Any trip to Yuma is incomplete without having lunch or dinner at Carnitas El Taste! Today was no exception. I met MariaLuisa, the owner's daughter. She welcomed me upon entering & also was my server. She was dressed in a beautiful, culturally accurate Mexican dress, not some cheap copy like you see in many Mexican food restaurants. We spoke at length about her attire and the beautiful murals she herself painted on the restaurant walls. On a side note: she told me she painted the mural at Mr. G's, depicting the history of Yuma. I'll have to stop there next trip to see more of MariaLuisa's artwork, but I'm still dining at Carnitas El Taste! So, back to my review. I had the carnitas lunch plate which was absolutely delicious, as always. Fresh, hot tortillas accompanied the delicious arroz & refried frijoles. I would be remiss if I didn't praise the FANTASTIC flan with fresh blueberries. Thought I died & went to heaven. The flan is homemade, not commercially processed. So, so YUMMY. A personal note to MariaLuisa - thank you so much for the special gift. It is beautiful. I admire your artistry and deep love of your heritage. God's blessings on you and your family. I look forward to my Yuma trip! read more

If this place has the best "carnitas" in Yuma, then I would recommend you go to a different city. All skin and no meat in their "favorite dish" bellow is the half pound carnitas plate. After entering the restaurant, there was nobody to attend us, so we took a menu ourselves to decide on what to eat. This resulted in an angry employee complaining to take a seat and leave her manus alone. The next server was in better in attitude but then she served us some old chips and water down salsa that we didn't asked for but had to pay at the end regardless. The "Birria" tasted more like boiled meat than anything. The place smells like a old western cantina and that was just the beginning of the overall cleanliness of the place. It was my 1st and last time visiting this place. read more

Carnitas El Taste - "Carnitas" - Mexican Near Me - Yuma, Arizona

Colorful and clean and beautiful inside! Love all the art! The server was so friendly and helpful, and the food was awesome! Eggs perfectly cooked, everything just wonderful and a value! We will be back! read more

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This place is in the Cal ranch shopping center. I came in on a in between lunch and dinner and was quickly greeted and sat. The carnitas plate is served with chips, salsa, lime wedges + fresh tortillas on the side. It's a little crunchy on some bits and tasty. Love these shredded cabbage and delivery with chips and salsa on a cart. I'll come back here for another dish read more

Carnitas El Taste - Carnitas plate. Excellent - Mexican Near Me - Yuma, Arizona

Unbelievable muendo terrible with no flavor and the waitress who take no ownership of her customers satisfaction!

The staff were amazing drinks were fabulous and the food was delicious. It was a spur of the moment stop here and first time here I am very happy with everything here. read more

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Lovely, authentic café. Amazing, personable service. Small but unique menu. Artsy, homey, felt like family. Not the most amazing food maybe, but certainly among the best restaurant experiences. read more

Carnitas El Taste - Chile rellano - Mexican Near Me - Yuma, Arizona

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The food it's AMAZING! I ordered carnitas with buche and cueritos. OMG absolutely delicious. The service is phenomenal, they were so sweet. The ambiance is great. It remains my home country. read more

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The restaurant is in a strip mall and is what you would typically find. The staff is friendly and very attentive. The food was amazing. To include the flan which was made fresh. read more

Carnitas El Taste - a restaurant with checkered floor - Mexican Near Me - Yuma, Arizona

Their Carnitas's are to die for. Their home made corn tortillas are even better. We call order 2 lbs with the fixings and we are set for the night. read more

Six people shared two pounds of carnitas and it was really good and plenty of food. They let you know that it takes awhile for you to get your food, and it did! We asked for chips but they were waiting for them to arrive. The margarita that was ordered was very weak, like lemonade and the michiladas were ok. read more

While I appreciate food that isn't rushed 30 minutes for 6 tacos, a small enchilada and a total cost of over $40 to then forget some of our food is not awesome when we live 15mins away and feeding a family of six. read more

Small kind of hole in the wall place with excellent service and good food. Nothing fancy but our server was great and had no issues with splitting a check for a group of 6. Food came out fast and the macho burrito with carnitas was excellent. The meat was really moist and the burrito had lots of flavor. read more

Carnitas El Taste - Macho burrito with carnitas - Mexican Near Me - Yuma, Arizona

Small place that serves authentic carnitas, absolutely delicious. The taste was one I remembered from the old Carnitas place in Imperial Beach, crispy and yummy. read more

I haven't found amazing Mexican food in Yuma yet this place however is super cute and the Paloma I had was delicious. That being said the service is super slow we waited like 45 minutes for a burrito and menudo and they were okay. The staff was really nice and for that I'll give it another chance. read more

Menudo called comes with a small bowl of onions and cilantro...no salsa,oregano or red pepper usually served. I asked for red pepper and oregano. The t cane salad n tiny plastic wrapped packages tied in a knot that was impossible to untie. I asked for flour tortillas but was served corn. read more

Sorry, but the carnitas here lack flavor, freshness, just not very good. I've tried it twice, and both times I left, wishing it had tasted better. read more

We stopped in here yesterday wanting to get a quick snack. We were blown away by the delicious food! We started out with what they put on the table, which is salsa, pico de gallo, and some tortilla chips. The pico de gallo is very different from what I experienced in eastern North Carolina. Look at my picture to see what I mean. It was very good though! I loved topping the tortilla chip with pico, salsa, and the guacamole we ordered. The walk amole is another topic... It is definitely different from what I have experienced as well. It is more liquidy. Still delicious though. We also ordered the birria with refried beans and rice. To make it all come together one should definitely get the homemade corn tortillas! They are awesome! When it was all said and done we paid about $14 and left full. We will definitely return! read more

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Food was good only issue we had was they told us they didn't have any chips but everyone around us got chips. We didn't need chips but it would have been nice. Had to ask for salsa it was hot and good. Pico was cabbage. Gave 3 stars for being told no chips Service was good read more

Was in Yuma for the day and found this place on Yelp and had to check it out. Pros The best Chili Relleno I have ever had! The staff is very nice. Cons They are a little slow but they have signs up saying so and its for sure worth the wait since they make each meal fresh. Wish they would give you more chips and salsa. Tiny bowl of chips for 3 people. Still give the place 5 stars. read more

Menu is small but delicious. We had carnitas tacos with chips and salsa for a quick bite on our way from Phoenix to San Diego. Extremely reasonable prices. Even sells carnitas by the pound. Very small does take out and serves beer and horchata along with soft drinks. Will stop every time we pass this was. Oh and a nice gentlemen singing for atmosphere read more

Carnitas El Taste - Carnitas taco. Delicious!! - Mexican Near Me - Yuma, Arizona

This place has really good Mexican food. Everything is made from scratch including tortillas. Stopped in as is close to our home and had Carnitas plate and wife had Menuedo. She is very very picky and she loved it!. Carnitas are slowcooked and delicious! Kind of hard to see from road but one ofbest Mex food We've had in Yuma. Excellent! read more

This review is for the carnitas only, I have not try anything else and based on the quality of the carnitas, I'm 100% sure will not be trying anything else. the carnitas are by far the worse I had ever eaten and I will say if you give a positive review on what's called carnitas here you have no clue on what carnitas are! read more

Unreal carnitas, old school real Mexican food. I can't wait to get back to this spot.

Service was great but the food was terrible. They don't have any mild sauce for their nachos for people like me who can't eat spicy food. I asked and the gal brought it to our table but it was hotter than the original sauce she brought with the nachos! I ordered enchiladas El pollo. There were 3 small ones on the plate, wrapped in what looked like corn tortillas. The sauce was very runny and it saturated the enchiladas which made it very soggy. There was very little chicken - mostly tortillas and "sauce" (soup?). And speaking of soup...the re-fried beans were just that - like a soupy mess with a few real beans (maybe three?). The only good thing was the rice and the two small tomato slices (although pretty soft in texture). Even the lettuce thrown on top was brown on the edges and was mostly the "white" part of the head. Thanks but no thanks. Won't eat here again, which is too bad since it is very close to home. I don't recommend. read more

I was so excited to try this place after reading the previous reviews. I had the carnitas tacos, carne asada tacos, and carnitas tostada. The carne asada was tough and dry. The carnitas was fatty and dry. The tostada was really the only item that I enjoyed. I really wanted to like this place, but I doubt I'd go back. read more

Visiting from San Diego where there is lots of Mexican food! This place was amazing the carnitas was delicious and definitely fresh. My husband had his favorite huevos rancheros. He said it was the best. Prices extremely reasonable as well. Will go back again read more

Driving through town, on our way to California, and came upon this wonderful Mexican restaurant. Carnitas was so tasty. Also the el pastor is good. Tortillas are fresh. The portions are large. Service was fantastic. Good prices. Very happy. Would highly recommend. read more

We saw the reviews and thought we would try this place. The monster pastor burrito was edible. Chicken enchiladas were not that good. We stopped at Carl's to grab a sandwich since he didn't eat all of his enchiladas and was hungry. The main reason for the review is that the gave 3 guys who just got of work 7 chips. Asked for more and was told we would have to pay for the low grade store chips. I was brought 5 chips charged 1.99. I asked when she brought 5 chips if I was paying for just 5 chips. Waitress didn't now. So basically it came from the kitchen 5 chips for 1.99. Bistic ranchero was okay. It was soupy and served with a spoon but was good not great. We will never be back. ‍ read more

The best carnitas in town, no doubt. It's a family favorite ever since they opened. They have breakfast options that remind me of my nana's food. We like to go on our family sundays oh also, theeee best Jamaica over ever had. read more

We had the carnitas tacos. They were delicious! I recommend the corn tortillas. Our waitress was really good. The food came out hot.

Good service, homemade carnitas, and excellent salsa. Ordered 1lb of carnitas with a side of rice and beans, fed 3 adults and a baby for slightly over 20 bucks! Friendly service and tasty food. Highly recommend. read more

Really good spot, really good service. Food was really good! wish we had spots like these in Monterey county

We've eaten here four times this month, and haven't been disappointed yet. The first evening we went for chile rellenos, and they were sold out. We settled for the carnitas plate. The meat was delicious, and served with very good refried beans and rice. We've had both the corn and flour tortillas, and they're both homemade and excellent. We went back for rellenos, and they're excellent. Deep fried in an egg batter and served with a tasty tomato pepper sauce. Friendly, if somewhat absent service and a decent margarita. Great place. read more

Just tried a this Mexican restaurant in my neighborhood . NOT GOOD !!! Ordered the Macho Burrito add cheese.....no cheese, barley warm. Also ordered a side of chips and salsa.....but did not get them. The waitress assured me everything was in the bag......stupid me...I didn't check.. I live very close and when I called to complain, she said...."Oh we didn't have any chips, but they just delivered some, you can come and pick them up".!!! Come on....I was born at night.......but not last night !!!! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY !!! read more

Exactly what you would hope for from a a smallish non chain place. Service was good and the waitress was very sweet. Food was excellent from rice and beans to the Chile rellenos. A very nice experience. read more

Great food very authentic Mexican food ! The carnitas are bomb highly recommend, best Mexican restaurant in Yuma Az . Five star from my end read more

We drove through Yuma on our way home and this little place is excellent! Amazing service and fresh, hot food! We ordered breakfast burritos and they were so filling and delicious. You will not be disappointed!! read more

Great little place on the South part of 4th Avenue of Old Yuma shopping area. Hit this after the Rodeo. And what a Treat!! Had the Carnitas and Birria Plate with rice and beans and Home Made corn tortilla.. Amazing good read more

Staying nearby; thought we'd try this restaurant. I asked about the nopales as I had never seen it or tried it. The waitress brought me a small sample, that I found to be delicious. I ordered the carnitas plate with nopales (prickly pear cactus). Absolutely loved it! The Mrs had the chili relleno (her usual order where ever). She approved. The handmade corn tortillas were excellent. Menu photos don't show but beer and margaritas are available. The down side was the waitress was less than attentive. read more