Senor Ruben’s - Fountain Valley (CLOSED)
From the start of the meal to the end everything was delicious. We received a fresh order of chips and some of the best salsa I’ve had from a Mexican restaurant. The salsa wasn’t plain and drab like many places can be. It had lots of flavor and just a little bit of spice, it could have been hotter but it was perfect for what it was. For my meal I got the Flautas Dinner which came with two flautas covered in sour cream, guacamole, and cheese, and a side of rice and beans. The flautas were excellent although there was a bit more sour cream then I really needed. The beans were different in a very good way, they had a slight red color to them and tasted great. The rice was standard fare but very good. My fiancee had a veggie burrito which she enjoyed but need to flavor up a bit with the salsa (which I also did with my flautas, because the salsa was tasty!).
I’ve passed this Mexican restaurant numerous times, both the Fountain Valley and the Orange locations. They have been in the Entertainment Guide coupon book for the last couple years but I was never really sure because I can be picky with Mexican food. But now I’m hooked. It’s up there with my other favorite Mexican food establishments.
Service was very nice. They came around a couple times to make sure everything was good and that our drinks were taken care of. It was a great dinner.
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Senor Ruben’s
11035 Warner Ave
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
(714) 531-4909
Earl’s Home Cookin - Orange (closed)
Earl’s Home Cookin is closed!
(disclaimer, I wrote this review back in October of 2007, little did I know I predicted their demise…)
Hey everyone it’s the 25 hour place! Oh wait, it’s not anymore. Earl’s used to be open 25 hours a day, but now they are working on giving that extra hour they took from the day back. Earl’s is now only open 8AM - 3 PM Tuesday - Saturday. I personally expect them to be closed 25 hours a day by sometime next year. Earl’s just isn’t that good. We had breakfast there on Sunday, because I suggested to my wife that we had a change of pace from the typical Arthur’s fare we usually have (an AMAZING place just down the street). My food wasn’t terrible but nothing was really that good. This is why I still gave good ol’ Earl 2 stars. There are just too many better places around for anyone to recommend going to Earl’s, unless you are really cheap and don’t care about quality of the food.
I suggest spending an extra 2 dollars and going to Arthur’s which is a little further South on Tustin, just before Chapman.
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Earl’s Home Cookin’
807 N Tustin St
Orange, CA 92867
(714) 639-8590
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