They have yet to diaappont me! Came years ago and when they put chips on the table..they were drizzled with beans and an amazing sauce! Whaaat? I'll eat that allll day! Been back several times and they recently gave their interior a.face lift, which looks amazing! Older man in working register is the hardest working man in all the land! The whole crew is! They have a non stop line and calls coming in regularly. Our fave is the breakfast burrito..I wanna weep just thinking how I don't have one in my hand right now. AL pastor is solid! The red salsa should be in an IV drip on me at all times..I'm obsessed! read more

Great food, fast service and a convenient location! This spot offers quality food for a reasonable price. Will definitely be-back again in the next couple of weeks, highly recommend. read more

El Grullense - Where you order - Mexican Near Me - Pacheco, California

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I ordered 3 plates a few days ago, take out. One order of enchiladas verdes & one order enchiladas rojas and 3 carne asada tacos. The enchilada chicken meat was so dry and hard to chew and to top it off very salty. Looking at their menu and having ordered many dishes past I realized that they don't use chicken breast but use chicken thigh meat. I know that for the price they charge they should be using chicken breast as opposed to chicken thigh meat. I can see that they want to profit more by using chicken thigh meat because it's cheaper. I rather go to other Mexican restaurants. They lost a customer but I guess it won't matter. Anyway just wanted to share my experience with the public. The carne asada always has a lot of chunky fat pieces minced up with the good meat. This happens ALWAYS with their beef and carnitas. I guess their "profit" margin is more important than serving good meat. They add allot of white onions to disguise the fatty meat pieces just grossed me out. My new favorite place is "Los Ponchos" in Pleasant Hill, Ca. The restaurant is clean, employees are friendly and you get great quality service and good food. They don't rip people off by serving "chicken thigh" meat and are generous with their chicken plates adding plenty of chicken breast. This is the right way of serving people good food and charging a reasonable price. read more

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The last few times I have ate here the burritos were cold and full of rice! Also, they are cutting back on the salsa. They give you one small cup that is only quarter full. When I asked for salsa they look at the owner to see if it's ok. I will not be going back. read more

Delish! The quesobirria is my favorite thing here, but all The food is very well made read more

The establishment is conveniently near the freeway. The place was very clean. Customer service was excellent. The food was hot and very tasty. read more

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Food was way to expensive for the quality la primavera down street cost less for better quality in my opinion I come here once in a blue moon but I'm disappointed every time and the chile verde was super bland with a tiny scoop of beans and rice. I also ordered horchata it was full 3/4 of the way if I'm paying 5 dollars plus on a drink I expect it to be 100 percent full and the lady over the phone was extremely rude and the restaurant is very dirty and unkept read more

Taco Tuesdays! But the only problem is, I didn't order any tacos at El Grullense. Spoiler alert. Just felt like Mexican cuisine today, so decided to pop down to this shop for some eats. It's located in a small shopping strip off of Pacheco Blvd, and right before the freeway entrance if you're coming from Contra Costa. Make sure to keep your eye out for it, or you may miss it altogether, but luckily, there's plenty of u-turn opportunities at least up ahead, but just be wary. The place isn't much to look at from the outside, and not much to look at on the inside either. Pretty clean, but it is a bit older of a building, and gives off that feel at times of dinginess. It's a fairly larger restaurant, with an ample amount of seating, and a larger table as well for a big group. In general, it's more of a drop in get out, or takeout type place. It appears their entire menu has been listed above their counter, and all the menu items have pictures to accompany them. There's so many pictures up there, it feels like the whole menu is probably up there, but I could be wrong. Don't quote me on that. It's all photos of the food they have personally taken, so it's good to know what you see is what you'll get. Since my eating companion tonight wasn't all that hungry either, we just kept it simple, and ordered a couple of dishes. We ordered a special chicken nachos with everything on it, and also a Tostada de Ceviche. The backstory on the special nachos was fairly simple. While we were deciding what to order, someone else ordered it, and we saw it and were like, "We want that too!", since it looked so delicious. The Ceviche was ordered to help balance out the flavor profiles a bit. The special chickens nachos were well done, and tasted good. The beans were well made, and doesn't have that greasy aftertaste most places have. The multiple sauces on top all worked well together. Lots of different flavors, but meshed well as a whole. Of course the other typical ingredients of a salsa, combined with the chicken, all in all, it was a tasty nacho, and also a pretty huge plate of it, which my friend and I appreciated. The Ceviche was not the tastiest I've ever had, and the portions were just okay, it was refreshing and light, so basically served its purpose. While the food wasn't spectacular, it was a satisfying meal. El Grullense is a nice place get some tasty Mexican cuisine. They also had some more traditional dishes on their menu that I'd love to try next, especially the Oxtail stew, which looks delicious among other things. The staff are friendly, and will bring you your food if you eat there. The cost of the food wasn't bad at all, and probably on the cheaper side, especially special nachos which had a huge portion size. It's not a particularly nice restaurant, but if you're looking for a more casual experience anyways, this place will fit your needs, but it's also a fairly older building and interior, so keep all of this in mind. Will be back again in the future. read more

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Order 2 meals for the table and 2 to go. There was a server doing a great job but unfortunately I got a different server. She took my order and never came back. We finished and my to go order never came and neither the bill or boxes to go...I had to go to the cashier and ask for the rest of my order. No one informed me that I had to pay at the cashier. I noticed 1 item missing and they asked me to wait. After a while I payed and left. They never say bye or thank you. When I arrived home, the same item was still missing. I Had to go back and instead of an apology the cashier blame me for leaving without the order. I found a lot of bad reviews about the 2 female servers bad attitude with the costumers. read more

One of the best breakfast burritos, so much meat, so good. The only bad comment to make is that it could be a little bigger, but ya really love the burrito here read more

Great breakfast burritos and really good hot sauce!!! Come here all the time for some breakfast burritos and horchata!

Great burritos. My favorite is carnitas. Also great roce and beans. Authentic mexican food

You know they will have banger breakfast burrito when you see all the hard-working crews eating breakfast. Did it did not disappoint.! Add french fries inside my burrito. Very broad. In general when I look for a place to eat a Niceeee, it's busy I know is it gonna be good read more

El Grullense - the outside of the building - Mexican Near Me - Pacheco, California

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Only one problem, the music is FAR too loud. Like WAY TOO loud and I wish they had salt for the glass rims. The food is always tasty. And I adore the chips and salsa they bring you. I wish the toastada shell was fresh and made in house and the lettuce shredded but the taste is delicious so hey. read more

Shrimp looked very rubbery and strange texture. Aguachile was $25 and inedible. Also no chips or tostadas with the dish. Very disappointed in they would even serve that. read more

El Grullense - Aguachile .. This is what food poisoning looks like. $25 and did not even attempt to try it. - Mexican Near Me - Pacheco, California

If you're looking for the best Mexican breakfast spot this is the place to go. Definitely recommend coming here

Food is so nasty. Temperature of meat was served room temperature. Never again!! Don't waste your time or money.

I work with some of the best guys. There are a few times a month where I get surprised with breakfast. My co workers know that I don't eat a lot of carbs. One of the great things about Mexican food is that you can get a carb overload or you can go with excellent protein only choices. The special breakfast that they get me is the Carnitas mixed with scrambled Eggs. Their Carnitas is to die for. It's so good kind of crispy, kind of juicy. They put just the right amount of Egg. It's such a good breakfast. If you are in the mood to get a little carbs in there they will put this mixture of Carnitas and Eggs over a bed of French Fries. I mean, come on guys? That's incredible! It's so good. Get your favorite work friend or loved one something good for breakfast already! read more

Best breakfast burritos in the bay area. If you like authentic Mexican food this is the place to go. Great service. Friendly staff. They have TVs to watch sports and lots of booths/tables to relax at. read more

El Grullense - cars parked in front - Mexican Near Me - Pacheco, California

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Love this place. First impression is it's tiny. Nope it's a large sit down restaurant. Friendly, clean and yummy food. We sat down and quickly we were served the best chips. Drizzled with bean dip and salsa. (Yes, we did get seconds). We ordered a sope and quesadilla. Both were served with light sour cream and fresh salsa. Okay, I added the spicy salsa on the table. Warning, it's HOT! I'm excited to find an authentic Mexican cantina that's not outrageously expensive. Try it out, you'll love it too. read more

Got a torta and the bread was stale. Very disappointed. Not the first time I've been let down by this place

Food is great. We always stop in when we are close. The chips with beans and salsa is our favorite starter. Unfortunately, everytime we go in something is made wrong, lacking something or added that we didn't ask for. It's a running joke for us. We still love the food and will always come back. read more

El Grullense - New decor. - Mexican Near Me - Pacheco, California

Delicious carnitas crunchy tacos! Yummy taco salad. Hubby's fave is the shrimp quesadilla.

This place is my favorite Mexican restaurant over on the East Bay. I moved over here from Redwood City, which is the Peninsula and over there they are Kings of Mexican food! This place lives up to my expectations when it comes to cooking authentic ingredients. My go to are al pastor tacos! But if I'm feeling a burrito, I get a super carnitas burrito. All the ingredients are made fresh daily & the produce never taste spoiled. Don't forget to grab a horchata, one of thee best I've had in the game! read more

El Grullense - Al pastor super burrito - Mexican Near Me - Pacheco, California

I tried the Birria tacos and carne asada tacos they are definitely worth coming back for. My niece said they were the most delicious tacos she had ever had. I said, let's go! read more

This is for hiring this restaurant to cater using their taquiza services for a party. I'll give one star because their food is great. The reason for the low rating is because they did not give everything that was suppose to be given. Long story short, they were hired for my brother in law's 50th birthday. Now, they were informed it would be around 50 people which ended up to be a bit more like 80. They served tacos to the guest. They were also suppose to give beans and rice as part of the meal which they never did. They informed my brother in law that the ran out of food so they are done and have to leave. No problem. More people than anticipated so no fault to them. Where they are wrong is, my brother in law tried to asked to be refunded a portion of the money because they never served beans and rice to our guests. Owner states he talked to his employees which they said they did serve the beans and rice. Major ratings drop right there for lying and not following through. When my bro in law asked just to be compensated for the beans and rice, the owner states, "Well, then I have to upcharge you for having more people then, because you finished all our taco meat." WHAT!!!! Let say it was 50 people only and they ate double the amount of tacos and you run out (which you were hired for a certain time frame only to leave early) of meat , would you still upcharge us because they finished all your meat. Terrible, terrible business ethics there, therefore, the one star rating. Would never hire again for taquiza service. read more

Went to El Grullense Mexican Restaurant for lunch. I ordered one Carne Asada taco, one Al Pastor taco, one Chorizo taco, one fish taco, and a Jamaica. My food was tasty and the staff were friendly and quick. If I had to choose I would say my favorite taco was the Carne Asada taco. I would visit El Grullense Mexican Restaurant again to try some of their other menu items. read more

El Grullense - Carne Asada taco, Al Pastor taco, Chorizo taco, & a Fish taco, - Mexican Near Me - Pacheco, California

Awesome taqueria I like to get the breakfast burritos here, they are very filling They also have an awesome complimentary chips and beans/salsa combination they serve when you eat there that is fantastic. read more

The food is actually very good, but it is expensive. I don't mind that if everything else was good. The issue is their lack of ability to get my order straight. Not once or twice, but almost every time! I stopped going for quite a period, especially when I discovered Taqueria y Carniceria on Pacheco. Any way, this morning I thought I'd give them another shot. It'd closer to my home, and I was lazy... Once more, they F$%#'ed up the order. I phoned in the order, wait in their long azz line, but then have to wait again for them to re-make one breakfast burrito (one out the order). I'm done. Back to Taqueria y Carniceria, where I should have went in the first place. read more

Went there Wednesday morning. Felt so disrespected by counter person. I walked in and was just look at like I was a inconveinance. She did not say a word to me like maybe may I help you. I told her what I wanted and asked for some chips and salsa. She was so happy to inform me they would cost extra. So cheap. Anyhow when my order came up she was to busy to bring it to table. I went to counter and told her it was for here. She just rolled her eyes and ignored me. The breakfast was good as usual, would have been better with some chips and salsa, but the sevice was so bad it left a bad taste in my mouth. Shame that establishments allow this to happen. read more

This place is disgusting. My husband wanted to get food from there and I said I didn't want anything after last time when they put a pound of gristle on my nachos or the fact that they gave me ecoli over the summer. This is what they gave him a burrito that is so greasy it ate a hole through the side and grease was just pouring out. True story: we tried to give the rest to our dog and he wouldn't eat it. GROSS. Don't eat here unless you want to be disgusting and disappointed. read more

El Grullense - Greasy burrito - Mexican Near Me - Pacheco, California

Yes!! Go here and get your breakfast, lunch or dinner. My whole family loves it here. The food is fresh and delicious. They recently remodeled the inside and it's very nice. Also it's nice to leave the place and my clothes don't smell like food. I wish I had pictures to post. I will update my review with pictures when I go back. For now I wanted to get a review up. I'll be back. Probably Saturday for our chorizo breakfast burrito. It's fantastic. read more

There's no obvious sign that says "El Grullense" so if it's 8pm on a Wednesday night, and you have an overall sense of danger- you're in the right place. Not that it matters to dudes, but I'm not a dude and the place is full of dudes. I basically decided I'll never come back alone. Update: weekends are different :-) Meat comes grilled without salt it seems, as they want to leave that part up to you. I was perfectly happy with the service and speed as well because you have to consider that it's a joint. What kind of service and cleanliness is typical of a "joint"? Rate it from there fairly. No, the lady isn't wearing gloves or a hair net. Yes, there was an avocado skin on the ground. No, they're not coming around your table every few minutes asking how it tasted and if you have room for dessert. I would compare this kitchen situation to say, Thanksgiving evening an hour before dinner in the kitchen: it's a disaster (joint, remember) We dined in tonight and loved it. $6 Michelada that was enormous. Dinner for three for $20. read more

El Grullense - Super Asada Nachos $7.75 - Mexican Near Me - Pacheco, California

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My husband and I used to LOVE El Grullense, it was our go to spot for Mexican food! But lately the customer service has TERRIBLE, the food disappointing, along with the portions. My French fry nachos were clearly heated in the Styrofo container because the cheese was completely melted to the bottom. I'm so disappointed at how downhill things have gone, looks like my family will be looking for a new go to Mexican place. read more

Love this place! I always want to try news things but I just love their pozole! Service is always pleasant and fairly priced based on good portion sizes. My bf likes to try something different each time because he's exciting like that and always seems happy! We love all their tacos too! I'm glad they stayed open while still working on renovations, which look like a nice improvement so far! read more

Living in San Jose has only spoiled me with plentiful tasty Mexican food. We use to have an El Grullense down there as well but it has since been renamed. Bf found this place after a long day, what can I say? It's A-Ok! The restaurant is located next to a liquor store. They have a big sign that says that you cannot purchase drinks next door. No reason necessary but my only guess is that they want you to purchase drinks at their restaurant only. The interior has plenty of seating. It's a bit rundown but who cares lol. Carne Asada Tacos - Bleh, is it me or do they put pineapples in them? They taste really sweet. Not my cup of tea but heck, they were edible. Chicken Quesadilla - Huge and thick. Looked really good too. Definitely enough for my bf. He liked it as well. The place offers birria tacos but unfortunately they didn't have any that day. :( Solid 3.5 stars but rounding to 4. read more

One of the best of its kind. Great generous meat portions, service with a smile, and clean restaurant. We often will get the street tacos (Al pastor is my husband's fave), burrito (half lengua and half cabeza), or taco salad. Good selection of Mexican sodas and beers. Take out is satisfying here, but when you dine in, they comp nachos with green sauce and cheese. Simple but so yum. read more

When I come to concord and want tacos this is my go to. Quesa birria is all I get here it's great. A bit pricey but it's a treat. Flavorful, cheesy and they are not stingy with the meat which I love. Must try! read more

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Had a group order. Ready on time and wonderful!! Burritos were fantastic. Our favorite Mexican Restaurant in the area. Quality ingredients great service. read more

This is the only place I go to get burritos. So flavorful! Also their breakfast burritos are outstanding!