We have been long time loyal customers of Mauricio's for nearly 30 years when they were on the opposite side of Rosedale Hwy. While we know everyone has had to raise their prices, for close to 10 years now, Mauricio's has had the highest prices out of every Mexican restaurant in Bakersfield. We go to a lot!!! The quality and taste in food has gone significantly down in the past several years and yet the owner keeps raising the prices. For the past 2 years we keep saying we won't return, but always give in because of the service we receive from all of the waitresses and waiters. Tonight was THE LAST straw, as now you only get one refill on your drink and then have to pay $1.95 for each one thereafter. So now not only are they the most expensive Mexican restaurant with just mediocre tasting food, but now we can't even enjoy our sodas. No thank you! We helped support them over Covid and this is how they repay their customers. We will stick to our favorites like Rancho Grande!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Delmira Villatoro
Excellent ? service ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jill V.
We attended a workshop at Board & Brush creative studio in Bakersfield today, and asked the owners for a restaurant recommendation, since we're from out of town. They highly recommend Mauricio's. We took their suggestion and had an excellent dinner. Our family of 6 was greeted with a friendly and attentive waitress who helped us pick some great items from the menu. Chips and salsa were delish. Asada nachos were amazing! The marinade/seasoning on the carne asada was one of the best I've ever tasted. Burritos were huge and flavorful. Tacos were huge and delish. It can be hard to find a good restaurant in a strange city, and I'm so glad we found this one. We'll definitely eat here again next time we come to Bakersfield. Great spot for authentic Mexican food.
Megan Hughes
Best Guacamole in town!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fresh Guacamole
Albert K.
As soon as we walked in we were greeted by the host. The inside looks nice . We came here to get dinner to go. We ordered a kids chicken strip meal and Birria burrito. The kids meal comes with the meal, rice and beans or fries, drink and ice cream. The Barria burrito comes with rice and beans, guacamole and flour tortillas. The barria is very tasty and juicy. The rice and beans are good too. My daughter loves her chicken strips and of course the dessert.
Quinn Wright
A critical review of my experience here. Some good things I do have to say, despite 2/5 stars:- I was quite happy with the Birria Tacos I had ordered- The outside of the building is very impressiveSome things that range from inconveniences to actual concerns:- Horchata I ordered did not taste as expected. Very sweet/creamy like rompopé, but didn't give me any sense of rice or cinnimon- Seating for our service used chairs due to size, issue is how closely seated we all were. I was constantly bumping into others while I was seated. Made me feel like I was in the cafeteria in high school again- My 22y.o. brother was not required to show ID for alcohol. I was tempted to see if they'd let my 19y.o. sister order just to test, but I didn't bother.- Your management has been warned before, long before me, that the changing table for babies in the Women's restroom is far too tall for anyone to comfortably (and honestly safely) for someone to lift their child up and change them. I'm adding onto this: not only after several months after saying you'd look into this and no change was made, there is also no changing table in the Men's restroom as well, which is an obvious oversight I shouldn't have to explain.My general experience had potential, but some things I couldn't really look past even after being happy with the food itself. I did not hate my experience, but I am not in the position to come back or suggest this place to anyone else.
c. holland
Nelson always makes our evening great ...<Update:jan'24> still a fav place, but $ has increased on our favorite dish. ALOT! (Literally been our favorite dish since 2001) It's alot of money for the smaller portions.Still tastes great... 9 outta 10 times.++ the chips were better than they've been in years.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Guacamole and Chips, Chicken Tacos and Flautas, Chips
Eric Pori
Good food, maybe a bit spendy .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
James Crabtree
We haven't been out to California in several years so we got out here we found out that they was not in Wheeler Ridge CA anymore so we Google it and Found Samuel,he is the waiter and absolute pleasure to be
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Candy
The food was excellent and all the servers and staff were awesome !
The Taco Salad is a great dish to have there..!!! They serve it with a Taco shell bowl and it just pops…!! It’s
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chimichanga, Chips and Salsa, Chile Verde, Steak and Shrimp, Salsa, Chips
Mr. Grant
We have been ordering their family meals lately and the food quality for the value is pretty much unbeatable.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jean Cummins
We've always liked this restaurant. However, since Covid, the prices have gone up and some portions have shrunk.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steak Ranchero, Chips and Salsa, Family Meal Chicken Fajitas, Chile Verde, Wet Burrito
Barbara James
Our food was amazing.. It was hot, and beautiful, tastes so good. Our waiter was always handy to meet our every need. Plus the price was just right.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kim Schmurda
I had the carnitas plate , I didn’t think it tasted authentic or had much flavor. The service is good, the atmosphere is nice to eat but there aren’t many options for food. Inexpensive so a plus.
We have been long time loyal customers of Mauricio's for nearly 30 years when they were on the opposite side of Rosedale Hwy. While we know everyone has had to raise their prices, for close to 10 years now, Mauricio's has had the highest prices out of every Mexican restaurant in Bakersfield. We go to a lot!!! The quality and taste in food has gone significantly down in the past several years and yet the owner keeps raising the prices. For the past 2 years we keep saying we won't return, but always give in because of the service we receive from all of the waitresses and waiters. Tonight was THE LAST straw, as now you only get one refill on your drink and then have to pay $1.95 for each one thereafter. So now not only are they the most expensive Mexican restaurant with just mediocre tasting food, but now we can't even enjoy our sodas. No thank you! We helped support them over Covid and this is how they repay their customers. We will stick to our favorites like Rancho Grande!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Excellent ? service ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We attended a workshop at Board & Brush creative studio in Bakersfield today, and asked the owners for a restaurant recommendation, since we're from out of town. They highly recommend Mauricio's. We took their suggestion and had an excellent dinner. Our family of 6 was greeted with a friendly and attentive waitress who helped us pick some great items from the menu. Chips and salsa were delish. Asada nachos were amazing! The marinade/seasoning on the carne asada was one of the best I've ever tasted. Burritos were huge and flavorful. Tacos were huge and delish. It can be hard to find a good restaurant in a strange city, and I'm so glad we found this one. We'll definitely eat here again next time we come to Bakersfield. Great spot for authentic Mexican food.
Best Guacamole in town!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fresh Guacamole
As soon as we walked in we were greeted by the host. The inside looks nice . We came here to get dinner to go. We ordered a kids chicken strip meal and Birria burrito. The kids meal comes with the meal, rice and beans or fries, drink and ice cream. The Barria burrito comes with rice and beans, guacamole and flour tortillas. The barria is very tasty and juicy. The rice and beans are good too. My daughter loves her chicken strips and of course the dessert.
A critical review of my experience here. Some good things I do have to say, despite 2/5 stars:- I was quite happy with the Birria Tacos I had ordered- The outside of the building is very impressiveSome things that range from inconveniences to actual concerns:- Horchata I ordered did not taste as expected. Very sweet/creamy like rompopé, but didn't give me any sense of rice or cinnimon- Seating for our service used chairs due to size, issue is how closely seated we all were. I was constantly bumping into others while I was seated. Made me feel like I was in the cafeteria in high school again- My 22y.o. brother was not required to show ID for alcohol. I was tempted to see if they'd let my 19y.o. sister order just to test, but I didn't bother.- Your management has been warned before, long before me, that the changing table for babies in the Women's restroom is far too tall for anyone to comfortably (and honestly safely) for someone to lift their child up and change them. I'm adding onto this: not only after several months after saying you'd look into this and no change was made, there is also no changing table in the Men's restroom as well, which is an obvious oversight I shouldn't have to explain.My general experience had potential, but some things I couldn't really look past even after being happy with the food itself. I did not hate my experience, but I am not in the position to come back or suggest this place to anyone else.
Nelson always makes our evening great ...<Update:jan'24> still a fav place, but $ has increased on our favorite dish. ALOT! (Literally been our favorite dish since 2001) It's alot of money for the smaller portions.Still tastes great... 9 outta 10 times.++ the chips were better than they've been in years.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Guacamole and Chips, Chicken Tacos and Flautas, Chips
Good food, maybe a bit spendy .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We haven't been out to California in several years so we got out here we found out that they was not in Wheeler Ridge CA anymore so we Google it and Found Samuel,he is the waiter and absolute pleasure to be
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was excellent and all the servers and staff were awesome !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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The Taco Salad is a great dish to have there..!!! They serve it with a Taco shell bowl and it just pops…!! It’s
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chimichanga, Chips and Salsa, Chile Verde, Steak and Shrimp, Salsa, Chips
We have been ordering their family meals lately and the food quality for the value is pretty much unbeatable.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We've always liked this restaurant. However, since Covid, the prices have gone up and some portions have shrunk.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steak Ranchero, Chips and Salsa, Family Meal Chicken Fajitas, Chile Verde, Wet Burrito
Our food was amazing.. It was hot, and beautiful, tastes so good. Our waiter was always handy to meet our every need. Plus the price was just right.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had the carnitas plate , I didn’t think it tasted authentic or had much flavor. The service is good, the atmosphere is nice to eat but there aren’t many options for food. Inexpensive so a plus.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa