Their food and service is great, and it is super affordable. The ambiance is clean and festive.read more

Great little spot!…read more Was looking for a quick little bite to eat and decided to stop in here! It's a small plain mom and pop shop in a strip mall. Staff was friendly and quickly took my order. Ordered 3 Birria tacos. They came out after about 10-15 minutes. Overall they weren't bad just weren't great! Would stop by again if I was in the area.

Stopped in while on vacation. The food was fresh and hot, and the restaurant was clean. The service…read morewas prompt and friendly. I would eat here again.

The food was so good! Everything we tried was on point. Big shoutout to our server Brittney T --…read moreshe was super friendly and made the whole experience even better. The chicken tacos were tasty, the Texas burrito was huge and delicious, and El Rey is a dish you definitely gotta try. The nachos were crazy good, and the birria tacos? 100% recommend -- they were amazing! Can't wait to come back!

We met my son and girlfriend for lunch here. My son…read moresuggested this restaurant. It was my first time eating here and it was worth every minute and dollar. The food here is excellent. We have been to numerous Mexican restaurants in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. I rank this among one of the best among them. I enjoy Tex Mex and traditional Mexican food and most of the time I'm not usually overly impressed with most of the food. The menu is very extensive and larger than I have seen at many other Mexican restaurants. My wife and I had the arroz con Pollo (rice and chicken) bowl. It was excellent. The chicken and rice were both moist and tender and not too spicy. Portion sizes were ver generous. We had enough leftovers to have another lunch at home. I like that they offer a lower priced lunch menu, without sacrificing quantity or quality. The service was excellent. Our server was very sweet and friendly and offered suggestions on what to try. She was very attentive and checked on us regularly. There are plenty of booths and tables with each seating four people comfortably. There is a small bar at the front of the restaurant on the right side as you enter. They offer beer and mixed drinks as well as soft drinks. The dining area is colorfully and cheerfully decorated The dining area and bathrooms were very clean. There is an adequate sized parking lot. I easily recommend this restaurant for its quality food, friendly staff, cheerful decor and extensive menu.

Greeted at the door by a friendly hostess. She was helpful getting my mom seated and even stored…read moreher walker out of the way. Our server I believe was Giselle and she was great also. Friendly and helpful. Mom got the single taco with beans, rice etc. she said it was delicious and practically cleaned her plate. I got the Mexican pizza it was huge and delicious as well. Since it was lunch I thought it would be made with the smaller tortillas but it was made with the larger ones. Needless to say I took half of it home. Great lunch!

I really enjoyed this place. The food was delicious, the drinks were great, and everything came out…read morefresh. It was one of those places where you leave thinking, "I'll definitely be back." Our server was awesome too. She was friendly, attentive, and made us feel welcome without checking on us every two minutes. I also found out they have live music on Friday and Saturday nights. We didn't get to experience that this time, but it's definitely a good reason to come back. Looking forward to seeing what the atmosphere is like on a live music night.

We always enjoyed Mexicali Cantina in Frederick, so when that location closed, we started thinking…read moreabout the newer one in Hagerstown. I'm happy to say the food's as good or better, with good service in an interesting setting. On crowded Massey boulevard with its strip malls and chain restaurants, it takes a keen eye to pick out this spot (hint - look for the Hobby Lobby parking lot). Then get ready for some unusual decor - the last occupant, a seafood place, did a LOT of intense decorating, including ocean-blue floors and dock pilings. We've visited this location 3 or 4 times now, and the food's been fine, partly out of our sentiment for the gone Frederick location. It's not hard to find Latino cuisine around here, but Mexicali had some of our favorites, including the delicious chiles rellenos (here, fried battered chilis, stuffed with cheese). When we went last week, it seemed clear they'd recently stepped up the game a little - new dinnerware and maybe even larger portions, and just as tasty if not more so. As usual, the chips were crispy and good (though our basket was mostly fragments) and the house salsa is a treat, fresh and zippy but not too hot. I had my go-to Azteca combo, with that chile relleno, a pork tamal, and a chicken enchilada, along with Mexican rice (though no beans this time, for some reason). My wife chose her favorite shrimp fajitas, also with beans and rice, though maybe a little skimpy on the bell peppers this time. My classic margarita on the rocks was big and zesty. Our server was attentive and polite. The crowd was thin on this Saturday night, so there were plenty of staff on hand. In an area with tons of Latin food choices, we depend on the consistent flavor and service here. Bueno!

This place has been a weekly staple for me working out of town. The restaurant is clean to go along…read morea with friendly staff. I have ate pretty much everything on the menu and I have no complaints whatsoever. If you are in the area and want a place where it's a safe bet that you won't be disappointed, then this is the place for you. The only con for me is that I feel like the menu could be a little bit bigger.

I tired to order on the website and it's not even a website it's a random background with a giant…read morered tool.

What went well? Everything, the service, the food and the restaurant. My new favorite is Michoacan…read moreenchiladas. I'll more than likely order this dish every time.

I wanted to start off that this place was amazing. There is plenty of parking outside on the side…read moreor rear of the building. There is a cafe and pastry corner when you walk in to the left. The ambiance when Walking in, there was plenty of light and some ice cream in a cooler near the hosts stand. When you first walk in, you will not see the beauty or size of the restaurant until you are seated in the rear. There is a huge bar that seats atleast 16 customers. We ordered a couple of Pacificos and they were amazingly cold. The waitress was beautiful and so courteous. We ordered some chori-queso, lengua and steak tacos. It came with rice and beans. The lengua was perfectly cooked and crispy on the outside. The flavors of the steak and lengua was out of this world. Not to add, but the individually packaged sauces were delicious as well. We will definitely be back.

BEST tacos I've ever eaten in my life. This place re-sets the bar! We had it while passing through…read moretown on a road trip- you all are so lucky to have this spot nearby!

This Papi's looks good, but tastes only "ok"…read more We were tired on a Sunday early-evening, (Jun 2026), and the staff of the Big Papi's location in Hagerstown seemed unmotivated, maybe worn out from towards the end of their day. We got a birria taco, a rockfish taco, a vegetarian burrito, and a guacamole. The fresh-made guac was quite good! Creamy, fresh, and generous. The Birria taco was good. Flavorful and tender and generous. But inexplicably they did not include a side of consommé sauce for dipping. Lots-of-sauce is a key part of a messy juicy birria taco. That would have just been a disappointment. But the fried rockfish taco, meh. It tasted fresh, but it tasted like something had burned in the oil. The fish seemed too chewy, overdone. The coating was overly-hard. The bean and rice burrito was also meh. The dull rice seemed too chewy, either overdone or cooked until it was too dry. And there were only a small amount of black beans, and no added veggies, so there was little flavor. Overall, we were disappointed in the Big Papi's location in Hagerstown. For over $35, we only liked $8 of the food. What was good, was very good. Maybe they were just having a bad evening. We might try Big Papi's again, but probably not this location.

I can honestly say that the food was absolutely delicious. The authenticity was maintained as I…read morecompared it to the food I have eaten in Mexico, Texas, Arizona and California. (We ordered a traditional Mexican dishes) As we examined the dessert menu, we optimized for a dessert that had a Spanish flair added to see how well they infused the ingredients. The flair definitely enhanced the flavors added depth. It was very well done. There was a Spanish infusion added to the complimentary salsa and the chips were paper thin demonstrating that they were handmade. To top it off, the service was very well done. Polite and attentive with a good attention to detail. The ambience was pleasant, offering a cafe/ fine dining style atmosphere. Definitely a good spot.

Overall the food was good. The waitress was very attentive and nice. The ambiance was calm and not…read moresuper busy. We went on a Saturday at around 2pm and it was surprisingly not crowded. Our group ordered margaritas and the gambas al ajilio for appetizers. The sauce was garlicky with a hint of lemon. The jalapeño margarita was nice and spicy. For the entree we got shrimp tacos, cheese enchiladas, ground beef enchiladas and Valencia paella. Everyone enjoyed their food, nothing crazy just good. For dessert we got flan, sopaphilas and fried ice cream. I liked the fried ice cream, the shell underneath tasted like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and I loved the shell on ice cream. Overall would come back.

We always have great food here. The guacamole is absolutely delicious, every time. The atmosphere…read moreis cozy and family friendly. We come here once a year or so with friends and always have a good time!

I love El Ranchero but this location is their worst one. The service here is always rude. The food…read moreis inconsistent. We always go to the Wesel Blvd location now because of it.

Always great service and great food. My favorite Mexican restaurant anywhere! Highly recommend the…read moreshrimp tacos, and the fish tacos. But literally everything I've tried has been awesome! Im a local.

The interior was nice, but the service was honestly one of the most frustrating restaurant…read moreexperiences I've had in a while. Our server barely understood English, and even simple questions turned into a whole situation. I asked FOUR separate times whether the spicy salsa was free. I literally said, "If it's free, I'll take it. If not, never mind." The server kept saying yes, it was free... so we ate it. Then the check comes out with a $3.99 charge for the salsa When I asked why it was charged after being told multiple times it was free, the server still kept saying "free" while staring at the receipt. At that point I had to ask for the manager because we were clearly not communicating. The manager said there was a "language barrier issue," BUT because we already ate it, we still had to pay for it. That part honestly blew my mind. If I asked about the price four times before ordering, clearly the whole point was that I didn't want it if it cost extra What made it worse was the attitude. The server never apologized once and the manager acted super confident like this was somehow normal. And honestly... the food wasn't even worth the drama. Everything was ridiculously salty, and the salsa tasted like someone mixed it with water. Cool interior. Terrible experience. Definitely not coming back.