Club 21
2920 N Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85705
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Address :
2920 N Oracle Rd
Tucson, AZ, 85705 - Phone (520) 622-3092
- Website https://www.club21restaurant.com/
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Opening Hours
- Tue
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch, Dinner
Parking : Private Lot
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Noise Level : Quiet
Alcohol : Full Bar
Outdoor Seating : Yes
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : No
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : No
Categories
Mexican Cuisine
If you enjoy Taco Tuesday, then you have officially fallen in love with the Mexican Food. The main grain of Mexican cuisine is maize. Also known as corn, maize is grown for the past 9000 years after the crop was discovered by the people in Mayan civilization. Mexican empire flourished when they started growing beans, tomatoes, chili pepper, sweet potato and cactus. Till this date these ingredients are used in cooking authentic Mexican dishes and drinks.
Great use of spices, fresh chili pepper dishes like fajitas, tortilla chips, corn chips, salsa, chimichangas, burritos, nachos and quesadillas are invented in America. But when you are looking for authentic Mexican food then you must find a restaurant in the city that serves Rajas con Queso, Garbanzo in a Guajillo Chile Sauce, Pork Filled Chiles Rellenos, Chiles en Nogada, Molcajete Salsa, Pico de Gallo and Frijoles de la Olla. An eye-opening fact – Mexican don't like their food hot. They use fresh chili and other spices to create a flavor that lingers in your mouth.
Mexican food is great for those who are Gluten Intolerant as they use Corn instead of wheat in most of their dishes. Also, you can easily find many beans based Mexican dishes. Another dish which didn't get similar glory as tacos or nachos is the Mexican hot chocolate. If you love something hot on a chilly day, then go for Mexican Hot Chocolate. On merry days, you can enjoy the authentic Mexican Drinks like Tequila, Mezcal, Tecuí, Sotol, Bacanora, Charanda, Posh O Pox, Puebla and Pulque. Mexican Cuisine is for people who enjoy strong drinks and hearty meals.
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Lynn A.
I love Club 21. I have been going there since I was a preteen; 50+ years. The food is very good, and always consistent . The staff is friendly and the service is great! Reasonably priced. The cheese crisp is fantastic! Family owned and operated. It is good to support local businesses. I suggested Club 21 for my birthday lunch at work and now two others select this place for their birthday lunch. Don't let the location put you off. Everything is good! Give it a try!!
(4)Robert W.
The food was excellent even the beans and rice taste great. The chicken enchiladas are amazing. The prices aren't bad and the service was good.
(4)Shelley S.
We meet here every week for a family dinner with my other half's parents and his aunt who is wheelchair-bound with cerebral palsy. The staff is always incredibly nice and accommodating for the wheelchair and any extra chairs and tables we might need if more people show up than usual. Service is prompt, and at this point they know all our names and pretty much what we want to order! The food is also delicious (or else we wouldn't keep going back)! Also reasonably priced.
(4)Mike M.
Been going for years when I visit with family. Salsa is excellent. Margaritas even better. I always get the chimichanga del sol. You might not think it from outside, but this place is great !
(5)Joshua L.
Good lord. The most overpriced, boring Mexican food in town...hands down. When I was a kid, it had an almost magical appeal to it. At some point along the way, I must have developed a taste for good..good Mexican food. With all the options out there, you can safely pass on this one.
(1)Erin M.
We came in for lunch today, and as usual, it was great. The service was good and the food was delicious. We all got exactly what we ordered (chicken enchiladas, chorizo and egg burro, and beef tacos), which was fabulously hot and fresh. My aunts have been going here for 30+ years and say that, especially for the price, this place has always been outstanding. Try the green sauce!!
(4)Steve L.
My first time here, not my last. I love to support local businesses. I had Enchiladas Suiesse (sp?) and my girlfriend had a carne seca taco and a cheese enchilada. All exceptional. Had mini chimis as an appetizer and thee were tasty; two each beef, bean and chicken! This gem is a long time Tucson original!
(4)Jon K.
Club 21 is solid mexican food, but with some tex-mex additions, and it was a little on the high end in terms of pricing. The Good The margarita my SO had was really well done, a little heavy on the triple sec, but plenty of booze. Its pretty common for restaurants to water down margaritas, and this was not the case here. However $5 for a Pacifico bottle seemed a bit on the high end.. The staff members were friendly and attentive, quick about refilling drinks and checking on us. The table salsa were also tasty. There were both hot and a mild blends, both well done. The Bad The main courses were average, solid american-mexican cuisine. I had a special, the barbacoa chimichanga with beans on the side. The meat was tender but lacked any real inspiration flavor/spice-wise, plus their special included a cheese topping that seemed to just be two slices of american cheese melted on top of the chimi. The beans seemed practically canned, just no real flavor and the consistency was thick and pastey. None of this would have necessarily been bad, but our bill somehow came to $45, for two plates of food and two drinks. I'm never against paying $45 for two entrees and two drinks, especially if the food is superb, amazing, and/or outstanding, whatever you want to call it. This food just wasn't quite there. Overall The restaurant has a nice, rustic atmosphere with kind and attentive staff. However, the food is a bit bland, and for the prices Club 21 asks it just doesn't feel quite worth it. I'm left just a bit disappointed as I hoped Club 21 would become another hidden gem in our repertoire for out of town guests, but at this point that just doesn't seem to be the case.
(3)Stephanie H.
I wish I could give 3.5 stars because I liked this place but it doesn't quite deserve 4. I loved the atmosphere, it felt like an old school Tucson cowboy place (which it is, I think it has been there since like 1949). The crowd was cool, kind of again an old school Tucson crowd. Not old people, per se, just cool unpretentious people. Waitress was nice, food was good...but not great, It was hot and seemed fresh but it was kind of...gringo Mexican food. And I'm a gringo! I don't know, I told the dining partner as we left "I liked it, I'd come here again, but maybe I wouldn't rush to come back here anytime terribly soon" and he agreed.
(3)Allison C.
Still one of my favorite Mexican restaurants in Tucson. The restaurant itself seems like it'd be rundown, but don't let the exterior fool you. Head inside and you'll see that the atmosphere inside is like you're in someone's kitchen and they're cooking for you. The salsa is amazing, but be warned the hot is HOT. I try and order something different every time I go, so I've had the enchiladas, tacos, chimichangas...everything is delicious. And their house margarita is exactly what a margarita should be. I recommend giving this place a chance and I guarantee you will walk away pleasantly surprised.
(5)Dan B.
First of all, it's called Club 21, not "Twenty One Club", and it's been a Mexican food restaurant in Tucson since I was a kid. It's been over 20 years since I was last here. It used to be the best place in town to get great Mexican food, at least as far as I can remember through the thick gauze of childhood memories. I remember big, red-leather booths (still there but not used), a dimly-lit, yet cheerful & bustling dining room, ordering kiddy drinks from the barman, a friendly staff, and of course delicious Mexican food, especially the carne seca. Nobody made a carne seca chimichanga like Club 21. On a recent mini-family reunion this was my dad's choice for our first night out. All I can say is the place has fallen on hard times. Granted, it was a few days after Christmas, but the place was dead. The interior was also looking very rundown, some of the clientele were looking a bit seedy, and the staff were cheerless (apart from our waitress, who attempted small banter). It's always depressing when you see a once-popular place you love turn into a dive. And not the "good" kind of dive where the food is still great. The other kind, where the food seems to have suffered too. My carne seca chimichanga was so-so. Service was also poor. Though the waitress was friendly enough, she flubbed a couple of orders, failed to refill waters, and forgot my second drink order. (At least we weren't charged for it.) I really wanted to visit Club 21 and find a place that had improved and blossomed over time, but what I found was a place that the Tucson restaurant scene has left for dead by the side of the road.
(2)Jennifer T.
I went home and had to take a tums, my stomach did not agree with my meal. I was so disgusted I couldn't finish my meal, so I brought it home. My husband ended up throwing it away before it made it to the refrigerator. A few things I can't believe: we paid $35 for two meals and an iced tea and that people love this place. The service was mediocre at best. That my my first and last visit to Club 21.
(1)Cara R.
Best authentic, old-school Tex-Mex! My grandparents and mother started coming here in the 1950s. I've tried all sorts of Mexican places in Tucson over the years and Club 21 is the best by far. Don't let the location hold you back...it's worth it!
(4)Stephen C.
Since my review on Yelp, the manager of Club 21 sent me an email asking me to contact so they can make up for my previous visit. I bumped up my rating to 2 stars for the attempt to make things right for such a poor experience. I appreciate that. However, I didn't bother to contact them, because I'm not looking for any freebies, and the original experience was noticeable by management and should have been addressed on the spot then rather than later on, when they knew about things and were whispering to each other about how we weren't being served timely, they should have made an attempt to fix it on the spot or at least make sure the food was great instead of sub-par. I already wasted money and time. Even though they lost my business, maybe they will make it a point to be more pro-active with their remaining patrons.
(2)Karen C.
We love Club 21! Our family has been coming here since the 1970s, and the food has always been excellent. Their carne seca is the best in town and is impossible to resist--order anything with it, and you won't be disappointed. But everything here is good, and we like that you can order a huge plateful of food, or, unlike most restaurants, you can get virtually any item a la carte if you just don't have a huge appetite. Margaritas are freshly made, tasty, and very reasonably priced. The staff is always friendly, and most of them have been around forever. And we like the retro decor, as the dark bar area is where we have always chosen to sit; if you prefer it brighter, you can sit in the newer room with the big window.
(4)Karol B.
I was a little uneasy when I found out our Christmas party for work was going to be at Club 21.....I always assumed it was a strip club due to name and location. Could use a lot of updating inside but the food was very good....everyone at the party enjoyed their food and the service was spot on! It is local businesses such as this that we should all go out of our way to support.
(4)Junior D.
So as a Mexican the food was decent. The staff was nice. But they only carry Mexican imports Dos X and Tecate aka Mexican piss. There were 3 crack heads at the bar but not their fault they were paying customers. The only problem I had with the place was that it's slightly pricey and it's dark in there. I went there at like 3 pm and it was so dark I had problems reading the menu. The food and the staff makes up for the actual restaurant. Although there were a few cholos crossing by the parking lot as I was leaving I noticed that there was a ghetto right behind it. Oh and the entrance is like a maze. Other that 4 stars for food and staff.
(4)Sandy S.
I love this place. It's the oldest family owned mexican restaurant at the original location in Tucson. Full of old tucson character. You have to check this off your checklist!
(4)Simon E.
Chile rellenos in the Tucson Area rated according to the Homeland Security Advisory System with three word descriptors. Club 21: strange, cheesy, seedy. Blue See photos.
(2)Heather T.
This is a business that has been around for 60+ years. The food is good, and the last time I went, the service was fantastic; our food arrived within ten minutes, the waitress checked in on us at least once every ten or fifteen minutes, and we even had a conversation with the owner when we paid. All in all, it's a very nice experience for a quick lunch.
(3)Mercedes B.
This is my favorite Mexican restaurant in Tucson. It's also misnamed.. It's real name is Club 21. My family has been going to this restaurant for years. The food has never disappointed. The waitresses are always awesome and attentive. If it gives you any hint to how great this place is, my mom has been coming to this restaurant nonstop for 40+ years.
(5)Francis E.
Went once for a party and always wanted to go back to try it out on my own... I judge a Mexican restaurant by it's cheese enchiladas... and these were YUMMY! i like this place, will be going back...
(4)v b.
I have been here before ...and the food is pretty good....But yesterday I went with the BF and I had the weirdest Topopo salad , ever. It was in the usual crispy flour tortilla shell , with lettuce ,sliced avocado , a grilled chicken breast (whole , not sliced) beens on the bottom ...but in between the beans and the lettuce , they put a previously frozen vegetable mix (you know the kind with green bean, lima beans, carrots, corn.) WTF? Absolutely weird!!! I tried it ....and surprisingly it tasted alright ....not the greatest , though...there was just a little bit of cheese on it also.A under-ripe slice of tomato on the very top. I would have much preferred ripe tomato, red onion , more cheese, guac, sour cream...ya know the 'normal' Topopo salad. This is not what I typically order , here. I usually get enchiladas or a combination plate. Which I highly recommend , those are consistent . My BF ordered steak azteca , which came exactly rare as ordered. it was kinda small...came with beans and rice. I have noticed that because of the economy the portions at most restaurants in general have gotten much smaller. Oh well.We sat in a booth in the room off the side of the bar....it was rather hot in there...I think the cooler was not working very well. Our waitress was very nice and attentive.
(3)Scott P.
This is a good Mexican Restaurant with a bar in it. The food is good, not great, the prices are decent and overall an OK place. Nothing really stood out, good or bad. I would go again, but not go out of my way to get there. It has been around forever in Tucson but was really slow the night I went.
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