This review is for lunch for two on a Monday in mid-July. service: Fast, efficient, and professional. Waitstaff checked on us and did a great job. bar: We had two house margaritas with no salt and they're highly quaffable ($8 each as of 07/2025). food: Finally, a place that still provides those awesome complimentary chips and red salsa! Menu has an excellent rendition of my all-time favorite, huevos con chorizo - or eggs with garlic sausage ($13 as of 07/2025). My wife had Combination # 7, tamale and enchilada, and thought it good ($11 as of 07/2025). details: Bright, clean, and well-maintained space. Plenty of parking right outside. Loved the old school ticket with adding machine tape! read more

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instantly seated!! very friendly service. Got chips and salsa right as we sat down and food was amazing! the prices were jaw dropping honestly. will be coming here more read more

Pueblo Mexican Restaurant - #10 combo meal! - Mexican Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

Walked in and WHAM...seated, chips and drinks! Super fast and HOT food! Staff kept drinks full and chips and salsa coming! read more

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We walked in for a to go order. Clean fun place. Service was friendly. Fast. Fresh ingredients. The pico was delicious!!

Loved this place. So authentic! I had the carnitas dinner. It even came with roasted jalapeños. Delicious! Service was fantastic and polite. It is very small, but worth the time to visit. read more

We dined at Pueblo Sunday afternoon. The restaurant is clean and well lit. The menu offers a nice variety. I had the chicken fajita salad. Oh my, it was flavorful and filling. My husband had a burrito which was good. We had the seafood quesadilla. It was good, but it wasn't cut. Easy fix, we used our knife to cut the quesadilla. The service was attentive. We will be back! read more

Coming here I realized that this is a college town so I didn't expect a lot. We ordered a lime margarita and when we asked what tequila was used in the drink we were told Jose Cuervo. They had Hornitos so we requested that to be used in the drink instead. The server returned with drinks that were orange. When I questioned him about the color he stated they used Don Julio which is why it was orange. huh? The food at best was mediocre. Our entrees were Fish Tacos for me and Chili Colorado for the hubby. They used Tilapia fish in the tacos. Not a great choice. Please note, I spent most of my adult life in San Francisco and know what good Mexican food is. My hubby has 30+ tequilas so he knows his tequilas and Don Julio was not used in our cocktails. The service was good, prices reasonable but this is a college town restaurant. Don't expect more and you won't be disappointed. read more

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Service was excellent and food is very good. We like the food but handicap parking is hard to load my husband back in car.

First of all, the atmosphere is very nice and the place is really clean. My friend and I ate lunch there and upon arrival were seated quickly. We ordered the white cheese dip which was tasty, but a bit thin. Our food order came pretty fast, which was great. I had the lunch steak fajitas and my friend had a chicken enchilada. The food was good and the servings were more than adequate for lunch. read more

Good place for Mexican food. Good price. Excellent service. Do not forget to try the Mocajete read more

Pueblo Mexican Restaurant - Molcajete. Been, chicken, shrimp, cheeses, opala with rice and beans - Mexican Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

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Amazing food and service. They nearly always have pleasant music playing and some international sport playing on a few TVs in a pretty small, comfortable space. read more

Food is amazing I recommend you try the carnitas it melts in your tongue like butter highly remember read more

Pueblo Mexican Restaurant - The carnitas - Mexican Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

Small little Mexican restaurant. But big flavors! You know it's always a good start when the chips and salsa are free. (I know it may sound like a routine thing but there are Places that try to pass as Mexican restaurants that don't offer free chips and salsa) I got a Jumbo marg on special for 5.99. And the burrito caminante. The chicken and chorizo in the burrito was amazing. Such great taste/flavor. Topped with cheese sauce and tamatillo sauce. Comes with fries as a side which I thought was kind of weird at first. Until I started dipping the fries in the sauce on the burrito and mixing it in with some fallen chicken/chorizo. Bomb combo! read more

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This was the worst Mexican food I've ever eaten. Taco Bell is better. The margaritas were so bad I couldn't finish mine. We also ordered cheese dip and it was so liquidy it was like warm milk. read more

Okay, sorry to bust the party, but this place just isn't good ‍ First I should note our gas was 100% siphoned in the parking lot. I was totally shocked lol because that's never happened to me before. We had half a tank when we arrived (around 156 miles for our car) and when we came out it said 49 and the gas light was on. WHAT?!? This isn't necessarily their fault (not taken into account for the review) but it's totally weird. It alone would keep us from coming back just because WOW. I have yet to feel worried about the security of my car in Lawrence; this was the first time. FOOD We are from Phoenix so I guess we just have high standards but y'all DO NOT have to settle for this level of quality. It's just so bad. I got the chimichanga (which is what I always order first at a new Mexican joint). The cheese sauce was weird. It was like it was a glazed donut but the sauce wasn't BAD, just not what I expected. Also, the burrito was TINY. Y'all: chimichangas should be huge. Think chipotle burrito that's fried. This? It was the size of a taco!!! What a rip off! It was smaller than my hand by a wide margin. The beef was dry and flavorless, the texture was way off. The entire interior of the chimichanga was gross but the tortilla was well done. The rice had peas in it? What the heck is going on there? I will say the beans were good and the cheese on top of it was nice. My husband got the veggie quesadilla. He was really underwhelmed. It was largely flavorless. Don't just have veggie options to have them-- make them good. Everything is wildly overpriced-- you are not getting enough food (let alone quality food) to justify these prices. SERVICE I was in a big group so I won't rate wait times etc etc because that's just not fair. I will say I never had a drink refill during the hour I was there but that's not even really taken into account. My waiter rolled his eyes at me when I didn't understand his question (he had repeated it twice by only saying 'Menu?'). I wasn't sure if he was asking "do you need a menu?" Or "have you gotten a menu?". I assumed the first but then he started taking our order. I said, "oh, no, I'm sorry. We haven't gotten a menu yet" and he rolled his eyes and said "that's why I said: menu?". I just apologized. Everyone was very short and stern, not one person smiled at me the entire time I was there. There is absolutely no reason to come here-- bad service and bad food. I don't think we would go back even if they paid us. read more

Pueblo Mexican Restaurant - Vegetarian Quesadilla - Mexican Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

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One of my favorite spots in town. The staff is authentic so I assume the food is as well, at least it's tasty. Margaritas are priced right and a good size. Honestly I'm only leaving this review because I saw some dummy ordered fish tacos here in Kansas and then gave the place two stars. Of course they then justified their foolishness by invoking the name of San Francisco so us simple Kansas folk will be amazed by their brilliant opinion. If you're a coastal elite who orders fish tacos a thousand miles from the ocean to judge a place, this ain't your spot. If you're a local looking for a nice little quiet spot to eat some good Mexican food and have a nice drink at a good price then this is your spot. read more

I went here with family while visiting my old stomping grounds of Lawrence, KS. I was told that this was their favorite Mexican place. After moving to the Southwest I have a very VERY different idea of what constitutes as good food and this place doesn't fit the bill. This is very homogeneous, Tex-Mex food that does little to inspire the taste buds. The menus are picture menus of the food, which is typically a sign that their offerings are as plastic as they appear in a laminated and food-stained menu. I would not come here again when visiting Lawrence as the city has some amazing food offerings. read more

There are restaurants you walk into and it's clear the owners know what they're doing and are serious about service. You get that in about 10 seconds here. Menus come out, chips are on the table and water in less than a minute. Order is taken in probably under 3 minutes. They're polite but ready to pounce, and away we went. First up, your requisite chips and sauce. The sauce definitely house crafted and brimming with cilantro, not much kick but a lot of serious flavor, a savory sweetness that complimented the chips nicely. Four enchilada platter for my friend, carne asada taco platter for myself. Tacos were simply meat and tortilla shells. The meat was flavorful and tender. A nice side of pico de gallo was available for the tacos and what I'd call a chipotle adobo sauce. All to my liking but no lime wedges. Should have asked. This was a huge lunch. Tacos came with a large side of refried beans that we ended up turning into dip for some of the chips. It was soft and flavorful with just a hint of melted cheese. I'd call this somewhat Americanized Mexican fare. Nothing wrong with that. It was a lot of food for the price, service was on the spot, and we clearly got a bit beyond our fill. The hustle of this place is unmistakable. It's not large and at one time I observed no less than five employees covering tables, filling water glasses, clearing plates and caring for customers. If you're on the clock for lunch, they can get you in and out in a hurry based on what I observed. Serious restaurant with solid food. I like their style and intend to return some evening to try the margaritas. A welcome addition to Lawrence's restaurant scene. We need more like this. read more

Pueblo Mexican Restaurant - Giant margaritas! - Mexican Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

Pleasant ambiance and efficient service. Carnitas are some of the very best I've tasted anywhere.

The food is AMAZING !!!! Seasoned, texture is perfect, moist, & can't leave out how good the white cheese is. Jumbo Margaritas for just 4.99 are great for the price. read more

Pueblo Mexican Restaurant - Beef tamale with grilled chicken, mushrooms, cheese, & pico de gallo sided with rice & beans ! Yummy !!! - Mexican Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

I ate there seven times this last September through December, and love it dearly. It has a small, very close, dim interior. Their staff are very attentive to everyone. I've enjoyed every meal I've had. read more

This restaurant on Iowa near 6th Street has a menu that is a clone of the usual Tex-Mex menus common at most of Lawrence's Mexican restaurants. What really stands out here is the service. When we were there, the service was really outstanding. But as with the other "cloned" Mexican menus in Lawrence, Pueblo's doesn't even have black beans, only refried beans, and of course they do not have brown rice. This kind of border-Mex menu is a throwback to those of the earliest Mexican restaurants to appear in the US Southwest many decades ago. Of course Mexican food in the interior of Mexico (far south of the border) is much more diverse than border-Mex. But if you like Tex-Mex, you will probably like Pueblo, and its service is unbeatable. read more

Average Mexican restaurant with normal menu. The salsa was more of a tomato sauce with few chunks. Needed some more flavor to it. The ground beef tacos needed seasoning as well. Little too bland. The chili rellano was very good. The sauce on it did have good flavor and the chili had some kick. Prices were reasonable and the location is good for those staying at hotels just off the turnpike. I felt the service was friendly and quick. read more

I recommend this restaurant. The food looks good and tastes good too. The cheese dip was a bit thin, but was decent. The building is small and cute. They have good service, except the waitress forgot get me a spoon and gave me another set of silverware instead. I asked her for the spoon again and she got it for me. If I had to choose La Mesa or Pueblo, I would pick La Mesa. Only because they have better cheese dip. read more

Pueblo ... New Name, Same Boring Food Pueblo Mexican Restaurant 804 Lowa St Lawrence, KS 66044 Phone number: (785) 331-2710 http://www.pueblomxrestaurant.com Prices: $ We tried the El Mezcal on Iowa Street (now closed and called "Pueblo") shortly after moving to Lawrence last summer and were not impressed. So when I read the yelp* reviews for the new restaurant, I was a bit surprised that they were so good. In fact, a fellow Elite '14 member had high praise for their food, service, and margaritas, so I had to give them a try. Our experience was very average, even disappointing. Based on the menu, it looks like El Mezcal simply changed the name to Pueblo, hoping to get more business, but they should have copied the 23rd Street location's recipes because the food is not nearly as good. As mentioned in previous reviews, I am a bit of a Mexican food snob, having grown up in LA where Mexican restaurants far outnumber McDonalds and Taco Bell combined. As usual, I stick with the basics the first time I visit a restaurant to see if they can get them right before moving on to more complex fare. We ordered the small guacamole ($3.49) and the highly touted white cheese dip (queso blanco - small - $3.49). The guacamole was small and too dark ( not enough lime/lemon and/or too old) made with avocado and SMALL PIECES OF TOMATO (which should never be in guacamole in the first place). The queso blanco was warm and well seasoned, but way too watery, barely adhering to the store-bought chips, another tremendous disappointment. I had the 27 ounce margarita (on the rocks - $4.99) which was decent, strong, and very reasonably priced, and my wife had the horchata, a Mexican rice-base drink which was much better than El Mezcal's watery version. My wife ordered the vegetarian special #1, a cheese quesadilla and cheese and onion enchilada (with queso blanco instead of red sauce - she hates tomatoes - $7.49), coming with refried beans. It is difficult to screw-up a quesadilla and Pueblo was no exception. The enchilada was good, but the beans rather bland, missing that fatty taste traditional refried beans emanate hence the name "refried". I decided to forego the rice and beans and get down to brass tacks, ordering the steak tacos ($2.40 each) and beef enchiladas ($5.49) ala carte. The tacos came in flour tortillas and the steak, not plentiful, was well seasoned with a little lettuce and plenty of white cheese. I saved some of the guacamole for my tacos, ordered some pico de gallo ($.99), and added their salsa, which was pretty good, making up for the lack of tomatoes. Disappointing. The beef enchiladas were OK, but the sauce was watery and lacking flavor and a bit too sweet for my taste. I recommend that they flash-fry the tortillas before filling them, adding the sauce and some white cheese on top before putting them under the broiler to melt. Pueblo was no surprise after the ho-hum experience we had at this Iowa Street location when it was called El Mezcal. The decor is colorful and reminiscent of old Mexico and the service attentive, friendly, and fast. Not my favorite Mexican restaurant in Lawrence by any stretch and we will probably not return. CombatCritic Gives Pueblo 5 Out of 10 Bombs ... BOMBAS ARE BUENAS! read more

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Overall the food was decent but the salsa was like tomato soup. The guacamole didn't look fresh either l like it came out of a can. For those reasons I wasn't impressed. read more

We always have great service and very good food, the enchiladas are delicious. I love the quesadillas, nachos and tacos! The prices are super reasonable under $10 for their platters and if your southern You would LOVE their sweet tea! Sweet sweet tea I loved it! We would definitely recommend you stopping y when your in Lawrence and enjoy the service food and drinks! Their Queso is white cheese and should be called heaven! Guacamole is home made as is their tortillas! read more

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Quiet little Mexican joint... We loved it. Food was good, plates were big, and the drinks were strong. We'll be back.

This is a secret that needs celebrates! Delicious food! Great thoughtful service. Our first visit today, won't be our last! Carnitas were the real deal! read more

Just save yourself the trouble and go to Salty Iguana. Cheese sauce is runny. My burrito was the size of an enchilada (I was expecting bigger for $5). They charge you for every little thing - the cheese sauce on top of your burrito, lettuce and tomato on the side of burrito - and not just a few cents extra. It's just not good. We literally went to Salty Iguana afterward to get cheese dip and make up for the experience. read more

The service was fair, but not great. The prices were about right. The tortilla chips were okay. The salsa was not very good. It tasted like liquid chili powder - nothing really to it except tomato sauce and chili powder. The white queso was pretty good, but overall the other foods we tried were pretty bland. We had fajitas and enchiladas. We weren't really impressed. I've been wanting to try some new places lately and was pretty disappointed. I had hoped we'd be wowed. We were not. There are way better places in town to eat than this one. read more

Only thing missing was the food. Which is unfortunate given that the service, decor, and overall environment was quite nice. Ordered guacamole to go with the chips, but it had the consistency and taste like it came out of a plastic bag. I had the Enchiladas Mexicana which was a combination of three enchiladas. Nothing very complex. The chicken enchilada had plain, bland chicken wrapped in a corn tortilla with bland tomatillo sauce and some cheese on top. The beef enchilada was literally, plain ground beef wrapped in a plain corn tortilla with a sauce more closely resembling cheap marinara sauce, not ranchero sauce. The cheese enchilada was jack cheese in a plain corn tortilla with more cheese on top and white sauce that had zero flavor. No spice, no character, no flavor - period. So disappointing. Any self respecting Mexican cook wouldn't have fed this to their dog. Lastly, of course I ordered a margarita. It was a fish bowl size glass full of cheap mixer and zero discernible tequila. Again, falls into the category of worst ever. And for the happy privilege of enduring this food disaster, I paid $40+tip (the service was great). Which was for both my daughter and I who ordered the same meal. Seriously folks, save your money and go to Chipotle. Or better yet, find a Mexican restaurant that's actually trying to produce something great. You couldn't do worse than this without contracting a foodborne illness (and the jury's still out on that one). read more

Was very impressed by the quick service. Everything was piping hot and freshly made. The ground beef tasted excellent and the chips were the best. Fajitas were loaded with fresh veggies. read more

I love the nachos with chicken here. They also have great home made salsa. It is convenient and fast service here, also for to go orders. read more

99 cent margaritas on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That's a good deal. Extremely attentive and fast service. The food was average, but tasty.

4.5 out of 5 Nice atmosphere and good bang for your buck. Very generous portions and cheap prices. Big menu. The fajitas were cooked very well. Would come back read more

We were very disappointed when we chose this place to eat . when we arrived ,there was to large parties of very loud drunk people. We couldn't hear each other hardly . The food was not good either . my enchiladas tasted like they put tomato sauce,over them . the rice was very oily and the refried beans looked bad enough not to touch them . never again ! read more

I visited this pueblo mexican restaurant in lawrence, ks at 804, iowa st for lunch between 1-2pm on 7/9/19. Easy to get in from iowa st. Parking space all around the restaurant. Entrance is from 2 separate doors on each side. I entered thru a small door. To get to the small seating area, have to go thru a small maze. Seated immediately by the manager. There may be a basement area as well it seemed, which was closed. Rest room is too small, hard to move around for big boys. Customer seating area tables and floor appear clean. Interior was decorated in mexican style. Lot of customers were coming and going, meaning the place is making good money. My order chilaquiles mexicanos was taken in about less than 5 minutes. First, chips basket with sauce was brought. I also asked for hottest sauce, brought immediately, was very good. My order was brought in 10 minutes, piping hot. The service is good and prompt. The employees appear to be of mexican descent, at times might have some difficulty communicating in english. Overall, there was no problem in getting things delivered. The food order included refried beans, mexican rice, shredded chicken and two omlettes on top in addition to chips and great sauce. The food was very good and i was full. The dish cost $9.83 inc tax. I will give a food rating of 4* to this restaurant. read more

I have eaten there a couple of times and have enjoyed myself each time. The margaritas are huge well made, the frozen one's, are like drinking an alcoholic sluggish, and was giving me a brain freeze. I think I personally prefer the drinks on the rocks. read more

Pueblo Mexican Restaurant - a plate of nachos and a drink - Mexican Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

Review: Pueblo Mexican restaurant Lawrence, Kansas. *The chicken soup was hardy, consisting of shredded chicken, pico de gallo, vegetables, and a delicious bed of rice. The portion was generous and was served with a side of lime & warm tortillas. *The Pueblo Specialty dish is a surf & turf type dish which includes chorizo, chicken, carnitas, shrimp, steak, onion, and bell pepper all mixed & sizzling with a side of warm tortillas & lemon. It was also served with a side rice & beans. The servings were large, the pricing was great, and the quality & freshness were above average. Our two dinner plates plus two drinks were 35 dollars. There were plenty of left overs to take home for dinner #2. *The service was excellent; our waiter was attentive to our needs, fast, and friendly. This is good Mexican food, for an extra adventure ask for the spicy salsa they keep for those brave enough to enjoy habanero. read more

Pueblo Mexican Restaurant - Dinner at pueblo - Mexican Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas