Carolina's Mexican Food

Carolina's Mexican Food has a long established reputation of making some of the best Mexican Food in the Southwest. It is a business that began as a dream of Manuel and Carolina Valenzuela in the 1950's...

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  • Phone

    (602) 275-8231

  • Website

    carolinasmexicanfood.com

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  • Type

    Mexican Restaurant

Address

2126 E Cactus Rd (at N Cave Creek Rd) Phoenix , AZ 85022 United States

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Parking Yes
Menus Lunch, Dinner

Comments / 49


Keywords:

Mexican food machaca burro casual good for groups good for working spicy food green chili good for a quick meal tamales spacious great value breakfast food chimichangas tortillas parking potatoes meats corn crowded
Kaila Strong

Get the #2 cheese enchilada with a green chile corn tamale . The bean and potato burro is amaze too!! Side of sauce a must. Call ahead to avoid the inevitable wait, this place is always busy.

Phoenix New Times

A second location of this legendary Valley restaurant , Carolina's has a cult following for its out-of-this-world homemade tortillas . Read more

Laurie Thrasher

The green chili chicken , green chili macha were wonderful. Those huge, huge flour tortillas are dumb. I forgot to ask for regular size ones. We weren't making burritos . Client was happy. Thank you.

Roxy Lopez

Always get a lot of hot sauce , it spicy and flavorful! Never get a whole burrito full of meat because they are hit are miss ! Stick to basics like tostadas , tacos , flautas , enchiladas ,bean burritos !

Thomas Heath

Oaxaca Special burrito is delicious. Take your food to go, though... the weird Christian music will drive you insane

Christie Prince

Love the crispy beef tacos . You can get potato too, makes a great vegetarian option .

R K

Tortillas are wonderful- fresh. Get the tortillas a quart of machaca and guacamole ... A ritual

Chad Hall

As simple as a bean and cheese burro is phenomenal here. Best flour tortillas in the city !

Rebecca Trujillo

Tortillas , guacamole , butter tortilla , machaca , red chile , beans....so many good things!!

Ryan Langton

First time here. Got the #3 combo. Not bad, but not amazing either. Good Mexican food for the price. Was made very quickly

Michelle S

Green machaca burro and carne asada burro are the best...hot sauce is addictive

Chuck Via

Burritos are good here. They make the tortillas fresh.

Anthony Nalli

Moderate hype alert here. Carolina's was good but not "wait in a long line " or "best in town " good. In fact, we're enchilada people and didn't find theirs to be particularly appealing.

Angela C

The Machaca and tortillas are amazing.

Maark Snow

Wonderfully smokey enchilada sauce . And the hard tacos are supremely greasy. Love.

Nope

Get a double-wrapped bean burrito plus rice , minus cheese and ask for a side of red enchilada sauce to dip it in. Don't forget the horchata !

Dan A

Chorizo , egg & bean breakfast burrito . It's delicious.

Murray Inman

Bean burrito double-wrapped. Take a dozen of the homemade tortillas home.

JK Grence

The food is good, but the awful Christian music needs to go.

Melissa Kothe

Everything was wonderful. The worst part is figuring out what to order!

Nicole Beach

Everything is fantastic

Heather

Love their chimichanga . Really reasonable prices.

Jay BIG PAPA Ewing

The food tastes wonderful but what it does to me the rest of the day is creul to everyone around me.....

Tacco

They now have Carne Asada Burritos $4 (After 10:30)

Cindy Maes

#9 Chicken tacos , rice and beans.

Sharon Bonds

The muchacha burrito is really good. Order next time.

Jennifer Leon

Best homemade tortillas other that mi abuela. Worth getting a dozen for home.

Kate Miller

Chorizo and bean burrito is the way to go!!

Maikeru

The machaca is amazingly tasty!

Mary Ramirez

Try the hot red chili burrito , the best...

Amie Kentch

They are open for breakfast too!!!

Lori Catron

Great tostadas

Lyss

I heard Carolina's was THE BEST in town but I wasn't THAT impressed...maybe it was the location I chose?

Stefan DaSalla

Me gusta this place a lat. I suggest you bring pepto with you.

Chris Lembke

Unlimited refills on Horchata !

Mary Ann Lewis

Fantastic food.

Gregg Shoemaker

The tacos are fantastic.

Candi???????? Bohl

Green chile burro with cheese double wrapped. AMAZING

Joe Zakoor

great tacos :) best food I've had in awhile.

Deborah Madrigal

Homemade tortillas with butter. YUMMY

Wes Willison

BURRITOS BURRITOS BURRITOS

Frank Gallardo

Best tortillas in town .

Alfred Worley Bolze

Go somewhere else if you do not want to have to listen to there Christian music during your meal.

Nope

Ask for pico and get your burrito double-wrapped.

Carlos Loyd

Haven't anything that was bad

Liliana Dom

Disappointed!! Only ok, if you don't know how it REALLY tastes mexican food ...

Rosanna Duran-Carlson

Not a good sign when the place is packed and not one Mexican is eating there.

Patty Jimenez

Mmmm...buttered tortillas .

Amanda Vega

Not as good as the hype. Bland. Very bland.

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