Los Metates — Restaurant in Daly City

If you're in a bind ( I mean in the mood for meh Mexican cuisine) and in the Daly City area, I'd maybe suggest this place. Their enchilada sauce is tasty but it's more tomato-y than anything so with cheese they could've fooled me into thinking I was eating Italian type foods, even though I was eating a chicken enchilada. I also got the Super Lengua burrito, it was kind of bland, but tasted better with the green tomatillo sauce, the lengua was a bit stringy and kept getting stuck between my teeth ( didn't have that chewy yet melt in your mouth texture that I'm used to with lengua ... the best for that, that I've tried so far is Taqueria el Metate in Belmont), also you get your $$ worth in Belmont, you order a super burrito.. you get this fat log of a burrito... wet burrito... you're in heaven. They make everything fresh there even their chips (I can't say the same for Los Metates, as I witnessed the lady behind the counter dump out some chips from one of those big ass Costco bought tortilla bag o' chips. For enchiladas I would drive to Fremont for it (the best melt in your mouth enchiladas I had besides homemade ones from a friend were from Los Cabos in Fremont). Oh and I forgot to mention, I also got an horchata (my favorite drink), you would think that when the lady poured out the horchata from the tub and I could see the layer of sediment at the bottom that their horchata would be pretty thick and creamy.. boo to my dismay it was thin...

This is the only place that offers fish or shrimp burrito. They also have the normal meats burritos which is very good however my favorite is the fish burrito. I know? Fish burrito. They have the fish burrito or shrimp which is very unusual. They not only have the fish burrito, they give you a lot. It’s enough to cover the entire burrito and not over cooked at all. In terms of meat, my husband’s favorite is the carne asada(beef) burrito or pork Al pastor( bbq pork). He also tried the chicken and he said it was a little bit too dry for him the meat.

Update: 08/22/2025

Felt like having burrito for dinner. Our go to location for take out burrito. We ordered: carne asada regular burrito and fish regular burrito. Burrito is big enough to share, that I only ate half my burrito. The fish wasn’t dry or the rice. Loved it with cilantro and onions. Made it tastier. Was told that their sopa de res is very good. Next time will try that or the fried fish....

I've been here a few times, the place itself is nothing fancy. They have a salsa bar and menu is reasonably priced. People that work here are nice. They have simple and decent dining area. This time around I ordered through doordash and the food was on point. Everything came the way it was ordered.

Super chicken burrito - flavorful and perfect balance of chicken, rice, and beans etc.

Super carnitas burrito - Did not disappoint. It was a nice meaty burrito. So much that I could only eat half. I'll save the rest for later. It was such a messy goodness.

Chips and salsa for $4 on doordash not worth it. IMHO.

Overall, great experience. It...