Maria's Mexican Restaurant

UPDATE: 4/11/24: Back again for a quick dinner. Shrimp fajitas for me, Flautas for the family. Fajitas were good, lots of shrimp and peppers. Leftovers will be a good lunch with some salad. Was told the ground beef Flautas were "ok," but wife wasn't loving them for "not having any flavour" and being greasy. Chicken flautas were good, but not completely eaten. No fault of the taste, more the amount of chips and salsa consumed before dinners arrival. And on that note, great salsa. Medium spice and flavourful. Long ago, in a Maria's before remodeling. Went back today for a party. The food was much better, as well was the service. It actually makes a decent place for an afternoon event. Food was ok, when it was the food I ordered. Strange when you mention being a vegetarian and order enchiladas, the last thing you'd expect was ground beef. Not paying attention, since it was covered in sauce, I had the first bite of beef that I've had in 30ish years. I can say I didn't enjoy the flavour. On so many levels. But wait there's more. So, you would think that when you mention AGAIN about being vegetarian being served beef enchiladas, the server might say they were sorry, there must have been some sort of mix up. Nope, just an, "oh, I'll have them remake it." And very unapologetic at that. After that service just got crappier. And I wasn't being a jerk about it, I just stayed calm to see what would happen. The answer... Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Management never came to apologize, service got worse, and the mostly enjoyable place we'd gone to several times was taken off of the list of places we'd return too. Terribly disappointing.

This is one of my favorite places to eat Mexican food. It gets 4 stars for 2 reasons. Reason #1 is the soup. It seems that the soup that they add to the entrees is mediocre at best. I've had the black bean soup, broccoli and corn and it doesn't have any flavor whatsoever. Reason #2 is the service. I've been coming here for over a decade. I have celebrated countless special occasions and I have even hosted family from out of town. But sometimes I get a male waiter who just seems like he really does not like his job (He is very serious and short when speaking to us) so if you're going there trying to celebrate and you're just in a really good mood he just ruins that for you just by his presence. My solution is I just pick up my food and eat it at home just to avoid feeling like I'm bothering this person by choosing to visit the restaurant. If I see him I will try to get his name next time so I can add it to this review but I can definitely pick him out by the way he looks.

This place STOLE FROM ME, avoid it at all costs. The food is tasteless, overpriced and not worth your time or money. What makes it WAY worse is the server adjusted my tip to be MORE than I initially wrote. I’m not going to sue anyone over $14 but what they did is insane

Grate service, grate food, 100 % recommended.