Efren's Restaurant

I was really impressed with the taste of the food, value, and service. The chicken enchiladas were really good and had a nice spice. Portions are generous and love how they have lots of options at the salsa bar. Inside is clean and comfortable. Would return!

I just learned they have a pasta bowl option. With Mondays being their pasta bowl special. Waited for a Monday to give it a chance and cashier states the special is no longer being honored. If you want it, it's at full menu price. Ordered anyways figured was already prepared to give it a shot. Granted pasta at a Mexican restaurant. Not bad, but wouldn't spend $13+ on it again. ‍ Forgoing the sale after learning about it left a bad taste in the experience. Especially when all their menu's still display it in front of you.

Efren's is located off of Orangethorpe, east of Chapman Ave. It is easy to locate and access. Parking is decent, although 2 large catering vans seem to always take up spots right outside of their door. The inside is somewhat on the small side, accommodating about half a dozen tables. Food is ordered at the counter and is brought to your table when it's ready. The menu boards give basic info on their offerings and prices are not displayed, so your cost is a surprise when you're ready to pay They do offer daily specials, but again, prices aren't written out. The only prices displayed are for their Taco Tuesday specials: $1 street tacos with choice of 5 different meats, their Friday seafood taco specials, and (because Christmas is approaching) the tamale pricing. The girls working the counter were pleasant and efficient. I went with the Wednesday daily special of quesadillas, choosing barbacoa for my protein. No sides come with it. I wanted to try their beans & rice so I added a small side of each. The tacos sounded good, too, so I added a shrimp taco as well. The quesadilla was quite large and generously filled with barbacoa. It was nicely seasoned with a nice little kick of spice. The beans and rice were just average, and I found the beans to be too soupy. The shrimp taco was good with 4 plump shrimp that topped a cabbage mix and pico de gallo. The cabbage gave it a nice crunch and the sauce that topped it all was a nice finishing touch. My eyes were bigger than my stomach and I ended up bringing the beans and rice and half of the quesadilla home. There is a salsa bar in the dining area where you can choose from 3 different salsas, limes, cilantro, or a mix of cilantro & cebolla. Overall a pleasant experience, but nothing really stood out as crave-worthy.

The tacos are okay. But the young man working the register tonight was horrible. As I waited for my food I watched him punch the table behind the register, slap the wall everytime returning from the dining room, and spoke disrespectfully to all guests that were there. It really sad to see small businesses trying to survive and having employees who don't care. But let me tell you the women working her butt off restocking and cleaning was amazing and so nice. And the guy making the tacos hard working, efficient and super sweet as well.

Food is the best! My favorites have been the Al pastor, carnitas, chorizo, barbacoa, and the fish tacos. The rice is so fluffy and flavorful. They hired new servers and they have been so much more friendlier and professional. They also renovated the inside and they did an awesome job. I highly recommend this place.

Dropped in here randomly and got bomb burritos. $7 something for large burritos. I got barbacoa and my husband got carne asada. He got his with onions/cilantro, cheese and rice. I got mine with refried beans and rice. (I would have gotten cilantro but it's mixed with their raw onion which my stomach doesn't tolerate sadly). So good! I would have posted a photo of our burritos but they smelled so delicious we devoured them quickly. We went at an off time so there wasn't much of a wait. They made them fresh to order. They have mobile pay for contactless payment which is convenient and you can get your receipt emailed to save paper which is super cool. They have a few tables outside for outdoor dining but it's hot today so we took our order to go and they wrapped the burritos in foil lined paper which kept them nice and warm. Fast, friendly, delicious! Highly recommend!

On Thursday they have a great deal 5.00 dollar burrito all kinds of different meat the food is pretty good I like it so do my coworkers the service is real good I came in and order 12 burritos they got it done pretty fast the ambiance is ok it's just a few tables it's cute lil hole in wall place all I can say is try it you might like it

Highly recommend this place. They have the best shrimp tacos in town. The price is good too, $1 each taco during dinner time (except shrimp/fish taco).

Food , the nachos were not good! I have only tried the torta before that and it also wasn't good. I won't visit this place again it wasn't for me.

Great ServiceGreat food ( just like mother use to make!) andClose By! If you get there before I do, save me some tacos !!!