Escondite earns praise for bold flavors and fresh ingredients, with a share-friendly menu that includes mango salad, corn bread, chicken General Chapo style, quesadillas, various tacos and churros; reservations are recommended on weekends or busy nights, and the atmosphere is vibrant and welcoming, well suited for groups and celebrations; service is frequently attentive and knowledgeable, though some visits report slower pacing, mixed-up orders, and staff stretched by the front of house; the food is described as high quality with good portion sizes for sharing, yet a few guests note prices are high for the portion size, and the space can be loud.
The atmosphere, service & food are superb. Where it falls short is on portion size to price ratio. If they charged 2-3$ but got 3 tacos per plate instead of two, it would probably make a difference. Kids portion is not sufficient beyond 8 years old. It is the best Mexican restaurant in the area but value needs to be addressed.
From greeting to finishing up, the service was amicable & wonderful. The people seem just as happy as the party celebrating! The timing of each serving was perfect! The food was delicious. The only thing I & a friend of mine didn't like was the fish taco but EVERYTHING else was great!! The drinks ohhh wow fantastic everyone seemed enjoy them! Will definitely be back!
Jul 6, 2025
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From the entrance, to the experience, to the food, to the cleanliness of the restaurant. Everything was excellent because of one person, our waitress OLIVIA. We put our experience in her hands & let her chose the food & drink for us, we had a blast enjoying delicious mango salad with beautiful koreano & nopal tacos, to finish off with the upmost best nutella churros, not to mention somme of the BEST drinks we have had in the west island made by yours truly, OLIVIA our waitress, she was so nice & was always checking up on us. We will be back simply for her awesome smile & energy. God bless olivia
Feb 2, 2025
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Our server Juan was amazing! I had the mushroom tacos & the tuna tostada & they were excellent. 10/10 experience, I highly recommend & will definitely be coming again.
Had a great dinner last night!! Definitely try the guacamole, corn muffin & fish tacos!! The key lime dessert was also delicious! Jess was an amazing server! Will go back for sure!
Considering this was me on a random drive on my last night in town, what an awesome find! Very friendly atmosphere, amazing art, & delicious food. Both of the servers in there tonight were so kind & welcoming. I had one pick out a taco dish for me, & it ended up being my favourite!
Had an amazing meal at Escondite DDO. Jessica Lee , our server & manager was very informative & very sweet. She recommended an amaretto sour made with pineapple which was delicious. We had the Baja tacos as well as the truffle mushroom quesadilla which she recommended adding chicken to. It was so good. The mango salad was very refreshing. Everything was lovely thanks to the great service & great food. I will definitely come back.
This is one where I wish Google had 4.5 stars. It was good but not perfect. We were two people on the sharing menu. Food started off great, all the plates were good except the nachos 2.0 which were just dry dumplings with guac on them. I wish there had been one more plate after the tacos or just some rice to fill us up. Service was quick at the beginning, as the night went on & the place filled up it got slower but I assume that is just a lack of employees like everywhere. Overall I would recommend it for a fun meal.
