I chose El Globo based out of previous reviews. I happened to be in Grand Rapids for the first time, so I didn't know anyplace to go. The service was very prompt and friendly. The decor is very Mexican, and nicely done. I ordered enchiladas...as a vegetarian I chose the cheese enchiladas, and elected not to have the rice and beans. I ordered a side of guacamole to get things going. The guacamole and chips were as good as I've had in Michigan. Growing up in San Diego, I am often disappointed by attempts to make Mexican food, they nailed these. I ordered the enchiladas with green sauce, and they were also delicious. read more

El Globo Restaurant - Guacamole and chips and cheese enchiladas. - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

I appreciated the service and the food that we had here was really good. I would definitely go again. The environment was really clean as well. read more

The prices on the lunch menu are super great. Overall the prices have not gone up since 2020 so it makes it affordable. The service was great for a group of 12 and food came out quickly. I love the variety in the main menu and their quesabirria is AAMAZING! The restaurant is colorful and clean with lots of booths for you to sit at. I love coming here when I work in the area. read more

An authentic Mexican food experience that we can't stop raving about! We had the quesadillas, quesabirria, tacos, and burrito, and every bite was fresh, flavorful, and absolutely delicious. The quesabirria was packed with tender meat and perfectly melted cheese, and the tacos and burrito were bursting with bold, authentic flavors. You can truly taste the love and care put into each dish. Enjoying this from their food truck was fantastic, and we can't wait to try out their restaurant location someday. This is a must-visit for any Mexican food lover! read more

The Burria Tacos with the consome dip is definitely a super star deserving 4 stars. The restaurant was authentic had some good menu options but I found it lack on other basic items such as the refried beans being underseasoned and the shredded chicken being super dry. Service was barely ok, the waitress could not explain some of the menu item well and forgot to bring our tomatillo sauce and not everyone on our table was given silverware. We would likely not go back perhaps only if someone would be craving the Burria taco combo again. read more

The food is so amazing the wet burrito is my favorite. The service is amazing the way the servers always come to your table asking you need help with anything or asking if you need refills. Agua de horchata is the best thing to ever exist always try that. The atmosphere is ever open with a lot of seating and a place for a long time. read more

I was so excited to try the birria here but it was so bad I couldn't even eat the second taco and the salsa is very watered down.

Very friendly service to match the phenomenal food! Highly recommend lunch or dinner for authentic Mexican food ! read more

El Globo Restaurant - Tacos! - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

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AMAZING food!!! Friendly service and clean restaurant. Seating is socially distanced and most customers do takeout. Will have to return to try more things on the menu! My first time having birria tacos - so good! My only "complaint" has nothing to do with the restaurant, just that the location is a little tight and crowded. Parking is available behind the restaurant! read more

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Incredible tacos and fantastic prices! We visited El Globo based on a recommendation from a friend and it was fantastic! Additionally, they have tacos for $1 on Wednesdays - who can top that?! I had the Al Pastor, Chicharron, Chorizo, and Barbacoa. My favorite by far was the chicharron! read more

El Globo Restaurant - Al Pastor, Chicharron, Chorizo tacos - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Authentic Mexican!!! We found this gem by accident. The horchata is yummy and the birria tacos were amazing! I think they would get so much more business if they had a way to advertise. We will definitely be back! read more

El Globo Restaurant - Birria - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

El Globo is absolutely amazing. We have used them for catering, take out and eating in! With the catering, they even heat up tortillas right there for you! What an amazing touch. We went there yesterday, and they had new menus that were beautiful and the descriptions were super helpful. Favorite things: Alambra Mix Menudo Birria Most things with shrimp :) read more

This is our favorite place in town for authentic Mexican food! We've tried many things and all are delicious. My husband usually gets the quesabirria tacos and steak tacos, both excellent. Pictured here are steak and al pastor Gorditas. They do a great job accommodating my specific requests (no tomato, lettuce, or sour cream, add beans and cheese). I love their green salsa and I like to dip my Gorditas in the consume for quesabirria. read more

El Globo Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

El Globo is located on Division Ave - we were able to park on the backside in the lot (parking meters). From there, you will find an arrow on the back of the building that guides you into the restaurant - we walked past the kitchen, the cash register and to a table. We were given menus right off-the-bat but upon ordering beverages, we waited about 5 minutes before another employee came over and took our beverage order again stating that the other employee was too busy. It was a bit awkward but after that, the service was just fine. Most of the people in my group ordered tacos - there is a platter that you can get 3 tacos (4 options to choose from) and it comes with rice and beans as well as lime wedges, grilled onions, jalapeño and sliced radish. I really enjoyed the chorizo and pastor tacos. I also got a chicken taco - but it was dry and stringy; that is the only one I'd recommend skipping. The chips and salsa in the beginning were tasty and the salsa had a nice tomato flavor. Our checkout experience took awhile as we didn't realize we needed to walk to the register and pay without getting bills. The value was good - the taco platter was $8.50 so it's much better priced than your upscale taco joints (Donkey, Luna, etc). Beware - the neighborhood is a bit sketchy - we had a woman that was clearly under the influence of something almost walk/fall into our moving car - so keep your eyes open and be safe but definitely worth the risk for good eats! read more

El Globo Restaurant - Taco platter - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

Best tender, juicy lamb in a crispy crunch homemade shell with a mildly heated dipping sauce is hands down the best I've had.

Great service. Food came out promptly. Extremely flavorful. Chicken was tender and cooked to perfection. 10/10 read more

El Globo Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

My wife and I stopped in for lunch. The guacamole was fresh and flavorful. My wife had chicken tamales, which she really enjoyed. I ordered the birria tacos, which were truly incredible. Service was excellent, we will definitely go back. If you're looking for authentic Mexican, this is a must! read more

Looking for a place serving Birria tacos. The food was good. I really liked the Birria. My wife's flutas were a little bland but still good. The service was top notch. Very polite and quick service. The place was small but very clean and nicely decorated. Will be back. read more

I found this place on Instagram after searching for birria that would be comparable to the birria you'd find back home in Chicago. El Globo definitely lived up to my expectations. I ordered the quesabirria combo and an horchata, and this was enough to span 2 meals for me. Everything was delicious and spiced just right. The horchata was perfect and not too sweet. The presentation was great and the staff was so friendly and attentive! I will definitely be back for more! read more

El Globo Restaurant - Quesabirria combo - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

I've heard about this legendary place with cheap tacos on Wednesdays so we finally decided to check out El Globo for lunch. Tacos are now $1.50 each for traditional, Mexican-style tacos with cilantro and onion ($2.50 for lengua and tripe), and $2 each for "supreme" tacos with sour cream, lettuce, and tomato. My boyfriend and I each ordered three traditional tacos--I got al pastor, asada, and pollo, and he chose lengua, carnitas, and chorizo. They give you a small basket of free chips, salsa, and hot sauce to start. The salsa was so delicious, with really rich tomato flavor and lots of cilantro. The hot sauces were just okay for me. I preferred the orange one over the verde sauce, which was a little bitter. Neither were really spicy. Our food came out quickly and everything was hot and fresh. The corn tortillas were some of the best I've ever had! Not at all dried out, and light and fluffy. We shared bites of all the tacos and the lengua was definitely my favorite. It's a super rich, fatty cut of meat that was perfectly tender. I usually base my judgment on taco places by their asada taco and El Globo's was just okay. It was a little lacking in flavor and not very tender. However, the price can't be beaten, the service was friendly and helpful, and I would absolutely go back for more tacos or some of their other dishes that I saw coming out of the kitchen. There is a ton of metered lot parking behind the building and some street parking as well. We waited around a bit until we figured out you go up to the register to pay. They also have a surcharge for credit card orders under $5 so keep that in mind. We spent about $13 before tip for two people for lunch--pretty awesome! Definitely give them a try if you love authentic Mexican! read more

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As we were visiting Grand Rapids, we found El Globo on Yelp. It looks like a small restaurant on the outside but it is a very deep restaurant. The food I would rate as 5 star. We ordered the guacamole and it was fresh and punchy. For dinner we had the Molcajete Tapatio. It is a hot stone bowl with chicken, shrimp, beef, and Chorizo. With the meat, there was Mexican Cheese, a large Poblano pepper, cacti leaves, and onions in the hot bowl. The flavors were fabulous. The bowl came with flour tortillas, rice and beans. Oswaldo the chef said that everything is made there. I did not try the desserts since the had sold out of tres leches cake. The ambiance was ok and closer to a place like Chipotle. For ambiance I give it a 4. Overall, I look forward to eating there again. read more

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I had the quesobirria tacos and honestly, they were AMAZING! I had been searching all over GR for some birria tacos and I'm really glad I found this spot that was tucked away on Division. The service was also really great and our server went above and beyond for me and my friend. I also had the hibiscus drink which paired perfectly with my tacos. Definitely visiting again! read more

El Globo Restaurant - consome - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

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The food is amazing! Authentic Mexican food! Las personas te atienden súper nice, y amo comer los taquitos de birria! Son los mejores de la ciudad!!! read more

El Globo Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

Hands down the best place for birria Tacos . They also have birria ramen just as amazing.

Good was pretty good and the drinks were pretty sweet. The wait time however was kinda long read more

El Globo Restaurant - Quesabirria - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

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You only need one word to describe the food here: sexy! Great service, quickly made and delicious food. What more do you want? read more

Excellent, authentic food. Great service. We wish there was beer, but are already planning our next trip!

We saw El Globo on our Tik Tok fyp and oh my lanta. SO GOOD! I had the quesabirria combo, and to be honest, I was a little nervous about goat. It was amazing. My mom got the carne asada taco plate, and she couldn't stop raving! Great service. Clean restaurant. Delicious food. You need to try it! read more

El Globo Restaurant - Quesabirria Combo - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

Man oh man some of the best goat in the city tender full a flavor. If you like goat tacos you better come and try these read more

El Globo Restaurant - Birria tacos rice and beans - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

This is my second time here and I truly enjoyed my food. The first time I came I ordered carne asada tacos, a birria taco, a chicharron taco, and menudo. The menudo was a little different than what I'm used to, but it was still good. It also doesn't have any hominy in it, which I like. It also comes with tortillas. But, I'm used to eating it with a toasted bolillo roll. They don't have bolillos but was able to accommodate me with another type of bread, which tasted as good as a bolillo. I went today and ordered the chicken enchiladas verde and had a fried egg added on top. It was so delicious. The rice and refried beans are good. I wish I had more of the beans, though. I normally don't get rice and order double beans. This time I wanted to try both. Unfortunately, I didn't think about posting a review until after I ate all of food. read more

As someone that had never been to an authentic Mexican resturaunt, I enjoyed the food very much. The takeout was fast and easy and everything came hot even after I was 15 mins late to pickup the food. They had all the fixings done right and had beets, peppers, onions added to my plate which was not advertised but It was great. The consume was hot and they had two sauces along with the meal which were for spiceiness but it was not overwhelming. Definently recommend to everyone and will be coming here again. The picture was after I ate alot, so just saying! read more

El Globo Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

Delicious food and good service. Not much else to scream about. The place is on Division so it can get a bit noisy from outside traffic read more

Steak tacos were delicious, with the grilled onions, steak wet burrito was good, nachos, not so much. read more

El Globo Restaurant - Dining room - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

Best Birria taco platter I've had in Michigan, really brings me back to my days of living in Santa Barbara. Highly recommend this place for melty, delicious, birria tacos and consumè goodness. read more

We sat down (self seating was obvious) to get tacos and waited for 10 minutes before being greeted, we were only greeted after flagging down a server ourselves. They served others who had sat after us, and even after noticing his mistake he proceeded to have us sit there for another 10 minutes waiting for 2 waters... but he was bringing tables refills and this and that, we watched him as he blatantly ignored our presence. So we left. Didn't even get a drink and we waited there 20 minutes all together... had high hopes, super disappointing. read more

After seeing the birria tacos all over social media, I was pleased to find a location in GR serving this trendy taco/quesadilla "quesabirria". I had never had one before, so I didn't know what to expect other than it's made out of goat meat and came with a dipping broth. For 13.50 it included three quesabirria tacos, rice, beans, and a side of hot peppers, lime, cilantro and onion. I was very impressed and thought it was delicious. We also ordered two taco supremes (cheese/sour cream version) one steak, one chorizo. We definitely favored the chorizo, and thought the steak was the least tender of the meats. We also ordered the menudo soup which, well, tasted better before I learned what was in it! LOL. It's not for a weak stomach due to the tripe and of course it's very spicy. a common traditional Mexican soup, the texture of tripe was new to me and I just couldn't get used to it. However, the broth was flavorful and I thought it was a good sized portion, and I'm glad i tried something new! Worth noting - some prices differ online than their in person menu, which is a pet peeve of mine. It's also not in the best part of Grand rapids... next time I'll go while it's still light outside. The food was tightly wrapped in tin foil and was still hot when we got home. read more

The quesabirria tacos with consome is to die for! Amazing! 10/10 super quick, staff is friendly, parking in the back read more

El Globo Restaurant - the interior of the restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

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great customer service. Tacos and Tortas is atop notch. The Burris tacos are excellent. Prices are really fair for the food you receive.

Found an authentic Mexican restaurant with amazing service and the food is absolutely amazing! If u are in the area u need to do urself a favor and come in ASAP! read more

El Globo Restaurant - So fire!!!! Definitely coming back!!! - Mexican Near Me - Grand Rapids, Michigan

We were seeking out an authentic Mexican/Central American restaurant and were thrilled by El Globo. Starting with the Nacho Supreme drenched in cheese and beef but not too soggy. All the rest; enchiladas, soft authentic tacos, and a dry and a wet burrito were delicious. We fed seven people with leftovers and $60. Outstanding meal and experience, highly recommended! read more