We had a great experience at Garcia's. We ordered the Chicken Fajitas and Fish Tacos and were able to redeem our reward for checking in on Yelp. Portions were great and filling. Beer on tap was great. Customer service was amazing. Not to mention the bean dip that comes with the chips was to die for. Love this place. Wish I lived in AZ so we could eat here more often! read more

My first time at this restaurant was beyond fun and delicious!! The food was so fresh ! Fun place for happy hour! Great job Garcia's !!! read more

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant - Frozen margaritas - Mexican Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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Went for lunch on a Wednesday and enjoyed the lunch combo specials. They brought a large bowl of chips, yummy salsa and bean dip made with jalapeño cheese. The portion sizes were decent and service was good. Large drink cups which is nice for needing less refills. read more

This place.....this place right here. The wife and I wanted to fill our gullets with a sweet Mexican food treat so we ordered from the OG, Garcia's. I was all about the nachos with chicken because I'm a pig that will eat basically anything with a calorie count above 1500. Showed up to the house and we both went to work. Crushed the whole thing and considered calling "My 600 lb Life" to ask for an application. My email was never replied to btw. Anywhoooooo, sit on the couch, turn on Antiques Roadshow on PBS, order Garcia's and just enjoy the shit out of the rest of your day. You will after grubbing here. Pinky swear. read more

So i have been coming to Garcias for over 3 years now and have never been content with my meals until today! So I am huge meat eater and I'm also gluten free. In the 3 years i have been coming, i could never find a meal i find satisfying. Gluten free options are limited and what is available isnt the best. But, today the Manager Jose recommended the veggie fajitas. I was hesitant at first, but i went with it. Boy am i glad I did. The Veggie Fajitas were amazing!!!! I have a new favorite (beside their strawberry margarita, which is why i keep coming back), this dish was delicious and filling. read more

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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If I could give them less than one star I would. Waiter couldn't get refills or any extra we asked for, when I went to the kitchen the manager didn't even ask me what was going on and why I was upset as I poured my tea and asked for a lemonade refill for my daughter. He never acknowledged me in the least. The cooks deserve more than one star- Not the first time here having this happen- thought I'd give them another chance- Won't make this mistake again. Even cashing out took longer than it should- and they weren't busy. Sucky sucky sucky read more

First time at Garcia's today. Came to Arizona Mills for a haircut and stopped for lunch. It was as really hopping inside, just after noon on a Saturday. We each ordered combo plates and no drink and it still came to $30. Pretty steep for a lunch. No issues with the food at all. It was typical Tex-Mex from a chain. The service was nearly nonexistent. After lunch arrived, she came by once more with the check. Guess she wanted us to order drinks? Probably no return in my future. read more

I loved getting a free cheese crisp with yelp check in. I also loved my huge guava alcohol drink. I wasnt to impressed with my seafood fondue dish. Server was cool tho. read more

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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We like Garcia's. We have eaten at several of them so are pretty familar with the menu. This time we took friends to enjoy the food with us. First thing we are served is the chips. Along with those chips come the normal dipping sauce the bean dip. Normally we love the bean dip. At Garcia's you don't have to order it extra and it's free. I did say "normally" we love it. However, not so at this Garcia's. It has a kick to it so unlike the other Garcia restaurants. We didn't care for it at all. The special of the day was a two taco plate for $6.99. What a deal and yummy too. Other orders at our table were for the enchilada platter. This was another tasty dish. The food was good and so was the service. Prices at Garcia's are also very reasonable. The only thing we did not like is the bean dip. It was just too spicy and since that's one of the things I like most, we probably won't stop at this one again but will visit others and hope they haven't changed too. read more

I've really enjoyed this place! It's definitely not "mall food" despite being located in a mall; it has a casual, restaurant feel to it. I've been here twice, and ordered the same thing each time--the nachos--and they've been great on both occasions. I was pleasantly surprised by the size of the dishes; you get a lot of food for your money, which is always important. The flavor was well above average as well. The staff is polite and rather quiet, so you won't be unnecessarily intruded upon with too many "how's your food"s and all that. Seating and service were pretty quick, and I always got a refill before I even had to ask. And of course, I ALWAYS appreciate a restaurant that provides appetizers (chips & dip) at seating! Garcia's is a great place to eat if you're looking for a break from the hectic mall atmosphere, and also works if you're looking to plan a nice, rather casual dinner out. I plan to head back soon! read more

An overall lackluster experience. The chips, salsa and beans were good - however there were three of us studly men there for lunch and the chips didn't last long. The empty basket remained for a while, but eventually was refilled. I went with the spinach enchilada lunch special with rice & beans. It was average. The waitress was cute and that was a plus, but she was also slow. It took a little long to get the food, too long to refill the chips and too long for the check. I would definitely avoid a special trip to come here, but if I were at the Arizona Mills and wanted to eat somewhere that wasn't the food court and not the Rainforest Cafe, I guess it would be this place... read more

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant - Spinach enchiladas - Mexican Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

What a great experience for my family and I! Not only was the food delicious but the service was fantastic! Caitlynn made sure that our drinks were always topped off and we were never in need of anything. I could have probably hung around all day chowing down on the light and warm tortilla chips, homemade bean dip, and fresh salsa. The guacomole was not overly seasoned and made to order. The chunks of avocado made for a healthy and yummy dish - and at $3.99, it's a steal! White the shrimp fajitas were tasty, I would suggest giving the fajitas a healthy overhaul. A little too much oil and harshly chopped veggies don't do much for the presentation. Kids meals were a great serving size, coloring contest kept them entertained, and they didn't even bat an eye when I wheeled in my large stroller with a sleeping toddler. The game was playing at the bar and the bartender made sure to give us a nice, friendly greeting as soon as we came in the door. Will definitely be visiting Garcia's again! read more

No surprises here. Food and service are average but it met our needs and filled our hungry bellies and need for margaritas. Convenient location here inside of AZ Mills Mall. I hadn't been to a Garcia's in a long time and we were in town visiting and decided to stop here. Nothing has changed in the many years it's been around. Note: I ordered the Skinny Margarita and it was HUGE compared to the regular margs. Very tasty though! read more

Friendly staff food was hot and soooo good I had to box it up to take it home you get big portions my server was Sandra super sweet very kind and professional I recommend her as a server!!! Thank you Garcias for the delicious margaritas and food! read more

We had food catered from Garcias and everything arrived hot and in great shape. The food was very tasty and the portion sizes were generous. The catering was also very accommodating as far as timing. We highly recommend using Garcia's! read more

Took my peanut here for lunch after a visit to the aquarium. The Raspberry Jalapeno Margarita was very tasty. I enjoy the sweet with a hint of spice for my margaritas. The bartender was even nice enough to alter a traditional margarita with some jalapenos as well so that was a great touch of customer service. Our server was prompt and friendly. She was patient with the peanut so that's always a plus. The fresh salsa was very good and the chips hot. We only stopped in for an app and some ice cream for the kiddo. We didn't get a chance to really try something that they are known for. I got mini enchiladas that were good but not knock-your-socks-off or anything. I enjoy a habanero sauce with my Mexican food and was bummed to see that they didn't offer any kind of spicy sauce (other than salsa - relax). Bottom line - I'd definitely go again (I will even recommend it to anyone in the Chandler Mall area) but won't go out of my way to get there. read more

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant - I needed a margarita! Red Chili Raspberry Margarita is pretty tasty! - Mexican Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Located in the mall across the street from our hotel, this was a great family place that served us quickly and attentively. Good kids menu, and my wife and friend enjoyed their strawberry margaritas. L had the Olivia Sampler combo, which was very filling, and l look forward to enjoying the free cheese crisp tonight over a football game. (It is very big, and will make a great appetizer for Yelp families looking at this place.) It's very clean and the staff is both friendly and responsive to any issues or concerns. We had one order correction, which they handled very fast. We look forward to returning here the b do time we are in town! read more

food and service was great! thank you isis for the awesome service. you are so sweet and kind! read more

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

First time here and my experience has been comfortable and satisfying! My beef tamales are moist with great flavor. Definitely a place to have a quick delicious bite with friends and family before going to a movie! The Bahama Mama adds a sweet kick to any meal. read more

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant - Moist and tender beef tamales and yummy Spanish rice. - Mexican Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Went on 12/4/22 just before 5:30 pm and was informed that they were no longer seating people. Went to On the Border and got excellent service and better food. read more

Ok .. came in and walked ! Sign said seat yourself... Ok and wait for 10 mins at the table and no one comes .. terrible service it's what's expected from a restaurant at a mall server and hostess don't care . Don't go here get a pretzel instead . I did . read more

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Great portions and reasonable prices. Drinks are strong which is a plus and atmosphere is a nice break from the mall. I always order the Olivia sampler because there's enough for for two people and it has the "best" items from the menu included. We come often :) read more

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I placed a take out order on 2/ 13/21. I ordered a vegetarian burrito. I asked what vegetables were in it , she went to ask. I the asked if it could have potatoes. She said no. I asked if it could have rice and beans in it. She said they were on the side. Later, after getting back to my hotel with the food, I discovered that the burrito literally consisted of steamed frozen mixed vegetables. (Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots) No cheese, no sauce, no nothing. Just these steamed, frozen very large cut vegetables wrapped in a flour tortilla. Garcias represents itself as a mexican food restaurant.... not one thing about that burrito said mexican food. I know they have onions, potatoes, rice and beans in that kitchen. They need to be prepared to accommodate food preferences and dietary needs of customers. read more

The food here was so beautiful and delicious. It reminds me of the food i ate growing up. They allowed me to take a drink inside from another store i was supporting, thank you for that. The only thing i disliked was checking out and paying. It needs to be made less confusing. Great restaurant !! Friendly people! Cute cute cute inside! read more

Happy Hour is the best time to go Margaritas are good with all the free chips and salsa and bean dip

This place is awesome! The food is absolutely wonderful. I've had their fajitas, pollo fundidos, chimis, flautas, and tacos and none of it disappoints. The servers are polite and the overall atmosphere of the place puts me at ease with its lighting and decor. They also have really good margaritas. I wish I could eat here everyday! read more

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Went there often until we started getting stale chips and tacos with rubbery stale taco shells. We complained, and the owner blamed the humidity, sorry we are in az, very little humidity, and that is no excuse for a Mexican restaurant. Get real, there are solutions , so that your mexican food products stay fresh, and are served fresh. Started talking to friends who agreed that garcias has gone downhill. Will tell others and warn them. It's really a shame because we loved it there. FYI, we gave them 3 chances and each time we had the same experience. We went to the one on Warner. read more

Been coming here for years until recent the experience was terrible, the waitress and manager were a complete joke, dismissive, and disrespectful. Will not return. read more

Starting off - no Host / Hostess. Sat ourselves at a "high-top" table. Veronica, the bartender was truly overwhelmed with absolutely ZERO assistance from any manager that was casually working his way seating the occasional customer. Saw several customers that grew tired of waiting at the unattended host stand left. Our "El Grande Fiesta Platter" appetizer took over 20 minutes to come to the table. 1/2 the items were burned and unappetizing. While picking off the burned "crisps" / food items, saw the manager take a napkin off s dirty table and give it to a customer that sat himself at an empty bar seat. Obviously very short staffed and "in the weeds". But, Veronica was certainly doing the best she could possibly do single handily without any help from management / leadership of the establishment. read more

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant - Had to pick off over half of the "skin" on 1/2 the items. - Mexican Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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I would not choose this restaurant at all. One would think being out of town and being in a very big mall you would think it would be easy to get food here. Guess what not really we waited to be seated for like 20 min there was a bartender and other waitresses walking around but no one care to say anything then the line started to build and the gentleman behind us went in and asked the bartender and she finally said yes there will be some one there. The greeter comes and sits us in the front while like 7 other families walked behind us and were seated in the back where the booth was. Then again we waited and no one came to ask us about anything. What a bad service they really need to look at the way they serve customers classic 101 they don't have a clue about. We ended up leaving i would not give it any stars if that was an option. read more

Surprisingly great!!! We came by for a bite after a movie. The bean dip is to die for and FREEE!! We ordered some flauta's and a cheese crisp. It was better than average and the service was great. read more

"I wanna go to the flower place!!" was the reaction when i asked my cousin and friend where we should have lunch inbetween classes one Arizona afternoon. I couldn't think of what she meant when she said, flower... I instantly thought of Cherryblossom Noodle Cafe but I was quickly corrected when she said that she was referring to the rose in the Garcia's logo. Now, I have never been to one of the Garcia's Chain resturants, but the Original Garcia's off of 35th ave has been an institution in my family for decades. I was willing to try the AZ mills chain location since it was near by... and I would later regret it. We entered a very beautiful place, everything was very open and can be seen from the mall's walk ways. It was slightly unnerving to try to enjoy some messy taco while some lil 5 year old in a stoller stares at you. Ummm... no... Timmy... this is MY taco!! Back off! It was 2 in the afternoon and we were the ONLY customers there... and the mall was PACKED! That should have told me something, but we still sat at a tiled table anyway. The hostess/waitress brought us the SALTIEST bowl of chips ever! it came with salsa and a bean dip that was way too heavy on the onions in both cases. I could barely eat the salsa, but I couldn't hang with the beans at all. We ordered our food and it came out very quickly. My friend ordered green corn tamales and she liked them but I they were on the rubbery side and my cousing got the taco and tostada combo and thought it was okay, she didn't complain. And I got the minature sampler and was unimpressed. it was just food... nothing great or special or exceptionally awful... just average. What wasn't average was the bill.... nearly $50 for our meals?! Are you kidding?! And we didn't even have a hard drink on the table! I paid but wasn't happy about it... I thought it was going to be a lil less than that! To my yelpers: I know the Arizona Mills area is a cesspool of resturants, where chains reign surpreme... and unfortunatly, this place is amongst one of the worst. I say, save your money and skip out on this place because it's nothing significant and the saltyness of their food will only make your bloated as you're shopping afterward and that can't be cute! read more

Weak happy hour margarita, ended up buying a shot of Patron' to make it yummy. Also ordered their sampler platter for $10.95 ( apps are half off during happy hour) thank goodness because if I would have paid full price for this I would have been pissed. Nothing was good at all, and it bugs the crap out of me when Mexican restaurants add soooo much "filler" to their shredded beef and chicken...you know like tons of onion, celery, peppers, and very little actual meat. Our server was ok, but we were sitting next to the server station and all we heard were employees complaining about customers and talking shit about other employees. No bueno. read more

We had actually came here to go to the rainforest to treat my son for a good game he had just had. After waiting in line for tables you could clearing see opened and bad service we decided to leave and come to Garcia's. I'm so glad we did so. I must say our server Amadeo was the BEST. Very friendly, attentive and detailed. He is what made this experience impressing. The restaurant was busy but it didn't take away from the Quality of the food which was amazing or lack of service. It was clean a little crammed but I will most definitely be back. Thanks Amadeo for the great experience. read more

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant - Olivia ' s sampler dish - Mexican Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

I have been going here for years! I'm vegetarian and my boyfriend eats meat so our table is always full of a ton of options (because we couldn't choose) There's always chips, salsa and bean dip as a complimentary addition to your meal, we always have to be careful we don't fill up before our food comes. out of all the years I've been going here i've never had an issue, if you like mexican food, you'll like this place! read more

It's hard to talk me into eating at Garcia's since they are like the Chili's of "Mexican" food. But, there aren't many options left at AZ Mills so it was what we decided to have for lunch. Somehow I could have eaten the chips and spicy bean dip and been happy with that. But I ordered the most American-Mexican dish you can order, Pollo Fundido. I wasn't in the mood to think or look through the menu and knew the cooks are probably used to making it for everyone so it would be a safe choice. It was, and the rice and beans on the side were better than average. The only thing I forgot was to say no slice of melted orange American cheese, yuck. But it was easy to push off, and the shredded chicken inside was hot and fresh so I couldn't complain. I really didn't like how small their plastic cups were, our waitress was slow and my iced tea was empty a few times. Also I asked her for more of that spicy bean dip and she never brought any even though she said she would. I saw several other waiters bringing out refills of it to other tables and I thought they might be coming to ours at one point but no. Could I have asked again? Yes. Did I care enough to? No. Was I full and ready to walk off my meal in the mall? Yeah, so I guess it wasn't that bad of a lunch. read more

Stopped in for a quick drink once I learned that happy Hour exists over here at Arizona Mills (none at Rainforest). A few folks were at the bar around 5pm, but tons of specials available including 1/2 price appetizers, which I never tried. I was planning on sampling, but then they gave me this giant dish of weird circular chips and a hot bean dip and fresh salsa also for free. The bean dip was actually quite good, not spicy and the salsa was bursting with green onions and had a nice regular salsa taste. Also had a giant beer (23 oz) for 1/2 price, which came out to only $2.71. Three TV's at the bar were kinda small, but did the trick. They probably should hire another server to work the bar tables because bartender had to cover it and that left the bar empty for long stretches. read more

WOW!! I love Mexican food well I just love good food period! and I must say I was totally impressed plus kids ate free that day I went!! the portions and Big the prices were low and the staff was friendly and polite. I will say that this is by far the best restaurant I have found that offered a complete package. Also, the restrooms were clean and smelling fresh a must where my family and I eat. Bar was "OFF THE MEAT RACK!" I LOVE THIS PLACE! every time we go to the mall, we will have lunch or dinner here. A+++ read more

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Brought a large group of 23 to this restaurant and had excellent service great margaritas and wonderful food. It's located in the mills mall but is well worth going there. I have the stuffed chicken with jalapeño and cream cheese. It was wonderful. read more

Out here in the area for a conference. Checked you out on yelp and decided to try you out. Unfortunately I didn't get the opportunity because I waited up front for a bit of time with no one coming up to greet me. The bartender was talking to their guest and the waitress was helping her guest. Not sure if there was anyone planned to be the host but no one came up or acknowledged me. A few customers acknowledged me and also were looking around to get me help but no service. I went to the food court and ate at Tinta. If you need to know the time I was there it was about 7:15pm. read more