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Doña Camila

4.9 (24 reviews)
InexpensiveMexican
Closed • 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

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Five different tacos: recommend lengua, cabeza, and tripa. Wondering about BBQ/barbecoa. Less hot about asada and pastor.
Elvin C.

Manage expectations that this is a taqueria at the back of a Mexican market. With that out of the way, there is an excellent chef and we tried a huarache with carnitas ($8.50), pork tamales ($2.50 each), and five different tacos ($4 each). We'd recommend the lengua, cabeza, and tripa. Asada and pastor not as strong (bit dry). Realized the BBQ on there is probably barbacoa and we should have gone of those too. Carnitas is excellent. No horchata that day...so drink options were out of the fridge cases.

Steak and Birria Tacos. Very juicy and delicious.
Marc P.

Cute lil staff. I feel like I'm eating at my friend's Abuela's house. Very nice people, food was top tier.

3 steak tacos
Cornesha L.

Service was great. Food was made to order. I got a total of 5 steak tacos and 1 chicken taco. The steak was my favorite. It was so flavorful. The chicken was good I'm picky when it comes to chicken tacos so I would give it a 5/10, but I would recommend tasting for yourself. The wait was only about 10 minutes. Also, the price has increased but it's still not bad. $3.50 for chicken tacos and $4.25 for steak tacos. I'll definitely be back. Overall experience 10/10.

The restaurant section is at the back of the grocery store, it's pretty hip!
Eva H.

This place is great! Cheap and easy takeout, conveniently located near the strip in Carbondale. I've had chicken, al pastor, carnitas, and choriza tacos from here. They're $2 each and delicious. That, paired with the wonderful delights of a Mexican grocery store, make it a great trip for the whole family! Seriously though, they deserve more business for the quality of food they're serving up. The salsas are great too. Everything tastes homemade

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We moved from Southern California, so we're Mexican food snobs. This place does it right. We will definitely be coming back. It's a little cafe in the back of a grocery shop. The woman who helped us was wonderful. Very friendly! The menu is basic but she said she can make anything! Check it out!

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Best burrito I've ever had! Everything was fresh, made fast, and affordable. Great small business, the owner was very caring and kind.

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The best authentic Mexican food I've had outside of the Central Valley of California. Fresh, delicious, authentic.

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Awesome food! Wish I had more time to go through their store. As good as this was I'll definitely be back.

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Let's start with the chips and salsa, standard free appetizer fare at every Mexican restaurant in…read moreAmerica. These chips are fresh and crunchy and amazing. So good in fact that I needed to ask, "are these made fresh?" They are and the difference is noticeable. The salsa fresca is awesome. If you're brain washed into thinking that thin flaky chips and thick pasty salsa is good, you're in for a shock. After lunch, my wife and I went back for dinner because of the chips and salsa. Other bonuses: The margaritas were good. Strong. A** kickingly strong. The food was tasty, but I don't know if it was exceptional. The service was a little slow. I wish they brought more than 2 flour tortillas per meal. Candidly, the chips and salsa are so good that everything else came in second.

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2.9(82 reviews)
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Atmosphere and friendliness abound!…read more While in town visiting, TRES HOMBRES was on my list, escorted by a newly found friend, we made our way to dance the night away while the Ventures rocked out to anything from 72' backward....can I say, what an evening! As the "new girl in town" I was blessed with the giant sombrero and danced my castanets off all night long....service good, music, excellent, friends...priceless...and to think I just got into town a few days before, as I've stated prior in my reviews, there are no strangers in Carbondale. To be honest, it was as if I had left my "vacation" and was actually "home." That's how the people I met and this flavor of Carbondale left it's taste in my mouth....absolutely Unbelievable and Memorable! No wonder I met so many people from the Chicago area, they all migrated to the happening spot of Carbondale. My thanks go out to all those that made my journey and adventure worthy of writing about. This has given me the "oomph" to start writing again and I thank you all. Just remember it's the "Angel from Montgomery" that's writing here, so keep a look out for more reviews to follow... Life is SHORT, stay Happy!

My partner and I did a little tour of Carbondale to relive our our college days and we were excited…read moreto go tres. We were shocked when we looked at the menu and there was just fajitas and nacho chips with cheese dip and guacamole, but we're told this place is no longer a Mexican restaurant.. I don't know what to say about that considering the history, the name, and now it's a sports bar? I don't know. I think they're having an identity crisis. We're really sad and ended up going to quatras for pizza to at least get a little bit of food and added nostalgia.

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