La Roca Restaurant
About La Roca Restaurant
La Roca Restaurant is a Mexican eatery located at 55 Fifth Ave unit b, Redwood City, CA. The restaurant serves traditional Mexican dishes with a focus on fresh ingredients, including hand-made tortillas and a variety of seafood and meat options. Prices generally range between $20 and $30.
Customers highlight the friendly and welcoming service alongside a comfortable, homey atmosphere. The food is noted for its authentic flavors, with particular praise for pupusas, fish dishes, and roasted salmon. While some dishes receive mixed feedback, many appreciate the accommodating staff and the quality of the main offerings. La Roca also attracts a diverse clientele, including local Hispanic workers, indicating its strong community presence.
Menu Highlights
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The food is good, BUT THE SERVICE IS AMAZING, love the friendly service. And the atmosphere is great, makes you feel at home, 100% go again
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We went to have breakfast and left very happy with our decision. Very traditional flavors and the lady was super nice to us.
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Amazing: *Red snapper.. comes with veggies in sauce! *Tortillas.. taste fresh made *Side salad.. high quality leaves Don't order again: Mole chicken.. ok. Sauce not enough depth Rice and beans.. I've had better
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Roasted salmon is really great! Staff is friendly! Thumb up
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Very tasty food. Had the fish a la Mexicana and chicken mole. Corn tortillas were also very good. As we were leaving, two parties of Hispanic workers were coming in for lunch. A good sign. Highly recommend this place.
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The food speaks for itself, it's fantastic. I don't speak Spanish well, but they welcomed me to sit down when I walked in and picked up a menu. Nice people. I saw papusas in the photos so I thought it was an El Salvadorian restaurant, but on the sign it says "La Roca Mexican Restaurant", and the chef confirmed it was a Mexican menu. I was served chips, really good salsa, and ice water when I sat down. I was inspired to eat here by a photo of "carne asada con camarons", I didn't see it on the menu, but they had no problem making it for me. Carne asada plate was $20, shrimp were $8 when the bill came. Carne asada was thin and had a nice char, really tasty. Shrimp were plump, perfectly done, and had the nice grill crispies on them. Beans and rice were great. Choice of tortillas, I got flour, they were fine, I think 4+ came with the plate. It was a lot of food!
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I was doing my laundry next door and wandered over to see the menu. Chilaquiles being my most favorite healthy food in the universe, I consider myself a connessueir of saucy chips. Aside from my delicious chilaquiles, the atmosphere on this very hot day was cool and inviting inside. The walls were painted a beautiful dappled orange and the art on those walls was cheerful and tropical. I wished to be transported back to Nayarit as sipped the most cold delicious sweet red drink that I can never spell or pronounce properly. Mexican restaurants might shy away from making very pale, very awkward people like myself as spicy as they normally prepare dishes like Chilaquiles, so I do use a generous dousing of Tapatio on mine, but aside from that the dish was absolutely perfect. The cashier was extremely forgiving of my clumsy attempt at ordering in Spanish and I was so grateful for his bit of English helping me along. 5 stars. I will do laundry next door and eat Chilaquiles here again and again!
Frequently Asked Questions
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What kind of food can I expect at La Roca Restaurant?
La Roca serves traditional Mexican dishes with some local specialties like handmade pupusas and fresh tortillas.
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Can I make a reservation at La Roca Restaurant?
Yes, La Roca accepts reservations to help you secure a table, but walk-ins are also welcome.
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Does La Roca offer both dine-in and takeaway options?
Yes, you can enjoy your meal inside the restaurant or order food for takeaway.
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What is the atmosphere like at La Roca Restaurant?
The restaurant is casual and cozy with a friendly vibe, perfect for families, groups, or even solo dining.
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Is there parking available at La Roca, and do they accept credit cards?
La Roca offers free parking, including street parking and a parking lot, and accepts credit card payments.
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This place is SERIOUSLY good. I stopped by here late one night, around 10:30pm. Apparently they had closed at 10, but everyone in the kitchen/a few friendly people were still hanging around -- talking, drinking, etc. They let me in, threw on some amazing pupusas of loroco and cheese, and were incredibly nice. The pupusas were seriously as good if not better than some of the best I've had in El Salvador. Clearly hand-made. Redwood City is lucky to have this place.