Mama Lupe's Cocina

The food here is the best Mexican food around, in my opinion. Fresh, authentic flavors. I especially love the fajitas and the super burritos.
Not only is the food delicious, but the atmosphere is great and the owners are so friendly. I highly recommend giving it a try. You will be back!

If you were to look up family owned restaurant in the dictionary, this place would be on the page.
We enjoy being treated like family. With consistent great food and top notch service.
Comfortable tables and booths, televisions on with sports to keep up with our local teams.
Servers know what we like and almost never need to have menus anymore.
This is the place we bring family and friends to enjoy their visit with the great food!
Never been in the Manor area in San Leandro?
Might want to look up Mama Lupe's!!

We stumbled upon Mama Lupe's Cocina after tile shopping in San Leandro. We were warmly greeted and seated right away. We started off with Margaritas - my husband had the Cadillac whereas I had the La Flor which was hibiscus based. I am not exactly sure how it was made but thoroughly enjoyed the tart / sweet taste of the drink. It was a nice departure from your standard magarita and complemented well with the fresh warm tortilla chips and salsa that they brought out.

Their menu had many options which made it hard to choose. I went with the shredded chicken enchiladas with green sauce and my husband ordered the chile verde. Both came with rice and beans. The chicken was tender and moist. The pork in the chile verde was flavorful. We enjoyed both dishes, I even ate the beans which I typically don't as I find beans kind of dry and pasty. I ordered the full knowing there would be leftovers which my husband gladly took to work the next day.

We came on a Wednesday evening. Everyone was friendly and service went well. It was overall a great way to end our day. It is a cute place and we will definitely be back.

Arrived around 7:30 Saturday evening, busy as they were setting up for a party of 16, told the wait would be about 20 minutes, we said fine. Another group of four came in after and were seated ahead of us, the big party was seated and we sat, and sat and sat and sat and sat, after about 40 and ZERO eye contact from the gent that had told us 20 minutes, he was busy behind the bar serving drinks, we left and went to Horatio's, had a great meal. I'm a big boy, if it's NOT going to fit or work, TELL me so I can move on!

Been many times, food is fantastic, last night, Plan B knocked it out of the park.

First time here and they made us wait. It's Friday afternoon, so I guess it was expected. It was a short wait. The murals are nice, but the hats are a bit too much. Coming of Mexican decent, I thought they were in poor taste. The did have 3 TV's. And they were smart enough to leave the captions on. But with the loud music, it was way too much! And it was salsa music! I would have preferred traditional folk music.

Once seated, warm chips and salsa came out. Based on pics already posted, some menu items did not appeal to me. The Chile Rellenos came recommended, which is why we came here. It tasted alright. The beans okay. The rice was flavorless.

I came in snot 45 min before closing ordered large beans and large rice. I was making my own food at home and just thought it'd be quicker to buy the rice and beans.
Each were $12 , a bit more than I've paid at other restaurants...The rice is very good and the beans have great flavor.. HOWEVER, the beans are like water, literally soup . I prefer my beans thicker.
Wasn't my first time here and I don't remember the beans being so watery.
I still definitely like the food here and recommend this place.

Hey there Party People

Venturing out road tripping around the bay ended up in San Leandro craving some good old school Mexican food. Well we found what we were searching for in Mama Lupe's Cocina. You get a whole in the wall vibe and those are usually the best places. The food came out quickly and the server was very pleasant and ready with suggestions.
We had multiple items so I'm just going to hit these one at a time:
Tacos crunchy and soft were good. The soft gave you a sweet street tacos experience complete with the lime, jalapeños and radishes.
Enchiladas were very traditional we choose the tomatillo green sauce. My only suggestion here would be to spice up the sauce a tad.
Chili relleno was good size but it could have used a little more cheese. The flavor profile was there but needed to be kicked up a notch.
I'm a bit of a Spanish rice snob so it takes allot to impress me. It was ok.
My hubby is the Bean expert. His opinion was that the beans were a bit runny but the flavor was good.
This place could be a 5 if they just busted loose on the flavor for their sauces. The portions are adequate and the prices are decent.
Overall it is a decent place to try.
Be kind to one another

So my hubby and I finally dined here, and we're glad we did. We went at lunch on a Friday and had excellent service. Our server was so friendly. We had the fish ceviche with tostadas, and it was fresh and citrusy. We enjoyed the creamy Elote, which was a little spicy. The Carnitas platter was huge and enough for both of us to share. It was delicious. Everything was good. The micheladas are spicy - you've been warned. The restaurant is clean and spacious. Easy to park. Restrooms are very clean. Great experience.

Excellent food... we shared a few Starters, taquitos, mini sopes, guacamole & queso fundido all very tasty & nice presentation.... The queso was very small serving & only top was melted cheese , obviously they put it on the top burner & not in the oven , the bottom was beyond crispy , more like burn .
Great service , even though the first waiter told us they only had one kind of Agua Fresca & the waitress told us different.
But very attentive
The place is nice & clean , but could use some decore & ambience .
We will return for more tastings

Went to Mama Lupe's Restaurant for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised. The food was excellent. The service was outstanding definitely our new Mexican restaurant . Left there with money in the wallet.