Price Guide (average entree): $ bargain - $6 or less, $$ inexpensive - $6 - $12, $$$ moderate $12 - $19, $$$$ expensive - over $19.
Quality Rating: Superb is the highest, considered the very best possible. Notes are qualifiers allowing insight into the reviewer's rating. Disclaimer
| Restaurant: | Acapulco | Location: | 1041 Burlington St |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Pork Burritos |
| Comments: | For over 50 years Acapulco has been serving some of the best Mexican food in Kansas City. It is a treasure that suprisingly many Mexican food fans haven't heard of. Give it a try. You won't be disapointed. |
| Reviewer: | John |
Date: | 1/2/04 |
| Restaurant: | Baja Fresh | Location: | 91 & Metcalf |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $ bargain |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | has lots of flavor |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | Tostada Salad |
| Comments: | Always fresh food - lots of sauces to chose from - they will add or take away or change ingredients as you like - not microwave heated up food - very good and the prices are right - the place is always clean. |
| Reviewer: | Reitha |
Date: | 8/30/04 |
| Restaurant: | The Best Burrito | Location: | Harrisonville, MO |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Very colorful, friendly atmosphere |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Large servings and excellent taste |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Service was fast and first rate. Very friendly. |
| Favorites: | Queso fundido, fajitas, flan |
| Comments: | The best Mexican food I had in awhile. Restaurant has only been open for a few weeks, per the manager, but should build a following in no time. Everything was made fresh and tasted delicious. Located in Harrisonville, MO but worth the drive from anywhere in the KCMO area. |
| Reviewer: | Rodger |
Date: | 2/20/05 |
| Restaurant: | Canyon Cafe | Location: | Country Club Plaza |
| Cuisine: | Southwestern | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | Light, open, very Southwestern |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Appealing to the eye, as well as the taste. |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Very attentive |
| Favorites: | Pecan-Crusted Crab Cakes, Poblano Chicken Chowder |
| Comments: | I was in at lunchtime, so it was pretty crowded. It was worth the wait. The waiter was very helpful. The manager stopped to ask if everything was to my satisfaction. They have THE BEST crab cakes that I've had in K.C. |
| Reviewer: | Evelyn |
Date: | 3/11/01 |
| Restaurant: | Canyon Cafe | Location: | Country Club Plaza |
| Cuisine: | Southwestern | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | Our waiter was very unfriendly. |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | Although the location and food were not bad, we were really
disappointed with the service. Our waiter was not friendly at all (the
other waiters/waitresses appear to look 'unhappy' too), and I thought the
food was nothing special. Not sure if I'd recommend this place. |
| Reviewer: | Silvia |
Date: | 1/12/03 |
| Restaurant: | Chelly's Cafe | Location: | 720 Main Street, Grandview, MO |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Storefront, counter, and booths |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | Friendly and personable |
| Favorites: | Cheese & chicken enchiladas |
| Comments: | My friend and I were planning to go to another restaurant that was closed, so ended up here. It was a VERY pleasant surprise! We both
felt it was a delightful, inexpensive lunch. Try it! |
| Reviewer: | Constance |
Date: | 8/27/02 |
| Restaurant: | Chelly's Mexican Restaurant | Location: | 85th and Wornall |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Pleasant |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | fresh and unusual |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | friendly and personable |
| Favorites: | fajitas |
| Comments: | This is a great little neighborhood restaurant that deserves to be noticed. Food is outstandingly tasty, prepared fresh, and quickly served. The waitresses are attentive and quick. The nightly specials are an added attraction, with my favorite being the fajita specials. |
| Reviewer: | Jen |
Date: | 10/8/04 |
| Restaurant: | Chipotle Grill | Location: | 40 Hwy at 291 |
| Cuisine: | Southwestern/Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Stainless steel tables; ever eat in a morgue? |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Very high quality ingredients |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | counter service at sit down prices |
| Favorites: | the burrito or wrap or whatever |
| Comments: | Brand new restaraunt. Interior design by Vincent Price. Every table is a mortician's slab. Not a comfortable seat in the house. Every burrito is a custom made product. Somehow, they take a standard tortilla and pack nearly a quart of ingredients in it. Expect a blowout. |
| Reviewer: | Michael |
Date: | 9/20/03 |
| Restaurant: | Cozymel's Coastal Mexican Grill | Location: | 135th & Metcalf |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | fun decor - loved the ceiling fans |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | good presentation |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | chicken flautas & steak fajitas |
| Comments: | This was a fun restaurant to try with a new twist on Mexican food. Be prepared for a lot of food - we were stuffed! |
| Reviewer: | Jan |
Date: | 1/2/04 |
| Restaurant: | Danny Vegas | Location: | N. 63rd. & Parallel KC KS. Parallel Plaza |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | Nice Bar Area, Dinning Room Is Fun |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Very Good Mexican Food |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | Restaurant Is New, No Waiting |
| Favorites: | The Burritos, Beef |
| Comments: | This is a new restaurant & bar that we found. The food is good & cheap. Have eaten there several times now and tried differant menu items each time. Entertainment is coming, according to the owner. Try it, you`ll like it. |
| Reviewer: | Robert |
Date: | 9/11/04 |
| Restaurant: | Danny Vegas | Location: | 63rd St, Kansas City KS |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | Furniture is ripped, carpet is stained |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Nothing special |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | Rude hostess, slow waitresses |
| Favorites: | None |
| Comments: | Clearly one of the most rude staffs we've ever encountered, hostess even screamed profanities at patrons, kitchen closed hours before posted time. |
| Reviewer: | LeeAnn |
Date: | 5/6/05 |
| Restaurant: | Don Chilito's | Location: | 7017 Johnson Dr, Mission, KS |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | plain, but not relevant |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Love the CCQ! |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | friendly staff, low (to no) turnover |
| Favorites: | Enchiladas, CCQ sauce |
| Comments: | I travel 30 minutes to eat here all the time! The buffet line makes for short wait, even when they are super busy. They have great food, which includes a chip & sopapilla bar. The best chili con queso sauce I've ever had. Very loyal customer base. |
| Reviewer: | Diane |
Date: | 1/21/00 |
| Restaurant: | El Patio | Location: | SW BLVD, KCMO |
| Cuisine: | Mexican/ South American | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | Unique Summertime Feel |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Good variety |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Mexican Shrimp Cocktail |
| Comments: | While I am from Texas, I am also Mexican, so I guess that qualifies to know this type of food. I have not seen El Patio get any publicity and don't know why. A little farther down Southwest Blvd then most of the other restaurants, this one has excellent ambience. Unlike
some of the other restaurants, this one is upscale enough to bring a date. The food has a good range of Mexican and Latin American fare (Half of the menu is dedicated to each). Try the Mexican Shrimp cocktail- a spicier version of what you may be used to with avacadoes and cilantro. Sabroso!
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| Reviewer: | Octavio |
Date: | 2/17/01 |
| Restaurant: | El Pueblito | Location: | South West Boulevard |
| Cuisine: | Mexican- Authentic | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | Very Mexican...knowing some Spanish helps |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Fresh and delicious. Authentic Mexican |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Servers speak little English yet are extremely attentive |
| Favorites: | Camarones al Mojo de Ajo |
| Comments: | El Pueblito is definately a reccommendation if you have an aquired taste for REAL Mexican food. Very enjoyable...some servers limited on English, yet there is usually management or an owner to make sure there is no language barrier...just in case! No smoking and no margaritas, but the food, well,....... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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| Reviewer: | Lori |
Date: | 7/31/01 |
| Restaurant: | El Sombreros Mexican Restaurant | Location: | Claycomo Mo. 69 Highway |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | loud, uncomfortable seating, booths at least 30 years old |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Could be better, if served hot all the time |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | rude, especially when asked to re-heat the food |
| Favorites: | refried beans and rice |
| Comments: | I used to love this restaurant. It was close to home. The people there used to be friendly, but they aren't anymore and the quality of the food is not as good as it was years ago. I have discovered there are alot
more and better Mexican restaurants around town than El Sombrero's. What a
pity. |
| Reviewer: | Joyce |
Date: | 10/21/02 |
| Restaurant: | El Sombrero | Location: | Claycomo |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | I don't go for the atmosphere. |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | Not polished, but attentive and very fast. |
| Favorites: | Burritos and tacos are great. |
| Comments: | I travel twenty minutes to go here... the food is all the reason I need!! Not your authentic Mexican, per se, but certainly authentic Mexican-American cuisine. Piping hot chips (still glistening with oil) and homemade sauce (that's right, not salsa... sauce) set the course for a hearty meal, full of the flavor of the Barrera family's kitchen (forty years in the same location, and still going strong.) Packed with kitsch and character, the location is low-key and low-brow; if you need to be coddled to enjoy a meal, kindly take your palate elsewhere. |
| Reviewer: | David |
Date: | 5/12/04 |
| Restaurant: | Fred Garcia's Tarahumara Homemade Mexican Food | Location: | 5816 Merriam Dr |
| Cuisine: | HOMEMADE mexican food | Price: | $ bargain |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | you just walk-in but the people are really nice |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | IT"S HOMEMADE (what more could you want) |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | they met all of my needs |
| Favorites: | Ummm????? DO I HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE??? |
| Comments: | When you first enter you get the sensation of "grandmas"
cooking. Once you try their food I sure that you will be back! And with
the great prices, you'll be there all week! |
| Reviewer: | Guille |
Date: | 3/17/03 |
| Restaurant: | Habanero's | Location: | East of M-291, North of 50 Highway - Lee's Summit |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | comfortable mexican decor |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | favorful, served quick |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | always attentive, but not obtrusive |
| Favorites: | mostly anything |
| Comments: | Very good food, portions and price. Easy to find look for the yellow plane on top of the roof. Waits on weekends can be thirty minutes-and it is a large restaurant. That's how good it is. |
| Reviewer: | Jer |
Date: | 3/13/02 |
| Restaurant: | La Cantina | Location: | 24 Hwy at 291 |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Mexican hats on the walls - Ole! Musica exotica! |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | This is Mexican? soggy enchiladas made with flour tortillas |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | The good help moved on to greener pastures |
| Favorites: | burrito grande/chicken quesadilla |
| Comments: | After being greeted by a charming formally attired gentleman, your dining experience goes downhill rapidly. The wait-staff argues openly with boss, you are charged for requesting chips that aren't pulverized and you have to flap violently to get the waitresses attention. Each of the last 3 times we ate there we said we'd come back one more time to see if things got better. They haven't. |
| Reviewer: | Michael |
Date: | 9/20/03 |
| Restaurant: | La Fonda El Taquito | Location: | 800 Southwest Blvd, KCMO |
| Cuisine: | South of the Border | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | Noisy border-town bar scene feels like the real deal |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Fresh ingredients and healthy rice and bean portions |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Fast, fast, fast - but courteous |
| Favorites: | Enchiladas |
| Comments: | Located within easy striking distance of I-35, 670, Crown Center, and downtown KCMO, La Fonda is a convenient meal stop en route to most nights out in the city. For the taste and service it's a great bargain, too. |
| Reviewer: | Seth |
Date: | 7/19/01 |
| Restaurant: | La Fonda El Taquito | Location: | 800 Southwest Blvd |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | Good food, good service, but the music was SO LOUD we couldn't hear the people sitting at our own table. It was early and only a party of three. |
| Reviewer: | Scott |
Date: | 10/7/03 |
| Restaurant: | La Parilla | Location: | Mass Street, Laurence |
| Cuisine: | Mexican/South American/Latino | Price: | $ bargain |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | authentic and fresh! |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Orders taken at the counter |
| Favorites: | salsa, enchiladas, tacos |
| Comments: | This is NOT Tex-Mex! If you are looking for cheap, fresh, authentic and creative food this is a great place. |
| Reviewer: | Natalie |
Date: | 12/3/03 |
| Restaurant: | La Poblanita | Location: | 12912 7th Street Grandview, MO 64030 |
| Cuisine: | Mexican Restaurante & Store | Price: | $ bargain |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | Tortas, picadas, tamales & churros |
| Comments: | Excellent real mexican food |
| Reviewer: | Karla |
Date: | 12/2/04 |
| Restaurant: | Las Chaquitas | Location: | 13th & Broadway |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | SW BLVD type atmosphere |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Exellent Tex-Mex |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Great Service |
| Favorites: | Chili Pork Burritos/Tacos |
| Comments: | I have driven by this place so many times on my
way to SW Blvd for Mexican Food but have never stopped in to check it out. Being from Texas I am totally spoiled (True authentic Tex-Mex) and expect alot. This place is about as good as your going to get in KC for mexican food. The food was excellent and the service was equally as good. This is
not a place for the patrons who prefer Tequila Harrys type cuisine.(I have had better Patio Frozen Mexican Dinners!) GO CHECK THIS PACE OUT! |
| Reviewer: | Chris |
Date: | 2/6/00 |
| Restaurant: | Los Tules | Location: | 1656 Broadway |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | **** superb | Notes: | Nice and Clean |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | Burritos de carne asada |
| Comments: | The food is good and tastes pretty home made. not all of it is real mexican but they have all the favorites. |
| Reviewer: | Jay |
Date: | 3/23/05 |
| Restaurant: | Mama Tio's | Location: | 80th & The Paseo |
| Cuisine: | Mexican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Nothing fancy but no one comes for the atmosphere! |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Chile Rellenos |
| Comments: | Recommended to me by co-worker years ago. Have been several times and the food is always consistently great. The weekday lunch buffet is a great value. I would recommend it to everyone, not just those in South KC. |
| Reviewer: | Dean |
Date: | 1/3/03 |
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