Overall a decent stop for some casual Mexican food. It's right next to the Target in Poway. They have all the typical food options including tacos, burritos, plates, and tortas. There are a few tables inside for dining in. Prices were fair for the portion we received. Food was tasty. I really enjoyed their tortilla chips which tasted like a hybrid between tortilla chips and Fritos. Only thing is you have to ask for salsa and the salsa was quite watery. I prefer more of a chunky hot sauce. read more

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I haven't had carne asada chips in a while and this place hit the spot. She took my order easily and the a few minutes later the order was done. They have 9 tables and chairs. read more

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Bacon breakfast burrito.. not bad.. not something to wrote home about. Good chunky potatoes.. well seasoned but dominant ingredient. Average size and amount of bacon and egg and cheese. Not bad. Salsa that we received was no Bueno. Red spicy... weird after taste. $1 extra for carrots.. small snack bag size amount. Delicious but not worth the $1 extra charge. No open salsa bar at least in the AM despite photos on yelp. All i. All of you are in the area and need mexican sitting a target trip... it will do. Not the best in the area... carmel mtn plaza offers a couple of better options and better salsa. We had no issues with service. Older lady in AM who was kind and quick to get the food to us. 3.5 round down. read more

I was absolutely impressed by having a carne asada burrito that tasted blander than a Domino's pizza box. How on earth is this place in business? Literally go anywhere else. read more

I'm going to have to pass on this next time. Cashier was using the same gloves from cooking to running the register. 13 minute wait time for one burrito. Skip this. read more

My daughter wanted fish tacos and we had a Target pickup, so we decided to head here because of how convenient the location is. Inside seems like a pretty standard taco shop: a few tables, a tv playing soccer, a cooler full of paletas. We took our food to-go, but there definitely would have been space to sit inside had we chosen to eat there. The lady running the register was super friendly and packed our food with care, which I like because tacos can easily become a hot mess if you hold the bag the wrong way. I ordered the carne asada torta and it was pretty delicious. I really like how it had a layer of beans, almost used as a condiment. Tortas can frequently be too dry, but the beans actually succeeded where the usual layer of mayo fails. It really stood up to the bread. The fish taco was pretty good, my daughter liked the fish, the lettuce, and it had a nice healthy amount of tomatoes (which I love, but my daughter doesn't- so order accordingly!). The corn tortillas were kind of "meh", so she only ate one of them and left the second one that they use to keep it from falling apart on the plate. Overall, it is a pretty good restaurant and there are plenty of choices. It will probably be our go-to place when we are at Target, but more so because of the location. read more

Although I am frequently in the area running errands, I don't often patronize this Mexican restaurant because it's usually not my focus to get food when I'm here. That said, I have enjoyed several orders from this shop, but this last visit was subpar. The salsa bar remains closed, which is understandable. But you have to ask for salsa when you claim your order. I noticed the orders ahead of me were not offered salsa at all. When asked, customers are given salsa. Really?? That's lame. Most places will ask if you would like salsa. - 1 star The 4 containers of salsa I received were disgusting. It was like green water, void of any chunkiness resembling fresh salsa. The jar of salsa verde I had leftover in my fridge had more texture. I was so disgusted I tossed the salsa before I took a pic. Just use your imagination; you don't need to see that mess. - 1 star for crappy salsa I ordered carne asada fries ($11.85) and the price is even higher than my local favorite Alvaro's, which is to be somewhat expected in this area. The fries were thick cut and soggy. The carne asada was not well marinated and lacked flavor. And based on the texture, it was lower quality meat with several pieces of fat. I also ordered a carne asada plate ($13.99) with corn tortillas. It was plagued with the same subpar meat but came with a soupy mess of beans and dry rice. - 1 star for watery beans & dry rice. And to top it off they charge all debit and credit transactions a $.35 fee. No minimum order required. Just straight up 35 cents. It's clearly posted at the order counter. But if I'm ordering $40 of your already pricy Mexican food can you wave the fee like other places do? That just seems like price gauging to me. - 1 star Needless to say I won't return here for subpar Mexican when I can get better quality for less price without no debit/credit card fees (with a minimum order) elsewhere. read more

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I was born here, Mexican food is my favorite! This old time real Mexican Food! (not Tex Mex) has Yummy old cheese enchiladas with good tasty sauce and Yummy Tostado's too! The Beef Tacos are served the way old California served 'em :) A great location next to Target! Enjoy! read more

Got their ham breakfast burrito with added rice. Big burrito for under $10. Love the burrito's tortilla texture! Very similar to cotixan. Their hot salsa is good. The mild salsa was too watery :( My husband loves this spot. I wasn't sure based on the yelp reviews but now I'll be a repeat customer. read more

We always get the California Burrito from here and it has always been made just a little differently depending on who is preparing it. This most recent time it was really good, the right proportion of sour cream and cheese. I've noticed the sour cream is easy to skimp on and makes the whole thing dry when there isn't enough. As far as service, the lady that helped us was nice. The dining area is very basic, more of a to-go place than dine in. read more

This review is for the service only. Young kid taking orders is rude and doesn't communicate at all. Didn't ask me what I wanted to order, no please, no thank you. Just stared at me. Had to repeat myself twice. Nope nope nope. At least care about your job a little. read more

Serrano's has been a family favorite of ours for years now! The food is delicious and we have yet to order a dish we didn't like. Every employee is very kind and helpful. The place itself will always be one of our favorites!! read more

They need to take down the plexiglass! The person taking the order can't hear the order. I ordered a veggie burrito. Then I got to work, it was a bacon burrito. So I have to leave work again and take it back. The person taking orders says I thought you said bacon burrito. Veggie and bacon don't sound anywhere the same. Place is kind of expensive for the meh food. Skip it and go somewhere else where they can actually hear your order. read more

Asked for no guac on my roll tacos. I made it very clear. Will not come back again if the worker wont learn how to listen.

Literally the most bland Mexican food I've ever had. I had a cheese enchilada and ground beef taco plate with rice and beans. Also had Nachos to share with carne asada and thanks for the toppings, the Nachos were good. My son had the California burrito and threw it out after 2 bites and drove to get fast food because the burrito was so bland. I gave a 2 rating because the nachos were not bad. read more

Husband and wife owned authentic Mexican food. Service is always quick and friendly. Food is awesome! We frequent Serrano's about 3x a month. Love this place! read more

Got the 3 rolled chicken taco plate which came with rice and beans. All of it was bland with no seasoning. Everything was cooked right but lacked taste. Smh. Needs improvement. 5/10 read more

This place lacks a lot of things that is important for a business to be successful. First off all, how can serve guests with the type of temperature at this place? The small restaurant is so hot that I started sweating while eating here. I'm kind of nervous on the food quality if it is extremely hot in this place. I ordered the shrimp burrito and it was not good at all. The shrimp was still wet and the burrito seemed like there was a soup inside. I went and asked the lady working if I can get a plastic plate and she got mad and said didn't I already give you a plate. I was so surprise on his ride she was and I just told her no. She was really hesitant to give me a plastic plate. She was near the cashier area and the minute I got up, she went and made it look like she was cleaning the table in the kitchen, even though she just cleaned it like 5 minutes ago. Once Ike Sandwiches is open, this place will be irrelevant, if not already. I've came here 2x and I had bad burritos and no one ever comes here. You are better off to ignore this place. read more

I highly recommend this place; especially for Carne Asada Fries and their burritos! Soooo good! Orange hot sauce is good too! read more

Serrano's Mexican Food - I absolutely love their Carne Asada Fries!!! And the orange hot sauce is very good! I recommend trying this spot! - Mexican Near Me - Poway, California

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I'm so disappointed with the food I received from here tonight. I recall it tasting better in the past. I ordered a veggie burrito, and it's partly my fault for not reading the ingredients. It might as well have been a fajita burrito without meat. It was packed full of white onion, green bell peppers and red bell peppers. The tortilla was average, and so were the rice and beans inside. However, the excessive amount of onion, and bell peppers totally ruined the flavor overall. Unfortunately, I won't be buying another burrito here. You all need to consider coming up with a different veggie burrito. What you have is a fail in my opinion, and I'm a vegetarian. read more

Located next to Target in Poway, I came here for take out while we are sheltering in place. I ordered 2 fish tacos plate and burrito adobada. The fish tacos are massive, the largest I have ever seen in my life and tasty. Fish tacos are covered in tomato, lettuce, cream sauce. The corn tortilla wasn't anything special. The pinto beans are really soft and tasty and the rice has lots of flavor. I always judge a place by how much they flavor the rice and the beans...and this place made an impression on me. The salsa - there was one kind at the time, a red sauce. It is spicy level 7.5/10. Well rounded flavor, without being too spicy or too smokey. May be spicy to some people who eat bland. 2 Fish Tacos - huge, massive, gargantuan Burrito Adobada, I will try tomorrow. read more

Located next to Target. They are open early, I went around 8am. They serve breakfast & everything else at that time- tacos, burritos, plates, & more. Friendly service but it took a bit for my one item order to get out. Chicken Taco: Very generous with chicken but unfortunately dry. read more

Tried this place a few times now. The prices lately are uncomfortably high for ordinary quality and the red hot sauce is definitely weird. It's an OK choice if you're stuck at Target plaza, but my preference is drive to Jalapeños or Yessenia's (2nd choice). read more

The children operating this place are not up on customer service. In addition the prices are not competitive and are on the expensive side. The food is just so so and comparable to americanized mexican cuisine. It's disappointing to find out that they close at 8 pm although the app says 10 pm. My recommendation is skip this place and head to nearby Taco Taco in Poway. The food at Taco Taco is delicious and well priced and served with customer service minded people. Taco Taco also has a great dine-in special for 2 delicious fish tacos and a beer for UNDER 6 bucks. Make your way to Taco Taco now and experience the difference. read more

Food is yummy always polite. I call and order before I come pick it up and has been ready for me every time.

Added charge for everything you can think of on already high prices. No restroom access even for paying customers, is that legal...? Do yourself a favor and pass on this place. read more

I used to like this place, I mean it was the run of the mill good fast Mexican food for reasonable prices and friendly service. The last time I ordered there the old man behind the counter wanted to charge me for more than 3 (small) salsas to go. I told him they NEVER charged extra for salsa and he quickly responded " well we do now". With that I responded back, " well you now lost a good customer". It wasn't just about charging extra for salsa, even as the prices of menu items has sky rocketed, it was about his arrogant DONT-give-a-shit attitude that completely turned me off...will NEVER support this particular business again....too much fantastic competition out there.... Good luck old man read more

SO GOOD. Maybe the best carnitas burrito I've had in San Diego. The burrito was big and the flavor was to-DIE-for. I've eaten here several times before and I'd say Serranos is generally better than average. But tonight something was different. My son also ordered the carnitas burrito and he thought the same thing - the carnitas burrito was crazy good! Whatever you're doing Serranos, keep doing it! read more

A small taco shop with a good menu. Service is fine, the portion was large, and the food was hot. I got an egg burrito, which contains egg, beans, and rice. As I said, the burrito was large and will fill you up, however, the burrito was very plain, particularly the beans, and the rice was on the mushy side. Another unfortunate negative was that the salsas are pretty bad..I tried all three and all were extremely watery and lacking flavor and taste. The best was the one that is the least blended, but it still isn't that great. Overall, based on this visit, I wouldn't return again, after already being awhile since the previous visit. read more

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I called to give a good review and they said no thank you and hang up on me. Definitely people who answer the phone need better people skills read more

I'm a burrito fanatic. This is not my first rodeo but after their cali burrito around 1pm I became bloated for the rest of day and felt like throwing. Prices are crazy high and have to ask for everything even utensils. Charing for paying with a card and then tips for some reason. You ask for tips if you serve the customer by bringing food and cleaning table not for standing and just taking order behind covid19 plastic in 2024. Food tasted less than ok green sauce looked like green colored water red was yak. read more

This place is right by my work and has potato rolled tacos and had been my go-to for lunch for a while. I had sworn off of this shop for many months since my last experience of trying to order a veggie burrito went terribly. The person at the register tried to charge me almost 11$ for a burrito with no meat or dairy in it. Fast forward to today, I thought, hey, why not give them another shot? I ordered potato rolled tacos no cheese, no sour cream, expecting all of the other things like guacamole and pico to be on there. Nothing, just a big handful of lettuce on top of my rolled tacos. My friends who ordered chicken rolled tacos got guac and pico on hers. When I called the owner insisted that they only put cheese, sour cream, and and lettuce on rolled tacos. Unfortunately, that's not what their menu states. So this was all disappointing, but I was still reasonably appeased until I bit into one of my tacos and it was beef. I WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER be back again and I will tell all of my people to steer clear of this place. What a bunch of putos. read more

I was surprised when we opened up our carne asada fries they don't include sour cream like other shops. What's actually most disappointing is both their red and green salsas/hot sauces had no heat AT ALL! read more

I would like to say I have been to at least 75% of the Taco shops in San Diego (there are a LOT of places in San Diego haha and I've lived here all of my life), so I feel somewhat qualified to say that this is truly the best bang for your buck Mexican food you can get anywhere in San Diego. There are a lot of places that are over-hyped due to social media, but this is a hidden gem nobody really goes to! (or, at least, not many people know about) The owners and cooks are really nice and caring and always ensure your food is 100% delicious and is served out in a prompt manner. Their quality has never failed to amaze me and I will always stick to Serrano's when I feel like getting Mexican food! Go go go!!! read more

Absolutely a great place to get quick Mexican food. The Pork Adobada burrito, Carne Asada Burrito, and fries we ordered were terrific. The Pork Adobada was the best I've ever had, period, absolutely you have to try it!. Just the right amount of spice, juicy, not dry like most places and a great salsa. The Carne Asada burrito/fries were not only massive, but one of the best we've had at the mom and pop shops. The fries were up there and another huge portion. The salsa bar is limited, but overall, not going to keep us away, I wish they would expand the offering a little bit. The same folks are typically cooking or manning the counter and they do a terrific job. Easy to overlook this terrific little place, but don't, its now our go to family emergency dinner. Clean, quick, hot and great portions, and best of all, always a lot of cheese! The staff is super friendly. We typically grab a to go item and they always offer to cook it as we're about to leave to ensure it's hot without asking. Customer service! My only ding on the great staff, is that they are a little skimpy with the napkins. All you have to do is ask, but it would be nice to get a few more when it's time to eat. Can't beat Serrano! read more

Serrano's next to Target is my go to when I'm craving Mexican food, awesome food, huge portions (the burritos are two meals for me) and very warm and friendly staff! I especially love their red salsas, the salsa bar is still closed but I'm ok with that, just ask and they will accommodate. read more

We love this spot, I wish they were open late ! Great quality Mexican food. The service is great, they always offer suggestions or listen to picky orders. The hot carrots aren't free anymore lol but that's okay they give you a good size portion for only $1. Big burritos. Haven't gotten anything other than a California burrito or a breakfast burrito here, we love both of them. read more

There are two Mexican restaurants closer to my home, but this is the only Mexican restaurant I will eat at in San Diego! I have a breakfast burrito here every Saturday before shopping at Target next door. The dining area and restroom are always clean, the employees are very nice, and the food is always fresh! Everything on their menu taste really good! My favorites are the beef tacos, rolled tacos, carne asada burrito, fish taco, and the carne asada fries are to die for! Did I mention fresh ingredients? Lean meats without the tendons or grizzle and fat! Cool and crisp lettuce! Fresh and light cheese! The beans and rice are perfect! read more

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Yum yum yum, yum yum yum Seriously? $1 for tacos? And for taco al pastor?? It's cheaper to eat here then make food at home. Shrimp burrito for $9 with more than enough shrimp! My new taco Tuesday & Thursday place! Normally I list pros and cons, just go try it:) read more

We came tot his place for the first time and I wasn't impressed at all. Lady at the counter was not friendly at all, my rolled tacos were okay, guacamole was super watery (not good), and they need to use a different type of paper to put at the bottom of their food. read more

Serrano's Mexican Food - Mexican Near Me - Poway, California