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Primo's was Established by Primo Villanueva, star football player for the B.C. Lions, in 1959. Today Third Generation restaurateur Joel and his wife Jaclynn continue to prepare and serve traditional Mexican recipes for you to enjoy.
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- Mary Anne H.Imperial, United States11764Sep 26, 2023
Family originally from Calexico, CA. Which is right on the southern Ca./Mex. border. Great food!
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Jan 4, 2018
It's family run restaurant on the far end of marine drive in white rock. Intimate place with not very huge set up but enough to accommodate 15 people max .
Bar set up is easy n simple to choose from . All drinks from cocktails to hard liquor is served here n on tables. Food consist of Mexican tacos n fajitas combined with salsa , guacamole n bean paste.
Complimentary tacos with salsa was fresh n crispy. I would say rice could have been cooked more. Since they were closing soon so didn't order much on the menu ( as we needed time to eat it all )
Server was really good n concerning. Would go again for Mexican food n fireplaceHelpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Nora H.Edmonton, AB1611Sep 9, 2017
So my original thought of going to this place was because a friend of mine work there..... my mind was completely blown!! From the insanely tasty margaritas with a bit of a kick to the delicious food AKA fajitas was insane! My taste buds were satisfied!!
This Boutique Mexican Grill has a quaint patio an absolutely unbelievable atmosphere that just screams sit down eat drink stay for a while and a staff that smiles and makes you feel like your family!!!
I'll definitely be back even if my friend has a day off!!!!
Xoxxooo thank you for a wonderful time and a new experience!!Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - K M.Greater Vancouver, BC051Apr 16, 2021
I'm not a huge fan of Take out anywhere, not usually the best way to experience a meal. So, Primo's Take and Bake is the perfect alternative. A full enchilada dinner for four, pick it up and bake it when you are ready to eat. Delicious!!!!!!!! We will continue to choose this option while dine in is not an option.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Evan N.Northampton, United States21May 28, 2019
Good god damn. Came in for lunch with my mom and grandma and we were super impressed. My Grandma has a....unique palette, and eats like a mouse who's just had a gastric bypass. Some might say she has the most severe case of white person palette of all time, and I might agree. Mild salsa when mixed as 80% sour cream and 20% salsa sends her running for the milk. Ground black pepper is like crumbled ghost pepper to her. The owner was super accommodating and changed up the fish tacos to have a vinaigrette slaw with some other unworldly magic, and she loved them. I have not seen her eat more than two bites of anything in over a decade, and she ate all three tacos and is "humanity has just made contact with extraterrestrial life for the firs time, and they've brought everyone free puppies" level of blown away with how good they were.
I had the burrito suprema with half chicken half beef, which came with rice and beans, which was super (suprema?) good. The beans taste like they were made by the collective spirit of every Habuela on earth focusing their collective energy into one serving of beans, like a spirit bomb from dragon ball z, except...well, beans. The chicken and beef were both unbelievably tender, without doing that sort of weird fibrous disintegrate-y thing when something has been slow cooked for too long. The sauce they douse it in is now in my top 5 list of liquids I would like to bathe in, just below lime jello and right above Scarlett Johansen's sweat. Hecka good.
My mom had a combo plate with the chilli releno, and an enchilada. She is somewhat of a connoisseur of chili relenos, like if there was a branch of the smithsonian devoted to chili relenos, she would curate the hell out of it. She gave it 5 stars, and was quite happy with the enchilada as well.
This is my last time having Mexican food in Canada before moving to the UK tomorrow, and I was a bit iffy trying a new place that i hadn't tried before moving to the land of bland food. I couldn't have had less to worry about, for my last time having food with flavour for the foreseeable future, this was a meal to remember.
My mom and Grandma are also fairly frail, mom is disabled and right out of the hospital, the owner (I think he was the owner, or a manager maybe?) accommodated room for their walkers and various medical gear wonderfully. Regardless they were super friendly, and I would definitely say White Rock has a great Mexican place again.Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 3Oh no 0 - Aug 16, 2017
My hubby came here for dinner without me and raved about the salsa. So much so that we ended up coming here the next night. He was right! The salsa was great, and reminded me of the salsa at one of my favorite Southern California taco places. So they must be doing something right.
I had the tostada with chicken and it was so good.
We talked to one of the people there (owner?) who told us she was from Southern CA. Perhaps that is why it was so good?
If we were ever in White Rock again we would certainly return!Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Laura H.Surrey, BC512Jun 2, 2019
I've been looking for a good Mexican restaurant since I moved to the area a year ago. We decided to visit Primo's tonight and have a margarita or two and see what the food was like.
The place is quaint and fun. Not too big but not too small. I imagine it gets quite busy on prime nights but Sunday night was a perfect time to go and the location is amazing also!
We both got margaritas and agreed that they were the best ones we've had. Not too sweet, not too salty, and come in a huge glass that you almost need two hands for.
We got beef taquitos to start which were alright. The meat was on the drier side but it was good.
I got the pork street tacos and my friend got enchiladas. The street tacos come in 3's and are very small. I chose pork as usually the pork tacos are always the most flavourful and least dry but these they were quite dry despite the sauce that was added to it. You'd definitely need an appetizer if you wanted this as a meal.
My friend wasn't overly impressed with the enchiladas. We noticed other tables got the fajitas and those looked and smelled amazing and we wished we got those instead.
The prices were a bit high for what you got and I probably wouldn't go back as it wasn't quite what we were looking for. Others seemed to love it though so give it a try.Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 0 - Marnie E.Newton, Surrey, BC5677393Jun 9, 2019
Eveything was great, the place, the service, the food and the drinks. Loved my pineapple Margarita and even had 2. They also have virgin margaritas for my son to try. Big portions of food and tasted so good too. We will definitely be back. Servers were all awesome too!
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Alex M.Delta, BC28913Feb 9, 2020Updated review
Awesomely authentic Mexican food. Yes some things are pricey but that is the case with pretty much every restaurant along the strip! Everything is prepared fresh daily and tastes amazing. Would recommend this place to anyone!
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0Feb 19, 2019Previous reviewAwesomely authentic Mexican food. Considering this place sits along the beach strip in White Rock I'd say their menu is very reasonably priced and there are some good value options as well! Everything is prepared fresh daily and tastes amazing. Would recommend this place to anyone!
- Dave M.Guildford, Surrey, BC1191Sep 2, 2021
My wife and I went there on a Thursday night for our 14 wedding anniversary just to find the place closed. Well there was I kid riding a scooter around inside but it was closed. The door was open they had a window open.bit it slow as closed .Their web page said they were open Yelp said they were open google said they were open. This was extremely disappointing. We will be sure to never go to this restaurant again.
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