Not worth stopping. They cooked 1 out of the 4 meals we picked up correct. Wrong or missing ingredients in the messed up meals. The food was barely warm and one meal was cold. Was told to bring back the meal and it would be replaced. They gave us half filled tacos that had so much grease it left a puddle in the take out box. Also when bringing back screwed up order manager didn't apologize and wouldn't look you in the face. Ok food and very poor customer service read more

SantaFe is a very good restaurant. I would have to say for the town of Sandwich they are the best! The service is fast and their margaritas are amazing from what I am told. The food is ok. I like to refer to it as "toned down" Mexican food as it really lacks the true Mexican flavor in the majority of their dishes. My guess is that way it caters to more people rather than those who are looking for a true Mexican dish where things may be to spicy, to bold and so forth. By no means is the food bad though! read more

We've been eating at Santa Fe for years. We really like the food and atmosphere and would recommend this eatery to our friends. I was greatly disappointed to see a NO GUNS sign go up on the front door. NO GUNS means NO MONEY. Sad to have to find another good Mexican restaurant. read more

Love this place. I come here at least once a week. Food is amazing and margaritas are the best!

I don't have anything bad to say about Santa Fe. They have excellent service and great food at a low price! I recommend that you give their steak tacos or quesadillas a try! read more

How do I love this place let me count the ways. Good staff...fast knowledgeable in courteous including the busboys. Speed of service unless you come when it's jammed 6:00 to 7:00 is as fast as any fast food restaurant you could do in a drive in. This restaurant is a local secret. About eight years ago while attending the sandwich fair, myself and a friend wanted to eat some good food before, we were besieged by everything that was for sale at the fair. We asked in a local gas station and we're directed to a diner. As we drove to the diner ( That was a real dining car ) looked interesting and quaint. But the parking lot was not as full as the restaurant we had drove past to get there. I told my friend I think we're making mistake, there's a reason why one parking lot has 10 cars and the other one is completely filled to capacity. We went in and have been pleasantly surprised ever since. It's a 70 mile round-trip drive and well worth it, the quality quantity and price of the food it's hard to beat, add in the above-mentioned experiences with the staff and you have a homerun. Favorites being the fish tacos. I never thought there would be a reason to try fish taco, perfectly satisfied with beef or chicken. We had a waitress suggest it and it added another dimension to Mexican food that I wish I had tried years ago. Second favorite is the fajitas, I tend to like the chicken but I always get the combo. The beans and rice are also hard to beat. If it's not included with your order you should order it separately it's well worth it. We even enjoy the chips and salsa, both being so good that we usually fill up on two or three servings alone. I don't drink but my friends does, and she favors very much the margaritas. She stated that many margaritas are made by preformed mix, not in this case also they don't skimp on the alcohol so you just have to order one to get your fill. I by no means am a Mexican food connoisseur, if you were asked me I would have to say Italian was my favorite. But this restaurant has all aspects of Customer Service menu and pricing covered so it is a very pleasant experience to eat there, and never any surprises. If I would have to pick one negative, about the facility is that when it's super crowded, going to the bathroom to wash your hands before your meal can be a maze of navigation through the bar as people are packed in pretty tight in a small space. As far as the menu goes. Only issue I have is with dessert, because the meal was so well I tend to want to top it off with the desert, to continue the experience. In the past they used to have fresh made churros in combination as part of a desert. For whatever reason that's no longer on the menu, no matter how many times I ask is not been brought back. If you are hard-core LoverMexican food, you may not find this place hard-core authentic. But for me it does everything as advertised. read more

Santa Fe Restaurant - I like this place worth the drive, there fish tacos are tough to beat. - Mexican Near Me - Sandwich, Illinois

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Great food, service, chips, salsa, margaritas, and as they say.... The whole Enchilada. Mui bien!

I absolutely love this place, it has great service and the food is wonderful. The drinks will knock u on your butt. Staff is super friendly and helpful. Also I have been going to this restaurant for over 15 years and it has stayed excellent!! read more

This is my favorite local Mexican in the area. Love the steak tacos and frozen strawberry margaritas!

We're regulars at Santa Fe because of the consistently good food, Rachel's great Margaritas, very nice atmosphere,and most of all the cream of the crop wait staff. Try the Ceviche, Enchiladas Mexicanas (with mole), and Fish Tacos. It's a popular place but the occasional short wait on weekend nights is worth it. read more

I've been going to Santa Fe for 20 years now. The food is always fresh and delicious. They have the best margaritas around. Also love their home made salsas. read more

If you have eaten at burritoville in dekalb, you have eaten at the santa fe. Plain, ordinary food. The free chips are nice but u thats the extent of the goods. Never tried the magaritas so cant say. Servers are ok, nothing special and really need to be more attentive. I may go back to try again.....hopefully a better review. read more

This is my favorite restaurant in Sandwich! I almost always get the veggie fajitas & always have more food than I can eat. You can request vegetarian beans to avoid meat. The margaritas are amazing, original or Cadillac. The staff is also friendly & attentive. read more

This place is definitely the go to place for when we eat out. The best Mexican food in the area. Service is always great. Mario, the owner, he totally rocks! Can't say anything bad about Santa Fe and enough good. A little known fact we had just discovered is that the deserts are phenomenal! read more

Undoubtably The Most consistantly good food Sandwich has ever had....No complaints. (even the locals are friendly when they eat here) Wish they had Salas verde dishes read more

Everytime I've been here the hostesses have been fairly unfriendly and too busy in their conversations amongst one another that I feel as if I'm bothering them by coming in. Other 5han that everyone I've taken here has liked their food, I am pleased that the have a decent vegetarian menu which is such a relief, do my ask for the hot sauce it has no flavor and is just hot to be hot. read more

Love this place. I've been going here for years with my family and we always have a good time and a great meal. It's not super authentic, but it's tasty and inexpensive. Free chips and salsa are really tasty. We always get the appetizer sampler platter which is delicious. We always fight over the nachos, jalapeno poppers and flautas. I usually get the chicken or cheese enchiladas. I also like the taco salad and the quesadillas. The service is always good and you get your food quickly. Great margaritas. read more

I've gotten sick every time I came here. I'm sensitive to Msg. They put msg on their food. I can't go here anymore. Please visit healthy Mexican places that don't put crap in their food. How about some good old fashioned fish tacos with no junk on it? Only fresh slaw and a real tortilla? read more

This is by far my family's favorite restaurant. We go here at least once/twice a month and are always satisfied. The restaurant itself is cozy and always has a friendly atmosphere. The waiters are pretty much always nice and get what you need. Luckily it's also not very far from our house so it's great for a Saturday night out to eat. Also very casual, nothing super fancy so my family can decide that we want Santa Fe and pretty much head right out the door. We always devour the chips and salsa, especially the enchilada sauce which we always have to ask for extra (You can buy the enchilada sauce from the restaurant and bring it home and make your own food with it! So yummy). Now to the food. My family has developed some staples over the years. I think our family's main meal is the Carne Asada! There have been times where 4 our of the 5 of us have gotten it and it's so delicious. My sister (who is the one who doesn't get the carne asada) always gets beef enchiladas as eats them so quick because she can never get enough of them. I either get the carne asada or shrimp and chicken fajitas and I'm always satisfied. All the dinners come with rice and beans. Like the enchilada sauce, my family also loved the rice and only my little sister doesn't like beans so she gets extra rice. I only give it 4/5 stars because the food isn't anything super special. Don't get me wrong, it tastes delicious, but you can tell not much love goes into making it. But for my family we don't mind presentation, just that the food tastes good and it fills us up! Would recommend for some good Mexican food read more

Best Mexican food in the area? You guys are crazy! If I'm wanting Mexican food, I drive the extra miles to go to Ottawa or Downers Grove....Santa Fe lacks flavor! Their chips and salsa are good, I'll give them that....but the food always lack that flavor. The little place next to the Friendly Tap has excellent food, as well as the little Market in Plano next to the laundry mat....If I want to treat company to Mexican food, we either pick something up from there and bring it home, or like I said, drive the 45 minutes for food that's worth it! read more

Awesome fajitas, guacamole, mole, chips and salsa.. the warm salsa is AMAZING!! We are about an hour away now but go there as often as possible. Mainly to celebrate something. We have also now tried the Santa Fe other restaurant located in Wheaton. Almost the same, but the warm salsa is MUCH better in the Sandwich location, still yummy! read more

So we went to the restaurant which we go to quite often and had a meal for New Years. When we left my girlfriends 9 year old son forgot his retainer ( $250 value) inside a napkin. We noticed he didn't have it about 5 minutes after we left. We call to see if they could take a look and the person after about a minute on hold said they didn't see it anywhere but the garbage had just been taken out. We said ok we will come back and look thru it. When we got there whomever was in charge acted like we were just annoying her and said go wait out back . We did and then once outside was told go wait in the parking lot while one of there workers looked for us. While outside waiting in the cold my girlfriends son went to the otherside of the building while we were waiting and then the worker , angrily walk past us and said I can't find it ( after a whole 2 minutes ) and went inside. That's when my girlfriend went to see what her son was doing and then came back with him as he was crying with a flashlight in his hand. She told me the worker had put the flashlight in his hand and said you find it! Wow talk about treating people as they don't matter! Granted he did leave it behind but some compassion on the part of the people at the restaurant would have been great. Such a disappointment, Happy New year, yeah right. read more

First let me say that 5 stars is not enough for Santa Fe, I would give them 20. The food is always great. The steak tacos are the best. The drinks are great, my husband like the cadillac margarita and I like the strawberry. Mario the owner and his staff are always friendly. This is one restaurant that I have never had a bad experience at and we have been going there for 20 years. I can't say enough good stuff about Santa Fe words just can't describe how good it is. You have to try. Oh and leave room for dessert. Those too are awesome. read more

Comfortable Mexican restaurant conveniently located on Rt 34 in Sandwich. Dined on a Tuesday night and there were quite a few other diners. Complimentary chips came with two kinds of salsa, one of which was warmed up and tasted like a roasted red pepper queso of some sort. Veggie fajitas were fresh and tasty with ample fresh guacamole, something a lot of restaurants skimp on. Shrimp fajitas were also fresh and had a reasonable number of medium sized shrimp. Both fajita plates came on regular plates versus the typical sizzling cast iron pan though, so no sizzling and steaming when dinner came out. Service was attentive but not extraordinary. Overall, a fair Americanized Mexican meal if you're in the area, but I wouldn't make a special trip there. read more

We were in Sandwich on Saturday for the first time. We went to do some antiquing and happened upon this restaurant and decided to stop for lunch. I have nothing but raving good things to say about it. The waitress was outstanding, and the food delicious. The prices are reasonable and competitive. The place was spotless clean. You really take a chance these days walking into a restaurant cold. I've walked out of a couple. In this case we fell into something wonderful. We will certainly go back. If you haven't tried it, you're missing out. read more

I have some relatives that work here, but I eat here like every week or every other week, so I'm giving you my unbiased opinion when I say that this joint has some of the best food I've eaten. I can't think of any other place in the area I would rather go if given the option. You get free chips and salsa when you are seated and YOU HAVE TO order some guacamole, I don't know how to make it and I certainly don't know where you could buy some that is as good, it is worth the trip by itself and I get a large order every time. Your food comes out really fast and I have never had a problem with quality or flavor. The atmosphere of the restaurant is great, it has a friendly staff and the owner, as stated by previous Yelpers, is a very cool and down to earth guy and there's a good chance that you'll get some laughs out of having a conversation with him. The bottom line is that this place is great and you shouldn't pass it up. Note: I'm pretty much 100% sure that the salsa and guacamole are made fresh everyday(sides are too, though I don't know if they are made daily), so the product will vary. Sometimes the salsa is more spicey and the guacamole is more or less flavorful. A reviewer of this restaurant said that they wish they had gone to Brenda's across the street, this requires another recipe but I will say that the "custard" is a bit pricey and the theme of the restaurant isn't entirely clear. The food isn't anything to write home about either, if you want "that" you could always go to Johnny K's next to the classic cinema. Here is my favorite thing so far, best cooked salmon eaten ever(no I haven't tried everything on the menu...yet) 1. Salmon azteca: a large piece of salmon with some kind of chili sauce on it with a side of rice and a type of veggie salad/slaw the sauce is a bit sweet(and tangy with the included lime wedge), and mildly spicy, the salmon pairs perfectly with the veggie salad which I insist that you combine because it adds a crunch and relief from the spice. It really is a fiesta of flavors in your mouth. This dish is one of the more expensive things on the menu, but it's definitely worth it considering the portion itself compared to that of certain pretentious chains that you have likely eaten at. read more

The food was American and not authentic Mexican. The service was slow and very apologetic. Never again will I go to this restaurant. Waste of time. read more

Santa Fe is the best Mexican restaurant around. Great food and great service! You'll leave happy!

Overall, Santa Fe has decent food. They're somewhat pricey, however. We go there because it's one of the only good Mexican restaurants in the area. It's always very crowded when we go and it takes a while to be sat down. But the service is somewhat fast once you've ordered, so it's not too big of a deal. read more

They have excellent food, and a very nice staff. They give you great salsa and chips. The margaritas are great.

We are locals who have visited now and then. The food has been average, on the bland side, ok for people who may not like spices. Haven't seen much variation either. Visually my chili relleno looked sad and was under cooked, crunchy and I don't believe it was a poblano pepper, no heat. Meh.. We won't be visiting much more. Maybe we should have margaritas first. read more

The food is good, that's about it. The staff and management is rude. Their rules are stupidness. They will not seat you until your entire party is there, we had 10 people and a couple of them live in Sheridan. So a little further than us, not only would they not seat us including my elderly mother in law that just had surgery, but they did not even start setting up our table until the last couple was there. We had 4 families, they will only do two bills per table. We have been there so any times and they are just rude. The new place in front of Walmart has great food, it's awesome that there is a alternative place to have good Mexican food in the area. read more

Went for the first time in years. Rest of the party ordered the Mexican dishes and liked them. Beware of the specials. I ordered the Saturday Special of garlic shrimp and chicken breast for $15.99. Received 6 medium shrimp on a bed of fried rice and a small chichen breast cut butterfly style and very thin. There was also a 1/4 cup of chopped lettuce and 1/2 slice of tomato. There was no garlic taste anywhere. The chicken breast was very dry. But most disturbing was being ripped off for $15.99 for a meal that could not have cost them more than a few dollars. read more

Everything tastes really good here! Even their burgers. However, they're chincy with the lettuce and tomato, including as a garnish for their Mexican fare. It doesn't matter, especially when you're drinking a margarita pitcher. Great service here as well. read more

My family has been coming to the Santa Fa for at least 19 year. My husband was from Texas said the food made him miss his child hood we loved it! Then the other night we went there and the girl at the door as if my complete party was there I said it just 2 and I wanted to sit and get a pitcher of margarita. She said well I have to see what's open. There was clear tables all over open and she walked away stood by the kitchen door and giggled with the other greeter. I just went to the bar area. Ordered a pitcher of margaritas and they weren't that busy, I have been there when they been hopping. It took the bartender 10 mins to bring us stale chips. The other guest arrived and we just stayed there we had 2 glasses of margarita that the manage/ owner made and he and the bartender very rude. My guest a bartender herself said their isn't and liquor in these I said yes I know if there was my face would be red one drink and that what happens I had 3. When the bartender finally took out order we asked for more mild salsa. Ordered the food got the same thing I usually get and there was so much grease my hold hand was covered. Finally 1/2 way through the dinner she brought some more salsa but no stale chip or good chips. Over fifty dollars for our meal and I have never been so disappointed in santa fa as I was that night sad for being a customer for so long we have Birthday parties there etc. read more