I ordered a taco salad to go, and overall it was really, really good. When I got it, you could tell everything was fresh -- the pico de gallo was bright and flavorful, the lettuce was crisp, and they definitely didn't skimp on toppings. The shell held up nicely too, even after taking it home. The only thing I personally didn't love was the shredded chicken, but that's just me -- I'm not a shredded chicken person at all. Flavor-wise though, everything was still on point. I also got a side of rice and chips with salsa, and both were solid. The rice had good flavor (not bland like some places), and the salsa had a nice fresh taste to it that paired perfectly with the chips. While I waited for my order, I had one of their fresh margaritas -- he called it a skinny margarita made with fresh lime juice -- and let me just say... 10/10. So smooth, super refreshing, and honestly one of the best parts of the visit. The vibe inside is low-key, authentic, and welcoming. It's a family-owned spot, and you can feel that as soon as you walk in. Most of the conversation is in Spanish, but they absolutely understand English and are very friendly. One of my favorite moments was talking with the owner. I noticed a beautiful cake sitting up front and asked about it, which led to him sharing that he was a chef and baker in the military before retiring. The cake was gorgeous -- like professionally done -- and just added to that personal touch you don't get everywhere. Overall, this place felt genuine, fresh, and full of heart. Great food, an amazing margarita, and a story behind it. I'd definitely come back -- next time just switching up the protein they have Great specials closed Monday's and Tuesday read more

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A Mom and Pop Mexican restaurant you have to try! My Dad caught the whole family by surprise by introducing us to Degollado. This family owned restaurant looks like it was at one point an old Wendy's fast food restaurant. The margarita menu has so many flavors to choose from. If you know you know about the white sauces that are served with chips and salsa at Virginia Mexican restaurants. Not all white sauces are created equally, but this one is just right. Make sure to come back for the Happy Hour and Specials Daily. Some of my favorite days to enjoy Degollado are the following days: Mondays Burrito $9.99 and Fridays Enchilada Platter $9.99 read more

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Degollado is a place we have been going to for a long time now. I'm not sure why I haven't made a review yet but here we are! It's a family run business and we've always had wonderful service. I love there white cream sauce and salsa that comes with the chips. They service big portions and their margaritas are on point (I didn't have one this time though) I've never had a meal that didn't satisfy my taste buds. read more

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Service was fantastic but the food was quite greasy and none of us finished to include the kids taco and chicken nuggets. It's decorated extremely cute and very culturally on point. read more

I ordered the Al pastor traditional Mexican tacos and they were okay. The sauce on the meat was too sour. I had to add some white sauce to make it sweeter. But overall I enjoyed it. Solid 7/10 read more

Degollado Mexican Restaurant - Traditional Mexican Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

So we tried a new to us Mexican Restaurant and I must say I was pleasantly surprised. So we have driven by here numerous times, but never had any desire to stop. Since we have recently moved and are looking for local places (we moved about 5 miles), we have found some very surprising places. So we went to Degollado and the food was so good! Jorge our server was super nice. Margarita's were very yummy, a little sweeter than we are used to, but they were good. Salsa was very tasty. I had a tamale, chili relent, rice, and beans and it was very good. Lots of seating, parking lot looks big enough, bar is well stocked. I would recommend and will be returning. read more

Degollado Mexican Restaurant - Yummy Margarita - Mexican Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

Great food and service! The food is amazing. So much variety at much lower prices than the others. Loved the tortilla soup!!

Only found this place because we had been to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens and were hungry for Mexican. It's only about a 10 min drive away, so we decided to check it out. We were not disappointed. It was good traditional Mexican fare. A large menu of what you e come to expect from local Mexican places. They have daily specials that seem inexpensive and a good value. We ordered a the Burrito de la Ruleta, one with beef and one with chicken. Both were good and fresh. The queso and sauces were excellent. They have $6.99 margaritas too, which doesn't hurt. read more

My mom and I have always wanted to check out this place ever since her friend recommended it. I was delighted I saw it on Doordash today. We decided to order their food from Doordash. We both ordered the Chorizo quesadilla. We were both a little disappointed because the quesadilla was salty. It would have tasted nice if wasn't salty. She couldn't even finish it. The nachos that came with it tasted better. I will probably give this place another chance read more

Old decor really is the reason for this rating. We were sat quickly and food came out quickly but my food was WAY too spicy considering that the spice level was not mentioned on the menu. I got the Chicken Quesadilla Grande and didn't realize how big it was going to be: two large tortillas put together! There is a back room that looks like it used to be a greenhouse and the decor is just sooooo old with CARPETING! I think it's a good spot if you're in the mood for Mexican and don't feel like waiting 5 hours at Jessy's Tienda, but I don't think we'll come back. All the staff was very nice though and this would have been a 4-star if the decor was better. read more

Degollado Mexican Restaurant - Chicken Grande Quesadilla - Mexican Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

My favorite restaurant to go the service is always amazing no complaints , the food is top tier !! The queso sauce is my favorite and the environment is perfect always quiet which is what I love ! read more

The food was awesome! Even the salsas ran the gamut. My daughter brought them over, so both the ambience and the service superb Next time I'll make sure she upgrades the chips! read more

My mom and I are the biggest fans of this restaurant!! Hands down this restaurant is authentic mexican food and size of the huge plates of food and the service is a ten out of ten from us! I will say if you go to Jose tequilas down the street it will cost you way more and you get way less and I feel like when i go to Jose Tequilas I end up broke and still hungry but mostly broke. Any who we love this place!! You will too! read more

We've been coming here on and off for several years, more so when we lived around the corner. This is standard Mexican fare, the kind you just know is made in advance and is heat-lamped to get it out fast. We came in for lunch today. I do like that they serve their lunch specials everyday, not just on weekdays. They have a pretty good fajita quesadilla, but it's huge and I wasn't that hungry. I went with the #11 - cheese quesadilla and enchilada with Mexican rice. Nothing to write home about, but decent. Hubby went with #3 - burrito, taco and rice. Again, nothing amazing. As others have said, the beef in the taco was lacking flavor. We also ordered the cheese dip, which is a little more flavorful than the plain cheese that you get at other places - much appreciated, but they serve it in a small shallow bowl. For $3.50, there's not enough there to make it worth it. All in all, not bad, but not spectacular either. Considering there are 3 Mexican joints on Little Creek Road between Shore Dr. and Chesapeake Blvd., this isn't one we'd go out of our way to get to. But if on that side of Little Creek, we'll probably stop in again. read more

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Restaurant was a solid 2.5 star. Great prices but the quality of the food took a back seat. Amazing staff and the restaurant was somewhat clean, could be better. read more

Came here out of curiosity because it was close to school. One of a few hole in the wall places that have authentic tacos.

After long day at norfolk, we finished off the day with dinner at this Mexican restaurant with friendly staff very welcoming and delicious meals couldn't ask for a better farewell to norfolk virginia. Thank you. read more

phenomenal food out of the way location. I definitely will be coming back here again. Had the burrito San Jose.

Food too spiced up to note authenticity. I asked for minimal cilantro and it seems they put in extra. I paid good money for food I did not want to eat! read more

Absolutely horrible. The server was very nice but slow to refill chips and drinks. Our group ordered two dishes with chicken and it was inedible. We honestly couldn't tell if it was really chicken. Chips were thick, oily and stale. Salsas we're mediocre. Would not go back, and we were looking forward to it based on the good ratings by others. read more

So my daughter just moved in to the area and has been busy all day moving in to her new place. We FaceTimed and of course as a mom I asked if she'd eaten. No hasn't eaten all day except for coffee but doesn't have time to order bc she has to return her moving truck, but she's dying for a margarita. I quickly logged on to my DoorDash acct. from Chicago and looked up some Mexican restaurants in her area. I tell her to go return the truck and pick up some 'ritas on your way back. Placed the order online, but realized they didn't have their desert menu online. I called them directly and the guy (sorry, neglected to take his name) was already reading my online order! (Yayyy!) I told him I wanted some extra tortillas with the order as only 2 were included with the meal and wanted a couple extra churros with the order. THIS GUY WAS THE BOMB. He totally hooked it up and my daughter got a FEAST of an order. As a Chicagoan we have pretty high expectations as far as quality and service is concerned. I'm happy we found this place as her fajitas were hot, generously sized, she couldn't stop to talk because they were so delicious! And the churro order ... well that will be plenty to share with her friends when they come later to help her get settled. I didn't ask if they also deliver margaritas, but assumed they didn't. I'm glad we found this place. OH - and the food arrived 15 minutes sooner than DD indicated!!! :) All in all a great experience from across the miles! I'll definitely stop by when I go visit her! Gracias amigos por su gran servicio y excelente comida! Espero visitarlos cuando vaya por su rumbo en los proximos meses si los comercios estan abiertos!! read more

I'm biased...daughter only LOVES this Mexican restaurant & we're treated like family when we arrive. We order the same thing EVERY time. I like that they have my fav XXX hot sauce. I haven't found it anywhere else. Chile Relleno has gotten small but, still tastes good. Straight to the point. Cheese.. No thick breading & a lot of cheese. Monday's $5,99 Burritos, Tues $5.99 Chimichangas, Wed $5 combinations 1-30, Thur $4 off fajitas, Fri $5.99 Enchilada platter, Sat $8.50 Chicken from grill, Sun. 2 combos 1-30 $12. read more

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Came here with the boyfriend after forgoing a trip to the grocery store. He's real big on Mexican. Me, not so much. We came across a groupon for this place & decided to try it out. We ended up getting there around 8:30 on a Monday night.. there were still a couple of groups of people dining. Service didn't seem to peeved that we came so close to closing (9PM) so that was cool. We were received by some chips & red and white salsa as well as a waiter that took our drink order right away. I HIGHLY recommend their house cocktail.. I believe it's called the Cantarita or something. It went well with my (breaded - never had one like that before) chile relleno, enchilada, rice & beans dinner special. Boyfriend got two Pacificos & the camarones a la diabla. I preferred his much more than mine. I'm not a fan of spicy, and it was hella spicy, but the flavor profile was amazing. He also got a hard shell beef taco. Bleh.. it was more like a sloppy joe taco. Definitely not in a good way. The fried rice was strange too.. more stale Chinese fried rice than Mexican rice but we were pretty close to closing time. The service was amazing though. I didn't catch a name, but they definitely have top notch customer service. It's definitely a factor in our decision of possibly come back. I think we'll be coming back to try more seafood things on their menu, as well. I'm thinkin the fried fish course. Looks tasty. read more

Had such a good experience here with my fiancé! It was very relaxing and laid back. The atmosphere and service was great and we didn't feel rushed at all to leave! The people were very nice and the food was super delicious! read more

Degollado Mexican Restaurant - I had 2 enchiladas and he had an enchilada and burrito - Mexican Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

Really tasty Mexican food! We found this restaurant thru an Amazon local deal and decided to visit while on vacation. Their signature drink (Caranita) and the guacamole is delicious! The Carne Asada was a bit on the dry side but is more than enough for 2 people to share. Chili Rellanos (side) was also very tasty. The inside is not fancy, but the food is really good. read more

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The reviews do not match what my experience was. Guac came out brown. Cilantro on the tacos was brown, mushy, and smelled like cigarettes. It's a shame, especially because there are so many other good Mexican restaurants near by read more

Came across this place one day because Azteca down the street had no parking.. I'm so glad we found it. It's warm and inviting with great food for cheap prices. Their margaritas ( come in on the rocks or iced, and in a variety of fruity flavors) are amazing, cheap and hit ya hard. My favorite Mexican restaurant in all of the 757 and I have lived here all my life. Also, 1$ tacos on Wednesdays! read more

Degollado Mexican Restaurant - Their daily specials. - Mexican Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

The food was either really salty or lacked flavor altogether. The guacamole was definitely not fresh. Just not a place I will be back to.

Great service and food, this place is a big hit for lunch and when you crave food From home but don't feel like cooking. Reasonable price great portions friendly Service! read more

From a person who eats menudo a lot this shit was DISGUSTING. Water down, no flavor, and when I told the waiter I didnt like it he still charged me and walked away without saying anything. I wont be back. And overpriced food. read more

Best. Enchiladas. Ever. The sauce tasted and smelled homemade. It was packed with flavors especially that of sweet fresh tomatoes. The enchiladas themselves were not overcooked and the tortilla melted in your mouth. The chicken was juicy, flavorful and I appreciated the nice slices of cooked peppers and onions mixed in. My brother got a sampling for four kinds, beef. chicken, beans and cheese and said each was more delicious than the last! Although we ordered the kitchen instead of the fresh guacamole, it still tasted delicious and fresh with just the right amount of heat. On the outside the restaurant itself is unassuming and easy to miss. But NEVER judge a restaurant by its exterior! This really is some of the best Mexican food I've ever had and we will definitely return to try more! read more

Tried for first time tonight. Will definitely be back! The staff (I think owner) was very extremely helpful, patient and friendly. But most importantly, the food was excellent! Yummmmie!!!! read more

I recommend the slow cooked pork in the green verde sauce and they also have it in red sauce which is spicy but so good!!! That is the only thing I order there and it's a fair price! Love this place! read more

Awesome. Some of the best food and specials in all of the 757. If you are ever off little creek rd give them a try. 3 dollar Mexican beers and the best food specials throughout the week. You won't be disappointed read more

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Nope nope nope. I got talked into going here for lunch by a co-worker because of the quick service. The service was definitely quick (4 minutes from order to being served our plates...I timed it). Speed is not the issue. They are also very friendly. Kudos on the politeness front. In terms of quality and flavor of the food...forget it. What ends up on the plate is every bad mexican food cliche you have ever heard. Hard shell taco with ground beef as a filling. An enchilada smothered in a sauce that came out of a jar. Rice that was bland and on the wrong side of the dry/moist divide. I need to be punished for not heading to Jessy's for my real Mexican fix. How could I have been so foolish? read more

Best true Mexican restaurant in the 757! Family owned and operated. Regulars and newcomers alike are treated like family. Just a really nice place to eat, chat, relax, and laugh. I don't live in Norfolk but I do travel through here... sometimes it's for a week or two each month, and other times I'll go a year before passing through again... and it does not matter the frequency, this place is always a welcoming and comfortable place to return. Don't miss the chance to try Degollado if you're ever hungry for good Mexican food made by truly nice people! read more

Degollado Mexican Restaurant - Always great to see Degollado's owner, Jose! Love this place, and the fantastic and wide variety of yummy food choices! - Mexican Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

This is a great restaurant for lunch. They have a nice lunch special with 15 or more choice less then $12.00. They also give you a large amount of food so you will not be disappointed. If you are on little creek road, and hungry for a Mexican cuisine lunch. Try them out!! read more

Degollado Mexican Restaurant - Fajita lunch - Mexican Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

My husband went to pick up our to-go order and was racially discriminated against. He asked politely for his order and the older woman running the cash register said, "It's already been picked up." My husband asked, "how has my order already been picked up. I just got here." She stated, "Another black guy just came and picked it up. Maybe he's going to your house?!" My husband proceeded to let her know that not all black men know each other ("just because he's black, doesn't mean he's going to my house") and requested for our order (2 orders of chicken nachos) be remade. The older woman never apologized. Will NEVER return. read more

I hate to give poor reviews, but honestly I have no choice in this one, and primarily cause I went in here super hungry. Well let me rephrase I got dragged in here super hungry. Thing is I like hole in the wall joints and I thought I was gonna be surprised by the food, and yip I was. I got the pork chops, and they were hands down the worst pork chops I've ever had, or a close second, and I've had plenty pork chops. The presentation was good however, and the people were friendly that's why they get 3 stars instead of 1. Yup it was that bad. Will I go back. Sure I'll get a bottled beer if I have too, but I assure you I won't be eating here ever again. read more

Degollado Mexican Restaurant - Like I said the presentation was good, but sadly it taste nothing like how it looks - Mexican Near Me - Norfolk, Virginia

I'm not from Mexico, but the food seems authentic to me! I had chicken enchiladas--#21 on the Combo menu, I think, and they were delicious! Lots of chips and salsa to start and Mexican beer on draft. The service was excellent and the restaurant was very clean! We will definitely be back! read more