I am a DoorDash Food Photographer, so as you can imagine I visit many restaurants to do shoots. While I'm there I will evaluate them and their food. The Old Town Mexican Cafe was a nice surprise. Quaint very clean and comfortable is how I'd describe it. Oh yes, and with amazing food. The main cook Pedro, was an artist at preparation and efficiency. His food was delicious and portions were large. The manager Desiree couldn't have been nicer and more helpful during my shoot. She runs the operation and you can tell she knows what she is doing. Also helpful and pleasant was Terry her #2. Located in Orcutt, a suburb just south of Santa Maria, if you're traveling or around the Santa Maria area be sure to stop in for a meal you won't forget. They open around 9am and it's street level, easy access and kid friendly. Plenty of parking too. Don't forget to get slice of Desiree's home made Flan. It's the best I've ever tasted. I'd go out of my way just for that amazing Flan. Stop in at The Old Town Mexican Cafe, you'll thank me. read more

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I eat here a lot today was one of the not best time I ordered a fajita it was like the barely cooked it the chicken was still pink inside I called the waitress over who's been here for years she told me that she would have to charge me half a little bit of it I asked if they can remake it. They told me no because it's a waste of food that they would be thrown away and she told me to go ahead and leave another review like I had before I don't hide my review. I put my name out there because I have nothing to hide when I do google reviews I have my picture on there and my first and last name read more

The rice tasted like rice a Roni beans and cheese enchilada were good nothing special Teresa was an awesome server read more

Camer here for a quick bite to eat after a long day of work. The value at this place was really good. Chips and salsa were awesome. Margaritas were ok just wish they offered tequila instead of wine. Food was really good. I had a Mexican pizza and was very happy with how it turned out. I definitely will be back again. Check this place out. Good hangout spot and good service. read more

This place is excellent. tthe molcajete was outstanding. Quick and friendly service, excellent drinks and kept full. Was easy to get seated. Bartender Dean was a cool dude. Highly recommend. It's about two blocks past the old town sign crossing the road on the east end. read more

Just good food with a family atmosphere and a great price. I've had a number of experiences there and other than a misunderstanding one day it's been all good every other time read more

I really appreciate the down home authentic dishes. Shrimp Rancheros was fantastic! I like bringing family and friends to show off the lovely town of Orcutt. read more

What a beautiful trip back in time. Want to be transported back to the 90's but you don't have a flying time traveling car? Look no further because this place has it all. Come in and enjoy a quick bite with family and friends. read more

They close at 9. We arrived at 8. server said to us "we only are taking to go orders" We have been going to this restaurant for years and have never had this happen. A whole hour before closing and they can seat us?? read more

Lovely gem in the area. If your looking for great food at a wonderful price, look no further. Plus to start you get bean dip and chips!

The SALSA THOUGH I love this place and the food is always amazing!! But, they will definitely 100% be under staffed the front of house staff are super rad, helpful, friendly and they work as fast as possible for having a whole restaurant as their section. It's an old decor Mexican cafe and it's peaceful inside read more

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This was our first experience with Old Town Mexican Café. We ordered it for delivery and we were not disappointed. Our first order was the two taco combination plate. We got chicken tacos and it came with rice and beans. The rice was great, the beans were amazing. You can tell that they are homemade. The chicken tacos were crispy and full flavor. The toppings were fresh . It also came with a side salad and some extremely delicious ranch dressing. It came with a small bag of chips and salsa. We also ordered an additional larger bag of chips and salsa. The chips are definitely made fresh and the salsa is full of flavor. Everything they put in to this liquidy salsa is amazing. By liquidy I mean it is not a pico de gallo. Were there a lot of chunks in it. We are very excited to actually go into the restaurant to eat as well. read more

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Went in at 8pm and they said they close at 8pm if we want to dine in. Interesting.... read more

My husband and I have dinner here at least once a month . We always order the same thing chile verde dinner and him the bacon wrapped shrimp. She shrimp were bad. They had a bad odor . We mentioned it to the waitress and she said the cook was smelling them in the kitchen just now and he said they were fine! Why would you have to smell the food before serving ! read more

Old Town Mexican Cafe - She took the plates before I could snap a photo. Sorry old town you just lost some loyal customers. - Mexican Near Me - Orcutt, California

That place had the worst service i will never go to the place again they seat us and didn't give us no drinks and waiting there for an hour i took my dad there for father day read more

I would give this restaurant four stars for its food and two stars for its service, hence the three-star overall. We were quickly seated and ordered drinks, which were brought quickly. We did not see our server again for 30 minutes. Another group was seated after us, ordered, and received their food before our server came back to take our order. And just to be clear, the restaurant was nearly empty. The only reason we stayed is because it was our first time here and we really wanted to try it out. Thankfully, the food was pretty good. I liked their chips, salsa, and the refried beans they provide with the chips. The posole was excellent, but the fajitas were just okay. They included shrimp, beef and chicken on the fajitas. The shrimp was tasty, but the rest of the cooked ingredients were a little bit too greasy. I would go again and try a couple more dishes as they have a variety of items on the menu that looked good. read more

Old Town Mexican Cafe - Pozole-delicious! - Mexican Near Me - Orcutt, California

I'm very disappointed..... I ordered egg, sausage, bacon and hash brown annnd I asked for No bean but instead I got beans and very little eggs, No sausages and I don't even see hash browns...... I tried calling the number they have it registered on here but it's disconnected. I just wasted $14.85 on a burrito I can't eat....... read more

Old Town Mexican Cafe - Mexican Near Me - Orcutt, California

Awesome food Fajitas are excellent Beans are amazing Chili rellenos are very good and fresh Amazing staff read more

Man, wanted to like this local place but staff handled the situation horribly. Long story short, hair found in our burrito, the staff was like "oh well, I can let the manager know". Cool, thank you?! ‍ read more

Old Town Mexican Cafe - Hair in burrito! - Mexican Near Me - Orcutt, California

this place is good, but when i ordered my tamales, it said it was pork and these were solid masa. and other stuff im not entirely familiar with. i don't know if its chiles or something but i thought i got pork tamales. order: abuelita savina's tamales read more

Old Town Mexican Cafe - "pork" tamales. - Mexican Near Me - Orcutt, California

Service was good, very nice attentive server but the food? I'm not sure what we ate today but it was clearly not fresh chicken in my taco It looked like the chicken that you but precooked in plastic packages at the grocery store. Pretty sure chips were not made in house, beans were 98% lard and tasted like pure fat., My friends enchilada was toddler size and taco looked like a taco from a familiar fast food restaurant we all know of. The margarita's had 0 alcohol in them and tasted like something premixed out of a can. The positives...salsa was good and rice was ok. I don't usually leave negative feedback like this but this meal was not authentic Mexican food and was not worth the money we paid for our meal. read more

Best Mexican food in Orcutt. Salsa is bomb, and when you eat at the restaurant they give you beans with your chips and salsa. Five stars just for that hah! But the food is always consistent and very yummy. Prices are average. They have a nice menu with some things you don't usually see (SO to the Mexican pizza) Also they home make their flan. Pretty sure abuelta comes in every day to make it and when it's gone for the day it's gone. read more

My wife & I felt like dining out for dinner and left feeling upset. The food was good and tasted authentic. However, when it came to the service, they skipped us and helped 3 other groups of patrons that arrived after we had already sat down. It was upsetting because a couple friends of ours showed up to dinner (coincidentally) and they not only arrived after us, but they had their order taken first, and then they finished having dinner and departed the restaurant right as our dinner arrived. Aside from the waitress taking our order after 30 minutes of arriving, the ambiance is nice because they have some cool decorations and they even have game-shows playing on their tv (in case You end up waiting too long?). Thanks to this experience, it confirmed to me that it is worth making a trip to Santa Maria for Mexican Food. You just need to know where (cough cough, Yelp!) read more

Been coming here for years. Best beans around by far. And normally the chicken fajitas are good - we eat in & take out. Tonight was takeout & they were green pepper fajitas- had a hard time finding the chicken! Might have had 1 thigh chopped into tiny pieces. And the flavor was missing. Used to get good chunks of chicken. We ordered 2 & both were the same. Very sad was looking forward to them & I talked the place up today to some people coming in to town next weekend. Not sure when we'll go back. I know times are tight but I wanted chicken fajitas- not bell peppers fajitas. Probably had a whole pepper. ‍ read more

Located in small town south of Santa Maria with some cute restaurants and bars. Street parking so you may need to drive around if it's busy. The salsa is delicious and spicy; unfortunately the chips were rock hard. They also include a cup of refried beans with chips and salsa when you sit down. Nice side to compliment the salsa n chips. The taco meats were tasty with.good flavor but the corn tortillas were stale. steak quesadillas was huge with guacamole, sour cream and pickled jalapeños. Didn't get chance to take pics before a bite was taken out but enjoyed it. The people next to us ordered a wet burrito which was also pretty big and looked good. Service was prompt and nice. read more

Old Town Mexican Cafe - Mexican Near Me - Orcutt, California

The food was good, nothing exceptional. Service was attentive, but as a family restaurant it was quite noisy with children.

This restaurant keeps getting better and better for me. Every time that I go in, I have a very good meal. Locals know you don't mind waiting for your food when they're busy because their homemade-style bean dip is BOMB. What I really appreciate is their family meals and catering options that I pick up or doordash. So good! Really good rice and beans here. This is my go-to place for getting food for 10-25 people when it's time for some tasty Mexican food. read more

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No complaints here, but also no extra praise or any stand out comments either. We have only been here for brunch, ordered a chorizo omelet and a carnitas omelet. Both had too much meat that kinda overpowered the other ingredients, but also it seems backward to complain about getting more of something you ordered. Good cause and salsa served even with breakfast. I'll try this place again for lunch or dinner and update. read more

Old Town Mexican Cafe - Chorizo omelet - Mexican Near Me - Orcutt, California

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Yesterday for our anniversary we visited your Cafe, I ordered a strawberry margarita, when I received it, it had SALT on the rim instead of the sweet sugar, I ordered it blended, it came back crushed ice, you could hardly taste the strawberry and the tequila was weak. My dinner plate was so hot that it burned my hand, the beans and enchilada were so hot I couldn't eat them for about 10 min. This adventure cost me 50.00, I won't be back, never. read more

Always a pleasure to eat their salsa!!! Food is good and the staff is amazing. The place is a true Mexican restaurant.

Stopped in here for lunch. Boy was I glad we did. Restaurant was clean & bright. The servers were happy & attentive. But the food was spectacular. They served us the chips and salsa but they added a bowl of refried bean. I thought I died & went to heaven. The beans were wonderful but enough about beans. I ordered the burrito lunch. The size was perfect for lunch and tasted wonderful. My husband ordered the chili rellano and was very happy with his choice. This restaurant will go on our rotation. We're super pleases read more

Good service , but unfortunately, I ordered the special, two cheese enchiladas and a chile relleno tamale, and it definitely was not an authentic Mexican plate. Cheese Enchiladas were primarily cheddar cheese , sauce didn't seem in house made, tamale hardly had any filling, it wasn't fluffy. I've been here before and have ordered other items which were pretty good, but I couldn't even finish this plate. I would definitely not order anything with cheese, cheddar cheese should not be used in any Mexican restaurant., it's the cheapest of the cheeses, read more

Old Town Mexican Cafe - Two cheese enchiladas with chile relleno tamale, rice and beans. - Mexican Near Me - Orcutt, California

Great food and service. Everything I've had from here is good. Nice atmosphere in the restaurant and easy to go ordering.

Some of the best catered Mexican food ever! Wife and I attended the Jubilee by the Sea jazz festival at the Women's Club in Arroyo Grande. 200 fans in folding chairs tied together with plastic ties -the same type of ties used to tie up large number of criminal suspects by police. Minimal shoulder room. We were there for 7 hours, and by the 5th hour the hunger pains were too much to overcome. I went back between music scores to see what was cooking. Sign said "Old Town Mexican Café" of Orcutt was catering. They must have had a small kitchen in the back, with hand drawn menu. $7 dishes, cash only: asada nachos, asado taco salad, chili relleno, 2 asada tacos with rice, beans, quesadilla with cheese, pork tamale with rice and beans, and chicken taco salad. I forked over the cash and ordered the chili relleno and the chicken taco salad. The salad came almost immediately, but there was at least a 5 minute wait for the chili relleno to cook. Made my way between rows balancing the two paper plates, with tiny cups of spicy salsa. Would not want to spill any on the fans in the nearby chairs. Wife loved the chili relleno, even adding more salsa to the dish. And this is a lady who has lived 18 years in Santa Fe New Mexico, definitely knowing her Mexican dishes. My chicken taco salad came with a generous amount of sliced chicken, mixed in with a crisp tortilla shell on the bottom, covered with a layer of refried beans, rice, green peppers, tomatoes and onions. To paraphrase Colonel Sanders, so delicious it was finger licking good. Tough to eat a taco salad on your lap, with a fork and knife. Ended up breaking the tortilla shell in pieces and eating it like a taco with my hands, People looked at me, and what a sight I must have been, with food on my face like a toddler! Ate big bites to tray to avoid dropping food on my pants. Would not be good to have wet food stains on my crotch! Gave some to my wife, who made sure I had washed my hands beforehand, and finished off her rice and refried beans, which were runny just the way I like them. Came back later to take pictures, and they were sold out of the chicken taco salads, only asada nachos. Ran out of tortilla shells, they were that good! read more

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Excellent Restaurant . The owner helps the community in every way she can. Food is Excellent.

This place did not clean their carrots and I had gotten E coli, I had to force myself to throw up the food and because of that though I didn't get all of the bacteria out so I am not well. I have been eating here since I was a kid, they have downgrades in this place over time. read more

I walked in, lady asked if I was here for pick up I said no and if I could please be seated for one, she said oh yes! I was seated immediately, she gave me my menu, left to go grab me chips with bean/cheese dip and salsa along with mg drink, she then ask if I was ready to order and I said yea! I got the Chile Verde Burrito wet. It taste very good a little spicy which I love, my food was made fresh and hot! I will be coming back to this area, the set up in the restaurant is Hispanic culture, they have colorful decorations and artifacts. read more

Old Town Mexican Cafe - A Chile Verde WET burrito. With chicken beans and cheese. - Mexican Near Me - Orcutt, California

This place has really gone downhill from what it used to be. Our server had zero personality. Acted like she didn't want to be there. Ordered fried shrimp tacos and received grilled shrimp tacos instead. Shrimp was too chewy and I couldn't even eat them. The rice was incredibly salty and tasted awful. The only thing that was decent was the chips, salsa, and beans they served at the beginning of the meal. Now I remember why we haven't eaten here is so long. We won't be back. As we paid for this mess of a meal we were asked if we enjoyed our meal. I said no and the cashier asked why and as I begab to explain about the rice and shrimp, she clearly wasn't interested in hearing what I had to say. When I told her that I ordered the deep fried shrimp she told me that they don't serve that anymore. Wish our terrible server would have told me that, but she obviously has no clue what she's doing. read more

One of my favorite Mexican places and the last time we went, the service was horrendous. The server was very cold, we waited a really long time for our food and never got checked on. Got our plates but with none of the sides. Not kidding, we waited at least 15 minutes for the sides for the menudo and tortillas. By the time we got the sides, our food was cold. Staff kept disappearing and no one was even around to flag down. And then got one set of tortillas and not the other. Waited another 5 minutes to flag down the server and was told "there'll all in there" even though there were only 3. Had to wait another 5 minutes after that for my husband to get his. No one ever said "hey sorry for the wait" or anything.. just cold looks and sitting around waiting. Half the time the servers were talking to friends or people they knew that were at other tables. Wasn't busy at all either so it made no sense as to why we were having to wait so long for little side things. Won't go back to dine in again. Stars just for the food, because the carnitas are delicious. read more

Nice ! 9/8/22 Great service and good Well accommodated by the young lady! Thanks Have read more