The best Mexican restaurants in Culver City, Los Angeles — 4 ranked picks with ratings and must-try dishes.
4 picksCulver City has 4 Mexican restaurants we would send anyone to, ranked here by rating and review depth. Loqui sits at the top with 4.6 stars. If you only order one thing, make it the burrito with oaxacan black beans at Loqui. Most of this list stays under $40 a head. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
Culver City is one of LA's most underrated restaurant scenes — concentrated, walkable, and home to several of the city's best newer openings.
Culver City's beloved fast-casual Mexican window serving Oaxacan-inspired burritos and bowls that punch well above their format
Must-try: Burrito with Oaxacan black beans, Bowl with pasilla negro salsa, Horchata
📍 8830 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
a family-run breakfast counter pairing burritos with cafe de olla
Must-try: Breakfast burrito with asada, Oaxacan chorizo, Potato scramble
📍 3897 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA 90066
LA's most iconic hard-shell taco since 1959 — Culver City's undying institution
Must-try: Crunchy beef tacos, Carne asada burrito, Red salsa
📍 11222 Washington Pl, Culver City, CA 90230
a casual resurrection of Ray Garcia's Mexican restaurant, homey this time
Must-try: Smoked tuna flauta, Sweet potatoes with salsa macha butter, Crispy chicharron
📍 12565 W Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90066
Loqui — 4.6 stars across 3,400 reviews, the highest on this list. Culver City's beloved fast-casual Mexican window serving Oaxacan-inspired burritos and bowls that punch well above their format.
None of the 4 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The burrito with oaxacan black beans at Loqui, the breakfast burrito with asada at Provecho Calimex and the crunchy beef tacos at Tito's Tacos. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 4 of the 4 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.