Best Mexican Restaurant in Ocean City
Handmade tortillas. Fresh-juice margaritas.
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Family run since 2008
Fresh tortillas, made here from scratch
Hand-pressed tortillas, fresh-juice margaritas, and Tex-Mex made fresh daily.
See the MenuWhat we're known for
Hand-pressed tortillas, scratch sauces, and the plates people come back for.
Nacho Mother's Fries
A pound of hand-cut boardwalk style fries smothered in queso cheese sauce, tangy pico de gallo, and spicy ranch.
*Add spicy chorizo, barbacoa beef, chipotle black or pinto bean, pulled chicken, sautéed spinach, grilled veggies, or chipotle grilled portabella.
Combo Steak & Chicken Fajita
A huge portion of a tender flame grilled steak with a fresh cut and flame grilled chicken, spiced with our house rub, sliced carefully and served over seasoned grilled veggies.
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Fajita Burrito
Flame grilled chicken, steak, or shrimp with rice, beans, thick cheese sauce, and grilled veggies wrapped in a house made chipotle tortilla, grilled, and topped with pico de gallo.
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Birria Tacos
Three slow-roasted beef birria tacos, grilled with smoked cheeses in our house-pressed flour tortillas. Served with cilantro, lime, and our irresistible birria au jus. Irresistible!
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Tortillas pressed on the plancha, chile sauces built in house, and guacamole blended in small batches by Don Dario, the abuelo of the Mother's Cantina crew.
Order NowOrder ahead, pick it up, hit the beach
Pickup and delivery straight from our kitchen on Philadelphia Avenue. Order online and it is ready when you are.
Start Your OrderThe whole menu, all year
Appetizers, tacos, fajitas, tortas and the happy hour lineup. We are open seven days a week, in season and out.
View MenusA local family business since 2008
Neely and Ryan James opened Mother's Cantina in 2008. Winner of Coastal Style's Best of Maryland's Coast for Mexican restaurant, tacos, family business and caterer.
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Happy Hour
Happy hour, seven days a week
Monday to Wednesday 4 to 6pm, Thursday to Sunday 2 to 6pm. Fresh-squeezed house margaritas, cold drafts and the full happy hour taco lineup.
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Recent reviews from guests in Ocean City.
Cole Brincefield
Mother’s Cantina in Ocean City is legit. The birria tacos are some of the best I’ve had — tender, flavorful meat, good consommé for dipping, and tortillas with that perfect crisp. The quesadillas are just as good: cheesy, well-filled, and hot off the griddle. Frozen piña coladas were very delicious too. Strong, ... smooth, and perfect for a beach day. Fun, upbeat vibe with solid service even when it’s busy. If you want real flavor and a good drink, this is the spot. Get the birria. Read More
Ocean City Jeep Club
We hosted a private Jeeps & Tacos meetup in the”Taco Shop” and had an absolute great time at Mother’s Cantina! Chill Vibes, great drinks and perfect place to reconnect with friends. We had around 50 come and go over a two hour window and they did a great job at keeping up with the crowd. Bonus points for the Great ... custom happy hour and Duck Marg! Read More
Anika Lal
genuinely the best tacos I’ve ever eaten in my life, the most juiciest chicken, the most loaded tacos, and for the best price like seven dollars for the happy hour two tacos was so filling and so good. You must come here if you go to Ocean City Maryland. I’m not joking when I say it’s the best tacos I’ve ever had.
Frequently Asked Questions
What dishes are you best known for?
Our regulars come back for the Maryland crab quesadilla, layered with sweet lump crab, smoked gouda and a dash of Old Bay. After that it is a toss-up between the house enchiladas, the meat-free portabella fajita, a bowl of kickin' crab chowder and the queso-smothered double decker taco.
What type of cuisine do you serve?
Mother's Cantina is a Mexican restaurant in Ocean City cooking scratch Tex-Mex on house-pressed tortillas. Build your own tacos, share a platter of fajitas off the plancha, or go vegetarian with chipotle portabella, sauteed spinach or black and pinto bean fillings.
What services do you offer?
We serve lunch and dinner at 2810 Philadelphia Ave, with happy hour Mon-Wed 4-6pm and Thu-Sun 2-6pm. You can place an online order for takeout, or book us for catering when you are feeding a crowd.
What areas do you serve?
You will find us on 28th Street in North End Ocean City, so the 28th Street area is our home block. We also feed plenty of guests from Midtown Ocean City, West Ocean City and Ocean Pines.
Find us on Philadelphia Avenue
2810 Philadelphia Ave, North End Ocean City. Open seven days a week.
Mother's Cantina
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