Chapala Express — Restaurant in San Bernardino

After enjoying the nostalgic memories of Happy Meal toys throughout the years in the McDonald’s Museum, we stopped by Chapala for lunch. Restaurant was no frills and clean. The cashier was very friendly and attentive. We ordered 2 of Pastor, Lengua and Cabeza tacos. They gave us 2 Tacos Perron on the house, instead of the 20% off since we completed paying already before we remembered to show the offer. That was super nice of them!

The corn tortillas were very fresh and flavorful. They are a bit thicker so are quite filling since each taco has two of them. The Pastor was well marinated and juicy. The Lengua and Cabeza were very tender and flavorful. The taco perron had carne asada, guacamole, beans and mozzarella cheese. The carne asada was perfectly grilled. Loved the addition of the guacamole and grilled mozzarella cheese but the beans were a bit too much and made the taco soggy. They also provided three different salsas. Our favorite was the spicy avocado based green salsa. It was super creamy and had a strong spicy kick.

Will definitely be back when we visit San Bernardino again!

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We had pretty high hopes for this place based on many of the reviews and the pictures of the food. It was okay. The food wasn't bad, but didn't really stand out. We love Mexican seafood, and all Mexican foods, so we do it pretty often. It's fair to say that we've eaten at most of the Mexican restaurants in this area. Some of the Mexican restaurants in this area are superb. We were not super impressed with the food here and the service was not great. The dining area was clean though. We tried some tacos, and the seafood tower. The tacos were okay. The seafood tower was pretty good, but the octopus was pretty over cooked and tough to eat. The flavors were good and the shrimp was pretty fresh but it was pretty expensive and I wouldn't order it again. I don't think we would return to this restaurant, and I can't really recommend it to others. We really did have high hopes...

I don't know if we caught them at a bad time we came in because of the possitive reviews but the food was horrible we got our food togo its not along drive home they offered salsa (self serve) we went to help ourselves most were empty asked if they had more they ran out 😒 we got quesabirrias they had no flavor the consume tasted horrible made it worse.. we got asada fries they were soggy and carne on it also had no flavor.. we got my son an asada quesadilla and they didn't bother mentioning they put salsa in them so he didn't eat it that was also soggy because they put a side of guac and lettuce in the box that was runny.. we paid over $55 and couldnt finish the food we got because the flavor wasnt there over all no taste...