Great food, great attention, real homemade Mexican dishes.I highly recommend el viejo jalisco

I drive by this place at least once a week and by word of mouth it was recommended to me. What a gem. The store is small and the restaurant is in the back. No frills, just authentic Mexican food. I wish I would have stopped sooner. We were greeted by 3 people as we went in and greeted when we sat down to order our To-Go food. You can also sit in the small restaurant if you would like. I ordered 2 Tacos Al Pastor ($2.35 each or $1.99 on Tuesdays. It was tender, juicy and marinated well. They prepare and cook the food directly in front of you and the tortillas are freshly made per order. Tender and juicy with a ziploc bag of a cup of pico de gallo with fresh limes included for the tacos. My sister ordered the Chicken Flautas. Six of them (about 1 inch by 5 inches long). It came with Cotija cheese on top, not parmesan as mentioned earlier in a review. It came with a simple salad with tomato, onion and avocado. They served the flautas with a red salsa and a green salsa. We topped it off by sharing a 32 oz. Horchata fresca ($3.29) which tasted like fresh rice pudding but in a drink style. Que rica. How delicious. This is located in a strip mall on a busy street. It is not a scary area. This is not a typical mexican chain type of food. It is authentic and made in front of you so prepare yourself to wait while they prepare it fresh for you. You will not regret coming here. It is well worth it. Coming from New York and New Jersey, this is a typical mom and pop authentic Mexican restaurant. Very small but very good. Enjoy!!!

Best Mexican food in the area hands down ! Hole in the wall .. Store also has lots of Mexican goodies that you can only find here. Spread the word !

Awesome as always the freshest food the best food its always great to eat there Aisha anytime I can get to there its better than any other place

My gawd, I am from Mexico and Ive tried tacos around this area, but these are absolutely delicious, they are true to the original flavors (except pastor). The hand made tortillas are a must 🖤 though it is true that it looks a bit untidy I am willing to look this over because of the food. My new fave taco spot. That is fresh pineapple water !

Mexican food done right. Very tasty. If you dont speak Spanish, be prepared to point at things on the menu. They have aguas frescas that change from day to day. Otherwise grab a drink from the store it sits in.

Always delicious food at very good prices!

Tasty area I always go there and they always have yummy food and it’s probably the best Mexican food around the area.They also have a store with Mexican food snacks like chips candy and if you have a kid who likes spicy candy or you do this is the place to buy some.

This place is a tiny taqueria mixed in a store but the food is really good and so tasty. This is what you find in a little traditional Mexican store. Try the tacos for two dollars a piece. Homemade tortillas and cooked right in front of you.

Awesome 👌 tortillas are made by hand fresh every day 😀

Great food. It’s also a great place to source ingredients that are hard to find elsewhere. Hi

Hands down the best tacos & tamales in the 7 cities. I get the frozen ones to take home too. The entire menu slaps (is awesome). No booze, small eating area, no problem. My favorite Mexican in Virginia.

Easily the most authentic and delicious Mexican food Ive ever had, to the point that I would recommend brushing up on your Spanish before trying to order, but its definitely worth it. I had the carnitas tacos, and they were some of the best tacos Ive ever had.

Even though the food and taste is good. The hygiene is awful, the waitress clean the tables and throws all crumbs and leftovers on the floor. I was there for more than an hour waiting for one of the waitress go and clean the floors but nobody did. WOW....

Delicious Tamales! And they have chorizo- which seems so hard to find in this area)

Little hole in the wall, best food around makes me feel like Im home ❤

Been there twice now, sometimes when you visit a place you might think the food is amazing but you go back and you wonder why you went there in the first place. Let me tell you this place will have you going make many times. Tried them again today to see if the first time was real, it was. Very good food.

Wow. Quesadillas were simple amazing, the size if for 2 person, all fresh vegetables, and hot salsa are home made, a little gemstone in Newport news

Its delicious, the taste of the food is amazing! Second time coming already and will be back! Grocery store has plenty of items, makes you feel like your back at home.

Always deliciously authentic !! Great friendly service!

Authentic and great price

Good authentic Mexican food. Tamales on Saturdays. Its good comfort food!😊

Most authentic Mexican food around. Store in front but a great little dining area in the back. Love the tamales that are available on the weekends.

Hole in the wall, amazing food. Truly Mexican.

Great Food, Love their Hospitality, but the place just need some cleaning or remodeling,I LOVE THIS PLACE

Who doesnt love Mexican food.

Has amazing tamales and food! The tamales are made fresh every saturday and even better then some of the ones ive had at home

Amazing place..Great people and delicious food.

Nice Mexican store and they have a restaurant inside the food is authentic mexican.

Food was EXCELLENT! The best menudo in Newport News!

Food awesome, the sopes were my bf favorite.

The food is pretty authentic. They make fresh corn tortillas on the spot. I ordered a traditional dish, bistek a la mexicana. They did not disappoint. The place is a little dark and it gets a bit hot. It could use better lighting and colder air conditioning. It is inside a mexican convenience store in the back. There isnt much space. I dont mind as long as the food is good.

Chipotle might be known for fresh made to order food...El Viejo Jalisco is all that AND their dishes actually have authentic, honest to goodness FLAVOR! I need to sample their entire menu. I didnt ask, but Im pretty sure that their hot sauces are made in-house and are awesome. My next visit Im asking if they sell it by the bottle. Hand rolled tortillas! Rotating soups on the weekends; Menudo was awesome (wished they delivered that perfect hang-over soup!) - A/ATW

My go to place for real Mexican food

Real Mexican food. Delicious

Best Damn Taco in Newport News HANDS DOWN!!! Great Job

Dont forget the amazing food. The service is amazing and so are the people who work here!

Best Mexican food in Hampton Roads.

Authentic is an understatement! This place is one of those hidden gems only known by spreading the word mouth to ear. I stumbled upon this place while getting a tire repaired up the road and stopped in for lunch while I waited. Ah-maz-ing!!!! Tortillas are pressed out in front of you and cooked to order. Meat is freshly prepared by order, soups are available on a rotating basis, and they even have Cachete(beef cheek) on occasion. I love the tacos and tortas from here and my kids love the quesadillas though large enough to feed all four of them. Stop in for a humble trip to mamas kitchen.

Amazing food, good atmosphere. Always packed so plan ahead BUT worth it!

Not familiar.

Not impressed. Thought was unclean. Was just looking for green Chile and they had no idea what I was talking about. Main reason for leaving rating is the one store was unkept

Good tacos, authentic home made food

It is an awesome place

My favorite place to eat! :-)

Great food

Crazy good food

Great spanic food

Best place to eat!

Cannot beat their Tortas!

Great authentic tacos

Excellent food

Great food

Yum-o.

Authentic Spanish food

Very good food

Buen lugar para comer y envío de dinero

Very good Mexican products

Your money is never full when you pay, by magic there is always one or two bills missing, then they count it 😯🤥

The food is very tasty but they have a fan in the kitchen that has been around for years and they do not clean this super dirty and they do not care because it is in full view, and the cooks are well occupied and do not serve the customer well

The people who work in that place know what makes the food very good.

They treat them to the customer blessings

Good. FoodBad staff attention.

What a good place for any case that you want to buy something Latin

I like it very well attended

They give very expensive everything

All very well

Good food and its also a shop youll find everything

Good food

Mrs. Evas stews are wonderful.

Good food

Good food

Very good

Good and quiet

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