Cafe Zamora

Food is good but i mainly go just for their hot salsa. Seems like everytime i go and buy just salsa, the pricy is different every time and sometimes they give chips and sometimes they dont! Today got salsa and for the first time it was NOT good just tasted like pure tomato.

I don’t know if we came on an «off» night or not, but our food was just BAD. All of it. I ordered the chicken chimichanga, which was loaded with dark meat chicken that tasted «off», and was very bland. The rice and beans had been put under the broiler for too long — the rice was hard and beans were burned around the edges. The guacamole was good. My boyfriend ordered two carne asada tacos and two carnitas tacos. All of the meat was WAY overcooked (like jerky) and there was zero seasoning. Very bland. Some had tomatoes, some didn’t. Some had cheese, some didn’t. Seemed like store bought tortillas. We also ordered a beef tamale, which was SO over-​warmed it was as hard as a rock on one side and was the dryest, most flavorless tamale I’ve had in my life. The chips and salsa were good, and the people who worked there were nice. The dinner was just terrible. It was my one «cheat» day off my diet and I was so excited to try it, based on the reviews. Soooo disappointed! We won’t be back. I’m giving two stars only because the staff was very nice/​polite.

We Oregonians wandered in hungry after a long day traveling and were not disappointed. The chile relleno’s, smothered in a delicious green sauce, was excatly what we were hoping for in good Arizona Mexican food! We loved the warm homemade chips, tasty salsa and the crispy tacos. Mucho Gracias for a great dinner!

I heard a lot of positive things about this place, but I was thoroughly disappointed. I got food poisoning, and their food was bland. Their Chile Relleno was an over cooked chile omelet. It had no flavor.
The service was great, but that’s all thrown away when their food forces you to spend the rest of the day in the rest room.
By far the worst Mexican food I’ve ever eaten…

Absolutely delicious! Came to a meeting and stopped by before for a quick bite and I will travel to Avondale for this authentic fresh Mexican food. I had a carnita taco and a carne azada taco with cilantro onion and lime! Yum! Best ever! My fav hole in the wall officially! And YES! They have chiles torreados!

My all time favorite Mexican food restaurant (and I’m a native folks). Hefty, no frills Sonoran-​style food. The chips and salsa are addicting and the prices beyond reasonable. When you’re craving for enchiladas smothered in melted cheese and a serving size that practically spills over the sides of your plate, this is the place.

Love the food and service, the home style authentic Mexican food is comfort. I have suggested this place to many of my friends and out of town family members. The service is fast and awesome, the owner came out to greet us and thanked us for coming in. This is a must if your in the area!

Went all around looking for some great authentic Mexican «hole in the wall «place to eat when my brother who lives here recommended here. My son had to use the restroom and to my surprised, it was clean. The place was very clean and not too busy. It was almost 2:00 pm and they offered lunch specials till 2 and we just made it. The waitress was very nice and friendly and offered us chips and salsa. I didn’t eat any but my 3 brothers ate and said it was good. My son a picky eater ordered hamburger and fries (which I was glad they had on the menu). I had the #6 enchiladas lunch special. It came with rice, beans and salad, just enough portion. It was served on a hot plate and it was good. I didn’t need any meat, cheese was just good! My brothers had the #8 combo which they ate all! The rice and beans was good too. I found a new place to come eat good authentic Mexican while visiting family in Avondale.

The food tastes stale. Strange flavoring. We decided to try this place after seeing it on Unilocal.Big mistake. We left our plates barely touched.

Best Mexican food in Avondale period, the salsa and chips is real good also try the open cheese crisp with quaqamole and red chili burrito and there sweet tea is the bomb

Had 2 enchiladas plate. One chicken and one beef. Chips and salsa were tasty. Chips were crispy! Enchiladas were yummy too. Corn tortillas we’re definitely homemade and made the meal. Beans and rice were just average. Great place for lunch!

This little down home place was recommended by the manager from the White House thrift store. We were down in Avondale and happened to drive through old Avondale that has a few places worth stopping for. The food was very good, I ordered the beef chimichanga with guacamole and sour cream and it came with rice and beans. They have lunch specials and all the dishes are reasonable. Not fancy, but the food was delicious and our server was warm and helpful. So if in the area check it out.

Pretty darn yummy. I must say for being a small place the food was good good.
Everything tastes delicious. I would definitely come back when ever I’m in AZ.
Enchilada was on point and the shredded beef crispy taco was bomb.
I’m so full so come on an empty stomach.
Enjoy

LOVE this place! The drinks are huge, the food is very delicious, prices are excellent, and the salsa is amazing! Warm chips too! Been going here for years and I’ve ALWAYS been satisfied!

Don’t you just love it when…
You walk into a restaurant and you’re treated like family.
Let me explain…
Was introduced to this place by my boyfriend who had frequented this marvelous place in the past. SO happy to have found a solid mexican restaurant.
It’s tucked away and doesn’t look like much on the outside but the service is always so friendly and they always go above and beyond, plus it just feels like home.
Tip: Ask for a side of enchilada sauce with your meal then proceed to drizzle that on everything, amazing stuff, I seriously wish I had the recipe!

HORRIBLY EXECUTED FOOD!!! WHAT HAPPENED HERE??? Been going to this Mexican restaurant for five years now. Before it was amazing until my recent visit. The burritos were so salty and dry. All nasty meat with no extras. There’s suppose to be more than dry meat. No credit here.

Some of the best Carnitas I’ve had! & a big thing for me and Mexican food is the rice and beans and there’s were on point.

I have written a bad review of this poor excuse for a Mexican restaurant before. I went again today with friends who wanted to go. I had the #1 lunch special. It came with a tostado and an enchilada. I ate the tostado which had no taste. It had a VERY thin smear of refried beans, a good inch of lettuce, and less than a teaspoon of grated cheese. I tasted the rice and left it. The enchilada was disgusting. It had even less cheese inside than the tostada had beans. I have literally been popping Tums since I got home.
While we were sitting there, some kind of huge black bug fell on one of the ladies. I am not sure how we even stayed at that point. About ten minutes later, a lady at a table near us got up to kill a big bug under a nearby table with her shoe.
ugh ugh ugh
At noon there were only 3 tables with guests. What does this tell you???
This was my third try and my last. I was hoping I would see what the few people that posted good was actually true. It is just nasty there.

I have been coming here for lunch weekly, some weeks multiple times, for almost 6 years… there is a reason! This place ruined all other Mexican food for me because now I compare everything to Café Zamora. The carnitas is fabulous, the green chili is excellent, and if you really want a spicy treat get the Shrimp ala diablo!

Awful. Not sure if it was an off night or what but it was seriously the worst Mexican food I’ve had.
A group of four of us came in hoping to experience all the amazing food everyone else has raved about, however out of four of us one was satisfied and only mildly so– and he got a quesadilla which is pretty tough to make poorly.
The rest of us order beef tacos, carnitas burrito and some sort of shrimp dish– which was in a puddle of butter and oil surrounded by over cooked beans and dry rice. Beef tacos had to be reorder since the first batch had a long dark hair in it. When a hairless plate of tacos was brought they were bland, little seasoning (the waitress laughed and apologized but didn’t offer a discount or something for the violation of health codes). The carnitas burrito was a flour tortilla which tasted like one bought at frys filled with fried shredded pork with no seasoning besides oil. There was nothing else in the burrito besides the oily fried pork, which we had to drench in the table salsa to make it somewhat edible. Went home feeling quite gross after eating some of the burrito, like the feeling you have after eating a massive McDonald’s meal.
Will not be be coming back which is really sad since All the other reviews make this place sound like a gem, also as a new person living in avondale I was hoping to find awesome locally owned restaurants, this isn’t one of them.