Awards and press

Placed in Best of Orange County five years running, and written up since.

Readers voted Mi Casa into the Orange County Register's Best of Orange County People's Choice every year from 2014 to 2018, for tacos, burritos, Mexican food and family dining. Critics and magazines added their own lists. Below is every honor, grouped by who gave it, and the stories reporters have written about the restaurant. The family behind the awards is on the our story page, and the guests who voted are on the testimonials page.

Orange County Register

Best of Orange County, People's Choice, year by year.

2018

3rd Place, Best Mexican

2017

2nd Place, Best Mexican
2nd Place, Family Friendly

2016

2nd Place, Best Mexican

2015

1st Place, Best Taco
1st Place, Best Burrito
1st Place, Best Mexican
3rd Place, Family Friendly

2014

1st Place, Best Taco
2nd Place, Best Mexican Restaurant
2nd Place, Best Burrito
3rd Place, Best Family Friendly Restaurant

The Register also names Mi Casa a Local Favorite in its Mexican Restaurant category, listed with the other honors beside this ledger.

Other honors

Listed by who gave them

CBS Los Angeles

  • Best Margaritas in Orange County
  • Best Restaurants for Cinco de Mayo in OC
  • Best Restaurants for Cheesy Dishes in OC
  • Best Burritos in OC

GAYOT

  • Top 10 Mexican Restaurants in Orange County
  • Top 10 Kid-Friendly Restaurants in OC
  • Best Cheap Eats Restaurants, Orange County

Golden Foodie Awards

  • Best Taco in Orange County, Finalist
  • Top 3 Best Customer Service in Orange County

US Foods

  • #1 Family Friendly Restaurant in California
  • Top 10 Family Friendly Restaurants in the USA

Locale Magazine

  • Best Fish Tacos in Orange County
  • Best Ambiance Taco Joints
  • Top 5 OC Entrepreneur, Ryan Moore

OC Hotlist

  • Best Taco

Happy Hour Magazine

  • Best Taco Tuesday

Citysearch

  • Best Mexican Restaurant

Orange County Register

  • “Best of OC” Local Favorite, Mexican Restaurant
A margarita in the Mi Casa 50th anniversary glass
The fiftieth anniversary glass, Mi Casa, 2022

In the press

What reporters have written about the house on 17th Street.

Culture OC

2024

10 Orange County Restaurants That Have Shaped Our Image of Mexican Cuisine

Culture OC's 2024 feature on the restaurants that shaped Mexican cuisine in the county.

From the archive

OC Weekly

2014

Burrowing Into the Burro Room

Newport Beach Magazine

2011

Mi Casa Is Still Su Casa

LA Times / Daily Pilot

2011

Burro Room Reopens After Remodel

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