Amazing food and amazing customer service. The owner really takes pride in his recipes and cooking. He got me excited just to eat here while ordering! Burrito was PHENOMENAL. All of their sauces were superb! Restaurant may not be the "fanciest place" but that's what makes this hole in the wall so special! read more

SM Crunch & Bites - Carne asada Super Burrito. - Tacos Near Me - Placerville, California

If you like Santa Maria taqueria then you'll love this place!! I believe it's the son of the owners of Santa Maria who opened this rad spot. He keeps the integrity of the original spot, but adds flair and new options like the elote, crispy tacos, and sauces that are unique and super flavorful. Super friendly here and honestly, I am disappointed in myself that I hadn't tried it sooner. read more

Amazing hospitality, Reuben the owner is incredibly friendly ,and the food was absolutely delicious. I would recommend anyone in the area to give them a try. We plan on being repeat customers for many years to come. read more

When we arrived, one of the staff was on break in the booth area, totally fine, but she ended up being the one to make our food which is why it might have taken long. The other person kept vanishing while I was looking at the menu, like they didn't want to wait until I was ready to order. We were the only customers there, so the vibe felt a little awkward. Prices were higher than expected (like for fresas con crema), but I'll admit, it was pretty dang tasty after the cream unfroze. The nachos were great - flavorful. Although, the horchata... quite terrible. Tasted very watered down & like someone mixed it with powdered sugar. I prefer horchata that's creamier & has some cinnamon. Complimentary chips looked like they'd been sitting out a while, as there was barely any left. And like I mentioned, the food took a bit to come out too. Not sure I'd go out of my way to stop here again, but if you're already in Placerville and craving a snack shop fix, it's not the worst option. read more

SM Crunch & Bites - Nachos - Tacos Near Me - Placerville, California

We had a fairly large group here today. Food was very good service was EXCELLENT. Reuben has had the restaurant for a couple months. We had platters of tacos. Chips Salsa nacho cheese, churros and a wonderful cucumber drink!!! One of our group had an enchilada plate. Only food photo I took. They were so accomadating and made the birthday girl feel so special singing amd celebrating her. THANKS. the carne asada is so good. read more

SM Crunch & Bites - Enchilada - Tacos Near Me - Placerville, California

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I was lucky enough to stop in here last Friday during my lunch break. First of all I was greeted with wonderful customer service from Ruben. Everyone there was so nice. He put so much love and passion into his food put it this way I will drive an hour just to go eat lunch there. anytime very well worth it support a small business and an excellent Taqueria read more

Super sad! My husband told me about this place! He loved it! Showed up at 3:30 and doors are closed. The door says open daily from 11-6 sooooo? Probably won't come back read more

Went there today. Pulled up, get out of the car and the lady runs over and locks the door right in front of us. The closing time says 5pm on Sunday. It's 4pm right now. Very rude. You lost 5 customers today lady! read more

SM Crunch & Bites - Don't be fooled by posted hours - Tacos Near Me - Placerville, California

My girlfriend and I were meeting for lunch and wanted to try something new, so we opted for the newest to taqueria in our small town. When we walked in, it looks really authentic and there were 2 other tables w/ people eating, so I was pleased. The first turn off is they did not allow us to select ground beef for our selections, so that told me everything is pre- made and frozen. Then the chips and salsa came, the chips were so hard and stale, I couldn't eat them and I ordered nachos! Nachos came one layer of beans, slivers of what I thought was chicken, no cheese melted, watered down guac! I couldn't eat after a few bites, it was horrible; and it cost $17.99!! I asked one of the ladies if I could possibly exchange for a couple of chicken soft tacos, I don't like the nachos... She brought me the tacos, and the chicken was bad. The kinda bad if meat is in refrig too long before cooking. I was so disappointed. I don't have enough room to tell you about my girlfriends meal. So, we decided to leave, and while we were talking, the cook stood in front of the register, and real snippy and rude, demanded I pay for the tacos!! We couldn't believe it. Needless to say I gave her an ear full... I would not recommend this so called restaurant to anyone! It says taqueria on building but called SM Crunch and Bites when I looked them up??? Very strange name, are they a taqueria or what? $50 bucks later, we decided to go get a strong coffee to get the horrible taste out of our mouths, and I'm not exaggerating at all!! read more

The best tacos in Placerville/El Dorado County just got a 2nd location!!! Santa Maria has got the best tacos in the area, so when we heard they opened a 2nd location that offered some different food items than the original location we knew we had to go check it out. This place is located on Broadway in a previous taqueria location called las Palmitas, so its easy to find and lots of parking. On our visit, I wanted to see how it compared to the original Santa Maria and also see what was new, so we ordered chicken tacos, carne asada gorditas, and chicken empanadas. First off, the new location doesn't offer the extensive meat options as the original, which is totally understandable, the other location is a carnicería so they have the ability to provide more options, on our visit they had the 3 standard meats (Chicken, Carne Asada, and Carnitas) After we placed our order, we went into the dining area and noticed they had some chips but didn't have a salsa bar, but at least there were chips. As we were coming back to our table we were able to get some salsa from the order counter. The chips were really good, they were warm, salty, and had a good crunch to them, we both said that they would make really good chips for nachos. The salsa had a good flavor, but was really mild. I can understand not making the salsa you give with the chips to start on the mild end, but thats the great things about having a couple of different salsas where the chips are, that way the customers can decide if they want something a little more spicy. But this was a good start to our visit! The tacos came out first, on the menu there is a option to get the tacos crispy. This does not mean crispy fried shells, but they do them in their version of dorado style. They crisp up the tortillas on the grill, and trust me it makes a difference on how good a taco can be. Visually the chicken tacos look identical to Santa Marias, served with a roasted jalapeno and onions on the side. The meat had that fantastic flavor and was moist. Combined with the salsa they use it was juicy but not fall apart messy. We did notice that the salsa on the chicken taco wasn't as spicy as Santa Marias (I am noticing a trend) Next up was their gorditas! When they were placed on our table I was excited on how good they looked, these things were stuffed. The shell is made from a chili masa that has a nice orange color to it. Stuffed inside were refried beans, cabbage, cheese, and carne asada. The first bite was pretty good, the masa shell was firm and kept all the fillings from spilling out, but it needed a little extra oomph with some salsa. After I opened it up and poured some salsa inside, the next bite was much better, but the refried beans do what refried beans do, they counter act any of the spice and flavors of the salsa. I got up and asked if they had any spicier salsa available, the lady smiled and said yes, they only hand out the mild salsa for the chips, I then took the cup of spicier green salsa and mixed it in with the mild. That made it just right, poured some of that in the gordita and that was IT! Exactly what it needed, DELICIOUS!!! I am happy to see empanadas starting to become a common option at Mexican restaurants. The only thing about empanadas, is they can be so different depending on where you get them, but we will always order them to see how they are. The ones we got were made with the same chili masa as the gordita, and were a decent 2 hand size, and had a crema on the top with a side a guacamolito. It essentially was the same as the gordito, but minus the cabbage and beans on the inside. These were just as good as the gorditos. That masa gives a real satisfactory feeling when you bite into it. firm and crisp on the outside, it has no problem keeping all the ingredients inside. These also needed the spicer salsa, so we were glad that we had that to pour over the top. Overall our I would call our first visit a success! the staff was extremely friendly, we had a conversation and made some jokes as we ordered. It felt like this was a place we had been going to for years despite being our first time. There were a lot of options, and we didn't even get to try any of the desserts. And if I am being honest, if you were to give me a option of going to Santa Maria or the new Crunchy Bites. I think I would choose Crunch Bites. Some of the things that would make this place even better would be a salsa bar, with at least 2 options the mild and a spicier salsa, and a soda fountain machine. But even without those 2 items this place is a 100% recommendation for all you taco hunters out there! read more

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I had a carnitas empanada to go. It was very good. The meat was as good as it gets. Friendly, fast service. Recommend the food. The restaurant itself - well, it was clean, and that's the end of positives. A total remodel and designer needed. That probably won't happen because it's unlikely they could recoup that expense at this location. Give the food a try. read more

My first time trying this hole in the wall restaurant. I was amazed at the customer service I received and how polite the ladies were to my children. The food was very very good it was fresh, flavors traveled through out my mouth. I was amazed to see my very picky daughter eating off our plates as well she really liked the rice and had bites of my chilaquiles. Will be back:) read more

The ladies working here were super nice and made the experience very pleasant. Empanada was HUGE. I didn't like the flavor of it much but I could see someone who likes quesadillas loving this style empanada. Their chicken tacos were really good and their chips had flour chips mixed into the corn batch, loved that. Their medium salsa was good too. read more

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Great food, wonderful staff. Try the wet carnitas burrito with green sauce and the churro for dessert.

Amazing authentic Mexican food. Great service, very friendly environment. Elote in a cup and carnitas tacos are a MUST for me

Love this place The food is amazing always fresh and the lady ruining the counter is friendly and makes u feel like family

Their food is always delicious and fairly priced, super delicious tacos and they even gave me a horchata for free, always greeted with smiles when I come in to pick up food and they are fast too! The ambiance is awesome as well, a real authentic feeling to it and makes you feel right at home. Absolutely love this place!! read more

Doordashed a wet burrito with carnitas and green sauce and nachos, the nachos were okay pretty basic but the burrito was atrocious. I like cilantro and onions but the amount of cilantro in the sauce was the only thing you could taste almost like it was just blended and poured right on top for the burrito to swim in. Carnitas we're neon orange which I've never seen, salsa wasn't even able to save the day because it had zero spice and didn't receive the side of rice and beans so that didn't help the experience out any. read more