This place serves sad Mexican food. $9 for two very depressing burritos. You are basically buying a rolled up tortilla

I really like the food and it's affordable. The burritos, soups and Mexican dish is very good !! Too bad it closed down recently. This was right by my house!!!! read more

Prior to numerous changes in ownership this was a great restaurant but after the pandemic it went quickly. We had lunch there screw weeks ago discovered that the barbacoa was terrible. My wife ordered Menudo and it was horrible she even thought it tasted like they used Dog meat.! They also don't have the bucket of beer special any longe all in all a dissapontment. Cook changes and like have caused a problem. read more

I've been coming to this restaurant for as long as I can remember. A lot of things have changed but the food is as delicious as I can remember! Considering how much food you get in a meal for two, it's definitely worth the shockingly low price. The service has always been amazing, especially when that one server (Nieves?) is there which is practically every day. Ambiance is fun on the weekends as they have karaoke night and although it's really loud it just makes you feel like you're at a family party. I would hate to see this place in a state of decline, as it's hard to find a something just as good. read more

U can use restaurant.com certs here and what I'm guessing is their sister location in horizon. I had the parrillada for one with Al pastor. Comes with about 12 oz of meat, 9 tortillas, baked potato, quarter avocado, radish, lime, cilantro, sauteed onions. If u can't tell, it is a ginormous feast for one. I loved the tortillas that were griddled in some kinda fat. and all the different little things it comes with. The one thing I wasn't crazy about was that the Al pastor was quite fatty. If it was chopped up I probably would t have minded but I will not take bites of pure fat lol. Don't forget to load up on the red sauce, guac sauce and extra onion and cilantro at the salsa bar. The parrilladas get better at the 2 and 4 person package so I'd come with a group next time. This seems like a place where locals come and enjoy a beer with their food, the music is very festive Mexican. Friendly service with competent English. read more

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So to be honest I almost drove past because I thought this place was closed down! It just kind of looked like there was nobody here. But my wife insisted that it was open so I pulled around. Boy am I glad she was right! This is fantastic Mexican food. I'm not the ultimate judge but I don't think you could get any more authentic. I'm a huge fan of Pastor and I was not disappointed. Even though tortillas taste heavenly. Highly recommend. read more

Santa Cecilia Restaurant - Tacos Al pastor. Wonderful. - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

One of my favorite restaurants to come to when visiting my hometown! The tacos are amazing and very authentic Mexican food. Love the salsa bar, they have everything you need for toppings. read more

Santa Cecilia Restaurant - Al pastor y carnitas tacos - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

It was aight, I just don't understand how they couldn't make me a Tripitas quesadilla. The waitress didn't even go check with her cook before telling me no. Jeez thanks bud read more

Best hidden gem in El Paso Drive and Paisano. They make the food to order. The flautas, enchiladas and caldo de res are outstanding. Service is always friendly and they do their best to make sure you always have what you need to make your meal enjoyable. Don't let this place be another Covid Casualty. read more

Santa Cecilia Restaurant - Best cooks and servers in El Paso!! - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Food was great and drinks were ok could be a little cleaner. The salsa bar was legit everything you could ever need. The staff was very welcoming and had a smile. It was a very busy day but our food came out in less then 5 mins fresh and hot. I will he going back for sure read more

Want some REAL street tacos without having to cross the border? Tacos al Carbon prides itself on "Real Mexican Street Tacos" experience! Tacos al Carbon and Carne Asada entree is sure to please your taco pallet, topped with lime, avocado and cilantro and don't forget their hot salsa will have your tastebuds wanting more! Best of all, it's all homemade and fresh.OVERALL: AWESOME MEXICAN TACOS AT AN AWESOME PRICE, AS CLOSE TO HOMEMADE AS IT WILL GET IN EL PASO! read more

Santa Cecilia Restaurant - Tacos al Carbon Family Trio - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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Very good authentic Mexican food at Santa Cecilia Restaurant, 5500 El Paso Drive, El Paso, TX 79905. Currently owned by Serrato DeAguirre and Olga Beatriz. Jose Marcos, the manager/cashier even poured the Indio dark beer in my frozen beer mug. The chips came with three types of salsa: mild, spicy and very spicy. Hector, the cook, came with the perfect Caldo camaron con pescado. The serving size was good, the price was reasonable. Jose Marcos checked on my needs every ten minutes, as there were only five tables with customers at 9 P.M. Approximately forty to fifty vehicles will fit in the parking lot. Bonus points, Santa Cecilia Restaurant has storm doors on both sides of the building. A wheelchair will safely navigate the hallway toward the restroom. The restroom was clean, well lit, has the mandatory grab bars and is ADA compliant. The sound volume of the television needs to be toned downed a couple of levels. The tables and floors were clean. I did not find any old chewing gum stuck under my table. Service was fast. Jose and Hector projects a friendly and professional manner, and can maintain customer eye contact. Next time, I will bring my family, relatives and friends to eat at Santa Cecilia Restaurant. This hole-in-the-wall eatery is a gem. Suggestion: start accepting cryptocurrencies, like BitCoin, LiteCoin, Ethereum... for payment. Better yet, open a branch in the San Francisco Bay Area, in California. Hours: 0800-2200H Mon-Fri 0700-2300H Saturday 0700-2100H Sunday Ambiance: Casual dining Credit cards: Yes Decor: Good Food: Very good Noise level: Television is loud Price: $ Parking: Private lot Service: Fast, courteous Overall satisfaction: Very good Santa Cecilia Restaurant Tacos al Carbon 5500 El Paso Drive El Paso, TX 79905 915.307.2350 http://www.TacosSantaCecilia.com notary01 read more

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First time in El Paso, and I wanted to grab something on the way from the airport to the highway (heading up to New Mexico). Of course, Mexican was the way to go. I mean, you can practically see the border from here. And in fact, you CAN see Mexico from here. Without that whole pesky going to Juarez thing. It was lunchtime on a Sunday, and it was fairly quiet. The young lady who would be my server was absolutely wonderful. She recommended the tacos al pastor, which says it comes with six (!!), but said I could pretty much get any number I wanted. Four sounded good. Beef or pork? Why not two of each. No problem. A few minutes later and my food was up. Nothing fancy, but sure authentic (which is what I love). The beef ones were okay, nothing great. The pork was, as expected, the winner. Great flavor, minimal fat. Plenty of cilantro and avocado to enhance. The lime wedges were not great - dry and barely anything came out. I also got a real Coke from across the border. All of this was, I believe $10.50. I was satisfied and full, at a good price with great service. read more

Santa Cecilia Restaurant - Tacos Al pastor - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Terrible the food took forever and the chicken flautas were burnt the rice taste like plastic, the sweet tea was watered down, their Pepsi was also watered down and the customer service was terrible. read more

delicious food, great server! I ordered the half pound of barrbacoa and it was yummy! breakfast eggs were the best part of it all

Overpriced for what you get. Horchata tastes like it might be the powder mix, beans are bland, and rice isn't very good. Sirloin tostada was super tiny but pretty delicious, although again, overpriced. Green enchiladas and chilaquiles were also pretty good, but not worth the price or the wait for the food. Likely won't be going back. read more

I came in to get my son some vegan tacos I asked the waitress if they make vegan tacos, the chef said they don't make vegan tacos so I asked the waitress if they can just place beans in the tacos instead of meat and again the chef said they don't do that, so I asked the waitress if I can just buy the beans and tortillas separately he took awhile to answer then finally said ok. I don't understand what is so hard about just putting in beans instead of meat. The waitress was helpful but the chef, Worst customer service ever!! read more

I haven't been back in El Paso in years. Having grown up here, I missed the tacos al carbon from my young days. Just had some awesome tacos. A combo plate of carne asada and al pastor. They hit the spot and brought back great memories! read more

Santa Cecilia Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Fast and polite service bringing you delicious, authentic tacos. That's what I found when I gave Santa Cecilia a try. When you come in, you get chips, but the salsa they give you (or rather, salsas!) is the real star of the "appetizer crew." You get a nice assortment of three different salsas-- all in varying degrees of spicy, from moderate to very, very spicy. The flavors vary, as well. It's a nice personalization for the meal. This restaurant is very casual, with almost a cafeteria-style feel about it. But the food is flavorful & of good value. Between everyone in my party, we tried a whole bunch of different varieties of their tacos. I can say that we all left happy with our choices! read more

The ghost of Ay Cocula has resurrected... This place used to be "Ay Cocula #1" - the other being the one on Lee Trevino. Now that Ay Cocula is no more, this place is EXACTLY what it was like when it was Ay Cocula. Even the menus are EXACTLY the same...and they still say "Ay Cocula" on them! Of course, the six-pack of tacos is the preferred meal. They didn't serve them with the grilled unions, but they're still outstanding. Santa Cecilia looks like a converted fast food restaurant - perhaps an old McDonalds or something similar. Anyway, go in and sit down and face away from the kitchen - you don't really want to count the numerous apparent health code violations. It's as close as you can come to eating off of a cart in Juarez ... and they must have had a VERY sight impaired health inspector when they checked this place. HOWEVER...these are a very worthy and excellent successor to the six-pack of tacos at the old Cocula on Trevino. Order your six-pack with some queso fundido (plain, no chorizo). A little queso and some of the freshly sliced avocado in your taco and you'll swear you've gone to taco-heaven...albeit a ramshackled, unkempt heaven... Five stars? You bet. Good service, great food. Second time I've been back there in as many trips to El Paso, but I'll still keep going there as long as they're open and I'm in El Paso... read more

Great authentic street food even a better; Allen hit the nail on the head. I live in Phoenix, but I am in El Paso all the time. I noticed this place on the corner while driving through a neighborhood between Western Refining and the freeway. No one working there spoke English and I don't speak Spanish; As a result I did not get what I thought I ordered, but it was excellent anyway. If you are in the area it is worth visiting. read more

Santa Cecilia Restaurant - Great stuff - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Mi esposo y yo fuimos a comer el martes de tacos, pedimos un especial de tacos y realmente sirven muy mal el plato nos pusieron como 6 cebollas a cada uno ósea tres rajás el cilantro parecía que la mesera lo cortó con sus manos igualmente muy poco, no alcanzamos para todo nuestros tacos le pedí 2 vasos con agua y nada más me llevo uno la mesera después de 15 minutos, la salsa 2 porciones pequeñas para las 2 órdenes cabe decir que no parecía pastor parecía carne molida con achiote (no estaba nada bueno)aparte nos los entregaron fríos siendo que no había gente solo nosotros y otra pareja no tenia papa ni aguacate ni sopa, y me dijo la mesera las especiales no llevan, nosotros estamos acostumbrados que siempre que vamos a los tacos lleven esos acompañamientos en fin solo fuimos a comer ahí porque #chinampa estaba cerrado, pero no volvería a ir ahi, prefiero 1000 veces #chinampa ya que ahí sirven muy bien los platos con todo y acompañamientos aparte siempre te dan una sopa , tostadas y barra de salsas read more

Hey, this place was pretty good. We had the platter for two with a side of tacos. Nothing fancy, just an old building behind Fox Plaza. Usually these hole in the wall places tend to have better food and the atmosphere is always inviting. My chelada was awesome, and humongous. The food was good except that they give you what seems like an entire stick of butter on your potato. I seriously doubt anyone actually eats it all because I didn't. Anyway, who cares about the butter...lets talk about the food. Yum yum yum. I ate every bit of it and I'm sure I'll miss it when I leave. I appreciate little places like this that don't skimp on portions and you never leave hungry or feeling like you wasted your money. Let's be honest...if you want to get your grub on, this is the place. We'll be back next time we're in EP. I can't wait! read more

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Sunday evening, not too busy, the server acted more like he wants to sleep than anything else that he was careless of us. But service aside, we ordered the parrillada for four since we had four. A gigantic plate of greasy meat came. I do enjoy a juicy meats, but the steak and pastor was old and dried, as if they just heat up some meat to serve. Maybe it was all bad timing, so the food wasn't as fresh as it should be. Our experience is not the best. There are many places locally that serves parrillada so we won't be back for sure. Hopefully the server catch up on his Zs so he came make some deserving tips. read more

If i could give zero stars i would but it only give me the option of one star. THIS IS THE WORST MEXICAN RESTAURANT HERE IN EL PASO.. first of all the prices are so high for just two plates. Second i place an order of Horchata they didn't have any and it was bearly 1:00 pm of the afternoon.. Then we place our food order they didn't have chicken for the enchiladas, flautas or anything and it was 1pm.. If you don't have anything then don't open the restaurant simple as that. The tortillas chips they were so hard !! No flavor.just to make it simple don't waste your time in coming nor your money ! read more

If you like dirty tables, flies and toilets overflowing with crap, this is the place for you. Overpriced food and down right nasty atmosphere. I cannot believe how city officials have not closed down this place. Food tasted O.K. but make sure your health insurance policy is up to date. read more

Cheap and good! The best Barbacoa and al pastor in the area. This place is legit, the owners are super pleasant and nice. The prices are reasonable and you will not be sorry. Unless you only eat healthy, lol. read more

Santa Cecilia Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Delicious! I went here for lunch with a colleague today. We both ordered the tacos al pastor and the pork had a great seasoning. Probably because they wood-grill it. My only complaint is the in inattentive server. I could've really used a refill on my iced tea. But she disappeared after bringing the food. read more

One of my favorites for lunch! The comida comida is awesome, be it enchilada, tacos al pastor or flautas! The shrimp cocktail is the best! Their customer service beats all others!! read more

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No sirve! Malo el servicio! Comida muy salada! If you want horrible service a dirty environment and low-quality people then you need to eat here. But if you want to have a good meal at a reasonable price then you need to find some other restaurant does this place is terrible read more

I had the Tacos de Buche today and they were really good. And they had Indio beer which was also a plus for me. Good service. I was pleased. read more

Santa Cecilia Restaurant - Dankness with awesome tortillas - Mexican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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My coke was old and tasted sour and the food was so cold. My avocado slice still had the sticker on it. I will never eat here again

14.99 for 6 tripas tacos and a coke. What a rip off I literally counted only 6 pieces of tripas per taco. Out of the 6 tacos I made 2. Not only did they not serve enough but they tasted old. Ended up only eating 1 corn tortilla with avocado. Should have gone to Mcdonals. read more

The food was okay, not what My friend and I were expecting but good. Our server was very rude and her customer service was very poor, she had blue eye contacts, didn't give us her name. It would of been a better experience if she would of been nice and respectful. read more

This place is overpriced with microwaved tortillas and the meat tasted very old and it was cold. For 4 people we all had to order at least 2 plates because the portions were so small. The service was very slow and the customer service was so bad that this was my first restaurant I did not leave a tip. It was that bad. This was the first restaurant I actually felt angry paying for. read more

Been looking for some good tacos in El Paso and these were pretty good.. We ordered a parillada with carne asada and it comes with baked potatos and queso fundido. The tortillas were corn and cooked in oil. The parillada itself was meat and cooked onions as well. The meat itself was tasty and the tortillas were yummy. However it was all pretty much drenched in oil. Don't get me wrong the best food is the greasiest but it can and will get overwhelming very fast. They serve you salsa with totopos and the salsas were yummy. One downside is that our table was dirty when we got there and when the guy cleaned it up, he must've used a dirty cloth because it left the table with a stinky smell.. Another downside was that we asked for limes and toppings for our tacos and they didnt take us any until the 3rd time my husband asked.. Good food, but needs a bit of improvement in the service side. Will be returning and checking out their taco tuesdays! ;) read more

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I got the parrillada for 2 half bistek and other sirloin a lot of the pieces of bistek were hard. I know a lot of places don't usually give out a decent amount of meat but you'd think the meat they provide you with wouldn't have a lot of fat or hard bits haven't tried anything else on their menu. I saw pretty cheap prices on there but ehh for a couple miles you could hit up a better spot. read more

Legit, legit, legit!! If you need a taco fix, hit up this lil place. Its small, and definately nothing fancy. But who cares!! The food is worth it!! Id seriously buy their tacos from the back of a pick up truck if I had to.....kinda like the tamale guy in the grocery store parking lot across the street...... read more

The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The prices are reasonable and the service is outstanding. The menu is extensive. The food is very good. read more

Worse! Worse! Worse! Mexican food I have ever tried.We had carne asada, tripitas and al pastor tacos: the carne asada was bland, the al pastor was dry and extremely greasy, I squeezed so much oil out of them, and the tripitas were so so dry, actually crumbled! They put napkins in the plate, I guess they know how much oil will come out of the tacos and place the napkins there to mop up all that oil. The tortillas were also completely saturated in grease - disgusting. I can't believe I wasted my cheat day on this mess. We came here because they have good reviews, man are these people wrong! Idk how they're even open!?!? I can't say it enough, WORSE. MEXICAN. FOOD. EVER!!!! Too bad they don't give negative starts, it doesn't even deserve one star! read more