We chose to have lunch at Casa Maya after church! We arrived and were seated right away. We love the chips and salsa that they always give the table. We ordered 3 taco salads-one beef and two chicken-and one steak quesadilla. The food comes quickly and is always served hot! They have one of the best taco salads around! There were other diners that came in but it wasn't so busy that it got too loud. This is one of our favorite places to go-lunch or dinner-you're never disappointed! read more

We were in the area and thought we'd give this place a try. The sweet tea took a while to get to us and it wasn't sweet and just wasn't good, but I'm kind of a tea snob. I ordered coke instead. The food wasn't bad but wasn't up to standards you'd expect from a Mexican restaurant. I had the Burrito Asada, it came out looking good. However, the Green sauce had more of a sweet tangy flavor than most, the pico, guacamole and sour cream on the side weren't nearly enough to cover the burrito. My wife had the Tacos Al Pastor, the chicken had a lot of fat pieces, and it had flavor of pineapple but didn't have any pineapple in the taco. The queso dip tasted like a powered cheese or something. We love queso almost anywhere we go and this one left a lot to be desired. We picked around what we didn't want and ate the rest. The steak in my burrito was pretty good. Our waiter did offer to remake the tacos since he saw my wife took the onions off, but that was our fault for not asking for no onions. We didn't have them remake anything but wanted to point out that the waiter did seem to care about the quality of food and provide a good service. While it wouldn't be our top choice for places to eat in this area, we would give them another try as it seems they are working to better their restaurant, based on past reviews. Seems like maybe they still need some work and looking for suggestions, so I decided to leave this review to hopefully help them become better. read more

The atmosphere is okay here and service is normally fine. I find the food just really average but for us the location is good and if you are in the mood for Mexican it does the job but again the food is just average. read more

After not coming here for a while, my husband and I were pleasantly surprised that the food was very good, including the service Highly recommend this place read more

The food was very good, all 3 of us enjoyed our meals. I had the burrito asada with steak and it was delicious (I wish I had taken a picture but I was super hungry). The service is terrible, that's why I took the stars off. In the hour we were here we were not offered more water, chips, or even acknowledged really. We sat here with empty glasses pretty much the entire time. I'm not sure if I'd come back, that's how bad the service was. The food was great but terrible service is a deal breaker for me. read more

I absolutely LOVE this place! One of the few restaurants where I am 100 confident that no matter what I ordered it's going to be delicious. The staff is awesome and I love the ambiance. HIGHLY RECOMMEND read more

Casa Maya Mexican Restaurant - Burrito supreme (part of it anyway) yuuuuim - Mexican Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

Much better than our last two visits! Service was good and ambiance the same. Clean and plenty of room at the table. We started with queso and beef. Nice! Thin fresh chips! My wife had chix quesadillas and I had beef enchiladas. Simple but solid ingredients and tasty. We will come back for a mexican fix. Solid simple Mexican food in downtown market street LWR. read more

Pleasant little place with a nice waiter. The food took a long time to come out, which is odd for a Mexican restaurant. Loved my enchilada, but the taco was average, as the shell was a typical grocery store type hard shell. read more

Certainly not your typical Latin or Mexican restaurant. Menu is different and tasty. Friendly and family owned

I got the tacos de asada and the meat was delicious. One of the best tacos I had before. W vibes.

Best Mexican restaurant we've ever been to! Food is amazing and the staff and owner, Ronald, top notch. If you're feeling delicious Mexican~ you've got to try it- Lakewood Ranch! It's honestly so delicious you will dream about coming back again and again! read more

I eat Mexican food 3 times a week and I have been to 13 different Mexican restaurants in this area. The Burritozillo was not only the best burrito that I have ever eaten, it is the best entree that I have ever eaten, anywhere! read more

Skip the chain Mexican restaurants and head for Casa Maya for delicious authentic food prepared with care. The sauces are especially flavorful. I go there often, and I haven't ever had a bad meal. The house margarita is a revelation, smooth and fresh tasting. read more

Loved this little Mexican restaurant in LWR - service was great, we ordered the steak fajitas with Mole on the side and it came with flour (or corn) homemade tortillas. Absolutely delicious! read more

Food is overpriced for what it is - cafeteria quality food with stale chips. At least it came out fast, probably because it was just heated in a microwave. Wouldn't recommend, there are plenty of better mexican options in the area. read more

After a good first visit, we stopped in again for dinner and did not have a good experience at all. Service was almost non existent. From placing our order, it took 35 minutes for our order to start coming out one plate at a time. Slowly. Our group came to dine together, so don't dribble out our order one plate at a time! So, some of us had cold food sitting in front of us while others were still waiting. And the food was bland, all the Cholua sauce didn't help. I had a disappointing Casa Maya burrito with pork. At some point we'll probably stop in again, but not anytime soon. read more

Casa Maya Mexican Restaurant - Pollo Mexicana - Mexican Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

Stop here for lunch with my son who loves Mexican food. This places exceeded our expectations. The server was super helpful and friendly. My son had some question about an item he was thinking of ordering. After speaking the server she was able to recommend a few items. He selected the burrito ahigado and he loved it. I had the lunch special 2 chicken taco plate. It was filling and very tasty. Every bite had flavor. If you are in the area and looking for simple but tasty Mexican this is your spot. read more

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Excellent! From the cleanliness,attention to detail, food order was perfect everytime we go there for lunch or dinner.

We had a wonderful experience at Casa Maya. Friendly and fast service along with a great selection Mexican delights. I had the Molecajete El Pastor for one. Flavor explosion with healthy portion size. We will definitely return. read more

If there weren't so many birds stalking the chips, it would be more pleasant to sit at their outside tables. Food is pretty average, probably wouldn't go there again. Dry corn chips with a bland weird salsa. Chimichanga wasn't bad, but the portion was smaller than we're used to at other Mexican restaurants. Burrito Ahogado was also not bad, but not great, either. Service was good. read more

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Wow. Terrible service and the food was below average. Too many other Mexican Restaurants to opt for. read more

Sadly was not impressed with anything here. Some dishes were better than others but average at best. After receiving the food no one checked if everything was ok or refilling any drinks. read more

I am writing this review sitting at this restaurant on a beautiful (but not busy) night, but totally disgusted. It took unusually long for our food to arrive but we were ok with that because we were enjoying talking. The food arrived clearly (visually) ice cold. It took minutes for the waiter to come back to even find out how things were. I told him my food was ice cold. He picked it up and disappeared before my husband was able to tell him that his was ALSO cold (which would make sense since they were made together)! The food & plate came back hot but was the most awful chicken I've ever had. Tough, stringy and the mole was like jelly. Wait never came back and inquired and service in general was awful. Will NEVER come back here. They think they can get away with inferior service and food because they're in Lakewood Ranch?? Please don't support this place. read more

Casa Maya Mexican Restaurant - Chicken mole - Mexican Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

The service was good! The location is great! Had lunch on a Tuesday afternoon, maybe 4 customers. Enchilada Red Sauce tasted like they opened a can of Chef Boyardee. Hands down the worst Mexican food we've ever had! read more

We really liked this place for a variety of reasons, whether it be a great menu, friendly staff, or a pretty "chill" area to eat at. On our visit, the service was on point. My beer was never empty and the chips / salsa were awesome. Great food and a great atmosphere. We found this place by accident, but loved it so much, have been there four times in the last two weeks. Note: While the food here is Mexican, I would say that it is "East Coast Style," with more traditional sides (beans and rice) and larger individual items. It's our preference, but is worth noting in case you are coming from California, where the Mexican food is significantly different (it's almost served as a health food there). read more

I've been happily going to casa Maya for months now as a vegan patron and I feel compelled to share this evenings experience while dining with them. Casa Maya has a vegetarian menu and so I've always been diligent to ask them to remove any dairy from their vegetarian items - usually easy enough. When I started visiting Casa Maya months ago, I was told by the waitstaff that the refried beans were completely vegan (no dairy)... so for months I've been ordering and consuming the refried beans only to find out this evening that they actually are cooked with chicken stock. Even though I was completely upset about this and surprised, I calmly and kindly asked for regular black beans instead and then also asked the waitress to make sure there wasn't any dairy on my veg enchiladas. When the order came out to the table it was covered in cheese. No biggie - I reminded them I asked for no dairy and they took it back to the kitchen. They returned with another plate and I started eating that one, only to realize there was still bits of cheese in the dish and that the kitchen had literally just scraped the cheese off of the enchiladas and returned the dish to me. Now thankfully, I don't have a dairy allergy, but I felt the need to leave this review in case someone with an actual serious allergy decides to visit Casa Maya. They don't take their vegan patrons or those with potential allergies seriously and they don't appropriately educate their staff on the ingredients in the food. I don't feel like I can trust this establishment to prepare a fully dairy and meat fee dish for me in the future and have unfortunately lost a loyal former customer. read more

The Maragaritas are incredible!!! We sat outdoors, were lucky enough to get a table with no wait, they don't take reservations... Nachos were loaded and super delicious!! Meals were really tasty too. Service was good!!! read more

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Excellent food! Great sangria! Good prices and excellent service! Would definitely eat here again! read more

The food was good, no complaints there. It wasn't mind boggling, but good. I was let down that they don't serve liquor, so you can only get beer or premixed margaritas. read more

Authentic, fresh, delicious Mexican food. Staff is very friendly. We sat outside and were offered a water bowl for our pups. We had the steak fajita salad, shrimp ceviche, carnitas tacos, and Ahi Tuna. All of the dishes were delicious. We will be back soon. read more

As a person who eats Mexican food on a weekly basis, this has to be the most over priced worst Mexican food known to man. Please save your money and time and go somewhere else. I won't get into all the details about how on my combination plate, the enchilada and burrito were the same thing except the burrito had the sides folded. I won't go into how the beans taste like the kind I cook from a pouch on our taco nights and I won't go into how bad this was. On a scale from 1 to 10...1 being inedible I'd give it a 3. Someone at least put effort in rolling the "burrito". Main Street lakewood ranch has waaaay better options please go elsewhere. read more

Love this place. It's REAL Mexican, not TexMex. Margaritas are perfect and real, no mix. We've been like 6x now and it never disappoints. I had one of their special Burritos (sorry cannot remember name) and added grilled Peppers and Onions, a must. Oh my! So delicious! Hubby had Chicken Tavo UPDATE: though we absolutely love their food, and would give the food alone 5 stars, as everything we've tried has been awesome BUT their service is maybe 1 star. Our last visit may be the last: sat at a table immediately, given chips and salsa, but after almost 30 mins we were not acknowledged, others waited on that came in after, no drinks, nothing. We finished our chips and still no acknowledgement or drinks. Then the cook comes out (at 6:30 pm) and says no more guacamole and we're like how do you run out of avacados. Still we had not received any drinks or our orders taken. We left. Not sure will will go back UNTIL they get their act together. Oh and there was only 1 waitress for the entire restaurant. read more

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I am picky about my Mexican food, we all know that. I loved these enchiladas!!! These are easily the best enchiladas with verde sauce I have ever had away from home! Chips and salsa add Queso are super too. The waitress was so busy by herself that we offered to come back later but she did a good job and caught up before her next job started at the Italian restaurant across the way this same evening. I can't stop thinking about my food but the Molcajete my party also ordered looked wonderful and bubbly. Try one next time as that was my original intention. Glad i will be back to try all. read more

I came here with my husband and daughter. First we thought the hostess was not very friendly and seemed very confused on how to do her job. Then after they sat us down we waited and waited, 7 mins went by as we watched them bring chips to everyone else who was seated after us. We were not acknowledged at all. 10 mins went by I finally waved at passing waiter, I asked him if we had a waiter, he said I'll check. ‍ we waited a few more mins then another waiter passed by we asked him and he said I'll be back in a min. We waited 3 more mins and decided to leave. It was a total of 15 mins at the table and every passing waiter ignored us as we watched others being served. My husband and I decided we'll never come back here again! There are many better Mexican restaurants in the area and this place doesn't deserve my money. read more

Stale chips , watery no flavor salsa, had steak tacos that were extremely dry and beef burrito to go , both came with literally a quarter cup rice and beans for 20$ each don't go here it's awful . The burrito was 99% rice . Awful read more

I feel during these times it's important to support local businesses. And businesses are generally grateful for your patronage. At least most businesses, not Casa Maya. I got dinner tonight for my wife and myself via UberEATS. I ordered the chicken fajitas and the meal came without the tortillas. I called and informed the manager, and his response was; " what do you want me to do about it." Here's what I want you to do, I want you to read this review. I feel he was dismissive and condescending. He stated that he didn't know why they were using Uber Eats to begin with. It wasn't Uber eats that left out the Tortillas stupid. All you had to do was say I'm sorry, you're in the service industry, it would've been over and you wouldn't have another one star review. When I threatened him with an online review he said; "No one reads those anyway." Let's find out... read more

The margaritas are horrible, it's 1/2 a shot of terrible tequila and margarita mix that's too sweet. They don't even shake it. The salsa might as well be from a warm jar at publix. The service is always terrible. read more

Slightly skeptical with this place only having 3 stars....to try or not to try? Well, when you're starving and craving Mexican this place worked just great! I'm so glad we did as our experience was much better than 3 stars. Tables were seated every other for social distancing and there was a few outdoor tables as well. I had the pulled pork tacos (pictured). Don't let their appearance fool you. They arrived at my table looking like nothing special but I learned to not judge a book by its cover! They were FANTASTIC. Simple, yet the meat had so much delicious flavor and was very moist. Also being a gluten free eater I greatly appreciated all the actually really good corn tortillas. Beans and rice were also good! My husband had a chicken enchilada and it was chalk-full of well cooked chicken. Service was prompt, like within a minute of sitting we had our basket of chips and runny (but yummy) salsa. We'd go back. Four stars it is! read more

Casa Maya Mexican Restaurant - Pulled pork tacos in corn tortillas. Delish pork!! - Mexican Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

We made the mistake of going last night. It was a first Friday of the month, and a street fair takes place every First Friday. Therefore, we waited more than an hour. We ordered the guacamole appetizer. It was very disappointing. Half an avocado was plopped in a bowl with excessive lemon. We had to mash and mix the avocado to MAKE the appetizer. The most shocking part of the dining experience, was the surprise we received at the end. We ordered a carafe of sangria. The carafe was a SHOCKING 35.95 !!! read more

Covid-19. All but one Staff that we could see had a mask on. Only problem was that person was assisting with taking orders and serving food. We sat outside Average food. No real spice even with the spicy salsa. Just okay. read more