El Campesino North Hills — Restaurant in Ross Township

A FOODIE’S DELIGHTFUL ENJOYMENT OF AUTHENTIC MEXICAN CUISINE 👏👏👏, all food cooked to order. None of those fast food tacos and wraps made with bottled red sauces and dead grated yellow cheeses.

The restaurant itself has a lovely ambience. The staff are very courteous and attentive.

The menu clearly has all the ingredients of the tastes of Mexico🇲🇽: Corn tortillas, green and red chilies, white (not black) beans, fresh white cheeses (queso fresco, not yellow processed cheese-like products) , guacamole salads, and flavorful Mexican rice. For alcohol, there’s a selection of Mexican beers and cocktails made with premium tequilas and mezcal. 😎😎😎

Choose from any of the Parrilla Campesina 👏👏👏, which highlight entrees of grilled meats mixed with al dente vegetables that are very juicy and perfectly cooked with simple seasoning. None of those thick sauces (usually from a bottle) used commonly by fast food joints and fake mexican eateries. For the uninitiated, go for the Cazuelda. It’s the best example of unadulterated Mexican food🤩🤩🤩 one may ever taste in America.

Choose also from the Especialidades👏👏👏 for classic Mexican favorites, such as Mole, Tamales, Flautas and Chili Rellenos.

And also from the Enchiladas 👍👍👍 for classic Mexican flavors: try the Verde, Mole, or Mexicana. You’ll never go back to the fast food ones😎😎😎.

BTW, always always choose the corn tortillas NOT the wheat flour ones, the latter apparently is being (reluctantly) offered a choice as it’s a familiar one to some people.

For those who somehow prefer the familiar burritos and some of enchiladas, which are Cal Mex and Tex Mex NOT authentic Mexican, there’s a small selection. SURPRISINGLY, this place manages to elevate these American inventions with true Mexican flavors. While I’m not a fan of the four tortilla, go for the California Burrito, it’s as good as one might savor in food stalls in metro San Diego.

Pittsburgh has clearly a great place for Mexican dining....

Update for Dec. 2022:

Under New Mismanagement?

After a new, never heard before spiel of, "no chicken, only beef" and "all chicken, no beef" and "our kitchen is too confused to fill orders correctly", this place charged us a "to go fee of $1.25" for one of the meals we ate inside of the restaurant and then tried to convince us that it was tax on the meals we had eaten on the premises when the receipt clearly has a separate line item for tax. After finally conceding that that charge was bogus, our waiter was like, "Come on, just pay it; it's only one dollar and 25." Really?! What they fail to see is, it's not the amount of money; it's the principle of charging people for nothing, no goods, no services. It's called ethics in business, I think?

To top it all off, they pressured us to hurry up pay and leave 19 minutes before closing. Our family is done with this place. Peace out...

Original review: Just mediocre Mexican, but my family is from Galveston, so my standard for Mex food is high. The guac was a day old or had been left sitting out of refrigeration. Yuck! It tasted...

Cutesy decor cannot compensate for the absolutely crappy mexican food here. Spotted a mexican cook picking his nose and eating it in the kitchen. Stodgy burrito, cold, barely warmed up enough in the microwave visible behind the bar. Burrito had no beans, salsa, guacamole, or cream, and the douchebag waiter didn't ask me if I wanted any either. HE played drums on the bar like a wannabe Tom Cruise in "Cocktail." Had to ask for fixins separately. Finally some sickly throw-up version of refried beans from a can and yukky sour cream-dog puke came. By this time the "burrito" was cold. This food belongs in the garbage. What an insult to even slightly selective people. Seriously, Taco Bell is WAYY better, and comes without the condescending self-adulation of the wait stafff. They ought to get a job at abercrombie and fitch- this is adolescent narccissism at it's worst. Bartender spent the whole evening adjusting his hair and texting someone. GEt a real...