Stopped by today after my baseball game and ordered the Carne Asada tacos with a Jarritos Mandarin soda. The Carne Asada was excellent, and the service was good. I will definitely be back. read more

I've been wanting to find an occasion to try Taqueria Morelos for some time now. I invited a good friend for lunch because he was dropping me off at the car rental next door. Taqueria Morelos is in a small business property shared with a local alterations shop next door. The parking lot is small, however, some patrons were parking in the adjacent store parking lot (good idea to remember). The restaurant was warm and friendly with a large dining room as well as an outdoor covered patio with tables and chairs. The menu was simple and with the usual Mexican style entrees. The entrees were generous and came out hot and delicious. My friend had the carne asada plate while I had the chile rellano plate. Both tasty. The carne asada was well done and a little dry, like jerky. But, with the beans rice and salsa, it was good. The waitress was very friendly and helpful and made sure that we were enjoying our meal. Definitely a return visit call!!! I want to try the seafood dishes. read more

Taqueria Morelos - Menu - Mexican Near Me - Escondido, California

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The food here is amazing! I don't know how we missed this gem for so long. They have the BEST rolled tacos in town.

Great local restaurant. Dough handmade. Nice people. Food delicious. Yes- we go back! Gracias. read more

Hands down the best Chille Relleno Burrito I have ever had! Added house potato, and Rice Option. It's a must try! Service; always happy & friendly. Ambiance; family restaurant vibes. read more

Taqueria Morelos - Chille Relleno Burrito, Added house potato, and Rice Option. - Mexican Near Me - Escondido, California

The prices are not so high, service was friendly and spot on. No issues but I also have only gone once. The place looks spacious to have families eat here and the decor is very typical Mexican culture- it's nice. I was craving a torta so I ordered the Cubana- which was pretty big. I could only eat half of it. I ordered the combo, so it came with fries and a drink. The fries were show strong kind- not amazing but edible. The torta was pretty yummy. It came with chorizo, jalapeños, cheese, ham, hot dogs or "weenies" (haha, IYKYK), milanesa and maybe beans? Idk- it was packed! Pretty tasty and spicy, just how I like it. I did see they have huaraches on the menu and will need to come back to try that and the sopes. Again- prices on the menu looked good. I'll be back to try more... Aaaaand 9 days later, I went back. I ordered a carnitas sope and damn, it was just like my momma use to make. Perfectly shaped and fried and super delicious!! I soooo glad I tried it here- I've been looking for a place that makes them fresh with masa rather than the generic frozen cup-ones that most taquerias tend to use. Def. Coming here more! read more

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clean your disgusting dirty, bitter gross frying oil! never coming back again! smelly old oil never gets changed out! should be done less than weekly! read more

I was really looking forward to this place but it was quite disappointing. The tacos were pricey for the quality, meat was being served from pre-made bags opposed to being cut from the Al Pastor Stand. The taco meat was cold and flavorless, we ordered Al Pastor, Carnitas, Lengua, Chicken. The location was clean from the outside and inside. read more

Taqueria Morelos - Mexican Near Me - Escondido, California

Some of the best, most authentic Al Pastor and Carnitas that I've had. Free fresh and tasty chips with a bowl of house made red chunky salsa. Only two other house-made salsas are available but they're excellent, one smooth red chile and one tomatillo, both mild to medium hot. I'm sure everything else there is top notch, highly recommended! read more

Taqueria Morelos - Al Pastor and Carnitas tacos - Mexican Near Me - Escondido, California

Called at 8:30 to place order and keep in mind place closes at 9:00 they have 30 min left to closing and they said I can't order anything because they need to clean the grill because they close at 9 sounds like bs to me They still were open !!! And didn't want to take my order read more

La comida está al . El dueño don Ricardo muy amable y profesional con todo y para todo. Highly recommend this amazing place to come and eat.

The carne asada burrito is a throwback to when burritos were mostly well seasoned grilled meat, a little of guac and pico de gallo. And the price is under $10. Wow :) read more

Great taco shop Carne asada and lengua is yummy They don't speak English. Want to come back :) read more

Taqueria Morelos - Inside - Mexican Near Me - Escondido, California

Got the breakfast burritos and they were flavorless and they had more potato filler than anything else. Came home and added another egg to it. Their salsas were the same, no flavor really. :( read more

Just had a machaca burrito and breakfast burrito. They were both very delicious and fresh! We put some of the homemade salsas on them and made them tastier. Second time here and glad to have a repeat experience! The service was nice and expedient for fresh food. Will continue to be our go to Mexican food in Escondido! read more

This is the only place around here that has good roll chicken tacos . You would drive right by it and not even know. Best Mexican food around here come for yourself and see, food is fantastic read more

AMAZING! Cali burrito spot ! Salsas are spicy and Mexican Authentic! Roll tacos crunchy and not oily like most BOMB. Tostadas de pollo BOMB. Thank you again Norma ! BUENISIMO!! read more

Taqueria Morelos - Mexican Near Me - Escondido, California

Good California burrito and great salsas. Customer service was excellent and fast. Will definitely be back

Yum! Highlights include their Chile Verde, chile relleno burrito, and the rice rice and beans. I'm hungry now.

Great fresh food! We got a fish taco and a fish burrito. The fish burrito was probably the best I had in San Diego so I got 2 more to go.

Simply hands down the best taco shop ever. Great flavors. I drive down even though it's long

This truly is the epitome of a "hole in the wall", they have Authentic Mexican food, I imagine that the owners are from Morelos, a state neighboring Puebla & Mexico City. Anyways the only thing I have tried from here are the Alambres, which are similar to fajitas only that they add cheese and some other stuff on there. For the amount of food you get, it is ridiculously affordable...an alambre won't even set you back $10 and it definitely satisfies my carnivore cravings. They offer about 5 or 6 different types of alambres as well as your mainstream taco shop fare such as tacos, burritos, carne asada fries, etc. The cashier girl is nice (& cute) hehe, the other people there (which I imagine are the owners are nice too), very humble patrons. Definitely one of those underrated Mexican joints only people living in the surrounding areas would know about. As a friendly suggestion, I would not go here with a party of four or more as it has a quite small seating area. I do recommend this place to anyone in the area who wants some good authentic (non-Gringo-tized) Mexican food. P.S. Food can be a little a greasy, but I'm sure you know what you're getting into, because let's face it, Healthy Mexican food is an oxymoron us San Diegans are all too familiar with, and if it is healthy...then it probably isn't real Mexican food. P.P.S. I hope my review has been of beneficial use to you Yelpers. Deuces & happy gluttony yo read more

I love this place it's awesome, no reheated food, everything is freshly made, just the way I love it.

What a shame on this business that after I post a review on the quality of their food, they go after posting on my business on yelp just for hate. When they have never even been a customer. Just to clarify I don't hate any business, however I am a customer just like anyone else when I go out to buy food. I visited this place not to long ago and I still think the same about the experience I had. Then what it looks like they stalk me on my yelp account and see I have a business so they send someone to post a bad review just for hate? Really? Instead of sending their family to give my business a bad review, they should concentrate on the quality of food they offer. If there is more than one person giving you a bad review based on the quality of food then I think the owners should do something about the constructive criticism. But no they do the opposite, they go hunt down their reviews and find out who they are related to and ask about how they are doing? Seriously!? Now on the review I had with the person who review my business, they talk about professionalism? Really? When I offered a refund on their "supposed purchase" and hey deny, and we clearly take notice who are or regular customers. Yet they mention we are new to the business, but today I confirmed who gave us that bad review just because. What a shame on the owner of this location. Learn to take criticism, I was just a customerl like anyone else. And your food was no where great at all. Now if you have never experienced my business then have some "professionalism " and take criticism the right way and either change your cook and give people the worth of their money. I was just a customer like anyone else and if I truly woulda enjoy your food that neither me or my friend finish is because it truly was no where close appetizing. To be honest I'm being too nice to give them 2 stars. This "Mexican" restaurant is nothing better than the average taco shop. High quantity do want always mean high quality. The service was ok. The food, I hate to say this but horrible, from the green enchiladas (speaking from a true Mexican too salty and the tomatillo sauce to sour! I don't even know how the hell they call this green Enchiladas, I'm always having hope to find a Mexican restaurant with the old school grandma green salsa that is not spicy but not sour, any old school Mexican foodie lover knows that making this salsas from scratch has no rocket science. But anyways, back to this plate, the cheese wasn't even melted (and it did not melt at all once it was served (typically the cheese sopposed to melt when wrapped with the hot tortillas. The rice way to dry and the beans to plain, as far as the iceberg lettuce just another filler to this plate so they call it a "big plate" for your money. But it was only $7 for this plate what could I possibly expect from this average taco places. My friend ask for the bistec ranchero, lol the salsa no taste whatsoever! And the fillers that come with it as I mention are the same. I swear I wish I didn't have to express myself like this from this so call Mexican restaurants but it's a shame this is what they call Mexican food. I truly defend authenticity and I'm sorry but this is not! I ended up kinda eating the enchiladas and left everything else, and so did my friend. Oh and quick remark on the avocado not ripe! I swear Mexican food has gone from bad to worst. Support your local small business but the ones who actually put hard work on your plate! read more

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We had an entertainment coupon for this place and decided to give it a try... really glad that we did. The food was delicious! The fajitas were served on a sizzling cast iron skillet, and included homemade tasting tortillas and yummy rice and beans. The gal that works there was very nice and patient with us... so many items to choose from on the menu. We will definitely be back again... deliciosos! read more

Dirty tables greeted us & stayed dirty covered with dishes until we asked for them to clean the last table 4 us! The food is very much ok, nothing awesome except how tiny this place is=4 tables. I'm sure there are better choices even tho that had an Entertainment coupon BoGo, that wasn't easy to use either ..... PS: some of the worst guacamole I've had in 30 years living in San Diego read more

This is my favorite place to get a Torta Cubana from, it comes with a variety of meats, beans, avocado and queso fresco, delicious! My second favorite thing on their menu is their Alambres- a skillet with a variety of grilled meats, cheese and vegetables- and it is served with a number of tortillas on the side, it easily serves two. The chilaquiles come with your choice of red or green sauce; the green sauce can be somewhat bitter due to the green tomatillos but overall good and it comes with the option of eggs or meat. I've never had an issue with them taking a long time to prepare the food and the ladies who have served me have always been friendly. read more

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Best place to eat!Food is amazing, tastes homemade! Everyone makes you feel like at home. I would recommend to try everything on the menu. Djgroove From Magic 92.5 (Jesse and Cecy) read more

Taqueria Morelos - Mexican Near Me - Escondido, California

I love this place, specially their "tortas cubanas" are amazing!!!! Give it a try for only $7 highly recommend!!

Okay, so today, as I was waiting for Drug Co pharmacy to fill my antibiotics prescription (an awesome compounding pharmacy, BTW) we went next door in search of something along the lines of chicken soup to soothe my strep throat. What we got were amazing, steaming bowls of chicken broth chock full of fresh thick cut carrots, Mexican squash, potatoes, corn on the cob, and 2-3 chicken legs. On the side were corn tortillas and a plate of cilantro, onions, limes and jalapenos. This was the best chicken soup I have ever had!!!!!! It was almost worth getting sick just to be able to experience that soup. Seriously. It was that good. And the folks that work there are super cool too! read more

Taqueria Morelos - Most amazing chicken soup EVER!!!!!! - Mexican Near Me - Escondido, California

Go for the tacos ... Stay for the fajitas. This restaurant is subtitled Casa de los Alambres. The Traditional Fajita House! So I'd give 5 stars if the bathroom door wasn't right in the dining room. You've heard of a "hold in the wall" restaurant... well this is it. Ah, but they make tacos very similar to dear old Mom's, from back in the day when we didn't worry so much about fat grams and heart attacks. This was some of the tastiest and most authentic, purist Mexican food, I've run across in years. My guy & I took Dad for Dad's Day (his request), not expecting too much. We traveled about 50 miles each way, and it was well worth it, and this is why: Their tacos are deep fried (hard tortilla) with chunks of shredded beef, with lettuce, tomato, cheese filing. I had one, and a tasty chicken enchilada. Dad had a taco also (the purpose of the trip), and shared with his friend one of their signature dishes that smelled fabulous... it was platter of mixed beef, chicken, grilled onions, peppers and small tortillas, eaten fajita style... all was exceptional, and right up one's alley if its real Mexican food you are looking for. Taqueria Morelos is not a place of fine dining, with fussy food - but rather a place of pleasant and hard working cooks & staff, dishing out good old fashioned SoCal Mexican, just like Mom used to make. read more

Left the Wild Animal Park and drove to this place to eat. There were four of us. I ordered the Chile Relleno burrito while my friends ordered different types of quesedillas. We were all happy with our food and the salsa was pretty amazing. I was pretty happy with this taco shop trip! I wish they were closer to us. read more

Wow! This is the "hole in the wall" you're looking for. Enjoyed fajitas and the "surf & turf" skillet with steak, pork chops, shrimp, bacon, cheese, onions & peppers, tortillas and a side of guac. each plate about $8, very delicious and I had to take some home because the portion was so large. I NEVER TAKE FOOD HOME! Additionally, I used a coupon from Entertainment.com to get a BOGO to save $7. If you're in Escondido, and want some tasty Mexican food at a great price, come here. yum! read more

Went here for lunch for the 1st time today, let me start by saying customer service amazing. Very friendly staff clean place and they made my food exactly the way I asked. Portion was huge, I am very particular when it comes to taste Let me say: I will be back & I recommend you give it a try. read more

Poor service from reps don't go here food sucks TJ tacos right down the street. AGAIN BAD SERVICE THEY DONT ACKNOWLEDGE YOU! THEY GIVE FREE DRINKS TO FRIENDS WHILE IM TRYING TO GET THEM TO PUT IN MY ORDER. Left since they skipped over me twice to help their friends out with drinks, that didnt order shit lol smh. Bad business read more

Taqueria Morelos - Mexican Near Me - Escondido, California

Guacamole was some strange green watered down liquid.. yuck! Carne Asado fajitas were just OK. They put cheese on top, which I've never seen done and didn't like. The nachos with pollo were good.. read more

A great little find in Escondido. I love the authentic taste and great prices. The salsa verde has a nice heat to it. Great price on tge fish tacos! read more

Taqueria Morelos - Fish tacos special. $3.99 - Mexican Near Me - Escondido, California

The best authentic Mexican restaurant! You guys should try the torta cubana and the tacos! But if you guys are down go for some of the soups!! read more

We tried their carne asada burritos two weeks ago and they were excellent! So we decided to make this place our primary source for our carne asada burritos. We ordered three burritos yesterday and REGRETFULLY the meat had so much chewy large chunks that was pretty much hard to eat. I find it hard to imagine how a business owner can afford to risk using crappy meat to turn away their new customers. There are plenty of Mexican fast food joints out there and we will be trying other places. Bye bye Taqueria Morelos! read more

This little dive is located in a tiny drive-right-by-because-you-don't-even-know-it's-there strip of stores. I only found it because I had an Entertainment coupon and wanted to try somewhere new. San Diego in general is crawling with Mexican food restaurants; there are many great ones but they generally serve the same dishes with their own small variations. So I was happily surprised that Taqueria Morelos was not only authentically tasty, but also offered some unique dishes that I've never had before, and are probably only available in larger restaurants. You order at the counter, pay, then either take out or sit down and they will bring your meal to you. Since I was really hungry I ordered one of their Alambre dishes and a shrimp taco. The Alambre came served up in a little skillet with little baby corn tortillas on top and was SO delicious but, CAUTION------it was prepared over the top on the spicy hot scale--I mean my mouth was glowing, so it was definitely not for the faint of palate. Next time I'll ask them to tone it down a bit. The delectable shrimp taco was so big it really qualified to be a burrito. No doubt I over-ordered but had plenty for lunch the next day. Not much English is spoken here, either by the staff or the customers. I speak some Spanish, but only enough to confuse those who are fluent. The older woman at the counter was very nice and in spite of the language barrier, was very gracious. Nods and smiles and hand gestures got us through the ordering process and the meal. The whole eating area is about the size of my living room at home, only a few tables available. Three kinds of hot sauce are already on the table and they bring two more kinds with the meal. It's not as if you needed to add any more! The napkins are tissue-thin so you build up a pile of them at the table, but that's kind of part of the charm of the place. It's not starched and fancy, waiters aren't hovering over you, and the decor is a little random but I gave it 5 stars because, for home-cooked authentic Mexican food, this IS as good as it gets. read more