El Nayarit

I went to El Nayarit #2 on Hewitt Ave. The ladies there are not nice. I walked in when the restaurant was empty. Since the ladies where there standing doing nothing they did not acknowledge me when I walked in. I asked if I may sit anywhere or if I needed to be seated. I viewed the menu. I ordered the special of the day which cost $12.70. A few minutes later some other patrons walked in. The ladies serve them first and left me for last. I asked for a glass of water and the first lady ignored me. Eventually, the other lady came over and asked if I wanted a drink. I asked for a glass of water. She walks away to serve others then returns to tell me that they only have bottles of water. I asked for a cup like the one she gave someone else and she refused. When it was time to pay she charged me $15.00. I asked her why she was charging $15.00 for a meal that costs $12.70. She didn't give me a receipt, nor explained. I paid her, but I will never go back. The food was not that good. It was a meh. Honestly, Vallarta and El Super cooked food section has much tastier food, better service, and prices. Avoid them.

First time trying I googled the nearest restaurant this is the one I picked it's like going to someone's grandma's kitchen that's excellent cook and she welcomes the public in the food was tasty atmosphere was very decent it's public and it's family orientated they're nice people when they're busy be patient enjoy the food real authentic abuelita

Small authentic Mexican restaurant. Food here is absolutely delicious and excellent service. Kinda small inside, but the food is excellent 👍👌 😋. Oh they only take cash here so come prepared. Staff there work hard..so tip well 🙏❤️

My mom enjoys this place the pozole was really good, the chilaquiles with out eggs were okay but had to ask for sour cream to put on them. The tacos Dorados were okay. The employees could have been nicer and more polite.

Limited number of spots, but the atmosphere is good. Food is tasty and they have home made tortillas too 😋. Will come again.

We try red & green chilaquiles, stake, stake ranchero & caldo de res and amazing!!!! HIGHLY RECOMENDED. Delicious!! Oh, and stuff great too.

Had a great experience! Food was delicious. I recommend the gorditas with the chile Verde con carne. It is delicious 😋 also had the enchiladas I added eggs to it and machaca plate with french fries on the side. Very good! my 2yr old also enjoyed it

Short and sweet menu...simple is sometimes always the best Gorditas and sopes def. A must try.....just yummy

I been here 4 times and will be coming back The food is just like home the flavor uhh lala The service was great even though there was one sever This lady is wonderful and lovely The atmosphere was Great I recommend 100% on Tuesday's they have carne con papas oh boy Check it out you wont regret all authentic Mexican Food ....

Simply Love this place for breakfast, lunch or dinner always a hit with whom ever I bring, today it was breakfast the simplest and most delicious meal, and fresh Aguas Frescas , and homemade corn tortillas always delicious, service is always awesome and friendly and attentive, the restaurant has paintings on walls , a Jukebox so nostalgic and awesome They recently started accepting credit cards so you have No excuse not to try this place everything is delicious and homemade, authentic Mexican food

First time here and will be back! The service and food is amazing. Place is very well known with the locals so there may be a wait. But worth it!

Great service , the made me feel like she was my Tia from Mexico. They definitely need a couple more servers.. because it seems like they get overwhelmed.. but the food is worth the wait for me :)

Love the chilaquiles verdes, when I need to satisfy my craving definitely the spot. Plus the ladies are awesome and their service is very fast.

I enjoyed the food here. The server was so sweet and made everyone feel like they were home visiting grandma. The service was quick and the restaurant was really clean. The flavor was ok. For my taste it was bland. But everyone said the food was ok. I would come back and try other options. I have the huevos rancheros and it tasted watery

Updated menus and prices. Great food and customer service. Chile verde is good and the enchiladas.

Great food. Very authentic. Service was slow because the tables were full & there was only 1 server. But be patient... she tried hard to get to everyone.

This place is the truth and it's affordable. Homemade tortillas are on point. Salsa always fresh and spicy.

Authentic eats!!! Service is Amazing I don't know how these woman memorize the orders nothing jotted down! Small, area expect a wait especially on the weekends that's when the crowd is sure to come! Food comes out quick and everything I tried was great! Menudo was good! Clean and tortillas handmade! I also had to try the costillas per recommendation! Everything was great and home made by the Mexican tias themselves! I felt at home here! Kids had carne asada tacos and those were good! Husband is a repeat customer who introduced us to this hidden gem and always opts for birria de Chivo! All in all great spot! Great food and great ambiance! Cash preferred here! Thanks Tias!!!

Small place. Rice and beans were very good. I had the cheese enchiladas because they don't offer chicken. My husband loved his food.

A gem in the San Fernando valley, great authentic food. My favorite is the tongue, machaca con huevos, chorizo con huevos but you really can't go wrong. Also the costillas de puerco are excellent but I was not impressed with the menudo but most everything else is very good. Excellent service very friendly as it is in Mexico. You don't come here for the ambience you come here for the food. This is as close as you will get to eating in Michoacán.

3 small tacos for $15. I thought it was expensive given that there were no sides. They were just okay.

Been coming here for many years . Authentic Nayarit food . One of my favorite restaurants in San Fernando . Great and fast service . The ambiance is family oriented and chill . Everything here is delicious . Thank you .

Fantastic food. Everything tastes like it was made from scratch. The home made tortillas were perfect

Waitress are rude they look manly. Too scary plus no refill on the coffee They want you out of there as soon as youre done

Great Food and Great service. Hadn't been here for a while, server lady recognized me and was so sweet as always. Definitely looking forward to come back for some good hot and fast breakfast again!

The enchiladas w/shredded beef were good. The staff is friendly and let me sit wherever even going solo. The only improvement they can make is bringing the bill faster. I had to ask a few times.

I feel like I just finished eating grandmas cooking:') absolutely hands down the best restaurant chilaquiles. Spicy and still enjoyable. The salsas and vibes are super authentic. Great customer service. HOMEMADE tortillas, enough said:)

I just have to. When we talk about authentic Mexican food, this is it! This is this little hole in the wall with tremendous flavor. A special spirited woman runs the place. She is deeply rooted to her culture. She was welcoming and accommodating to your needs. We had the gorditas for breakfast. Not your average breakfast but everything was made from scratch. The taste was proven so. CHEFS KISS

The chilaquiles were tasteless. As a matter of fact the only thing I could taste was the lard they used to cook them in. I also asked for over easy eggs but I got over hard. Called and told them about the eggs and how I could taste the lard and the lady on the phone got upset and told me to bring my plate back and hung up. Didn't go back and never will go back.

Tengo años volviendo! El mundo, Biriria de chivo y gorditas están riquísimas! Siempre me atiendes muy rápido y con mucho amor.

So good !! Tacos dorados 10/10 recommend!! And service is always so friendly never fails to satisfy us !!

The food was reasonably priced and tasted delicious. My family and I especially enjoyed their tortillas. The service was amazing. The woman who helped us was friendly and quite funny. If I was a local, I'd be coming here very frequently.

Ready good home style food here. The refried beans are amazing along with the tortillas. The chilaquiles are the best.

Great friendly service & Excellent homemade cooking. Every plate we ordered was delicious!

A very authentic, home-in-the-wall family owned restaurant. The service was nice even though she was running the dining area by herself. The sopes are to die for and I can't wait to go back to try the pozole!

The food was pretty good! The pick up service wasn't too shabby either. I paid $38 (tax included) for chilaquiles, a burrito, and 3 tacos. The chilaquiles come with a lot of tortilla, so I would suggest asking for an extra egg to even things out.

First of all who wants to hear glaringly loud accordions while waiting 50 minutes to be served. The plates are priced as if you are in Dubai and the servers have a very friendly attitude to make up for the fact that they forget absolutely everything because they are too busy. I'm sure the owner is too cheap to hire more help so you will always wait an hour to be seated and to be charged as if you are in a 10 star Japanese restaurant. I'll tell you how the food was after I wait because we've been waiting forever. And this is the third time they got the order wrong, my date is halfway done with her food and I'm still waiting: because they forget everything. Nice attitude piss water service. Now that h have finished my food it was Amazing but not worth the stress. They did their best but they aren't organized at all. It should be the most important thing to carry at least a notepad with the fucking orders. They're just trying to remember everything and it's obviously not working. While waiting I've also seen a bunch of people having similar complaints. Come here if you want good food and a stressful time getting it.

Beware , avoid this place at all cost . This place only accepts cash and does not give you a receipt. I've been here on a few occasions and noticed I was being overcharged by a dollar or two here and there which i didn't pay attention until this last visit , the lady literally try to rip me off $8 more than what it should of been. This is not cool especially when your a loyal customer and tip .

Amazing enchiladas. Authentic home made Mexican food. Not to many place out there like this restaurant. Weekends are busy with there menudo.

Parking in the back. It gets extremely crowded in the mornings on the weekend, so make sure you go early. The food there is typical, they have live music in the mornings where these performers come in, perform, and you can tip them if you'd like. I had the menudo, it was alright, I think I have had better but this wasn't bad.

I hadn't been to this place in a while. I was so disappointed to see that Nena was no longer there. Nena was my favorite. She made the best Horchata and salsa. She was so helpful and always had a smile. Amalia is cool but the food and drinks are not the same anymore. I feel like the owners changed or something happened because I use to enjoy their food and service so much. Nena definitely made it worth the wait during rush hour.

This place is authentic! Little tiny place that has 7-8 booths and about 3 tiny tables in the middle isle. There was a lady who greeted us and reminded me of my Tia's (aunts) in Mexico. We kept it safe and simple with a plate of carne Asada with rice and beans, red chilaquiles with beans and eggs over easy. I ordered chorizo con huevos, rice and beans. We also order coffee and horchatas. The coffee is nothing fancy, it's literally OG style coffee from the kettle brewer (since now in days we mostly have a Keurig) but it has nostalgia written all over. There was only one server. The lady who greeted us when we went in so it might take a bit to get your food but it's well worth it. Once we got our food we got the amazing hand made tortillas which literally make all the difference in the world. We cleaned our plates, sorry no picks my little one was using my phone. She tends to be a picky eater but not here, she ate 2 tortillas stuffed with cheese (queso fresco that I asked for separately) beans and chorizo. Oh and remember to bring cash since they don't take anything else. Will definitely be back. You wont be disappointed.

Menudo had no flavor and juice was very clear and thin. Handmade tortillas not good as well

The food is a 10/10 an abosolite hidden GEM in the valley! And the service of the lady was also 10/10 she was so sweet to us and our kids I highly recommend

Seeing that beans watered down like that looks like a diarrhea explosion. I said didn't want the nasty beans, give me more rice or chips or something else that doesn't look like diarrhea on my plate. I'll never eat here or for that fact mecican food again, yuk!

Food was decent...the menudo was okay and so was their birria. Parking available on-site or street. The customer service was great! I wish they had music playing in the background but the jukebox was not on (or working). I loved the Diego Rivera artwork. Prices were within range of other Mexican restaurants.

Small place with few tables (12 maybe). Very friendly waitress hustling serving everyone. Few tables of screaming kids that made it impossible to hear our conversation. For lunch we ordered Tacos Dorados and Gordita's. Same delicious shredded beef inside different style tortillas. A little shredded lettuce and tiny bit of tomatoes and cheese on top, I asked for guacamole or sour cream because it was so plain & dry but they didn't have it. Gave us small salsa to share which had a real kick to it. Guess you had to order the beans on the side. What we had seemed more like an appetizer so we asked for dessert. "No Dulce". We went to CoCo's for pie afterwards. I'd read the reviews here and several people commented about the price being inflated. So I looked at the menu and added up that our bill should be $36 plus tax including the two sodas. The waitress came over and asked for $30 total. LOL. We gave her $40 and she gave us $9 back. We were still ahead so I gave her a $10 tip. Maybe she thought was negotiating? Lots of people were picking up to go orders. The locals all seemed happy with the food. So, I'll chalk our experience up to it being Gringos our first visit. BTW, they have some parking on the side in back.

This is not authentic homemade you want authentic with homemade handmade corn tortillas go to Lenchitas in Pacoima on Van Nuys Blvd or you want to stay in Santa Clarita go to las originales on railroad in Newhall

Authentic Mexican. Biggest downside to this place is that they don't give you chips and salsa. They also don't have a liquor license so forget about ordering a margarita. Just sayin

The ladies that work here are the best always so full of energy and treats customers like family!

This place serves a great authentic Mexican food. My girl had the chilaquiles which were crunchy and the sauce was tasty. I had the menudo which is probably one of the best I've had. You should definitely. We also had this very nice waitress that made us feel very welcome. check out this little hidden gem.

must be locals giving great reviews. the carne asada was too thick too hard and who likes to chew hard fat off of meat? that stuff should be cut off the meat. sign of using cheap meat and not the premium a customer should get. stay away feom here. go to pepes mexican the asada is small and soft and taste great.

Los tacos dorados y sopes, de lengua y desebrada son mi orden favorita. Y la salsa! Oh my god, the best. Todos siempre son muy amables, cuando llamo para ordenar por telefono o cuando entramos a comer adentro.

If you want authentic Mexican food as if your abuelita cooked it in her kitchen, then this is the place for you. Delicious food every single time. Fresh homemade tortillas. My favorite dish are the Tacos Dorados. Extremely friendly service.

I came here on a weekend and it was pretty busy. We sat pretty quickly. Our server was very nice. The food was good, nothing out of the ordinary, it took a while for us to get a check after we were done because they were so busy.

The real deal home cooked Mexican food. True to the concept of "whole in the wall". Went there with 6; left with all feeling satisfied with the service, food and home cooked meal experience. Next drive to LA area, a stop in San Fernando is in order!

I'd give this place 5 stars Pero their service is horrible! Ladies are rude and don't really care if you're there to order or not. That being said, their food is super delicious! Authentic flavors, taste just like home. Fave dishes here: pozole, menudo, and costillas en salsa roja. Sopes are so good too!