Sabroso! Mexican Food — Restaurant in Benton Charter Township

When you walk into Sabroso, you’ll see a giant chalkboard which serves as the menu. After making your entre selection, you’ll head down the counter to pick out the exact ingredients you want in your dish. For instance, you have choices for different types of meats, beans, cheeses, rice, and sauces. They also have vegetarian options. My wife and I started with the Crunchy Burrito, which is built on a crispy corn tortilla. Meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and guacamole were piled on the tortilla and then it was wrapped inside of a huge fresh-made flour tortilla and grill-pressed. Once it was warmed, a thick queso sauce was poured over the top. We chose steak as our protein and went with the hot sauce. Both were good choices for our daring pallets. I loved how the warm, soft flour tortilla was contrasted by the crunchy corn tortilla inside. The other contrast that I liked was the heat from the grilled tortilla, yet the lettuce and tomatoes were still cool and crisp inside. The queso was over the top! (Pun intended.) The Calibirria Burrito is wrapped up potatoes, cheese, onion, and cilantro and featured a meat known as birria. I’ve only ever had birria in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in the state of Jalisco. Jalisco is proudly the home of tequila, mariachi bands and…birria. It is a very savory and tender beef, lamb or goat which is slow-cooked and often served as a soup or stew. (Think of grandma’s tender pot roast, but with chili pepper as the primary seasoning.) The chunks of potatoes in this burrito were large and firm, yet fully cooked. I’ve had mushy potatoes in burritos before, but not here. The fresh, citrusy bite of cilantro and the crisp pungent flavor of fresh onion really balanced out the more neutral and savory notes from the potatoes and the birria respectively. I enjoyed squeezing a little fresh lime onto the burrito, which lent an extra authentic taste. The large chunks of meat and potatoes in the Calibirria Burrito will leave you very satiated. Despite being stuffed like a burrito, we just had to try one more dish. The Quesabirria is one of Sabroso’s most popular dishes (according to the owner), and it, too, stars birria. Three piping-hot corn tortilla quesadillas were folded into tacos which enveloped a generous serving of birria. The tacos were topped with chopped onions, cilantro, and radishes. It is served with a side cup of birria soup. Growing up, I used to dunk grilled cheese sandwich into tomato soup, and I imagine people in the state of Jalisco grew up dunking their quesadillas into birria soup. This is one of my favorite Mexican dishes I have ever had. I loved the gooey, melted cheese inside the grilled corn tortillas. The meat was so tender and flavorful, and dunking the tacos into the birria soup was so scrumptious. The fresh garnish on top was visually appealing and pleasingly fragrant. I tip my sombrero for this meal. Their service is quick, so technically I suppose it is fast food, but these are family recipes, served by family. The word “sabroso” means “tasty” in Spanish, and I believe the name...

We got the Calibirria burrito with the cheese crust, 2 traditional steak tacos, street corn, flautas, walking taco, churro and horchata. The burrito was packed with flavor although a bit messy. The meat needed seasoning, not sure but it needed something more. The tacos tasted like your typical steak/asada tacos, they were not super greasy and were flavorful. The rice and beans were good but again, the rice needed a little more flavor, seasoning, and the beans were not your typical Mexican beans. The street corn was good. It is overpriced for the amount you get. The horchata was not good, tasted more like an oatmeal drink. The walking taco was ok. The hot Cheetos bag was the small 1oz bag so I’d say that this is also overpriced. Very small portions added to it. The churro did not taste good. They have pepsi products. There are a few vegetarian options. Overall, the food is just ok. Not terrible, but not the greatest either. Their prices are reasonable considering they are a small place. It’ll scratch the itch. Friendly staff quick service. Clean restrooms and some tables to dine in (6 or a little more possibly) 3 stars for now. We’ll try some other items next...

First time trying this place. The food was disappointing. I ordered the burrito supreme. There was a lack of flavor although I had asked for virtually all the different options available. The tortilla was soggy and mildly slimy as a result.

It is definitely overpriced for the size of the burrito. When you have options like La Perla (Benton Harbor) and Arriba Taqueria (St. Joseph), I truly expected the food to be full of flavor like the name, Sabroso. The service was not bad and neither was the atmosphere when I walked in, but the food lacked a lot of flavor.

I am not planning on going back even though I love food! My wife's order was also bland when she gave me a bite. I would not recommend this place as genuine Mexican food. The prices should reflect the quality and definitely the quantity of the food as the portions from what I saw when I walked in, are quite small in comparison to the other local authentic...