Boca Grande Restaurant

03/16/09

Beats Anna's anyday

by karma79 at Citysearch

This Brookline staple is the place to get quality Mexican food at a value price. All of the orders are taken by an extremely friendly and efficient staff and are made to your specifications - no beans, extra beans, extra habanero just let your preparer know and they will be happy to oblige. My personal favorite is the carne asado burrito grande which comes fully loaded. For picky burrito eaters, you can't beat the quality and taste of the meat used for this tasty concoction. Another delectable treat here are the carnitas tacos. I highly recommend this over Ana's by virtue of the quality of the meat and authenticity in taste. Just a precaution on the horchatas - if you like yours creamy and rich like me, I would pass.

• Pros: Marinated meats + Friendly , Fast Service=Great Mexican food
• Cons: Horchata could be thicker and sweeter

04/11/08

If you love fat, grizzle and hunting for your meat - it's Boca Grande!!!

by Hbeachbum at Citysearch

This place has the worst burritos I have ever ad. I tried them 4 times because I love Mexican food and it's hard to find in Boston (well.... good Mexican anyway). I tried the carnitas, beef (2x) and chicken. Every time I was amazed at the lack of meat and the meat that was there usually had a huge chunk of fat or grizzle hanging from it. Just low quality food... and not cheap. AVOID THIS AT ALL COSTS!!! The lady that owns this chain has a brother that owns Anna's Taqueria...(who she does not spek to) and I have to say I have never been disappointed by them... not the best I ever had, but probably the best in Boston. She should put her differences aside and get some cooking lessons from her bro.

11/10/06

Best Taqueria in Boston... if you know your mexican food.

by lcresuello at Citysearch

Being originally from San Francisco, I am very easily disappointed with the food that I find over here in Boston. And might I add that I love food... and I am usually not picky. I've been to Anna's Taqueria where I find the food and service to be the worst ever when going to a taqueria. However, in finally going to Boca Grande, I've found mexican food good enough to be compared to that of the taquerias from back home.

Just as I have discovered at Boca Grande, it is expected that all taquerias:

1) Have reasonable prices

2) Serve mexican sodas and other traditional drinks (my favorite is horchata)

3) Expect to put every indgredient on your order (you shouldn't be telling the worker what to put, you should be telling them what NOT to put)

... AND MOST IMPORTANTLY...

You should have to hold the burrito in two hands, noting its size, which makes it a mess to eat and will actually fill you.

All I really have to say is that Boca Grande is a taqueria with great food and service.

• Pros: Food, Service

02/20/05

Surprisingly good.

by saturnbabi at Citysearch

My husband and I had heard raves about another taqueria in the area and were really disappointed with it. We tried Boca next and were pleasantly surprised. You could actually see the real meat being grilled and used on the burrittos as opposed to mystery meat being scooped out of a bin. The steak burrito was very tasty. Even if the burritos cost 50 cents more than some others, they are most definately worth it!

• Pros: tasty, inexpensive, large portions

08/31/04

Avoid it...

by farrelli at Citysearch

I waited in line for 20 minutes to for, literally, a small strip of cheese, some generally unflavored rice, a few pinto beans straight out of the Goya can, and a splash of hot sauce which supposedly qualified as a Burito Grande! What with the line out the door, even at off peak hours, I thought it was going to be good. Oh, how wrong I was. I mean, Boston isn't exactly the Mexican food capital of the world, but I figured that people would surely know enough to avoid a place like this. I miss Chicago. Boston has a few places that are moderately to fairly good, but this place is worse than Taco Bell. It was realtively cheap food, but you could make THAT burito for under fifty cents, easy.

• Cons: , the price, the wait