Michas is another Tucson oldie that has stood the test of time, 25 years to be exact! I walked in for an early lunch at 11 and the place was already filling up. Known for it's fast service it's definitely a convenient lunch spot for those who work in South Tucson. Full disclosure: Sonoran style Mexican food is not my favorite and I'm from here! And I prefer to eat it at home. So when I venture out, my go to dishes are usually fajitas, tacos, guacamole, albondiga soup and breakfast burrito. That being said, when I go out for Mexican food, my rating system weighs heavily on the quality of the salsa, the cut of the meat, what type of cheese is used, tortilla quality and salt content. This may seem unfair, but great quality ingredients for great Mexican food are basically at our fingertips in Tucson, so I expect Mexican restaurants to serve up the best! I ordered the Fajitas on this visit and overall they were tasty but not served as they traditionally are on smoking hot skillet. It was more like a chicken stir-fry with sauteed onions and bells, re-fried beans and rice. My side of corn tortillas was disappointing. They were dry and cracked. The salsa was underwhelming. Usually, I have little to no self control when it comes to chips and salsa. In this case, one bite was plenty. read more

My family used to really like Micha's when I was a kid. However, recently, my grandmother has gotten sick every time she eats there. Throwing up for hours, it's sad to see her like this. So because of this, I do not like this place anymore, nor do I recommend it to Anyone! read more

Wow, really sad. Gotten very chintzy since it reopened. $5 for extra salsa on take out. 3 tiny containers for three meals.

During the 80s as a child my family used to go to Micha's fairly often. Once I was on my own I didn't return for any particular reason. I always liked it and remember the food being very good with a decent atmosphere too. After a very long hiatus, I decided on whim to return with my own family. The atmosphere was still good, although the place was slightly worn around the edges in a good way. That's to be expected after almost a quarter of a century. It's a casual family place, not a fine dining establishment. The food was still very good, maybe not quite up to par with what I remembered, but I don't know if that is just an artifact of memory or actual reality. We were served with only one bowl of tortilla chips with no refills offered. I don't know if refills cost extra, or if it was just laxness on our server's part. The chips were fresh and decent, but some weren't warm. The salsa was very good. I ordered the #17 combination plate, in which I had a red chili chimichanga along with refried beans and rice. The red chili had tender cubes of beef in a savory red chili sauce. At some Mexican restaurants the red chili sauce has a somewhat bland taste marred with a texture that is too thick presumably due to too much flour as a thickening agent. Not a Micha's as the sauce had just the right amount of thickness. Going overboard with red chili sauce, I ordered my chimi enchilada style, and it was very good and covered with melted cheddar cheese. The chimi itself was perfectly crisp on the outside with more of a non-fried flour tortilla texture on the inside, which is good but slightly different than the usual chimichangas in the area as they are more crispy throughout the tortilla wrapping. The refried bean were very flavorful and covered with melted cheese also. The rice was tasty, but it lukewarm and had a few cold clumps in it, so I would only say it was only fair. My wife had a carne asada burrito. It was good, but it was pretty dry and lacked the amount of onions and tomatoes that other places typically have. To counteract the dryness she ordered a side of guacamole, which also was a little atypical. The guacamole had a lot of onions, but the unusual part was that it also had some cottage cheese mixed in. Unusual, but good. One of my sons got a bean chimichanga, which was like mine in that it was crispy on the outside, but less so than other places on the inside. He liked it a lot. My other son ordered a machaca taco, chicken enchilada and rice. His plate looked good, and he said it was great. The service was good but not great. Our server was for the most part all business and not overly friendly. The bus boy was very friendly, however. I would go back again. My kids loved it, and I thought it was good, but my wife was only partially impressed. So it won't be a place that we would frequent with any regularity, but I wouldn't hesitate to go again read more

Gringo Food. Was ready within minutes of ordering it. Pre-made and you can taste it. Plus the service sucked. Lady was chewing food while taking orders. Never again. read more

I would not recommend this place the rice and beans were ice cold. We orderd the the the pattie taco the meat was as thin as a piece of paper read more

Worst food in a long time. I got water diarrhea within an hour of eating here. Beware.

The chile rellenos are very good and so are the rice and beans. I would give them five stars but they are strict about "no substitutions" when it comes to their combination plates. read more

My husband's cousin brought us here for lunch on the recommendation of his coworker. None of us had ever been here before. I have to say, when you walk through the door and it smells delicious, that's a good sign. All the food was great. One of us ordered flautas, one of us had a carne asada chimichanga, and I had a carne asada topopo salad (I just had to order that because I thought the name "topopo" was a trip!) We all really enjoyed our food and they serve very generous portions, none of us could even finish. Also they have yummy margaritas! I had two mango margaritas and I highly recommend them! read more

So disappointed! Drove from the North side all the way Down here, around the construction, only to be told by a large young man leaning out the door, "We're closed." I replied, "you don't close until 9, it's only 8:30!" He said they were slow so they were closing early. (It's Friday night for heaven's sake!) I counted 14 cars in their parking lot and 8 in the overflow!! This is no way to run a business....telling customers to go away. I guess the other reviewers who wrote about poor service meant this guy. Good thing Los Portales around the corner is open and accepting customers!! I wanted some machaca that someone told me was really good at Michas, and now I may never know. Gonna get it elsewhere!! read more

Some of the best food in Tucson. I am a Native to Tucson so I have eaten good Mexican food all over town but Micha's is in the top 2. I have NEVER had a bad meal from this place. Always friendly service, clean and fast to serve the correct meal, hot and tasty! My fave is the "patty beef" taco. Comfort food when I was a kid! Not as good as Moms, but what ever is? These are about the closest thing to Heaven I have tasted. Carne Seca is Great! Margaritas round off the meal quite nicely! read more

I used to be a regular in the early '80s. Back then, it was just a converted house with limited seating, but the food was the best on S. 4th. Gilbert and Micha treated me like family. Sadly, as is often the case, the food went downhill after the remodel. I've been back a few times, but it is always a disappointment. read more

We can't visit Tucson without multiple visits to Micha's. We have been eating here for at least 20 years and the food is always excellent and consistently good. In all those years the decor and servers seldom change. We will be back next year and order the number one combination and I am sure all will be the same, including the excellent service. read more

I am rating for 2 items: 1) When the charge showed in my credit card statement, they had charged an extra $3 over what I put on the receipt. This is stealing and I lowered what would have been a 2 star rating for food & service to a 1 because of this. I knew a friend of a friend years ago who said he did that at the restaurant he worked at, he said nobody every noticed, and all the wait staff did it. So I am expecting they all do it here also, or maybe only to the people who don't speak to them in Spanish. 2) The food was not great. I have eaten Mexican food my entire life and I like authentic food, not Americanized food. The biggest test for Mexican restaurants is how good their beans and guacamole are (it is harder to do simple items very well as when there is more ingredients you can hide flaws easier). The beans were ok, similar to from a Rosarita can of beans, but not the level I would have expected from a "good" Mexican restaurant. The best item was the Tamale which was enjoyable to eat but not something outstanding I would go out of my way to get. The Carne Seca was extremely salty, almost inedible and their tacos were on hard shell - not something I have seen in the more authentic Mexican restaurants I go to. The food was ok, we did eat it, but we would not go back again with so many much better Mexican restaurants in the area. I noticed above they describe their restaurant as Mexican and Fast Food. This is not fast food, it is a normal sit down and order restaurant. read more

The best Carne Seca tacos in town! The chips and salsa are sooo good too. The service is very fast and efficient. I have tried to eat here at least once a week for the last six months because I cannot get over how wonderful the Carne Seca tacos are. My mom loved the salsa so much she asked to buy some and take it home, it was only $3! Love this place! read more

Went in for lunch. Local Tucsonan & I've never eaten here. Never really heard anyone talk about it. I wasn't impressed. I had a lunch combo with a bean tostada, cheese enchilada and ground beef taco. The food tasted like the atmosphere the workers created. The " I don't really care." Attitude. read more

Came by for dinner with my pops under his recommendation because he used to know the old owners and always complimented their food. Well upon entering they told us to seat ourselves wherever we liked, atmosphere wise it was mediocre... my only gripe was the lighting which was very low and dim otherwise nothing too bad. Now as for the food, the prices, in my opinion, were not worth what we ate. Not that the food quality itself was low, but a lot of the dishes lacked... well, flavor to be honest. The Spanish rice was bland and dry, the beans were just okay but also bland. The tortilla chips tasted like they were from a bag(living in Tucson you get spoiled in the sense that most Mexican restaurants make their own fresh tortilla chips). The enchiladas was the only thing my plate had going for it(they were good). The waitress that served us wasn't very attentive and when I ordered an appetizer to go, she took very long in both ordering it, bringing it out, made a mistake and took a long time bringing back the correct order. Will likely not be making a return visit... sorry dad! read more

Micha's - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Flat out sucks. They can't even make a decent salsa for chips it is generic, I've had better store bought salsa and if they think making mediocre Mexican food is acceptable then they need to just close the doors. The red chili sauce taste like it's right out of a can and no flavor, the rice just sucks hard and dry. There is plenty if other decent Mexican restaurants to go to on the southside go to one of them instead read more

Been coming here since I was little. Great people work here and the Mexican food is amazing. Can't go wrong with anything you order!

I have eaten here for nearly 20 years, but my lunch today was below par. For starters, one ground beef enchilada was $4.50. I ordered two, but I received several pieces of rotten lettuce and about 2 bites of my enchiladas were cold. El Molinto's on Ina offers 2 great ground beef enchiladas plus refried beans for $6.00. The chips were tasteless and in desperate need of salt. Something is wrong here, my peeps. Prices are too high, and the quality of the food is not good. I will not be recommending or frequenting this restaurant again. read more

Come on! Only 2 very small bowls of complimentary chips and salsa; then, $2 per bowl afterwards! It actually says this on the menu. Ridiculous. So much for trying a new place. I'll stick to Rigo's down the street. My red chile burro was good though. read more

I just happened on this place today. The vegetarian plate with calabacitas was excellent. Will definitely go back.

I heard many good things over the years and finally decided to go in. My SO and I ended up going in on a slow day. Service was quick and friendly. I got cheese enchiladas and they got flautas with shredded beef. Prices were decent. Got 4 starts because the taste of the food wasn't what I was expecting. It had a great taste, it tasted authentic but also a bit generic. I know, it is a restaurant... not home. Don't get me wrong though, I would totally recommend this restaurant for someone looking for mexican food! read more

Great food and handled a large group well. I think I had carne seca enchiladas, whatever it was, it was really good. Many menu items are numbered with what could be interpreted as valid hexadecimal numbers. read more

Completely demolished this heaven sent bowl of red menudo, I'd like to take the time to write this review because word on the street is this menudo they serve at michas will treat you so right it'll beg you to come back to it after you cheat on it with the white menudo. So I had to see for myself. Among the rest of their super tasty food stands their menudo with its head held high, holding the 1st place trophy of making my mouth wetter than the bottom of a Jetski. If you ever come over here get the red menudo and thank me later while your mind is in a state of bliss and magical tingles emerge from your inner thigh traveling all the way up to your taste buds. Thank you michas. read more

Red chili tastes like dirty lunch is INCREDIBLY expensive $32 and NOT worth I t at all waitress could care less if we lived or died and made that obvious. read more

I had the machaca enchiladas, and my fiance had the green chili with beans chimichanga. The chimi was pretty tasty, and their machaca tastes nice, but there's nothing about this place that makes it stand out from other Mexican places in town. Given that it's a pretty far trek down to 36th and 4th, I don't think we will be going back. read more

Tacos are good! Service could use some work ! But I would go back! Went on a Monday not alot of people there at lunch time which I was surprised!!! read more

I really like the food here. The service is...fine. But the food is quite good. This is on my list of places to take out-of-towners. I usually ask for light cheese because they tend to put too much cheese for me...but I'm weird and don't love cheese that much. I usually get enchiladas or chile rellenos. Dining partner generally gets ground beef burritos or chimis, and he agrees that we like Micha's. read more

Highly recommend!! Especially their Menudo on the weekend!! They also have the best michelada's!! read more

Micha's - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Would have never, EVER expected a place to be off the beaten path like this. I was actually a little concerned when my cousin drove me over here but, I love homey places such as this. So I walked in told them I was dying of hunger and they came out were very friendly and went ahead and gave us the standard chips and water. Perfect, now everything is getting better because I have something to coat my stomach...I don't need anything special so I just ask the waiter where the enchiladas are without really looking at the menu and says "2 enchiladas coming up". I love it. Then I looked over and saw someone that had margaritas -- and I really really wanted one but I was trying to not drink that night. Man, Michas delivered and they gave me extra fillers to fatten me up. I walked out feeling good about this experience and I will absolutely go back here again. Legit 4 estrellas. read more

My family had a small dinner celebration and chose Micha's because we heard it was good food, and because I wanted to use the Cantina area. Days leading up to our event, I called to make sure the reservations were still good and check if there was anything else that needed to be done before the party, I was advised that everything was okay, but a day before the event, I received a call from a lady asking about the meal we selected, she was not very friendly and her costumer service needs some work. She informed me she was calling to see what buffet we were going to go with, so I told her which one we selected, she then proceeded to rudely say that they were supposed to know 2 days before the party, I let her know I contacted them a week ago but who ever I spoke to insisted everything was fine with my reservation. so I had planned to call again the day before to tell them what I was going to order. The day of the party, my family and I arrived 10 minutes early to make sure we were there to greet the family when they arrived. When I informed the front desk we had reservations, this guy rudely informed me we were too early, and told us we could wait for them to finish setting up the room. We waited and when the time came, they lead us to the Cantina. The room was hot and when I brought it up to the waiter he informed me the air was on, but because the burners were going, it was going to be awhile for it to get cool. Everyone was hot and uncomfortable, so I didn't understand why they couldn't turn the air on BEFORE the party. The food was good, but they need to learn costumer service. How they speak to customers is very rude and not very welcoming. read more

Pretty good place. Tried their tostada with the squash - made for a good vegetarian dish, although I added a machaca taco with it. Both were very tasty. My friend ordered their #1 combo and he was quite satisfied. We both left for under $10 each. Will definitely come back next time I'm in Tucson. read more

I liked the margs, chips and salsa, and had a great chimichanga. Came to Tucson looking for good Mexican food, and this place didn't disappoint. read more

The undisputable, "hand's down," BEST Carne Asada burrito available in Tucson! Absolutely worth driving past Mi Nidito to get to Micha's--Micha's KILLS Mi Nidito with their Carna Asada burrito! And, although Mi Nidito's "hype" precedes them...Trust me on this one with your whole heart!...Repeat after me: Must go to Micha's!...You won't be mad at me in the end!...=)) read more

Sharing a pollo and fish taco with a side a guacamole, we sat at picnic tables to dig in. This is a bare bones operation, but the food is made with love. Have we had better, sure, but in the area this is a worthwhile place to come in and have a quick bite. Price are VERY reasonable. read more

The best Mexican restaurant in Tucson. It close to work and easily accessible via 1 10. Fresh Guacamole is excellent and must have. Chips and hot salsa if very fulfilling. For large group I would recommend reservations. read more

This is in a part of town that felt a little uncomfortable, but the restaurant itself was very acceptable. The service was good, the food was plentiful, but was bland. read more

Had the carne asada in my salad; was the best I've eaten, great place!

Needless to say, We will definitely will not be returning to this place.i have not been here since the fire but it definitely lost its reputation for good food. Over priced for food that tasted like a Los betos joint not Authentic Mexican food at all. We ordered a cheese crisp they put so much cheese(Overload) that the tortilla was so greasy.then they got my husband's order wrong very simple order carne asada chimichanga with rice n beans,the brought him a chicken one instead. So I has to start eating alone before my food got cold, I ordered what was supposed to be a pinacolada Margarita, it tasted like the mix n the bottle it comes in. Our bill was 75$ totally not worth it. I have been to Mi Nidito best Mexican food ever and didnt pay as much. 100% DISSATISFIED coming from a real Mexican family I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS ESTABLISHMENT. read more