El Barrio Mexican Restaurant

OK everyone the 4.2 raring on this place is super unfair based on long ago service issues. For us it’s about chips, salsa and margaritas- all excellent! I had the margarita with grapefruit liqueur and soda. Omg delicious! We had the vegetarian spinach and cheese quesadilla and my husband had a shrimp taco and a carnitas taco - both excellent. Our server Miranda - excellent and a riot. The bathrooms clean with great Mexican tile. Highly recommend!! If you live in Vista, shockingly the desert of Mexican food, go there!! Really

Great service, great food. Smaller dining area with mixed tables and some bar seating. Wide variety of offerings available including kid and dog menu! Try the fried avocado taco, Al pastor, carnitas, tostada, salsa flight. Several margarita styles to choose from; we went with the mezcal. Street parking.

Fun tequila bar a couple blocks from the beach. Stopped in for a tequila or two on the the way to dinner. Sat at the outdoor bar and got some terrific service from a gal who knows her stuff. Will try dinner there next time, looks pretty good!

We were on a vacation trip and decided to try this place based on the reviews and the fact that we were craving Mexican food. My wife had the cheese enchiladas and I had the carne asada casa burrito. Both were wonderful choices and probably the best Mexican food we have had in the past 20 years or so. The service was unremarkable but not too bad. The food more than made up for the lackluster service by being so flavorful and having good portions. This is definitely going on our list for future vacation trips in the area.

Great service and super friendly staff! They made us feel welcome and well taken care of. A really pleasant experience — highly recommend!

Carlsbad local. We typically avoid the Village for Mexican dinning because the food's become too "tourist friendly", meaning not authentic and overpriced. Over 10 years, we walked past Barrio Eat until recently. To our surprise, the food was very authentic. The dinning started off well with homemade chips and salsa. Our food was great with the beer on tap with a friendly service and atmosphere at reasonable price! Thank you Barrio Eat Mexican. We will be your regulars!

Love this place. Been here for years and has a new owner with great staff and service. The chef really knows his craft.

Came here for some cocktails, and was pleasantly surprised. They have a nice grouping of mezcal cocktails, which is my favorite liquor, they are yummy. I had the Lolita, santeria, kaleesi and a nectarine margarita, all super yummy. (The one with the tamarindo candy is the Santeria and my favorite) I also had 3 tacos, 1 vegetarian which had tempura battered avocado with a jicama slaw, cannot recommend enough and 2 carnitas tacos, also delicious. The staff are great and take care of you, outdoor seating has heating lamps and they clean each table as soon as a patron leaves. Definitely recommend, support local