El Mexsal Authentic Latin Food

97 Medford St, Malden - 02148
107 reviews
Mexican Latin American
(781) 605-0821

I just went in there to pick up a few papusas I ordered online. I asked for extra Curtido and was told flat out “no.” Is it just me, or is that weird? I would have payed for it if that’s what they wanted, but I was just told “no.” It reminded me of the soup Natzi episode of Seinfeld. LolThe kicker is too, is that I ordered 3 pupusas and only got two Curtidos…even though I asked for extra in the online order as well. And I had tipped them when I ordered online too!! Regretting that decision.

Really mediocre. Enchiladas were dry and lacking sauce. Our waiter never checked on us, never brought more drinks, or even asked how our food was. There’s only 4 tables in the restaurant and we were the only ones there the whole time.

food was extremely delicious and well prepared. staff were really kind and attentive, would come again!

La mejor comida la mejor atención

Best restaurant ever. the meat is super fresh and cooked perfectly. The taste is super rich. I've been here twice and I loved it. The one who treats you very kind. We will be back for more. Compared to other restaurants the price here is low.

First time ordering here. I got 2 tacos which were okay, a steak burrito that didn't have any steak in it and a chicken quesadilla that came with rice and peas inside but no chicken. Completely disgusted and disappointed.

Use to come here a lot, food was flavorful and fresh. Employees used to go out of their way to make you feel welcomed and give you their best. Now it seems their quality went down as there was hardly anything in the tacos, the meat and the tortilla was dry-probably been sitting in the kitchen all day. Customer service gone down too, the rude lady that picks up the phone, asked her how long and she said “nooo” excuse me you can’t tell me how long till I come pick up my order? When I arrived she looked miserable, didn’t have any sort of customer service or professionalism, didn’t even say hi back. This place always had at least 1 or 2 tables seated mid covid but I see why they don’t anymore. Didn’t even finish 50% of the food. Won’t be coming back that’s for sure. Go to La hacienda in Everett or E Boston where you’ll get good service, fresh hot and juicy good food and spend less money than this business that’s on its way out.

Food was amazing my first time here , the lady in the front was really kind,u can see the kitchen from the front and is really clean great job

Will never order from here again . Horrible customer service. I placed an order online which said the order would be ready in 30 minutes. When I arrived 30 minutes later and asked for the order the waitress looked at me and had no idea what I was talking about. She later went out back and found the order then told me it would be another 15 minutes. No problem, I sat down and waited. Once the order was ready and I went home I found that it was wrong.I ordered a quesadilla and steak tacos and ended up with chicken tacos and steak tacos. I called the restaurant and they told me to come back and pick up the correct order. I then had to drive back to the restaurant and when I got there they were asking for the chicken tacos. I was disgusted that they wanted food back that had already been at my house. I don’t eat chicken so I didn’t eat them but I never thought to bring back the wrong food. I had to argue with the waitress to give me the quesadilla that they had just told me to drive back and get!! No one ever apologized for messing up the order or for making me wait longer. I am so disappointed in this restaurant. I wanted to support a small local restaurant and unfortunately will never return there again and will never recommend this restaurant to anyone.

What in awesome place!A real hidden gem. It's a small 7 table restaurant with counter service and a few tables outside. Full bar which is impressive since it's so small.Staff is friendly. But for all I care, they could slap me in the face every time I walked in because the food is stellar. Authentic, flavors are on point, and is a good portion and price.