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Celia's Mexican Restaurant - Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA

Celia's Mexican Restaurant - Palo Alto

4.1 (116)
$30 and under
Mexican
3740 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306

About this restaurant

  • Good for groups
  • Good for special occasions
  • Kid-friendly
Welcome to Celia's, thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve you! Our goal is to provide natural and fresh home-style Mexican food with the best quality. We are proud to be a part of this beautiful community. Your patronage is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for being our guest.

Every day at Celia's we make fresh salsas, our tortillas are prepared fresh without lard, our steak and pork are lean, and our chicken is presented skinless and trimmed. We make fresh guacamole daily, our tamales are handmade daily, and we serve three different types of beans (refried, black beans, and pinto). Daily homemade flan with the best, high quality ingredients, and last but not least our margaritas do not come out of a machine, instead our secret mix is made daily! Come and enjoy!

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Mexican
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch: Daily: 11:00am - 3:00pm; Dinner (menu served all day): Sunday - Thursday: 11:00am - 10:00pm, Friday - Saturday: 11:00am - 11:00pm
  • Phone number
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Catering
    We can accomodate caterings for up to 80 people with the chafing dishes.<br><br> We also deliver orders through Waiters on Wheels and Waiter.com.
  • Private party facilities
    At Celia's we offer a special private room which is located in the upstairs of the restaurant with a capacity of 35 people with plenty of standing room still available. There is also a patio with a capacity of 75 people.
  • Neighborhood
    Palo Alto
  • Cross street
    Curtner Avenue
  • Parking details
    Our parking lot is very small but there is also alot of street parking right outside restaurant, one block before if you are coming south bound and across the street.
  • Public transit
    Bus stop right outside the restaurant and the Caltrain station is 5 minutes away on California Avenue.
  • Entertainment
    Live mariachi band every year for Cinco de Mayo and Mother's Day. Also a live romantic trio band for Valentines Day.
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout

What 116 people are saying

Celia's Mexican Restaurant - Palo Alto reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

4.1
4.1 based on all time ratings
  • 4.0Food
  • 4.1Service
  • 3.8Ambience
  • 2.4Value

NoiseModerate

116 Reviews
  1. Mike VIP

    San Francisco Bay Area9 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on February 21, 2020

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    Consistently good food at a great value.

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  2. HoGreen

    San Francisco Bay Area10 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on February 9, 2020

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great food, great price, fun atmosphere! Be sure to try the margaritas. Among the best chips/salsa in the Bay Area.

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  3. KristenP VIP

    San Francisco Bay Area1 review

    5.0

    Dined on December 14, 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great food and service!

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  4. Beans

    New York City1 review

    5.0

    Dined on December 4, 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Several phone calls were not reached, so I was a nit worried about my reservation, but after reached there, I found everything is ready, all staffs were kind, and their meals and interiors were also nice! It was nice place.

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  5. flashflood VIP

    San Francisco Bay Area11 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on October 14, 2019

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 1
    The food was so bad we couldn’t eat it. Went to another Mexican place after leaving.

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  6. TanyaT

    San Francisco Bay Area1 review

    5.0

    Dined on August 12, 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    Excellent restaurant. Only had 1 time that I had to wait longer than normal for the food to arrive but they apologized. I would recommend this place to everyone!! My favorite place

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  7. KarenG

    San Francisco Bay Area5 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on August 8, 2019

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    Nice food but rushed service. We felt pressurized to hurry and they simple gave us the check in the end even though we wanted to stay longer and had more drinks

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  8. Birthdaycelebrant VIP

    New York City116 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on August 5, 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Fun place with excellent margheritas! The tacos are also delicious. We always make a point of dining at Celia's when we are in Palo Alto.

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  9. SvDave

    San Francisco Bay Area17 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on July 2, 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The service was great they accommodate the 11 of us very nicely. Food was great ad well as the portions, strongly recommend it to others

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  10. ChristianP

    San Francisco Bay Area1 review

    5.0

    Dined on June 8, 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    That was the perfect place to celebrate my wife graduation! they even put up some balloons and a welcome message! We could not have picked a better place for the 16 or so party we had.

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FAQs

Celia's Mexican Restaurant - Palo Alto offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (650) 843-0643.

Celia's Mexican Restaurant - Palo Alto is rated 4.1 stars by 116 OpenTable diners.

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3740 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Curtner Avenue
  • Neighborhood
    Palo Alto
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch: Daily: 11:00am - 3:00pm; Dinner (menu served all day): Sunday - Thursday: 11:00am - 10:00pm, Friday - Saturday: 11:00am - 11:00pm
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Mexican
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Our parking lot is very small but there is also alot of street parking right outside restaurant, one block before if you are coming south bound and across the street.
  • Public transit
    Bus stop right outside the restaurant and the Caltrain station is 5 minutes away on California Avenue.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Entertainment
    Live mariachi band every year for Cinco de Mayo and Mother's Day. Also a live romantic trio band for Valentines Day.
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout
  • Phone number
  • Catering
    We can accomodate caterings for up to 80 people with the chafing dishes.<br><br> We also deliver orders through Waiters on Wheels and Waiter.com.
  • Private party facilities
    At Celia's we offer a special private room which is located in the upstairs of the restaurant with a capacity of 35 people with plenty of standing room still available. There is also a patio with a capacity of 75 people.
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