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Taqueria Cuernavaca

4.0 (34 reviews)
InexpensiveMexican
Open • Open 24 hours

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Chicken enchiladas with mole sauce
Jessica Y.

My friend heard about this hidden mexican restaurant from a friend. You would never know this place existed otherwise. It's literally a supermarket and you walk to the back where there's the restaurant. It's bizarre because they also have gambling machines. Is that legal? Walk to the back and sit down. They'll come out with menus for you. The food is SOOOO cheap for what you get. I got the chicken enchiladas with mole sauce, which came with rice for $8.00. And it was large enough for lunch AND dinner. They also come out with free chips and 3 different types of salsa. This is very authentic mexican food for sure. The only downside is that they actually charge for water. I think it's $1.50 for a large water. Luckily I had my own bottled water.

Chicken tamale
Stephie Z.

Jennifer Zyman mentioned this place on a list of good Atlanta tamales so I had to drop everything and head over. I love tamales. Check Daniel Bs pic on the storefront so that you know what this place looks like. Otherwise know that it's a couple of blocks from the Kroger on Roswell Rd and is next door to a lamp shop. The inside is quite bizarre. It looks more like a gas station sans gas pumps, but once you head to the back and go around the deli case you will see a small area of tables. You might also hear spanish music blaring from the small tvs hanging on the wall. The women working know more English than I know Spanish so don't get to worried if you don't sprechen sie Deutsch errrrr hablo Español. I had to order a chicken tamale with green sauce since that was the purpose for my visit, but I also decided to get a bowl of chicken soup. I think it's about $6 for a bowl. For some reason I wasn't expecting either portion to be as big as they were. The bigger the better right? The tamale was pretty large. I could have just eaten it and been fine. It was quite tasty. A really good spicy chicken mixed inside all that dense masa. I still had the bowl of soup to contend with too. Check out the pic. It's basically a big bowl o' chicken broth with 2 bone-in pieces of chicken, 2 halves of a potato, one corn on the cob, and large chunks of carrot. Fresh tortillas, spanish rice, and the traditional cilantro/jalapeno/onion trifecta all came on the side. Perfect for beefing up your bowl to pure deliciousness. BTW it's not cash only, the waitress will give you a receipt so you can pay the front register guy if need be. To be honest maybe it was cash only and the waitress felt bad for me. Either way I managed to pay with a card, though next time I'll have cash just because it seems easier. *Chips and salsa are delivered while you wait. Both are worth the calories.

Ceviche
Michelle K.

This is quite the unique, hole in the wall place but well worth the visit. I went to have dinner with Panida S. & Greg S. here a couple of days ago and the three of us walked away fully satisfied! Their homemade salsa is one of the best that I've ever had. Their chips could've been more fresh but we weren't complaining since the salsa was THAT good. You won't even know this place existed because it is hidden in the back of a grocery store located off of Roswell Rd. The key is to remember to look for the Quick Shop Mart #2 off of Roswell Rd. and walk straight to the back of the grocery store. You'll see the seating area. It's a super casual joint so don't expect anything too fancy. You're definitely coming here for the food not the atmosphere. Their ceviche rocks!! Super fresh and the portion size is plenty for 1 and good enough for 2. I ordered their pork chops order that came with refried beans and spanish rice. Loved the fact that they piled on the grilled onions and the pork meat itself was pretty darn good. It's not thick mean but it was seasoned well. Not too salty. If you're looking for authentic Mexican food, this is a pretty great place to visit and you won't break the bank. Prices are reasonable and service is pretty solid. Note: If you ask for water, they will charge you by the bottle. They don't offer standard fountain drinks here. Looking forward to my next visit soon, in the near future!

Seafood tostada!
Panida P.

Pinatas in front, tacos in the back! That's the kind of party I want to be involved in! Taqueria Cuernavaca is located inside "Quick Shop Food Mart #2" on Roswell Road. It's next door to a lighting store, with a large sign, so look for that! No, unfortunately I don't remember the name of the lighting store. I suck. When you walk into the place, it looks like a liquor store/mini grocery store. The store attendant is behind some bullet proof box, pinatas hanging from the ceiling (I need to have the orange donkey pinata, FYI), household products, candies, misc can foods, etc. Keep on walking back......BAM, TACOS!!!! Carne Asada Taco: Generous portion of meat on 2 CORN tortillas, with cilantro & onions. Perfect street taco! Limes served on the side. Carne Asada Picadita: Kind of like a tostada, but the shell is not crunchy. It's a corn maze, a little sweet, NOT mushy, but perfect vessel to enjoy the goodies on top! Refried beans, carne asada, onions & cilantro served on the side with a lime wedge. SO GOOD!! Similar to a sope! Seafood (Cerviche) Tostada: They are really generous on the goods here! We ordered this as an appetizer, and I seriously almost didn't need the additional 2 items above!! It was sooooooo GOOD! Fresh, limey, spicy goodness, served on a crunchy tortilla!!!!! Please see pic! Service was good, other than the language issue. She answered us as though she knew what we were asking, but when the food came out, it told a different story. No rice, beans only...."Oh, I guess I'm getting rice." "Can we get 1 Cerviche Tostada?" 3 tostadas came out. LOL! She was really nice though! Oh!! "Do you have anything spicier than Valentina?" 2 bowls of hot sauces came out! 1 green, 1 red! Holy hotness!!! Yes, please, can I have another! Looking forward to coming back to this awesome hole in the wall!!! I LOVE TACOS!! :)

Melissa W.

Tucked in the back of a tiny bodega is this gem of a Mexican restaurant. You come here for the food. That's it. No atmosphere. Service is OK. The food rocks. $8.99 for the chile relleno plate is a steal. Enchiladas Supremos was big enough for two people.

Jang C.

Taqueria Cuernavaca is a small restaurant inside of a Mexican grocery store. The grocery store is inside of a small strip mall. You have to look for the store that says, "Quick Stop Food Mart #2" and underneath, it says, "Supermercado Y Carniceria." I went in for lunch. The service seemed slow. The employees there spoke little English. So if you come here, make sure to speak Spanish. I had to bust out my 3 months worth of Spanish to make them a bit more comfortable in communicating with us. They have a ton of stuff on the menu, and they all look authentic. They have entrees, tacos, quesadillas, soups, tamales, and many others. This place is one of the few places, that I know of in Atlanta, where you can get a dish with mole sauce. So I got that. I got the Enchilada de Mole. The Enchilada de Mole tasted okay. It came with raw white onions which provided a nice contrast to the sweet mole sauce. Other than that, it seemed like your everyday enchilada. I tried their tamales. They have 2 variations, tamale de maiz or tamale stuffed with chicken, steak or cheese. They didn't have the ones with meat, so we just got the tamale de maiz, which is pure corn tamale that comes topped with creama and queso. I liked it. The tamale was soft, moist, and had a good sweet, corn flavor. But I didn't like the queso on it. It gave a weird, bitter contrast to the sweet corn and the crema. I advise just geting the tamale with crema or just by itself, unless you like queso. When you order water, you get it in a bottle, just like they do in Mexico. It looks like they just get it form the grocery store. They do have beverages you can order in the restaurant like Pineapple juice, Horchata, Jamaica, and others. The service, like I mentioned before, seemed super slow. They took a long time to cook the food and bring it out. Was it because they hand make everything? I hope so. This place looks very authentic. We were the only gringos there. I liked the authenticity of it, the food tasted okay, but the service was slow. So this place gets 3 stars for me.

Complimentary chips and homemade salsa at every seating! Very tasty!!
Myrna R.

Now my second time in one week! Not only are these prices CHEAP it's great authentic Mexican food. Located in the back of a quick mart store, don't be fooled by this "hole in the wall". Food is very tasty and service is efficient. They remain busy. Dining in and lots of take out. My new fav, gem!! Has the tacos and the Picadas. Now I'm ready to grub with today's special: pork chops YUM!!!

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Good food authentic and very flavorful definitely a hole in the wall but great food and great portions for the price

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Very good food and very good service! Had the ceviche, chicken and carne asada plates! Would recommend it all.

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I LOVE this place! Amazing,authentic food. The salsa is delicious! If you like real Mexican food, you will love it.

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