Primos Mexican Food — Restaurant in Redlands

RUN, DON'T WALK to check out Primos!!! I came in expecting an average experience with Mexican-American fast food and left THOROUGHLY impressed with not only the quality and taste, but the service and price was way beyond what I could've asked for.

First and foremost, I'm not sure how anyone can beat their lunch special during the week. 2 items for $10 is a STEAL and they are NOT skimpy with their portions!

During this visit I ordered a simple bean & cheese burrito and 3 beef taquitos with guac and cheese.

Their Jr. Burritos are MASSIVE, and a LITERAL STEAL as a part of the lunch special. The beans were creamy and wonderfully seasoned and the cheese was perfectly melted. The added touch of the grilled tortilla (after making the burrito) left a wonderful taste and texture on the tortilla.

The taquitos were freshly fried, and wonderfully seasoned.

All in all, if I had added on a drink or two, considering their impressive salsa station and self-serve warm chips, this easily could have served 2 people.

As mentioned before their self-served warm-chip station and salsa bar were also impressive. All the salsa's tasted incredible and fresh!

Their drink station was pretty typical with regards to their Pepsi soda products, but I loved that they also offer some aguas, both Horchata and Jamaica. While I will always prefer 'homemade' aguas offerings, the fact that you can get refills is great - even if it's from a mix.

The final piece that thoroughly impressed me was how clean the entire place was. The eating area, the counter tops, the restrooms, even the kitchen area was organized and clean!

I fully intend to come back again and again, as this place is fantastic, generous, provides excellent service and sells delicious products! While it's a bit tough to find in the plaza, as it's tucked into a corner, it is 100% worth a visit! Go support this great local business!!!

FOLLOW UP, 2 DAYS LATER:

Ended up loving Primos so much I brought my family, this time on the weekend.

PRIMOS DOES NOT MISS. So blown away, truly.

This time we ordered one of everything off their 'lunch special' menu and EVERY item was AMAZING.

The quesadilla is HUGE and they are NOT stingy with the cheese. It has a great cheese pull and the tortilla was perfectly grilled.

The fish tacos are also MASSIVE and were DELICIOUS. The fish was wonderfully flavorful with a great crunchy exterior and soft interior.

The Jr. Bean Rice & Cheese burrito was fantastic... still absolutely massive.

This time we also got sides and a drink with our order (we "Made it Mas") which was an additional $5 (so far, $15 for 2 entrees, 2 sides and a drink).

THE SIDES DO NOT MISS EITHER, YA'LL!!! The street corn (grilled and seasoned) was INCREDIBLE. The Queso dip was wonderfully creamy, warm, and a perfect dipping sauce. Even their "whole beans" were simple, yet tasty with subtle seasoning and a great mouth feel! The only disappointing part was the tiny serving of fries - BUT, to their credit they were VERY crunchy and tasty!

I still think Primos lunch special (with or without the "make it mas") is the BEST deal on Mexican food in the area.

2 orders ($32.xx out the door) fed a family of 4 WITH leftovers.

I'll say it again: RUN, DON'T WALK TO PRIMOS. You truly won't regret it. It may not be fancy, but it's fresh, tasty, generous, and won't leave you...

So true story… I was excited to Mexican food place because it had good reviews come on but unfortunately, I never actually got the try food because it appears either the staff didn’t want to take my order or had better things to do like pick at there nails?? There were only two people working and one was apparently too busy doing online orders so she wouldn’t take my order, but other one was doing absolutely nothing. Sooo I waited and waited and waited and waited. I asked them how much longer a couple times but couldn’t give me an exact time. So I finally gave up and went down the street to Rubios. I also should add that their prices are about 40% higher than Rubios or Chipotle so FYI. I hope they manage better down the road looks like a fun place with good food, but they need way way better...

I do not recommend this place !

My first time here. I felt a bit tense and was not very welcomed. Not knowing the menue I asked for help but I think the cashier was also not fully aware of this detail.

I went ahead and placed my order and hoped for the best....... i politely asked very well done on the meats and easy on the rest.

Apparently some miscommunication happened my order was completely wrong i even spoke to the guy who prepared my dish and to him I looked like a nut job. His non apologetic attitude right away signaled a red flag. This place truly Aweful horrible cust service grumpy cook ( were all these people having a bad day ) This is a business run it like one...