Small place with excellent food and friendly personnel! The perfect place to go for quiet, low key conversation and catch up time with a great friend! I wish there was outdoor seating but the food is worth sitting inside! read more

My husband loved the catfish dinner he got with sweet potato, red beans and rice, and corn bread muffin. I was watching the peach bowl last night and started craving peach cobbler. The peach cobbler really needed more peaches. read more

Sammy's is always a good option. Their chicken dishes are amazing. Service is always cool, family owned & operated. And they have a drive thru. read more

My family and I have enjoyed the food for the past 20 years. My favorite is the machaca con huevos plate.....delicious! Everything on his menu is made with quality ingredients, and the owner Sammy is very charming and friendly read more

Just a hole in a wall, family type of restaurant. Great food and service is wonderful! Authentic food

unfortunately, I have to stop going to this place. I've had great experiences there many times but when I was there on 1/28 Saturday around 5:30pm, I was greeted by the same lady that's helped me before but today she had a horrible attitude. You can see it on her face that she did not want me there. Well, that's how I took it. I asked for a specific burrito that I've order before and she had a terrible look on her face when she told me "we've never done a burrito like that before" but with a nasty tone... It was terrible. What's really unfortunate is that I was a loyal customer but not anymore. It's not my loss, sweetie. It's yours. I will say this, the owner is a great guy but she ruined my experience here. read more

Give Sammy's a try!!! The food is amazing! The staff extremely professional and polite. My favorite is the Breakfast Burrito, the best in the AV. read more

I had the Carlos Burrito, no complaints at all, the meat was really good and the portion may have been just a little too big for little ol' me. The people were really nice as well. read more

I love their food. Everything I've gotten I've really liked so far. The owners and people who work there are very nice and friendly! This is a hole in the wall family owned place! I've been trying to go there a lot more lately to support them during these difficult times! I recommend you give them a try if you never have. Make sure you get their Carne Asada tacos, that is my favorite thing there! read more

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The person who attended us was super nice and their menudo TO DIE FOR absolutely delicious! Will definitely be back! read more

Sammy's Restaurant - Menudo - Mexican Near Me - Lancaster, California

AMAZING food!! This place has the best mexican food in the AV! The nachos, tacos, & enchiladas are the best!! It's also family owned & they're the sweetest people! read more

Service was great , food was even better ,green salsa is exceptional and my whole family enjoyed their meals. The whole place feels really Mexican being a Mexican it's a great spot and was playing football I was very entertained. read more

Been wanting to try since I moved to the AV years ago and finally had the chance. I regret not trying sooner. Was awesome!! read more

Sammy's Restaurant - Chicken enchiladas plate Great salsa!! - Mexican Near Me - Lancaster, California

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The food was not good, it had no taste to it. The salsa was bland, and the meat no taste at all. I ordered the burrito with beans and rice. read more

I love their shrimp cocktails!!! its a family owned restaurant and they are always so polite and kind!

Drove up right at sunset, caught the aroma coming from the building and knew I was in for a treat. If Sammy's was any more authentic, this review would be in Spanish. Ordered fish tacos and added rice & beans. They have self-serve chips & salsa that will hit you like an F-22 afterburner if you're not careful, but it's sooo good. The tacos were right on and the sides made it a perfect meal. I ended up licking the white plastic fork like a lollipop. Can't wait to come back and get more and try something different. read more

Sammy's Restaurant - Take THAT, straw Nazi's! - Mexican Near Me - Lancaster, California

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Good food and good service passed this place up for years ! Stopped by and had michelada here didn't regret it one but they have good tacos as well read more

The worse food ever! Never again for them! It needs remodeling so bad the customer service was Oky but food sucks!

Rude, filthy, smelly, cold and bland food. I went in starving, once I decided to look past the smell of urine and sewage I found they had decent chips and salsa. The Carlos burrito was lacking in flavor and had chunks of cold meat in the middle. The owner kept rolling his eyes despite me being extra kind and nice. They had a child, maybe 10 taking orders and he couldn't answer a simple question of what was in the Carlos Burrito, so the owner "granpa" rudely took over. I'm not sure what the rave is, this was my first and LAST time there. read more

Carlos burrito was excellent. I'll be back. Love that the drive thru was easy in and out.

Hands down best chicken enchiladas and menudo in town! My family and I go every weekend and the food is incredible every time. I love Sammy and the family, it's a whole vibe definitely recommend read more

The food is pretty good but, when it is the guy working, instead of the lady, he never gives us the chunky tomato salsa for chips, and barely gives enough salsa for the food, gives a not nice look/vibe when have to ask for more salsa for a family's worth of food (2 plastic cups doesn't cover like 3 tacos and 3 burritos). The lady on the other hand gives enough salsa without having to ask, and provides a delicious chunky tomato salsa with the chips. The guy acts like the tomato salsa doesn't exist. Would be 4-5 stars if they got rid of the dumb old guy and get another nice person like the lady is. The lady is very nice and wishes us a good day and a "God bless you", the guy acts inconvenienced by customers and seems upset, even though good money is being spent. Couple weeks ago went thru the drive thru and the guy actually didn't give us *any* salsa for $30 worth of food, I checked the bag b4 leaving, asked for salsa, and he goes "oh you want some salsa?" Duh, it is Mexican food, shouldn't even have to ask. My family and I may be white, but we didn't just move here from Kentucky... we know good Mexican food... and it's not like it was our first time here either. So after pointing it out, he gave us 2 green and 2 red for the amount of food, 30$ worth. Again, the nice lady would have provided it without having to ask, and would have gave the chunky tomato salsa as well. Another time this last week, ate inside, spent over 20$, he gave us 1 red and 1 green, I literally had to explain "dude, this isn't enough salsa for the amount of food we have". He gave us 1 more of each, seemingly unhappy to do so. Shouldn't have to be that way. If you see the guy working, I'd just leave and come back another time, much better and nicer/friendlier when the lady is working. I feel it reflects in the food, bad service makes a meal unenjoyable. Though food is good, I think for meat tacos there is an even better spot a little further on west side, but for bean cheese burritos this place is the best I've found so far. I honestly feel the service we receive from the old man is because we are white. Not cool to make people feel that way. Their prices are on par with a sit down restaraunt with wait service, (very expensive), no reason to be so stingy with the salsa, especially when not asking for any extra/exorbitant amount, just the minimal, heck, some at all! to be able to enjoy the food. No reason to treat your paying customers with such cold shoulder. If it wasn't for them, you wouldn't have a business... It's one thing to not give "service with a smile", this is Lancaster, I gave up on that a LONG time ago... but to be given service with a bad attitude, that's not right, and I/my family are multiple repeat customers... read more

Excellent catering for our store (Handel's Homemade Ice Cream) holiday party last night--I've been a regular at Sammy's for a dozen years, but this was the first time I've had them cater. Tacos, rice, beans and salsa's all delicious and packaged well. Staff is super nice. We'll be back! read more

I've heard such great things about this place but it wasn't for me. I was already sketched out about this place because of their location but once I wanted in it looked dirty. Food wasn't that great, I've had better. Customer service was okay. read more

Amazing food and service all the time. The food here is always hands down amazing anytime I come.

Stopped by this quaint little Mexican restaurant not too far off the 14. We were on the way to Lone Pine (hiking Whitney.) The place is perfect if you don't want to wait to find a place off of 395. The menu had a ton of options and had trouble deciding at first. Everything looked great. Finally settled on the Chile Verde Plate with eggs over medium and corn tortillas. The food is fantastic!!! Can't recommend them enough. read more

Best shrimp cocktails in town!! Very nice staff. Never had any problems with my food. Customer for life!

Friendly atmosphere. Nice people work there. Have been going there for years. Never been disappointed.

Food is fresh, delicious and reasonably priced. Good variety in menu choices. Friendly service too.

Wow I am surprised yes I read the reviews but I had to see for myself and I'm so happy I finally found a spot out here. Living in the SanFernando Valley was easy to find Real Mexican Food and now being here for 4 yrs I'm happy to say I finally found a spot in the AV Sammy's is the place to be and the women that took my order was so sweet me and my husband will definitely come back soon read more

Sammy's Restaurant - Tacos & nachos - Mexican Near Me - Lancaster, California

This is the place for shrimp cocktail! Tasty shrimp and lots of them! Didn't take a picture because I couldn't stop eating the shrimp! Has a drivethru family owned. I want to go back and try the breakfast burrito. They also gave a selection of other seafood. I didn't go inside, just went thru the drive thru I know some people avoid sierra hwy but this place is worth the trip :) enjoy Update : been inside and it is cute, with tile tables Tried the shrimp burrito. 5 stars, so good, nice plump perfectly done shrimp. Not those teeny things you get elsewhere. I'd eat here everyday if I could! read more

We were looking for a place to eat menudo And this place came out on top very delicious food cooked by the owner his daughter took our order she was very welcoming will definitely return to try out the rest of the menu they have a nice selection read more

Sammy's Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Lancaster, California

The food was great the service was terrible unfortunately wouldn't come back because of the service and nowhere to properly wash your hands. Don't recommend it read more

Sammy's Restaurant - The asada hard shell tacos was too hard or old.!!! - Mexican Near Me - Lancaster, California

My favorite Mexican breakfast spot out here, sincerely amazing and the staff is always super friendly. The hospitality feels like visiting your family's house except you pay for their food lol. Chilaquiles with over easy eggs is my go to, definitely recommend. Plus they have a drive through! read more

This place is awesome, everything I've tried has been great. Gotta recommend the shrimp tacos for sure. Definitely one of the AV's hidden gems. Sammy is super cool and the staff are very friendly . read more

This place is amazing. I had cheese enchiladas with rice and beans and my friend had tacos and nachos. And the freshly made tortilla chips are worth the drive to Lancaster. Absolutely delicious. Really casual but so cute inside. Really nice people working at the restaurant too! 5 stars all the way. read more

Sammy's Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Lancaster, California

Just stopped by Sammy's today for another " Gastronomical Delight - CABEZA " Don't forget to call ahead ..Its an off Menu item ( : read more

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Damn! That menudo was bomb! There were generous portions of tripe and a lot of hominy. I was so satisfied and full that I skipped out on breakfast the next day. Perfect flavor and the menudo came with garnishing; onion, oregano, dried chilis. Also came with warm tortillas. Great menudo! read more

Excellent food and even better service - what more can you ask for? The person helping us was incredibly kind and welcoming. The Carlos burrito is awesome if you're ready to throw down, and the tacos al pastor and fish tacos were *chef's kiss* delicious. The chicken tacos were a pass - a little lacking in the flavor department but everything else was too good to take off a star. read more

Delicious enchiladas and chili relleno I'll definitely be back! Super friendly staff made me laugh while picking up my order. I've been looking for good local Mexican food and this is it! read more