I love coming here whenever I'm craving seafood. Everyone is always nice and attentive. There is plenty of seating and can be quiet most days but during the weekends, it can get noisy. All the dishes are good. I always get the guacamole since they make it so smooth and creamy. read more

El Sarandeado - Aguachile and guacamole - Mexican Near Me - Woodburn, Oregon

Service was fast, interior is bright and clean, food was heavily postponed and completely delicious. No complaints, excited to go back!

Horrible service! The waitresses were very rude. In my order, a side of beans and rice were included. As the beans arrived I noticed they had a funny smell. Everyone in our table noticed that the beans were expired. We let our server know as she then replied "thats not my problem" and rudely kept going at us. She later came back charging us extra after we had already paid for our orders. We will definitely NOT be coming back. Do not recommend this place!!!!!!! read more

Genuinely some of the worst mariscos i have ever had. Over priced and so under seasoned and not traditional. Plates came out and everything is not prepared the way it should be im sure it wasnt even the same ingredients as it tasted horrendous. We left 3 plates basically full because the food was just that bad. Overpaid, under seasoned, and disappointed. read more

Delicious! I'm a big chilaquilles fan..so much so that I've taken multiple tries to perfecting my recipe at home. These are perfect! They came out SUPER hot and the spice level was great. If you love spicy flavorful food, you'll enjoy it..if you're not big on spice, opt for the mild red salsa instead. The potatoes were flavorful and cooked with onions, and the beans were great as well. My husband and kids enjoyed their plates of creamy shrimp & nachos. The thing I loved most? They had a live band playing! First time coming here, and it was the first time I've seen a band at a restaurant. I loved it so much. The service was great and prompt! I love that there were so many locals and you can tell that's a good sign of good food in the neighborhood. We'll definitely be back! read more

El Sarandeado - Chilaquilles verdes with potatoes & beans - Mexican Near Me - Woodburn, Oregon

Big portions, affordable, and solid menu. Disappointing with no chips, and salsa with the meal, and no Chile rellenos. Good parking on the side of the building, friendly staff, and following Covid protocol. Quesadilla and super burrito were muy delicioso. read more

Great food. Huge homemade corn tortillas. We came for lunch one day and decided to go back for breakfast the next day. We tell all our relatives to go and eat the next time they are in Woodburn. read more

They're good is basic. They're always out of ceviche which that's what they're known for. They're times very if they're having a party, which you won't know unless you actually go there. Has happened to me twice. AntojitosCamaronesCamaronesCarne AsadaChicken FajitaMariscos El ZarandeadoQuesadilla read more

3* Sarandeado Woodburn Mexican restaurant with bakery Great pan dulce They serve breakfast Under new ownership No herbal tea, no decaffeinated coffee Service okay read more

I loved this spot, delicious food, champurrado was great and fresh bread. We will be back once we travel North again! read more

El Sarandeado - Mexican Near Me - Woodburn, Oregon

this is probably not my thing I love Mexican food but this restaurant kinda made me feel like they didn't put effort into there dishes I got a super burrito which has Pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole and in the inside was Sada read more

El Sarandeado - Mexican Near Me - Woodburn, Oregon

Came to give it try because everyone was raving about it. Customer service was lacking in hospitality, all my food was cold, the food was bland with little to no flavor. Every dish I saw was not bubbling, or hot! I don't understand all the raves. First and last time. read more

Co-worker recommended this place and it did not disappoint! Asada, Pastor & Chicken were cooked and seasoned well. Chips were ok, but Homemade tortillas yum! Wish there was a little less spicy salsa, but verde sauce for the one dish was tasty. read more

SCORE! Wow, excellent unexpected Mexico bakery/grocery/restaurant right on 99E driving back from Silver Falls. You know that you have found a good Mexican restaurant when you walk in at any time of day and every table is occupied by Mexican ex-patriots. You may feel more comfortable if you brush up on your Spanish before trying to decipher the menu or communicate with the staff, but for the non-Spanish-speaking Mexican cuisine enthusiast (like yours truly), you can't go wrong in a place like this. I went with the carnitas torta and was not disappointed. The chips were handmade and were served with two varieties of salsa and a fresh pico de gallo w/ camarones! You will find boat-loads of carmarones swimming around this mostly SE Mexico oriented menu. Made to order tortillas? Yes! Tortas cubana? Yes! Pescado a la Veracruzana? Sí! Take a lap around the grocery as well, make sure to stock up on their bakery items. Yummy! read more

This is a Mexican joint that specializes in seafood. I have to admit, Chuck is right: the menu looks light on seafood. But don't judge what they are good at by the number of things on the menu. I think they just do that because they feel like they have to. I have been there twice. I dont remember what I had the first time, but the second time I had shrimp ceviche. Ceviche is a wonderful dish, but it requires very good and very fresh ingredients because it involves no cooking. you are eating raw shrimp, prepared by soaking in lime juice. Most places don't even try it, because handling the shrimp correctly through your supply chain is just too difficult and you end up with something that is yucky. But this place does AWESOME ceviche. "Zarandeado" means shaken or tossed, also rocked and buffeted. I have been told they do a kind of fish here called pescado zarandeado, which is wrapped and grilled and shaken or some such. I have been told that it is awesome, but kind of expensive. But I mean come-on . . . expensive at this place is what, 12 bucks? I am going to try it. Chuck, the stuff they served you with the chips was ceviche! you should go back, and order it as your entree next time. read more

Took another account here for lunch today and went as expected- FANTASTIC! He had the Chicken Tacos and I defaulted to the old stand by, Carne Asada. Everything was consistent and cooked to perfection. The only thing I would change with this place is to have the menu in English, also. Non the less, I love this place and the service/people there do a great job. I swear one of these days I will try some of their seafood as this is what they really are said to be a lot about. read more

One of the best Mexican meals. Friendly server brought little tasters of ceviche, chips & salsa to start. Extensive menu with everything from tacos to seafood. We got the lunch specials: bistecs, sope & taco. Big platters served with spot on beans & rice like mama makes. Fresh handmade tortillas. We had to take home food, since portions are so generous. Go hungry. They have a bakery in case you want to have pan dulce for your dessert. read more

This place is so delicious!!!!!!!! I love the service! Very great customer serviceI always get the chicken fajita comes with rice and beans and hand made tortillas DELICIOUS read more

Humble place in Woodburn, the staff is really nice and eager to help. The food is fresh and really tasty and the price is really affordable. Will definitely come back next time I'm in Woodburn. Return a must! read more

Their food is a bomb diggity place. I will keep coming back. The staff are all nice too!

While the food was very good and authentic and the young lady who served us very sweet and attentive, I was extremely upset that they would not honor the Restaurant.com gift certificate that I brought. I was especially upset that the owner, while on the phone with my server, kept saying that "the coupon was fraudulent"...and the server kept repeating it over and over again while several patrons were standing in line paying close attention to our conversation. Lets start with the fact that it was not a "coupon" but a gift certificate that I paid for. Also, it is something that the owners of the restaurant would have had to sign up for, not some "coupon" I clipped out of the newspaper or printed from the internet. read more

We attempted to eat here the other tonight but was unable to because a couldn't get anyone to serve us. When they were in their old location, we used to eat here all the time. The food was always excellent as well as the service. In this new bigger location, we walked in and the lady at the register told us to take a seat and she would bring us a menu. So we sat...fairly near the counter and waited....and waited. We saw three other groups of people walk in and get menus and get their orders taken. We still waited patiently and I caught the eye of a server. He grabbed two menus and started walking towards us...yay right! Then he turned around and started talking to the bus boy. It looked like he was asking him if we had been served. Ummm...hello, how about asking us since you managed to serve the people next to us who came in after us. After their discussion, they obviously couldn't come to a conclusion and he never looked at us until we stood up to walk out and tried to get my attention. Too little too late. As we were walking out, a lady from a family who had been waiting in line to pay said something to my boyfriend about the poor service (her husband had been giving us sympathetic looks in the last five minutes we were there). We used to eat at the old location fairly often but I really doubt we'll be back to give then another chance. read more

Best Mexican food in town. If you dine in they serve chips and ceviche and homemade salsa. The salsa is in bottles but it's delicious. The food is crazy authentic. And the owners/wait staff are super friendly. Spanish is mostly spoken there but do not fear - they will switch to English for you, if need be. I also like getting the "street" tacos (tortillas are all homemade!). Amazing flavor. Their seafood is yummy too. My friend is obsessed with their huaraches. Needless to say, it's all good. If you're still not full by the end of the meal (and portions are def generous) pop over to the connecting market and get yourself some delicious flan on the cheap. YUM! read more

This is my first time at this restaurant. They let us pick our own table to sit at which is a plus! They have pan dulce in the restaurant which is always great. They brought out chips with fried beans and cheese which was different than salsa, but it was good. Not a bit seafood guy but they did have different choices. I settled for the Quesadilla with my choice of protein (asada). Service was fast, then again only a couple of people were in here (Thursday night) Our waitress was friendly and fast. Overall I gave this place a three because I couldn't give it a 3 1/2. the salsa was really watery, and if you're running a Mexican place, than you better have some good salsa. The beans were a bit burnt. The rice was a bit bland and needed more flavor for my taste. Good place, will come back. read more

This place went down hill a little since change of ownership; but it's still great food. Best Mexican/Seafood place around!

El Sarandeado is one of the reasons I like Yelp. We never would have found this great place otherwise. Stopped here on our way home to the East Bay from Seattle. The service was quick and friendly, the restaurant was clean and well kept, and the food was great. Sharon had shrimp ceviche tostadas and I had shrimp al chile arbol. Dinner was $10-$15 for each of us. Both dishes were done perfectly. Glad we went, and if we're ever hungry again near Woodburn, we will be back. read more

Very good! We had their shrimp fajitas-very generous portion and lots of shrimp. Fresh made at restaurant tortillas. Sopas and tacos were great! Rice was simply made, moist and fluffy. Refried beans very good. A family friendly place. Our waitress was friendly and came back at nice intervals to ensure all was OK. Will be back read more

I love this place. Small, mostly clean and first and foremost: delicious chile rellenos! Yay, finally found a place in the state that has good one's. So big and fluffy and so much queso blanco. Yum. They do not travel so well as I've learned from getting take out and bringing it back to Portland. Best to eat it there. The salsas are delicious and the rice is so average looking but remarkably tasty. The ceviche with chips is solid. Before they moved to the current location it was possible that you would not have a server/order taker who spoke English, so knowing a little Spanish helped. There are a couple younger women who work there now who are bilingual and super helpful so it's not as much of an issue if you don't. I would go here at least once a week if it weren't so far away from where I live and work. A blessing and a curse I suppose. OH, did I mention the house-made tortillas? Divine. Last time I was there they had mariachi's playing which I find to be super annoying, but the kid enjoyed it. read more

THE BEST! I come down from Oregon City sometimes & instantly crave their food!! YUMMMM

My wife and myself stopped by today Saturday evening and boy oh boy the food is great. Unfortunately they got busy with a big group after we came and totally forgot about our order. Waited for an hour for the delicious plate "pescado sarandeado especial" but no luck and my wife saw other people getting the same plate so my wife decided to walk out and we just left. Hopefully next time we stop by the service will be different. While leaving the premises someone walk out and gave us the food to go....(at no charge for the order)..... read more

First time here. We arrived with 8 family members , hungry we were so we stopped at this restaurant . Employees were friendly took our order in a fair amount of time but took a long period of time over 20 minutes , we had enough waiting so we departed this restaurant . On top of this , the people that arrived 10 minuets after we did , were served right away ! I do NOT recommend this place at ALL ! And this is coming for a Mexican my self . Dios Mio ! read more

The food is so amazing, I wish I could eat there everyday! Like this geezer needs any extra pounds!! XD

Very good restaurant! Every tastes so authentic, one of the best seafood restaurants in Woodburn.

Great food! Good service. The staff was very nice. For those of you who need to brush up on your Spanish, this is a Mexican restaurant geared toward fish and seafood. Menu is in Spanish and does not have a description of what is in the dish. read more

Cant believe i just rated this place a one ! I has higher expectations for this place because i had dinner here before. I decided to go have dinner with a great friend of mine and we were exited because i had talked great about this restaurant. It was embarrassing for me to get there with my friend and they took 10min to give us a menu, it was empty ! Our table had a dirty napkin on it hidden behind the salas we orders and it took about 20 min and they came back to our table to double check our order. When my plate got to my table i seriously was thinking my dish was a joke ! Poorly made portion was so small it was not worth the $14 i was paying for it. Got another plate i think it was a bit worse than the first i was disgusted! I asked for a discount on my tab and they laughed at me manager was present and NEVER apologized about anything. Very very disappointed never going back ! HORRIBLE ! read more

Really bad place, asked for shrimp tostadas with avocado to go, got home no tostadas and avocado, just the shrimp. Yet they do charge the full price. Recommend ppl to go and try mariscos Morales in Hubbard is ten times better. read more

Best Mexican food in Woodburn. Even better than Louise's. The staff is friendly, the food is fresh and delicious, and it's authentic.

This is my go to place for authentic Mexican food in Woodburn. They do as good a job with their routine antojitos as Luis's, and are much better with seafood. read more