I'm a total loyalist to El Lucerito. Â It doesn't hurt that it's 5 minutes from my office, so an easy lunch spot. Â Great family owned business, quality food, good service, very reasonable. Â We order our Christmas Eve tamales and enchiladas from them every year. Â Love the Carne Asada, Chili Rellenos, and pretty much everything else.
Review Source:The restaurant has been there for years and seems to have fairly consistent business. Â It's nothing special - basic beans and rice and the rest. Â On Fridays they have pork carnits that is sweet - that's an acquired taste for certain. Â Give me what other restaurants serve as carnitas ANY day. Â The place is old and out of date, but does provide good service. Â Most dissappointing development is the run-around I received when I asked them for a donation to the local high school - no response to letters and phone calls not returned. Â Finally Armando took my call at 3pm on a Thursday and gave me another number to call - no explanation of who or repetition of the number - and the number I thought I was to call was disconnected. Â So, I recommend Las Fajitas near Yale and Havana as the place to go. Â I find their restaurant to be updated, the menu diverse, the staff friendly, the portions large and they donate when requested.
Review Source:Dad and I went here to pick up some tamales to take with us over to Dry Dock Brewing. We got a red chili smothered tamale and a green chili smothered, along with the homemade tortilla chips, salsa, and guac. Everything was DELICIOUS! The tortilla chips were hot, fresh, thin, crispy, and perfectly salted. The tamales were some of the best I've ever had. Great texture, flavor, seemed like quality ingredients. Good customer service, the price was right, and food was made quickly. We were very happy and definitely recommend.
Review Source:Lucerito is the restaurant my wife and I frequent most often, owning our own cafe we hardly go out to eat, when we do this family run gem is our choice. This place always hits the spot, and the fact that you can have dinner for 2 under $20.00 is awesome.
Consistent good food, awesome prices, and a humble operation (they will get to know you and what you like, and there isn't 4 other ones with the same name) make this place our favorite Mexican restaurant in Denver.
Do you want a Mexican restaurant that gives you a lot of bang for your buck? El Lucerito is the place. On the fringes of the King Soopers shopping center near Parker and Peoria, this intimate eatery has been wowing folks with its sizable homestyle dishes for many years now.
I like the Carne Adobada - a hybrid of Old and New Mexico whereby pork is marinated in a rich, slightly spicy red sauce, then simmered until soft and tender. The enormous Good Rico Burrito (action-packed with huge amounts of cheese and potatoes) is a treat too.
Wash things down with one of their yummy Aguas Frescas - Horchata (rice and cinnamon). Jamaica (hibiscus), Tamarindo (you can probably figure that one out) or Piña (pineapple). You'll find that each of these delicious drinks are suitably quenching.
El Lucerito is always packed with regulars enjoying a good meal and after one visit you'll see why.
There are quite a few people in my office that say they love Mexican food and that this place is the best around, so I tried it a few times for lunch and I have to disagree.
The place is a little scary looking from the outside, but I thought by the packed dining room, it must be good. But I think the food is on the bland side. I like my Mexican spicy, and there wasn't much spice at all from this place. One of my favorite things about eating Mexican are the beans and rice, and again, they were just bland.
There is much better Mexican out there, especially  in this city. I wouldn't waste the time or money on this place.
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