Calafia Taqueria

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Eric

Came to this hidden gem, tacos are authentic. The service is excellent. The tacos and rice plate made me feel like at home. Stop by and leave your worries at the door. Jennifer helped easy and welcomed me and made sure I got what I wanted to order. Listo!

J Esparza

Excellent staff. Gave us the last chips of the day, but then made it right by making us a fresh batch. Even right before closing time. Great food and plenty of indoor seating.

Brendan

Wonderful local Taqueria that also caters to nearby breweries. we came here to test the food as it was made from the source and we were very impressed. They have a wide selection of burritos, tacos, and other Mexican dishes. They have a ton of seating, both indoor and outdoor and the service is ultra friendly. When you walk in, you were greeted with an unassuming counter to order your food and then sit down. The menu is rather simple, but everything we tried here was great. One dollar chips and salsa was good too. They offer beer, and the seating situation here is amazing. The backyard patio was a HUGE surprise and there’s even a terrace back yard with even more space. This place is Well accommodated for events.

Mortiche Wong

I finally gave Calafia a second try, after having them give or six years ago and being totally underwhelmed. Unfortunately they are still operating at the same caliber and I won't be returning again. I typically leave the island to get Mexican cuisine as I want OG seasoned food, not tamed down for American tastes. I went in close to 8pm on a Saturday to grab a carne asada super burrito, only to be told they were out of that meat. Really? One of the most popular proteins, and you're out of it, on a Saturday night? Wow, ok. I switch gears and go for lengua, thinking it'll be a tasty second choice. There was one dude eating indoors and the kitchen was quiet- bad indications of slow business. I didn't see anything behind done after I put in my order and paid, and it was perplexing. After perusing their salsa bar and deciding on what to try, about 8 minutes later a woman comes out of the kitchen with my tortilla and fills it with meat, beans, cheese, guacamole and sour cream, all items from the steam table to the left of the cash register. What took so long? What was happening for almost 10 min in the back of that quiet kitchen, when all the ingredients to fill my burrito were up front? Does it take that long to steam a flour tortilla up to make it pliable? When I got home I looked at the measly packet of tortilla chips they gave me. I laid them out on my plate- 11 broken chips. Not even one chip per bite of burrito! The only thing they were generous with, was the salsa bar. I'll get to the salsa in a sec. The burrito was so plain and flavorless, the lengua was waterlogged and did not have ANY hint of seasonings or spices. I've made poached chicken with more flavor- so sad. I paid over $15 for a burrito that was so disappointing. The salsas were the only redeeming thing, but even that came to haunt me. I tried the light, medium, and green salsas and they were all at tolerable heat levels (I knew better than to touch the dark one!) but the next day when I went to get the other half out of the fridge, the darker red salad container was bulging and full of gas like it was fermenting. I'm not usually afraid of fermentation, it's not MOLD. But this gave me a little hesitation. I decided to go ahead and eat it anyway, as the burrito was so plain- I ended up adding some TJs sweet & hot jalapeños to give it some dimension. Unfortunately, the next few days my gut has been rocked by their food and I'm never returning again. Not sure if it was the lengua that had probably been sitting there at the steam table for FAR too long, or the fermenting salsa, but the fact that my stomach has been messed up for two days is enough to say I'm driving an extra 1.5 miles to get food in East Oakland that has never given me stomach trouble.