11/01/09

Great Tacos

by archrmike

The location and inside was great. Nice area.

The smoked lamb tacos with mole were fantastic. Rice and beans were good too. Skip the guacamole. It looked more like whipped avacados and expensive. The service was good and we had a great dinner.

• Pros: The whole inside of the place was cool
• Cons: The prices were a bit high for tex-mex

08/21/09

Yummy!!

by hermanfury

My husband and I drive from Hillsboro to enjoy the great food at Esparza

• Pros: Awesome Boar Nachos
• Cons: too far away to drink too many Margaritas

08/13/09

Excellent!

by CSMobileUser4

Best Mole-try the "Dirty Bird".Great service!

08/08/09

Esparza's Is Da Place

by shannaniganz64

Great TexMex food. Great service. Great atmosphere. Moving in next week!

• Pros: Great food at a great price
• Cons: Too small

07/22/09

I thought things were bigger in Texas!

by CSMobileUser3

Not hungry? Want to throw away $6.95 plus tip? Enjoy a lunch special at Esparza's! You'll leave hungry and annoyed.

07/13/09

Viva Esparza's

by 3737

what ever failures may arise on occasion should be forgiven regarding this delightful place. The food is REAL. enjoy.

• Pros: Salsa

06/29/09

BLAH.

by littleowl

First of all, the service here was very slow. It took quite some time for the server to even get us two menus. He was friendly enough, but seemed to spend a lot of time chit chatting the ears off of the other customers who were sitting outside with us. After perusing the menu, the roughly $10 minimum price on each meal gave us the idea that the food would be well worth the price...not so much. While the margarita my boyfriend ordered was tasty, I can't say so much about the meal. When our meals finally arrived, they were, for lack of a better word, blah. The rice and beans were exceptionally bland, and my tostadas were covered mostly with shredded lettuce and a very minimal (hardly existent) spread of cheese underneath. My boyfriend's meal, which was even pricier than mine and included actual meat, was just as bland! In the end, we were disappointed by the $30 bill after having eaten something I could have ordered for $3.50 from a cafeteria. Good, but not good enough.

• Pros: Tasty margaritas
• Cons: Slow service and bland food

05/21/09

Decent food, decent service

by Thumper62

I had lunch at Esparza's on 5/19/09. I ordered the boar nachos and a Negra Modelo, and enjoyed the complimentary chips & salsa.

The boar nachos were very tasty, and the house guacamole was some of the best I've had in PDX. The house salsa was flavorful, and the chips were first-rate.

Service was quick, friendly, and attentive.

First time visitors be warned---if you're looking for vegetarian or vegan options, go somewhere else, for Pete's sake. This is Tex-Mex, not friggin' Olive Garden. The offerings can be pretty spicy, too, so if you like bland, Taco Hell is your friend.

Overall, I enjoyed a decent light lunch with pleasant service for not too much money. I'll be back again.

• Pros: Boar nachos!
• Cons: None

05/01/09

Meats gallore!!

by CSMobileUser

The server was great. Fast, kept the water, sodas and cocktails full... The menu is not friendly for the vegetarians(beans with lard and rice with what I am guessing with chicken broth)... the waiter worked with me making some fine quesadillas.. The salsa was good as well as the chips... A great place for meat eaters.

04/05/09

Food ok, bartender cool, server rude

by bennieV

I went to this place to meet a friend that lives in the hood. Waited at the bar for him bar while I had a tequilla and chips & salsa, which were killer. Bartender was cool and filled me in on the place. Place has got its own style that for sure, I enjoyed the puppet show above the bar. Friend got there and we sat and had Boar nachos, pretty damn good. Our bald headed server was just kind of rude though, but I will say the service was very prompt and quick. Had Chicken enchiladas with pepers and onion, I didn't care for the chicken at all, dry and chewy. Friend had something off of the special board that was pretty damn good.

• Pros: chips & salsa