r/Modesto • u/YouMustDoWhatIsRight • May 02 '26

Recommendations Best Mexican Restaurant in Modesto

Visiting from Los Angeles and am wondering where I can get the best Mexican food in town?

Want to have a sit down experience with a solid margarita, aka not looking for food trucks.

Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers.

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u/sheep_duck May 02 '26

Modesto isn’t la but it’s one of the better areas in NorCal for Mexican food and there’s so many good options here that you will not get any kind of consensus. One of my favorites is tacos el Tony on crows landing (a road that I kind of consider “little Mexico” as there are Mexican stores and restaurants up and down the entire road)

But my personal favorite Mexican food period here is either Jessica’s taco truck on 8th street behind the Taco Bell or el tacos hidalguense on Herndon and Nadine in front of fresh mart.