El Pueblo

The food was very authentic, the sauce on my enchilada was to die for.The sevings were very large.The service was excellent. We ordered drinks before our meal, margaritas, exceptional. After we got our drinks, he took our food order. It arrived in a very timely fashion and it was piping hot. The restaurant was extremely clean, and spacious. They can easily accommodate large parties.

Staying in Bakersfield for a week and I wanted to go try this place after years of not coming here. I was taken aback when I ordered their lunch special. This here is about $26. If there were more real stuff and no imitation fillers, maybe. This is a rip off. If you are feeling like Mariscos, just drive further down to Las Isilitas where you will have the real deal and cost less. This place is rediculous. Not the El Pueblo I knew for sure.

Food is amazing! Seafood was perfection as was the service. However the interior is horrible. So plain, doesn't look modern, simply unfinished. Makes it feel like you can't enjoy the food in such a cafeteria with a lack of ambience.

Stopped in for lunch today on my way back from Lamont, not great but not terrible. I went for the red and green enchiladas which is one chile colorado enchilada and one chile verde one with rice and beans. The chile colorado was lacking any real heat, I expected some level of spicy with the colorado but nothing really, the meat was well cooked just not flavorful enough for me. The chile verde had a little bit of heat but not much and it was kind of bland. When I have Mexican food I'm expecting big pops of flavor and it was just lacking here. The salsa is a garden type salsa, no real heat but still good flavor I did enjoy the chips and salsa. Rice and beans were well cooked and pretty flavorful. Might give it another go one day but I won't be rushing back.

Part of my Arvin/Lamont series, El Pueblo has been a staple in this community for years. Even under new ownership, the food still tastes the same, if not, is much better now than ever in my personal opinion. You eat with you eyes first and the plates here are appealing and appetizing to the senses. I normally come here for the half order of Cancun Shrimp. Another favorite of mine is the Camarones a la Diabla. However, I decided to veer off course today and ordered the Beef Flautas. The dish comes with 2 huge flautas. The filling is El Pueblo's signature tender shredded beef and cheese rolled in flour tortilla. The flauta is crisp-fried golden brown and topped with condiments: pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole. The plate comes standard with beans and rice. Their El Pueblo tea was also refreshing on this particularly hot day.There really isn't anything on the menu that isn't worth trying. If you're not familiar with this restaurant and in the area to attend a business meeting, suggest to come meet here for lunch. It's also a great spot for after-work birthday celebrations. And if you're like me and had one too many margs, you'll end up having pictures wearing the sombrero display.

We've been going to El Pueblo pretty often since we moved to the area. We've never been disappointed in either the food or the service. My go to favorite is the giant sized chimichanga. Shredded chicken, shredded beef, beans, and the usual assorted veggies like tomatoes and onions. All wrapped in a huge flour tortilla and fried, smothered with a mild red sauce, with lettuce, sour cream, and their wonderful fresh guacamole. I've never managed to eat the whole thing.Kat almost always goes for some sort of seafood or another, since they do seafood so well. Especially anything with the white sauce. Last night was seafood enchiladas. No, it's not real crab, but they say so right in the menu description. One thing we won't tolerate is someone trying to tell us it's real crab when it's not. Just enjoy your surimi. It's good stuff. They bring two different kinds of salsa with the chips, but they're both too hot for Kat, so a waiter years ago went and got her some of their warm tomatillo sauce, and it's REALLY good. We appreciate the little things like that. Like I said, the service is great here. Friendly, knowledgeable about the menu, and always ready to help out with whatever they can. We WILL be back.

Stopped and had lunch at the recommendation of my friend and was very impressed with the food and salsa. I had the chicken enchiladas were very good and flavorful. My friend had the fajitas which came out sizzling with steam billowing off the platter. The fresh guacamole was a little dry though.

Food and service was great. Alex and Lupe always take care of us whenever we're here and make us feel at home

the food is good service takes too long if you ask for something else, if you ask for extra sauce for the chips they would charge you $2.00 dls. extra chips they charge you, coffee refill they charge you, most restaurants they will give you free chips and sauce and free refill coffee, My opinion you end up paying more money for a simple plate that would cost you no more than $10dls. you end up paying more than $20 dls. for kids meal plate.

The sauce is very thin and watery. The red sauce that came enchilada tasted like the hot sauce at Taco Bell. I also got a Chile relleno that I'm sure was either pre made or store bought. My food came out in THREE minutes! There is no way that the Chile relleno was dipped in egg whites and fried in that time. Also the consistency of the outer shell was spongey instead of crispy and airy, indicative of store bought Chile relleno. I seriously think this place is making a killing in their margins by not preparing fresh food to order. Stay away