Had the Special. Excellent service. Great food. Eat here!
Troy A.
Place rating: 4 West Jordan, UT
My wife and I were out driving. when we found this place. the food is amazing. you really owe it to your self to give it a try.
Kayley W.
Place rating: 2 Salt Lake City, UT
Food is pretty decent. I enjoy the Chile Verde. Service is always slow. However, when I came in at 850 on a Saturday night I was immediately told they close in ten minutes, so we had to order food to go, however their sign says they close at 10 on saturdays. Probably should figure out what time you close. And our to go order was wrong…
Traci H.
Place rating: 5 Salt Lake City, UT
Great salsa, tamales, mai tais, service is always so friendly and they remember what I like to order. I live close by so this is a usual spot for me but it will always remain my favorite Mexican food restaurant.
Martina W.
Place rating: 4 Salt Lake City, UT
To preface, I am of Mexican heritage, & grew up eating authentic, home-cooked Mexican food. Formerly from S.F. Bay Area, I could find real Mexican food pretty much anywhere. In Utah generally, though, it’s not that great. After readjusting my expectations, I was able to settle on Cancun Café as a decent, «non-commercial» Mexican restaurant. Yes, they do offer«dumbed-down» versions of Mexican as most places in SLC do, but they will also make it to order, if you ask. So, if you order an authentic version, using good, clear instructions, you’ll find their food is consistently good. Mind you, the service is sometimes subpar at certain locations, but other than that, my family has come to rely on Cancun Café for a decent Mexican meal, as long as we verbalize the changes we want made to the food. I recommend it!
Barbara A.
Place rating: 5 Salt Lake City, UT
One of our favorite places to go. The food is tasty, I love the cochinea tacos and the beans. This is the first place I’ve ever had beans that don’t bother my stomach.
Sam E.
Place rating: 5 Salt Lake City, UT
I noticed the reviews are mixed for Canicun Café. Yes, the location could be better, and décor inside, however, it is the best tasting Mexican Food in the vicinity(within a 5 mile radius). We live nearby and have often eaten at the other three Mexican restaurants in the immediate area and Cancun Café has the best tasting food. We are quite puzzled at the reviews stating lack of flavor. If anything, they use too much salt. We have ordered about half of the menu selections and all have been very flavorful. If you are looking for authentic, you will need to travel another 10 miles. Cancun Café is a good balance between American Mexican anid Authentic Mexican. For the area, we feel it is the best choice of Mexican Food.
Alain M.
Place rating: 5 Salt Lake City, UT
Stop and had some Chile Verde burritos.. .Im glad i did they where so yummy. Was fast, and cheap cant beat that. Was looking for there downtown location. Didn’t find it on here so im leaving it here .love this place
Andrea M.
Place rating: 3 Salt Lake City, UT
I liked what another reviewer said … About how they never get excited to go to cancun café even though they are, in general, always excited to eat Mexican food. Even not good Mexican food is good. But that’s not really the case here. The good: The chips and salsa are my favorite! The chips are always warm and freshly made. The salsa is delicious… great flavor, tastes fresh, with a little kick, not too chunky… which is how I like my restaurant salsa. The fish tacos are pretty good but the tortillas are always falling apart and disintegrating because the sauce is so runny. The service is always good, always fast, and prices are reasonable. The food is very mediocre. I’ve had everything on the menu… nothing is really bad but not amazing either. Not memorable. Nothing stands out at all. Why have I had everything on the menu at a place with mediocre food? Because we eat here ALLTHETIME. It’s close to home, not a lot of other Mexican food options nearby and there is never a wait. And sometimes, when you just need a quick dinner and you have your kids with you, that’s all it takes.
Sean B.
Place rating: 4 Salt Lake City, UT
good food, quick and friendly service, great price. just what I like when I need a quick lunch. I have probably been here 50 times and it has been consistent as can be.
Andy M.
Place rating: 5 Salt Lake City, UT
My wife and I love going here! The staff is always friendly. The chips are served warm and taste great, especially with the salsa verde! I have tried almost everything on the menu and have yet to pick a favorite. Their chili verde is great, the tamales are delicious, the enchiladas are amazing! I will usually order the Cancun Trio when I have a hard time choosing what to eat. If you are in the mood for an adult beverage, both the piña colada and margaritas are excellent. I have recommended Cancun Café to many of my friends and family and they all love it as well. The only downside is that when they are busy, it may take awhile for someone to take your order, get the check, etc. Overall, waiting for a little extra time has never ruined the experience for me and I’m already looking forward to eating there again!
Jon W.
Place rating: 5 Salt Lake City, UT
We dined at Cancu Café last week. We come frequently. The food was great. The service was great. It is the best place in Salt Lake to get great Mexican home cooking and the prices are so reasonable. we will be back.
Amanda C.
Place rating: 2 Cockeysville, MD
As a whole I was not excited about Cancun Café, and I usually get really excited about even mediocre Mexican food. One thing that they did ok was the chips, they were served hot to the table. They were delicious while they were still hot but lost of lot of their yumm as they got cold. The problem with the chips was that they were not presented with a salsa that was worth eating. I ended up eating them with little to no salsa. I got the cheese enchiladas with beans and rice. As a whole I felt like they were blah. The cheese was good and perfectly melted but the red sauce was oily and partially separated. The rice was good and slightly crunchy on the top which I love. The beans were nothing worth talking about.
Vida A.
Place rating: 2 Salt Lake City, UT
Went here because no lard in there beans according to my bf who is vegetarian. He got the cancun platter as he says«2 days worth of food». I did too but with meat. Well server who only had us as a table forgot and brought 2 platters with meat. She apologized but he had to wait while i ate. She didnt even take it off the bill as a courtesy even tho she even told us it was her fault. We even got dessert and she charged us for everything. Im not looking for a free meal but if you make a mistake, you should do something to redeem yourself. Also if we have to ask for everything, thats a pretty bad server. Notice if customer is low on salsa or water, bring more out before having to b asked for more, duh! We were the only table!!! Side work can wait. Again another $ 50 meal that was not worth it. Price includes drinks.
Maggie P.
Place rating: 4 Salt Lake City, UT
Margaritas are awesome! MMM! Oh, and the food is pretty good too. I’m a huge fan of their rice. I don’t know what it is but it’s one of my favorites. The food has always been great. I’m not saying that it’s crazy ridiculous delish but it’s not bad by a long shot. I’m always super happy and full when I leave.
Vi T.
Place rating: 2 Salt Lake City, UT
Hmm… I definitely didn’t love Cancun Café but I didn’t haaaaate it either. It was just kind of meh for me. I had the cheese enchiladas and it could have been better with a little more flavor in the sauce. The rice was soft and moist but didn’t have a ton of flavor either. I do appreciate the fact that they had fresh lettuce on the side. I’ve been to too many Mexican joints that serve wilted sad lettuce. I do love their chips. When the woman brought them out, I was a little nervous. They’re the thick variety and more often than not, those chips are hard as a rock and kind of stale. Cancun Café had the thick chips but they were warm and surprisingly light and crisp. And then there was the service. I’ll give the woman the benefit of the doubt but she seemed kind of unpleasant. She was great about checking in on us but she didn’t seem to happy about it. Alright, so I’ve had worse Mexican food here in Salt Lake for sure. But with the variety of places I can go, I don’t need to be sad and go to Cancun Café. Not worth it.
Scott R.
Place rating: 4 Salt Lake City, UT
I always love coming to here. I have never had a bad expiernce and the food is good as well. I really appreciate the drink prices and selection. They have recently expanded inside and I love the fact I can watch the game and eat here. Great selection of beers both low and high alcohol content. The chile verde is good and always done right. The service is fast and efficent.
Matt H.
Place rating: 4 Phoenix, AZ
I must preface this by saying I have been going to their locations for years and have very good memories of this place. Is it the best food? No but it is more authentic than many places you will go in Utah. How about the service? It has gone down in recent years but i will admit that it is nice not having a waiter come around every 2 – 3 minutes asking if everything is ok and trying to make small talk. That being said, I have had pretty much everything on the menu at one time or another and the portions are generous, I love the flavor, and the price is right. It really isn’t a very expensive place to eat and that definitely plays to its strength.
Krystle H.
Place rating: 1 Oakland, CA
My boyfriend and I were visiting his family in SLC. We had a hankering for Mexican food(burritos and enchiladas). First, the phone ordering proved difficult. A request for a vegetarian burrito was met with resistance(just don’t add meat, right) however asking for a shrimp burrito($ 3.00 extra) was met with ease. Next, when we went to pick up the food, there was an extra charge for chips and salsa which had not been requested. When we informed the waitress, she said that we had in fact ordered them. We decided to just take it and left. When we got home and opened the containers, we found the most ridiculous attempts at burritos I have ever seen. Both the chicken and shrimp burritos were basically chicken/shrimp tossed into small, taco sized tortillas. Unseasoned, on a bed of shredded lettuce. Having spent $ 25 on three items, my boyfriend immediately returned the food. The same waitress assured us that what we were viewing were in fact, burritos. We were told more than once that was their burrito«way». We did eventually get our money back from the manager. The food we received here was embarrassing and offensive. Please don’t go unless you like disappointment.
Sarah R.
Place rating: 1 Noblesville, IN
I normally would give a place a higher review for good service, but the food had NO taste what-so-ever! I fell like mexican food should be a «party in your mouth»…this was not the case here at the Cancun Café. We were there on a Saturday night(7ish) and we were 1 of 3 tables… should have been our first clue, but I enjoy hole in the wall type places. We ordered drinks(Me– Water, unfortunately sans lemon… and hubby– Bud Light bottle, sans frost– it was luke warm, eww!!) We also shared chips, salsa, and an order of Guac. None of which we were impressed with… again no flavor, so we asked for hot sauce, we were given some sort of black bean salsa ?? which also was not spicy… on to the entrée. I order tamales… always! It’s my way of getting an idea of just how authentic a place really is… The tamales covered in a green chili Mole were not on the list of best tamales… but they also didn’t make the worst list. However, the rice and beans that accompanied them brought me to where I give the 1 star review. Terrible and Bland… we will not be returning.