El Portal de Veracruz

I've had this place bookmarked when I was going through a Mexican soup phase. The restaurant is situated in a small strip mall. There was no one in the restaurant when I came, but it quickly filled up after I ordered. The chef was very nice and helped me order a bunch of things to get for takeout. I came on Tuesday and got their taco Tuesday special: carne asada, al pastor, and pollo. I also got a carnitas burrito, a bean and cheese burrito, picadita, birria plate, caldo de pollo, and pozole. Big portions. Food wasn't too salty here.Tacos filled with meat. Average tacos. No salsa bar. They gave me a good amount of salsa for the food I got. Green salsa was good. Red salsa was bitter. Picadita tasted like a sope. Masa was good. Carnitas burrito came with rice, salsa and a ton of meat. Bean and cheese was a good size and less than $4. That's a value for this economy. Each burrito was customized to my liking. They also have specials for $10. Wow the rib meat in the pozole was so tender, juicy, and fell off the bones. There was a good amount of hominy. Soup was oily, a bit spicy, and not too salty. It came with cabbage, onions, cilantro, and lime wedges. The chicken soup lacked flavor, but it was the healthiest item on the menu. Not oily. It came with two chicken drumsticks, carrots, potatoes, and zucchinis. Soups came with corn tortillas. Birria plate came with rice, beans, corn tortillas, and so much meat. You get a choice of goat or beef. This place knows how to tenderize their meats. It was very tasty. If you want big portions, fair prices, okay food not overly salted, cool chef, big menu, and variety, try this place.

HORRIBLE food and even worse customer service. Idk if they changed ownership but I used to love it. Salsa bar is gone. I begged multiple times for limes. Meanwhile the owners daughters flirted with all the single male customers and delivered chips, salsa and water to their table. Basic service is all I ask. $15.99 for menudo that I trashed after 3 bites. Beans - flavorless. Salsa - flavorless.

Went to try the menudo, a Sunday tradition in our culture. First to my surprise they were offering a lamb menudo! I sampled it and it was pretty darn good. The broth was deeply rich the tripe was delicious. The pieces of lamb meat were a bit strong. Lamb is like this when we'll done. When I eat lamb I like it medium rare- medium max. The beef menudo was great, flavorful and hearty with plenty of tripe. Served with tortillas, cilantro, onion, lime, oregano and salsa macha. The salsa was a great alternative to dry red pepper flakes. The only reason I did not give a five star was because of excess grease on top and no hominy. Gotta have hominy in my menudo. Again it was a full bowl of meat so it was still worth it. Service was great and menudos were piping hot.

I went to pick up a order from doordash restaurant emptyyyyy empty and lady told me there is no order from doordash she ask me if i confirmed i told her you have a tablet or computer where you get the orders , i told her go check that then she told me that they have the order bur never was accepted so i have to wait for the kitchen to make the order when there is no orders on line restaurant is empty you need to teach your employees to confirm the orders asap and not make other peoples waste theirs time i would understand if the restaurant was crowded but there was no one it was empty smh.

Wow !!! I attended a luncheon that was catered by this restaurant. The food was outright delicious. I'm a vegetarian so the fact that the ingredients were authentic just added to the experience. Photos attached. I'm definitely calling them to cater my next event. Ps the salsas, guacamole etc were fresh and flavorful. Well done!!!!!! I know they also offer non-veg items. Will have to take my husband to the restaurant as he lives chicken and Carne Asada.

Posole was okay. Carnitas were dry. The Posole had more bones than meat. Wasn't that great to be honest.

The food is very Mediocre, for a Mexican food place you can't really go wrong especially for someone who doesn't really know Mexican Food they wouldn't mind this place. As for me there's no flavor an quality is Meh the only thing good here is there Menudo and Maybe Torta but any home cook can make better food.

DELICIOUS. As a veggie they have been very accommodating to my taco orders. Meat eaters also claim this place is great.

Never again will I eat here!!!!! I called and asked for a bowl of pezole and was told they only had a 32oz and i asked if they can make a smaller order since it was just me and they said sure we can do a 16oz. I then asked does it come with hominy and was told yes. So excited to eat my pozole and i get home to open a 16oz cup full of juice and only 3 pieces I REPEAT 3 PIECES of meat and I kid you not 1 PEICE of hominy no lie! I was so disappointed I paid $9 for this crap! NEVER AGAIN! You are better off getting a $3 can of Junitas from your local grocery store.

My entire family walked in looking forward to a Mexican meal. The teenager at the register ignored us until we talked to her. She did not know the menu or ingredients. It became difficult to order. We decided to leave for a friendlier place.