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El Rincon del Palmar

4.2 (32 reviews)
Open • 8:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Dogs allowed
Happy hour specials
Outdoor seating

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Disgusting salsa. Sour, rancid taste
Dietrich K.

Easily just tasted the worst burrito of my entire life. 100% i wish I went to taco bell. First off it's already not a good sign when theres lettuce in a burrito. On top of that the salsa is so bad it makes you want to gag when you taste it. Its sprinkles into the burrito as well so its almost impossible to even eat around the cold hard shredded cheese and sour cream and soggy lettuce. It reminded me of a little kid might make or put together. Overall i had a bit better expectations of at least having something edible in San Rafael, but I was wrong. Hopefully they learn what effort is because their food has none, nor heart, or seasoning.

Cocktail de camarones (shrimp cocktail with ketchup. Y U M !!
Scott H.

I am on the road with my dog and hoped to find a place downtown when I could keep an eye on my car and eat something good. Alas. It was the 'No Kings' day and downtown San Rafael was clogged with humans and cars. So I drove in bigger and bigger circles until I found this place. I had a shrimp cocktail and two tacos al pastor. The food is good! I thin Mecivcan style shrimp cocktails could be a huge dad. So wrong. So delicious! Here they bring it out with a bottle of Heinz so you can add your own. I am so, so white guy. I love it to death. The tacos didn't look like much but they were tasty and the pork was tender. I am spoiled by tacos al pastor I ate in Mexico City and to me the meat has to be cooked and sauced in the vertical spit. It's way better than when the cook the he meat on a flat top or pan. That said I enjoyed them and would pay for them again. Good food and nice service. Bring your translator. The neighborhood vibe is industrial and there is a tent city 100' away.

Mar y Tierra is delicious!
Richard T.

This food is the best! Great flavors and generous portions. My favorite recently is the Chile Relleno plate. So delicious! The staff are great too. Highly recommended!

Cheese 2 Enchiladas Plate with Black Beans
Alexandra G.

Seriously impressed by this place. Super friendly service and great food. Stumbled in with a multigenerational group of 5, about 9pm Sunday night. Food was super fresh, gorgeous preparation, salsas were incredible.

Carnitas enchilada
Bob S.

This is getting close to the real thing, and the only reason I only went 4* is because I recently returned from a too-long stay in Texas where tex-mex is mostly all you'll find (except that exceptions abound in certain areas and are major-league good). It so happens I wanted enchiladas, which come with the ubiquitous rice, beans and salad. Like the mainstay of tex-mex except that here, it's entirely better than most. I ordered mine with carnitas, the filling was more than generous, and the sauce was not out of a can, or so it seemed. Coming here had been a problem because right next door is el Lucerito, which made for a decision: really good Mexican v good Guatemalan? But the place next door seems to have dropped a step so lately I've come here preferentially. I might add one complaint I have here this night is the volume of the usual Mexican music inside, really over the top. I don't remember it being this loud last winter, so maybe the volume just got turned up and nobody complained. We sat outside.

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For decades, El Rincón del Palmar has been serving consistently-delicious, traditional meals that are always above par.

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Great customer service and the steak and shrimp plate called Mar y Tierra was very flavorful.

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good food and ambiance but quite expensive .............the area is so so ...............

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El Rincon del Palmar - mexican - Updated October 2026

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