Garcia’s Meat Market

Park outside a Mexican grocery store and walk to the back to find a bustling restaurant serving great food for an even better price. The shrimp cocktail had loads of shrimp and octopus in a slightly spicy (almost civiche) broth with fresh vegetables and the 1lb of carnitas with handmade tortillas were beyond delicious. If you are in the area you MUST check this place out!

Garcia’s Meat Market is one of those places that can work it’s way into your heart. When you first walk in, you’ll think you’re in the wrong place. Keep walking to the back. Be careful to avoid regular meal times, go early or a touch later as this place is popular. It’s one of those quaint hole in the wall type restaurants. I ordered cheese enchiladas. I love cheese enchiladas and am pretty picky about how they taste, but this place looked like they’d do it right. I was not disappointed! Delicious, perfectly seasoned, and my mouth still waters when I think about it. My only complaint is I’m not a huge eater, and I had to choose between the beans and eating all the enchiladas. There were 3. We were traveling and so leftovers were not an option. Rats! Mexican food is my favorite and next time I’m in Idaho Falls I’m heading straight to Garcia’s!!!

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. The best food is always found at the mom and pop hole in the wall eateries. This place is a must do over and over till you’ve had everything on the menu.

January 2015. Got chicken tacos. They are tiny. Spicy shredded chicken with thin corn tacos. No onions or cilantro accompanying. $ 1.75 each. Hygiene especially in the bathroom is on the questionable side. Few staff speak English.

Oh my goodness this is the BEST Mexican food ever! I’m from California where there are a ton of Mexican restaurants by far this is the best food I’ve ever had! The food is so fresh tasting here! I got a torta and I instantly fell in love!

A real friendly place to have great food. I had the shrimp cocktail and was very pleased. The place is small and in the back of a grocery store but worth the visit. Also got some dried chorizo to cook later. Great prices and very friendly staff. Also can park semi across the street at Richards Diesel while you eat.

Everyone was really happy at our pit stop on the road. This is a totally traditional taqueria. If you want table service or chips and salsa at the table, go elsewhere. But if you want authentic food, GO! The kids had one carnitas taco and one asada taco each. They loved the pork. The mister had a torta. He raved about the asada. I had one shrimp and one fish taco. The shrimp was highly recommended by the cashier. It was very tasty, but be prepared for greasy goodness with that one. The shell is freshly fried, so it oozes a bit when you grab it. This is the best recommendation I’ve taken from Unilocal.If you are tempted, take the leap and go.

Fantastic food. The tacos are the best I’ve had in Idaho Falls. I especially recommend the carne asada or the chorizo. Their horchata is out of a box but suprisingly delicious.
I would give this place a 5 star if it wasn’t for the owner. He is an absolute jerk and acts as if you are inconveniencing him by eating at his restaurant. Also, avoid Saturday afternoons unless you want to endure horrible karaōke by the owner himself.

Want to feel like you’ve traveled to the heart of Mexico and found some of the most traditional foods from south of the border? This is the place. Tacos for the gringos, seafood cocktails for the seafood lover, menudo and pozole for those who know how good those traditional soups are. I love the coctel campechana. Great service and unlimited refills on aguas frescas. Good stuff here!

We were fresh off of a trip to Mexico and dying to find a good sope here in town. Mission accomplished. I wish I could remember all the delicious dishes we had, but it’s hard to think you could order anything bad from here. If you want the best Mexican food in Idaho Falls, you’ve got to head here.

I had chicken enchiladas, tongue tacos, and el pastor tacos. The tacos were four star, the enchiladas two star. I waited quite a while – maybe fifteen minutes – for my order, which seems long for tacos and enchiladas. Also, there was an old guy singing along to recorded music. If he hadn’t been amplified way above the needs of the room it might’ve been cute, but I had to really exercise my ignoring gland.
I averaged them to three stars because I don’t imagine there’s much Mexican food here. Back home in Minnesota they’d have gotten two.

I love this place I never regret going there its so nice n clean. People there are pretty frienly n I love to go places n feel welcomed

Seven, count them, SEVEN different types of hot-​sauces! The fish in the fish tacos is nice and crispy, the service was great, and it was SUPER cheap!

The best in Idaho Falls! Mulitas, tacos, cheese fries, shrimp and fish tacos are all favorites and ask for the secret enchilada. Nice, new clean facility too.

This place is awesome! I’m a world traveller and I’ve been going through some serious ethnic food withdrawal. Thanks to Unilocal I got pointed to this hidden gem. Like those before me I recommend the burritos, steak, spicy pork, you name it, it is good. To top it off the prices are good too. English is not a first language for many of the staff, but the food more than makes up for any ordering difficulties.

I would call this a no frills restaurant, bit it’s one full of great taste and flavor. If I hadn’t Done a search of Unilocal,I never would have eaten here nor knew one could do so. Street taco’s are awesome and I definitely would recommend the Mulitas! I’m a creature of habit, so the tacos and Mulitas are all that I have tried, but others there were loving some of the other choices.

Like it; like it a lot. Hungry G. hit this nail on the head.
Anybody (most anybody) can sell Mexican food; most people can MAKE Mexican food, but few actually produce the cuts, meats and spices. Good for Garcia’s!
Go and try THEIR meats in a Mulita or burrito; I recommend the Chorizo or Cabeza.
Talk to the butcher before ordering (seriously!); he has the best grasp of English…

Don’t let the name or the appearance of the building fool you. This is one of the best little secrets in Idaho Falls. Located in the old Jewel Electric building, the restaurant is in the back of a Mexican store and meat market. However, therein lies their secret. They use the freshest of meats in all their dishes – and you can really taste the difference.
The menu is big, but not as big as the flavors. They have all the traditional entrees, with a selection of 7 or 8 meats. Everything is very reasonably priced. I tried a bunch of different things, but the standouts were the spicy pork and chorizo tacos. Their chorizo was sooo good, as was the pork – perhaps the best I’ve ever tasted. The robust flavors are the direct result of having a butcher shop on site.
It would be easy to overlook this place. .. but don’t. This is some of the best, freshest Mexican food in the Upper Valley.