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    Monterrey Mexican Restaurant

    3.5 (133 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:30 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    MONTERREY MEXICAN RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Dani R.

    The best quick table service Mexican I've had in years. The classic fajitas were Fabulously delicious! I thoroughly enjoyed the dish I didn't even touch the rice and beans I was enjoying my meat and veggies so much. I was apprehensive because they said tomatoes were grilled in with the bell pepper and onions but went with it anyway. I now want grilled tomatoes in all my fajitas. It just added a pop and combine that with a slight squeeze of lemon wedge that accompanied my sizzling platter was a wow factor. Meat and veggies were well seasoned I can't even recall the last time I had well seasoned fajitas that the meat actually looked grilled. Speaking of meat I love the smaller strips makes for biting into the fajita so much easier and you aren't dragging an entire piece of steak of your prepared fajitas. Steak as I said had actually been grilled and adding a nice char along with the sizzle. What was even better the classic fajitas were on special on Mondays so I got them for 15$ and I appreciate and value the amount I received. I'm an east coaster and what has become the east coast norm for the average sit down restaurant is over 20$ thick tough non seasoned Grey meat and very little of it mainly bell peppers and onions and when I say mainly like 80/20. I love fajitas so I am excited to have found this deal so close to my new Iowa home. I can't wait to try the tamales and chilli rellenos my always go to Mexican favorites. My only complaint is I would greatly prefer and love whole beans be it pinto or black to be offered in place of refried. Restaurant was clean staff was very friendly and efficient.

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    Michel S.

    I was looking for a business and I came across this restaurant. I walked in and I was greeted very warmly. I sat at the bar and the bartender h Got my drink gave me a few minutes to look over while I munched on the chips and salsa. I ordered the soup and it was really good. (I forgot to take a picture) The soup was full of chicken, rice and plenty of veggies. I highly recommend it. I know where I will be once winter comes along because I will be eating chicken soup there. Then I received the enchiladas supreme. They were really and full of flavor. My glass was always full and the staff was very accommodating.

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    Ordered chicken fajita bowl for the first time. Very good grilled chicken, onions, peppers and tomatoes over rice. Queso over the rice. Service great. Very good, would order again. 4 stars instead of 5 as the chips were stale.

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    Joseph M.

    Closer to a 3.5 but will give the benefit of the doubt and round up. While eating the chips and salsa I was ready to give this a 2/3 star review. Cold chips and mediocre (at best) salsa. Fortunately, the entrée made up for the boilerplate free chips and salsa. The rice is fluffy and delicious! The enchiladas are loaded with chicken. My complaint is kind of surprising. I never thought I would complain about too much cheese with a dish...but there was definitely too much cheese sauce. It was good cheese sauce, but after a while it became monotonous and covered the flavor of the salsa verde and the chicken in the enchilada Overall, would try again for a quick lunch

    Nick S.

    Your run of the mill Mexican food. There's nothing too special about this place, but nothing for me to complain about either. When I eat here it just feels like 80% of the rest of the Mexican restaurants around the dsm area and I say that as not a bad thing. I've had good food and service here. I've had good margaritas and good chips and that's really what matters. I see some bad reviews on here, but thankfully I haven't had that experience. Pros: Decent food Good margarita Chips stayed full Economical pricing Kids liked it Con: parking lot sucks Basic interior. I walk in and it feels like almost every other Mexican place in dsm. They could do something to stand out of the pack more. When I think hmm I want Mexican, well, this place isn't the first to come to mind but definitely

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    Dmitriy N.

    I've been to this place several times for lunch and always have a pleasant experience. The interior is cozy, the lunch prices are mostly below $10, chips and salsa are good, and portions are adequate. It's not my favorite Mexican restaurant, but it is definitely a place I will be returning to over and over.

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    Bruce K.

    When the restaurant has a lunch special called the "Speedy Gonzalez", they have set an expectation. And that expectation was met and exceeded. Lunch at Monterrey is F.A.S.T. with a capital F. Less than 5 minutes after placing our orders, the food was delivered to the table. It was hot, it was tasty and it was definitely Mexican food. No complaints. Chips and salsa were excellent. Not too soupy at all and the chips were *almost* the right thickness for scooping with nice and light salt on 'em. $10 for lunch included the meal, a refilled Ice Tea and I bought a small bowl of queso for the table. Muy bueno!

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    Andrea T.

    This location just does not impress me. My husband likes it fine though (but I write the reviews :)). They forgot my margarita and then made it seem like they didn't by saying "Oh it's coming. What flavor was is again?" If you really had it coming, you shouldn't have to ask what it was! This was after we had our food too. Then when it did come, it was disgusting! Tasted like a strawberry lip balm. I couldn't finish it because it was so gross. I never thought I'd say this but my dish (Enchiladas Guadalajara) had way too much cheese sauce on it. I mean my enchiladas weren't swimming, they were drowning. I felt sick to my stomach eating them. Even without the cheese sauce, they weren't impressive. The corn tortillas were flimsy and overall the dish lacked flavor. Luckily, I like their chips and sales but that's it. I need to remember not to come back.

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    3 months ago

    Great food. Great service. Good atmosphere. We went with another couple. We will be back.

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    5 months ago

    No wait - waiter took our drink order and then took a while to come back - food was really good - good margs - kinda loud

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    2 years ago

    10/100 great food, great service! Would come back and recommend. We were in and out in no time at all!

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    1 year ago

    Favorite affordable Mexican in Des Moines- super fast service and great food! Come at least once a month

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    This place is amazing and cheap, we go at LEAST once a month. The service is also great ALWAYS chips on the table

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    2 years ago

    Always extremely quick service and very good food! It's our girls night go to. Pollo Monterey is my favorite!

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    6 years ago

    Food is about the same as Taco Bell at 4 times the price. Been here 5 times and they have never gotten a order correct yet!!!

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