Los Golondrinas has consistently great food, and it's one of our favorite places to stop when we're in San Clemente. The quality and flavor never disappoint. The only thing that has always seemed a little odd is the salsa policy. No matter how large the order is, the number of salsas included feels pretty limited, especially for takeout. It would be great if management reconsidered that policy for larger orders. That said, what really stood out during our most recent visit was the customer service. Johno, who took our order, was friendly, professional, and genuinely cared about making sure we had a great experience. He listened, communicated well, and made us feel like valued customers. It's rare to come across someone who provides that level of service, and he absolutely deserves recognition. Great food, outstanding customer service from Johno, and if the salsa policy ever becomes a little more customer-friendly, this place would be just about perfect. read more

Best Mexican food in Southern California in my opinion. It's not a real sit down restaurant but a take out stile. Not friendly just good food. read more

Delicious and authentic, can't ask for anything more except better customer service. Have fun trying to crack a smile out of the lady working the register, she seems bothered by anyone's presence lol. I would give 5 stars but her poor attitude docked a star off. The restaurant is a to-go only spot and it's like a factory behind the counter. You can feel the heat radiating throughout the space. Tortilla chips being made by the second and family platters being assembled. Their menu is pretty extensive so you won't have a problem choosing what you want. Get a side of their guac and chile lime chips, you won't be disappointed. They also have a orange and pina colada whipped soda drink which is tasty and refreshing. Their beef flautas and tamales are finger licking good. I would def come back to try more of their good eats. read more

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I had a very bad experience with Emma, one of the managers at Las Golondrinas. She was extremely rude and unprofessional toward me. She came up to me saying I was "in here for free," which made no sense to me. When I asked what she was talking about, she brought up something about a Facebook post involving her daughter, which had nothing to do with the restaurant or her job. I asked her to show me the post since she was making it such a big issue, but then she said, "Never mind, forget about it." At that point, it felt like she started a problem for no reason and then refused to explain herself. She was yelling, being disrespectful, and creating an uncomfortable situation. I've had issues with her attitude before, and it's disappointing that complaints about her behavior don't seem to be taken seriously. A manager should know how to speak to customers with respect and professionalism. This experience made me feel unwelcome, and I hope ownership takes this seriously. read more

Las Golindrinas - Mexican Near Me - San Clemente, California

I have been coming here for years but was so disappointed when I got home and looked at our burritos. The California burrito is typically huge no matter where you go because all that goes into the burrito, but not this time. It was so small that I had to get a measuring tape out and yep it was 6". It is bad enough that the service you get is subpar, the wait time is longer than it should be, during Covid they took away the outside tables and chairs, so now they are getting cheap and cutting the sizes down. It is too bad they are doing this because all it takes is for a competitor to come along and put them out of business. I would prefer to not see this happen, so I am hoping that Management pays attention to the reviews. The food is good, but not worth it at these sizes and prices. read more

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decent food but very rude staff. the egar that works there is about as smart as a box of rocks and 9 times out of 10 he'll screw up your order. your rude staff is losing you business. we are locals and multiple people have boycotted you. our school use to order large takout orders but your awful service foeced us take our business elsewhere... you lost 500+ customers in 1 rude encounter. figure it out. read more

Las Golindrinas - Mexican Near Me - San Clemente, California

I went in last minute to get tamales and a few other things. I wasn't expecting anything special because of the holiday rush. The service was fantastic and efficient. The tamales were the best i've ever had. I can not say enough good things about my experience! Thank you all so very much!! read more

Las Golindrinas - Mexican Near Me - San Clemente, California

Bad customer service! Paid 8 dollars for a pack of tortillas, went to smart and final and great good tortillas for 3.89 Their food is bad and overpriced read more

Close to closing, but ordered a chili relleno plate but got home to discover a pile of pork In a lot of salsa. Called about the discrepancy but got no reason why. oh and we are closed now. It's like they didn't want to bother with the relleno and just gave me what was easy for them. They did not charge for the relleno I will say and it was okay, but not what I ordered or wanted. I won't be back any time soon. read more

Their food has always been good. I've been coming here for 20+ years and happy to patronize a family-owned business. However, I HATE that they have discontinued the Loyalty Card program. I used to get my card initialed, then got $5 off my order when I cashed it in after 10 visits. THEY STOPPED THIS PROCESS! I mean, with their recent higher prices, this is the last thing they should discontinue. It always gave me the feeling that I was working toward a $5 credit, even though it usually worked-out to saving $5 after spending about $400 on ten visits. What is that? A 1.5% savings? Mexican food is so easy to make. I'm going to make it at home, now. read more

Fish tacos are great but 25.00 for 2 fish tacos and a tub of salsa really? Their pint of salsa is 11.00! It's not THAT good.

Decent food, bad customer service. Went in on a Sunday morning and ordered 3 breakfast burritos and drinks. I had to ask for salsa and when I looked in the bag, they only gave me two. I asked for an extra one and he said that would be an extra. I said if you order three burritos you should be able to get (3) salsa. He said that's the manager's rules. I said what if I ordered two burritos at one time and one burrito the next time and he said you would still only get two sauces. I thought that was a little weird and what really upset me with was the fact that he stared me down. He made me feel like I was asking him for something fee. I don't think I can recommend a place that doesn't respect their paying customers. Plus the food isn't that cheap anyway. I give them a 2 rating.I'll go spend my money elsewhere. read more

absolutely the best!!!!! most authentic and delicious food, especially their chicken and beef temales!! highly recommended. excellent service. love edar and entire staff 5 plus stars. read more

It's wild that everyone complains about pricing here. But a business has got to run. Been hearing about this place for some time now! Finally tried a Machaca Burrito and breakfast taco and it smacked! The ambiance reminded me of being a kid growing up in So-Cal. You really don't get this feel anymore. Everything is boujee, way over priced then this way, and completely extra for no reason giving you the illusion that you aren't wasting your money to look of a certain status. Service was great this morning! I received a morning greet and smiles! I'll continue to support this OG business! read more

Gross Mexican food. Ordered the carnitas taco meal. Carnitas was chunky and full of fat. Employees were rude and seemed annoyed thar we were there. No tables to eat at. Only could take it to go. Ate one taco and felt sick to my stomach. I could not finish the meal. Rip off for the price. I will never go here again. I do not recommend it to others. read more

Amazing service! The girl who took my order was so sweet and made sure my order was correct to ensure satisfaction. very welcoming environment and nice experience. The steak burrito I got was very tasty and had the perfect amount of steak beans and rice ! read more

Food mostly good and fair prices but the burritos are sometimes too messy to eat without a plate. The green chili burrito I last ordered had chunks of pork too large. The place is always pretty busy, a very popular spot. read more

Really bad service I should read the reviews be for food was ok but this lady really bad attitude I came to ask for my order 25 min after and she said well 2 things one the order take longer and 2 we are busy you want your money back she asked and I was like I just ask a question she went to check and it ended be that my order was ready she ask for my ticket # it was 60 and she was saying that she had 66 no 60. Anyway I ask for salsa and she only give 2 for 3 plates of food I ask her for 2 more and she said you have to pay for it our policy said that only 2 for order and if you don't like it you can call the owner she didn't give me napkins and forks for enchiladas plate for arguing with me instead of try to keep the costumer happy never going to this place again. read more

Las Golindrinas - Also my enchilada plate wen I get home for not using the proper bag - Mexican Near Me - San Clemente, California

I will NEVER go back. Poor, slow service and ridiculous prices. I ordered menudo and paid $14.50. They charged me extra for tortillas and cilantro! The only condiments that they would include were onions, oregano, and one tiny lemon wedge. I love menudo and order it often. It ALWAYS comes with cilantro, chopped jalepeno and onions, oregano, crushed red pepper, lemon wedge"S", and tortillas!!! It is ridicoulous that they would charge extra for condiments. It's like ordering a cheeseburger and having to pay extra for ketchup and mustard! The kitchen staff were very slow and lagging. They were not using gloves on the line which is a food safety violation. The cashier was clueless, unfriendly, and incompetent. She even forgot to give me the tortilla that I paid extra for. Condiments should be included in the price. I asked for pata, which usually is one medium size bone with marrow. They threw in a bunch or small chopped up bones that was a food safety hazard, and there was no marrow what so ever. I was ripped off!!! Beware! Very disapointed! read more

Las Golindrinas - Menudo - Mexican Near Me - San Clemente, California

Las Gals is a staple and I'll live by that. The customer service is so so but you can't deny the breakfast burritos. The beans are absolute GAS!! Cheers. read more

WARNING!!! The bean, cheese and salsa burrito will fall apart. But that's no reason to deduct a star. I've been coming to Las Golondrinas for over 20 years. I always order different things because they offer so many dishes. I can't ever remember being disappointed. Honestly I'm surprised by some of the comments. read more

Barely edible slop. Stringy zombified carnitas. Gross tacos consisting of dry meat that has been overcooked, complemented by chalky refried beans, old slimy cilantro, "hot sauce," and avocado, the mixture of which has seemingly been chewed up and spit back out into mass-produced corn tortillas of the poorest possible quality. Los Golondrinas' "Carnitas Taco" may be the worst taco I've ever had in my life. Food/Décor/Service: 0.9/2.2/NA Taco Score: Carnitas Taco (10/100) What to Order: Don't. read more

Just wanted to write a review on this specific location my dad has been taking me los golindras since I was a child and he's been going there since about probably 89 or 87 around whenever they opened I think the first one was in capo beach but I wanted to shout out the staff that works there at the location on Camino de la Estrella. I see about the same people who work there every day on the busy days they all three work together. It seems like and then when it's slower one or two is there. there is two polite gentlemen and a very sweet lady as well. Every time I come in or I call in an order they are so polite and they never mess up a single order and they make you really feel like you're not just a customer but a loyal customer to them and it's not just me. I see them make friendly interactions with all their regulars and are polite to everyone. Thank you to those three amazing workers making this the best location out of all their locations. You do great work and I appreciate how much you care about your job! read more

Once again I must be a glutton for punishment I keep going back more ! I'm an optimist by thinking my order will be correct this time. Very simple order bean and cheese burrito plus 2 crunchy tacos ( ground beef,lettuce, tomato and cheese) not that difficult ! I repeated the order twice to the cashier taking my order, no problem he stated waited 15 minutes in lobby to receive my order ! Get home open the container containing the taco's to my dismay I see a couple soggy taco's drenched in sauce with some type of shredded beef. (*&'+:%) . I really don't know what the problem is but suspect it's personnel problem and leave it at that ! They have lost long time customer ! Leaving one star because the wife loved the burrito! read more

Good burritos & Taco Tuesday. $2 Taco Tuesday and giant Big Dave burrito for nine bucks. It is a pretty good value. read more

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What a great little to-go Mexican place I just found. I was in the area and I was starving and I pulled into this parking lot assuming there would be some sort of breakfast place nearby. I ordered a breakfast burrito which had eggs beans cheese rice potatoes salsa (could have gotten meat but wasn't in the mood). Everything was delicious, reasonably priced, but I can see customer service is not there forte, especially reading previous reviews. But they are well staffed and your food comes out quickly and delicious. Lots of customers while I was standing there ordering their breakfast tacos which I could see were quite large too. Too hungry to take a picture before I started eating, Sorry about that. I'll be back especially since they are right off the 5 freeway. read more

Las Golindrinas - This was a breakfast of burrito. Should have taken a picture before I ate it huh?? - Mexican Near Me - San Clemente, California

Horrible service, told me I could call me order in, made my family upset and kids crying becouse they said they are stopping food orders over the phone at the Estrella location, these guys make some good food but have horrible business practices, sucks but hard to support that in a business. Time to take business so where else read more

Bought 4 big daves burritos today & ask for salsa but they said it will be extra! 0.50each. read more

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This is the location in Capo Beach. I really don't even know why I eat here other than I love their mini bean and cheese burritos. They refuse to pick up their phone on to go orders because they say they're too busy to pick up phone calls and then you just have to sit around for 20 minutes waiting for your order. Every time I come here I realize I just need to open my own restaurant and just provide good service it will probably do extremely well. read more

Las Golindrinas - the entrance to a restaurant - Mexican Near Me - San Clemente, California

Considering it's not taco Tuesday and I'm paying full price for the tacos, you think they would actually put meat in the tacos!!! There were hardly any shredded beef in the tacos! We were pretty much eating the hard shell. This place still SUCKS!! read more

Long time customer recommended to me by a knowledgeable colleague. Quality is consistent menu vast. All my friends love it also.

Wow! I don't even know where to start. How is this place busy?! My bad, I did not read the reviews before. I walk in the first thing I see a lady making burritos with a bandaid on her fingers with no gloves. I ordered a tamale oh boy masa was soggy/ uncooked, hubby order breakfast burrito more like a bean burrito with mashed potatoes. Horchata tasted like water and sugar. This city really needs real Mexican food! read more

Wow - I can't understand the unhappy reviewers. They must have expected a Las Brisas experience or got cut off in traffic before arriving. Las Golondrinas is a consistently solid take out place - Stick with the Home made tortillas, tamales, chips, Salsa Fresca, Amazing guacamole and their tasty Tortas, tacos and burritos to go. Guess their speciality is not catering.....This place is addicting. TIP: Call your order in and it's ready when you arrive. read more

Las Golindrinas - Portal take out Paraiso!! Can't miss with this spot! - Mexican Near Me - San Clemente, California

I have been eating Las Golindrinas' food for 30+ years. Love it. Since moving away, I make a point to eat here several times whenever I am visiting family in the area. As with everything in California, it is now quite expensive to eat anywhere but I am willing to pay for this. One downside is that phone in orders take precedence over counter orders. Sometime the wait can be quite long. read more

Chile Verde burrito is extremely good. Chile rellano burrito is very good. Guacamole is one of best I know of. Cheese enchilada is very very good. Machado Burrito is very good I did not care for tacos. read more

Dear Las Golondrinas, We've been dining with you for many years - good food, and the price is right (well, prices have gone up, but so have everyone else's). Unfortunately, the quality and service have taken a dive recently. The last three times, our order has been wrong. We're not asking for alterations, just order straight off the menu, three times in a row, wrong. If there's an ingredient you can't eat, cheese in this case, it really sucks to drive home and find it in your food, when it's not supposed to be there in the first place. The menu states there's no cheese, the order taker agrees there's no cheese, but even after ordering food, asking for "no cheese" on something that isn't supposed to have it in the first place, we got cheese. Again. Three strikes and you're out guys. There's too many other places in this town that will take our business and get their orders straight. You were going to get 2 stars instead of 1 for old time's sake, because the food used to be good and the service used to not suck. Then I remembered every time I drove back to get my order replaced, I got a "sorry, it won't happen again" and that's it. Not a refund, no bag of chips, not even an offer of a free 50 cent salsa. So 1 star it is, sorry. read more

You guys charge for everything, that is why I don't buy your product burritos and tacos . All other Mexican restaurants give that to you like el ranchero. read more

Before you leave with your order make sure you check what's in the bag. Last two times my order was messed up. I spoke with the front counter member to make a complaint! There needs to be better supervision or they will lose business. read more

The worst chicken quesadilla I ever tasted. The chicken was so rockhard and burnt. I'm surprised it didn't break my teeth. I don't know why I keep giving this place chance after chance somebody kick me in my shins Next time I agree to get food from this place. So I tried powering down the rest of this horrible quesadilla thinking that maybe the middle of the quesadilla would be a little more tender OMG I am so sorry that I did that. Look at the hair the big long black hair disgusting stay away from this place. read more

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Wanted something different, found this spot in San Clemente. The food/drinks were bland. The 3 shits working cash register were ASSH0LES unless you gave them a tip. Skip this place go to del taco or taco bell. 1 star is still giving them too much credit read more

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