La Salsita’s Mexican Food
2345 E Van Buren St, Phoenix, AZ, 85006
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Address :
2345 E Van Buren St
Phoenix, AZ, 85006 - Phone (602) 275-2729
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Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : No
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Divey
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : No
Caters : No
Categories
Mexican Cuisine
If you enjoy Taco Tuesday, then you have officially fallen in love with the Mexican Food. The main grain of Mexican cuisine is maize. Also known as corn, maize is grown for the past 9000 years after the crop was discovered by the people in Mayan civilization. Mexican empire flourished when they started growing beans, tomatoes, chili pepper, sweet potato and cactus. Till this date these ingredients are used in cooking authentic Mexican dishes and drinks.
Great use of spices, fresh chili pepper dishes like fajitas, tortilla chips, corn chips, salsa, chimichangas, burritos, nachos and quesadillas are invented in America. But when you are looking for authentic Mexican food then you must find a restaurant in the city that serves Rajas con Queso, Garbanzo in a Guajillo Chile Sauce, Pork Filled Chiles Rellenos, Chiles en Nogada, Molcajete Salsa, Pico de Gallo and Frijoles de la Olla. An eye-opening fact – Mexican don't like their food hot. They use fresh chili and other spices to create a flavor that lingers in your mouth.
Mexican food is great for those who are Gluten Intolerant as they use Corn instead of wheat in most of their dishes. Also, you can easily find many beans based Mexican dishes. Another dish which didn't get similar glory as tacos or nachos is the Mexican hot chocolate. If you love something hot on a chilly day, then go for Mexican Hot Chocolate. On merry days, you can enjoy the authentic Mexican Drinks like Tequila, Mezcal, Tecuí, Sotol, Bacanora, Charanda, Posh O Pox, Puebla and Pulque. Mexican Cuisine is for people who enjoy strong drinks and hearty meals.
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Manny L.
Tried their carne asada fries (just love that stuff after some beers), Def different than other places. they top it with pico, and scatter the sour cream and guac to even out the flavor instead of just slapping it on there... a bit over priced at $9 for not a lot of meat. but over all, very good. Good salsa bar.
(4)Brian S.
Surprisingly good food from a very unassuming location. I would have to agree with the other reviewers, the other location is just not as good.The breakfast and steak burritos along with the various fajitas are favs.
(4)Billy U.
This place rocks. The quality of food is extremely excellen. The atmosphere is cool, complete with a hippie-van-esque vehicle housed in the indoor warehouse-like space, with food-truck-style cooks preparing tacos inside the van's reworked interior! The best tacos to order are the crispy fish and the barbacoa. Definitely worth checking out this spot for breakfast/brunch too as they serve a couple different (both very tasty) egg-based tacos. The price is great and the service is polite and speedy.
(4)Norma C.
Since moving to Phoenix, I have been on the look out for good mexican food, and you would think they would be everywhere, but NO! Until I found La Salsita's! So good, the meat isn't dry and they are down the street from where I live. Definately will be coming here more often.
(4)J. G.
Roaches crawling around like they work there and maybe they should considering the dirty looks and cold reception you get from the cashiers, along side the shit talking in Spanish cause they think you don't understand. Not to mention the cooks who cook your food first if your Mexican rather than the order it was received and for some reason there is some sort of ticket booth in there dispite how small it already is . This booth would be better placed if at all in the outer dining area where the is more room.
(1)malocks P.
This review is for the Salsitas at the corner of 16th and Roosevelt. For some reason I couldn't find it on Yelp. This place has serve yourself beans and is open 24 hrs. I've been to other Salsitas but this one seems better. I'm taking a star off for their late night service. I was there at 2am and the lady was very unfriendly. It could be that it was late and she was tired. However, if you're looking for a place to grub late night this is your spot.
(4)Mike D.
I am going through a phase of writing very short reviews... so I'll make this good. I love this place! The tortas are amazing, especially the carne asada torta. I believe it has grilled jalapeños on it so it has a little kick! Deeelish! The steak tacos are tiny, but packed with tons of flavor. Traditional street style with steak, onions, cilantro. Yum! Go here.
(5)Jasmine N.
Open 24 hours Fresh food Friendly service Best fast food in tha hood. I love the tacos de cabeza!
(5)Kyle S.
This place is actually pretty good if you like different types of meat in different types of sauces then this is the place for you. I am trying to get through all of them my favorite so far is the red Chilli burrito or lengua tacos with a horchata!
(4)Jen K.
Yummy food. If you want the real thing, eat here. The food is awesome and the salsa bar is fantastic. Don't be shocked when you pull in to the parking lot. It looks awfully scary given the building and surrounding neighborhood. The service is good but this is not a high-end establishment. It is a taco shop in the ghetto. HOWEVER... it is one of my favorite go-to spots when I'm in Phoenix. They have a fantastic selection of meats even though I always go with a bean/cheese burrito. You can eat indoor or outside and of course always have the option to watch Mexican soap operas while you dine. LOL. The best way to gauge a restaurant is to look at the line out the door. La Salsita's always has a steady stream of people coming through. That should tell you something.
(4)Mr N.
Horrible costumer service , the pregnant casher gets upset if u r not ready what u want while u order . I will never go back there . Watch out people !!!
(1)Laura R.
Stopped by for a late night dinner. Boyfriend and I were both very happy with the food. Decently priced, good quality food. I'll definitely be back.
(4)Dolores G.
I parked and as I was walking in I read a hand scrawled sign on the door "Especiales". One of these especiales was a chicharron burrito. Deep down I expected only half expected what I got when I decided to order this. Now I'm from New Mexico and a chicharron there is different from a Mexican style chicharron, for the most part. The Mexican style is the pork rind/skin usually fried till crisp then often they are either eaten alone (or with a few dashes of hot sauce) or simmered in a red or green chile sauce until soft again. In the NEW Mexican version chicharones is the fat back, the fat and meat layer just below the skin which is cubed and rendered until crispy. Again I was hoping it would be more on the New Mexican side. The burrito was the size of my shoe. This was a generous size filled with whole beans, toasty homemade spanish rice and eventually I found a few cueritos/chicharrones. Honestly for $ 2.99 I can't complain. The salsa bar was ok, the salsa verde was quite good. I also ordered a licuado de pina (a more liquid milky version of a pineapple shake). It was just as I hoped. It's a divey joint, ala Filiberto's. Would I go back, maybe...
(3)Danica T.
Best Mexican fast food in the valley. DON'T go to other Salsita's expecting what you get here at the 16th St location. This is the best one!!! We eat here waaaay to much to be unbiased, just so you know..... Bean burritos, cheese quesadillas, and occasional shrimp burritos are our staples. Make sure to order guaca-pico on your burrito...that's what they call it. And, we think the day cook is better than the night cook, but they are both very good. The inside is a fun, divey, middle of the night and your kid still isn't asleep-friendly kind of place. Salsa bar and homemade frescas round out the Filiberto's style menu.
(5)John W.
Awesome food! The food is fresh, your burrito or taco salad is cook up while you wait. Yes, that's right folks; they actually wait for your order and then put the meat or chicken on the grill. I have been here over a dozen times so far and never gotten sick from the food. Not even so much as a fart. Awesome clean restaurant ; ) Yes, the area that it is in a little tough, but don't let that hold you back from checking out this diamond in the rough. Very nice staff that genuinely care about you as a customer. They have tables inside and outside on the patio. Great spot to go and grub whether it be on lunch or taking a dinner date to at night. For air travelers, it is 1 mile from the airport.
(5)Louie W.
La Salsita's is o.k. for late night tacos, but the enchiladas, and dry rice and beans that I had yesterday, tasted like a Mexican frozen television dinner. The menu is a also misleading as it has most meals priced at $6.99 (comes with beans and rice), and then the $4.99 specials. What they don't tell you is that if you want beans and rice with the special (in this case chicken enchiladas), that it's extra money. It comes out to $7.40+ For a few dollars more, you can get real Mexican food at Garcia's, or Filiberto's, Humberto's, Julioberto's and all the other Berto's. There were also flies in the dining areas.
(2)Diana W.
I have no complaints about the food, if you can actually get it. I stopped going here because they keep messing up my order. It's not like I have a complicated order, either, but when I want a bean and cheese, I don't want a carne asada. If I say no cheese, a burrito with cheese is not OK. I once went here with two friends and they managed to screw up all three of our orders. Also, I went here with a lactose-intolerant friend and he asked them to clean the grill before making his food to avoid an allergic reaction. They looked at him like he asked for space food. We ended up going someplace else. There's a Filiberto's up the street. They've always managed to get my order right, so I don't bother with this place anymore.
(2)Diana P.
BOMB! This place is my favorite Mexican fast food restaurant I have discovered in the Phoenix metro area in the past four years. I'm a first-generation Mexican American so I tend to be fairly picky about Mexican food. Salsita's meets and exceeds all my expectations. They have a wonderful selection of meats, and do not charge you extra to replace meats in the combination plates like other places. For example, if you order a combo that regularly includes a shredded beef burro and would like carne asada instead, you don't have to pay an extra $2-3 like you do at other Mexican places I've been to. They have quite a diverse menu, and serve many different dishes. They also have a salsa bar inside, which is huge indicator to me that a Mexican place is legitimate. The food is tasty, the salsa is spicy when it needs to be, and their guacamole is pretty dang good too. Be careful with other Salsita's locations though. I have discovered that the menus are not universal. That's why this location is my absolute favorite.
(5)Eddie D.
Shrimp burro well worth the few bucks. Don't go alone as this place is in a very bad part of town and the odds of you getting approached by a crack head or a homeless person is pretty high. Security guard may be standing out side which may give you a false sense of security, don't be fooled, he's just another valueable informant. Cashiers appreciate you speaking in Spanish.
(3)Rebeccah W.
Amazing fresh corn tortillas! Carnitas are delicious, and beans are yummy (sometimes spicy?). Great breakfast burritos!!
(5)Jeff G.
My wife and I were roaming the industrial and business park area of Phoenix looking for a decent bite to eat, preferably Mexican food. We finally stumbled upon a set of about five Mexican eateries. We decided on Salsitas, which seems to be a chain in the Valley of The Sun. I wished that the woman had done a better job of speaking and understanding English. The food order was correct, and plentiful, not to mention cheap, but we had specifically asked for forks and were not given any. I had to go to our hotel's front deck and beg the clerk for a couple of plastic forks. The burrito was huge and very tasty. I had a couple of Grilled Chicken mini-tacos, and while they were pretty good, they were nothing special and I even found a few pieces of gristle. My wife had a chicken burrito and said it was huge and very good. She could not finish it. They also gave us some hot carrots so that scored well with her. Ten bucks for all of that, including four salsas and sour cream. Not bad, but I'd like to try more.
(3)Eric J.
Very good, fairly inexpensive, and fresh. As another reviewer stated, if you order something with a tortilla (like the hard-shelled Tacos Durados for example) they make it fresh. The Tacos Dorados are huge, and stuffed with meat and cheese (and all the other fixins) for the meager price of $1.50. The horchata is delicious, and from the looks of it, homemade.
(5)Eddie C.
We came here a year ago since we were staying at a nearby hotel. The tacos were great that time but maybe it was because we were starving. The 2nd time around the tacos were okay and tasted a bit salty. Free guacamole is a plus.
(3)Ash C.
Summary for phone Yelpers and the TLDR crowd: This place is fast and shitty. They can't speak English or cook. Avoid even in the most dire situations involving hunger. Possibly a good place to score drugs. This review centers around the carne asada burrito. This burrito should only be used to play a cruel joke on the homeless as it looks like a wealth of food but it's really a mirage wrapped in a flour tortilla. Alternate food recommendation would be the Jack in the Box a half mile north. Situation: I had twenty minutes to rush from the second floor of Gateway Community College to my car and haul ass anywhere with food. Getting there: My first mistake was opting to go west on Van Buren. In the same way a gas station never exists when you need fuel or a grocery store is nowhere to be found when you need milk in a new area; there is nothing. That is, until you see La Salsita on the south side just past one of twenty used car dealerships pockmarking the road fabled for its prostitution. Two miles was more of a trip than I wanted but I was happy to finally see a restaurant. Parking: If you're not going to heed the advice that follows in this review and you do choose to suffer through La Salsita yourself, make sure you attempt to enter AFTER the actual restaurant. Yes, the used car dealership does have the same color scheme but, no, you cannot park there. I assure you that parking will never be an issue lest La Salsita begins joining its neighbors in car sales. Entering: Walk past the walk-up order window that is curiously placed in a roadblock creating manner on the walkway in the event anyone is actually ordering there. Continue past the door that remains locked and has benches in front of it on the inside. Do enter through the door that leads you into a deserted Arizona room dining area which will then lead you to to the real entrance. Complete disarray. To your left, you will notice a salsa bar that features some tomatillo based sauce, a red sauce, some green muck, a pot of frijoles; and a bin of radishes and carrots which served to confuse this gringo. Menu: Standard x-berto's fare The menu is rife with pictures. A rule many havens of cheap food seem to follow is to have plenty of pictures that look even worse than what you're about to receive. Whether or not this is due to the lacking abilities of a novice photographer friend or to prepare you for the worst is unknown. While you order at a counter parallel to the entrance, the menu is above that salsa bar on the left. It's counterintuitive but it will afford you an opportunity to do those oft neglected neck stretches left to forward. Ordering: I was being stared at by the seemingly nice woman behind the counter which caused me to precariously decide on the carne asada. She didn't speak English and my Spanish basics weren't helping me. Through pointing, shrugging, and head shaking the order came to an appropriate amount which signaled I didn't accidentally order a side of flautas for 40 or a used Hyundai. Service: The language barrier was rough but unsurprising. Since the woman didn't attempt to pull anyone else up to the front, I'm assuming I was the lone English speaker. About a minute and a half into the wait, out came my carne asada. Very fast! The food: Living up to the picture was a good looking handmade tortilla tightly wrapped. There was so much meat that, should it be any good, buying one of these burritos to take home to use as an ingredient would be feasible. On the side of the plate was a child's handful of shredded lettuce with a squirt of deflated sour cream on the top of it. I took one bite of the carne asada and couldn't believe how terribly dry and tasteless it was. There was no seasoning, no flavor, no freshness. This was meat that was cooked much earlier and sat under a lamp for hours. Acknowledging I was now only eating to satiate hunger and not to enjoy myself, I doused the thing in as much red sauce as the tortilla could handle and topped it off with the lettuce. One third was about all I could take. I thought about asking whether or not the frijoles were free since they were with the rest of the salsa bar but didn't see any point. If I got sick later, I knew I had a sole item to blame instead of two possible candidates. I chucked the rest of it and took off. Conclusion: I'm not above any of the many x-berto's. From the mid-tier cheap-o Mexican food of Filiberto's to the five star cheapness of Carolina's and Carumba's: I love Mexican food. This is why I hated La Salsita. I'm all about giving even a perceived shithole a fair shake so I will return and play it safe with a combo plate.
(1)Dr. J C.
We don't have good Mexican in Wisconsin. Yeh, it's dirty. No , they don't speak English. But the Horchata was awesome, and the food was so so. For me this is more about the experience than the food. It was over 100 degrees the night I went and there were 20 sweaty laborers sitting around watching soccer. 2 people got full for $12 - I guess I would go back.
(3)Honest R.
This place has good food. They were better when they operated out of a truck but I go there from time to time. I've had their steak tacos and enchilladas platter. It's pretty good.
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