Tacos El Rinconcito

Small Mexican restaurant in midtown Tulsa. Not exceptional but it does well enough to recommend.The restaurant does not really have table service so no free chips and salsa which is a huge bummer. The cost is fairly inexpensive, not the cheapest but definitely not expensive. Food is good, but again not exceptional. Out of the all the tacos, the spicy pork was the best for me. I would recommend just getting that meat. It was more flavorful and savory. It was a little difficult for me to tell what else is popular in this restaurant.

Tulsa is very busy for brunch so we came here !I need to get better with my Spanish!!! Orders the Torta asada which was very good!Here's where I needed my Spanish,Ordered chilaquiles for the hubs he wanted it without the corona cheese but instead with yellow cheese. She said they didn't have yellow ?My hubby said but I see in some of their menu items on the wall??? The chilaquiles would of been better had they had some scrambled eggs in it. Added the asada, would of nice if it was chopped up . None the less It was good and very authentic. Neighborhood is a little rough.

The posole is good for the soul. I stopped in because this place was close to Ou-Tulsa, and I've added it to my favorites. I want to try everything now.

From outside and its location in a rough part of town, this place might not seem a good family dinner setting. Well that is what we thought at least from first impression. Man were we wrong. This hole in the wall has some darn good authentic Mexican food. Very cozy dinning area and clean bathrooms. Menudo is only served weekends. They make some of the largest hand made tortillas I've ever eaten. If you're not wanting Texmex this place is for you. They have a full menu to pick some of your favorite Mexican foods from. Prices are very reasonable..

Torta Ahogada. I'm glad I didn't get what I wanted! Well, what I thought I wanted.When you pull up to the restaurant, you wonder about your safety. The restaurant is on a back street, surrounded by apartment complexes. Seems odd for a restaurant location. All of the business in the isolated row of three small suites have collapsible security panels for the windows and doors. You take a good look around before you get out of the car. No one loitering in the parking lot or nearby. Ok we are here ...let's try it. And it is safe...Not a bad little restaurant. The inside is noticeably well worn, crowded with small tables and a few booths. All appear to have retired from another Mexican restaurant, and are now on their second or third career. The walls are covered with pictures of the menu items. A hand written menu covers the south wall. Daily specials and menu alerts are posted on the front door and on smaller white boards in the restaurant. Order at the counter. Indisputably authentic Mexican food. For my wife the chicken enchiladas. A very authentic meal. Three flavorful chicken enchiladas. The corn tortillas had been dipped in red sauce, then sprinkled with cheese, beans and rice along for the ride. No chips and salsa on the table. You can get a small cup of salsa if you ask for it. I was surprised again. My wife liked the meal!I sometimes ask myself "who the hell would go to a Mexican restaurant to eat a sandwich?" I have only tried a couple of tortas, just so I could say that I did. Nothing special. But, that red one, had my attention.I got an education today on the red one, the torta ahogada. That, a torta ahogada, is what I thought I wanted after seeing pictures. And those are exactly the two words I used when ordering. However, and I do mean a big however, I said with steak. That voided the torta ahogada order, and the meal became a beef steak torta. Not that big juicy, red, drowned sandwich I was hoping for. The torta was delivered to the table, not looking anything like what I was expecting. I was too hungry to sort this all out right then. The sandwich I had today at Tacos El Rinconcito set the bar high for the comparison for all future tortas. Chopped steak, beans, avocado, tomato, onion, lettuce and I believe a little of the spicy red gravy broth that goes with the real torta ahogada, because the lady thought that was what I was trying to order. That delicious sandwich was surrounded by a fresh toasted bolillo. It was like a very good gourmet steak burger. Excellent. After scarfing down that steak torta, I wanted to understand where I went wrong. I went back to the counter and emphasized that was the best torta I have ever had; however, I was trying to get one of those red sandwiches flooded with the spicy red sauce. She explained. "Those are pork only. They are simple sandwich with the spicy stewed pork a few fresh onion rings and downed in the spicy red broth." That's it, nothing more. She pointed to the picture on the wall. Thank you. That doesn't seem all that exciting...After learning that, nah. I don't even want one now. What I had was way better than the torta ahogada.

Tacos were delicious, but a little off put by the fact that they only had bottled water and not tap water available. Will be back next time I am in Tulsa to try the rest of the menu.

Ummm, I kinda just want to keep this place to my self. It's good, if you don't like it then you just don't like Mexican food. They have everything. Go there, expect to drink coke out of a bottle and order something really good. Big fan of the tortas!

If you're about appearances, don't bother...this is in a small strip mall off the 44 frontage road and looks a bit rundown, but I try never to judge a book by its cover. This is a true hole in the wall. Inside is small and cozy, and the chairs are the heavy carved style you find in Mexican restaurants...bulky but strangely comfortable and pretty much unbreakable. Lady at the counter didn't speak much English...so there wasn't much small talk...which also made exploring the menu a bit difficult. Momma ordered street tacos, I had the Camarones el Rinconcito, which was about a dozen whole jumbo shrimp, heads and all, with potatoes and corn on the cob in a spicy red sauce, served with a toasted roll, rice, lettuce, tomato and avacado on the side. It was delicious! Momma had a chorizo, carne , and a pork taco, with the chorizo her favorite. All three were ordered without raw onions and proportioned well. Everything was served in styrofoam (which I hate!) but during these times is understandable for sanitary reasons. Only beverages available were bottled from Mexico or cans...This is definitely worth another visit!

Pros: The spicy pork tacos with the onion, cilantro, and pineapple are pretty close to the ones I ate growing up in northern Mexico. I think this is as good as it gets in Tulsa. Cleaner than this other place we went to in Tulsa. Accepts credit cards. Cons: I don't know what it was about his neighborhood, but I was really scared to be there. I've been to much worse neighborhoods, but I actually feared for my safety being there in broad daylight. my husband says I don't ever have to go back and he'll just bring me to go from here. The lady at the cash register barely spoke English and we had more questions than I could ask with my limited Spanish.

This is the real deal, this is momma's cooking. I have gone here for over 10 years and it is always spot on real home Mexican cooking.