Canelas Placita

very cute restaurant with authentic Mexicali food. cute photo ops and great salsa stand. tried their Baja Fish taco, it was battered and fried right in front of me. lacking a full 5/5 for the undercooked tortilla it was served on. wish it was crisped up more. took over 15 mins to get my fish taco. luckily wasn't in a rush. overall the flavor was good and had a lot of greens on top that paired well.

This spot is a brand new small business that is close by my home. The ladies working were so sweet and the place is decorated with a little IG wall for cute pics. We have tried their regular elote, hot Cheetos elote, rice and carne asada torta. Everything has been so fresh and the carne asada was good quality meat with no fat or gristle. The elote was so crisp and sweet. I have no complaints on any of the food we have tried a few times now and it's been consistently good. Please support this local small business. Super sweet people and great food! We will be back soon!

What an AMAZING little hidden GEM!!!! I was at the DollarTree and heard Mexican Christmas music and found this amazing little place with a sign for Tamales and I was like, SAY LESS!!!! JUST WOW!!! They were packed with flavorful meat, not soggy, not spicy and perfectly prepared like somebody's damn 98 yr old Abuela was in the making them!!!It was late so they only had Queso and Carnitas Rojo and when I tell yall I'm hard on Mexican food bckz I'm from LA and these were the BEST I HAVE EVER HAD IN ARIZONA.....PLEEEASE BELIEVE IT!!!I walked in and it was clean, smelled amazing and the kind woman greeted me with a cheerful HOLA immediately! I couldn't believe this place was empty, but ordered 2 Tamales. 9/10 for me, only Bckz they were not the best EVER but I will be coming back to support this amazing small business weekly and hope that yall do too!!

The service and ambiance were wonderful! We ordered chips+guac, birria and carne asada tacos, rice+beans, large horchata, and mandarin jarrito. Price came out to around $30.I had to give 4/5 stars because the birria and consomme lacked flavor, the birria had a few fatty chunks in it, the rice was a bit mushy, and the chips were a bit stale.Regardless of these small things, we still enjoyed everything and we will DEFINITELY come back for the guacamole (it was perfect) and we want to try the elotes and chilaquiles!

I ordered a carne Asada burrito and a taco de cabeza. It was delicious!! So flavorful and tasty. Cute decor throughout menu is great there's definitely something in there for everyone.

Positives: You walk into a very nice looking restaurant. Very pleasing to the eyes. Smelled super clean. I was super happy to walk into a restaurant that smelled wonderful. The staff was very polite and positive. Immediately asked if we had any questions. Very attentive. The young lady was smiling and seemed to be in a very good mood and happy to be at work. We ordered 2 carne asada burritos, under 11.00 each. Two carne asada tacos and one birria taco. 3.00 each which is around the normal price for most places. Food was made very quickly. I assume it's a new restaurant. So happy to support a new business. The tacos were very tasty. The red sauce was definitely hot! The green not so much but both were good. The burritos were definitely a good size. Could have easily shared one. We didn't but could have. Negatives: Getting into the area was a bit difficult, for some reason the parking lot was completely blocked off. We had to go all the way around the whole plaza to get in. The burritos tasted ok, we went specifically for the burritos. Something was lacking. Not sure what it was. The red and green sauce definitely helped. This was my experience. I can only speak for my experience. Will we try this place again, absolutely. Please make sure to go in and support local business. These ladies were very nice and eager to help with any questions. I only rated 4 stars as the burritos were missing something. Can't put my finger on it. I will definitely try the burrito again and possibly adjust this review. Again please go and support your local businesses.

Blink and you will pass up this little joya (jewel). Tucked away in a shopping center, this cozy little Mexican restaurant does not disappoint! I had a carne asada torta my first visit and it was amazing!!! Soft warm bread, well seasoned meat and fresh ingredients. Service was great too; polite, informative and quick!I've come back for a third time and although I finally remembered to rate them, my hunger got the best of me, so no food pics. I keep meaning to try something different, but their tortas are so good!They have a saying on their wall; "La Vida Es Rica" (life is delicious) and if you eat here, I wholeheartedly agree!!

Bought homemade flour tortillas that were fresh and hot off the stove! The carne asada tacos were seasoned well and loved the green salsas. Cute wall to take pictures!

I hate to say but food was just "eh", not really worth the price. Nothing popped, everything fell short. It kinda felt canned, red sauce, menudo, meats even the beans. It could have been an off day, I have those days. Flavor pop is what was needed. Its like no heart was put into it. That being said, this doesn't mean I would throw in the towel on this place. Later down the line I may give it a try again, in hopes I'm blown away.

Ordered pork tacos got home and it was pork rinds. Yuck! If they didn't have pork they should have told me. We won't be going back, meat has no taste to it, over priced tacos for little meat. Sad cause I'm looking for a good Mexican restaurant.