Great Mex Grill

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    5530 E Atherton St

    Long Beach, CA 90815

    United States

    Mon

    • 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM

    Tue

    • 8:00 AM - 9:30 PM

    Wed

    • 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM

    Closed now

    Thu

    • 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM

    Fri

    • 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM

    Sat

    • 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

    Sun

    • 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

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    About the Business

    All your favorites- excellent breakfasts, lunch & dinner specials and Taco Tuesdays AND Fridays. We pride ourselves on friendly staff and good prices. Dine in, enjoy our patio or call ahead and take it with you. The food is fast and fresh--you can watch it being prepared upon ordering. While you wait, pick your favorite sauces and condiments from our acclaimed salsa bar or enjoy our eclectic art. Great Mex- great food, great deals and great service.…

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      Hi there! Can you please tell me if the rice, beans or tortillas are cooked with chicken stock, animal lard, or anything else that would make them not vegetarian friendly?

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      Is tipping expected here?

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      No, there is a jar.. these are really great people so drop some paper in there!

      Mark A. 
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      William F.
      Del Mar, United States
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      Jul 31, 2023

      Generous portions and pretty tasty and ! It doesn't hurt that it's only a 5 minute drive to satiate our hunger

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      Konner E.
      Pleasant Hill, United States
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      I ordered through Yelp and got a veggie fajita burrito and a soda. The burrito was delicious, and the chips and salsa that came with it were fantastic! I loved all 3 of their salsas.

      I also loved that they had fountain soda and not just a can of soda. Does anyone think the taste of a soda at a restaurant is better than from a can?! One thing I miss about dining in.

      Ordered it a second time and it wasn't as good, but I'm only reviewing for my initial visit. Definitely will try them a third time!

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      George B.
      Huntington Beach, United States
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      This place is FABULOUS. Tiny yes, but they operate like total professionals. Can I nominate them for a Michelin star? Yes!

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      Stephanie S.
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      Today, I picked up catering for 25 people. Great Mex is one of my favorite Mexican restaurants, so I wanted to see how they would do with catering an event.
      Everything was delicious! The order was well packed for easy transport which made it super easy to pick up and set up for serving.
      The pricing is very fair for large groups.
      I will definitely use them again for large group catering!

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      Denise T.
      Long Beach, United States
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      The BEST. Eat there almost every week at least. The salsa and chips are enough alone.

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      Cursty J.
      Wasquehal, France
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      Love this place. The people are nice and
      My order arrived super fast. I've ordered 25 burritos and it only takes 45 mins to be ready

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      HELLEN C.
      Los Angeles, United States
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      Feb 23, 2023

      I really like this place. It is one of those blink, and you'll miss, type of hole in the wall. I love their Taco Tuesday and Friday specials. I live for those grilled shrimp, soft tortilla tacos with their roasted salsa. Unpretentious, and small location. I have ordered catering breakfast burritos for some meetings, and I so appreciate their morning staff for packaging them and adding the additional salsas. Our staff love it and their slim which are egg whites, with mushroom and spinach are so delicious. A shout out to Andrea working the morning shift, for always being so patient with my orders.

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      Jximo C.
      Long Beach, United States
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      Excellent fast service and good food vegetarian tamale, they are a tamale factory, it's small but if you order to go or seat outside it's all worth it.

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      Melody T.
      SoMa, San Francisco, United States
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      Usually love this place for their great food. Such a disappointment to see that they hardly gave us any chips for two orders.
      It will be a while before we go again as there are many Mexican places near us who are not as skimpy with their chips.

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      Adam S.
      San Carlos, United States
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      This should be a 5 star review. This place has great salsa, really delicious enchiladas, and amazing breaded fish tacos. Their chicken burritos are great, too.

      But the reason it's just 4 stars is because they used to have this amazing spicy ground beef and my boys loved to get the spicy ground beef tacos. But they recently changed the recipe so that now the "spicy" ground beef is not spicy at all, in fact it's bland. We still go here but not as much, because that spicy ground beef was the reason we kept coming back regularly. When I ask them why they changed the recipe, they don't really give me a straight answer. It's a mystery, and it makes me sad.

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