Maribel Restaurant

Excellent Mexican food. Pleasantly surprised

I was expecting this place to be decent, but it was much better than that. This is the first place I’ve found really good Mexican food since moving to Philadelphia two years ago — the carnitas is fantastic. I’m only moderately sad that the waitress didn’t think I could possibly know what I was talking about when I ordered a tripe taco with my carnitas plate, and therefore gave me a *carnitas* taco instead. Next time…
They’ve done a nice job on the interior are well; the open kitchen, subway tile, and chalk board all look great.

Todos se prepara al momento y con la confianza que esta mirando lo que uno se come, los guisos se preparan todos los días para asegurar la calidad y frescura de cada alimento

Really great place. Got takeout on Wednesday night — quesadilla and tacos. The earlier review about the quesadilla was spot on — fresh and flavorful. Tacos were excellent too. Family operation with everyone working the kitchen — great atmosphere. Highly recommend.

With so many good Mexican restaurants in South Philly there’s a lot of competition out there, but this is definitely one of my new favorites. The atmosphere is great with the open kitchen and the staff is extremely friendly, but most importantly the food is fresh and delicious. The quesadillas were prepared deep fried unlike most Mexican restaurants down here, and the enchiladas came with a spicy sauce that I need to buy in bulk. We came right after it opened so we got a complimentary dessert that ended the night perfectly. The staff and chef were very open to suggestions but I think everything was already perfect. Can’t wait to go back.

No hesitation at all in giving this new restaurant all 5 stars. The food was fantastic and as authentic as it can be!!! We ordered the chicken quesadilla and the enchiladas verde. Both were amazing. We had never had a fried quesadilla, but now we know it is the all time best way to eat a quesadilla! The inside of the quesadilla were very moist as was the enchiladas verde! We can’t wait to visit again!