Reviews of Acitron Cocina Mexicana (Restaurant)

473 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02474

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At this moment this firm receives a score of 4.5 stars over 5 and that score has been calculated on 373 reviews.

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REVIEWS OF Acitron Cocina Mexicana IN Massachusetts

aach cruz

Nice place, pibil just like Mexico ! The drinks are great and the staff is so friendly !!

Johnny Worthy

Happened to end up here for ladies night, pretty solid deal. Food is good, drinks were great!

Miguel Vásquez

Excellent food. Very close to the real authentic Mexican food. Nice vibe. Staff is very friendly. And Arlington is just a really nice area.

Stuart Lerman

Very good food and service. Vegetarian friendly options.

Mike Richard

Its good but my dad got food poisoning from the mole

Oscar Escobar

Everything was great

james t

Fantastic menu! Great atmosphere. The food was very good. Super excited that this place is only a few miles from me.

Pamela Hallett

Dropped in late after a meeting for an appetizer and a drink. Shared the fried avocato and another. Margaritas were tasty as always....staff took such wonderful care if us.

Magdalena Mikulska

We ordered food for the office lunch. It was the best lunch we had so far. Shrimp salad avocado was amazing!!! The corn was the best. We will be back:)

Cody White

Awesome food and drinks, friendly and attentive staff, great atmosphere

Adam Kalai

The avocado salad with shrimp was one big bowl of mayonnaise. Some of the other food was good.

Sharyn Lincoln

Food was excellent and service was great! We stayed after paying the check finishing up drinks and feeling no pressure to leave. Great place

M. Donovan

Best margaritas, authentic food

Myra Little-Porter

1st time here but won't be the last. Seriously good Mexican, not TexMex. Excellent tres leches for dessert too.

Dinesh Rego

Higher end Mexican food. Delicious margaritas and food. Brunch on the weekends is delicious too. I had a shrimp dish today, with a creamy smred sauce that was bursting with flavor. The corn on the cob was a must have side.

Gabriel Kreindler

I received the wrong order, a definitely not tasty breakfast burrito. The waiter was nice and brought a free ice cream as compensation :)

Lenard Diggins

Excellent service! All of the staff are great, but Adriana is especially good! The salsa here is the best of the Mexican restaurants in the area. I often eat a lot of it with chips and take much of my entree home. I strongly recommend the cerviche. It's a great appetizer in the summer or winter, but it's particularly enjoyable in the summer. If the pozole soup is on the special menu, then definitely get it! It's a hearty and somewhat spicy soup. The elote (grilled corn on the cob) is superb! I like most of the main courses, but sometimes the salmon is dry and/or bland. I have not ordered it in a while. I'm not a big fan of their beans. Taco Tuesday is a great deal! The shrimp tacos are my favorites.

Alan Finn

We choose this place based on the ratings, but they are excessive. We had 3 different egg dishes from the brunch menu. Everything was flavorful, but bland. Even the salsa was boring.

J Garrett

Fabulous Mexican cuisine influenced by the Sea of Cortez. Great cocktails too, nice atmosphere and friendly, skilled staff.

Refael Ackermann

A cozy place. Still has an authentic feel (compared to more commercialized mexican places). Even a bit romantic.

Syrah M

It was great! Outside seating was really nice. Guacamole

Ramesh

This is a fabulous Mexican place with perhaps the best service we have seen so far at a restaurant. We have been to this place twice and the experience both the times were top notch. Everybody from the hostess who seated us quickly to the waiters whi were unfailingly courteous made our experience a really enjoyable one. The cuisine was creative and tasty. I highly recommend this place.

Aravind Prasad

Nice ambience. Excellent food. And great friendly service. I just love this place. It's a tad on the expensive side. Otherwise I would go there very often.

Variety Channel

Yummy Corn on the Cob! Dont miss it if you visit!

Tara Blaize

Transformed into Mexico. Drinks a strong. Food was really good. Flavors, freshness, taste, smells... service was very attentive and friendly.

Attila Kovacs

Modern fusion Mexican. The concept is better the the execution. It's good, but it could also be better. Taco Tuesdays are pretty great though....

Paul W. Bud Blanchard

A great place for an intimate meal with friends or a solo dinner. Not a great kid place, but fine for a restrained family.

N

Amazing , great food and good atmosphere can't wait till they open there outside

Leonardo Azevedo

Authentic Mexican food carefully chosen to please our New England taste buds ! Great service, convenient location and very good value for your money. Just make sure you make reservations

James Sampson

Yummy Mexican food that tends towards pricey. Try the battered avocado bites. Service is always friendly and there's a fun atmosphere. Drink menu is extensive, I'd recommend a margarita - they do a good job.

Leon Morales-Quezada

Great service and food, chile ancho y camaron is very tasty. You ask for "elote" as side dish.

Max B

The best Mexican food around. I highly recommend the Mole Poblano for an entree and the tres leches for dessert.

Jeff Houle

Good food and drinks, coming out of the the kitchen / bar quite quickly. I'm told there are usually at least three servers, but tonight? It seemed like there was one overworked guy taking care of everyone. The dining area is not very large but he probably could have used some help. Most of the dishes were ordered "medium spicy, and came out a bit mild, but everything was tasty. Portions are reasonable for the price, and it's a good idea to leave room for the great deserts and coffees.

JJ LeMast

This is one of our go to places. Love the food and the margaritas are perfect after a long day at work.

Robert Mela

Wonderful take on Mexican food (I'd say "real" but I've never been to Mexico). Real food built of real ingredients, not the usual greasy, overly salted fast food or commercial chain stuff. Nice, courteous staff, helped me with my Spanish. Cozy, relaxing dining environment.

Mike Breslin

Excellent and friendly staff that provides outstanding service and an awesome menu to boot!!!

John Maclennan

Great place good ambience

Dan Slagen

These guys are awesome, very accommodating and the food/service is great.

Sharjeel Kiani

Lovely new outdoor patio. Was impressed with the tacos and great service.

Sean Greenhow

Great deals on taco Tuesday and margarita Thursday!

Ankush Chakrabarty

Amazing place to eat. I recommend the Enmoladas.

Ari Mazur

Easily the best authentic Mexican food I've ever had!

Kenneth Knepler

Really tasty. The mole is great. Good drinks also.

M Keen

The food itself would have rated 3 stars. It was a bit bland except where it was overly sweet. I wouldn't order enchiladas there again, as I expected them to have at least some association with chili peppers. The reason for the single star though, is that you can expect to get ripped off there. They overcharged on several items, and seemed befuddled when I asked them to fix it. I'm surprised they don't have more folks noticing they're charging prices 2 to 5 dollars more than the prices listed on their menu.

Gregory Merchel

Food was good but service was bad, really really slow. Guacamole is really good and the tortillas are awesome.

Sharon Fosbury

The best Mexican food in the Boston area! The Mole Poblano was amazing -- sweet with the right amount of heat. The Chiles En Nogado was filled with delicious meat topped with a spicy sauce. In addition to great food, the drinks were excellent as well.

Beth Billings

Excellent service and delicious food.

Rob Johnston

For dinner we had the fish tacos and a cod fish main plate. Both were lovely and generous. The service was skillful, timely, and friendly. Pretty exceptional. We'll be back.

Lisa Oelerich

Very nice local Mexican restaurant! Cute, romantic, authentic food.

Ana Edwards

Very tasty. Lovely outdoor seating. A bit of a wind tunnel at times but really nice.

Vicky Roy

Mexican food with a good drinks menu. The food was good but nothing amazing.

Renen Bassik

Food and service were excellent

Karla Gordoa Euresty

Very goog food, nice place and excellent service

Fatima S

Great food, music and service. I highly recommend it!

Johnny Ramos

Food was average. Tres leches cake was above average

Stephen Burgess

Really authentic Mexican food....delicious

Joseph Silvestro, Jr

Excellent service and attractive, polite staff. Always nightly specials and deals. Authentic, well crafted food. Inexpensive margaritas. Gone many times. All exceptional meals but one mediocre.

john dunn

Got my real deal Mexican fix finally after moving here from SoCal a few years ago. Cocktails are great too!

bobby boyd

Great Margs and food. Martin on the bar takes great care of you !

Sam Peretz

Awesome authentic Mexican in the heart of Arlington center

Jeff b

Food was great and staff is great

Javier Avendaño

Loved it. LOVED. IT. Great food, great drinks, great staff.

D Sh

Cozy little restaurant with fresh delicious food and best service!! The drinks are always made to order and are great for the money you pay. Their chips and salsa is so tasty our 5 year old wouldn't stop eating. My husband loves spicy sauces and our server brought out a habanero sauce which was out of this world. Portion sizes are good and can be shared. Overall a very nice restaurant.

Arpit Kashyap

Ambience was nice, service was good, but food was regular for the price.

Christopher deBesche

Very very good place for Mexican food

Thomas Nay

We're big fans of Acitron! They catered a family member wedding rehearsal dinner and we're awesome. The atmosphere is lively and loud with AMAZING food!! Make a reservation online and check it out.

Christopher Villatoro

Me and my partner have been ordering takeout from Acitron for a long time the food as always been great - there mole is amazing. The food always taste fresh and flavorful. We finally stop by the restaurant and we were pleasantly surprised to find that the location has welcoming and cozy atmosphere - a perfect place for date night. The wait staff are friendly and helpful. One thing that we hadn't tried before was their drink menu full of craft cocktails that are leaps and bounds beyond your typical restaurants margaritas. I would recommend the Mexcalrita. Overall, I would highly recommend Acitron for couples and small groups. Tip: check out their patio area and their $7 dollar margaritas on Thursdays!

DA NO

Very good food, we all ordered different entrees and enjoyed them all. Great service.

Allan Wechsler

Service was fast and courteous, but the food wasn't great for the price.

Kerry Ruth

Really amazing! My favorite restaurant in Arlington Center!

Robert Rosenthal

Great great place that we chose for our anniversary. Loved it. Great queso fundido. Good margaritas and phenomenal service

Meredith Caruso

Delicious food and great atmosphere

Aj Thakkar

Good good. Good service. Busy though. Accepts reservations.

Mrs G

We had my daughters birthday dinner here. We were seated promptly on arrival. The food was received piping hot. It was amazingly delicious. The desserts were equally tasty. Our waiter was Juan Carlos. He was very polite and efficient. I would definitely return.

Umair Ishaq Khan

Some of the most flavorful Mexican food I've ever had!!

Mikey D

Really really good food! I would recommend the cervice as an appetizer to anyone that likes seafood. Great atmosphere, nice staff, and lots of options. The only reason i did not give it 5 stars is because it can be a little pricey, but you get what you pay for.

David Carr

Delicious authentic Mexican, Chili Relleno is very good!

Rob B

Been here three times, and each time I'm impressed. Very delicious and authentic Mexican food, great service, and perfect ambience for either date night or dinner with friends.

John Lane

very pleasant environment with good service & food

Kelly Coe

Great food and very nice employees. Their tortillas and their salsa is excellent. If u like salsa ask for the hottest one they have its delicious

Kevin Cedrone

Great food. Nice restaurant. Friendly and attentive service. Our server did forget our appetizer, but our food came so quickly it wasn't a big deal. My wife's margarita was good. The house salsa is great. The tres leches cake is very good.

Antonio Rodríguez-Arias

Excellent place for a Mexican brunch, taste is very good and staff awesome.

Sarah Thornton

I love the food here. They have great weekly specials, i.e. TacoTuesday, Ladies Night, and Margarita Night. Their fish tacos and elote are my favorite things to get. Fresh ingredients, authentic flavors, and friendly service

Brian McCarthy

Great service and food

Grishma Patel

Amazing staff and amazing ambience!! I called them to make the reservation for surprise birthday party and they assigned the tables on backside in patio, beautifully decorated!! Staff was very helpful to surprise my friend! Amazing food with decent prices!!! Kudos to Chef! I will definitely recommend this place.

Badr Tejado

Great atmosphere and décoré, good margaritas. The food was ... meh ... not much in the flavor department which was a let down. If you want flavorfoul Mexican, then walk around the corner to taqueria la victoria, they don't serve alcohol though :-/

Rachel Fernandez

Atmosphere was nice, waiters were very attentive and fast with the food, the food was pretty good too

Liz Lehtonen

The food was delicious with a great variety. The outdoor seating was awesome. Great margaritas and great food. Four stars as the service was a bit lacking in speed and attentiveness.

Elijah Fanelli

Visited for the first time recently. Food and service was fantastic! Will definitely be returning regularly.

James Doyle

O.K. Mexican food, certainly by Boston standards. The service is "normal bad." My server left the restaurant a total of six times during our dinner to check her phone. We were seated at the window, she was seated on the hood of our car. I didn't know whether to be enraged or amused. Luckily for her, I chose amused.

goutham komirishetty

Awesome Mexican food, they serve some very good rice varieties and mojito.

Dom DelloRusso

Best Mexican food around here. Staff is very friendly.

Jeff Grove

Best Mexican food in Arlington.

Steve Sainte

The salsa tomatillo was awesome!!

B Duffy

This is a wonderful place, from the decor, food, drinks and great staff. There were 9 of us for dinner and our first time, and not last time, to experience Acitron. I travel often Mexico and the food was authentic to say the least. From the guacamole, to the chips and salsa to the Mole Poblano, it was incredible! The Mexican Street Corn was delicious. This is a fantastic place for just drinks, a romantic dinner or a large family gathering. They also have an outdoor patio.. We are looking forward to another visit to Acitron!

Freddy Soza

Very disorganized service, even when placed was not busy they took a long time to take order and still didn’t come complete. Disappointed and not satisfied....

Matthew Brunelle

Frequently go on Thursdays for their reduced price margaritas (I personally like their Cadelac Margarita). You can get a plate of any three tacos and they have several great kinds. Tuesdays is the reduced price taco night (three dollars per) but the tacos don't come with sides on Tuesdays (the grilled corn is very good.

Nichole Ryan

The inside is gorgeous and they have amazing food, now they just added an outside patio, and it is to die for. Will deff be going back very soon!

Bill Shubert

Mexican for that is more than just burritos and tacos. The food is not super hot but spicy and flavorful. A nice change after eating in Mexican restaurants that all serve the same burritos and tacos.

Tim Mooney

Great food, great service!

Sylvia Fohlin

Wonderful food in a family oriented, small restaurant. Staff is helpful with suggestions. Great service. One of our favorite places.

Rich Lawson

Good food and very reasonable prices. Taco Tuesday is great!

Michael Kazin

A big step up from your typical casual Mexican eatery. Very tasty complex dishes, in an atmosphere appropriate to a date.

Maddie K

Great food, authentic and flavorful. The Monday ladies night deal is almost too good - $25 for an app, entree, dessert, and margarita! The bar is small but well manned with tasty drinks. Many gluten free options as well.

Lynne Dean

The outside patio is amazing. A hidden gem. Yummy food and drinks too.

Noemi villarreal

Both food and service is Great!

GREEKYONG !

Pretty good food. Long wait though...

Purushotham Reddy P

Best Mexican restaurants around.. they have a good a vegetarian varieties too.. Virgin Mojito was awesome

Sohang Chatterjee

Food actually tastes Mexican and not like Taco Bell or Chipotle. Cocktails, especially margaritas, are delightful. Friendly service, the music and ambience makes for a good excuse to step out for a dinner more often than originally planned.

Katarina Atanasković Samolov

Great mexican food!

Rane Rae

Love the menu , Service and interior. Would love to return for taco Tuesday or ladies Monday night dinner. This is a big compliment from Me! I never brave traffic and lack of parking for a restaurant ( my house and home cooking is amazing). I definitely plan to return.

Erica Putnam

The avocado cheese soup is incredible!

Catherine Vasquez

Traditional and delicious Mexican food! The pork loin with salsa verde is delicious! We also loved the tacos and another favorite was the shrimp with creamy Chipotle and goat cheese sauce!

Daniel Gomez

My new favorite place. Ordered the fish ceviche and the avocado stiffed with shrimp salad. Second to none. Great value, friendly service and good comfortable prices. Definitely a must!!!

John Roland Elliott

Both food and service were excellent at this Mexican place - not fancy but definitely a step up from the little hole-in-the-wall joints where I like to go for tacos at lunchtime. The shrimp ceviche appetizer was especially good (¡El sabor del Yucatán!). My wife rated the Margarita highly - not too sweet, no mix, just tequila, fresh lime juice, orange liqueur and maybe a little agave syrup. Both the chile relleno I ordered and the taco trio my wife got (cochinita pibil, carne adobada, mole poblano) were well seasoned generous portions. The folks at the next table were pleased with the torta they ordered and I was tempted to ask if I could try one of the papas fritas that came with it 'cause they looked really good. We were too full to get dessert but I will get the tamal de chocolate when I go again, which will surely be soon. Highly recommended. (We didn't plan it that way but we were pleased when we realized we were eating at a Mexican restaurant on the 4th of July.)

Charlotte Wynn

I am not a lover of Mexican food however, this place was delicious!!

Adam McCready

Our visit started out well. We arrived at Acitrón with a 5:15pm reservation, and we were promptly seat. The server immediately brought chips and salsa to our table, and we were able to order quickly. We enjoyed the ambiance of the intimately-sized dining room. The staff was more than accommodating to our kids, and provided them with coloring paper and crayons. They made a great first impression. Then we sat for almost an hour waiting for our food. We were infrequently visited by our server during our wait, and we received no updates until we pulled her aside 50 minutes after placing our order. As someone who formerly worked at a restaurant, it seemed like the kitchen was overwhelmed. Not only were they trying to fill the dining room orders, but a slew of drivers kept coming in and out the establishment grabbing to-go orders. It was clear that the to-go orders took precedent over in-house orders, and dining room patrons were the ones left waiting. Because all of the orders seemed to be delayed, I was surprised that a manager never checked with patrons to do damage control. Once our food arrived around 6:15pm, everyone seemed to enjoy their meals. Portions were adequate, though slightly underwhelming. I enjoyed the Camarones a la Diabla, and it would order it again if we return the restaurant or get something to go. Taking everything together, I doubt we will return to Acitrón. If we lived closer, I might be tempted to place an online order. However, I suspect that this was our first and last visit to the restaurant.

Richie Charles Hill

There foods is very good and and it taste very good. They need to inprove there chips because with out dippung them in the sauce they are very dry. They could be a lirtlle bit more friendy when asking questions about there country .

Margaret S

The food was excellent. Authentic cuisine. The service was very slow (only reason for not having 5 stars). One waitress for the entire restaurant was just one too little.

Steven Guayaquil

It's a small place, but the food is really good. The drinks are also really good

Marcella J

OMG muy delicioso! Very creative, highly flavorful and fresh dishes and cocktails. Excellent customer service. Killer Mexican food you will literally dream about..the owners of this place are not fooling around when it comes to their food. Nice atmosphere too! Overall a unique spot with incredibly satisfying eats, do not miss this place.

Jessica Cronin

Great chips, salsa, and margs!

Mike Murphy

So here's how it went down. We had a reservation so no wait. But it took a while for the waiter to come around. When he did he took our drinks, which were so good. When we ordered it food came out in about 5 minutes. This is usually a good thing, but when your trying to just have a night it you don't even sip your drink before the food comes. It was all very good. My one caveat is that the whole eating experience is very very short. It's very good food but you're only eating at this place for like 45 minutes.

Katie T

Great lunch selections. Gluten free options. Great specials during the week

Courtney Hadley

The patio space is awesome!

Leah Xylona

The word that comes to mind after an evening at Acitron is "flawless." This is not the kind of perfection that comes from putting up elements of artifice but rather a pure, essential, coordinated beauty that made me feel it was an honor to be spending an evening in the sanguine tinted glitter of their dining room. Perhaps I was there on a particularly positive night, but I got the sense that everyone working at Acitron was personally invested in people having a delicious and wonderful time. The server that I had the pleasure of her help made thoughtful suggestions, stopped by a few times to see if we needed anything-- and I particularly liked this question, "do you guys need anything?" a broad and encompassing concept of service that gets to the core of why this place hits all the buttons -- they truly want you to have what you need, what you want. The food was just as close to perfection as the service. The flavors don't hit you over the head but are subtle and deep. I appreciated that the salsa and chips arrived seconds after being seated and were brought with water. The house salsa had a dark, charred flavor and was so well balanced, I kept adding it to various bites throughout the evening. Drinks were surprisingly light. I had the sangria and enjoyed its mellow, slightly citrusy notes. It seems to have been made with a quality of wine that didn't require a veneer of juice but was tasty enough to shine through and add dryness to the other ingredients. The main courses were quick to arrive and again, so subtle, savory, and not lacking in salt (thank you for that!). Tacos came with a zesty and crunchy pico de gallo. We tried a few types of beans and the rice, but will have to return for the elote - because I repeatedly saw stripped cobs returning to the kitchen from fellow diners' plates. I can't help but wax poetic about the chili relleno. It was crunchy, roasted, a touch spicy and mine was filled with tinga chicken, with a perfect dusting of cotija (yay, more salty notes!). This was probably the best chili relleno I have had, and if you get a chance to eat at Acitron, you must try it. After such a quickly presented and enjoyed course, I had time to take in the space. It is small and while described as "romantic" I would have to say it is a little tight with your fellow diners, and the stone table tops make it feel more convivial than romantic. What I loved about the space was how much people were enjoying their time, clearly as much as I was, if not more -- there is something so human about sharing such a wonderful food experience with other people- and the room was filled with the mood of happy humanity bonded in this moment of culinary delight. I only wish we had time for desert because it looked, well, flawless passing by on its way to other happy diners. But this gives me a reason to return to Acitron Cocina Mexicana for what will hopefully be another evening of subtle perfection.

Jim Smith

What a shame...we loved this place. We had a date night out and wanted to get some of our favorite food and was treated to the worst service. Will not be going back. Staff took 5 min to seat a nearly empty restaurant. Took them 15 min to bring chips and salsa/water. No waiter. Removed salsa when finished, asked if we wanted more and never came back. 30 min in waiter came over took my wife’s drink order not mine. Wife received drink, asked if we wanted more chips and salsa, never brought salsa... 1.5 hrs in no food. We had to leave, had to pay babysitter for chips and salsa. Great night out... People next to us received their guacamole as we were leaving, they ordered it as we were sitting down. I don’t recommend, unfortunately...

Beth Reagan

Fantastic food and good service! Has has wonderful Margaritas and inevitably there will be a rousing Birthday celebration. A wonderful restaurant!

Business Hours of Acitron Cocina Mexicana in Massachusetts

SUNDAY
11AM–2:30PM 5–9:30PM
MONDAY
5–10PM
TUESDAY
5–10PM
WEDNESDAY
5–10PM
THURSDAY
5–10PM
FRIDAY
5–10:30PM
SATURDAY
11AM–2:30PM 5–10:30PM

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