The food was just ok. I ordered through DoorDash and the food was literally ready to be picked up in like 5 or 10 mins.. makes me wonder if it was made fresh or just simply reheated.. the food arrived cold and soggy. I ordered a chimichanga which was just ok, the chicken filling was very dry and I paid $1 more to add cheese dip which I thought would be a side but what I received was barely any cheese sauce on top of the chimichanga. The yellow rice and refried beans had no flavor at all smh and everything arrived in an aluminum container all mushed together... I will never purchase food here again! read more

Food was dry and bland. My husband and I both ordered chimichangas. They didn't come with any type of sauce. Any other Mexican place always has them served with sauce. The rice was dry and flavorless. The salsa was also bland. We won't be returning. Service was not great. My husband only ate two bites of his and didn't finish. The waitress who never came back to check on us didn't even ask if something was wrong with his meal. She just quickly removed the plates and brought the check. read more

Really great spot for Taco Tuesdays. I can't believe how hard it is to find a simple CRUNCHY beef taco nowadays... but Sabor A Mexico satisfied my cravings! Their beef was plentiful and juicy and the lettuce, cheese and tomatoes piled high! If you're looking for a simple old fashioned taco.... this is the spot. The only reason for my 3 star rating is that almost every time I dine here, I get forgotten about after ordering my drinks. Yes, I want a margarita pitcher for 2 people... no, I don't want to wait 25 minutes to speak to my waitress again or to order. I was seated in a corner booth last night and legit waited 30-35 minutes before my waitress came back for us. Otherwise.... the perfect little Mexican spot! read more

The food is reasonably priced and the menu also has an ala carte option as well. Chips and salsa are complimentary with the purchase of an entree. Great drink Specials too! My husband ordered steak and shrimp fajitas and I ordered an enchilada and hard shell taco. Everything tasted very good. The manager also stopped by our table to make sure we were happy. He was very nice and sincere. I will definitely return. read more

Sabor A Mexico - Shrimp and steak fajitas, enchilada, hard shell taco and margarita. - Mexican Near Me - Brandon, Florida

Our go to place after running weekend errands in the Brandon area. This restaurant is great if you want to get in and out quickly. Nothing fancy about this place but it's clean, they serve good food at reasonable prices and the staff is very friendly. Our server greeted us immediately and with a big smile. Chips and salsa were served right away. We ordered our usual queso with flour tortillas. We love to tear the tortillas, roll them up and dip in the queso. {C'mon, try it! You'll love it. } We had crunchy chicken tacos. The chicken was so juicy and tender, best we've had yet. For sports fans, the TVs have pretty much every sport you'd want to watch. I've seen football, soccer, basketball, bowling, horse racing...you name it! They have a full service bar with lots of options. They always have drink specials too. Ample sized servings at great prices (that includes non alcoholic beverages too). read more

Sabor A Mexico - Mexican Near Me - Brandon, Florida

Love love love it when they have the mariachi band. Do great. . They played a beatles song at our table. Awesome Food is good, I stick to everything chicken. Rice & beans are delicious. read more

We've been coming here for years, but was disappointed in the serving today. My wife and I both got the chimichanga and when it was delivered we were surprised by the unusually small size. Not much more than 6 bites. Rather disappointing for the price. Great servers and friendly folks. read more

Food was delicious and really authentic only thing is that we did take out and we were not given any chips

I really wanted to love this place. Why is finding quality, affordable Mexican food in the Tampa area so difficult? You get ONE complimentary chips and salsa after that it is $2.99 which they don't advise you when you ask for a refill. My main issue was the service. We were sat quickly but waited close to ten minutes for a server to even stop and ask what we would like to drink. It wasn't very busy and shouldn't have required that long of a wait. The Food was Okay. I have the verdes enchiladas and my father had the enchiladas especial. The chicken was rather bland but the verde sauce was good. The guacamole salad that was served with the enchiladas especial was a sad excuse for guacamole salad. The queso dip was excellent, a little on the small side for $4 but definitely worth it. I probably will return to give this one more shot. read more

Everything was delicious, the tamales could have been a little thinner, but other than that YUMMY. Alejandra was very knowledgeable, spunky, and sweet, thanks for the laughs Alejandra. See you again. read more

Sabor A Mexico - The Tamale was a little thick. - Mexican Near Me - Brandon, Florida

Food was delicious. Margaritas were yummy and my whole family enjoyed all the food we ordered. Waitress was very sweet. Definitely plan on coming back to try some other things on the menu. I had the Pollo Loco and it was delicious, added some of the cheese dip to it and it was amazing. read more

It was my second time going to Sabor a Mexico, and I was pleasantly surprised! It is often hard to find authentic Mexican food as I've just recently moved to the Bay Area. Sabor a Mexico was just that. Speedy service, a great fajita special (I enjoyed the steak fajitas), and friendly staff are all major reasons I will come back for some great food. The large queso is a ton of cheese by the way, more than enough for 3 people. read more

Sabor A Mexico - Mexican Near Me - Brandon, Florida

This place never disappoints! First and foremost, you are attended to quickly by a server. Out of nowhere chips and homemade (blended smooth) salsa is in front of you. Before you can really dig in to this marvelous spicy (it has a pleasant kick) salsa, your main dish will arrive. No worries, the salsa makes a fine condiment for your main course. Be adventurous! Order something other than the same old boring combo plate and try the Steak Ahijado with Shrimp! Big flavors abound on this dish. A generous portion of marinated and seasoned skirt steak is covered generously with seasoned and grilled shrimp, all served over a bed of grilled onions and peppers. Very delicious and flavorful. A side plate with a large amount of Mexican rice, refried beans, guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream allow you to build your ultimate taco with the accompanying tortillas. Do yourself a favor, order corn tortillas, they really add to the flavors. After your main course, be sure to treat yourself to a flan. Smooth, creamy, and delicious.... Good flan is hard to find I'm a frequent visitor here, and highly recommend it. read more

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I have been going here for years. The chips, salsa and cheese dip are amazing! The staff is so friendly too. If you are looking for excellent quality mexican food this is your place! read more

First time here last night and it was a huge disappointment. We ordered the large guacamole to share and it was flavorless. It literally just tasted like smashed Avocado. No fresh veggies in it all like onions, tomato, etc. Chipotle's guac is way better than this place. The chips and Salsa were the only thing decent. Next our main meals, all 3 of us were disappointed. We all got the combination plates. Some of us got the Chile Rellano they were soggy mush. I literally took one bite and that was all I could tolerate. My steak quesadilla was steak thrown in a tortilla with cheese that maybe was microwaved but not even fully melted. Definitely won't be back. read more

Always love coming here good food good environment can't go wrong with anything you get here

Visiting for the weekend, came for lunch. Parking lot was half full. We were seated immediately Judy our waitress came within minutes to take our drink order. Came back took our lunch order, they have a lunch menu for Saturdays. Ordered Judy brought our lunch back very hot could not believe how fast it came out. We all ordered different items everything was correct and delicious. I ordered the taco salad very boring but this salad was fantastic. Everyone enjoyed their lunches had a few leftovers asked for some guacamole to go they brought a med size container- n/c!! Would differently reccomend this place. It's a must stop if you live or visit Brandon! We will be back read more

This used to be one of the best Mexican restaurants in Valrico. Have gone there for years. What happened? I'm just asking questions. Chicken in the tacos is dry and tastes like it came from a can (never used to be that way), the wait staff is chippy and struggles with English (was not like that in the past), and the water is a bit smelly, their tap must be bad. Is this food trafficking? Selling food with no regard for quality? I don't know, I'm just asking questions. Investigate for yourself. read more

Portion size is good service was great. Server named Christopher was very attentive and a great attitude. Will come again to try something else read more

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Authentic Mexican family owned and operated, this place was no joke. Four stars because it's a little worse for wear but realistically restaurants have suffered from the pandemic. I can look past that, the restaurant was very clean, dining room bathrooms and not a drop of dust on any bottle displayed in the bar area. Good service, quality mixers used in the margarita and the chips and salsa were homemade and tasty, I usually don't eat more then one or two but I kept coming back for more. My husband had the chipotle chicken, of course I had a bite because I like my spicy food, I would order that all day long, the chicken was tender and the sauce was one of the best I've had. I had pick two thinking it would be less food so I ordered a chicken taco and a chili relleno, the taco had so much filling it spilled out to the plate and the chili relleno was full of flavor without too much breading. All I can say now is I wish we lived closer. read more

Great food, great service, and HUGE portions! The sauce on the Camaron burrito was delicious and the supreme burritos were comforting and warm. The chips and salsa arent anything extraordinary but good nonetheless. daily deals Mon-Thur that are very worth. ME GUSTA! read more

We usually go on Taco Tuesday for their dollar tacos & regular priced margaritas and they never disappoint!! Amazing costumer service when dealing with irate, irrational costumers. Highly recommend!! read more

Authentic Mexican food, that taste delicious, great service, drinks are really good, amazing margaritas! Love this restaurant!

The most bomb digging dilly dog Mexican food and the queso is fire tho. A go to place with, most of the time good service... anyways if you can sit with Jackie do it! She is cool! My Order: quesadillas made out of chicken and beef, enchiladas and fajitas (almost all of their come with Mexican rice and re-fried beans covered in life - otherwise known as cheese). Pitcher of Margarita for about 16.00 - great value for food and drinks! Go. Eat. Leave. Hate your self for eating way too many tortilla chips. read more

Worst place ever no hello or goodbye have one menu was two of us , the Guacamole looked like it came out of a container was not freshly made. The nachos looked disgusting and was only chips cheese and beef nothing else. The only thing decent was the ceviche. Will not be returning that's for sure. read more

Sabor A Mexico - Mexican Near Me - Brandon, Florida

This place has good decent food but the manager was a straight jerk with. Find better management with better customer service because he needs better people skills when you run a business it's about your customers because they are generating your business income but he truly has no regard for my party and we will never go back to this place unfortunately because of the jerk of a manager there. read more

I'm kind of picky about Mexican food, but this surpassed all I've had lo these many years. For me, their staff and management blew me away. We like to sit outside (no crowd) to make it easier for me and my service dog to navigate around, and I can kind of tuck him away in a corner. The patio is dog friendly and a family came in with a very excited and aggressive large breed dog, and a yippy lap dog. My service animal did not react in away and stayed laying down. The other dog would not stop barking and lunging. We asked the server to box up our food because we can't deal with this kind of situation (aim a disabled veteran with ptsd). The manager came out right for away and asked them to leave. And begged us to not leave and wanted to comp our meal. We stayed and it was so delicious!!!!! They apologized over and over but it wasn't necessary. It's just so rare to have a restaurant"be on my side" with a service dog. We will definitely be gong back. read more

It was okay. Booked a private room but they sat a table in with us. Food came out fast.

We ordered pickup from here, so hopefully they get the food right when you eat there. The taco shells and tortilla chips were stale. The Salsa tasted like Ketchup. Taco Bell does better food, so that should tell you something. There are better places in the area, so this will be a never again for me. read more

Thought I would give this place another chance, as my first experience was just ok......waited for fifteen minutes while the hostess and manger tried to set up a ten top on the empty patio....as if it were building a rocket ship. No staff that passed by acknowledged me at all. A couple came in and stood next to me and were immediately greeted and seated by one of the waitresses. I know I'm not invisible, however that's how I felt. I left, if you cannot manage the basic greeting in the service industry, you don't get my money. read more

Best spot in Brandon!! 11/10 Server was so attentive and personable!! Try the tamales they were to die forrrr anyway big fan!!

Took the family there for Father's Day this year (because it's what my dad wanted). Parking was easy, got seated right away, and got handed menus to peruse while our waitress left to get some waters. I immediately poured over the menu and sure enough my eyes got locked onto item #44 Mole Poblano! I was sold! If you don't know what Mole Poblano is, you HAVE TO TRY IT! Think of it as this thick, bitterly chocolate sauce with a rich roasted spicy flavor...so good. It's poured over chicken breast pieces and served up with some rice and refried beans. Once I saw that I immediately knew what I wanted! My mom and dad split item #37 - Parrillada Mexicana, which is this giant skillet filled with chicken, steak, pork, shrimp and sausage. It was HUUUUGEEE. You can order it for up to 4 people but believe me, my parents split a single person portion and did NOT finish haha. Wifey ordered her usual tacos filled with chicken and she really liked them. Meanwhile my sister braved item #35 - Camarones a la Diabla.... which is grilled shrimp slathered in their hottest, spiciest chipotle sauce... and boy did she suffer. Aside from the ass-burning sauce, it just smelled pretty bad... Unless you lost a bet, I would stay away from this plate if I was you. So all of that to say that the food was good but here's where the three stars comes in: the experience. I understand it was a busy fathers day for the restaurant; but after reading other reviews I think slow service is just their opportunity to improve on something. Food took forever. It was hard for us to get drink refills, and the wait service forgot a lot of our sides that was suppose to accompany the food. Everyone I know has a different opinion when it comes to defining what "good," Mexican food tastes like. That being said (and me being a Mexican) I can confidently say this is decent Mexican fare, a decent price, and hot dang is their mole sauce some of the best in Brandon, Florida! Just be ready to wait for you food, and double check you got everything your ordered when the food arrives! read more

Great salsa, super friendly staff and the menu is filled with delicious choices. Margaritas are wonderful too! One of our go to Mexican Restaurants in the area with authentic flare! read more

My boyfriend & I went in to try the tacos & margaritas we saw they had. When we walked in the lady at the door said "how can I help you" instead of "how many" I said "it'll be two of us". Another lady walks us to our table & says "are y'all in the right place? Crafty crab?" As if we can't read the signs on the door or don't know the difference between a taco & a crab leg. We got up & left ... & if you were wondering we are black. read more

So, having been to Mexico many times and bringing my Mexican wife along... I must say, this is hardly real mexican food. Pros: - if you like loud karaoke, it's not a bad place - The server was of Mexican descent - cups were huge; never ran out of soda Cons: - The VJ must've had an obsession with Rhianna, Britney Spears, and Aventura - Music, only one mexican song came on; felt like I was in the Dominican republic with all the bachata. - Mexican rice was bland - Tacos with steak were bland, dry, and didn't even come with limes - No self-respecting mexican melts cheese in their re-fried beans - Agua de horchata was powder mix. As easy as it is to make, and they still go the cheapest route - ordered a vegetarian burrito and got an enchilada; just a whole bunch of cheese, cheap sauce - ordered ceviche; it was so so; it didn't come with lemon In conclusion, the food did NOT live up to the name of the restaurant, it is more Tex-Mex than anything. I really hate being a victim of false advertising!!! Americans be advised, Sabor a Mexico is nothing more than a taco bell in disguise! You're better off at Taco Bell, because it's cheaper Mexicans, you know better... Cook your own food. For that person who claims the food here is authentic, you, your wife, and your mother have no idea about Mexican food. It's insane you even wrote that. I hold you liable; it was your review that led mr to give this place a chance... Should have known better. read more

Authentic, yummy food. Very reasonable prices. Laid back atmosphere. Great for a quick bite.

I got a taco salad. It was served in a soggy tortilla shell that had boiled chicken, lettuce, tomato, cheese. Plus sour cream and guac. The guac tasted like water. The whole thing was disgusting. I think even Chipotle might be better than the slop they serve here. read more

I hate writing one star reviews. It doesn't happen often. I work in Brandon and I've tried pretty much every Mexican place in town without much luck. This was the last place on my list and it was flat out not good. The positives: The interior of the place was nice and looked clean. There were a few flat screens as well. The negatives: The staff was flat out rude. No smiles. No welcome. No goodbye. No thank you. Nothing. My server stopped by after I was done eating (and I did have a question for her). The food came out 3 minutes after I ordered which isn't a good sign. I ordered the taco, burrito, and chalupa lunch special. The taco was good, the burrito was soggy, and the chalupa....well, here's the question I had for the server. My chalupa was a flat hard shell tortilla, lettuce, and a couple tomatoes. Is that it? I've never seen such a plain chalupa before. The food was all luke warm, tasted microwaved, and the beef was probably the lowest quality you could get. Server dropped check off, not a word. I brought to the front. Not a word from the host. Nothing. It was uncomfortable how stuffy it was in there. It's too bad the food was just as terrible. read more

In the mood for Mexican, I decided to try this place. The reviews were not stellar but I figured I'd give it a shot. I arrived at 2:30 on a Monday, look around and only one car parked outside. Looks like the place is closed. I see two people coming out so I go inside...not a soul to be found. After two minutes a bored looking waitress asked me to sit wherever. Now to the food, I ordered a basic chicken enchilada. Two minutes later it arrived with rice and refried beans. Quite a lot of food. As I kept eating I kept thinking how mediocre the food was yet there was something familiar about the taste. I finally figured out that the cheese being used throughout was cheez wiz! (at least that what it tasted like) I don't see how this place will survive during these tough times. About the only positive I can say is you will get a lot of food for the money for slightly less flavor than Taco Bell. read more

Having been Jonesing for Mexican food for a few days we headed to Sabor A Mexico. We had been here once before awhile ago and liked it but we never came back. Here was our chance. Reading the reviews I was kinda nervous about whether or not it was either going to be Heaven or Hell. Well as like most things like this the truth lies somewhere in between. It certainly wasn't Hell but it wasn't quite Heaven either. The place was fairly crowded but there were empty tables. We were seated right away and chips and salsa came very quickly. Drinks next, wife's margarita was huge and very Limey....quite good. My beer, crack your teeth cold and hitting the sweet spot. I ordered the "enchilada's supremo", one beef, one chicken, one cheese and one bean enchilada. Wife ordered the ceviche appetizer and one tamale, one taco dinner. Food came out within an acceptable time. Ceviche first. This is right proper ceviche, fresh shrimp, good cilantro taste, good spice and heat. Very good. My dinner was very good. The star being the beef enchilada which has the best beef filling ever. Although ground beef it was seasoned perfectly and was delicious. Wife's meal was also very good but her star was the ceviche. So although this was neither heaven nor hell it was much closer to the angels. 4 star good! read more