Cocuyos Restaurant — Restaurant in Soledad

We were passing thru on a road trip and found this place on yelp,5 stars is correct . To start this little gem of a restaurant sits in a small farm town ,we ate outside it was pleasant temperature. The restaurant sits on corner with nice shade trees and a porch for dining outside inside looked nice street traffic was your basic for a Sunday quiet. One of my issues with restaurants is the menus (1) cleanliness these WERE clean not sticky YEA, (2) some restaurants have so many dishes and they stuff everything together were it becomes hard to read make menu bigger or cut back on dishes here not only was menu clean it was legible and for us who do not speak or read Spanish the menu is bilingual A+ Now our server Cathy was EXCELLENT maybe because it was a slow day but Cathy explained portion size our order was spot on Cathy was AWESOME made our meal that much better. The food .....IT WAS GREAT! salsa was very flavorful and it had SOME BITE YES THANK YOU , guacamole was yummy we ordered the 2 chili relleno plate to split between the wife and I we ordered Ala cart plates of Carne asada and carnitas would you agree or disagree with HOMEMADE CORN TORTILLAS . give it up for Cocuyos restaurant 👏 👏 👏 sorry I did not post pictures but if you happen to be on hwy 101 around soledad,ca...

We stopped here on our way back to Bay Area during our roadtrip. It's a small restaurant with indoor & outdoor seatings and a small bar. We went on Sunday afternoon (around 1pm) and was seated immediately.

We ordered fried tilapia, pambasos with beef, and guacamole. The free salsa was delicious and good amount of spiciness - perfect compliment to the crispy chips. The lady who took our order was kind enough to play Cocomelon to entertain for my kid. It took quite some times to get our food but we didn't mind because everything tasted fresh & good! The portions were big for the price.

My hubby got the fried tilapia. The fish was crispy and cooked perfectly. He liked the beans and said it was flavorful. He was super stuffed and had to take home half of it.

I never had pambasos before so I didn't really know what to expect. My pambasos was huge and filled with lots of filling. The bread was actually dipped in sauce and then grilled which made it super flavorful! The beef inside was chopped into small pieces and yet so flavorful (and had a hint of smokiness). The sour cream brought brightness to the dish. I was also stuffed and had to brought half home.

The guacamole was good and fresh. Overall, it tasted authentic and a good restaurant when you're...

My daughter and I had a great experience from the service to food quality. I had chicken fajitas grilled on a cast iron skillet with onions and bell peppers (sauteed veggies as well) tipped with cilantro and a side of lemons and as you can see the steam coming from picture which is fresh from the point. My lunch also came with homemade corn tortillas and a side of rice and beans although needed some salt on food which you can pour yourself. My daughter had cheese enchiladad topped with lettuce, crema (sour cream) and mexican cheese with rice and beans and let me tell you all fn delicious!!!! Salsa was homemade ( I can tell because it tasted just like how I make at home...lol)and came with chips at the beginning of service. Oh and it doesn't look like a restaurant from the outside its more of a house looking with light blue paint kinda like an older house at an inner corner of the streets. And it is a bit small, but who cares we there to eat unless. We ate around 2:20pm on a Thursday which was no traffic had the restaurant to...