The best Mexican restaurants in Long Beach, Los Angeles — 3 ranked picks with ratings and must-try dishes.
3 picksLong Beach has 3 Mexican restaurants we would send anyone to, ranked here by rating and review depth. Tacos La Carreta sits at the top with 4.7 stars. If you only order one thing, make it the sinaloa-style chorreadas at Tacos La Carreta. 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.
Long Beach punches well above its reputation — a diverse, ambitious dining scene that competes with anywhere in LA, usually at better prices.
Mexican in Long Beach — 4.7 across 3,440 diner reviews
Must-try: Sinaloa-style chorreadas, Vampiro, Papa loca
📍 3480 E 69th St, Long Beach, CA 90805
modern Mexican on Retro Row that never gets too carried away
Must-try: Carne asada ribeye, Scallops in aguachile, Fried potato tacos
📍 1731 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA 90802
a homey family-run place with a retro wood-panel dining room
Must-try: Carne asada nachos, Wet burritos, Menudo
📍 2901 E 7th St, Long Beach, CA 90804
Tacos La Carreta — 4.7 stars across 3,440 reviews, the highest on this list. Mexican in Long Beach — 4.7 across 3,440 diner reviews.
None of the 3 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The sinaloa-style chorreadas at Tacos La Carreta, the carne asada ribeye at El Barrio Cantina and the carne asada nachos at Rivera's. 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 — 3 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.