Carniceria Guanajuato

The food here is amazing, and I absolutely adore it! There’s a reason it’s crowded day and night, and it’s because the value and food are both excellent!
I prefer a quieter experience, so I get the food as take-out…but I’m there for the food, and boy do they deliver! Don’t expect free chips or the like; this is what you’d get south of the border, but that means delicious.

This is an authentic Mexican grocery store/​restaurant and absolutely one of my favorite places to get food. They know how to season and cook meat, and the large meat platters are great for gatherings and parties. Everything I have tried at the restaurant has been delicious: burritos, tacos, etc. The place may not be feng shui but the food is delicious.

This is the most authentic Mexican restaurant in Indianapolis. From Tortas, to Nachos, this place as it all and at great prices.
The Carne Asada tacos are amazing. Get them with onion and cilantro. They’ll change your life.
The Pico is spicy, but don’t let that scare you, it’s made fresh and full of flavor.
Service is typically fast and friendly, Cokes in a can are their thing. They also have a large selection of Mexican style sodas doe your delight.
After lunch, grab some fresh meat, cheese or produce for dinner. Best prices in the city!

Good food, big portions and good customer service. A decent place for quesadillas or Mexican «antojitos».

After a grueling day of car shopping, my mom and I decided to pop over to Carniceria Guanajuato for lunch. This was my first time eating there, but not my first time shopping there.
The grocery section is impeccable. The shelves stay stocked as though there are people assigned to replace things immediately as you take them off of the shelves. Their fresh produce section is thorough and expansive. Not quite as many options as Saraga down the road, but a LOT nonetheless. The butcher/​fresh meat section is just as impressive.
The food in the restaurant was pretty good, too. You’ll have around a ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ chance of language barrier issues. Luckily, I speak a little Spanish so I was able to help my mom out, but had it been too much of an issue, the servers are not too proud to call someone over to help them out as well.
I like this place. It’s clean, pretty and also has a bodega, liquor store and bakery inside along with the restaurant and grocery store!

I would give them 10 stars for the tacos I got today. Maybe it’s cause I was so hungry. Honestly, the tacos were loaded with meat and were $ 2.29 a piece.
We ordered 9 tacos and plowed through almost the entire bag before we realized they had sent limes for us to squeeze on our tacos. Either way, with or without the lime juice, they have excellent tacos.
The menu is pretty traditional. Prices for adult drinks were a little high for my dinner out budget, but the glasses were pretty big. So maybe it’s a fair price ounce for ounce.
I love a good value! This place is on my radar to visit again very soon!
Sorry, no pics cause we are it so fast.

Holy crap!!! This place is so authentic you probably shouldn’t drink the tap water!
The first thing you will notice is that of you aren’t Hispanic you will be in the minority… always a good sign. You have to enter through the grocery store… You are greeted and seated prompty and friendly and welcomed into a large dining room with a view of the kitchen.
I have yet to have anything that has not exceeded expecations! Great price for flavorful, authentic Mexican food. Venture out and try something new and unusual!
Huge portions of incredible food at very reasonable proves… and great ambiance too boot. This is one of Indy’s hidden gems. Come here… and you’ll come back often. Truly one of the best Mexican meals I’ve ever had… including multiple trips to Mexico.

I am really confused on why this place has such good ratings… Was disappointed to start off because their high chairs are to short for the tables so my daughter had to be fed the whole meal. Then after being excited to get some fresh salsa all day I find out that they don’t serve chips and salsa. What! What kind of craziness is this? Okay. I let it go. Was excited to see Cadillac margaritas on the menu and so I ordered one… What I didn’t order was the fly that came with it. Sent it back and got a new drink and it wasn’t bad but needed more alcohol. After all of this and a long wait for our waitress during this whole mess we finally ordered our food. I got two tacos ($ 2.50 each and no sides!) they were just okay, no flavor. I ordered a small guacamole (waited on chips because they were «out» and when they finally arrived they were cold) we were given a lot but it looked like that crap you buy at the grocery store pre made and didn’t taste much better either. We also ordered the chimichangas (had to be sent back once because they were made wrong) and those were the best out of everything. They were good but still not great.
Overall, bland food, slow service, a little dirty and overpriced.

Delicious. Best Mexican in Indy by far. The place is very cheap and the portions are huge.

I was recently here the amazing food quality was umparraleled to most places it is a longer wait then most places for food drinks etc, however it outshines this lateness with great tasting food at great prices tacos are 2.49 however they are full of meat not some tiny morsel to laugh at 3 can make a grown man ful.
The Gorditas are 2.99 and are worth a try at least one I would probably not order them and tacos again because it was way too much food.
The ambiance is nice you have tvs and you have this Mexican bar look they have created too next time I will check in and provide photos the food was so good that I forgot to due my review and or take photos it was that GOOD!
the only reason it has 4 stars instead of 5 is because it’s location is shared with a Mexican store which can make it seem more crowded then it is actually.
That may be a turn off for other people as well so I gave it 4 stars. However it gives access to fresh produce daily keep that in mind.

Absolutely delicious. The service is ok, not too slow but I find them getting confused quite easily. Maybe because they have so many people.
But the food is delicious and this is my favorite place for lunch and dinner!

Really authentic Mexican restaurant where I see many local people go to eat. The guacamole is huge with the chips. We also had the cheese dip which all was very tasty. I had the ranchero steak and it tasted great. I had the sauce place on the side instead of on top of the steak as it can be a little spicy. My friends has the burritos and tacos which they said tasted great! When I fly back into this city, this will be one of my dining stops!

Loud obnoxious music is what we were greeted with when we sat to dine. But what was worse was when the waitress lied and said they had no flour tortillas but my kids had them with their meal. She just stuck to her story like it was the twilight zone.
Just to get her to stop stuffing herself behind the counter was a feet in its self. Even when I tried to politely wave to her. She acted as if she could not see me.
She was so very rude. I do not recommend this place by any means.
The bathroom looks like a nasty night club. It was so disgusting and so gross. It looks like it hasn’t been cleaned in years. Go ahead and look at just some of my pictures.
I left the bathroom feeling dirtier than when I entered it.
Trying to remedy the situation I asked the hostess if she could get me one flour tortilla. She went to the waitress in the waitress said were all out. The restaurant is in a Mexican grocery store how can you be out of flour tortillas?

We stumbled across this place when we discovered that Havana Café (also amazing and nearby) was closed for the holidays, and we were pleasantly surprised!
Yes, it’s a full restaurant inside a grocery store. Walk left once you walk in, and you’ll find the restaurant portion, which even features a bar area and large TVs to watch sports. The staff are friendly, and musicians play traditional music on the accordion and guitar.
Chips and salsa aren’t free, but who cares! The portion sizes are huge for what you pay, and the service is fast. The boyfriend and I ordered a dish to share for $ 17, but I am confident it could have fed 4 – 5 people easily. Our dish came out in a cast iron pot that was heaping with steak, chicken, cheese, chorizo, cactus, and roasted jalapeños. Corn tortillas and limes came with the meal, and we ordered a side of beans and rice. We ate like kings, and brought home half the food!
Don’t worry about spice — our dish let us control the spice level. You can add hot sauce that’s featured on the tables, and the jalapeños are separate from the meat. Key tip — biting into a whole roasted jalapeño is not the best idea unless you’re used to feeling like you’re breathing fire. Just put a bit on the tortilla, not the whole thing!

I’ve only been to the location that’s right by Harding Street/​east of downtown.
This place is great! Nothing beats food straight out of a mexican grocery store! I love the fact that they serve their tacos with nothing but cilantro and onion (i.m.o: the ONLY way to eat a taco).
I’ve only had their carne asada tacos, but that was enough to sell me. Love it, and everyone should give this place a try. They only have a few items on their menu (and it’s pretty much all in spanish), but that’s really all you need. There isn’t much room to sit and eat there, but you might get lucky.

Fun store… cheap produce… good variety of meats and seafood… not the best selection in the city… but real butchers and knowledgeable meatmongers.
However…where else can you have a cerveza whilst you shop… then sit down for an excellent authentic Mexican meal… fresh ingredients and fabulous bold flavors… one of the better Mex restaurants in town i believe.
Why folks don’t do all or at least most of their shopping at these cheaper, and of course not very flashy places, defies logic.
Hoosiers ! Get over your trepidation of the un-​familliar !
Go spend less money on fresher produce that will last longer in your fridge !

Soooooo good!
Get past the sketchy parking lot and walk through the grocery store to get to this AMAZING restaurant!
Every time I come here I feel like I’m back in Cali. Real tacos, jugo fresco, huge servings and MARIACHI on the weekends! The Micheladas are cold, the food is hot, and the plates well… those photos up there on this page… IT IS THAT BIG and yes the prices are just as good as the food!
I was expecting to see Andrew Zimmern somewhere here making a segment about this hidden gem.
Stop reading this review and go get some… seriously…go…like yesterday! Your stomach will thank you.

Yes, yes, yes please!
I love this place. The restaurant is amazing. On Sunday when I went, they had a bunch of bands playing. The food is outstanding. Loved everything I ordered, but I would definitely get the tacos again. The tripe taco was wayyy good, best tripe I’ve had. Guacamole was a generous portion and delicious. Platanos mmmmmmmmmmm. Salivating as I write this. Just go, there’s no reason not to.
The grocery store is legit too, they have great chicharrones.

Very busy, very fun restaurant located inside the largest Mexican grocery store I’ve ever been inside of. Full bar! It’s not a ‘hole in the wall’ type place — this restaurant is gigantic.
I’d estimate around 40 people were grabbing a late weekday lunch when I stopped in last week. Most people dining were Spanish speakers, but the staff can accommodate all patrons, no worries!
My shrimp and fish ceviche was just OK — I doubt I’d order it again. It needed more lime and salt.
However, the tacos were great! Cheap, made to order.
3.5 stars.

A taste of Oxnard in the middle of the Midwest … My new favorite place!!!
A hidden gem with a grocery store and restaurant all wrapped up in one huge flour tortilla!