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Ay Cocula
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
7 reviews for Ay Cocula
7 reviews in English
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Review from Diana H.
El Paso, TX
2/7/2012
Oh my heavens!! These pork tacos were delicious & incredible. Limeade was so fresh. Also kids loved the spicy beans in flour tortillas. As an adult I took a bite of beans and it was soooo good! Avoid beef. Trust me. My baby sister said pork & chicken are the best. I think I will make a trip to the place again!!! The waiter was very friendly and served very well. I give this place big five stars!
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Review from Nicholas V.
El Paso, TX
5/20/2011
This place just reopened and not for the better.
Went with 5 other friends hoping it would be a good experience and we were very dissappointed.
Everything went fine in terms of getting our orders in and drinks being served, but the problems didn't start until the food was brought.
First of all my girlfriend and I both ordered the same thing, and were both served the wrong items. We ordered a meal that was supposed to contain shredded beef in green chile, and we were served Chile Colorado. We didn't say anything cuz we honestly didn't care, but it wasn't that good, and it took them 10 minutes to bring us tortillas to eat it with. What's the point of serving the food without the tortillas?
Second, while the rest of the table was served, two of my friends ordered tacos, and had to wait a full 15 minutes after the rest of the table was served to receive some luke-warm tacos. We all agreed they were decent and would have been good if served warm, but alas they weren't, and one of the easiest meals in the world to make took them forever to serve.
To top it all off, they refused to split our check saying that a gratuity was including for a party of 6 people. I have never been to a place that flat out refused to split a check, and the woman at the counter was rude about it. I will also note throughout the whole process there was maybe two other tables in the place being served, and they had several staffers just standing around. Never again. -
Review from Jessica S.
El Paso, TX
1/16/2012
Such a delicious Mexican breakfast! Would totally come back, and I live on the other side of town. The only reason we stopped in was because we had to kill a few hours with the car in the shop. We were lucky to stumble upon this little gem. Our huevos rancheros and chilaquiles were phenomenal. They have 3 salsas and they get very spicy. Authentic food. Clean restaurant. Great service. It's super cheap too! Highly recommend.
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Review from Ed D.
Malibu, CA
4/29/2008
Maybe I was starving for REAL Mexican food. Maybe good Mexican restaurants in California (where I live now) are as rare as an honest politician...or maybe I was just hungry. Whatever the case, Ay Cocula is one of the most authentic Mexican restaurants on either side of the border.
Never in my wildest dreams would I ever have considered stopping at Ay Cocula! had it not been for the fact that my brother (who'll eat anything that isn't nailed, stapled, glued, welded or epoxied to the earth) told me that I would really like this place. As much as I hate to admit that my brother, "Ol' Iron Gut" was right, he was right.
Their tacos are orders of magnitude better than Chico's. Their salsa and beans are much more than the usual fare that you'd find at any other restaurant. The tacos were filled with tender ground beef, seasoned to perfection, and served folded between warm corn tortillas.
The prices are extremely reasonable, and the atmosphere at lunch had me dancing as I entered and as I left.
Love this place!
Update:
Was there on the Saturday before Mother's Day, 2009. This place really is good. I had to have the taco "six-pack" - six tacos served with avocado, grilled onions, radishes, lettuce and tomato - all on the side. You "build your own" taco, but you build it to your taste.
My wife and I added queso fundido (much more ooeey-gooey-schmooey than fondue) to our meal. As will all great-tasting meals, you'll probably have to be rushed to the ER with instantaneous closure of your arteries, but it's well worth it.
New promise to self: make Cocula a stop any time I'm in El Paso. -
Review from Gabe A.
El Paso, TX
6/29/2011
After waiting countless months for renovations to be completed, I finally visited this Mexican restaurant. It was a marvelous idea for the owners to give this very old building a make-over, BUT they should have upgraded and spend more money on a head chef instead of a savvy decor. This is not authentic Mexican food that reminds you of Mom's cooking, nor did it remind me of Grandma's cooking. I ordered the chile colorado, and the plate was a mess. The sauce had too much salt, pork was chopped up too small and contained too much fat. Every other bite was a soggy heap of pig fat. Not to mention as they brought out this plate, all the oil/fat began separating from the red chile. I know Mexican food is greasy, but there is not a single Abuelita that would have sent that plate out. The rice was not even spanish rice. It was a mixture of wild rice and white rice. My guest was not happy with her dish either.
You will be dissapointed if you try this restaurant.
It is a shame to spend so much money on the wrong faults of a restaurant. -
Review from Mara M M.
El Paso, TX
8/3/2011
Great tacos, carne asada and queso fundido! I'm big time particular about my Mexican food- considering my mom is the best cook in the world! So I'm always hesitant to try a Mexican Food restaurant....needless to say, I was impressed. The service was great and everything was very yummy. My only complaint is that they didn't have any desserts available...the waiter said they had run out- wtf? Other than that, it was all good!
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Review from JeFF T.
Fremont, CA
2/11/2007
Holy shit! The salsa hits you hard in TX. Not a heat that slowly creeps up on you. You taste it immediately. Between Ay Cocula and Andale, El Paso left a good impression on me on how salsa should be. I tried the Asado de Puerco, which is a roast pork unlike al pastor. Served in a chili-garlic sauce it was good, but suffered from too much salt. The campechana (seafood cocktail) that I had was a healthy serving of shrimp, scallops, octopus, imitation crab, avocado, onions, and cilantro, mixed in a tasty cocktail sauce. The chips were of the thick crunchy variety...one wrong move and I could chip a tooth. The tacos served here are supposed to be authentic...served in a corn tortilla with fresh grilled/bbq'd meats. They were good, but I still like Los Caporales in Livermore. All in all, an authentic Mexican eatery worth stopping in for a meal. And apparently, open very, very late on the weekends as well.
