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Metro Balderas

3.9 (162 reviews)
InexpensiveMexican
Closed • 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Moderate noise
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Good for kids

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Al Pastor Huarache
Dominic P.

Have been coming here for 10+ years and the quality has been awesome and consistent. Staff is friendly and the inside is clean and simple. Food is great, my favorite is the Al pastor huarache which is amazingly flavorful and worth trying for sure - but have tried a variety of things and all pretty solid.

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Have been in Highland Park for two years now and this is my favorite restaurant on Fig. I eat here at least every other week, would eat here more if I didn't force myself to try new places once in a while or cook some meals at home tbh. I know we have so many great Mexican food options in Los Angeles in general but there are differences in the style of the food depending on the region the person cooking the food is from. My mom is from a small town two hours from CDMX and the food at Metro Balderas reminds me of the food I grew up eating, which is so important to me now that I'm across the country and don't get to enjoy her cooking often. Don't expect anything super fancy, you're not paying for that. Do expect that you'll have a really great home style meal accompanied by amazing handmade tortillas (unless you order single tacos, those come dont come with the hadmade tortillas). I feel like I've had most items on the menu at this point, but my favorite items are the Enmolladas de pollo, Carnitas, Milanesa (both the entree and the torta) and Quesadillas but I have not had a bad thing yet. The salsa bar is solid, I like their pickled onions/carrot mix and their green salsa. The other is a bit too spicy for me but tasty nonetheless. I have read some reviews saying that the service isn't great, and while the staff aren't necessarily always super chipper, I haven't encountered any rudeness or unpleasantness.

So yummy we didn't even have time to take pictures before, will definitely be coming back. Such a variety of food good Mexican food options and delicious. The service and ambience were so nice and authentic.

Bistec Huarache Chilaquiles Verdes con Huevo

Delicious authentic Mexican food, service was great and I loved the atmosphere. Highly recommend

Tostada de Tinga de Res
Aleksander M.

Go here! Support ! Great, legit real Mexican food. Great service. Sweet family ran spot with good homemade tasting food. The tostada was amazing, they used two tostadas and put beans in the middle of it and then they put the meat on top of that with the lettuce and cheese and all the fixings and it was just delicious. their homemade salsa is really good. I also got the Chichron quesadilla which was equally as delicious, even herbaceous with all of the seasoning and sauces. I highly recommended. Can't wait to go back and try more..

Salsa bar and TV
Minnie A.

Delicious Mexican Antojitos and plates at good prices! We have returned to Metro Balderas after a few years of the first visit before all the COVID craziness. We really enjoy all the plates we have ordered during our visits this year and it was long overdue to post a review. Good flavor, we have a lot of favorites here like the huaraches (I do steak, my husband chicken), chilaquiles, tostadas, pambazos, taquitos dorados and a few more. Food is really good! The service is prompt, the restaurant is clean as well as the bathroom. This is one of the few places that still has a salsa bar and that's a big plus! Picture posted of the items we ordered today, including our first time ordering an Eskimo which was good too. I'm glad today they had better music playing, they usually have heavy metal music and it is kind of annoying to be eating and listening to that, it triggers my nerves Lol! But today they had mellow Spanish music which was SO much better, they should really just leave the music like that. If you haven't tried this place and you like Mexican Food special things from CDMX you should definitely check it out!

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Lynn P.

Love this food ever since we discovered it. The wait is worth it, it is a family run business, so love to support it. They are so clean and food is fresh, authentic, and delicious. We typically order the enchiladas verde, sope de asada, and flautas de pollo. The food is made with love!

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Best chilaquiles!!!! Is going to take a while to get your food because is made from scratch is worth the wait.

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Metro Balderas is nice place to eat huarache de Bistec and menudo are one of my top favorites

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The food is great but the wait time to get your is food is long about 45 minutes for my order.

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Authentic Ciudad de Mexico (DF) food. It absolutely reminded me of the food spots in the "colonians".

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All of the food is delicious, Yet the owner/cashier is always rude and with a bad attitude.

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Excelentes toda la comida y muy limpio , las gorditas de chicharrón prensado muy deliciosas

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Authentic Mexican food! The flautas were amazing! I also recommend the tostada de pata as well as the atole.

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The food was delicious and the service was great. The quesadillas are the best. And the place was clean even the restroom was very clean .

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