |
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Reservations: santafemex.com
Reviews
Robert Pomerville
Walked in at 615pm on Saturday night and was seated promptly. Sign at register says an additional 3% charged if using credit card. Not a huge place, but didn’t feel small and was about half full, good ambiance with music playing and an old Mexican movie playing about the bar. Chips were abundant and watered down salsa was served. Shrimp in fajitas were nice and large, cooked well but onions and peppers were cooked within an minute of life, very overcooked. Carne asada was seasoned well and large. Decent beans and rice, pico de gallo was a tiny amount, underseasoned and tasted from a jar. Food was okay and I would try this place again. Biggest issue is service. My waiter was great when he could. But there is NO TEAMWORK here. We were seated across from bar and manager stood in same place doing nothing but chatting with staff about personal things, distracting staff. All staff walked by and none offered to fill my water, or pick up an empty plate, and again Manager never moved.
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Gabe and Justin Taylor Parsons
Fried Ice cream was served stone cold!!! We got the manager’s attention on this and he said “we have to freeze them after it’s cooked so it won’t melt”.. I’m sorry but if I order anything that’s fried it better come out piping hot and the ice cream better be soft. No the ice cream was stone cold and the fried coating was icy…. I’ve had several hundreds of servings of fried ice cream in my life and this place should just remove this item from their menu… Otherwise the faijtas were great..
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John L
Great Mexican food in an unassuming area! It’s right off the Totem Lake Village, where it’s all hip now it’s no longer a ghost mall. This place has character, good portions and Claudia was quick and efficient in getting our orders. Once you sit down you get piping hot tortilla chips and a very tasty salsa (we came around 7.45pm), and orders were quick. Seems to be short staffed and busy waitress, but overall we had a good time, would recommend their “most recommended” Mar Y Tierra dish below, and the quesadilla. Will be visiting again, didn’t realize there’d be such good Mexican food here! Much better than Azteca/Ixatapa chains
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Chris Richey
Food & service were perfect. The atmosphere would have been perfect too if it weren’t for the 88 degree temp inside!
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Lizzie C
The food was very solid, and the portions are huge. Our party of 4 each got something different, and we all enjoyed our food. I got the asada tacos which came with rice and beans. The decor and general vibe of this place is unique and inviting.
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Sreelu
“If you are hungry – This is “NOT” the place for you to go”
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Allofus Ra
The best street tacos I’ve never had. Tortillas are cooked to perfection and I love that’s its just meat, not a lot of fat or gristle, which is what I find in many others.
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Christy L
One of my favorite Mexican restaurants in Washington – and I’ve been to most of them. Delicious food, large portions. You feel that you’re getting good value for what you pay. Even the free chips & salsa are great! Love the service too – they’ll call you senor/senora/senorita 🙂
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Bryan Clark
Excellent food! I did not have a wait for inside dining. They also had a ton of take- out orders going out so I expected it to be good, and it met my expectations. The salsa was really flavorful. I had the carne asada. It was excellent and well seasoned. For dessert I had baked ice cream, which was a great finale.
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Maral Esfahanpoor
This was our second time eating at this place after 2 years and the improvement was noticeable!
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