Restaurante Oaxaqueño

Very good food.. authentically taste.. first time eating their. I will go back.

Love this place!! Great discovery now in the old Horizons building in Oakland. Great people and awesome food. Would eat it everyday!!

A great find. Out of no where and to find great Latino foods. Huge burritos. A bit to hot without air conditioning or fans but for a quick authentic bite to tide you over on the road. Ps watch out for the hot sauces, more bite than flavor for my taste.

Taco special very tasty! Orange and green hot and hotter sauce. I will be back!

Having read a previous recommendations for Oaxaqueno the wife and I decided to try it out tonight. First of all, do not be put off by the location. The front of the business could use a little touch up but the food inside is what matters and it was well worth the visit. We were greeted by a very nice young lady who told us to pick a table and she quickly returned and took our drink order. On the wall behind the register are several pictures of different plates and soups and they all looked delicious but after seeing the picture of the beef soup I knew I was going to have soup tonight. One thing about me is that I NEVER order soup at a restaurant. In my mind I believe that if I am out to eat then I want something substantial and I want to leave full and soup just doesn't usually do that.

We were served our drinks and chips and salsa and the chips were just made fresh and were warm and crispy.

Yes I did order the beef soup (Caldo De Res) and since it was only soup I also ordered 2 beef tacos and my wife ordered the enchilada plate which had three enchiladas along with rice and beans. We waited only a short time and our plates were brought to the table and the bowl of (Unfilling??) soup was huge. I immediately regretted ordering the additional tacos while I took in the bowl of soup in front of me. The soup had a large chunk of carrot, cabbage, zucchini and ear of corn and two large chunks of beef. My first thought was how in the hell am I going to cut these vegetables and meat in this bowl and I wished I had a knife. After using my spoon to cut into the carrot and the beef I found the reason a knife isn't brought to the table. All of the vegetables and beef were spoon cutting tender and were very very good. The soup has such a wonderful flavor that I will be ordering it again in the near future and I told my wife that I had never had a soup with this type of flavor before. I offered a sample of the bowl and broth to my wife and she had the look I must of had when you taste something good that you have never had before. Three corn tortillas were brought with the soup and in all of my years at Mexican restaurants around the county I have never had corn tortillas as good as these were. Two bottles of a red and green salsa were also brought out and my wife and I both thought they had very good flavor. My wife's plate of three enchiladas were presented very nicely and tasted just as good. She ordered beef, chicken and cheese and they were all wrapped in homemade tortillas and my wife said they were excellent and I had to agree. The two additional , traditional taco's I ordered were brought out with lime and had cilantro and onions on them and while I didn't need them they were excellent also.

Overall I give the entire experience and meal a 10. The friendliness of the staff, the quality of the food and the nice clean establishment add up to a very good 10.

I saw on the menu that they also offer breakfast and it has been a long time since I have had a traditional Mexican breakfast and i am sure that Oaxaqueno will do an excellent job. I highly recommend this restaurant and we will definitely be back.