This is your normal Tex-mex restaurant. They had plenty of seating and were open fairly late. The food came out quick and the queso was just how I like it. The sangria was ok but I've had better. The fajitas were well portioned. I just wish the tortillas were made in-house. It wasn't otherwise a good meal for the value. read more

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We have been eating at Toreros for years... The food is always amazing! The Service is great. read more

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Well I'm not Mexican or Hispanic, but I enjoy the food here. Today's lunch was the special, 2 enchiladas with rice and beans. I mean, we all understand that. We started with the chorizo dip. Always a delight. The salsa is really good. I ate my entire bowl and brought my friend's home with me. Someone close by got a taco salad and I thought long and hard about getting that. The flan is so good, I mean really good. I ate less than half my food, and being the special was $7.50! Now for my nap. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Today's special, 2 ground beef enchiladas with rice and beans and the guacamole from my friend's plate. - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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Have been coming here for years and just wanted to give a shout out! Ben always takes care of us and the food is always delicious. I enjoy the Texanas Fajitas. Shrimp, steak and chicken! The salsa is so good!!!! read more

We had such a great experience at Toreros!! I wish I knew our server's name because he was the absolute BEST! He brought us refills and extra chips and salsa before we could even ask for them. He was so on it!! They had a special on display at the front door that consisted of 2 burritos with rice and beans for only $10. My husband ordered that and it was amazing. We even had leftovers! We ordered cheese dip and they brought out a respectable amount of cheese dip as opposed to the tiny bowls that you get elsewhere. We so enjoyed our dinner there and definitely plan to return! read more

The staff and server were terrific. Dinner was delicious and beautifully presented. Definitely recommend. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

Lunch for 1 on Margarita Mondays is fun at Toreros Mexican Restaurant in Raleigh! Plenty of free parking in the lot where the restaurant is located right off Atlantic Avenue. I was there primarily for a mid-day margarita and to take advantage of the special, which is classic Margarita on the rocks for $2 or Frozen for $3 with a choice of flavors. I opted for the mango and loved it. Complimentary warm chips and salsa paired well with my cocktail which came quick when ordered. For lunch ( which is served Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m) I got the steak fajitas. You get a half portion of meat, served sizzling hot over sauteed onions and green peppers. Served with refried beans, Mexican rice, corn or flour tortillas, lettuce, pico de gallo, Cheddar cheese, sour cream and guacamole. Even though it was a half portion, it was still quite a bit for me to take home. Maybe I got too full of the chips and salsa and margarita- I literally could just go there for that. Service was friendly, prompt and I would describe the ambiance as colorful. It gave the feeling that you were going to receive authentic Mexican food and that's why it's a place I recommend for consistent food at a decent price. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Frozen mango margarita and chips and salsa - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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The bartender is horrible. She has No people skills and no personality!! I've been going to this restaurant for years. Love the staff, love the food but the current bartender ​in Raleigh SUCKS. read more

The best chicken taco salad I have ever had! Salsa was delish and the chips were hot! what more can you ask for??

Plentiful serving, attentive service and a nice atmosphere. I had passed this place for many years and never stopped. Today I stopped for lunch since I had not had Mexican food in a while. Nice place and friendly staff. I'll be back. read more

Can't believe it's been eight years since I've updated my review here, but I stand by my "consistently good" comment from back then. There was a period where the quality might have slipped a tad, especially when it came to their rellenos, but they are right back up there where I've always liked them. Nothing makes me happier than a combo of a chile relleno and a spinach enchilada with beans and rice. Husband's favorite is the fajita quesadilla with steak. Chips and Salsa are always good, and still complimentary. Prices reasonable. Portions gigantic. And service is always quick. Nice variety of seating, whether there's just two of you or a larger group. Patio seating available as well. It's in an old shopping center at Millbrook and Atlantic Avenue with plenty of parking available. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Spinach Pizza (lunch)...could feed 4 peeps! - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

Food is delicious! Service great. Authentic REAL Mexican food, not Fake Mexican food like so many others. We loved It! read more

The best kids pizza ever! We come here 2-3 times a month. Our baby girl loves it. You must try. Yammmyyyy.

This reaturant has gone down hill. This was and has been one of our favorite Mexican restaurant for years! We moved to Durham and decided to make the 30 min drive over to Raleigh. That was a mistake. Not only was our waiter not that friendly, he never checked in on us, after received our food and we were one of maybe 5 tables there on a Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. I understand that lunch combos are to be smaller. They are less food for a lesser amount. But to serve it on a big plate, with only half the food ... really? Also this small amount for ACP for $11? That's crazy. Also not even 2 bites in .. I find a HAIR! It was wrapped around the chicken and covered in cheese! *The manager did comp my meal and I did not order anything else.* We will most likely not be back, we will be going to the Mexican restaurants in Brier Creek and we recommend you do the same. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - ACP lunch combo - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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Went for lunch to get chicken fajitas. They came out and didn't look like I have had before . The chicken had an oranges reddish seasoning all over them . No grill marks either . The taste was off as well. Very disappointed. read more

Food is always good here when I come during lunch break. I had the Carne Asada lunch playe which is a very good dish to eat! The waiter was great at getting me what I needed. And the environment was very chill today during the pollen season. But, they will be packed during the hot summer season as usual. Always a great time with coworkers and friends! Keep up the hard work you all do! read more

Went to this spot last night & shesssssh, I've certainly been missing out! Soon as you're seated you are given chips & salsa 10/10! Chips were cooked to perfectionnnnn. This is a small & cozy little vibe. We ordered the fajita nachos and chicken, shrimp & beef fajitas. Listen it was all soo bomb - meat for the fajitas were so tender and flavorful that I didn't even bother using the corn tortillas that came with it. They were running a great special on margaritas so we tried various flavors - raspberry, peach, mango and strawberry for $7.99 - all a 10/10. Do yourself a favor and visit this spot. Service was quick too! We went around 5pm right before it got super busy! Will definitely be checking them out again, so that I can try some other dishes. My phone died before I could get pics of the food and other drinks but overall 10/10!!! read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Raspberry margarita - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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The Carne Asada was good and the portion size was great! The rice and guac were good as well. The Miami Slammer was dangerous good! Service was great here too. They were very understanding and kind when my friend needed to move tables because a vent was blowing directly on her. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Carne Asada - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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Food and service was excellent. Great experience there. We will definitely return for another experience.

The good was fast and delicious! Our server was very attentive as well. Not our first time here but will definitely come back again.

I do love eating at mexican restaurants that look and smell amazing but this was a little underwhelming. service was better than I thought. But the food portions were ridiculously huge I couldn't even finish it all. If they cut the portion size by a quarter they can save a lot of money and food resources. read more

Just updating a review I posted about a year ago when I first arrived in Raleigh. Do not want to encourage more people to patronize this place! busy as it is, but it is still the only place that my wife and I like to visit on a regular basis maybe every 6 weeks, or less. The food is great, service is excellent, the Ambiance is authentic and of course they have the one thing that I can't find it any other Mexican restaurant, and I have been ordering from Torero's for the last 20 years, both in Durham and in Raleigh more recently. I was delighted to find one around the corner. It just doesn't get any better than this. Go for it. Every review seems to be excellent, and I back that up! read more

Excellent food and service! We have been eating and drinking here sense 2008. Always friendly and tasty food. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Excellent food! And Excellent service! - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

This place USED to be good, but I don't know what they changed but it's gone down hill. Used to be a top 3 Mexican restaurant in Raleigh but now I don't even know if I would think about this place. The food was sub par and the ingredients tasted cheap. They still give you a good serving but everything just taste so cheap read more

We had fast and efficient service. We arrived right at lunch time and were seated promptly in a quiet booth towards the back of the restaurant. Even as people piled into the restaurant we were served promptly and the food was filling and hot. I absolutely recommend their steak salad. read more

The chicken Mole is great The outside seating is definitely a plus. The cocktails are very good. Going there in a few minutes.

We have been eating at Torero's for at least 20 years. I don't think we have ever had bad service. We've been here for date night for two as well as had big birthday dinners and a Mother's Day brunch -- always consistent good food and service. So no surprise when we ate here a few days ago to be seated immediately. Water, chips and their delicious fresh salsa brought promptly and we ordered margaritas. I was feeling fruity so I ordered a peach one and husband ordered regular. I wish I'd gone with regular because mine tasted sweeter and weaker -- you could really taste the tequila in his. I ordered the Camarones a la Chipotle. The waiter told me they would be spicy and I told him that was fine -- I can handle medium spice. Weirdly, when they came they were not spicy at all. But, they were very tasty and the portion was huge -- tons of shrimp! I can usually clean my plate but not that night. I took half home and it made a yummy dinner another night. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Peach margarita - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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Went here for lunch with my mom and decided to get the torero special which was 6.99 and that came with a burrito (chicken or beef) , rice and beans. My mom got the steak fajitas. I also got a mix drink. Our server was excellent . I felt the food did lack a bit of flavor from the salsa and chips to the refried beans. The mix drink also wasn't strong to my liking. One thing I didn't like was they didn't list the prices for drinks, sketchy if you ask me. This place is mediocre at its best definitely had better Mexican food before. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Mixed drink - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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I'm Mexican IT SOO GOOD FOOD service is good It comes Straight Away So You Don't Kinds Have Too Wait the Kid Menu Is Cute And They Have Como Flan con Cherry Con Whip Cream Muy Bien Gracias Por Leyer Esto read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Mango Drink - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

Some of the best margaritas in Raleigh (they have $3 margaritas on Mondays). Their ACPs and queso are delicious too read more

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Go outside the box and try something new. Specialty meals are sensational and so are the drinks. Food and Drink Prices are low enough for anyone to have a good time. They make an honest drink affordable prices. Thanks goes out to the owner and the amazing stafff read more

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I had the lunch fajita burrito. The restaurant is located in a local strip with easy parking. Your meal comes with the standard chips and salsa. I didn't care too much for the salsa. It wasn't bad but it wasn't amazing. It was watery with chunks in it. The food is very affordable and they have all kinds of price points depending on what you're looking for. The restaurant wasn't bad, but nothing to write home about. The fajita burrito was so so and the steak inside wasn't amazing tasting. Would I come back? Maybe if I'm tight on money and craving Mexican food. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Steak fajita burrito - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

The best Mexican food we've found in North Carolina, so far. Very generous portions. My wife ordered the molcajete, not realizing, due to the low price, that this was really something that should be tackled by two people. We were imagining some kind of mini-molcajete, I guess. Nope. A copious amount of deliciousness. My lamb shank and chile poblano, too, were more than enough. Expect to bring home boxes of food. read more

Run of the mill suburban American Mexican. Nothing special. Hit and miss service. Eat at the bar at your own risk - the bartender is taking care of the whole restaurant and will disappear for long chunks of time, so it's very difficult to get his attention and order things. I ordered queso twice and received it zero times. I hope the chips are store-bought. That's how they taste, anyway, so it'd be really sad if they were making those in house. Super thick, room temperature, and no salt. Pair that with bland salsa, and the aforementioned nonexistent queso and it's a bad time. Chile Poblano was good. 10/10 They used to sell Blanton's whiskey for $7 but I guess they figured out that stuff is expensive and hard to find. read more

I kept reading good reviews on Toreros, so when hubby suggested Mexican, I said, "I know where to go!." Went on a Wednesday night, we were seated immediately. It's nice that it has a dedicated parking area and despite being part of a plaza of other stores, parking was no problem. Chips and salsa were just ok. The salsa was not my favorite, my hubby commented on how much cilantro he tasted. Not awful but definitely not a highlight. Server was very friendly. Hubby ordered fajita sampler and I ordered the molcajete. The food was served to us within about twenty minutes, which was nice. As our food arrived, the live entertainment began. Only problem was that it was one man with his guitar, singing very loudly...about five feet (no exaggeration) behind me. It became almost comical - I would start a sentence and he'd be hitting his chorus. So, I'd wait until he got slightly quieter. I'd start the same sentence, he'd get louder. We just had to laugh. Anyway, after one very loud and long song, he mercifully strolled on. Onto the food - the fajitas weren't served on a sizzling platter as they typically are at other restaurants. Hubby thought his food was just "okay". I didn't particularly care for my meal. The description says "beef, chicken and mushrooms in a unique orange sauce", I believe. The chicken and beef were swimming in sauce. Too much. Beef wasn't very good. The rice was good, retried beans tasted like they should. Overall, it was just blah. Nothing very memorable. Glad we tried it, but, we will stick with Los Tres Maguyes. read more

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Food was very good and service excellent. Will go again if in the area. On vacation from out of town.

Always quick service, very nice outdoor seating area, food is good but not as good as El Dorado. Varied menu, decent prices.

I've been here a few times over the years and have never had a bad experience. I generally always get the Macho Burrito because I've never seen an option for a smaller burrito without the rice and beans inside already. The macho burrito made two more meals for me with the leftovers I brought home. Not a bad meal, service is fast, and they checked in multiple times throughout to make sure we were enjoying everything. read more

Toreros Mexican Restaurant - Macho Burrito - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

This place, and specifically this location, has the best Mexican I found around. Straight to the point tasty food made right, made from scratch. Their portions are pretty big. I usually get their combinations, enchilada, Chimichanga and taco. Since I've tried this place, I regularly crave the food once a week. Highly recommend if you are craving Mexican. read more

Good portions, wide variety of food is available. Server was quick and brought salsa prior to running out, he also refilled my water quickly. One of my favorite Mexican restaurants in Raleigh. Nothing fancy just good food. read more