Very nice ambiance when you walk in and we could smell the food from outside. It smelled delicious! The staff was very friendly and attentive. There was also a performer, Pablo an amazing singer that made the evening even more fun! We were singing along and dancing around the restaurant all night. Highly recommended! read more

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I ordered the Chilies Rellenos and was unable to cut them with my fork or knife. The bottom of each was hard and stiff like melted plastic. I sent it back and ordered Black Bean Soup. Another mistake. The soup was very thick and pasty. It was also inedible. Will not be returning. read more

Went here for lunch, and as soon as you walk in you can tell that you are going to have an amazing time. The whole place is decorated to the brim with Mexican decor, making you feel so so welcomed and excited, and our server Yenny was so kind, quick, and genuine. The food was nothing short of spectacular, I am not a fan guacamole but this place made me fall in love with it. Genuinely the best that I've ever had in my life. I ended up ordering the empanadas, burritos, and the flautas which were soooo filling but just so good I couldn't put them down. The dessert was the cherry on top with the chocolate flan being exquisite. I'm not from around here, but I am tempted to go all the way back here just to try this experience again. read more

Excelencia Mexicana - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

First time here at Exelencia! A rare five stars rated here. Service was attentive from the moment we arrived. The waitstaff often peeked over to see if it were needing anything additional. Food was so easily identified as being authentic to that of our MExico ymtravels. Had a delivery from Excelencia recently. The order was, I'd say, equivalent to dining there as the order wasn't compromised from both being handled and traveled. It was almost as if we were dining in person! A great "go-to". Will be back much sooner than later ;) read more

Excelencia Mexicana - Quick stop @ Excelencia outdoor patio Having fun - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

Promptly seated by attentive wait staff. Drinks served immediately. Guac was delish, with just the right hint of ‍ lime. The steak fajita was served sizzling hot with pico de gallo, guac, lettuce and sour cream. Also enjoyed the chips and salsa, with refills. Restaurant is decorated with seasonal/ethnic decorations. Parking on site. Recommend! read more

Excelencia Mexicana - !Que delicioso! - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

We have eaten here many times for dinner, sometimes with friends. The food is one of the most authentic style of Mexican food in the area. The wait staff are also very attentive. read more

We stopped by one afternoon, around 3pm. We were greeted and seated immediately. The ambiance is cozy, clean, lots of traditional Mexican decor. The food is delicious we ordered steak tacos, which came with rice beans and the tacos. They let you chose two types of tacos so we also got a chicken taco. They were so filling. We also ordered the skirt steak puntas and it was spicy! It came with rice beans and fajitas. This was also very filling. We really enjoyed our visit here. We will be back for another round of delicious food! read more

Excelencia Mexicana - SKIRT STEAK PUNTAS - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

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The food is excellent but the prices are OUTRAGEOUS. 17 bucks for a burrito? Same price for three barely filled tacos???

Listen to me; Cinco de Mayo comes and goes. This place is slammed We are still waiting for food it's been one full hour. Can't get drinks, service is nice but can't deal with the influx of people. Normal day yea come and have some mediocre Mexican cuisine. I'd recommend Las mantias in Brewster. These guys dropped the ball completely. Here's an empty salsa and chip.. expect that.. Update: food came ice cold was told sorry about that. Not taking food back not doing anything about it. Disappointed read more

Excelencia Mexicana - Chips and Salsa - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

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Service needs to be improved, waited forever for overpriced food. Do not recommend. Go to Carmel instead.

food was so over priced and wasn't even good. charged us $3 for a tiny little dish of sour cream (tablespoon size) and another $3 for the same container of cheese. read more

Good food! Good service! Made-to-order guacamole is tasty! This is a good restaurant that serves delicious Mexican food like the signature Molcajete Excelensia which contains shrimp, chicken, steak, cheese!!! read more

An excellent restaurant which is one of our staples and better than other Mexican restaurants we have gone to locally! Wide variety of favorites, really great guacamole and excellent frozen margaritas. Quick service and friendly servers. Great burritos,quesadillas and chimichangas! My husband has had the paella which he said was very good. we have eaten in other Mexican restaurants but this one remains our favorite! read more

Food tastes delicious. And the drinks are OK priced and also good. They have a good selection of tequilas and rums as well.

Casual Mexican restaurant in Mahopac, NY with some fun karaoke weekends. We were looking for a place to have dinner, and their restaurant was open later than many restaurants so we stopped to have a bite. Our timing was close to kitchen closing time but when the Karaoke night was getting crowded and into full swing. As a result the dining area was closed and we had a quick bite at a bar table in the middle of festive karaoke. Service. Outstanding. The server was very attentive and helpful, and the bartender was also extremely friendly. Not to forget the karaoke workers, including the sweet woman who was like the hostess with the mostest with her smiles, positive energy and enthusiasm - making her way back and forth in the bar area taking requests, making anyone feel comfortable singing karaoke. Food. I was not blown away with the food, but given we were there as the kitchen was closing, I would try again. I am a bit of a Mexican food snob so have high standards. - fajitas, mixed. Good but a bit saucy for my tastes. - shrimp ceviche. This was served as a salad with mixed greens and some full shrimp. Very good but not ceviche. - tacos. I prefer fresh ground beef and chunky tomatoes and lettuce like mom used to make when I was young, as opposed to the softer consistency of the beef in these tacos. The highlight was a fun night singing and watching others have a great time singing karaoke regardless the skill level. Would definitely return for a fun karaoke night. read more

Excelencia Mexicana - Fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

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Excellent food and drinks. Shockingly surprised and very impressed. Burrito BowlQuesadilla Excelencia read more

Excelencia Mexicana - two margaritas on a table - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

Favorite Mexican restaurant!! Food and service is always great Definitely my go to spot read more

First time here and I'm a huge fan! Everything was so delicious. The chips were served warm with the salsa. My my daughter had a taco and son had chicken fingers; both came with fries. Hubby and I had the same thing - 3 tacos filled with skirt steak. OMG it was to die for. Whatever they marinate the steak in, it was so flavorful and delicious. For dessert my daughter wanted the fried cheesecake and my son wanted the fried ice cream. I had a taste of both. Can never go wrong with friend ice cream!! The fried cheesecake was tasty. The service over was good too. Overall I will be back and I'm excited that I now have a New Mexican restaurant to go to! read more

The food is good. Burrito al Pastor is savory and the quesadillas are very flavorful. Some of the chicken dishes are a bit more bland but overall a solid choice. Better than other Mexican places in the area for sure. Staff is super friendly and attentive. read more

If I could give them no stars I would. Second time. Awful. I'm not sure if what they gave us but it isn't steak And when I called to complain they told me to read the menu next time. I did. Never again. read more

Excelencia Mexicana - Bistec a la Mexicana - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

I have ordered from this restaurant for a few years now and they have been consistently good. The last two times have been horrible. I ordered a steak fajita and the portion has been reduced. The amount of steak they gave me wasn't enough for me to stuff the three tortillas they gave me to eat with them. The sauce was watered down so it had little flavor. I would also like to mention that they always used to send chips and salsa with their orders and this is the second time they have not send any. Next time I'm ordering from Blue Taco. read more

The food was amazing filled me up pretty well. The service was great the waitress was nice and kind. The ambiance was 10/10 they had lights and figures of Mexican things overall 10/10 recommend for anyone looking for Mexican food around Mahopac read more

Had a great time with good friends. It was our second time there for dinner and we all enjoyed different dishes. And the margaritas were delicious! Looking forward to the next delicious meal!!! read more

Order takeout. Taco salad with grilled chicKen and crispy tacos with chicken. It was ready to be picked up. The taco salad was underwhelming. Certainly not worth $15.99. The tacos came separately with the chicken ,salsa and other fixings. It was again underwhelming. Another $15.99 dish that probably cost 1/3 of what was paid. I will say I will never order here again. Maybe the in house restaurant experience is better but this takeout was less than 1 star in my book. read more

The chicken quesadilla excelencia is a great dish, this restaurant doesn't make any bad food. The service can be somewhat slow but overall I give 5 stars. This is coming from someone who Doesn't like a lot of Mexican food read more

Food was decent as was the service but the acoustics are awful..so much noise from all the table conversations and the music. Not enjoyable

Great food ...veggie burrito is delicious...everything is so fresh ...husband ordered the beef tacos he loved his food too

I couldn't wait to try this place based recommendations I received from friends and family. So I ventured in there the other night and I have to say I was pretty disappointed! For starters, the staff has a bit of an edge and don't appear friendly. The chips are given in these little bread baskets (we used to see in the restaurants from the 70s). Needless to say, they are very small and the salsa bowl for the table was a "mini me" version of the black footed bowls you get in other Mexican restaurants The chips were stale, cold and super salty. We polished off one basket because we were 5 people and sharing that little basket equated to 4-5 chips each. When we asked for more chips we were told that we would be charged after the second basket. WHAT?!? How incredibly cheap is that? I have never heard of that before. It didn't matter at this point so keep your salty chips and the salsa (scant amount) had a strange smokey flavor too. On to the meal...Disappointing too. The chicken chimichanga and Flautas had a very dry texture and were flavorless. The edges on the flautas were so dry that they were completely burnt! The enchilada made of cheese was chewey and gummy. Blech! Obviously you can imagine how thirsty you get here cause the food is salty and they don't offer free refills. So many really good Mexican restaurants to try in the area. I won't be back to this one. read more

Excelencia Mexicana - Burnt Flauta - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

Good Mexican good. Nice atmosphere inside and out. Staff nice. Good and drinks good. One if better Mexican places in area

As you can see from the photo of my email confirmation, our order was placed at 2:52 pm for a 5:30 pickup. We expected there to potentially be a delay with our order due to it being Cinco de Mayo, but as of 8:48 (when this picture was taken), we still have not received our food nor have we been told what happened to our order. This was a prepaid pickup order which my husband has been waiting for for over 3 hours!! We will never order from this restaurant again and I would advice anyone else to do the same! We got our food about 15 minutes after this post. They were definitely not overly apologetic for the order taking 3.5 hours and handed the food to my husband with just a simple "I'm sorry for the delay". I must say, though, the food was all delicious. While I understand this order was placed on likely the busiest day of the year and during a pandemic, I would not expect my pre-paid order placed nearly 3 hours in advance to be completed 3.5 hours past the expected time. They could have at the very least given us our drinks for free. read more

Excelencia Mexicana - Order confirmation at 2:52 pm. At 8:55 pm we still do not have our food. - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

Ordered from Excelencia last night for dinner for the first time through DoorDash for pickup. Everything was nice and hot when we got it home and tasted AMAZING! I got the Stuffed Filet of Sole and my husband got the Pollo Tijuana. Both also came with sides of rice and beans and there was also a nice big bag of fresh tortilla chips and a cup of salsa to go with. Everything was so good. I'm honestly sorry we didn't try this place sooner. read more

I've been to this place twice with my wife and family and I've also picked up there a few times the one time I called to order food to be delivered the guy on the other side of the phone was rude obnoxious I would not turn down the TV so he could hear my address or my order !!! he hung the phone up on me!! They will no longer receive my business of any kind not a good way to treat people if u want a successful business ! read more

We started off with drinks and my dirty martini took 20-30 min to come to the table . We ordered guacamole which came with no chips until we asked. I put the GUAC on a chip and felt a huge rockbin my mouth and I thought it was my tooth but it was a huge piece of white plastic. I told the waitress and she ignored my complaint so I asked for the manager. He says he doesn't know what it was but he was sorry and walked away. We ate dinner and dessert. The waitress brought the check and said she didn't charge us for the guac. I asked for the manager. The best he could do was take 15% off.the bill. I could sue them for what happened to my tooth but I will just write this review. Terrible customer service!! Go to Tijuana down the road. read more

Great Food, Atmosphere & Service. Very COVID cautious & safe! Very fresh & innovative. Margaret from Somers, NY read more

Tried this place for the first time last night. Place was clean and staff were very friendly. I love that they make guacamole right at your table...entertaining and very fresh! When the food came out it looked like a 5 star chef had plated it! Very impressive! The food was on point. My friend that ate with me said that the tacos are the best he's ever had and he travels the country for work so this statement alone was impressive. I didn't think that their salsa was anything to write home about but it wasn't bad. I thought that it was a bit pricey but well worth the money. I will be back! read more

Not sure this why this restaurant has two yelp pages. They probably tried to restart because their reviews are terrible. But here we go... Everything went wrong. Sat down and waited 20 minutes with no waiter. Had to ask the bus boy to bring one over. Finally order drinks and waited another 20-25 minutes before getting them. Guess what, the order was wrong and they had to go back and remake the margaritas. No water ever brought to the table. Food took a very long time and when it finally came out, it was obvious that it had been sitting because my chimichanga was very cold. Obviously had been sitting out over 15 minutes. Not to mention, the ambiance in this place is all wrong. Lights were full bright and felt like a cafeteria rather than an intimate Mexican restaurant. Not to mention this place was so loud! Won't be back. read more

I was so disappointed with my dish. I asked for fish tacos, barely any fish and the presentation was horrific. I can't believe they charge $18 for 3 tacos that look like this...I expected something better and more fulfilling. read more

Excelencia Mexicana - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York

Have been 4 times during COVID. Sat at bar, great atmosphere on Friday nights. Mostly enchiladas with mole', always has been good. Also have done the trio, also good. Ample chips and salsa to start the meal. Good service, but I've only eaten at the bar. read more

The Nachos Grande was literally 9 chips with cheese and chorizo on top. Void of any flavor. Not worth the $9.99 The beef enchiladas were also void of spice and a little cold. The cocktail was more juice than booze. I actually asked the waiter where the spice was and he said they cook for an older American crowd. Not the best - not the worst. read more

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It was the weekend when I walked into this establishment and it was pretty empty. That should have been a sign. Lol the Resturant was very clean and employees were friendly. Service was fast but then again there was only like one other person. I do like waiters being attentive but I do not like three to four of them standing in the back watching you and waiting. Had a margarita which came in a small glass and tasted mediocre. I ordered a burrito and rice and beans which was just ok. ( burrito was bland ) This is my third time Here and still feel the same Nothing really to get excited over, I think I'll stick to the other Mexican Resturant's in the mohegan lake area and Carmel area. read more

Excelencia Mexicana - Mexican Near Me - Mahopac, New York