Hidalgo's Cafeteria Restaurant

If you want the best food, always go to the little local places. This is one of the best authentic Mexican restaurants I have been to. EXCELLENT food, huge portions. Everything made fresh, and the tacos had corn tortillas for extra flavor. A little family place south of Miami. If you are in the area or on your way to the Keys, give it a try. You'll leave happy.

The restaurant is clean enough. I ordered a cafe con leche which was very good. Pretty similar to what you would get in Mexico it brought good memories! The gorditas con frijoles y queso were too thick for my liking and had very little filling so the masa overpowered the other flavors. In Mexico gorditas are usually smaller and are very well packed with the filling and the masa (dough) is soft, this masa was a bit too hard for my taste. The chilaquiles were good. The salsa was medium spicy and had good taste. Nothing extraordinary but also not bad. The tacos were not good at all. The meat was greasy and tasted old, we didn’t eat them.However, the side of beans was really good. They have a salsa bar and I had their red salsa which was full of flavor and very spicy which I look forward at a Mexican place. Overall this place is ok but would not be my first option if visiting the area. They had a sign at the door they are looking for a cook so that is perhaps what happened because I saw so many good reviews about the place but unfortunately it wasn’t my experience. The waitress was really nice and the food came out quickly.