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Mexican Salsas
Category: Restaurants Mexican Mexican [Edit]
249 Augusta AvenueToronto, ON M5T 2L8
Neighbourhood: Kensington Market
(416) 977-8226
- Hours:
Mon-Tue, Sun 11 am - 7 pm
Thu 9 am - 7 pm
Fri-Sat 11 am - 3 am
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
24 reviews for Mexican Salsas
Review Highlights
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"Even better, you can get three different kinds of tacos." In 8 reviews -
"...spicy pulled pork and shredded beef were good options too." In 2 reviews
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"Love the burritos." In 5 reviews
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24 reviews in English
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Review from Anna W.
Parkdale, Toronto, ON
3 tacos + a bean soup = my favourite lunch in the city. Get the carnitas. You won't regret it.
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Review from Payam Z.
3.5 stars
super fast, reasonably tasty, and superb value.
Back when people were rioting against the G8 summit, I had the pleasure of discovering Mexican Salsas thanks to a little Yelp crawl organized by the great Neil T! Mexican Salsas has since served as a standby for lightning fast, cheap snack joint.
$1.25, that's right, 1.25 will get you a tortilla with a choice of 3 items including one of many meat options ranging from chipotle and mole chicken to chorizo/potatoes.
You can argue that the meat can be a bit more fresh/tasty but you can't really argue for the price.
Note the late hours during the weekend, and for a best bet get a bunch of tacos or taquitos and try all the different meats. -
Review from Ivan G.
Toronto, ON
4/29/2012
Poor quality of ingredients. No real flavor on the tacos. First and last time.
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Review from Reynold P.
Toronto, ON
11/22/2011
Not as great as El Trompo. There, I said it!
It's cheaper, but the quality doesn't match that of the store down the road.
I had the 3 tacos for 5.99. The tortillas were dry and the filling wasn't that filling. It's a good price but the treatment could have been better.
The Toquito's were a bit worse. So pass on these.
Overall the food is decent. It's a more authentic take on Mexican food compared to that Big Bell restaurant. It's reasonably priced but the quality doesn't cut it. For the price, it's alright. I've had better at many other Mexican restaurants. -
Review from Rainie L.
Markham, ON
1/8/2012 1 Check-in Here
Yummmmmmmmm! Each taco is $2.50 and if you go during Monday - Thursdays it's 3 for $5.99. We got the chicken, steak and the pork. All three were really good but I really loved the flavour of the pulled pork. They give you two pieces of tortilla with a mount of pulled pork on top, and your choice of toppings (ie cilantro, onions, etc). One taco wasn't really enough to make it a meal but it was a sizeable snack. We also got chips and salsa with hot sauce. It wasn't on the menu but I asked for it. I was expecting diced tomato for my "salsa" but instead it was a green pureed tomato sauce. It was rather delicious though.
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Review from Brian T.
Toronto, ON
8/9/2011 1 Check-in Here
So it seems that my three primary food missions in this city are to find the best pizza, barbecue and tacos/Mexican around.
To this extent I have done a lot of taco eating in Toronto (okay that sounds dirty, but seriously, grow up) and this place would be somewhere in the middle of the pack for me.
On my last visit here my DC and I split a mix of carnita and Al Pastor tostadas and tacos.
The tostadas were fine but covered in too much iceberg lettuce and sour cream; they also ultimately fall well short of my personal benchmark ie. the brilliant tinga tostadas they serve at Agave Y Aquate. The tacos were served in double tortillas (which is authentic) and the meats used in both (ie. the carnitas and El Pastor) were quite flavourful if a bit too greasy.
I do have one serious beef with this place however and it is that for a place with salsa in the name Mexican Salsas sure cheaps out on the stuff. I asked for the spicy salsa on my order (and it had 5 chili peppers beside it on the sign, you heard me, five!) and a) it was so stingily applied to my food that it didn't even really register until the third or fourth bite and b) wasn't that spicy.
I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt here and chalk it up to the server trying to protect what he felt must have been my weak white boy sensibilities but for future reference, the next time I go into an ostensibly authentic Mexican place and ask for the spiciest salsa on the menu I expect my lips to sweat, my scalp to itch and my mood to switch from amiable to downright anti-social. Is that so much to ask?
Anyway folks, ultimately this place is still good and it would be a toss up, along with La Tortilleria, as the best backup place to get solid, inexpensive Mexican food in Kensington when you don't want to go to El Trompo or Agave.
Also in fairness, I hear the burritos are great, but I'm a taco man through and through and have not tried them.
3 out of 5. -
Review from Lauren M.
On Monday-Thursday this place does 3 tacos for $5.99. Hellz yeah!
Even better, you can get three different kinds of tacos. They have at least 10 different meat selections for the fillings plus 2-3 vegetarian ones.
Each taco came on two separate soft corn tortillas, so if you make a mess eating the first one, you have an extra tortilla to pick up the slops. You get your pick of 4 salsas (from mild to super spicy) and some other toppings (fresh onions, tomatoes, cilantro).
The MOLE chicken was easily my favourite (pulled chicken with chocolate and spice sauce), but the spicy pulled pork and shredded beef were good options too.
Cafeteria style ordering at the front. Friendly Mexican server who brought me out a free drink afterward. (Score!)
Lots of interior tables but VERY sadly, no patio! This place needs a patio as all their nearby competition (Jumbo Empanadas, Agave, Arepa Market, Tacos El Asador) has some kind of outdoor seating available. -
Review from Alan K.
London, ON
Updated - 4/1/2012
I've been back several times to this place since my first visit and each time, I'm wowed by their food. My favourite taco is still the beef ones (so soft and flavourful) but I've also tried the pork tacos (good but there's a spice in there that I can't quite identify and it's not my favourite), Mayan chicken pibil (amazing), and tinga (good but could use a bit more smokiness). I usually get them to put the hottest salsa on my tacos but I've also tried the green one and both are bursting with a ton of flavour. This has become my go-to place when it comes to Mexican food. It also helps that the people who work there are extremely friendly and welcoming.
1 Previous Review: Show all »
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11/18/2011
I got their beef tacos topped with onion and cilantro and some spicy green salsa. They could've put… Read more »
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Review from Zoe R.
5/31/2011
What a welcome addition to Kensington Market. This somewhat new eatery offers fast meals at reasonable prices. I love their vegetarian burrito at $4.99! You can have it w/ or w/out cheese, and with your choice of a potato based or tofu/cactus filling. (correct me if I'm wrong about the fillings!) I read what others typed about its authenticity... for me, the fact that everytime I've gone there, I've always been serviced by people who speak English with a Spanish accent... You can't go wrong by coming here for a meal.
A close friend of mine really enjoys the shredded pork filling.
Be very careful about the Hot sauce. Mild and Medium are fine, but there was a woman eating near us who kept asking for water and tearing up... Let's just say that she regretted getting the "hot" sauce.Listed in: Best of's :), My Old Stompin' Grounds:…
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Review from Robin H.
Toronto, ON
4/19/2011
I think that perhaps I go here too often. Jesus knows me by name now.
I love Mexican food, and this is some of the more authentic variety in Kensington Market. I go here for lunch more than any other place because the food is really great, and surprisingly cheap. They don't skimp on the fixins, and you can get a filling lunch for around $5. Surprisingly, that's hard to do in Kensington. I'll keep coming back again and again. -
Review from Jay W.
Markham, ON
11/17/2010
If I told you that you that I had an authentic Mexican taco in Toronto, you'd tell me to go easy on the pipe, chief.
There are a four elements to what I consider an "authentic Mexican taco". No shredded cheese, fresh made salsa, a double corn tortilla, and shredded/braised meat (not ground beef!!!)
Mexican Salsas meets all of these requirements, but at the same time, I wish they had some less authentic Mexican (TexMex, CaliMex) items like fish tacos, Mission style burritos, etc... But I guess you can't please 'em all!
Anyways, the tacos were fresh, tasty, cheap, and filling. Can't go wrong when these things come together! -
Review from Madison A.
Toronto, ON
10/29/2011
I'm just going to come right out and say it: This was the best burrito I've had in Toronto. The chipotle chicken was out of this world. I can't comment on the other menu items, or the service since I had takeout, but the burrito alone was enough to make me return....really soon.
Listed in: Downtown Burritos
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Review from geraldine g.
Toronto, ON
4/1/2011 1 photo
This place is exactly what it is - cheap and quick. You really can't argue with that.
Need to re-fuel on the fly? Come here. You can sit down in a clean environment and feel full for not too much cash.
I can't really say I would order the same thing again. The taquito i had was a soft shell but it literally crumbled from the filling it had sitting on it. So much so that the first time i picked it up the soft shell tore apart and i had to use a fork. Fork with this food is so wrong.
For the price, I would return but with a giant lesson learned. -
Review from susan c.
7/2/2010
This was one of the stops on the UYE: Twoonie and Loonie Crawl.
$1.25 gets you a taquito (literally "little taco"): your choice of filling with garnish on a single-ply corn tortilla. 74 cents more gets you a full-sized taco on two tortillas.
Choose from an array of meaty fillings lathered in stewy juices like pork in chipotle sauce, chicken in mole, or chicken in pepitas (pumpkin-seed puree). They also serve tostados and tortas (Mexican sub sandwiches).
I recommend the cochinita pibil (saucy pork) with pico de gallo and some hot green salsa. Wash it down with a Mexican juice then take all the money you saved and [WARNING: BAD PUN ALERT!] go nuts at the bulk food market around the corner.Listed in: Less Hippie, More Zippy, How the Hell Do These Places…
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Review from K S.
2/15/2012
I don't like corn tortillas, but the ones at Mexican Salsas blew me out of the water. My mouth waters thinking about them. There's also an impressively wide selection, with several different kinds of chicken and pork to choose from - seems like they've put some effort into catering to real Mexican afficionados. This might be the best $6 lunch available in the U of T area, and I'll definitely be coming back.
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Review from Joanne S.
Toronto, ON
1/16/2011 1 photo
Other people in my group raved about their food, for me it was just decent. I ordered the torta: the bread was FANTASTICALLY fresh, the meat to fillers (beans, lettuce etc.) ratio was really good. I didn't really enjoy the meat I picked out - shredded beef. I'll go back and try it with something else.
Everyone else said the taquitos and other offerings were good. The last thing on the menu (I forgot what it is) was really small. -
Review from Neil T.
Toronto, ON
8/13/2010
Can you really complain when you can get a menu item for $1.25? This cafeteria style Mexican joint is dirty, quick, and cheap. It's everything that one would expect in Kensington Market, and it's everything a cheap Chinaman could ever want.
I don't know what any of the taco/taquito fillings are called, most of them I can't even identify the source of the meat. Love it. I just look and point. Nothing I've ever pointed at has disappointed. You definitely want hot sauce on whatever you point at.
Three taquitos for $3.75 will do you pretty good, I reckon. A 3.5 star rating for me. Potential for 4 stars.
TOONIE & A LOONIE RECOMMENDATION: a tasty taquito for $1.25..or two for $2.50 with $0.50 to spare!Listed in: Toonie & a Loonie
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Review from Susan G.
4/27/2010
Salsas is a new, more "legit" Mexican food experience in Kensington Market (legit is in quotes because... I've never had real Mexican!). I ate there last week, and had a really good experience!
The food was not what I am used to when I think "Mexican", I guess that's because I'm used to the Americanized version. But being a bit different really made it a better experience overall. The menu has a lot of selection with a lot of choices - including nachos, quesadillas, burritos, and much more. There were a variety of toppings and meats to add on to your meal. The best thing about the place was that I had a burrito (as big as a large at Big Fat Burrito, and burrito fans know it is large), for only FIVE DOLLARS - taxes in!
Though the price might by the biggest selling feature of this place, the food was really quite tasty! I had the "Pork Shoulder" burrito (can't remember the Spanish name... whoops), and it was quite delicious. I prefer mild food and this was just right. The friends I was with complained that the parsley added to the burritos was a strange taste combination, but I really enjoyed it! The fillings were evenly distributed throughout the burrito, which was a plus, and it wasn't all horribly watery and messy at the bottom.
The decor and atmosphere of the place was good too - not exactly upscale or classy, but certainly decent with ample seating room. The staff were very friendly, and as we were clearly overwhelmed by the menu (it being our first time there), they were quite helpful with explaining the set-up and the Spanish we were unfamiliar with.
I would certainly recommend this place, and I plan to return, considering the quality for the price. The only reason this isn't a 5 star rating is because I actually prefer the Tex-Mex kind of Mexican, and the atmosphere is not A+, but for a student on a budget, or someone who likes the real deal, this place is for you!Listed in: Gems of Kensington Market
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Review from Sharky L.
Toronto, ON
9/15/2011 2 Check-ins Here
They make good Mexican food and at great prices. Love the burritos. There is seating but more like an express eat and leave feel rather than chill with friends.
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Review from beth p.
Toronto, ON
8/17/2010
I love Mexican Salsas. I eat lunch in the market once a week, at least, and this is the new go-to. The burritos are pretty great, I love love love the mole (chocolate, not coriander, but the coriander one is awesome too). The spicy levels are not at all intense, but the food has tonnes of flavour and a burrito is a seriously filling $5 (tax included) lunch. For some reason, they advertise the burrito as costing maybe $8 in the window, but that is a weird, reverse psychology-type of false advertising. $5! If you're going for the first time, I recommend getting three tacos so you can try the many many different toppings. It's not a vegetarian haven, but they do have some options.
I do need to say that as much as I love Salsas, it is sloooooooow. So, so slow. I think it's getting better but I always mentally run through other options if there are more than three people in line.
Eating in isn't the best, but you can always sit in that weird Kensington park full of pigeons, as long as the weather is lovely. -
Review from May B.
Vancouver, BC
7/27/2010
Popped by after reading a rave review in Eye Weekly that got me pumped for cheap tasty eats.
I wasn't disappointed. I went for the three tacos, veggie and steak, plus a can of yummy mango nectar. I also opted for the chipotle salsa which, lucky for me, wasn't overly spicy. It took a while for my food since they were pretty busy and only one lady was working the grill, so be prepared to wait more than a few minutes if everyone suddenly decides they want authentic Mexican. But once my food did come up, oh man was it tasty. Washing it down with the mango nectar, I was more than satisfied, all for under $10! -
Review from Sonja Z.
Toronto, ON
6/2/2011
Went here one Saturday afternoon as my boyfriend and I were enjoying the nice weather we were having. I got chicken and pork tacos, and he got a burrito. Everything is so amazingly cheap, flavourful, and authentic! I'll definitley be back again to grab a quick bite when I'm craving some Mexican food.
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Review from Jen M.
Toronto, ON
6/22/2011
This is my fav lunch in TO--hands down! Yummy & well-priced to boot! The roasted pork taquitos are the best! Mmmmm!
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Review from Diana K.
Toronto, ON
7/5/2010
Quick and cheap, but that's not all. It's really, really effin' good. I love that it's not a sit down and be served kind of place. I just want to eat and this gets me food in the fastest possible manner. Order food, plop tray down on table and demolish tacos. No time for pleasantries.
