Parrilla Los Picos

1542 W University Dr, Mesa - 85201
222 reviews
Mexican
(480) 833-4711

I ordered my food through door dash. I ordered red menudo and they advertised the menudo comes with tripe, hominy and patas. I got only a few pieces of tripe if any, it was pure hominy and no pata. I tried calling and all I got was a busy signal for like 30-45 mins. I will never eat there or order from there again. It was a waste of $13 ,REAL Mexican menudo is made of mostly meat and little tripe not the opposite. Plus they need tonot have busy phone lines. Horrible service.

We would go here often bc the environment is nice and the chips and salsa were good. Service has always been less than standard and food is bland. Our last experience was the worst as they charged us for ordering “extra chips” (that are always free) and ordered a side of guacamole which on the menu read $2.25 and they charged us $8.25. Mentioned it to our waitress she was rude and didn’t apologize for the issue at all. The owner was right there, heard everything and also didn’t apologize for anything. Horrible experience. Will never go back again. Don’t waste your time.

Gosh I always want to love or even like this place since they have pozole I have ordered a few times over the years when my normal pozole place is out. I ordered again tonight and was so bummed and reminded not to waste my money. Over packed with meat, the broth tasted like menudo broth not pozole broth, and the Hominy was super crunchy like it just came out of the can with no time to soak up the flavor and juices . But this soup was lacking flavor sadly:( how hard is it to screw up pazole ? :(

Best tortilla chips!!!!! They're thicker, hot and great scoops for its salsa! The chip is kind of like double layered... And some of them bubble. The meals are awesome! The mole had a deep flavor and the chicken was cooked really well, all the tacos are good and have fresh toppings, and the chimichanga was fried perfectly... Crisp and not greasy.The mango margarita is awesome, and really pretty and big and strong! It was $11. They have happy hour though from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.They have cute patio seating with shade trees!

I had the white Menudo, that was so very delicious, and tasty. A lot of beef tripe was served. ? The waitresses, and waiter were courteous, and served us at a very reasonable time. Yay! I've been here other times and have always been pleased with the cooking staff. Great tasting food 8s served here! Thank You!Sincerely!Evelyn Bracamonte

Went here for the first time and it's now one of my favorite spots.Seating is a but limited but the atmosphere is antique, and the vibe just makes the food taste so authentic.I love their "all you can eat Menudo and Pazole" it's about $10 for a huge bowl.Worth the drive!!They have awesome drinks too.Try it out if you got some major Mexican cravings. Only thing is they dont have tamales, but hopefully they'll do it one day :)

Nice staff and good salsa. I might be back to try the soups because they seem to be the best things on the menu and were recommended by someone who seemed like a regular.However, when I went, we waited for maybe 10 minutes for two waters, 20 minutes to have our order to be taken and probably 30-40 for two chimichangas and some plántanos. The food was bland and dry. The chimichangas didn’t come with rice and beans but were about 15$. There is a lot of really good Mexican food around here with better prices so I was really disappointed.

Ive ordered here before from Uber eats and was very satisfied with the posole, and pork burrito. I ordered menudo as well but it was just okay, little to no meat.A couple of days ago my dad was visiting and wanted some menudo, seeing as my prior experience was pretty good I recommended getting takeout from here again. Once again I was let down and kinda embarrassed. The menudo this time was bland and mostly hominy. They also gave us lemon slices instead of Limes which was weird. We ordered some tacos along side our menudo and those were really good!I feel like if I were to give this place a third chance its best to avoid their menudo as its not worth the price point

Dark environment. Bathroom located between bar and kitchen. Fingerprints on mirror in dining room. Margarita tasted sweet and I couldn't taste liquor. Ordered steak nachos and very bland. I had to add hotsauce. On other hand, it had plenty of toppings. Average at best.$43 for nachos, chimichanga, margarita, and a bottle of Bud. Too expensive foe lunch.

So we usually drive past this restaurant and we should have kept driving but we decided to give it a try and 1. As soon as you walk in the door is very hard to push in 2. We waited for over 20 min to take our order but 5 in we decided to wash up for the chips and salsa and were basically forced to tak our drink order and when I asked about the Horchata I heard the buss boy say $2.50 for a big cup and a Sprite so when they got there they were basically filled all the way with ice and they ended up being $4.50 each ridiculous price some a bunch of ice with some Horchata and we also got a over priced kids size asada burrito and a torta with soggy bread and a Menudo that tasted like it came straight out of a can and they try to warm up total 75 bucks but had the overweight manager compt it because it was disgusting and when I argued about the Horchata he said that's plenty of Horchata with out hesitation so I told him B.S. for a cup filled with ice so then it was 63 total we recommend you dont waist your time or money $$$ ar this so called authentic Mexican restaurant yeah right No way Jose .. never again...