Trino's Mexican Restaurant

Authentic dishes, huge portions, and some of the best salsa I've ever had. Definitely consider taking salsa to go, its well worth it at $4/jar.

I don't like Mexican food, ever.  My husband does, always.  I thought the food here was very good, my husband did as well.  The cabbage salsa they serve with the homemade chips was awesome (as were the chips), the salsa was almost inedible for us because it was so hot (and we like hot!).  We ordered sour cream with it too cool it down and then it tasted great.

We were there on a Friday night and it took nearly 1 hour to get our food, when we were leaving the waitress told us that it wasn't really that busy and some nights the wait can be longer - so be warned.  We tried to order the enchiladas verde as a previous reviewer mentioned, the waitress was apologetic and said it was as too busy to do that night but said they would definitely make it when it's not so busy.  I would have come back anyways, but I will definitely go back to try those, maybe lunch - I'll bet they're amazing.  

They serve several different flavours of margarita, and they were very good.  Not like some of the watered down or super sweet ones we get in Canada.  We shared an XL between us and it was perfect and so yummy.  A great fish bowl size for about $16.50.

We were prepared for nasty bathrooms, they were bad when we first got there but by the time we left someone had cleaned them up.  The decor is dated but it just seems to fit with the location just off the highway in Oroville.

Minus one star for not really deep frying the ice cream prior to serving (and the long wait).  Perhaps they deep fry it and then freeze it but it is served freezing cold, not true deep fried ice cream which should be crispy and hot on the outside.

Our bill was around $50 including tip for the two of us, we thought it was a good value.  Recommended and will return.

A must try in Oroville!  Trino's is some of the best Mexican I've had.  The cabbage salsa is amazing and the shredded beef I had was delicious.