Valle Escondido Mexican Grill — Restaurant in Harrison Township

Valet Escondido Mexican Restaurant: Where Flavor Meets Heart 🌮🔥

Every now and then, you stumble upon a place that doesn’t just serve food—it serves feeling. That’s exactly what I found at Valet Escondido Mexican Restaurant.

The food? Authentic. The kind that makes you pause mid-bite just to appreciate the layers of flavor. Each dish tasted like it came straight out of someone’s abuela’s kitchen—rich, soulful, and unapologetically Mexican.

But here’s where the real surprise hit me: the service. These folks don’t just take your order—they make you feel like family. You can tell they’re genuinely proud of what they do, and that energy fills the room. It’s rare to see that kind of dedication anymore, but Valet Escondido has it in spades.

Add in the warm, lively vibe—music humming softly, the scent of grilled perfection in the air—and you’ve got a spot that doesn’t just satisfy your appetite, it sticks with your memory long after you’ve left.

If you want a meal that feels like a mini vacation to Mexico, this is the place.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from Jack Morgan — chasing the best bites in the Queen...

I need to vent! My wife and myself have been going here for years. I always get the same thing every time the Ranchero Burrito. When I started getting it, it was sooo big filled with steak and chicken and topped with meat crumbles and 12 shrimp and lots of pineapple and cost a little over $10 and some change. Well over time the amount of chicken and steak and shrimp have shrunk. The other weekend I ordered the same thing as usual and the burrito was half the size and only 4 shrimp on top and 6 pieces of pineapple and cost around $15.50 I understand prices going up but the quantity should not change. I love this restaurant I really don’t want to look for a different Mexican restaurant to go to. They need to either reduce the price or increase the the portion size back to the way...

If you are looking for abundance in portion size, this is the place for you! The actual food was hot or miss though. I ordered a tamale and a chile relleno. The masa mixture of the tamale was sweet, almost like dessert. The sauce was savory and flavorful, but together, they clashed. The chile relleno was flavorful, but it was swimming in sauce, so much so, the breading on the pepper disintegrated into the sauce. The rice and beans were both surprisingly bland. My husband ordered street tacos and they were haphazardly put together, so the tortillas were falling apart beneath the meat. The meat was well seasoned, but dry overall. The food has tons of potential and maybe we caught them on a bad day. The components are there, but the execution...