Large portions. Good food. Cold beer. Friendly service. Able to accommodate larger groups as well.

Stopped by for lunch, ...Cute name, awesome atmosphere, outdoor patio overlooking the springs. Food fantastic. I wanted the skirt steak dinner at $35-40 I thought it was a tad expensive. However, that's what I was craving. My husband chimed in let's share the meal. Well only 2 of us and this plate could easily feed 3-4 folks. It was fantastic. Med size shrimp, tender mushrooms and perfectly cooked skirt steak. Accompanied by chips and salsa. The special marg we put in 2 straws and shared it too!!! Now our Togo box was filled with 3 large slices of skirt steak. Service was friendly and efficient. Definitely a new go to!! read more

Whenever we visit Pagosa Springs, we manage to eat dinner at Tequila's. The menu is incredibly large, and everything we have ever eaten here has been superb. I am partial to Camarones en Salsa Verde. This is jumbo shrimp, cooked over charcoal and served with a green tomatillo sauce, with Spanish rice topped with baby shrimp. The large plate is always clean when I'm done. Food delicious. The view is spectacular - along the San Juan River. Nice interior atmosphere if you want to forgo the outdoor deck seating. Unique furniture with lots of art. Good service that is attentive yet not intrusive. This is a great restaurant, and I wanted to commend them sufficiently that I went to the trouble of adding this business to Yelp. Try it, you won't be disappointed. Highly recommended. read more

Tequila's - Quesadilla - Mexican Near Me - Pagosa Springs, Colorado

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Classic Mex fare with an awesome perch overlooking the San Juan river and hot springs resort terraces. Did taco platter and chimichanga with shredded beef .. good. Service and decor. Could only be better if there was a happy hour discount on our drinks ! read more

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Very nice experience at Tequilas. We dropped in because we were sick of dealing with traffic and this location was right off the road. We had margaritas that hit the spot and our dinner was very tasty. Service was prompt and our food came out quickly. The atmosphere was a traditional Mexican feel. It was comfortable and cute. We were right next to the river for a nice after dinner walk. read more

Tequila's - Combination plate - Mexican Near Me - Pagosa Springs, Colorado

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Honestly dont know how anyone would give this place 5 stars. The food was seriously not good. The chicken was stringy and bland. We got gaucamole and it was not guacamole. It was a mashed up avocado - not even seasoned with salt or anything. I've had better mexican food from little strip mall places. The rice was like the boxed rice you ate in college - not bashing that - but not what I want to order and pay a premium for at a mexican restaurant. I walked in with a gatorade bottle (because I am here as a tourist and hydration is important to me) which had like 2 sips of drink left in it. The first thing the hostess said to me when I walked in was "would you like to throw that away"? I did not see a sign that said I couldnt walk in with my gatorade, but could have missed it, but her approach could have been more friendly. But also, that is a ridiculous rule. So I drank it quickly before being seated. I would not have even cared about this had we not found out later that they charge you for bottled water. First of all, if you are going to charge people for bottled water then they should be allowed to bring in their own water bottle so they have an option. Money doesnt grow on trees for hard working people, and the profit on a water bottle is not keeping you in business. Second, plastic water bottles are bad for the environment - at least give people the option for regular ol tap water. I mean, the margarita was basically water anyway. It was awful. It is such a shame because this is in a prime location - and sorry but there are a ton of people from out of town visiting the springs and drinking water with them - they should be allowed to walk in with their water. I don't understand that - its not like we didn't still order food and drinks (even though I wish we never did). read more

Lunch The food is disgusting. My son ordered a ground beef chimichanga. (It was smaller than a frozen burrito from the freezer isle in the grocery store.) I had a ground beef taco salad. Personally the ground beef at Taco Bell is better so that tells you how nasty their food is. My lettuce was wilted. Complimentary chips were disgusting although the salsa was a step up at 1 out of 10. read more

Skip. This. place! 4 people $100 of hot garbage food. No customers other than us fools who didn't read reviews first. If staying at the hot springs, you would be tempted to walk over the bridge to this place, don't.. seriously, get in the car and find somewhere else. read more

Tequila's - $4 bottle of water... and nope, they will not put water in a cup used for the soda... - Mexican Near Me - Pagosa Springs, Colorado

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Do not eat here! Charged us for water...No regular water cups. Only bottled water (cheap generic brand plastic water bottles.) I asked for ice cups with our water and the waiter was rude about it. Who wants warm cheap plastic water bottles with their $20+ meal? Ate our salsa and chips. I asked for more please and they only brought out more salsa? Didn't bring more chips and never checked on us. read more

Tequila's was able to accommodate 10 of us (6 adults/4 kids) on the back deck. We asked for water, tea and Dr. Pepper to drink. The overall question that's interesting is why would this restaurant limit their customers to one refill. No other restaurant we have visited while in Pagosa Springs has limited drink refills. I ordered the chicken nachos with an excessive amount of jalapeños, no jalapeños were on my plate as you can see from the picture attached. We will not be back. read more

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Probably the worst margarita I've ever tasted. Chips and salsa are mediocre at best. Water is served in plastic bottles, but they did not charge us for them. Menu items priced way too high. We had quesadillas and they were served cold and bland. There are a few tables on the outside deck that overlook the hot springs and river, but the view is not worth the poor quality drinks and over priced menu. read more

the food was so good i just had to stop and feel the moment. The server was nice and pleasant. the chairs and seating were so cute and had amazing design. the view you get is breathtaking and worth it. read more

Tequila's - Mexican Near Me - Pagosa Springs, Colorado

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We have eaten here several times because we enjoy sitting on the patio and they do have good food and margaritas. However their service is lacking . The hostess is never friendly . They really need to step it up on customer service. I often question why I go back unfortunately. read more

This place sucked!!! Overpriced pedestrian, bland, wanna-be, Mexican-like food. NOT dog friendly. (Service dogs only) Great view of the Pagosa resort. Complete tourist trap. If you're a foodie, skip this hole. read more

Does not provide water. Expects you to buy crappy single serve plastic water bottles. What a rip off. Food is already overpriced and average. Don't eat here. read more

This is the worst mexican restaurant experience I've ever had. The meal started with a bottle of water after the salsa came so my mouth was burning and my only quench was bottled water. After an hour of waiting, we received the picture below. Not what you want to see. We were out of there as soon as possible. I'd avoid at all costs. Super expensive too. Overall pagosa springs has more to offer. read more

Tequila's - Gross. - Mexican Near Me - Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Steak fajitas were so tough-chewy. Almost inedible. Then I ordered their silver margarita $16!!!! Was to be silver Patron and Contreau He mixes bottom shelf liquor and terrible sour. Asked for a different one and he Mixed it exactly the same!! Soooo disappointing!!! read more

There is a reason for the multiple 1 star reviews, but I wouldn't agree with those that said it was only the food. The food was decent for a tourist based restaurant. I would, however, say that the reviews related to attitude of the staff are very on point. The staff came across as very "put out" in general. Additionally, given the pricing, it is a little ridiculous to only offer bottled water for sale. In my opinion, it is very unusual to be charged for water at a sit down restaurant. Finally, our table of four all ordered entrees and drinks. During our meal we asked for a basket of tortilla chips (which would have been our third basket). The waiter claimed after two baskets that they charge for additional chips. I asked the manager to show me where that is stated on the menu which she was unable to do. Honestly, I could care less about an extra dollar for a bottle of water or $2 charge for tortilla chips. The reality is, put a smile on your face, treat people nicely, and don't nickle and dime your patrons. I may not be a "regular", but am a patron and I do visit this area occasionally throughout a given year. read more

The meal started off on the wrong foot. We walked in the door with an empty cup to put in the trash, as there was trash can outside and the hostess snapped at us "No outside food!". My granddaughter put the empty cup then in the trash can. We sat outside and placed our orders. Our food came in 2 different deliveries. We had to ask for silverware and napkins, and she was surprised! How did she expect us to eat? She then just tossed them on the table instead of handing them to us individually. I had a taco salad with shredded beef. I got to enjoy it again later, when I threw it back up in my mouth and had to spit it out. Obviously, there was something wrong on with it. The kids liked their ground beef tacos, and the other had shrimp with rice. She passed on eating the coleslaw. The other adult had chicken fajitas and enjoyed hers. There was then an issue of flying gnats landing on our food. Yes, we were next to the river, and this problem is hard to prevent. Maybe a bug zapper would be an idea on the outdoor covered porch. read more

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Having eaten here twice, three would not be a charm. Great location, so they're guaranteed business. Perhaps there's a little resting on the laurels? The food was not good in my experiences. read more

We sat outside by the river and ordered quesadillas. They were some of the best I have had.

The two entrees we ordered were great. I love cheese- and the cheese enchiladas were the cheesiest. My husband ordered shrimp fajitas & loved them. The service & atmosphere was great. We did not love the chips and salsa, they were a little stale. read more

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Reviews don't lie. What restaurant doesn't offer free ice water?? How the heck did 3 meals add up to 73$ rip off. Taco Bell quality meal. Rude service that no habla bueno read more

The inside is very cute, and the outside has a great view! They do charge for water, but hey CO is in a drought! Food was okay. My husband got steak fajitas. He liked them alright. You get a slight discount for paying with cash! read more

Not like the one in Grand Junction!! DO NOT EAT HERE!! Unfriendly staff. Snapped at us through the door with our water/coffees and had to wait outside with my husband to finish them. They reluctantly sat my mother-in-law with father-in-law but wouldn't bring them chips and salsa until my husband and I came in. THEY ALSO CHARGE FOR BOTTLE WATER. Such a bad experience . Really really poor service and just so rude. read more

You have to bring your own water and they give you bottled waters that are three dollars. No refills. The chicken for the chicken cheese and rice is straight up dollhouse chicken the only thing that as good as the read more

Walking distance from The Springs Resort. Large meals for a very reasonable price. During warm weather the patio has an excellent view of the River, Hot Springs , and the Resort. My carne asada was good! Staff was very friendly and the service was excellent! The ambiance and views are quite lovely. read more

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Firstly I've been here in the past two different times over the few years & was excited to introduce my friend to a cool spot in town with a great view & ambience. This round was extremely poor service & food. Our water was unable to understand the basic "May I have salt and pepper please?" He literally could not fathom what I was asking for after 3 tries. Dropped off food and never came back, even to drop off the bill. Had to head inside to locate anyone. The food was terrible, ordered Shrimp Diablo which is a slow cooked in a thick salsa with Mexican chiles blended with spices. The sauce we got with the Diablo was a Chinese chile straight out of the jar mix, seeds and all. Both the corn and flour tortillas weren't warm and with out any color. These people here duping the average Tex-Mex eaters into thinking this is good food, it's not. This is NOT authentic, Mexican by any stretch of the means. Won't be back. read more

Sad experience. Great patio view of the river, but even though they're listed as dog friendly, they will not let our dog in the restaurant or even on the patio. Hostess was very rude about it. We found another restaurant that was happy to have our dog in their patio area And the food was great there. read more

Horrible place, waitress was attending everyone in our surroundings except us. We ordered desserts first, they didn't check up on us. I asked for the bill and they still attended other coustemers except us. This made me wonder if they didn't attend us because we didn't order anything big? read more

Revised 5/20: so my daughter and I are pretty sure we got food poisoning here. I have waited and tried to figure out ANY other possibility but it's the only place we ate out together and had similar things. And now my son has similar symptoms. Which if you want to know look up symptoms and we had them all pretty much. In my humble opinion the health department needs to come in, and maybe Chef Irvine from Restaurant Impossible. Also my daughter is on her way to ER because of a few of the symptoms. Initial review: We have been coming here on Pagosa visits for at least 10 years. Note Pagosa is small. Durango is huge compared to here. You can't expect what you would get in a big city as to variety. And they survived Covid which is saying something GOOD: Consistent- living in Albuquerque and prior in San Diego have had decades of good Mexican and New Mexican food. This satisfies if not exactly Sadie's or El Pinto in ABQ Good drinks- our kids (over 21 of course) like the drinks and margaritas. GREAT view- second only to the Overlook spa a block away NOT as GREAT: Water issue- yes they only have cheap bottled water you have to pay for Prices-higher than you expect for standard Americanized Mexican food. Service? I think service is okay. I don't like the comments about not speaking proper English as I feel it's judge mental and racist. Decor- it has that Baja or Cancun touristy type bright colors. We will go again because our son lives here and as to Pagosa, well this isn't Denver OR Albuquerque read more

This may win the award for worst Mexican food I've ever eaten. So gross. Service was terrible, my 6month old spilled some salsa and we cleaned it up with some napkins, they didn't bother coming to pick the napkin up till we asked. Overpriced hot garbage. read more

This place is trash. Our server was nice but the food was horrible, I didn't even eat it. I ordered a michelada and it was straight tomato juice. I ordered 2 things ala cart, so did my man. Each had one drink and it was $75! When we asked for water they said all they had was bottled water at $2 a pop. We ended up walking down to subway because we were still hungry. read more

Huge menu; our entire party found something they loved and everyone around us devoured their dishes as well. Amazing food but sub par service. We went for an early dinner, around 4:30 on a Thursday and there were only four tables to serve and it took a long time to get water, chips were never refilled nor were drinks, and a to go box and the check took a long time to arrive. Multiple passings and others were serviced more around us. Food came out quickly and was delicious and warm. Just be forewarned and mindful of the service if visiting this establishment. read more

We ordered the chicken nachos, it was roughly $22. We're not quite sure but we think it was turkey and not chicken. And they charge you for water, a dollar a bottle, please! read more

Seems the owner needs to start reading these reviews if they want to stay open. I agree with most: the food is overpriced, the service is bad, they should offer water and improve the salsa & chips. I was excited when I walked in and found an authentic Mexican food restaurant. But once we sat down, the server showed us we weren't important to her. And the water thing? I don't get that. But these days I almost prefer it in a bottle. I was given a glass of water at another restaurant in this town and there was something floating in it. I just don't have much good to say about this place. I was happy they have my favorite beer, which I can't find everywhere. And the views are great. Not all the servers are rude, two of them were very friendly & went out of their way for me. Sadly, they weren't my servers, lol. I think with some changes, this place could rate better, But the owner needs to give a dang... read more

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the food here was great, the staff was friendly. the portions were generous. will definitely retur.

We ate at Tequila's at 4pm on Tuesday, 3/28. The service was excellent and the food was plentiful and good. The restaurant wasn't busy and our server was attentive. Her English wasn't fluent (my Spanish is nonexistent, so more power to her), but she was diligent in clarifying our order and was very helpful while we made our selections. I don't like rice and beans, and she offered several suggestions for substitutions (I would have been happy without anything other than my chimichanga). As a pale person, the salsa and spicing verged on too hot for me, which probably means it's mild (or possibly medium) for everyone else. The guacamole was OUTSTANDING. Everything was fresh, my husband's steak was super flavorful, and he said his margarita was excellent. We ordered queso and 2 entrees and could have fed 4 more people. I imagine that on the weekends and during the season that this place is packed. Plan accordingly and eat on off hours and I think your experience will match ours. Our server was Carmen and she was fabulous. read more

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We come back here every time we're in the area. Food, friendliness & atmosphere never disappoint. Very clean & great service! I had a chicken enchilada combination dinner, & my husband had the beef burrito. Both were exceptionally delicious & authentic. read more

We read the mixed reviews and decided to give it a try. We had a pleasant visit. Great, friendly, speedy service, and huge portions at a reasonable price. read more