We attended this years Salsa and Tequila challenge and was introduced to Crossroads. The owner and her family were pleasant and happy to be at the event. I was incredibly impressed with the Tomatillo Salsa. I believe it even won an award. I knew I had to get to their restaurant. The owner has an incredible smile and has great eye contact. We arrived for lunch yesterday. Its a hike from Oro Valley but truly worth the drive. Upon entering the restaurant I knew it was going to be special. The atmosphere is pleasant, laid back and happy. We decided on the lunch buffet. Its been what I have been looking for in Tucson since I moved here almost two years ago. The food is a great big hug of comfort. This food is made with love. Its not pretentious. There is no one showing off knife skills. Its not trendy. I can just picture someones grandmother cooking in the kitchen. There is no shortage of good mexican food in Tucson. However, what is missing in my opinion is originality. The food may taste different at various restaurants but it all looks the same. The food at Crossroads was about achieving flavor. I really felt like I was at grandmothers for sunday supper. Its comfort food at its best. This is not your restaurant if you are looking for how food is suppose to look. This is a restaurant about how good the food tastes. I wish this was in my neighborhood. We will go back and bring family and friends. Its the kind of restaurant you want to promote. We are losing a lot of home cooking restaurants. This restaurant has been around over 80 years. Give it a try. Bring someone you love and share the comfort. read more

Home cooked traditional Mexican buffet! I've been breakfast And lunch. Both are stellar dining experiences. Wide varieties of options. Even a waffle, pancake, and omelet bar during breakfast! Excellent! Excellent! Affordable! read more

My BF and I have lived in Tucson for over a year now and have tried A LOT of restaurants in Tucson. The chicken Enchiladas with green sauce and the carne Asada with red definitely beat anything else we've had and that includes the famous mi nidito, la parilla suiza etc. our server was lovely and attentive. We can't speak for the other food they have but we definitely recommend the ENCHILADAS!! (Chicken w green sauce or carne asada) read more

Awesome food , service is very good and great prices.. Drinks are cheap AF.. Great buffet for lunch

Great service. Great ambience. Reasonable prices. Generous portions. Food pretty average. read more

The most curious thing about this restaurant is its name, but the food is excellent, reminiscent of some small family restaurants that we've eaten at in Mexico. In addition to some great hot salsa and the Tex-Mex favorite "Chile Colorado," the tortillas are old school, beer is cold, flower vendors pass by, mariachi's wander around even when it is not crowded, and the over all eating experience will take you back to deeper Mexico -- at least the parts we've enjoyed in the past. On the down side are the booths along the parking lot windows, a little tight on one side and ample on the other, so try them out before you get settled. We like them though, since it reminds us that this is not a cookie cutter restaurant. Besides my wife is a lot smaller than I am and finds the squeeze perfectly comfortable. read more

Courtyard recommended this restaurant. I am glad they did. Chips and salsa were great and the dinner was very good with a fair price. Service was friendly and speedy. Margaritas were moderately priced with a slight bit less tequila than I desired but overall I would commend this establish. read more

Kids love to come and get the enchiladas , Sonoran hot dogs. Love stopping in here on our way into Tucson. read more

Crossroads Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

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Very casual environment. Many long tables which would be great for large groups. Went during happy hour, so we partook in the $2 margaritas and $1 beers. We both ordered chicken enchilladas, which were tasty: just enough sauce and not too much cheese. Salsa with chips tasted homemade and had a nice kick to it. Overall, good value for the cost. read more

This use to be the best Mexican food restaurant in Tucson but unfortunately, no more. Must be under new management or ownership. Last 2 visits became obvious that the food quality has changed for the worst. Machaca chimichanga had NO meat, nothing but grilled onions and peppers. Drive down the street to Michas if you want good Mexican food. read more

Excellent food for the price. The buffet is solid with a lot of things to choose from. Worth a shot if you haven't checked it out!

I was in Tucson for 10 days on a business trip and ate about 15 Mexican meals during the trip. I ate at every Mexican restaurant on 4th Street which is where many of the authentic Mexican restaurants are located. I also ate at a few of the higher priced Mexican restaurants located around the city in the more touristy areas and near the university. I kept coming back to The Crossroads for the staff (especially Laura), the prices, and the food. I highly recommend The Crossroads! read more

Excellnt service- awesome food- 5 starts all around. Everyone was super nice, the portions are large and everything is fresh. Loved it- will be coming back! read more

The food is fantastic but the service was crappy. Our server was new. Very slow. We waited almost two hours for one dish and a man kept walking around asking us to buy flowers. However at the end the manager came out and apologized for the service and gave us a discount. The food was all delicious and the surroundings were very festive. The bathroom was freezing cold and did not lock. The toilet paper had to be thrown into the trash. But altogether I would recommend eating here. read more

One of the few restaurants opened on Easter Sunday. Waitresses were nice, and the food was good!

My family found this place (a few years ago) while looking for a 'new place' for us to eat...somewhere between my office and downtown. Tasty, authentic Mexican food in good sized portions with friendly, courteous staff. You can't go wrong with anything on the menu, but you MUST start with a Crossroads Appetizer plate. It's amazing! (Oh, and don't forget dessert!) After our second visit, this was officially my favorite restaurant in the city (and surrounding areas)!! read more

Most authentic Mexican restaurant I've eaten at in a long time. I read the reviews here on Yelp and decided to give it a try, I wasn't disappointed. I went at happy hour and had a couple $1 Margaritas. The chips were a bit on the thick side, I prefer them thin but the salsa was very good and very hot. I found myself eating the chips without salsa to put out the fire. For an appetizer I had the seafood cocktail, I ordered the small and received what I thought was a large. My entree was Shrimp Enchiladas with red chili. I ordered them ala carte as the chips an salsa and the seafood cocktail was a bit filling. The red chili should have come with a warning and a disclaimer. This stuff was the real deal hot, not your Americanized Tex-Mex fare. I was feeling the burn for 2 days after eating this meal but it sure was good! I didn't notice anyone humping the wall outside but maybe I was there on an off night. read more

I cannot give a complete review because I never had an opportunity to order. My husband and I decided to go here on his lunch break. We often go to Michas or Rigos which are nearby but thought we would give this place a try. I had heard that the seafood is good here. Anyway, we walked in and were told to sit anywhere. The place had very few customers. We chose a booth and sat down. The booth was very narrow, very rigid...extremely uncomfortable. This led me to believe the food must be wonderful. The waitress approached us to take our drink orders. I ordered a diet coke. Before we received our drink orders, we were brought chips and salsa. The chips and salsa were not good. We were then brought our drink orders. I received a diet coke in a bottle. Does this place not have a soda machine? The restaurant was also very hot. Anyway, we then waited and waited for our waitress to come back and take our order. We closed our menus and put them in a pile. Our waitress looked over at us, then went back to stocking Styrofoam trays. We decided this probably wasn't a good sign. We got up, asked our waitress to pay for the diet coke and told her we didn't have time to wait for her to decide to come take our order. She didn't really care. She just said "OK, two dollars". No apologies and no effort to get us to stay. No wonder there were no customers here. We headed across the street to Rigos and ate their buffet. The staff there is very friendly and efficient and the food is good. I am sorry to say I will never have the "pleasure" of trying Crossroads. The attitude and lack of work enthusiasm, etc persuaded me to stick with what I know. read more

worst topopo ever. Completely American lettuce mix served in a bowl, with a few bits of meat, no dressing. When I told the server it was no good, he shrugged. read more

We had menudo and cabeza dinner plate during happy hour $2 margaritas. We both came back with unsettling stomachs, the menudo had a smell to it. Cabeza and the rice was tasty and prices are fair. Will not recommend read more

Hubby & I stopped in for an early dinner & shared the bacon wrapped shrimp chili rellenos !! and some carne tacos !!!!!!! OMGosh !! The chilies were the best thing we have EVER had! Full of shrimp and topped with cheese! Portions were large, Beer was cold, margarita was LARGE and tasty AND $8.00 with very little booze. Oh well! The service - well . . . We had a male server (did not get a name) who we had to flag down to take our order, to bring us tortillas, almost had to through something at him to get another round of drinks and ALMOST walked on the check because he was sitting talking to other employees!!!! The bright spot in service was Genesis!!! I think she was a " Helper" she brought more chips & salsa (WITHOUT asking!) checked with us to see if we were doing ok, cleared our plates AND finally got our server off his butt to bring us our check!!! We tipped her $5.00 (I hope she kept it!!) For the food we would go back and hopefully get a different server read more

Dirty tables. Have to ask twice to get them cleaned off for you. Very inattentive waitress. below-par food. Lots of better options in the area read more

The food is absolutely amazing, the service not so great. I got the chicken fajitas and was blown away by how good they were. However our server barely checked in on us, took a good 20 min to bring us our check after we'd finished, and when she brought our cc back to us she just tossed it on the table, mumbled goodbye and walked away. I would get it if the place was busy but there were 2 waitresses for about 5-6 tables. You could hear the employees laughing and messing around in the back instead of tending to their guests. I would recommend checking this place out for the amazing food but if you're looking for quality service then this might not be your place. Come prepared to sit for a while (we had a toddler with us and he can only tolerate about an hour and a half of sitting at a restaurant so this place wasn't a great spot for him) read more

So I've eaten here twice. It took almost an hour to get our food (4 people, no apps) during my first visit. The food was delicious, so I left happy enough to return, chalking the slow service up to an off night. On my second trip here I never got to eat because after 2 hours with no food, we got up and left. Such a shame, because the food is good...but the service is horrific. read more

This was our first time here and it just wasn't a good experience for us. Our table was dirty, and even after someone wiped it down it was still dirty. Our waitress suggested the buffet as it was the more popular option, as opposed to just ordering off of the menu. The buffet bar was in a sketchy back room that looked like you'd store old junk in it. The food itself wasn't impressive at all. The enchiladas were stiff, and chewy, AND the employee literally just put the enchiladas down before we served ourselves so they were "fresh". The taquitos were super dry, and tasted like they were leftovers from yesterday. Also, we asked for 2 sides of sour cream from TWO different servers and by the time we received them our food was cold. Oh and neither one of those servers were our actual server. We hadn't seen our server after she delivered our drinks. Which she got wrong. We also asked for the check from a server, and a lady who seemed to be the manager and it never came. We went and stood by the register and a totally different server helped us. The salsa and chips were good though, as were the mints. Either way it was a huge waste of money. Wouldn't recommend this place or ever come back. Will say the staff was nice just not great at their jobs apparently... read more

After reading the favorable reviews, I was very underwhelmed by the food. I had the chicken fajitas and, although there was a lot of chicken and peppers, they tasted more like stir fry at a Chinese restaurant. There were no seasonings whatsoever. The service was even more disappointing. It took a long time to get my order and then took almost 15 minutes longer for my wife to get hers. After I finished my beer, the server never came back to see if I wanted another and they never refilled my wife's soda. The restaurant is maybe 1/3 full and there are more than enough servers. We finished our meal and now have been waiting almost 15 minutes to get our bill! I'm sorry to say I will not be back. read more

The food here is great and they have one of the best buffets for breakfast in town. The price is reasonable and the staff is very friendly, I would highly recommend read more

First of all, let me say we have been going here for a few years. We keep going back because the food is good, the price is decent, and the servers are usually very nice, which is the only reason they get 2 stars. However, today was the last time we set foot in there. We went there specifically because we have some gift cards we wanted to use, and it had been a while since we went in for the breakfast buffet, which is suppose to be over at 1130. We got there a bit before 11 and were disappointed to find the breakfast replaced by lunch, but we stayed. When it came time to pay we realized they were not only charging us the lunch buffet, but they REFUSED to take our gift cards. Stating they couldn't be used during the buffet. GIFT CARDS, not coupons. We talked to two waitresses and the manager, and they refused to budge. Ended up paying over $40 instead of the $20 some I was suppose to pay out of pocket, and now I have $20 worth of gift cards I'll never get to use. Needless to say, THIS CROOKS WILL NEVER GET ANY MORE OF MY MONEY OR BUSINESS. And I'm upset because I've recommended them to a few people. Now I will try to make sure everyone knows how good they are NOT. read more

Nothing to come back for due to poor service. If you want a lengthy wait for food this is your place. Food was just ok after waiting for my food for a while. read more

Save your money and eat somewhere else. Spent $40 when I could have gone to a taco stand and got food a hundred times better tasting food. Shredded beef and carne had NO flavor. Service was decent. The only thing I enjoyed were the chips & salsa and my side of beans. Just go next door to Rigos and you'll get better food there. read more

Do not go here. Service is non-existent. I had a prickly pear margarita that was crap. The barbacoa was like dog food. The only good thing I can say about this place was that once we were finally able to order, the food came out quickly. However, our drinks sat empty for 30 minutes, and our waitress disappeared. Will not return. read more

Saved my life! Only place with menudo(red or white) I could find at 10pm on a Saturday. It was delicious and waitress was nice, fast and checked up on us frequently. My go to when I need to fix my hangover! read more

Chips were served with fresh lime along with a really good spicy salsa. Chile relleno was average but topped with a very good rich red chile sauce. 3 taco meal, barbacoa, lengua and cabeza. Each prepared quite differently, all good. Barbacoa a little oily. Still worth talking tne leftovers home. Servers very nice, good attention. Would come back. read more

We found this place after finding a 45 minute wait at Mi Nidito. I ordered a small cheese soup and two chicken enchiladas. They brought me cheese enchiladas instead, but they were delicious! My boyfriend had green corn tamales--also delicious! Salsa is fresh, guacamole is good (beware-they charge $6.99 for the guac). The small soups are HUGE..like a regular bowl. I brought home leftovers. But very tasty food and we will be back. read more

I have been coming to Crossroads for about 10 years. The food is excellent, the servers and hosts very friendly. This is a great place to eat in South Tucson. read more

Went for lunch on 5-22-12. We were offered to either order from the buffet or the menu. We decided to give the buffet a look. It was located in a side room which was extremely hot and stifling. I noticed while looking over the selection of food that named plates describing the food were all mixed up, i.e.: a vegetable dish where bean burritos were supposed to be and so on. Personally, I didn't want to take a chance on how long the food was sitting there, in the heat of the room, so we opted for the menu. My friend ordered the Huevos Rancheros and I ordered a bean and cheese burrito. Food came out in a timely manner, although service was a tad slow in the beginning; It took awhile before our waitress took our order. The restaurant was not busy at all. On a plus, lunch was outstanding, one of the best bean and cheese burritos in a long time...so yummy!! Salsa and chips were tasty as well. In addition, my friend enjoyed her dish as well, because there was nothing leftover!! I will be back. read more

Found this place during a recent trip to Tucson. It got 5 stars according to the Google map app so thought I would give it a try. Service was attentive and friendlly. They were able to seat our large party very quickly. The food took quite a while to arrive and was somewhat bland. I had pork tamales which were ok but just didn't have much pizzazz. Chips were good. The prickly pear margarita was very tasty! Live music was good but waaaaay too loud for for the space (skip the trumpet player.). Nice people just not the experience I was hoping for. read more

Hands down, this is my favorite Mexican restaurant in Tucson. Although a relatively straightforward dish, I completely love their bean and cheese burrito (enchilada-style). They must be adding something special! read more