El Sol Mexican Restaurant
El Sol Mexican Restaurant
Tiger Prawn Salad
Tortilla Chips
Front entrance
Front of the restaurant
Chicken Pozole
Hot chocolate
Montage of images from El Sol Mexican Restaurant
Dinner is served
Menu
Toppings for the Chicken Pozole
interior
Enchiladas and Tamales Lunch Platter - Sauce, beans, cheese all seem to meld together (4 stars)
Carnitas street tacos. Very good!
Chicken Pozole
interior
Breakfast catering
Breakfast catering
Breakfast catering
The buffet style wanted. Our menu: beans, rice, taco bar, and chicken mole. Also requested horchata, hibiscus water, and the salsa bar.
outside
Individually set up salsa bar.
Chicken and cheese enchiladas
Breakfast catering
Josie B.
Nov 4, 2024
Literally looks like a hole in the wall spot, it's smaller inside, but everything I've ever gotten has been fresh and delicious! Smaller and handmade items that are delicious and they're always so friendly!
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Julie C.
Dec 25, 2024
When I stayed in Point Richmond for business, my colleague opted to check out this small Mexican restaurant as it was literally across the street from our hotel. It's small, intimate, and quiet. I selected the Tiger Prawn Platter and was pleased. The sauce was delicious and rich. Service was friendly with refills of our waters and checking how we enjoyed our food.
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Lauren B.
Jan 24, 2025
El sol is a solid spot. We love the breakfast burritos as a start to or finish to a long walk up to nicholl knob. El Sol is consistently El Sol! For the last decade I can breeze into town and know exactly what I'm going to get. Consistent! Classic! Tasty. Staff are friendly and efficient. The space is small but welcoming.
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Daniel C.
Jan 16, 2023
Updated review after 8 years!Point Richmond is an unusual little town. Rarely do you see three Mexican restaurants (Masa, Maya, and El Sol) located within a block and all doing reasonably well, even post COVID19 shutdowns. We recently had a group lunch here, since our guest was craving Mexican. He's visiting from the East Coast, and said even the worse Bay Area Mexican food is decent compared to the limited options in his area.The food and service is still pretty good here. Free chips with individual salsa bowls. Lots of mix and match lunch combos. My enchilada and tamale plate came with tons of rice, refried beans, and a whole lot of cheese. Decent , affordable and very filling! They have a sizable menu too with mole, carne asada and various item using tiger prawn. Probably best to come here for a quiet, intimate lunch. Masa down the street probably has better food but is on the louder side. Maya is great for takeout but only has limited patio seating. Raising my rating to 4 stars for indoor dining.
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Dominique S.
Jun 25, 2024
My favorite meal from El Sol is the Tiger Prawn Salad. The prawns are grilled with a nice char and layered beautifully on top of the lettuce, pico, and cheese and sliced avocado. I usually top it off with green sauce or the Italian dressing.
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Ed U.
Mar 25, 2021
** The following review reflects my takeout experience DURING the COVID-19 pandemic. **After sauntering along the seaside at Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline, Jamie W. and I sometimes find ourselves in the small hamlet of Point Richmond because it exudes a bit of Mayberry-like charm on a lazy Sunday afternoon. It was only recently that we took a deeper look at this compact Mexican spot and recognized it as a sister operation to the El Sol in Rodeo (review: https://bit.ly/2UMkD6z). We discovered that spot when we took a detour on one of our walks on the San Pablo Bay Regional Trail.We liked the $10 Tiger Prawn Salad so much in Rodeo that we got giddy when we saw it on the menu here through the window. Unfortunately it's closed on Sundays despite a bunch of "We're Open" signs that someone must've forgotten to take down. So on the following Friday, as I was coming off the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge from the city, I spontaneously made a beeline back to El Sol and ordered a couple of those salads for our dinner.It was just as we remembered it, a hearty bed of iceberg lettuce topped with avocado slices, fresh salsa, pinto beans, shredded cheddar cheese, and several grilled tiger prawns (photo: https://bit.ly/2Pq5OGu). Friday turned out to be a good night to stop by because they were offering an $8.50 bowl of Chicken Pozole that was rich and full of hominy and poultry parts (photo: https://bit.ly/3ssZpJo). With the shredded lettuce, chopped onions, and lime wedges, it was quite a treat and made me want to come back and try the menudo.FOOD - 4 stars...succulent tiger prawns and rich pozole AMBIANCE - 3.5 stars...looks cozy in hereSERVICE - 4 stars...an industrious crewTOTAL - 4 stars...that salad was worth the tripRELATED - Hanging out in Richmond? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://bit.ly/2VyCP18
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Scott C.
Jan 11, 2025
Everything out of a can the beans, the sauce,. Not recommended. Service is marginal. She want something cheap and quick not much Mexican authenticity here you go.
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Andy O.
Nov 13, 2024
I love them! I am 44 and I've been going to El Sol since I was 3 years old. I judge Mexican restaurants by their beans and they have THE BEST beans. Their food & service has been consistent for over 40 years in my experience. I will keep going there and recommending this restaurant to my friends.
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Sean _.
Aug 17, 2024
Best Burrito in Richmond! Really delicious!They have really great sauces and all the ingredients in the burrito come together great and it seems very healthy and natural stuff, cool ornaments and decorations too. Great place! Two thumbs up!
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Pierre P.
Oct 19, 2024
I've been coming here for years... I will call in my order they say 10 minutes I give them 15 every time.. they don't start making it until I get here.... definitely my last trip
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