Restaurants, Mexican Restaurants
$$, Brunch, Family-Friendly Dining, Group Dining, Local Favorite, Lunch Spot, Open 7 Days
Granda's Mexican Rest has been around for years and they are as good as they were when I was a kid. Their bean dip is very good and their food is tasty. Their pricing is competetive to the so-called chain Mexican restaurants but you will find it to be more authentic. Their location is convenient and parking is never a problem.
Posted 09/24/08 | Report Abuse
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Alfredo's Granada Restaurant is a good Mexican restaurant with all of the traditional dishes topped with lots of salsa and cheese. It has a family atmosphere. The parking is easy with its plentiful parking lot. The staff is very friendly.
Posted 08/02/08 | Report Abuse
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If you are looking for a local place with good tamales and salsa, big screen tv, and more, then go to Granada's. Sit down accomodations, great and friendly service, most of the food is good, although some of the food is canned and not fresh and this really takes away from its authenticity. The large drinks are just that....really LARGE!! They also have fantastic chile relenos and there house salsa and chips are enough to keep you coming back for more. Prices are pretty low and there's a huge parking lot right outside the restaurant. Get there early, sometimes there is a wait.
Posted 01/30/06 | Report Abuse
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Great family restaurant. Good quality food (70s style with lots of sauces, guacomole, etc). This is not the lower calorie style of fresh mex variety that is seen at other Mexican restaurants and has become popular in the last decade or so. This is more of your home cooked, yummy Mexican food with lots of melted cheese and great refried beans. Flavor, Flavor, Flavor!!!
Good prices and nice sized quanities. Great children's meals with drinks and dessert included.
PROS: Great food, friendly service, family restaurant!
CONS: Parking is sometimes crowded, but worth it!
Posted 11/11/05 | Report Abuse
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I think someone was burning the beans!
by Foodlover52
Drove by many times and saw a crowded parking lot. Having a taste for good Mexican food, we decided to give this place a try. We were seated towards the rear of the restaurant and it seemed a bit smoky, somebody's food must have been burning in the kitchen, maybe the beans. Between the smoke and fumes, it really made it hard to enjoy the meal (very basic food) smelling that through most of the time we were there. We found the menu limited with very few Mexican speciality dishes, offering more of things like the basic tacos and such. Overall, we found Granada rather unimpressive and unsatisfying especially the Sunday brunch. Only a few basic plates to choose from so we will probably not go back again, twice was enough.
Pros: Cute place
Cons: Everything else.
Posted 02/01/09
Awesome tacos and margaritas!
by KareninBurbank
I love this place. We decided to stop in after simply driving by and I'm so glad we did. They have the best tacos and their margaritas are AWESOME, and really affordable too. The food is not hardcore mexican food, but really, if you're looking for some hardcore authentic stuff, you should just be making that on your own I think!
The food is good, everything is really generously proportioned, and the only drawback is that they can get a little heavy with the red sauce.
But in every respect, this is a very chill, cool place for some good eats and good drinks!
Pros: GREAT Margaritas
Cons: way too much paprika/red sauce on some dishes
Posted 07/29/08
haven't had a bad meal yet
by mexigal
I have been going for years. It is not authentic but it is good mexican/american food. They also have good margaritas. :)
Pros: food and service
Cons: parking
Posted 04/25/08
Fine Mexican Food??
by culinaryman
Fine Mexican food? compared to what? The food they serve here couldn't be more basic or bland. This is definitely Mexican "style" food for those Americans that don't really like good Mexican food! It really is a mystery why some people fall into what they must feel is a comfort zone with the one and only restaurant they may have tried for a specific style food, when in this day and age there are so many choices you can make. The food they serve here is your basic American style Mexican food like tacos, enchiladas, burritos etc. with the the typical refried beans. Your basic combo plates of these items. I have given this place 3 chances, the first time out of curosity, the other two times by mistake, I never should have gone back. I guess if your occaisional indulgence in Mexican food involves some place like Taco Bell or Del Taco, then go for it, but there are much better choices in Burbank then Granada for Mexican food that falls into the "Fine" or "Authentic" catagories.
Pros: Mexican decor and style building
Cons: Bland Basic Mexican food for the "Gringos"
Posted 10/19/07
Great authentic food
by musicfan
Great service, good food. The parking lot is on the small side but if you can get a spot, it'll be worth it. I especially love the huevos rancheros. Enjoy!
Posted 07/29/07
a sell out !
by disconay
this place use to be good but now the food has become very bland with no flavor or spice. what happened?. now you have to cater to the people who can't take spicy food
Posted 09/23/06
This is the place for home style Mexican food!
by wickedbad
Great food, great prices, awesome margaritas - if you like them strong! This is home style Mexican food like mama used to make. Very good service. Don't go by the gringo reviews, this place is comfortable and good Mexican comfort food. No fake-o Cali cusine, just the good stuff. Great for families and daters.
Pros: Delicious food/drinks, comfortable atmospher, polite waitstaff
Cons: can be really busy
Posted 07/06/05
Ehhhh
by chrisnrich
Finding ourselves in the valley before a concert, and not having much luck finding some place to eat, we decided to stop here. The promised "fine" Mexican food was nowhere to be found.
After waiting forever for our hostess to appear, she tried to seat us in the freezing and extremely loud room next to the bar. We kindly requested one of the booths in the quieter room and ordered our drinks. The menu was extensive, but everything seemed like your average "Mexican" type food. While our margaritas, chips and salsa were quite good, the rest of the meal was disappointing. Chris' combination plate was merely adequate, even by mexican-american standards, and Rich's Colorado burrito was very plain and drenched in too much cheese.
While the decor was kind of cool, and the prices are very reasonable, we have no reason to ever come here again.
Pros: inexpensive, decor
Posted 10/16/03
You can do way better than this!
by alhjr55
I've eaten here more than once. The times I went back, I remembered why I told myself not to go again. Their menu is very basic with few choices. I am married to a Mexican women (from Mexico) with a large Mexican family. Granada's food is not that good. Most Mexican restaurants offer a choice of beans for those who don't care for the mashed re-fried ones, they don't. If you like basic foods like enchaladas, tacos, and a few dinner offerings then have at it but if you want great food, great selection, great service, do yourself a favor and try Don Cuco's, then you'll see why I say what I do.
Pros: Mexican decor
Cons: Poor menu variety, very basic offerings, only average taste
Posted 03/14/03
Yummy food!
by joesee22
The food is reasonaly price and very good. Anything with carnitas is an excellent choice. The salsa is also very tasty and home-made.
Pros: Inexpensive
Posted 12/04/02
El Burbank
by manure
the granada is quite good. the drinks are fantastic. the salsa is good. the service is great. and the carnitas - very good. HUGE pieces of meat.
Pros: great drinks, good food, great service
Posted 06/13/02
