It's a gritty little joint in a gritty part of town, with the best roasted chicken you're going to find. A Whole Chicken plate was enough for 2 couples for lunch. Nice little salsa bar, medium and hot green salsas, medium and hot red salsas, radishes, limes, you know the drill. What they lack in ambiance they make up for with heart. Extra stars for local, small business. It's always appreciated when you support a local business and family instead of a corporation! read more

This literally might be the best food I've had in my whole life. I had one of the bowls with a mushroom mole sauce. Incredible. Unique, beautiful, flavorful. Our server was so sweet and even gave me some sauce to take home. Cannot recommend this place enough. A bit pricy ($61 USD before tip) but 1000% worth it. read more

Karaoke so much fun Jackie makes it another level. The food has improved service as well. I will be back. Really enjoy and had a great time. Will be back. read more

La Selva Taqueria - The queen of Karaoke - Mexican Near Me - Richmond, California

I came in because I didn't feel like cooking at home as I walked in the two workers were sitting in the tables i placed my order the cook got up want straight to cooking my food didn't even WASH HER HANDS I asked for fried fish it was cooked but had blood in it it tasted so nasty not ones have anyone came to asked if everything is good. read more

La Selva Taqueria - Not cooked in the inside - Mexican Near Me - Richmond, California

Terrible service & messed up my order more than twice !! Just BBL's with no brains lol

We were passing through from out of town and thought we would check this restaurant out. We were surprised at the size of the items they served. The restaurant appeared clean and had a nice salsa bar. The two people cooking was also waiting on us and did an outstanding job. I would return to this location again. read more

La Selva Taqueria - Half Spatchcock Chicken Quartered - Mexican Near Me - Richmond, California

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I'll preface by saying I ordered my food shortly before closing and maybe that contributed to the quality of food I got....but I don't think so. I ordered the chicken enchilada plate, a pastor burrito, and some tacos (1 chicken, 1 pastor, 1 carne asada) I paid $2 extra for 4 small containers of salsa. And the order came with a bag of chips. Chips - stale I tried one, no crisp, all chew, and I threw the rest of the bag away. Chicken taco - moist, basic flavor. Pastor taco - tender, juicy, flavorful Carne asada taco - omg overcooked, do not enjoy the flavor, ate 3 bites and tossed it. The meat was so hard and bland. Enchiladas- I love that they separate the toppings from the enchiladas themselves ::chefs kiss:: but the enchiladas themselves were unimpressive. Lots of bones in the chicken meat for enchiladas made it difficult to eat them without being very careful to chew slowly and feel around for potential bones. IMO, that's entirely too much brain work to just be stuffing my face. I wanted to give a new place a try and I'm semi glad I did because now I know, but I really could've gone without this experience and I will not be returning. I will say, the ladies working were pleasant but that's about all the good I had in my experience. read more

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I made an pick up order on doordash to pick up steak fries. This was my first time ordering here. On doordash it says the steak fries comes with fries, steak, cheese, sour cream, and salsa. I went to pick up my order and opened my food at home to see that the fries came with guac. I am highly allergic to avocados, and on doordash it says guac is an extra $1.50. I decided to call the restaurant and ask for a new order, they said it was okay and they would make a new one. I went to the restaurant and they told me next time i should of put in the notes that i didn't want guac. I told them it was my first time and i didn't know. the girls behind the counter were consistently speaking spanish and had a dirty look. They had a security guard translate to me the whole time. I sat and waited for my order and the security guard told me that they ran out of fries!!!! asked if i wanted anything else and I just asked for a refund. I had to do it over doordash. Worse experience of my lifeeeeeeee!! read more

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Pickup order was incorrect and workers tried to gaslight me and say I ordered it incorrectly and I should have added a note. They added guacamole to my fries and I did not ask for that. (Also an extra charge) and added salsa when I selected the no salsa option. Highly do NOT recommend. Workers will talk about you when they are in the wrong. read more

** The following review reflects my delivery experience DURING the shelter-in-place order currently in effect. ** As Jamie W. and I were made fully aware at last year's Cinco de Mayo festivities, 23rd Street in Richmond is chock full of family-run Latin American eateries each one likely drawing their own devoted followings. Jamie and I, for example, are pals of Portumex since the menudo they serve there is really good. This raging pandemic has offered a glimpse at other nearby restaurants that otherwise wouldn't have drawn our attention. That's due to delivery apps like Door Dash which treats all these spots on a level playing field. What drew me to La Selva was the $21 Pollo al Carbon. On the menu, they accommodated us uneducated, unilingual souls by describing it as "Whole Chicken Everything". It was an entire chicken cut up in eight pieces and accompanied by six flour tortillas; sides of rice, refried beans, and pico de gallo; and a paper bag filled with tortilla chips and served up with little containers of a typical salsa bar selection. In other words, it was a family meal for a relative bargain price much like my mom used to get at KFC when the empty bucket magically turned into a Christmas card holder. The poultry was surprisingly tasty. Not really succulent but the breast meat wasn't dried out as I was fearing. I got the impression they make these whole cluckers en masse, so we were happy it was quite edible (photo: https://bit.ly/2TSGaK3). The rice and especially the frijoles were quite flavorful though likely calorific if that's a concern (photo: https://bit.ly/2Xx9EOi). Presentation is not a strong suit here but flavor is as we ordered two of the $6.25 Super Soft Tacos with the pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, cheese having shifted around on its travel to our home (photo: https://bit.ly/2TEDMGm). For an extra fifty cents, Jamie had pieces of pork added to his, while I had yet more chicken added to mine. Sloppy was just not a big deal to us as our bellies were getting filled. FOOD - 4 stars...get the chicken with the fixings...get sloppy tacos at your own discretion AMBIANCE - n/a...a 'shelter-in-place' treat SERVICE - 4.5 stars...it came fast and warm TOTAL - 4 stars...you hungry?...come here! RELATED - Roaming Richmond? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://bit.ly/2VyCP18 read more

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La Selva! WOW! I love you guys! The inside looks like a jungle, the chips and various salsa's are amazing. I love that you have Karaoke and are open kinda late... And the super wet burrito is enough food for 3 people! Great place! read more

Loved the food. Really fresh and good prices. This is a must try. The self serve chips and sauces make you fell like you're at home. I tried the shrimp tacos. They were $3.00. What a great deal. Thank you! read more

I found this place through one of my favorite food sites and was excited to give it a try! This place is on a somewhat busy street with limited street parking. The restaurant is pretty casual walking up to it and the interior is equally casual. The food site recommended the whole grilled chicken or "pollo al carbon" which we got and was delicious! We also got some different tacos, the carne asada was just ok though it's usually my favorite but the al pastor was very good! The burrito we got was ok, nothing super unique. I think in none COVID times they offer a salsa bar but during COVID just offered some salsa options. We got our food to go and it traveled fairly well. Overall if I were in the area I would likely return! read more

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Another disappointing delivery! But again, the food is really good. I called La Selva and remind them to be careful not to spill the sauce. A lady said that my food has been picked up by my dasher already and they always reminding there dashers to be careful handling the food and I can call my dasher to make sure. Call my dasher and remind him to be careful handling the food and he said, "no problem!" And this is what I've got... read more

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I have been craving lengua or cabeza tacos and saw that La Selva had cabeza as one of its meats. I also read about their chicken, so I ordered a cabeza wet burrito to try and half just chicken. The chicken had a good flavor and was pretty yummy. I loved the burrito. Everything together mixed well and had savoriness, acidity, and little bit of heat. The portion was huge so the food will probably last me 2-3 meals, which is great cause I can enjoy it for longer. read more

The food is excellent and the workers are very friendly, the fry chicken and fry fish is so good and the prices are fare.

Got the Pollo la Carbon, 1/2 grilled chicken. $13 Was very good as was the beans and rice. Could really been better if the served homemade tortilla. They have free chips choice of green or red picante sauce. No salsa fresca but did get some on my plate. You can get some pickled vegi, radishes or grilled jalapeno too. The decor is a bit odd with giraffes and elephants painted on the wall. The black panther statue I'll give them as there are some in south America. Guessing this was an African restaurant before. They have a nice little outdoor patio where the also grill the chicken. read more

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No nos gusto el burrito. El arroz sabe muy feo , no lo recomiendo. Ocupan mejorar en su arroz y tener opiniónes veganos. Ya que ahi mucha gente que se esta asiendo veganos Pero la salsas saben ricas. read more

Had 3 tacos from them, pastor, carne asada, and pollo asado. All 3 were great. And the guy at the counter was really friendly. Got free chips and 4 different kinds of salsa. Definitely coming back. read more

Ordered the pollo al carbon meal added a side of guacamole. The chicken, rice, and beans were good, but the guacamole had GREEN FOOD COLORING! It was an unnatural shade of green that I noticed as soon as I pulled it out of the bag. Seems like they were trying to hide the fact that they extend the guacamole with sour cream or something else. So disappointing. I'm not sure I'd order from here again even though we liked the chicken, because it felt dishonest trying to disguise the guacamole. read more

La Selva Taqueria - Guacamole with green food coloring - Mexican Near Me - Richmond, California

this great to for some drinks and food; saturday they have karaoke a bit loud but its fun :)

The owner was rude af I ordered a super burrito and as I bit down it felt like something cracked my tooth and I'm not sure if it was a rock or a tooth and I brought the food they were acting like they didn't wanna give me me a refund he just wanted to offer some more of there nasty ass food read more

La Selva Taqueria - That's the burrito and the rock / tooth disgusting - Mexican Near Me - Richmond, California

Service was terrible, but the drinks and karaoke were ok. They never gave us our food and told us that they already did and so we ended up leaving and getting our money back read more

The nachos here are bomb. Everything else is trash. I ordered the burrito, which was a waist of my money. No flavor or seasoning to the meat. Just not my favorite. I've ordered from here twice and my opinion is the same. I only come here for the nachos. read more

La Selva Taqueria has a road show. (i.e they sell at farmers markets). many offerings, just noticed horchatas, bbq chicken (made on site). various mexican edibles and potato salad. pototo salad? locale: santa rosa farmers market (3/11) potato salad (3) - filled a hoagie box, at least 16 ounces -slightly spicy, usual mayo. other condiments, and peas & carrots. potatos fresh. *maybe i got a deal since everyone was closing up @1. 4 stars for the qreat value. whole bbq chicken $12? seen on net: -"Fight Trump and the Billionaire Class". seattle. wa. 2/17/17 read more

Primero que todo quiero empezar por decir nose por que espere que este lugar fuera ser bueno para ir a comer con mi familia. El servicio fue fatal. No escribieron bien mi orden y la muchacha se notaba distraída con otras cosas. Y pues ni decir que estaba bien ocupado porque la verdad nomas estaban unos dos señores tomando y los dos que estaban trabajando se estaban haciendo pendejos. Nunca llego mi comida y cuando fui a preguntar porque estaban durando demasiado con mi comida la señora tuvo el sinismo de decir que ya me avían dado mi plato cuando la verdad fue que no estuviera preguntando por mi plato si ya estuviera comiendo y luego se disculpa porque pensó que ya me lo había llevado y pregunto por el otro plato y ese tampoco lo avían anotado. Pedí un refund y la seño dice aver si se puede Claro que se puede mijita pero bueno.. en lo que cabe fue una experiencia inolvidable que ni por ahí vuelvo a pasar. Horrible servicio y los chips quemados y salsa sin sabor y bien enchilosos ni eran comibles. Nose si fue una semana mal que fui oh ahí eso es siempre. Ambiente fue muy raro y si pudiera darle nada de estrellas eso pondría... read more

Never order for a party or any time reliability is important. I ordered and paid 4 days in advance. When i arrived for pick up, they haven't started the order. I received my food 45 mins late. The biggest problem i had with this place is the bad customer service from the manager. The employee called the manager to ket them know i was upset, the manager would not speak to me and didn't even offer a personal apology. I spent about $180.00 for chicken and the manager couldn't even be bothered to speak with me directly. I asked the employee if she could at least give me free tortilla chips for the inconvenience and she said she couldn't do that without management's approval. read more

THE BEST BBQ CHICKEN!!!! They grill all the chicken out front on the bbq and it's the bomb. When I want some good Mexican food and I want it to have chicken on it this is the place I go. read more

Another gem in Richmond! You can drive by this place and wouldn't know this place even existed. Located on 23rd in Richmond, it is a place worth trying. The Pollo Asado is what you should order, with a side of beans and rice (chips are included). Meat is tender and has a yummy taste to it! Cooked just right and grilled outside daily. You can't resist the smell of it! This chicken has gone up in price the past couple of months so I don't eat it that much anymore. Tacos are really good here as well. Never tried their burritos but I am sure they are good as well. Everything that I have tried has been fulfilling. Homemade rice mmmmmm yummy! Try the horchata! Not too sweet but not bland... Just about right. it has your typical Taqueria menu so there's nothing out of the ordinary. I only gave it 4 stars because street parking can be a pain and price for Pollo asado has gone up. Service is good and the wait can take a little long depending on the time of day. Just follow the smell of chicken being cooked outside on the grill! Smells so delicious. This is better than Pollo Loco! Try everything on the menu. There's another location in San Rafael if you're in Marin county. read more

I ordered a shrimp and steak burrito through DoorDash and let me tell you! This burrito had some much flavor! The juices in the burrito mixed well. They made my burrito to perfection, I forgot to take sips of my horchata because the burrito was so tasty. It's the flavor for meeee read more

Don't bother to waste your money - because you will waste it. My son ordered a burrito - simple meat, beans and rice. Well first they put cheese - my son is lactose. Second I couldn't tell u what type of meat they used BUT carne asada was NOT it. Tasted like boiled carne de res. It is pretty hard to mess up a simple burrito and this had to be one of the worst burritos I have ever tasted. I would give u my son's opinion BUT he is on the pot from the cheese. When I told the lady about their mistake this idiot responded with "well I am not the cook" Given her response their customer service gets no stars. Won't even get started on the tacky decor. read more

So I was driving down 23rd on Cinco De Mayo and had to pull over for an ambulance. I just so happen to pull over in front of La Selva Taqueria. A guy was grilling chicken off a coal grill and the smoke blew my way! Well on my way home I decided to give this place a try so I went it with an open mind. Food: Your typical Taqueria menu. I ordered the chicken because that's what attracted me in. It was pretty good about what I expected but something was missing...I couldn't quite pinpoint it. I also ordered a carne asada taco which was wayyyy too greasy. Service: Gal who took the order didn't speak much English which I guess I can understand seeing how this area is predominantly Mexican. That's actually probably what added to the temptation. No English = Genuine Mexican food. Environment: Love the outdoor grill! They actually leave it out overnight which is surprising given the type of area its in (which means this area is ghetto). Amazed that they have this food cart thing to grille the meet for the tacos. It sticks out to the street and the smoke fumes out to the street....what a great way to attract people! Price: Not as cheap as I thought it would be. Given the area you'd expect super low prices because lets get serious here I can walk 2 blocks in either direction and bump into 2-3 of these similar joints. I'm a sucker for street food so I love their coal grill and their cart that sticks out to the street. The food is good but not amazing. The prices are higher than expected. I would definitely come back but probably not until I try a few other places surrounding this one. Food: 4 Service: 2 Environment: 4 Price: 3 read more

ricos pollos azados todo fresco el lugar limpio y muy amables todos buen servicio

This place is awesome! Ordered the whole chicken dinner with all the extras. Chicken is is smoky and juicy and just delicious. You get everything, rice, beans, salsa and chips. You can't go wrong for $20!! Will be a regular from here on out. read more

Delicious, moist, chicken plate (1/2 chicken $13). Speedy service. I go there at least a couple times a month.

I've had their grilled chicken meals a few times and I really liked it but tonight I decided to go for the wet chicken burrito with green sauce and I have to to say I was really impressed! Great burrito! Tasty ingredients, good sauce and nice little side salad! Great spot for picking up a quick weeknight dinner! read more

La Selva Taqueria - Mexican Near Me - Richmond, California

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One of my favorite taqueria... order the wet burrito pastor and you won't regret it. If you order To-go, be aware that the cheese may stick to the lid of your box. read more

La Selva Taqueria - Updated menu prices - Mexican Near Me - Richmond, California

They are getting four stars only because Taqueria La Taqueria in San Francisco on Mission, has five stars for me. I have to tell you the service is quick and nice. The tacos are great we had al pastor, carne azada and pollo azada. Excellent But now the Camarones a la Diabla are the best. My wife love them and always talks about them. It's also great to know that it's still owned by the original owners... enjoy We just had the Camarones a La Diabla and they are still great.... read more

This is the real 'El Pollo Loco'. Look for the big smoking black grill out front. Get a meal with a whole chicken and stock up at the salsa bar. Two of us are usually not able to finish the whole thing. I crave this chicken. I actually don't find it salty, which is usual for me, because I think everything is too salty. read more

i have been driving by La Selva for several years now, and i noticed this bbq yummy smell! So i said to myself, today is the day to stop. I tried the Pollo El Carbon, it was huge! and fabulous. -reminded me of the food in zijuanteneho, Mexico. I know I butchered the name.....at any rate, they make their own refired beans, and horchata. The flan is so good! As for the roaches i read about, who cares? they are in every restaurant, and we need to get used to em, they are here to stay! read more