First off this is a Mexican buffet. What!?! Hell ya!!! We get there and the line is out the door and the crowd is waiting in the snow. This is a good sign. The line took forever and it was cold. BUT, so worth it. They had nopales! I have only been to a few places that have these and all of them have been from a jar. Nope. These were good. I recommend this place. The only reason I neglected one star was that the labeling was totally wrong, and there were many things I didn't know what kind of meat they were which effects me because I have a restricted diet. So fix that and you get 5 start. read more

It's okay. Servers were friendly and generally prompt at getting beverages. Food selection was interesting but disappointingly not overly fresh or hot for 11 AM. Never figured out how to get a taco - do you get the shell and then go up to the deli counter? It was a good place to try. Was it worth $13.99/person? Probably not on a regular basis. read more

Absolutely amazing food for a good price. They have a very large selection of meats and other authentic Mexican dishes for $12.99/person. The large selection of meats makes them a very low carb friendly restaurant, if that's your thing. I had a couple kinds of chicken, several kinds of pork including fresh made pork rinds, fish, turkey, and even goat. Everything is seasoned perfectly and has phenomenal flavor. They also have a large selection of soups. The town it's located in is a little on the iffy side, but we had no issues. If we come back to the Denver area we will absolutely be coming back here. read more

Guadalajara Buffet - Cactus casserole (amazing), turkey, fish, pork, chicken (sorry I don't remember any of the actual Mexican names!) - Mexican Near Me - Aurora, Colorado

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This place is a little trip to Mexico! Unbelievable spread on the buffet, all fresh and delicious. Super authentic flavors. Seafood, meats, and lots of fruits and veges, plus churros and flan. We'll be back! read more

Been here a few time before and always enjoyed my meal. I moved out of state last year and I am in Denver visiting for my birthday. My friend wanted to take me out for my b day dinner. I chose here. Love the changes. They got rid of the weird fish stuff. I know I may be weird. But I hate looking at fish and it's looking back at me. They increased the variety and I enjoyed it all. Only thing the bugged me is seeing the hostess/waitress on her phone texting or whatever. Very unprofessional. Meanwhile we had dirty plates on the table and drinks that needed refills. Please use your phone on your time. Not the customers time. Overall 5 stars and I'll be back next time I'm in town. read more

Best place I have been in years!! At first I was a little optimistic on the buffet concept but thank go I was wrong. There was a small waiting time, which it is normal on any restaurant. The server was very attentive on the drinks and empty plates. Now the food wow great seasoning I tried a little of everything. The green chile stew was so deli I had to get seconds. The tamales great texture and lots of meat inside. They had both chicken and beef fajitas, fried fish, posole, menud, beef stew, both green and red enchilada, tacos, tostadas and even carnitas and colitas de pavo. Now I live across the border from Mexico but this place excited my expectations. I am planning my next work trip to Denver and I will definitely be coming back here again. Oh and the price is very affordable for everything you get less than $20 with a drink. read more

This place deserves 5 stars!! This is authentic Mexican food obviously loving prepared by a chef. (Did I mention we were the only white people in here?) This place is totally worth the drive, wait and price. So many great dishes-including seafood. The flavors were spot on and the wait staff was very friendly. A MUST for Mexican cuisine lovers. I was tempted to give them only four stars because 1) their flan wasn't good and 2) the queso was gross--but honestly that's not why one would come here. read more

I'm sitting here trying to eat lunch and the noise level is unbearable. A waitress has her little girl here and all the across the restaurant I hear cartoons along with loud chatter and Mexican music . I expect Mexican music here but shut the kids toy off!!! I did not come her to listen to kids cartoons . As for the food , it's way over rated. It's leftovers from earlier this week and is very poor. Come on Aurora, with our Mexican restaurants in the area, this one belongs on the bottom. I don't want the rest of this sub par food and I have got to get out of this nursery school ! read more

Guadalajara Buffet - Mexican Near Me - Aurora, Colorado

My favorite Mexican restaurant to eat all you can eat. I will always be going to this place. There are not many places that have all you can eat Mexican food. Food was delicious and will always be going back for more. read more

Friendly staff, and the food is excellent! The temperature inside could be a bit cooler, but overall a very good experience. Authentic Mexican flavors, and all the favorites: menudo, pozole, ceviche, tamales, chicken and shrimp fajitas, quesadillas, flan, churros, orchata, tamarind water, and many more. My favorites were they chicken fajitas and the "carne al pastor". Do yourself a favor and try this hidden gem in Aurora. read more

From my last visit, I will visit pros and cons: Pros: 1. Caldo 7 Mares was good. 2. Fish filet. Cons: 1. Service was awful. My dad order a diet coke, he got it, but it didn't have any gas. We asked the waitress to give us another diet, but still NO GAS. She argued with us, we asked her to try it, and she kept kept on mumbling. We told her to scratch off the drink. 2. It SO HOT inside, we asked her to turn on the A/C and she said she'd see what she could do, but of course nothing happened. 3. Tamales are disgusting. Don't try them. 4. Ceviche was awful. I'm a HUGE ceviche eater, but this time they prepared it different and it was so gross. Couldn't finish it. 5. The tortilla from quesadillas, the most simplest thing, tasted stale. Anyway, I tried pretty much everything there and it just wasn't worth it and will probably never go back again. If we would have gotten good costumer service, maybe we'd stop by and give it another chance, but I don't understand why these ladies work there if it's obvious they hate their jobs. read more

First of all off the food was dank. I ain't bashing the food. But thanks to Ximena the only person not wearing brand name the day we get the buffet. They couldn't seat 9 of us. They separated us at 2 different tables. Then we get to the table and really the worst things at a buffet are these small thin ass napkins. I mean it was cool. But then a other family gets here and they wearing all brand clothes and get seated at joint tables. Thanks a lot Ximena.... read more

It was ok. Nothing blew me away. Ceviche and shrimp dish were good but that's about all I liked. Service was good. Restaurant was a bit dirty. I don't think I'll be back. read more

Went here on a whim and gotta say it's the best authentic Mexican I've had since Mexico! Friendly staff and casual atmosphere. Lots of options and so much flavor! I definitely recommend it! read more

I left Guadalajara ready stamp a four star review next to their name. This place has it all and you get to eat it all. There are delicious cheap thrills like Jalisco-style taco that come fresh out of the deep fryer and then drenched with a mild salsa. There are also a fantastic variety of soups from Menudo to Posole. You can also go the gringo route and assemble yourself a taco salad - a 2,000 calorie heaping of tortilla chips, ground beef, olives, sour cream and nacho cheese - you won't even know you are eating salad! But my favorite section is the varieties of stewed meats, which seem to make the most sense at a Mexican buffet. A rich birria that isn't at all gamey. Heavenly carnitas that are so tender and juicy. Green chili that can compete with the best of them. Yeah...I enjoyed everything here going down. I didn't enjoy this meal coming back. Maybe it was food poisoning or maybe it was the taco gods punishing me for being too gluttonous. Regardless, I spent the next 24 hours clutching the bowl of my toilet as if my life depended on it. Now, I cannot think about going back to this place without the painful memories of a 24-hour long Exorcist movie reenactment and the days of sore abs I encountered after all of the powerful retching that occurred over that period. read more

I've been here twice now, the first time being around 8 months ago. I just don't understand the over-the-top positive reviews. I went back, due to the insistence of a friend. The place is pretty dirty and run down, particularly the bathrooms. The "authentic" Mexican beverages are watered down mixes dispensed from a soda fountain. Their idea of flan is white gelatin blocks floating in water. The other "stars" of the desserts area were overripe melon varieties and stale boxed cookies. The pork (I sampled 3 varieties) has a rancid taste and veins/arteries (maybe that's why I had digestive "issues" for the next several hours. All of the hot food items on the buffet when I was there were held at about room temperature. They had some beef ribs that were OK. The enchiladas (2 varieties) had cooled to the point of being hard cheese in the middle and had little flavor. The rice was pretty good, actually. They also feature spaghetti floating in congealed margarine...yumm! I guess the price is reasonable ($9.95 for regular buffet and $15.95 for a seafood buffet option.) The employees were pleasant and attentive; I'm just scared of the food and won't be back. read more

I am dubious about any restaurant that serves buffet, but after hearing only good things from friends with high standards we tried this place for lunch. I was the only gringo there, which is always a good sign for authenticity. All the food appeared fresh, as they were clearly going through platters quickly. The food was awesome! I don't think I've ever eaten everything off my plate at a buffet before; there's always one or two duds, but not this time. The enchiladas with both red and green sauce were my favorites. The ceviche was excellent too. They have horchata to drink, which I love, and a delicious marinated pork. I wasn't brave enough to do oysters on the half shell, but they did have them. I waited to make sure my belly didn't pay the price for our visit before writing this review. All clear! read more

This place is disgusting. The tables were dirty. No clean place to sit The food was awful. Pork tasted like it was there for days or weeks. Salad bar looks like the salad that is pre made in the grocery store. Oysters were so ugly cooking. The ceviche looked dry. In my opinion real Mexican tacos are made with tortillas not stale taco shells these place offers. Never again will I eat here. read more

You know how when you're starving and stop at a random restaurant to eat and everything is great and you leave happily? Well my experience at this place was the opposite of that. Everything tastes like it was seasoned with the same thing. The beans were super salty, the tamales were hard and oddly flavored.. And the fish? Tasted like it was marinated in a mixture of tomato sauce, oregano and broken dreams. Simply put, it was an insult to "authentic Mexican food" read more

Not the greatest food. Clearly been sitting out for a while! Came in for advertised $9.99 buffet... Then surprise its $12.99 And our "server" Never took the dirty dishes off the table until we got up to leave! read more

I walked into Guadalajara on Monday night with high expectations. Well... to be honest, high expectations for a buffet mean very little in the long run. The 'best' Mexican buffet in my memory is that of my childhood trips to the long-departed Pancho's in Lakewood. My only disappointment of the night is that the restaurant was not much more busy than it was. When we first went up to the buffet there were a number of dishes that were either out or on their last leg. However, very quickly the kitchen replaced all of those with piping hot, and absolutely delicious, food. I made a valiant effort to try everything, but there was just so much delicious food that I cannot in good conscience say I did justice to all of it. With so many tasty options from which to choose I cannot say that I decided on a favourite (perhaps I can do so on one of the many future trips which I have planned). I was not terribly taken with the dessert options, they seemed little different in kind or quality from what you would find at any generic buffet. However, I can't hold that against them, because I would gladly skip dessert for one extra spoonful of posole. read more

This is an interesting, but very tasty, Mexican buffet. No matter what you are hungry for Guadalajara will likely have it. The day we went there were no less than 5 types of prepared shrimp available. If you are looking for soup, they have many selections including staples posole and menudo. Their green and red enchiladas were really good and I really enjoyed their chile-marinated pork. If you are in the neighborhood, make sure you stop by here - don't let the word "buffet" keep you from trying Guadalajara! read more

We decided to try this place after reading some reviews, and while I was skeptical about how good this place would be, it definitely surpassed all of my expectations. All of the food was very authentic and tasty! The meats were all very delicious and there were a lot of different seafood options. The flan was what you would expect of a buffet, but everything else definitely was better than I had expected. My boyfriend loved the place and we will most likely be visiting this place again. read more

I stopped by here on my way to the airport. The food was decent, especially when you factor in its a buffet. I went with buffet without the seafood. I had some food mole, enchiladas and tacos. Overall i think its decent food but I will continue to try other places. Service was good as well. Although they gave me flour tortillas after i asked for corn tortillas read more

Yes, BEST MEXICAN BUFFET IN DENVER 2011. True. Viva el Chef Chivo! There are 4 stations of delectable cold and hot food, and not ONE SINGLE SHRED OF ORANGE CHEESE. The abominable TexMex staple is banned, if only in the minute children section where there was melted goop for nachos. I went last night elsewhere and paid $20 for a piece of grilled fish with rice. Guadalajara's spread has the real deal in fish, meat, chicken, pork, vegetarian. It is all delicious and each dish is differently and wonderfully flavored. $9.99 for all you can eat, at dinnertime. $14 on weekends. Fantastic. The nationalistic Mexican chef bitch prevailed in me as I tried morsels of every single thing. And I was really pleased! Go for food you will never dream of in Sam's or TacoBell or such horrors. Authentic, with real finds such as: Barbacoa de Chivo (roasted goat in spicy tomato broth), Chicharrón and Costillas en salsa verde (pork rinds and chops in green salsa), ceviche (fish cooked in lime juice, served on tostadas), Caldo de Mariscos (Seafood soup), Camarones a la Diabla (Devil -chipotle- sauce Prawns), Salsa a lo macho de Jalisco (tree chile and oil paste), and -my favorite- nopalitos (cactus paddle) cooked three different ways!! Chef Chivo will heat tortillas to order so you can make tacos or be a true Mexican and tear them in six equivalent triangles to curl into edible spoons. And finally, the dessert! Agh, I was so full of good stuff, but, alas, MORE FINDS: the Postre de Manzana (Apple slaw), Gelatina de Rompope (eggnog jell-o, I think some other reviewer mistook this for flan), and the magnum opus: Capirotada or Torrejas (depending where you are from): magnificent combination of fried baguette slices drenched in molasses and cinammon syrup and topped with plump raisins, shredded coconut and fresh cheese. Dont miss it, as it is served warm, it was on a hot plate adjacent to enchiladas, not in the dessert section. Walk around first, taste it all in tiny bits, and then make your mind of what you like best. It will be really hard. read more

My girlfriend and I decided to pick a random restaurant on the street. Boy, were we lucky! Genuine, authentic, Mexican dishes that ranged from chicken fajitas, cactus casserole, homemade churros, and any kind of meat one could wish for. I wish I lived here, because undoubtedly, I would return at least once a week. for $12.99, one cannot beat it! Please, don't be shy, go try it for yourself. read more

Really when I saw that Denver had a Guadalajara's I was so excited. so we go in get seated then I saw the price $13.99 plus tax and then drink. I was like okay not bad. then we went to the buffet WOW are you serious. everything was dried out and some food looked like it was there for days and days. I was ready to leave but they all said no we are here just give it a try. Well after each of us gave it a few bites we were all ready to leave. its sad that my friend said the ranch dressing was spoiled so we all tasted it and yeap it was. Most of the food had a rubbery watered down taste. needless to say after my friends girl friend got done arguing we didn't pay and left. about two miles down the road we had to pull over and every one was sick I mean sick badly coming out both ends. don't eat here unless you want to get sick read more

I admit I was quite surprised. This place is a find. Huge variety. It is not your typical texmex and the food is not like the local cliff diving place we all know and loathe. Wide range of options and flavors and not so typical choices: stewed nopales, Turkey tails, chicken in mole negro, and so on. And the fresh made tortillas are TDF! To be honest, probably the best thing about this place is it's a long way from my place or I'd be there every day read more

We were excited to find a Mexican buffet. Although the variety of food was great, the taste of the food was not so good. We will NOT be returning. read more

Definitely amazing authentic Mexican food!! Great seafood soup, chicharrones in green sauce, green chile, ceviche.... Delicioso!!! read more

Guadalajara Buffet - Seafood soup - Mexican Near Me - Aurora, Colorado

Every time that I have the chance to stop in, I find this place is consistently excellent. This buffet is one of the best of all the buffets in Denver Metro and if you love Mexican cuisine, you got to check this place out! read more

This newly added buffet to the Denver area had started to make a name for itself until I came here. The only dish that earned them a second star was their Camarones a la diabla. This dish was spicy and on point except for the fact that the shrimp was not peeled. It was cooked and seasoned while the skin was still on there. Other than that the horchata was watered down, the only enchiladas they had to choose from was cheese enchiladas in green sauce and cheese enchiladas with red sauce. Its bragged about more than it should. Hopefully in 6 months I can give a better review. read more

Guadalajara Buffet - Mexican Near Me - Aurora, Colorado

So definitely not the place to go to for ambiance but the food was solid. There were a few things I wouldn't eat but then there were a few things that were great. Not commercial Mexi food this is real deal Abuela type comida. read more

What to say about it authentic Mexican restaurant to have all the choices of all the good foods to eat right in front of you this is the place you should go don't worry what anyone says they don't know what they're talking about till they try it. read more

What a nice suprise to find thus authentic Mexican restaurant buffet everything you could want street tacos to order with any kind of meat you want. My favorite are the intestine and cow cheek, menudo, pasole, enchiladas, chicharons, great desert bar with tres leche rice pudding fruit with Mexican salt and to top it off homemade horchada. I will be back for sure. read more

We're from out of town and our family brought us here. We loved it. Legit Mexican food. Very good. Hot and fresh. Kinda pricey but really good and worth it. Must try if you're ever in Aurora. read more

Very good and authentic.. The Buffett is excellent. Very clean... Inexpensive and you better be hungry.. read more

Best Authentic Mexican food ever. Staff are welcoming, they are fast to keep the tables clean and take pride in their work. The food is delicious and price is great. I will certainly come back. read more

Must visit every time I'm in a Denver. It's very difficult for a Mexican buffet to be successful in keep fresh food and good taste but they pull it off. Some of there food tends to be a little spicy so beware. Their caramel churros are also to die for! read more

Guadalajara Buffet - Mexican Near Me - Aurora, Colorado

I heard about this restaurant from my son who fell in love with the place when he first visited it several years ago. First - the atmosphere - the building, tables and chairs are old, and, on first impression, you might be disappointed if you are expecting a more formal Mexican restaurant. But what makes the place special is the food. Every Mexican dish tastes like true Mexican cooking, not Americanized recipes. They have burritos, enchiladas, green Chile, rellenos and many other dishes found in most Mexican restaurants. But they also have many seafood dishes that are a staple in many Mexican homes. My Hispanic son-in-law from New Mexico enjoyed everything and gave his approval. And for children or others that may not like Mexican cooking, they have chicken fingers, salads and similar cafeteria fare. And they serve shrimp cocktail with the price! Last, you know this place is authentic when local Hispanic families attend both lunch and dinner. On each of the three occasions that I have visited, my table and perhaps at most two others on each visit were the only ones not speaking Spanish. If the Hispanic nationals rave about it, it's worth trying. read more