Drawing from 50 years of family recipes, Victor Escobedo opened Papalote in 1999, and based its entire menu around his unique Roasted Tomato Salsa. These days, Papalote Mexican Grill continues to serv…
Carne Asada Nachos are always super delicious. The streak is grilled nicely and served as a big piece on top of the nachos. Salsa is yummy too.
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Jessica N
7 contributions
Didn't like
• 9/9/26
• DoorDash order
Burrito was insanely dry and difficult to eat. I ordered a pollo asada burrito and received a stale tortilla holding a mountain of dry rice and found only a few tiny pieces of chicken along the way. There are too many good places in the mission to pick from for burritos to waste your money on this one. We used to love Papalote but this is the second time we've received food like this from them in recent weeks.
Lauryn A
Local Expert • 25 contributions
Loved
• 8/24/25
• DoorDash order
Original Papalote House Salsa (Homemade) is what they're known for and no you don't buy it in the store because the one from their restaurant is superb! The taste, portion, and flavor of the salsa feels way fresher than packaged. But then it goes too fast jaja ! The family Carne Asada Family Meal is great for 4 meals stretched between 2 people.
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JJ C
1 contributions
Didn't like
• 3/16/23
• DoorDash order
We usually love this place, but the Guacamole & Chips was pricey for two small containers of guac. In contrast, someone else ordered a side of guac for $4.99 and it was a large container! The guac was also not delicious.
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Maria M
3 contributions
Didn't like
• 2/8/24
• DoorDash order
I ordered Carne Asada Burrito added sour cream and avocado. it was good the meat was juicy and flavorful . I also ordered a Prawn Quesadilla unfortunately it was greasy and the shrimp were charred. It had 6 shrimp,cheese and the tortilla for $17, I will not be ordering that again.The free sauce was amazing !
