Mmmmm....I love this place!! I wish I knew about Super Mex sooner! For their quality and generous portions, they are reasonably priced. The dining has officially reopened and it's very slow at the moment for dining in due to COVID-19. The environment is very clean and employees wears masks. The dessert items are super delicious when they have them in stock. Definitely give this place a try. They have a full bar and friendly employees! read more

I've been to this Super Mex before but found the food to be alright both times. No wait when I've come, which is always great! It is pretty dirty though. I know they get a lot of families and large parties but there is always a "let me clean that off for you" extended and then the seats are dirty. The complimentary chips are tasty as is the salsa. I usually get the cheese enchilada and these are a-ok. Their enchilada sauce is pretty tasty. I don't love the rice and beans (pinto) so I usually go without. My husband loves their food though. Service was wonderful. It's a casual spot, nothing fancy so you can go in comfy clothes. I wouldn't make it a regular spot, but would come back if in the mood for affordable Mexican eats. There is a pretty extensive menu and they gladly do substitutions so everyone should leave happy. read more

This place used to be 5 stars almost 20 years ago and still great sometime in the past 10 years. Since then the following has happened: 1) chips are thinner 2) salsa sucks now. Pretty sure they use a preservative now. 3) the rice is more like rice pilaf instead of exploded fluffy rice 4) the beans actually seem the same 5) the enchiladas are lukewarm. The plates should piping hot and the tortilla, cheese, and meat should be melded together. They taste separate and lukewarm. 6) the prices managed to go way up of course. I'm sad that good things don't last forever. Adios super mex read more

So this place is a typical Americanized Mexican food restaurant which I typically love Americanized Mexican food. The food isn't the worst food I've had but it's far from the best. I have 2 children under 3 so I typically order out a lot. I placed an order for pick up and you can clearly tell the food was reheated vs fresh. Not only that, my sons chicken taqueria were literally pink and ice cold in the middle. Thank god I cut them in half otherwise I wouldn't have known. I called and spoke with the assistant manager to let her know and she was very nice and caring. She said we can have a discount the next time we come but we won't be eating there again. read more

Solid mexican food, friendly service, decent prices (for Irvine). This is the mexican food I grew up with; a cure for sad chipotle style mexican. Here the beans stick to the plate and have some heft to them, not some watery mess of sadness. The restaurant can be a little inconsistent depending on the day, but stick to the basic combinations of tacos/enchiladas/chili relleno/web burritos etc. and you'll leave satisfied. The chilli relleno is straight up fantastic, probably their best item, and the crunchy tacos have a fair bit of meat and the shredded beef is done quite nice. I'll be back frequently! read more

This was one of our favorite places and after having problems with other locations, we decided to come back to the location we always enjoyed. This time we walked in after someone picking up take out and before another done in group and despite standing and waiting to be seated in front of the TWO employees helping the single take out customer, we were left standing there. Once the dine in group behind us walked in, they were assisted right away. We stood 7 feet away from them and were STILL ignored by several employees that made eye contact with us. On top of this the restaurant was almost empty. I'd understand if it was busy but there was almost no customers and not one employee could assist us. Extremely disappointed that we can no longer enjoy our experience or recommend to others. read more

Disappointed today. We are frequent SuperMex goers, especially at the Fullerton restaurant. While in this area, we were on our way to get lunch and saw the familiar name and went here instead. Big mistake. The service was extremely slow (even though our server Lacie was only covering 2 tables). The restaurant wasn't even crowded, so I don't know what excuse the kitchen had either. Anyways, the food at this location was different than how we've had it before at the Cypress and Fullerton locations. Chimi plate chimis were smaller and dryer. The chips were broken up and burnt. The Tampico wings were covered with extremely hot buffalo sauce which is surprising because the other locations, it's served dry. My family still loves SuperMex, but will likely never return to this location. Again, such a disappointment. read more

I'm very impressed! It was our first time coming here. The food was delicious!! We got tacos al pastor, rice, beans, queso with chips, and a churro. I can't complain about any of it. We loved everything we got. Can't wait to go back and try more of their food! read more

I've been coming to Super Mex (the one in FV) since high school and we get takeout from here at least once a week. Their tacos are the bomb. Their chicken tacos are some of my favorite in this area. Their rice and beans are also killer. I've noticed they've gotten stingy with the chips and salsa in the last year. Two chips per entree, it seems, but you can technically ask for more. I will say the food varies a bit depending on the cook. Sometimes the rice and beans can be bland and the enchilada sauce is different. But it is the same way more than it varies and some difference is bound to happen given how often we eat here. In-person the service can be slow but it is always friendly. Make sure to come for the happy hour, when their appetizers are half off. Seriously, such an awesome deal. Having visited 4-5 other locations, this location is one of the better ones. read more

Ordered a CHEESE ENCHILADA! She repeated it to me. Was so excited, got home and it was beef LOL! You had one job..... read more

Super Mex - My beef enchilada - Mexican Near Me - Irvine, California

I love this place!!!...now that that's out of the way, I can get to the actual review. Ha! This restaurant is located in a strip mall area located on the southeast corner of the Culver/Walnut intersection. It's located right next to one of my other favorite places to grab a nibble...Cold Stone Creamery! The restaurant itself has a nice ambience...typical of what you'd expect to find find for a small mexican eatery. The staff are all extremely nice, and the food is always amazing! I'd really like to give them 5 stars, but the fact that they close at 9 pm kills it. I often work late, and would like to be able to enjoy a real meal, as opposed to having to resort to fast food. I guess this is one of the downsides to Irvine in general...everything closes too early! All in all, I recommend that you stop by, order a Cadillac margarita, and give your taste buds a treat! read more

First time eating here, got the super Mex burrito W/ shredded chicken and rice and beans added for $2.00 extra. It was pretty good! Definitely best in the irvine area. It's pretty inexpensive as well. Will definitely be back again. 4 Stars. read more

Super Mex - Shredded chicken burrito! W/ rice and beans added for $2.00 - Mexican Near Me - Irvine, California

I phone ordered a burrito and the lady told me that it would be ready in 20 minutes. I got there after 25 minutes! The lady recognized my name and took my payment, then she left. After 10 minutes, the front desk guy asked me to wait. After another 10 minutes, I had to ask if someone is working on my order. No one knows!!!!!! Omg! The lady came back and found a bag sitting right next to cashier for entire waiting time!! She looks like she is a manager there! She gave me the bag without apology!!!! I am so disappointed for the service. The lady has to learn to say sorry for her mistake. read more

I have been going to Super Mex for years. Diego was excellent! Great service and great food.

Worst service from the manager Leticia. She is the rudest manager I have ever met. NOT SURE HOW SHE BECAME A MANAGER. I will never ever go back to this Super Amex ever. Corporate should keep an eye on this manager Leticia read more

Recently came here twice in a period of about three weeks. You can see from my previous reviews that I do not complain about service, in general. This place had the worst service I've ever had/seen at a restaurant in my entire life - twice. BOTH times, other tables were clearly frustrated that servers would not come to their table for anything. People were constantly having to get up to track down any server who would help. It seems as though understaffing may be the issue, as the staff appeared to be working hard. Nobody was standing around doing nothing. They had three servers and a busboy working in the dinner room. I wanted to like this place as it's close to home and had pretty good food. I have never gotten up from a sit down restaurant to get the server to give us our bill, but tonight I did that. We had probably been finished eating about 30 minutes and had already asked for the bill before I got up to go get it. The table next to us was frustrated trying to get their bill before us. They were still waiting when we left and are probably still sitting there days later. To be clear, the service was horrendous the first time as well, but we thought we'd chalk it up to a bad night and wanted to give it another shot. We will never eat here again. Ever. read more

Have been going to this restaurant for years and years. Today ordered food through Grubhud. My son got shredded beef tacos and I got steak salad. There was no meat whatsoever in my salad and my son's tacos beef was barely there and all burnt. WTF???? I will report this place to Grubhub and all other food delivery apps. This is just wrong. read more

We love Supermex but usually go to the one in Fullerton so we were kind of surprised by the slow service here. We happened to be in the area and stopped for dinner. The Fullerton restaurant is awesome. There is plenty of space and tables and the food and service is always very fast. This place is much smaller with the tables crammed together. We went on a Friday night and were seated just before 8 PM. The dinner rush seemed to be coming to an end. Took quite a while to get our order in and then we sat for 30 minutes waiting for our food. By time our food came, we had been in the restaurant for close to 45 minutes. We had eaten a couple baskets of chips and salsa just sitting around waiting and were pretty much full by then. When the food did come, the order was messed up, but we didn't want to wait any longer and just ate what they brought. I'm not sure if it was a staffing issue or the kitchen just couldn't keep up. The food here was somewhat different than the Fullerton location too. The tacos and taquitos were a little greasier and the beef had a different flavor. Like I said, we love going to Supermex because the food is good but I don't think we will be returning to the Irvine location. 3 Stars today. read more

I used to live in Long Beach and SuperMex was my go to restaurant, so I was so pleased to see that there was a SuperMex in Irvine after I moved down this way. My go to dish is the double tamale platter, with beef filling, and I like to customize with all beans, no rice. This is typically enough for my dinner and my lunch the next day, which is why I get the double tamale rather than the single. I also really like the bean and cheese burrito served wet for, just nice flavors and the burrito is ginormous. And if there is any room, and there isn't always room, I do enjoy the flan, nice and creamy and large enough to share. read more

For those wanting to know why this place has such a low rating, understand that it has nothing to do with food. We've ordered from the Irvine store twice and both times enjoyed the food. However, it seems like the more items in your order the more likely you will find errors. Our first order of 3 items was perfect and the food was great. Based on that experience, my rating would be a 4. One star deducted for excessive wait time for a pre-order pick-up. The second order was for delivery of 5 items. This time one order was completely left out. Luckily, the add-on order (rice and beans) was included so my daughter didn't have to go hungry. This is one reason to never leave a review after one visit to any place of business where service is important. If a restaurant wants to survive during these trying times, they have to make sure their employees realize how important it is to get the order right the first time. Nobody wants to wait another hour or longer to receive their complete order. We decided to go the delivery route because of the long wait for our first experience. Now, chances are very low that we will try a third time. Thus, my review with an average for two visits. read more

What happened to this place? I used to go here frequently several years ago and it was somewhat reliable but after a recent visit I will never go again. 1. The place is filthy. Our table and chairs were all sticky. 2. The service stinks. Took 20 mins to get our order in and still got it wrong (and no it was NOT crowded). Had to get our own napkins, forks, etc. 3. Food was disgusting. Del Taco has surpassed their quality. 4. Overpriced. $7 for a kids meal? LOL I never had high expectations for SuperMex so I never thought I would be disappointed but I was. And disgusted as well. Not even sure why I left a tip. Please close. read more

From back in the day till now their food has always been good! Love their nachos, the carnitas, enchiladas and the SuperMex burrito!

The last 3 or 4 times I've been here my experience has been less than par which is a shame because I love Super Mex. The service has been super slow and as of my most recent visit last night, ridiculous. Not only does it seem they often to be short staffed but the wait for food is at least 30 minutes. When you have kids with you that's just not an ideal situation. Table checks don't happen, refills on drinks you can forget about and you have to ask for things like utensils and napkins which should be given to you at the start. As for food, the food was still great but didn't like having to wait over 30 minutes for it. The salsa that normally comes with the chips was super watery that day too. Items I would recommend: any of the combos, crispy chicken tacos, enchiladas, rice and beans for sure! On Tuesdays they have taco specials. 4 stars for food, 2 stars for service and experience. read more

Good food. I recommend that you pick up the food yourself and check before leaving. I especially like the burritos. read more

LOVE THIS PLACE SOOOO SOOO MUCH but please add potato tacos and taquitos to the menu because I am vegetarian! Also amazing customer service and the best salsa ever! read more

Wow absolute joke, they delivered queso that was 90% eaten , never seen anything like this from a restaurant. They deliver the trash meant for the dumpster and reuse it for their deliveries it seems. read more

Super Mex - They deliver the leftovers others have thrown out. Ridiculous. - Mexican Near Me - Irvine, California

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One of all time favorites for casual reasonably priced excellent Mexican food served by friendly staff. Have been there too many times to count. Never disappointed. Very big plus. read more

All I can say is where is the beef in my 2 hard shelled tacos? This place used to be good with adequate portions but has been stingy with the meat. Sorry, not worth $12-13 for 2 combo plate. read more

I ordered from here for delivery as the restaurant I normally order from was not taking orders so I figured what the heck I'll give it a try...never again!! First thing I ordered two chicken enchiladas with rice/beans and side of sour cream. I received two items, neither chicken. One was a cheese enchilada and the other I think was a beef tamale....I did get the sour cream. I am not sure how you screw an order up this badly but they did. Second, the food was horrible. So salty and the sauce tasted like canned tomato sauce thickened with tomato paste. Nothing authentic about this food. This place should be a hard pass! read more

Came back here after several months and we were pleasantly surprised. The food is much better than before. As good or better than a few years ago. The staff has always been great and it was good to Juan and Steve again... Our fare was definitely a 10. read more

Done with Super Mex :( I like their food well enough, but I've had my last horrible experience with their online ordering. Once again, my order got TOTALLY jacked up. Ordered online via 411eats.com at 5:15. Got email receipt. Showed up at 5:30, counter staff said order was being prepared and just a couple minutes. 5:45, counter staff said just a few more minutes. 6:20, different counter staff member calls me over "only part of your online order came through. Wait, actually none of it came through." I showed my email receipt. After checking it carefully he said, I'll reenter it and should be ready in a little while (be banging my head on the counter since me and my 7yr old daughter had now been waiting for OVER AN HOUR). He said, well, it's already been partially charged, so I'll just charge the difference. (Huh?!?!) Then he said, no, none of it got charged, would you like the same order? I responded No, I'm too hungry to wait another hour for mediocre mexican food and left. Then at home found the full amount had been charged to my credit card. I called back, finally got the same person, he said he'd call main office to ensure charge got reversed. I'll see if that happens later this week. Not the first time it's happened. I blame both the location staff and 411eats.com. The location staff should do a much better job of confirming online orders when people come in for pickup. Not making people wait for over an hour saying it's coming in a few minutes. 411eats.com is a HORRIBLE service. I've never been able to successfully log back in to get saved/favorite/past orders or have it remember my credit card. I've had way to many cases of online orders here getting messed up - usually have to reorder/repay at the counter - and I'm sick of it. Sorry Super Mex, you've lost another frequent customer. read more

Review is based Irvine Culver location: Well, I gave you a shot Super Mex at being my go to Mexican. The foods that were to be crunchy were soggy, and I think purposefully so, at least for the taco. The taco sauce was on the outside of the taco, appeared to have been applied to the wrapper. The sour cream was melted. The guacamole was a dark brown. Food itself was bland. Meat overcooked. Cheese where there shouldn't be. read more

The food was bland and not mexican at all. The salsa was mostly liquid and no flavor. And why charge so much for a taco and two sides of rice?! read more

I came in as a take out order and was informed that it would be out in 10-15min. Unfortunately the host failed to mentioned that there was a catered order before me. I ended up waiting 35min for 4 taquitos, rice and beans. The taquitos were good, but were moist for being placed on the beans. Was my experience and food worth $15? Absolutely not. I will never come here again. read more

Love their refried beans! Yes, this will be short and full of lard. Homemade refried beans, made the proper way (with lard) and the taste is divine. I practically went out of my way, although I was in the area, to pick up a decent size burrito and a side of beans. Burrito is $4.40 and yes that is a very reasonable price, however I asked to add onions. They added grilled onions (I like them raw) and then they charged me $1 for the onions. I call b.s. on this and you've been deducted 1 star because of the $1 charge, which I was not told about. My side of beans was $2.25 (saved for another day) was good sized and I was very pleased taste-wise two days later. Some of their chips & salsa were thrown in as a bonus, however while the salsa is very good and has some heat, the chips are whole freshly fried corn tortillas and not that great. I cannot comment on any other offerings. I'm sure I'll return and will try some other food. So if you are on the hunt for really great refried beans, this is your spot. read more

Very nice waiters and waitresses, but service from them was pretty slow. It took longer than I would like for them to be flagged down and one guy forgot to get extra chips and salsa after telling us he would grab some. We ended up receiving them from a different waiter. The ambiance there was pretty nice though. As for the food, it was good enough to satisfy our Mexican food cravings. It wasn't great enough to come back anytime soon though. We ordered the duo chicken enchilada combo with rice and beans and the wet steak burrito. The chicken enchiladas were good, but could use more of a flavor profile. The wet burrito also tasted whatever and I had to use the salsa from our chips and salsa appetizer to make it taste better. For like almost $30 I think we will be looking for a different Mexican food spot. read more

They should rename this place "La mejor comida Mexicana de calidad en todos los de Irvine", because in the few strip malls that encompass central Irvine, Super Mex is pretty much at the top of the game. You'll already suspect that Super Mex isn't the most "authentic" Mexican food around, but during 3 to 4 days out of the week, I'm gonna tell you that's no skin off my back. You'd be hard pressed to find an authentic taco truck stationed in Irvine, but when you've got the urge to stuff yourself with a giant tasty burrito, Super Mex does the job quite nicely. This cozy joint is dimly lit and somewhat modern, has a patio, and features a kick ass Margarita bar. These guys also have what I'll call the big C's for a Mexican joint. C-omidas en grandes porciones C-alidad C-uesta poco Their basic variety of favorites include some humongous burritos, freshly fried taquitos, and fresh guacamole. Sorry, no lard. Try not to get too stuffed on their whole corn tortilla chips. Those suckers are thick and addicting with that "somewhat" spicy salsa. I'm a fan of the GROUND BEEF burrito, which is a nice departure from shredded. The beef is seasoned, and it's a nice belly buster with all that red sauce and cheese drizzled all over. Add on a "horchata" (or margarita), friendly and attentive service (bumps them up to a 4), and it's not a bad bite, and will leave you quite satisfied. Makes a GREAT hangover meal! Note: They have other locations, the main being in Long Beach. read more

RUDE! WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER! I took my boyfriend and my 3 year old daughter to dinner here on 12/20/14. It was 8:45pm and we were rudely greeted by an employee named AMIER. I asked him if they were still open and what time were they'll closing? AMIER replied "WELL IF YOU GO SIT DOWN WE HAVE TO FEED YOU RIGHT, YOU GOT 15 MINUTES BECAUSE WE CLOSE AT 9" I asked for his name and I asked a nearby employee to get the manager. At this point AMIER continued to whisper and talk about me to a Co-worker. He stated "I DON'T EVEN CARE I'M OFF THE CLOCK ANYWAY" FRANK the manager arrived and I explained the entire situation to him. Frank apologized and said he would talk with AMIER. I'm not sure if any consequences will happen for treating customers this way, we left without eating and will never go back. read more

super mex is the closest thing to authentic mexican food in irvine. mexican food is hard to come by in this city but there are mexican offerings in neighboring cities. but when i'm lazy and not willing to drive an extra 5 miles, super mex will do. the chips are great - they fry them up whole. the salsa is a little watery for my liking but the flavor is good. i typically go with the street tacos which is on the a la carte menu. shredded beef or chicken are both great options. they come in threes and fill you up enough to leave you satisfied. for only around $5, this is a great way to get my taco fix. read more

Super Mex - chips fried whole - Mexican Near Me - Irvine, California

It was off to a great start! I went here wit a groupon ($10 for $20) , walked in place was pretty empty and it was a seat yourself setting so we chose a nice table. They brought over chips and salsa immediately and they tasted great, salsa was great and chips were fresh! Then they didn't check up on us for a while and then finally came and took our order, I ordered the "special" which is a plate of food with a drink for 8.99, we ordered enough food to make it over the 20 dollar minimum for using a groupon, we told the server we had a groupon as well before ordering and he said that's fine food took FOREVER to come and when it did it wasn't that great either, very bland for Mexican food, I was disappointed but whatever, at least I got a good deal for it. well.. maybe not.. upon paying I presented my groupon to the guy who gave us our check (different guy who took our order, different guy who brought the food, and different guy who brought the check) and he then quickly and rudely told me that you can't use the groupon on specials.. I said I asked the guy before I ordered and he said it was fine, but the guy who brought out check wasn't even sympathetic, "well he's wrong." um.. ok... well that's a bit unfair to me isn't it?! I stood my ground but he insisted that I couldn't use my groupon, in the end he charged my full price for my food (so basically instead of a special deal he pieced the items together which costs more) and the bill ended up to be around 25 instead of 21ish... so now I could use my groupon.. yep not happy at all, never going back, crappy food. crappy service, eh now that I look back at my review it was pretty crapp-ily written as well but you get my point read more