What a find.  Worth getting lost to get there. From Rochester go E. on Rt. 104 and exit into Sodus village, Rt. 88 heading E. and thru town. Bear right on  rt. 143 after W. Main turns into State St. and it will be on the right just past Bubba's Roadhouse. Don't bear right at E. Main/Old Ridge.  Rt. 143 may be called Old 104 or just Ridge Rd. If you hit Rt. 104 again you went to far.
Review Source:My first meal here, very impressed. Chips were average but the pico salsa was best I've had. I had chicken flautas that were very tasty. I added rice and refried beans. I'm not a big Mexican rice fan, but it was tasty. The beans were thin but tasty. Overall, one of the best Mexican meal I've had in ages. Price was high side of average but worth the meal. Decor is nothing fancy, and the waitress was pleasantly friendly. I'm new to the area but El Rincon will be high on my repeat list.
Review Source:At long last, a restaurant in New York State with authentic Mexican food (which is not the same as Tex-Mex, and definitely not the same as Taco Bell). Â Well worth the drive on a Sunday afternoon, El Rincon Mexicano (The Mexican Corner) did not let us down. Â While not the best Mexican food that I've ever had (we are up north, after all), it is the best that I've had since moving to Rochester from Texas. Â Located randomly in an old house off a two-lane highway in the middle of nowhere, this restaurant isn't fancy. Â It doesn't need to be. Â The menu is filled with traditional favorites such as posole, gorditas and flan, as we'll as quite a few seafood options. Â We started with guacamole and a round of Mexican Cokes (my favorite!). Â The chips were fresh and the guac was acceptable. Â I ordered a lunch portion of the Tres Amigos enchiladas. Â The tortillas were soft and flavorful, filled with all white chicken, topped with three (tres) sauces. Â A salsa verde with tomatillos, some mole and a spicy chipotle cream sauce, all were muy delicioso. Â The refried beans and Spanish rice were perfect, exactly how they should be and homemade. Â I also splurged and ordered a pork taco and a tamale. Â Both were simple but superb. Â The taco was traditional Mexican style with stewed spicy pork, cilantro and onions. Â The tamale was the best though, with a perfect combination of masa and pork, topped with cotija cheese and salsa verde. Â On my next visit I will probably just get a tamale plate and indulge in their flavors. Â We were disappointed that they were out of Tres Leches, but no worries, we'll be back!
Review Source:Ehh, third time was not a charm. The relleno was ok, still had seeds which are not charming. The guacamole is a total rip off. The serving is less than two avocados worth and the pit. The burrito Maria was delicious; but the ratio of carnitas to rice and cabbage was disappointing. Â The carnitas and beef were well prepared as usual. They forgot to include our $2.00 cans of soda in our take out order.
Review Source:You're about 2,000 miles from the Mexican border. Â You are hungry. Â You want REAL Mexican food. Â Where do you go? Taco Bell? NO! Â Chili's? Â NO, NO, NO!!! Â You go to El Rincon. Â Why? Â Great food. Â The migrant workers eat here. Â That speaks volumes. Â Pricey? Yes, but where else can you get a tongue taco? Â They serve Mexican Coke (made with sugar, not corn syrup). Â Last time I went they didn't have pozole, hopefully they have it now. They have it at Rio Tomatlan in Canandaigua, NY (owned and operated by the son of the El Rincon owner). Â All I want is tongue tacos, pozole and a couple of cokes.
Review Source:Our favorite Mexican restaurant. We make the 30 min drive every week or so, we love it so much. Maria, the owner, uses delicious sauces & light cheeses to compliment the flavors. Â Some of our favorites: Â shrimp burrito, tilapia tacos & quesedilla Rojas (yummy poblano pepper) and best guacamole we've found! Â Take a nice drive to Sodus this summer and you'll find a new favorite!
Review Source:Finally made it out to this place I have been hearing so much about and was not disappointed. Four of us dined and we were all happy with our meals. You can find some less-common Mexican entrees including sope and menudo. The enchilada's came stuffed with meat and veggies-- no flat, cheesy enchiladas here. My friend had the sangria and she said it was great. Â We all indulged in the choco-flan for desert which was chocolate cake on top of flan with whipped cream and diced pineapple. Can't go wrong with any of that!
Word of caution-- the order of menudo and my order of the Tres Amigos enchiladas were really spicy. I love spicy food, so not an issue for me, but if you are sensitive to heat make sure to ask about the heat level. The menu has little chili peppers next to the items that are spicy but they weren't next to either of our orders.
Prices seemed a little high, but not far off from other Mexican restaurants that serve inferior food.
Ever since I started searching for Mexican food in the Rochester area, El Rincon was at the top of my list of places I had to go. Once open only seasonally and about a 45 min drive from my apartment, I hadn't got the timing right to make the trek out to Sodus to see what they had to offer until last weekend. My birthday dinner was held at El Rincon and while my girlfriend and I hoped to find a revelation in Rochester  area Mexican food, we ended up with a disappointment like many others we had experienced before.
The meal started off promising with the chips and salsa although they weren't complimentary. The obviously fresh salsa was spicy and salty with basic pico de gallo ingredients and pretty fantastic it of itself. Plenty of liquid from the tomatoes and the jalapenos added a solid kick. The chips seemed to be a bit on the old side but not a major issue. We decided on splitting an order of the shrimp ceviche, a lengua taco and a carnitas taco both ordered crispy and an order of their pork tamales.
The first major disappointment with our meal arrived with the shrimp ceviche supposedly cooked in lime. I couldn't detect any lime whatsoever and the shrimp tasted like they were simply boiled and slapped on a tostada with pico de gallo and avocado slices. Maybe it wasn't a great idea to order ceviche in upstate NY but I can't justify with how bad this turned out. A touch on the spicy side for my girlfriend, it also had a sweet sauce on it that just didn't work at all with the rest of the ingredients. Boo all around.
I hoped for some redemption with the tacos we ordered and was especially excited for the lengua since it is really difficult to find around here. Unfortunately my desire for authentic tacos and decently cooked tongue was not not met at El Rincon. Truthfully, I'm pretty sure we got overcooked shredded beef on our lengua taco instead of tender chunks of tongue meat and I felt cheated out of one of my favorite Mexican meats. The carnitas was no better having no appreciable pork flavor beyond light sweetness and absolutely no browning as requested. The single shells were overwhelmed by the salsa that was overloaded by the kitchen over the meat and onions and ended up falling apart while we trying to get through them.
The tamales were solid but not a standout in any way. Reasonably tender and seasoned masa surrounded shredded and seasoned pork and the whole dish was covered in a tomatillo salsa and drizzled with crema. I enjoyed them but once again the spice level was a bit too much for my girlfriend. My main quibble with them is that they seemed to have been sitting around for a while.
I knew we were taking a risk with trying a new place for my birthday dinner and ended up getting a meal and an establishment I was really down on. Expectations were high and neither the food or service delivered. I truly hope it was an isolated incident but I saw no reason to come back based on our experience.
Not too busy for Friday lunch, in fact surprising light in patrons, about seven total. Everything was made fresh, I know because the Owner/Manager gave us options of what we could have on our dishes. A bit spicier than previous experiences, still it was good. The menu has changed slightly but the faves are still there. If this were in a different location it would be much busier.
Review Source:I'm been in NY for over a year and have tried every Mexican place around and this one is the best so far. Â The refried beans in the burrito are the greatest - I'm from California and we love our refried beans & cheese burritos - but they make them here and then grill the outside - It was still great. Â The tacos were good as were the chips and homemade salsa. Â Highly recommend. Â We drove there twice and it was a 2 hour drive round trip - well worth it. Â Only downside is the slow service. Â We were the only ones there for a late lunch on a cold rainy day - about 3pm and we still had slow service plus they got the order wrong - but oh well, the food was worth it.
Review Source:Best Mexican Food in Upstate New York.
I have lived in both Rochester and Syracuse and have had quite a bit of Mexican food in each city, however no Mexican food has been more authentic or flavorful than El Rincon. To be honest, the only better Mexican food I have experienced occurred when I was actually in Mexico.
All the food is prepared fresh and is delicious. I Â had the Chorizo Tacos which was a great blend of ingredients and spices and just the perfect amount of spiciness. I also had the Burro Rafael which was a gigantic burrito with fresh chopped pork , lettuce, and salsa. Very filling but a great meal.
Yes El Rincon is a far drive for most people, yes the service can at times be a little slow, but trust me its worth it.
The food here is great and affordable. Â Unfortunately, it's a good trek from Rochester so I can't come here as often as I like.
The beef tongue tacos are definitely the star although I'd like to try their menudo some time in the future.
Why can't authentic food like this make its way to Rochester? Â And why are they always closed when I'm actually in the Sodus area?
And while I think El Rincon in Sodus is somehow related to Rio Tomatlan in Canandaigua, they're not even close to the same. Â Rio Tomatlan pales in comparison so go for the original in Sodus.
I was very excited to try El Rincon after hearing several stories about amazing meals had by friends of a friend of a friend. Â After almost giving up hope to ever have real Mexican in Rochester I finally made the trek out to Sodus to try El Rincon. Â It was worth the effort.
My girlfriend and I started out with chips and salsa. Â The salsa was nice but the chips lacked seasoning. Â For our main courses we decided to order off the specialties page. Â I ordered the Durango plate with one beef and one tongue taco and one pork burro and one chicken burro. Â She chose the Toluca plate and ordered one beef tamale, one chicken tamale and two sopes. Â
The tongue taco was my favorite part of the meal. Â The tongue was perfectly tender and had a nice mild beefy taste. Â The corn tortillas were pretty superb. Â A close second, the tamales were great as well. Â You could actually detect pieces of meat in the masa mixture; these were not the corn husk full of mush I am accustomed to. Â Sope doesn't really excite me but I suppose it was good. All of the meat was nicely seasoned and had great flavor. Â At many Mexican restaurants it seems the meat inside a taco or burrito is void of any flavor and relies on all the garnishes and salsas to mask. Â The food at El Rincon is not over dressed with sauces or crema and is allowed to speak for itself. Â Everything tasted bright, fresh and well balanced. Â
The desserts were pretty good. Â I prefer my creme caramel without the touch of chile pepper they add but it was tasty nonetheless. Â The tres leches was adequate, but after stuffing myself full of beef, tongue, chicken and pork I could not have cared less.
Service is slow but friendly. Â Lucky for me my girlfriend is fluent in Spanish as our server spoke very little English. Â I will definitely return. Â The family that owns El Rincon has a restaurant in Canandaigua I'm told. Â I am looking forward to checking it out.
I'm from Wayne County but have lived in the San Francisco bay area for many years. Although I love me a good SF Mission burrito, the food at El Rincón cannot be beat for freshness and flavor.
The service is certainly not speedy, but it is well worth the wait to taste sauces that must have been cooked for hours, just to perfection.
As a Vegetarian, the menu looks pretty sparse, but many of the entrees (enchiladas, sopes, chalupas) can be made with a very nice grilled vegetable filling: not the over-cooked boring onion pepper mix you'd find at most restaurants, but very nicely sauted squash/zuccini and other fresh veggies.
But, for me, it is the salsas that are to die for. Try the Tres Amigos ($13), a 3 enchilada plate that comes with mole, mole verde and a chipotle sauce. The three complement each other perfectly. I usually am not a huge mole fan, but El Rincón's mole is so complex and rich, you can't not love it! The Chipotle is my favorite though.
This food is, I think Tomatlan style, which is fresher, less oily than most Mexican food. It is rare to find such carefully prepared Mexican food anywhere. Definitely the best food in Sodus, NY.
Give it a try! You can taste the fresh corn tortillas melt in your mouth...
In my quest to find an edible burrito in Western New York, I arrived at El Rincón after many hours of internet research. My girlfriend and I desperately sought to wash the taste of crabdip-stuffed pretzel (courtesy of Oswego's Harborfest) from of our mouths and we decided that good, authentic Mexican food would do the trick.
We showed up in a torrential downpour and it took us probably five minutes to work up the nerve to exit the car. When we finally go in, there were two long tables of Latino men, probably regulars, and a two-topper with an upset White couple complaining about the slow service. We stood around for a while, but after about 5 minutes without seeing a waitress, we decided to sit outside and watch the rainstorm from the comfort of the covered outdoor eating area.
There were five tables outside and we were fortunate enough to get the last one. Fifteen minutes later, the waitress showed up and gave us menus. Another ten minutes went by and we were able to order our drinks and entrees. Though the service was extremely slow, the servers were nice and the al fresco dining and Mexican music were pleasant surprises that made the long waits more tolerable.
We got our chips and salsa about 30 minutes after sitting down at our table. The salsa was a wonderfully fresh, spicy pico de gallo served with a wooden spoon and the chips were recently fried corn tortillas. There was no horchata on the menu, which broke my heart, but the drink menu did feature a number of Mexican beers and Jarritos sodas.
By the time the entrees arrived, we were starving. I attacked my burrito de lengua and my tacos de carnitas, while my girlfriend gnawed at her burrito de pollo. Everything was delicious. The tongue burrito was stuffed with tender hunks of beef and topped with a green sauce, while the pork taco had succulent pieces of carnitas, diced onions, and cilantro. My girlfriend's burrito exploded with morsels of moist, perfectly seasoned chicken. She ordered rice and beans with her burrito, but they came on the side.
There were no fillers in these burritos.
They were unnecessary.
We left El Rincón two hours after we arrived, with full bellies and relatively full wallets. The bill was just over twenty dollars, including tip. Despite the slow service, my girlfriend and I agreed that our meal was one of the best we've had since moving to New York and we would definitely be back on a less busy night.
I will continue to search for Mission-style burritos within a 2-hour radius of Rochester, though I fear my search will prove unsuccessful; however, if you aren't in a rush and dying for a tongue taco, El Rincón is your best bet.
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