Nena's Mexican Restaurant
Hours
Tuesday: 7:30 AM – 9:00 PM
Wednesday: 7:30 AM – 9:00 PM
Thursday: 7:30 AM – 9:00 PM
Friday: 7:30 AM – 9:30 PM
Saturday: 7:30 AM – 9:30 PM
Sunday: 7:30 AM – 9:30 PM
Overview
Located in the Historic Waterfront Warehouse at the Downtown Stockton Marina, Nena's has been a Mexican culinary tradition in Stockton since 1985. "A Place that feels like home and tastes like Mexico." Enjoy breakfast, lunch, dinner, or just appetizers!
This waterfront restaurant is known for it's homemade tortillas. Make sure to order some to soak up the extra sauce, or to roll a burrito with your side of beans.
Perfectly located right off the freeway this local gem is a great stop along the way for authentic Mexican food while you travel through town. If you are lucky enough to work close by, it's also a nice treat for a team outing or lunch date with your coworkers. The large bar is also great for after work margaritas or date night with your favorite person.
Details
- Mexican
Amenities
- Catering
- Family Friendly
- Full Bar
- Group Friendly
- Outdoor Dining
- Wine and Beer
Update: we ate at Nena’s again and this time it was so disappointing. It was so loud and service was even slower. And the food was just okay. I ordered the same dish and the food quality was vastly different. Maybe they have different cooks. I’m not sure we’ll be back. The beans and rice were great. As was the veggie sope. Service was slow and our food came out at different times which was annoying. But everything tasted great.
What happened to Nena’s in Stockton? Used to be good food. Good drinks? Food is ok. ✅I ordered jalapeño margarita. I got a hot soup in a nice margarita glass. Disappointing. Server was good though. I’ll just remember NOT to order jalapeño margaritas next time.
Food is SOLID! My favorites: Carne en su jugo and the Vampiro tacos. I've not been able to find the flavor of the Carne en su jugo recreated elsewhere...I've been chasing this down for years, ever since the 1st time my uncle brought me here back in....hmm, well back before pandemic times! It is spicy, but that's why I love it! The homemade flour tortillas are a work of art. It's a lil pricey, but...every now & then, we make exceptions for good food. The portion of the Carne en su Jugo is more than enough to split; or take it home and make 3 meals of it. Let's just say I went out of my way to make a trip to Nena's JUST for this before I flew out.
We visited Nena’s Mexican Cuisine in Stockton, CA for the first time with our family and had a wonderful experience. The portions were large, the pricing was great, and the staff was friendly and welcoming. We all really enjoyed our meal and will definitely be returning!
We visited because of the stars it has on Google but I do think is overrated. We visited on a Saturday we understood the waiting time... it was around 10:30am and waited around 40 minutes to be seated food took exactly 32 minutes to be served... we had chorizo and eggs platter with rice and beans and Machaca and eggs platter with rice and beans... rice was salty beans were good chorizo tasted exactly as sausage not chorizo and the machaca needed salt( and I'm not a salty person) I had a cup of coffee and it was delicious but I asked for coffee 3 times to 3 different persons and they told me they were gonna send that girl that was helping us... so we left and I didn't got a second cup of coffee and husband didn't got a refill on his soda. Flour tortillas are delicious. Place is located perfectly for turist and locals , with great decoration but customer service needs attention.
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