Cali-Spartan Mexican Kitchen

Aside from their crispy tacos as we all know, let's give some attention to their HORCHATAS. Peanut Butter Horchata - Tasted like Reese's peanut butter cup and Horchata had a baby. PHENOMENAL Strawberry Horchata - Strawberry girlies out there this IS. IT. Anyways, I definitely recommend y'all stop by and try them out when you're in the area.

Had dinner here on a Saturday night and it was super busy. We luckily only waited about 10 mins for a table. The staff were friendly and efficient. Our food came out quickly. Their menu is extensive! Something for the whole family. I ordered the carne asada fajitas with no cheese. I was pleasantly surprised that the veggies and meat were not too greasy. However, the carne asada was dry and bland :/. It had no flavor at all. I drenched my meat in their orange sauce (which is delicious) for some flavor. I really enjoyed their guac and pico de gallo though. Next time I'll definitely be ordering something else.

I've been coming here for my taco fix for years now, and they are consistent - good food, bad service. I live closer to their downtown location, but their blossom hill location has a much better parking situation, making the drive worth it. The food is consistent and always tastes so good, but jeez, the service is terrible. I ordered 3 tacos, but 1 was the wrong meat. And I tried to flag our server down, but he didn't come over until I had already finished 2 tacos, and my party was pretty much done with our meal. I asked for either my taco to be replaced with the correct meat or since we were already done with our meal, to have it taken off our check, but I don't think it server properly understood, and just said "okay" and walked away. Then in order to pay for our food, it was so hard to flag our server again, that we went up to the cash register to pay. However, our breakdown of the receipt wasn't provided, so I'll never know if I paid for my incorrect taco. If you are in a rush, don't try to dine in. Just do take out. It gets busy during peak meal times, so be conscious of that when visiting. It's hectic inside, and good luck getting a server to come to you to order or for service.

I was here two years ago and left a fantastic review, but from my last experience, it wasn't even close. I got the little crispy tacos, and they were good like usual, but the service here was terrible; we didn't get our food for a while, and no one checked up on us.I know you are wondering, what's with the negative review? Well, I love their orange sauce. It's decently spicy, but we picked a bottle at their condiments cart, and let me tell you, this sauce was out of my mind spicy. Then, we tried the same sauce in a different bottle, which was not that bad. The inconsistency here really messed up my stomach, and I won't be coming back for a while.

This by far has to be my favorite Cali Spartan spot in San Jose. It's located in a convenient shopping place and there's ample seating for dine in. We got lucky to be seated near the salsa bar and the big screen tv. The service is always friendly and attentive. I got the regular crispy tacos with pastor, which are always my absolute favorite. It comes with delicious marinated pastor meat, pico de gallo, sour cream, and cheese on a crispy tortilla. My husband got the double protein burrito with asada and pastor. The side of guacamole and chips was a nice addition. I love that they have their own seasoning shaker for the chips that give it a nice flavorful and spicy kick. The shaker even reminds customers to not take it home haha! The salsa bar is great with different hot sauces to fulfill all your needs. I always love getting extra raw onions, cilantro, and the picked vegetables. My favorite is the pickled onions, it really gives a nice tangy and spicy flavor to the food. Overall, highly recommend this Mexican food spot!

Grabbed lunch here with a few friends and we had got seated right away. The menu was massive, but we all knew what we wanted. Each of us got something in the birria style, I don't think I've seen so many birria options anywhere else! They also had some really interesting drinks. I was tempted, but I had to drive, so I opted for a lemonade. They had classic, strawberry, and blue. I got blue and while I have no idea that flavor it was, it was delicious--and massive. My friend got half horchata and half strawberry agua fresca and he said it was incredible. I love that they let him mix and match. They have a well-stocked self serve bar with limes, salsa, and pickled veggies which was awesome. The only thing that was a bit disappointing was we could not get our servers attention. He was really apologetic, but any time we needed him, we had to get up to flag him down. Otherwise, everything was fantastic. I'd definitely come back!

Service is... not good. But I didn't really have high expectations for it lol. I had to get up multiple times just to ask the staff for utensils and drinks and no one would really check up on us. Anyways to the food which made up for their terrible service...I LOVE their birria torta. I crave it sometimes. Goes so well with their orange and green sauces. 8.5/10Their tacos with the fries on top are ok. 4/10Don't drink the tap water, you will mostly likely feel sick.Otherwise, their birria tortas are so good and I highly recommend just for that alone.

I went with friends to try out their food and drinks. It was pretty busy inside, but we got seated a few minutes waiting. There was music playing and it was a bit loud. I ordered the strawberry horchata and a Cali quesadilla with carne asada. The strawberry horchata was delicious though it can get sweet over time the more you drink it. As for the Cali quesadilla, it was yummy and super cheesy! It was very filling and heavy. I would come again to try other foods!

I came here with a group of friends after working out together so we were hungry!!! Thankfully you don't have to worry about finding parking. There is plenty because it's in a strip mall with easy parking. The food delivered! It was delicious and filling because the portions are generous. The burritos are bigger than your tia's chihuahua! The nachos can feed more than one person. There are a lot of people in there to help out with service so it doesn't take long for you to be seated and your order to be taken. The music inside is loud so you have to speak up to be heard. Water, extra fixings and salsas are self serve. You have to ask for mango salsa from the server and recommend if you want some sweetness to your food. The crispy tacos were delicious and since it was my first time I tried 3 different meats: steak, tilapia and chicken. The tilapia one was so good, I had to order a fourth! Would come again and love that it is great for groups.

Alright, this was definitely the rave a few years back but it is okay at best. Service was fine, nothing crazy good or anything. They are a little slow so maybe ordering online would help with that.They have plenty of seating but I can see them being super packed during dinner time We ended up getting a few tacos and burritos. Carne Asada -- not bad, it felt average and a little underseasoned. If you are a fan of crispier meat, this is the place to go. Lengua - Meh, bland.