Papagayos Mexican Restaurant + Cantina - Lake Arrowhead, California

Jeanne N.

After our hike yesterday, my girls and I were starving. We thought we'd give Papagayos a try. It was absolutely what we needed! We were seated immediately at a nice big table with a lovely view of the lake. Our waitress was kind, friendly, knowledgeable (helped me with vegetarian options), and quick. Our burritos were huge and delicious. We are def coming back on our next visit to Lake Arrowhead!!

Rus M.

Food: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Ambiance: 4/5
Parking: 2/5
Family friendly: 3/5
Stroller friendly: 3/5
ADA accessible: 3/5

Definitely a gem here in Lake Arrowhead. Might sound ignorant, but I wasn't expecting this type of authenticity, loads of food and affordable all in the same place!

We went with a big group of 12 around lunchtime -1 o'clock so the wait was about an hour or so. Nevertheless, food was great. We ended up ordering nachos supremas ($18.25), carne asada plate ($24.25), and carne asada burrito ($20.95). Each entree was def big enough to share and we also had food to take home.

The wait staff was super quick and nice, especially considering how many people were there around 2-3 o'clock. It was packed!

Some downsides though, this is just general to Lake Arrowhead Village itself on the weekend. There is lots of parking, but godspeed trying to find one. It was horrendous. Also, the wait time was 60-75 min around lunchtime.

If you're in the area I would definitely drop by here.

Josephine O.

Pretty decent size servings for what you pay, food comes out at a good rate. Staff is friendly, you can tell they favorite the regulars and spend more time giving attention to them. But besides that food is good for the price. I would recommend to try for food.

Liry L.

The staff is so nice! And the food is tasty and worth the price! Big plate and nachos and salsa on the house to start.
And view to the lake

Nathan C.

This is the second time I’ve been to this place. I really like it. It’s quite good size and I don’t think you’ll usually have a very long wait unless it’s really busy in the area. The service was really good and the food was tasty and a good size portion for the price we were really happy overall for our family meal that we had. I definitely recommend this place.

Cupcake S.

I live in la, and I eat Mexican food all the time, the food here in this place is hand down very good Mexican food, the bean paste is not made salty but with a good balance favor, and their meat is well prepared and perfectly cooked, soup is really good too, very fresh ingredients. What can I say, with a beautiful patio view, you would think food won't be good, but this restaurant really shows me good food can be served with view. Also there is live music and very good service, i asked for hot chili sauce and they made me a custom chili sauce, I can be more happy, and have to take my time to write them a review. Amazing 👏 Good job. 👍

Jonathan A.

Is this the best Mexican restaurant I’ve ever been to? No. But the value is great! The food was good, service was good, it had a fun atmosphere and was very reasonably priced. They even have fried ice cream!! I can’t give them a 5 star, but this restaurant has great value and is worth a visit.

Uyên N.

4.5 Stars. The food is beyond good. I enjoyed my fresh poke tacos. My favorite was the fresh chicharron with the yummy avocado salsa... Get extra. And their table salsa was not typical. Of course we had to top it with fried ice cream😋😋😋😋😋 Happy dance throughout meal, followed by beautiful stroll to walk it all off.