Mejico Cocina Mejicana

iJOLE!!! Mejico is AMAZING! This rating spills well over 5 stars. Try 6, 7 or 8 stars! The food here is authentic top quality Mexican cuisine. My partner and I ordered the Margarita (best in town), camarones diablas, the posole verde and sopapillas for dessert. Food presentation was beautiful and incredibly flavorful and all around DELICIOUS! Service was quick and friendly. Gotta give it up to our server Jose and the master behind the margarita, Jerry. The ambiance here is extremely charming– a small venue with a nice warm hospitable feel. Cute patio, clean bathrooms… so, pretty much perfectO!

We came her last week and were very impressed. This place is in our neighborhood so we felt we had to finally try Mejico. The atmosphere is top notch. Very clean and has an awesome authentic Mexican décor. The place isn’t huge but the patio outside is one of the nicest we’ve ever been to. The staff was excellent. Very friendly courteous service. They food was delicious. I had the red chili enchiladas with rice and pinto beans and it was all very good. My wife had the green chili shrimp relleno. We had the Queso Fundido appetizer and that was also really good. Hope Mejico is here to stay!

I must say, we didn’t really expect much going into this little restaurant. It was an early Saturday night and aside from one full table and a few people at the bar, no one else was dining there.
Mejico is in an area that’s primarily residential and features a nice backyard patio area that’s fenced in. Service was good and prices were reasonable for the amount of food that we received.
I don’t like fish, so I opted for a carne asada and pollo taco combination with rice and beans. They were out of refried beans, so I decided on some pinto beans as an alternative. The rice, in particular, was excellent. The tacos had a good amount of flavor to them. My girlfriend ordered the enchiladas de pollo, which also had great flavor.
Offering up the big «Medio Litro» Mexican cokes, some good quality chips and salsa, as well as some flan desert that actually impressed someone who isn’t really a flan fan, and you really don’t have much to complain about.
We’ll return to sample some of their other menu offerings very soon before giving it a full five star bump. But I definitely recommend paying them a visit!

As always. Food was amazing. Our server was super friendly and attentive. The food is incredibly fresh. Brought four folks from out of town with me and everyone loved it! A must go place

The carne asada torta is great! Amazing sauce and good flavor!
I came in right before the rush and sat at the bar. The customer service was nice and got everything I needed. I would recommend this to anyone that is looking to eat at a upscale Mexican restaurant. The only complaint is that it’s a lil pricey and no lunch specials. Other than that everything was amazing!

Awesome food, great atmosphere. I highly recommend coming at lunch, its not busy at all, and the service was great.
Especially try the flan! Yum Yum!

This place was wonderful. We really enjoyed ourselves. The moment we walked in we were greeted. The service by Jared was top — notch. The food was delicious as was the atmosphere. A charming restaurant.

Great place to eat while in town for business. Food was excellent and margaritas were well made no mixes here.

Love this place. Great food, friendly staff. They are at times short staffed during busy hours and you can tell the waitress/​bartender are stretched thin. Only recommendations I could give would be to increase staff and bring down the cost a bit. Regardless, it’s delicious food

I’ve eaten here several times and everything I’ve tasted is exceptional!
I had a party of 16 guests (mostly from the Northwestern part of the US) in town for a special meeting. Between the food, the service and the charm of the restaurant décor, dinner was a smashing success! One of my guests said the chicken mole was the best they’ve ever had!
Thank you for making my guests so welcome and giving them a great dining experience!

I wanted to venture out and try a New Mexican restaurant and so we decided to visit during happy hour. Unfortunately, the restaurant was empty but the restaurant seem welcoming and the waitress was nice.
I wish they had more food happy hour items. We decided to stick with the hh menu because I wanted to be cheap — that’s why I came during happy hour (duh). We ordered one iced tea, 7 Carne Asada street tacos and Queso Fundido. Surprisingly, they were good! The Queso was my favorite and a tad spicy. Our waitress continued to give us chips when she noticed we were low.
After we were done eating, I wanted to try the sopapilla, which is not a hh item but hey — it was so good!
The total of our bill was $ 21.89 plus tip. Overall, I’d come back!

A solid place that I’d be inclined to give another star to if it wasn’t for the fact that Asi Es La Vida is right around the corner and offers a similar menu, better ambiance, and cheaper prices. Still some very good mole.

One would think that it’s easy to find quality Mexican food in Arizona, and while there are plenty of Mexican restaurants in the Valley, there aren’t many that boast quality food, service and atmosphere. Mejico Coina Mejicana is one of them that does all of the above…
I’ve been twice so far and been super pleased both times. I went on a date one time and on a double date the next time, so I tried a few dishes as we shared on both occasions. Chris was our waiter the first time and Katie the next. Both recommended the Shrimp Relleno. It is awesome. Don’t miss it!
The cocktails are good, the cervezas are cold, and the chips and guac /​salsa don’t disappoint either. Atmosphere is casual with just enough Mexican flair… there is seating at the bar, in the restaurant, and on the outdoor patio as well.
Si esta buscando comida mejicana, este es el lugar. Salud!

We were welcomed before setting foot inside the door! What a wonderful brunch to experience. Family comfortable atmosphere and live music. The food is delicious and the people are kind and energetic. They have a great selection of drinks as well. We will be back soon for dinner on the patio !

What a great place to enjoy some upscale Mexican food on the patio! We stopped in when my mother-​in-​law was in town and arrived right when it opened to be seated immediately on the patio. The place is really cute, the service was good and the food was fantastic. I highly recommend the enchiladas — you won’t be disappointed.

Came here for lunch and ordered the tostada with carne asada instead of chile verde. It was good! The meat was tender and full of flavor… it was layered with black beans, meat and had lettuce, red onions and tomato on top, it also came with a side of chipotle cream sauce. I would have liked some avocado and maybe Mexican cream but I think I’ll ask next time. My friends ordered the tacos and a torta, there weren’t any complaints and we all finished every bite! The waiter was very friendly he even asked if we wanted waters for the road since it was extremely hot! Such a nice touch. Overall I was happy, it can be a bit pricey (the tostada didn’t come with any sides) but for the quality I think it’s worth it. I am going to check them out on a night out or weekend, the margaritas looked amazing and I heard him say everything was fresh.

The new salsa is full of flavor and spice! The carne asada tacos are yummy! I notice the portions have gotten slightly larger! This place is a GEM! Great place for happy hour starts at 3pm Mon through Friday!

Difficult for me to convey a concise review on this place. This little Mexican establishment kinda feels stuck between wanting to be a neighborhood hangout and being a fine dining establishment. The menu has a decent variety of items, and yet is somewhat simple. The bar is well stocked, or at least feels like it is. I had a lot of mixed feelings about the place from the time I came in all the way to my departure. Overall I had good feelings when all was said and done, and yet something about this place felt, well, conflicted.
Located in what used to be Linda’s Diner, Mejico now occupies this small space near 24^th St and Osborn (just west of Mr. Submarine). With famed chef Kevin Binkley now having one of his own restaurants in the neighborhood, it would seem the creators of Mejico decided an upscale Mexican food spot was the next step in the evolution of this neighborhood. When you walk inside, you first pass the small bar area up front en route to the dining area. There’s a surprisingly ample amount of seating both inside and on the patio out back. It was a super windy evening so my party and I decided to dine inside this go around. The place was pretty quiet on a Monday so our server was super quick and attentive to our needs all evening.
We were first provided complimentary chips and guacamole. The chips themselves were excellent actually. Thick cut and crunchy with just the right amount of salt and the guacamole was topped with queso fresco. A great little snack for everyone to share to start with. I also got a Modelo Especial beer to drink. There’s 8 main entrees to choose from on the menu (plus some fish and salad options). Pretty much everything on the menu I’ve had somewhere in my Mexican food adventures at least once (Rellenos, Enchiladas, Pork Chile Verde, etc.), so it took me awhile to settle on one.
One item that caught my attention this go around was the Mole de Pollo. Mole is a super complicated dish to make no matter what version you’re going for. I’ve only had it twice in my life (including a very memorable version at Barrio Café in Phoenix), but I remember enjoying the complexity of the sauce. So I went with that. It came with rice and fresh hot tortillas and a small side bowl of black beans with queso fresco. It was pretty decent. I wouldn’t say its as good as the mole I had at Barrio, but if you like a mole with a more savory emphasis on the chocolate notes, you’ll like this version. Wrapping some of the mole with rice and beans in the tortilla was a very delicious combo. The portion wasn’t too large so I had enough room for dessert afterwards. For dessert we shared a flan. Nothing wrong here as the flan was super creamy and the syrup and chocolate sauce was just right.
So now the Debbie Downer part. The prices. As Unilocalers have quite accurately pointed out, this place ain’t cheap. The mole dish I got was $ 18. I sort of get that mole is complicated to make so that could be somewhat understood. But two others in my party got enchiladas for $ 15 that looked more like taquitos. A third member got their Carne Asada dish. While that dish had a decent amount of meat, I’m not sure any of us felt it was work the $ 20 price tag. The flan was $ 6 which was probably fair.
All in all, the food is here is quite good (very good in certain spots). The atmosphere, the aesthetics, and the staff are also excellent. The prices as they relate to the portions and quality? That’s questionable. A chef as famous as Kevin Binkley can probably walk into this neighborhood and charge whatever he wants, but I’m not sure an unknown upstart could take such liberties. If you’re coming here during happy hour when the prices are cheaper, you’ll be fine. But otherwise most probably wouldn’t be able to afford dining here regularly as it stands right now. That said, I think owner Obed De La Cruz has a place with a lot of potential here. If they can get the price point figured out, they’ll have a winner. After all, good food is something we want to be able to have regularly, not just for special occasions.

Really nice, small restaurant with a great menu. Chips and salsa are nice too spicy in my opinion but pack a lot of flavor. Enchiladas de rez are delicious — the beef is so tender and the sauce is wonderful. Backyard carne asada steak is super tender — cooked a perfect medium rare, and again, so flavorful and delicious.
The rice and beans are all done nicely and compliment the main food items wonderfully. Happy hour menu is a bit different, so I am looking forward to going back and giving it a try.

Inventive, delicious food. Not your run of the mill Mexican Cantinas.
Beautiful garden patio.
I ordered green chile tostada. Delicious!
Not too spicy for me, perfectly flavored.
Go out of your way to find this nearly hidden gem.
You won’t regret it.