Presidio Cocina Mexicana

519 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix - 85013
317 reviews
Mexican
(602) 279-8420

Unbelievable food! Tucked away in central phoenix across the street from the hospital. The service was friendly and quick but the food was absolutely the reason I’d be back again.

Amazing authentic Mexican restaurant. A friend recommended this to us and it did not disappoint. Honestly the best restaurant we went to in Arizona. This place is truly a hidden gem!!

YUM! I went there for dinner and loved it! Best Mexican food I’ve had in a while! Great homemade salsas and guacamole with chips. Loved the fajitas and tacos too. Everything made fresh and flavorful. Good service and quick to get our food. Definitely will return!

All around tasty food but what really makes them stand out is their sense of proportioning ingredients when putting together a plate. I had their Lime Cilantro Salad sans the dressing. Every bite was quality. Too often other places have their waitress throw together all or part of the salad. This is not the way they prepare food. Instead a real chef assembled the salad. They understood the taste palette. As a result the taste and visual appearance was superior.

Being from out of town, I was craving authentic Mexican food and saw the reviews. A friend and I stopped for dinner. The waitress told us to sit wherever. We sat down and it took her about ten minutes to bring us a menu. It was not packed in there, maybe 2 other tables with people. We finally get the menu and was a little shocked to see $17 and up for a plate. Then you order and pay for chips and salsa. I thought that was strange, normally the Mexican food restaurants I go to, at least the first bowl of chips and salsa are free. So we ordered chips and salsa and our plate. We received our food and Definitely not authentic Mexican food. Not alot of flavor. We were very disappointed. But I also have to remind myself there are different types of Mexican food, this one just didn't do it for us.

The food was very impressive and delicious here. They take care to provide you an excellent meal with authentic flavors. I had a yucatan style slow braised pork that was just delicious. Homemade flour tortilla's and fresh made corn chips were also a great highlight. The street corn was also extremely delicious. I was rather disappointed with the service. Server barely was seen or checked in on us after order was placed. Waiting for over 10 minutes for our check after some of the table was already cleared. She seemed very inattentive even though it was not a super busy night. All in all, I would return, the food was wonderful.

I had the Torta Ahogada, the bread is drowned in spicy red sauce, covered in red onions and filled with carnitas. ?There's a patio for outside seating and the interior is also very nice for dining in.

Went to have brunch after our Sunday Church, we showed up and there were multiple tables open, we had a party of 7 and as always was expecting a wait which is usual and I didn't mind. I was estimated a wait time of 15 min which seemed fairly quick, 15 turned into 20 turned into 30 turned into an hour, all the while I had to check in to see what the status was, was never updated on their own I always had to ask, all the while multiple large parties were seated ahead of us with them arriving after, if they couldn't seat 7 they have told us rather than filling all the tables with smaller parties of 5 or 6. In the end we left as it did not seem anyone was willing to assist. It is unfortunate as the food looked good, but poor service lead to us leaving.

I came here this morning with my friend and it was an amazing experience. Our server Luis made sure we had what we wanted and went out of his way to help. Everything was very freshly cooked, yet came out quickly. I ordered the Vanilla Latte, Orange Juice, and the Presidio Breakfast. The orange juice I highly recommend because it’s all natural, great flavor. The breakfast dish was full of flavor and was very unique

Great service. Smaller portions. It's more of a modern Mexican restaurant. Not a huge menu and there's a lot of more modern, trendy dishes. No chimichangas which to me is so weird. I ate pork tacos. They were good,just very very greasy. Like I said, staff was very nice. Food was pretty good. If you like the newer version of Mexican food then you'll like this place.