Diners' Choice: Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles

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Updated November 05, 2024

Looking for restaurants with the best overall Mexican cuisine in Los Angeles? You’re in the right place. Each month OpenTable analyzes more than 400,000 new diner reviews. We sort the results by category to help you discover new favorites. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Palmilla Hermosa Beach Cocina Y Tequila

4.8

4.8 (893)

$31 to $50

Mexican

Hermosa Beach

About the restaurant

For birthdays, anniversaries or large parties, please call our Events Manager, Anjel at 310 977 7939 or email at reservations@palmillahb.com

Palmilla Hermosa Beach Cocina Y Tequila, an upscale chef driven restaurant, delivers regionally influenced gourmet Mexican food, engaging service, hand-crafted cocktails, and the best selection of premium tequilas in the South Bay. Located steps away from the Pacific ocean on the Hermosa Beach promenade, guests will enjoy an elegant market-fresh menu. The innovative space, designed by G+ Gulla Jonsdottir Designs, transports guests to a Mexican resort complete with a cozy heated patio, unique white stone walls surrounding an intimate dining room, and a stunning marble counter-top at the full service bar.

Top review

Michael

Dined 2 days ago

This place is always on point. Great, creative food, great service. I little pricey but worth it.

Socalo

4.7

4.7 (862)

$30 and under

Mexican

Santa Monica

About the restaurant

SOCALO is a beachy, California canteen and Mexican pub from award-winning chef/owners Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken. Located within the Gateway Hotel, SOCALO offers seasonal and organic SoCal Mexican fare with cocktails, Mexican wines and craft beers.

SOCALO has been named Eater's Superb Santa Monica Restaurants and Hottest Happy Hours, LA Times' 101 Best Restaurants, Best Tacos and Best Mexican Restaurants in LA by Time Out and Thrillist.

Open for indoor and outdoor dining, and counter service dining prior to 4pm (no reservations necessary nor taken). Takeout and delivery with plenty of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options available.

For groups of 7 or more, please call 310.451.1655 to discuss accommodations, or visit socalo.com. We offer semi-private spaces, private banquet rooms, long communal tables, and two spacious outdoor patios.

Mary Sue & Susan are the founders of Mundo Hospitality Group, including Border Grill, Pacha Mamas, BBQ Mexicana, SOCALO & Alice B.

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Donna

Dined on Nov 24, 2024

Wonderful Food & Service! Would highly recommend!

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Kalaveras - Rancho Cucamonga

4.6

4.6 (221)

$30 and under

Mexican

Rancho Cucamonga

About the restaurant

We're creating a new concept of modern rustic dining with a fusion of traditional and vanguard Mexican ingredients. Our food is chef-driven, using classic cooking techniques with fresher and healthier options.
We're elevating bold, authentic flavors and presenting a new way of eating. In the bar you'll find over 90 different tequilas and Mezcal spirits.

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Kevin

Dined on Oct 27, 2024

Kalaveras is our family’s new go to Brunch spot. We’ve spent a few birthdays and other celebrations here. The Sunday brunch buffet is amazing. A plethora of different dishes and Aguas Frescas to choose from. Would absolutely come here again.

Vida Modern Mexican + Tequila

4.7

4.7 (339)

$30 and under

Mexican

Redondo Beach

About the restaurant

Located in the cozy Riviera Village in Redondo Beach, VIDA is a modern-day Mexican restaurant that focuses on tequila and holds true to South-of-the-border fan favorites, combined with some creative twists on East Los Angeles comfort food.

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Debbie

Dined 5 days ago

Great attentive service and delicious tacos! Oh, and yummy margaritas!

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Popular dish

Surf & Turf Burrito

Loreto

4.7

4.7 (251)

$50 and over

Mexican

Atwater Village

About the restaurant

Bathed by the Pacific Ocean to the West and by the Mar de Cortés to the East, California’s Peninsula is layered with a rich history of cultures reinventing seafood with bold flavors. At our Barra de Peninsula we serve the best bounty that these Oceans have to offer, and we celebrate the people who make our coasts so delicious, from Uni and clam divers to the Concheros in Baja and much more.

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Neil

Dined 2 days ago

Staff are friendly and helpful. Waiter was very knowledgeable about the dishes cocktails. Food was delicious and interesting Was a great evening, thanks

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Experience

Group Dining

Kalaveras - Redondo Beach

4.8

4.8 (86)

$30 and under

Mexican

Redondo Beach

About the restaurant

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Keoni

Dined on Oct 29, 2024

Best Taco Tuesdays in LA Go Dodgers!

Hermanito

4.8

4.8 (508)

$30 and under

Mexican

West Los Angeles

About the restaurant

Inspired by memory, shaped by place.

(Bar) Hermanito is a bar-forward, open-air neighborhood Mexican restaurant in the heart of Sawtelle.

Simple, fresh food built around housemade Sonoran style tortillas.

New and classic Mexican cocktails with subtle nods to the neighborhood; Japanese heritage.

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rody

Dined on Nov 24, 2024

Went there with my wife, 10-year-old, and six-year-old at the end of happy hour. Got a bunch of tacos, avocado tempura, and a steak appetizer I forget the name. Tacos were all great, especially the carnitas and fish. Shrimp was good but not as satisfying as the rest. I wouldnt recommend the steak app.

Riviera Mexican Grill

4.8

4.8 (247)

$30 and under

Mexican

Redondo Beach

About the restaurant

Riviera Mexican Grill (better known by locals as The Riv) has been a staple in the community for the past two decades. Founded by the Williams Family, The Riv is Where We Live. South Bay legends are on our walls. Come and sit at the bar and don't be surprised to start talking to a professional surfer or paddle-boarder eating one of our famous fish tacos and washing it down with a margarita. The Riv is a place where locals meet to discuss our community and keep in touch with old friends. Bring the family. We are here and excited to serve you. #TheRiv

Come enjoy our two outdoor patios with full service food and drinks.

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Lynnvip

Dined on Nov 16, 2024

Food and service always fabulous. The wait staff always goes out of their way to make us happy ❤️

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Experience

Live Mariachi Night at The Riv!

El Torito - West Covina

4.7

4.7 (268)

$30 and under

Mexican

San Gabriel

About the restaurant

The authority in great Mexican food for more than 65 years. Offering a memorable experience to make each guest feel like family.

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Cindy

Dined 4 days ago

Thanksgiving was great at El Torito.! The food was amazing, the turkey was moist, mashed potatoes were excellent, the stuffing was so good and the gravy was so delicious! I also loved the carnitas tacos with hand made corn tortillas ! Service was great! The employees worked so hard to make everything so special! I was with a party of 8 and everyone love it! We will be there next year for Thanksgiving! Thank you for amazing dinner

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