Excellent service and delicious food. Warm & welcoming staff greet you upon arrival. Restaurant is…read moredecorated fun & colorfully. Ambiance is on point.

I've eaten a lot of Mexican food and dined at a lot of Mexican restaurants in my years as an adult…read more So far, the best I've had in the United States was all in Southern California, Arizona or Albuquerque NM. Upon moving to Arkansas, I've been on the search for a solid authentic Mexican restaurant to dine at. Tonight, my search ended. El Mariachi is absolutely amazing! Located on the south west side of Fort Smith, you get a combination of awesome tasting food, delicious drinks, a choice of different heat level salsas, and all at very reasonable prices. The staff is friendly and accommodating. I had the street taco plate, with al pastor and carnitas meats with a side of refried beans and Mexican rice - which is all made fresh daily in house. I also tend to judge a Mexican restaurant very hard on the quality of their salsa. The regular salsa is tasty, if you ask for their tomatillo salsa, it is hotter and flavorful with a hint of chipotle pepper in the background, and for those brave enough to try it, the Diablo salsa has just the right amount of heat if eaten in small amounts. I also had a top shelf margarita, which for the price point they have it at was perfectly made and enjoyed. In the end, I had to try their flan. I will state, this is probably some of, if not The best flan I've ever eaten. If you are looking for delicious, authentic Mexican food in a comfortable restaurant setting, look no further and give them a try; you won't regret it!

Mexico Lindo is a good average small town Mexican restaurant. Inside it is roomy and clean. The…read morebuilding appears to have been a diner in its past life. The service is adequate. The salsa needs help so order a bowl of the salsa picante and blend them together. The food is an enormous bargain. Lunch specials are available until 3pm and even after 3pm the prices only go up a small amount. I had the number 1 lunch (relleno, taco, beans, and a generous serving of guacamole.) My wife went with the Burrito con Chili Verdi. Simply a flour tortilla rolled and filled end to end with tender pork cooked in a savory chili Verdi sauce, then covered with red sauce. There had to be a half pound of pork in the burrito. Add two drinks and the bill was $21.43. Good food, great prices!

I've had tacos all over the country and these are some of the best I've had. Portions are a nice…read moresize, for me anyway. Service was excellent and booths are comfy. Definitely on my list to return, hope they get their liquor license!

My friends live in Poteau and eat here all the time and I can see why! The staff is very friendly…read moreand the place is clean. I had the fajita chimichanga with both chicken and steak! It was just the perfect portion! If you live in the area and have never been you should go check it out!

Stopped in at Taqueria Bravo late on a Tuesday night. I was greeted quickly by a friendly young…read morelady who brought me fresh chips and salsa. A gentleman came over and took my order. I asked for a spicier salsa and he definitely delivered! It was soooo good! I ordered grilled chicken breast with sautéed veggies. This came to the table quickly and was served with rice, refried beans, and for piping hot homemade tortillas. Everything was delicious, including the vegetables. I'm sorry but I didn't take pictures. The ambiance and decor needed a little TLC but the quality and flavor of the food more than made up four any shortcomings in the appearance of this little gem. If you find yourself in Poteau, Oklahoma, do your tastebuds a favor and check out Taqueria Bravo!

Nice selection on the menu and the have delicious street corn that I love their salsa and chips are…read moregood as well.the margaritas here are delicious I tried the one with jalapeños it is literally fire

Really delicious food. The chips and salsa were good and I had the Darrels. It was fantastic and…read moremore than enough to take some home. I also had a tequila with soda and lime. Sat at the bar and the bartender was very attentive and kind. I'll definitely be back next time I'm in town!

A colleague and I were passing through and both really really loving Mexican cuisine decided on…read morePapa's. SHOULD HAVE WENT TO TACO BELL!!!!! The salsa was delivered in the tiniest condiments containers- ok, strange but ok. Chips were not stale- so ok. The salsa was red- thats as far as I go with calling this salsa. A can of Rotel would have been way better. Young kids would have liked this, I guess, very insipid. We each ordered Fajita Chicken Chimichangas, rice and beans came on the platter as well. The chicken had zero seasoning- couldn't see or taste any salt, pepper, or any seasoning mix at all, it was just boiled chicken. It even had the just boiled chicken taste- IYKYK. The chimichangas were not fried in the least- they were just rolled up tortillas, boiled chicken with no seasoning mix, no onions, no peppers, no flavor. We ordered queso on too not red sauce- thank goodness- it was the only flavor for the entire meal. The beans could have been great had they been maybe black beans- La Costena brand is a thousand times better than the bland plain canned refried beans we received. The rice was the same. We looked for corn, red seasoning flakes- none! We both said immediately- THERE ARE NO MEXICANS IN THIS KITCHEN! Wow! Can not believe this place is in business. But given the small area, lack of dining- ok. The exterior and interior were nice. The , also insipid, waitresses were sweeping, folding napkins and waitress duties. Our waitress was Virginia, friendliest one we encountered. She brought me 1 drink, wish I had known to conserve it because she never offered us more. The other wait staff looked as we smiled, but non smiled or spoke back to either of us. The young man taking our $25 was very indifferent as well. All in all- we left the restaurant and area very shocked. Most Mexican restaurants in Arkansas being sisters to Texas- are very good. We honestly have never in our lives had such poor Mexican food.

If I could give ZERO stars I would. Absolutely awful experience. Took nearly 30 minutes for us to…read moreget our drink order. 1/2 of the order was a frozen margarita and it was mostly melted by the time I got it. This was after the fact that the person I was dining with had to walk up to the bar to ask for an update on our drinks and caught the person on their phone and our drinks already made... next came the fact that our food order got messed up. Took over 45 minutes between the time we sat down to receiving the food to get something in front of us. Part of the food was cold and the sour cream with the fajitas tasted like it was spoiled. That was honestly our final straw. I could hardly finish my drink, and with the food being AWFUL, we asked for the check. We walked up to the front trying to speak to the manager, mainly because the price of the food on our ticket was $5 more than what their menu showed. The manager aka the person who made our drinks in such a timely manner... said she would give us a discount. Due to the food quality. Which was a nice gesture. EXECPT FOR THE FACT THAT SHE DISCOUNTED THE UP CHARGED FOOD AND NOT THE PRICE THE MENU SHOWED. So either way we still over paid for an absolutely terrible experience. DO NOT RECOMMEND EATING HERE!!! Side note: white queso = hot milk. Had hardly and flavor and probably hardly any cheese. The salsa also tasted like store bought picante sauce.

If you are looking for LEGIT mexican food, skip this place. We tried calling and they didn't answer…read moreso we came in to order. We prdered the lunch enchilada which my dughter said was not good an no flavor. I ordered the sopapillas and the quesadilla fajita. For starters fajitas ALWAYS include onions and peppers... but there was literally dry flavorless chicken with some weird cheese that was nacho cheese consistensy and not good. The rice was flavorless. It seems as if they have white people cooking who dont know how to use seasoning. If you get the sopapilla, make sure that they package it up extra extra good because it is extremely messy. They drown it in a honey mixture and it got all over my seat and floor making a sticky gross mess. I tried it and went into the trash

Food was so distasteful and not Mexican food. The red sauce tasted like pizza sauce with a hint of…read morechili powder. The Diablo shrimp tasted like tomato sauce with adobo seasoning. None of us even my kids liked the food. Service was okay. Just employees taking orders and delivering food. Ambiance was nice. I did like the decor especially the chairs. Unfortunately the food is not worth coming back.

Below average food, no margaritas (no alcohol) and the service was amateurish…read more That said, with virtually nowhere else to eat, this will probably be your best or only choice if you're in town for the night.

I didn't plan to do a review so didn't take any food pics but wow what a find! I had to say…read moresomething. The food was full of flavor. Everything from the complementary chips and salsa to the tamales and enchiladas. The restaurant was decorated bright and cheerful and the service was friendly and punctual. If you're in the area it's definitely worth stopping in

We always eat in Mena after a day on the Cossatot River... this time we gave La Villa a try and I'm…read moreSO glad we did! We were greeted and seated immediately the place is bigger than I thought...they were busy given it was Father's Day. The menu is large but we ordered and literally everything we got from the salsa to our entrees were ON POINT! Everything was so flavorful and cooked to perfection! I feel like I would make the drive to mena just for this! If you're ever in the area give this place a try!

This was my mother's favorite local restaurant and we went here for years when I'd visit her…read more Great, affordable food and some of the most polite folks in town. Two thumbs up!

The name has changed to Los Portiilos but it's absolutely amazing!! Fried ice cream and Horchata…read moreare 2 difficult things to get right and they have NAILED them both!! Delicious food, great service- I couldn't ask for more

A huge restaurant with half of the space dedicated to an outdoor dining area. Big menu and fast…read morefriendly service. Chips and Salsa comes with the meal. Very mild salsa; the salsa picante has some heat. My wife had the lunch Chimichanga (chicken) with rice and beans. The Chimi was a little disappointing. The chicken filling was tasty, but it had not been fried long enough to get the flour tortilla good and crispy. Beans excellent. I went big, with the Carne Asada. Big it was. A plate full, of tender juicy marinated skirt steak, rice, beans, a little guacamole and the perfect garnish of a chili toreado and a grilled onion. Carne Asada served up right. This was the most steak that I have ever been served in an order of carne asada. Generous. It had to be a pound. It was delicious. Great place. Recommended.

Good, real good! All the sauces were amazing including the salsa. We had the el diammante, a tamale…read moreand a fajita salad. My only complaint is the chicken was like the frozen chicken that is rib meat and pressed. The fajita salad didn't have onion, peppers, etc. The tamale was one of the best I have ever had and the chili sauce tasted like mole. Rice and beans were rice and beans. Nothing special.

Recommended by the lady working out at Wegner, we stopped in for dinner on taco tuesday, 1$ hard…read moreshell tacos!! My husband orders that as well as the chicken chimi meal, I had the bacon cheeseburger, which was also recommended. The service was good, and the place was pretty much full. The burger was obviously made fresh there, they are char-grilled which I dislike, however for anyone who does like that then it was an amazing burger!! My husband loved his, but the tacos could've used some flavor. The salsa, however was not very good , tasted very green if that makes sense, not any spice to it, that was the only bad part really.