Despite the language barrier, our waiter missed no peppers and only served my friend the shrimp on his chicken, beef, and shrimp fajita, was good! My seafood fajita also met with no habla Englais issues and demanded half the kitchen to show up pointing at what I had said. Usually this means business, and it is right here too! Excellent salsa, fantastic house hot sauce, divine queso and chorizo dip, this place brings some of that fresh Magdalena city restaurant I recall happily from ten years ago. Fun and silly atmosphere with serious brick and boosts with the usual carefree tv and music, it's all that wild time for gringos. Of course the prices are steep now like most Mexican places which makes frozen protein thrown onto the places a bit sad however a couple times a year this hits. read more

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Food service ambience all of it perfect way to begin the weekend. When I can't Make up my mind I always choice a Combo plate and was pleasantly impressed and their dressing sauce even though it was ranch it was delicious thank you And see all you again soon read more

Mecates Mexican Restaurant - Jalapeño margarita and food were delicious - Mexican Near Me - Huntington, Indiana

Food: unseasoned, smelled bad, the steak was horrible and was in big chunks and long. Service: was already just weird. The guy watched us eat or food but would never refill our drinks or Could come ask if everything was alrigh. he just watched us eat. just a weird experience. Never going again. read more

I was pleasantly surprised by Mecates. We were traveling from Ft. Wayne to Indianapolis, and stopped in. Food: The quality, portion size and price of their menu items were all very good. There are a ton of Mexican restaurants in the market these days, and finding differences between them is getting harder to do, but I thought Mecates did a very nice job of overall meal presentation. Their chips & salsa were decent - not spectacular, but satisfying. The carne asada for my fajitas was a tad overcooked, but still tender. Service: Our server was very prompt and attentive. As I'm mentioned frequently on Yelp, my pet peeve with restaurants is when they force you to beg for drink refills (which is usually a sign of understaffing), but at Mecates, this wasn't a problem. Ambiance: The restaurant was clean, nicely decorated, and had all the elements we've come to expect with Mexican restaurants in the US. Noise levels were normal. read more

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Food was very good. Portions were also great. Enough for takeaway for another meal. The salsa was a little sweet. I asked if they had anything spicier and they did. It was great. Service was fast and friendly. read more

I come Here every time I come to Indiana. When you walk In someone always greets you with friendly service and a smile. They're very Attentive to their customers and they make you a priority as soon as you walk through the door. I ordered my Taco Salad, and of course they listened to every request I had. They were very generous with the sour cream. (8 months pregnant and I asked specifically for that.) They Listen very well and ALWAYS make my order DIRECTLY TO MY LIKING. When placing my order, the people have always asked me questions, Where I'm From? How the drive was. What New York is Like. Etc. The Social Skills these people have are always so refreshing and Thoughtful. Great Conversations!! They DON'T OVERCHARGE either!! I paid $10 for a Taco Salad... PHENOMENAL! I tipped them $7.00. I have had nothing but good experiences the couple of times that I HAVE been... This time, I Went to Kroger to Pick up A Few Smoothies and Some dessert for the Hotel room. (Literally RIGHT behind Mecates Restaurant.) I spent MAYBE 10 minutes in the store. I came out, drover around back to The Restaurant. It honestly Takes forever to make order in New York. (Read about me waiting for Sushi for More than 30+ minutes in Previous Yelp reviews.) So I honestly didn't expect the food to be ready but sure enough... I walked in and it was beautifully Packaged sitting there all ready for me and yet again, someone greeted me at the door with a smile across their face to hand me my Order. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I KEEP COMING BACK! The Food was Cooked so well. It was Hot and Flavorful! The chips were packaged tightly with the salsa so it didn't leak or a make a mess with the bag. See you Next Time Keep Up the Great Work Everyone! read more

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Decided to grab lunch here while in town for high school basketball. Local reviews were good and we love a good Mexican restaurant! Not very busy for a Saturday afternoon, and we were seated right away. Our server let us know that the house margaritas are $1.99 on Saturdays, and who am I to turn down a $2 margarita?! It was actually a decent one and we each ended up with a second one, because why not? Lol. We started with guacamole, glad that they make their fresh and you can tell. I added a little salt but it was otherwise really good. The salsa was pretty good, I normally like it a little spicier, but it was mild enough to be crowd pleasing and still had good flavor. He enjoyed his taco salad, and I had steak tacos with cilantro and onion. Overall a good choice for Mexican and I'd go again if I were ever in this area! read more

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Meat in my wife's combination was dry. The salsa was soapy tasting. My Chiles Rellenos was tasteless. Nuff said.

Best Mexican in town, servings are absolutely massive. The queso and chips are great as well as the arroz con pollo. Service is just average. Place is newly renovated so the atmosphere is pretty nice. read more

This restaurant is absolutely the best...the food and service are the very best The $4.99 lunch menu The $1.99 margaritas I went to culinary school, and I can't figure out how they make the scrambled egg, that comes with the speedy chimichanga, taste sooo epically good In addition to the usual sports shows, there's a TV at the bar that shows how tequila and wine are made in Mexico Don't walk, run to this restaurant read more

For the money you're better off going across the street to Jabez. But it does have a great atmosphere service is slow,or total forget you and the food is mediocre. read more

Forget what you know about Mecates, my experience today after the renovations was refreshing. Between management, our waitress, the expo, and the new open environment, it felt like a genuine restaurant. Our drinks were always filled, food was hot and fresh, and overall just a great experience. Thank you, Mecates for bringing back that heartbeat! read more

I posted food porn photos ..taco's and chicken fajita Quadilla, jalapeño Margarita with patron...sooo good...best Margaritas of any Flavor! read more

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Would not go again! I swear we saw bugs crawling along the wall dying, my wife said it was cockroach, it might have been cricket... but still. The food was NOTHING special. The staff are nice and friendly and doing a good job, but there was just nothing I liked about the experience. I'll go to TacoBell. read more

Food was meh. The salsa flavorless and the entrees were VERY bland. The alcoholic drinks also weak. I don't plan on returning here and wouldn't recommend it. Not horrible but definitely not scrumptiously rememberable. The food came out fast and theres plenty of parking outside. read more

Chips were greasy, food took a while to come out, the food was bland but was an over all OK experience

I order the molcejete. And it is one of the best tasting things I've ever had. Their prices are reasonable and the service is top notch! Pretty cool atmosphere. My only issue is how little queso you get when ordering arroz con pollo or similar, it come out pretty dry, but I just order extra. read more

Sry this place was just not up to being good with there service I ordered for dine in and they gave me to go cup.... I dint even get chips with salsa I got my food b 4 I even got chips.... not just for that they get a 1 star but there food was not all that good... I rarely leave comments but this one I had to just do it... GO IN AT UR OWN RISK!!! read more

Mecates Mexican Restaurant - No chips and I got my food already ‍‍ - Mexican Near Me - Huntington, Indiana

Best place ever! My boyfriend and I recently discovered this amazing restaurant. Now we go once a week! The prices are amazing for the amount of food they give you! It's only $4 for a large bowl of queso rather than the restaurant in Anderson is $11 for a large bowl of queso. The salsa has some spice to it which is great! And the waiters are always very fast and friendly! We've never had to wait longer than 5-10 minutes for our food! And the food is delicious! read more

So pleased with the service food and prices. I had a burrito special and my son had fajitas. Loved the beans in the burritos! Chips and salsa were good too! read more

Mecates Mexican Restaurant - Burritos. Yum! - Mexican Near Me - Huntington, Indiana

today I went to the Mexican restaurant it was my early birthday so in spanish they sing happy birthday and en it was clean and have dessert and haves a clean bathroom and good read more

Very clean and great atmosphere , great staff , great for family's but their tortilla chips are just bad , they use to be great but they changed the recipe or supplier and now it tastes so awful it's not even edible read more

Great food. Truly authentic mexican. Freshly made right in front of you. The only difficulty is trying to decide what great dish you will pick off the menu read more

What a gem in Huntington IN. Stopped By for lunch on the way home from a road trip and WOW we're we impressed. Came at lunch and found plenty of parking. Greeted by friendly staff and sat right away. Large menu but the buffet caught our eye and it was very inexpensive. Two buffet style tables adorned with steaming hot dishes from make your own tacos to French fries. There was even a third table with condiments of salsas sour cream and cheeses. The food was fresh and hot. They staff filled it often and there were new items added at times too. It wasn't spicy food either but seasoned perfectly for young and old pallets. Drinks were sold separately and filled regularly by our friendly waitress. She was seen often taking plates away and making sure we were happy. Clean environment in the dinning room but the bathroom for the ladies was less to be desired. Dark black rim of funk around the bottom of the toilet and floors that were waxy and slippery feeling when you walked in. Paper towels were missing from the sink and water was all over the counter left by previous women who didn't care to clean up patter themselves. Plenty of room for seating in the large dinning area. Lots of Booths with a few tables. The Sears were comfy and the tables were spacious with enough room for all the plates and drinks without feeling cramped. I wish we had one in my home town because I'd frequent often. A definite must go when you're in the area or live here. It would be my favorite place to it. Yum. read more

I have never had a rubbery tortilla but I have now. My wife ordered a chicken taco salad and it was more of a soup. We ordered an appetizer and were served our entrees first. Waitress blamed Chef and said our appetizer would be ten minutes. She obviously completely forgot. Horrible experience read more

Happened to stop in town on my way to my next call and got a pleasant surprise. Got good food, fast service, reasonable choice of beer (the Negra Modelo was in a bottle or maybe I would have given a 5). Decor was tasteful, music playing but not blaring. Attentive server. read more

Mecates Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Huntington, Indiana

AWFUL, me and my girlfriend stopped to eat and it was not busy at all. The best part about the place was that it was clean and looked nice. To start they serve you "spicy" ranch with your chips and salsa which is not spicy at all, it was more sweet than anything and was digusting. We ordered our food, I got the Scallops and chicken and she got the chicken and mushroom quesadilla. It took forever for us to get our food, a group of 6 and 4 sat down after us and got their food before us, ate and left before we got our food. We ran out of chips and salsa and we asked for more, and the waitress got us chips but never got us salsa for the rest of the time we was there. Our food eventually comes to the table about an hour later and both of our sides of rice were room temp to cold, and I'm not a fan of guacamole so I asked for no guacamole and still was served guacamole. The scallops of my meal were still frozen on the plate. INEDIBLE. The waitress comes back and takes my plate and I had removed the scallops so that I could show her but she didn't take them at first. She comes back saying that she wants the scallops so the kitchen could see if what I was saying was true. They didn't make me any more food, didn't offer to make more food and brought me a bowl of queso to try and make it better. Overall it was a terrible experience and we will never be going back read more

Seems to have went down hill. The tortilla soup was good. The burrito deluxe was terrible. Couldn't get over the smell of the dish that seemed spoiled. Took one bite and couldn't stomach another. Sent it.back and was the most expensive bite of a Mexican dish ever The staff was attentive otherwise to us and nice Other options in the area are better Went again jan 2015 It was worse this time meat was burnt and tortilla soup was cold Worse is the manager shrugged his shoulders and said he Didn't care Don't go to this restaurabt read more

I love this place. Food tastes great and service is usually wonderful. The prices are really affordable too, especially for the portion sizes! This is a common place for me and my friends on girls nights! read more

We were camping locally and the rains came in. So...go to the Mexican restaurant for dinner. We loved it. The waiter did a great job and we left super full. Meal was authentic and high quality. Wouldn't hesitate to come here again! read more

Mecates Mexican Restaurant - Clean wonderful atmosphere. - Mexican Near Me - Huntington, Indiana

I have been spoiled with Amazon authentic Mexican food my entire life being that I grew up in Southern California. There was a taco shop on every corner and also more elegant Mexican restaurants everywhere. Moving to the Midwest I held onto hope that I would be able to find great Mexican food here as well. I will say that Mecates is not bad food. But it isn't as authentic as I would hope. The meats are a bit bland to me and white cheese sauce seems to be served with everything. Something I have never seen before. We have eaten here a few times and have tried many things from the menu including the buffet. I know that different parts of Mexico have different types of Mexican food and I know they will cater to what the locals prefer which is smart. Again, to me, the food wasn't absolutely amazing but also isn't terrible. read more

Service was a little off but we didn't mind too much. We ordered drinks and waited for about 10 minutes and there were 2 servers in the section we were seated in. Wasn't too busy when we went, it was around 3:45. Food was okay, I liked the rice the most. My mom got a beef enchilada and a chicken taco and my grandma got a burrito and enchilada combo that came with rice and beans. At the end of the meal we were waiting for a while to get the bill. Atmosphere was good, the music and lighting were nice. The bathroom was super cold though :( read more

They make and bring out a nice soup, place is a little pricey, but very good. Up scale mexican food up in here Son. They make the best salsa and the chicken enchilada to die for, all that nice sauce they put on it and fills you up. Nice place inside too! Place is good what can I say? they pack it on. Little on expensive side, but don't let that make you not come. Bring a date she will want to do do the no pants dance after experiences this place. Them prices will make her eyes big and she will then know you spent a fortune for her to eat at this place. That soup isn't complimentary Son. They bring it and you will eat it or you will offend the cook. That is the costumes up in here. You will like the soup that is forced onto you. Very good soup I usually order and extra and the cook so happy! Oh yeah! I do like it here read more

This place was absolutely horrible. The worst service that has ever been given. They acted like we weren't even there, and took forever to get the ordering process started. It took even longer to get our chips (which isn't that big of a deal). I ordered 3 virgin pina coladas, inky brought out two. Then I ordered myself a sangria, it came out warm and watery, with no ice or fruit, and just overall tasted horrible. Later on we asked for two waters, and one in a to go cup for my son. They just brought out my water, and took more than five minutes to get the water. Such a bad place to go, as people passing through town. Don't recommend to anyone. read more

Great service and the food was very good. $.99 Coors Light and Bud Light on Monday was awesome! Will definitely go back when in Huntington.

Staff is friendly, food and portions are great, and the atmosphere is amazing. By far my Favorite mexican restaurant. 10/10

Great food! They have a very nice lunch buffet which is very good and reasonable priced.

We had a group of 7 which usually slows things down. Seated and drinks served very quickly. Orders taken and brought to table in a reasonable amount of time. Everyone enjoyed their food. Good chips and salsa. Drinks kept refilled. Happy family outing. read more

The food was ok...I had the buffet and so did my little cousins who are 5 and 7. The food was ok but not as good as when they first opened up in Huntington. The buffet didn't have a lot to pick from today and everything was cold I thought. And the taco shells are very stale and old. If we ever come back we will definitely not be getting the buffet. We will order from the menu so we can have fresh hot food. Also the table was sticky and looks like they just take a rag and wipe away crumbs. Also the staff is not very talkative so it made me feel weird to ask for extra napkins. The inside could be a little more bright also. read more

Can't really tell you what the entrees are like here, however, can tell you that you will be lucky to ever see them. Went in and ordered some soft-drinks and got chips and salsa. The salsa tasted like tomato puree out of a can and was asked waiter for some spicy salsa or something to liven up what they had. He muttered as he walked off, never to be seen again. After 30-45 minutes of looking for the waiter, my party decided that the menu offerings didn't appear to be anything really special, so I went to the front, found the cashier, paid for the drinks and we left to try out Los Amigos. Based on my experience here, you can expect to be ignored, get pretty tasteless salsa, cold chips and not much else. There are better choices available in any direction from here, take them. read more