I'm in town for one night because it's a location for a film shoot. I decided to try this place because the guy at the motel recommended it. I'm giving them an extra star in deference to their remote location. Put them in a major city with a significant Mexican population and they would be out of business almost immediately. But the crowded parking lot attests that they are well liked and have a real local following. I had one of their signature Margaritas. A Margarita is so easy to make well. Decent tequila. FRESH lime juice. Some dry curaçao or triple sec. Shake vigorously and serve immediately. They used a good Patron tequila but despoiled it with a cocktail mix reminiscent of Kool-Aid. Their steak chimichanga was minimally seasoned chopped steak (only) in a limp tortilla. The tortilla wasn't fried. The accompanying rice and refritos were unremarkable. No hot sauce of any variety on the table. The servers were nice, personable,and prompt. Extra point for that! The food was alright, but with just a tiny bit of extra effort it could have been good. A good Margarita overcomes many other shortcomings. Unfortunately, no. read more

Really good!! We are camping nearby and I wanted something different. They had a large menu and something for everyone. Now, with Mexican food I'm picky and I only really like chicken burritos. So we were able to create something I'd like- shredded chicken burrito with red sauce and cheese sauce. It was SO good. My kiddos quesadilla was good as well. The chips were warm and fresh and the salsa was good. I do NOT like cilantro and I was glad there wasn't too much. Would definitely recommend. read more

Don Cinco De Mayo Cantina - the front of the restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Tomah, Wisconsin

Absolutely fantastic fabulous service best Mexican food in tomah ..no doubt ..cold beer and great margaritas .guacamole is the bomb read more

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I use to love this restaurant. Now if you pay card which is everyone use there is a charge of 4% every transaction. And the attitude of the server just trowing the menu to you not even saying hi hello welcome. I do not recommend this place anymore if I can no star on it I will. read more

I started my lunch here with a giant basket of chips. The salsa was a bit on the thin side for me, but it tasted okay. For my meal, I had street tacos with carnitas, which were good. Rice and beans came in a bowl. The hot sauce was really good. I asked for a 16-oz beer to wash everything down, but I received, drank, and was charged for 32 oz. Bartendress didn't speak a lot of English, but she was fun nevertheless. Even though I was the only person in the place when I finished my meal, it took longer than expected to receive my check, and to collect my payment. If I had a hankering for authentic Mexican food, I would return here. read more

We just came from here. AWFUL FOOD! AWFUL SERVICE!!! AWFUL OWNER! Neither of us could eat our meals. Took two bites & realized how bad it was. These jerks made us pay anyway or threatened to call the police. What kind of restaurant does that? They never offered to even try to make it right. Don't go here! They're crooks! We went to Taco Bell after & both the customer service & food was awesome! We told them what happened & they said they heard bad things too about Don Cinco de Mayo. read more

This place is horrible as far as the service goes. It took 45 min for my food to arrive. read more

Don Cinco De Mayo Cantina - This is the Cinco De Mayo menu cover, what's inside is yummy. - Mexican Near Me - Tomah, Wisconsin

The best Mexican food I've ever had! Amazing service, great atmosphere, and fresh, delicious food. 10/10

Do not come here. Simple as that. We ordered 2 drinks and food and they up charged every single meal. So instead of Monday 4 dollar margaritas they put 6 dollars on the bill. They up charged every meal. I had one meal and two margaritas and it was 50 dollars. Absolutely CRAZY. They are up charging people to make extra under the table. DO NOT COME HERE. read more

What can I say, I have been to many different restaurants and have experienced many cultures. That being said I am so full from my meal. The seafood diablo which was so spicy but flavorful was out of the world. Our waiter Jordon was great and offered me a drink that was not on the menu called a palamo. Very refreshing in an extra special glass. If I were to come back to Wisconsin this is a must come to place. read more

Don Cinco De Mayo Cantina - It is that time - Mexican Near Me - Tomah, Wisconsin

Any of their Quesadillas. Awesome! Probably one of if not the best food I've had since being in Wisconsin.

We arrived at 6:45 pm last Wednesday. Quickly seated but no menus. Waitress came by a few minutes later - we ordered water and menus. She brought both. Then we sat there for 27 minutes with no one taking our order. 1 customer eating at the bar. 1 table on other side of restaurant done eating. Bartender was in clear view of seeing us but he was talking to a friend. Host was standing by cash register with I our view but was not paying attention to us. Waitress was cleaning tables across the restaurant. We left after 27 min and THEN the bartender and host noticed us. Too late.....way too late read more

Great service and the best guacamole I have had and I consider myself a foodie. I had the steak fajitas and they were great too.

Ordered a chicken burito, but when I got home and bit into it, it was all beef. In this same order I ordered 2x taco bowls, one bowl had 2x eye lashes- not bueno. read more

Went on a Wednesday night and it was busy. I thought we would have to wait long to get our meals, but no they were wonderful. Got a pitch of margaritas which was A++, and the food was great. We will be back! read more

I'll start it off by asking who uses Yelp in BFE Wisconsin? Yeah, that was us and we ran into the worst Mexican Restaurant in the tri state area. Buyer beware, ask for a receipt before you pay. They'll charge whatever gratuity they want without telling you and then when you question it, the manager is busy for an hour. They try to get away with it by offering you a couple dollars to make things right. I was overcharged by nearly $30 dollars. After an hour, we got scolded by the server who gave us single dollar bills and said that's all that was going to happen. We ripped them up on the way out to prove a point. read more

Goofy name, different style, good food. It's not very family-friendly. You have to walk by the cantina-style open bar to come inside. They want your business. They want you to feel welcome. I have a different preference in food but theirs isn't bad by any means. If you are in a party mood, they want to make your dinner and they'll serve up their best to keep you coming back. read more

Happen to come into town. Ran across this place. Let me just say. Wasn't crowded. Clean. Friendly fast service. Good Long Island drinks. Everything was good for the most part. I would come again. read more

Don Cinco De Mayo Cantina - cool spot. Big food and good drinks. This right here is the taco salad. - Mexican Near Me - Tomah, Wisconsin

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Food was alright. 7/10, I got the Molcajete is the best dish of the house (according to the waiter) but it's not that great. Alsooooo watch out for the price$$$$$ bud. Don't $$$$$$ay I didn't warn ya. read more

Service was good...quick and friendly. We both ordered margaritas (on the rocks with salt) but didn't care for them. The glass rim was coated with what appeared to be table salt, rather than the coarser margarita salt and they had a funny aftertaste (the result of some pre-packaged mix I'm guessing). Chips and salsa were delivered to our table shortly after we were seated. Chips were thicker than I care for, and tasted a tad bit stale; salsa had good flavor and mild heat. We had ordered a cheese dip when we were first seated to go with the chips but our waiter forgot to bring it...no biggie as we weren't charged for it either. Main entrees were very good; flavorful and nice sized portions, both came with rice and beans. Waiter checked on us several times during the course of our meal. read more

First things first, we go in and place a to go order and are seated at the bar to wait. 20 mins turns into 45 mins and during This period we see people who ordered long after we did and received their food before us. We were told customers in house were the priority ?? But that makes no sense. Finally our $38 order is given to us after 45 mins and when we get to our hotel which was walking distance away we are absolutely disgusted by the food. The guacamole was more tomato chunks than anything and was watery and flavorless. The race tasted like he was sitting around all day was simply made by microwave. I ordered the Philly cheese steak burrito and asked for extra steak and definitely did not receive that, Being charged a $3 up charge mind you. On top of all this inconvenience and long wait nothing was done to accommodate. Unfortunately for the people in this town who have no other Authentic Mexican restaurants to eat at have to settle for such low level food. I honestly wish I could do negative stars.... STEAR CLEAR read more

This was the second worst Mexican food I've ever eaten, second only to a place that gave us major food poisoning... The chips weren't great, queso was runny/watery with no flavor, but the worst was the enchiladas. We got the 2 bean 2 cheese combo. The cheese version was literally some shredded cheese wrapped in tortilla with red sauce poured on top, where the cheese was not even melted let alone baked in the sauce. I'm not sure if I misread the description, but the jalapeño margarita was blue and super sweet. I rarely leave a drink behind and this one was left half full. I didn't mention anything to the staff because we were in a hurry. The saving graces were the Chile verde that was at least ok and they were very fast, probably why the enchilada cheese wasn't melted. Service was friendly. read more

The decor was fun and the fajitas and margaritas good but it was not clean and the service was slow and unfriendly... skip it.

Went there on a Thursday night. Staying at a nearby hotel. The place was busy. Good sign. I sat at the bar. Immediate service from a nice gentleman. Beer ordered and came fast and I also received chips and salsa. Asked if I wanted Guacamole and I agreed. Salsa was not super spicy but on the setup were two hot sauces in a bottle. Added the spicy one to the salsa, and bam! Great Stuff. My Beer was a tall and it was very cold. Nice. Ordered a Flag Burrito. Was wondering why I was not asked about beans and rice. After it came out though I realized why! The thing was HUGE. I tried my best but from the chips and salsa and 2 large beers, I couldn't finish it. It was delicious. Could have been a TAD hotter, although the plate was very hot. Ordered another beer, in my broken Spanish, and even correctly asked for a lime, so the female who took that order thanked me for trying her language. It was fun. Only downside I could say was the 2nd beer was served in a glass that must have just come out of the washer and it was very warm, thus my beer got a tad warm by the end of it. My super nice male waiter/bartender disappeared so i waited a bit for a check, but then just decided to go to the register, where the nice girl spoken about before checked me out. Bill was correct and nothing out of place. Left a nice tip. Will go back. This looks like a Cantina if you have ever been to Spanish countries. Liked the décor. Locals seemed to like the food as well. read more

if i could give this place less than zero stars i would. such a scam. we were up charged an extra 20$ on a 50$ 2 meals on a monday when they had 4$ margaritas. they charged us 6$ for each. watch out they add gratuity on top of trying to make you give them 25% tip. the manager was also "no where to be found" when we had a problem with all of our bills. she tried to give us 4$ in 1$ bills back for our inconvenience. terrible place to eat nothing about my experience was good. also the waitress was calling us names in spanish and talking mad shit like she thought just because we were of a different race we didn't know spanish... anyway good luck. don't recommend. read more

My review is actually 3 stars, but since the only other review is a 5-star by the guy who runs the restaurant, I need to average out his dishonesty. The food was ok. Nothing special. The salsa is mediocre and tastes like Paste picante. Definitely not real authentic salsa. We initially walked through the bar and everyone stopped talking and stared at us as if to silently say, "you ain't from around here...are ya?" Not the most welcoming place in the world. read more

Was OK overall. The pitcher of margarita, super good and strong with tequila. The carne asada I had was decent but made with very think strips of meat instead of a little thicker skirt steak cuts I am used to. Beans and rice decent and the chips and salsa were good. We had to wait a considerable amount of time for our food and there were very few people there but that did not bother us being busy on our pitcher of margarita. Service very good. We will probably try this place again. read more

Don Cinco De Mayo Cantina - the carne asada - Mexican Near Me - Tomah, Wisconsin

Being the only person to review this restaurant who is actually Mexican and grew up in Southern California. This place was amazingly great and a welcoming flavor since I now reside in Bismarck, North Dakota. I ordered actual Mexican food... not a burrito and taco like some of the other reviewers. I had a delicious chile relleno and my husband had the out of this world fajitas. WOW! The salsa was your typical restaurant style salsa. I do not know what people expect from free chips and salsa, but it was definitely not store bought. The reviewer who though that earlier was so far off. They had obviously never made a restaurant style salsa. You cannot get that flavor from a can. The menu has all your staple items including paella and campechana. I think people expect Mexican food to taste different every where they go, but I appreciate Mexican food tasting a consistent way, but tasting great at the same time. The margaritas were great and I am definitely going here again before I go back home. read more

When I googled for Mexican, this place was the first to come up and I'm glad I chose it. The atmosphere and food is great.

I was really looking forward to some Mexican food with my family! We went yesterday afternoon, and they didn't even have guacamole. It's an "authentic Mexican restaurant" and they didn't have guacamole or black beans. The menus were sticky (YUCK) and my 9 year old refused to use their bathroom. Will not return. read more

First time we've been able to take a romantic getaway Without Children, in almost 20 years. We're from California and love authentic Mexican food so looked on line and found this gem. When we arrived, we were seated and offered menus. Husband said we already know what we want. " I want the carne asada tacos with rice and beans for $8.99, that's advertised on your website. Two orders. And 2 Coronas." Our server said " ok, I'll be right back with your Coronas and some chips and salsa. He seemed annoyed about something. We were the only customers at this point. The atmosphere was nice, quiet. When the chips etc. were brought out, a family arrived and their arder was taken. Salsa was mild so we asked for spicy. Was told spicy salsa would arrive with the food. (Ok ) Our food arrived quickly and was wonderful. The salsa was even milder than before. Oh, well. Still a nice dinner. The other people's food arrived right after ours and looked good as well. We were not checked on once during our meal. We wanted to try the margaritas. Finally gave up. We left a $4 tip and gathered our things and went to the counter to pay. "Annoyed Server" walks up and my husband hands him 2, $20 bills. "Annoyed Server" types in the register and says $35.83. Husband asked how he got that total when it should have been 9+9+4+4=26. "Annoyed server" showed us the menu and said that they had new prices due to Corona Virus. Husband showed him the phone, with the advertised price, and reminded him we ordered the $8.99 carne asada tacos. "Annoyed Server refused to look at it and said "Well, this is the menu I can make a phone call if you don't like it" husband said " Yes, please do. This is ridiculous." No one raised their voice. "Annoyed Server, picks up the phone and calls......the police! Annoyed server says we are disputing our bill and he has no time to deal with us because the restaurant is very buisy. Cop A and B arrive on scene. We are told to step outside so as not to cause a scene. Um, ok. Cop A escorts us outside. Cop B talks to "Annoyed Server inside. Cop A listens politely to our story. Cop B Brings out our change $4.17. Cop B accuses us of "causing a disturbance" over a "couple of dollars". Cop B refuses to listen to our side of the story and reminds us again that we are "causing a disturbance" over a "couple of dollars" and looks at the next parking lot over. Where there are 2 more patrol cars. Thank you for the unforgettable experience. read more

Best Mexican restaurant in town hands down always great customer service and their margaritas are pretty strong as well I would highly recommend getting there early as there is limited seating read more

I have never eaten at such a low quality restaurant...and still haven't since I gagged on my first bite of shredded beef! The meat was rancid, mooshy and unflavored. The chips and salsa were gross too, being that the salsa tasted like tomatoes and jalapeños blended...zero other flavoring. The cheese dip was cold and I couldn't add enough salt to make it edible! They also started speaking Spanish and insulting me thinking I couldn't understand. They, then, charged my card for the entire meal, even after I told them I couldn't eat their food due to it being terrible. The manager told me to go eat somewhere else then! He really said those words to me, so I did and won't be back. If one person gets to avoid the shenanigans there because of this review, then it was worth every second it took to write it...all over the internet! read more

Decided to try this place for my husband's birthday. Was not impressed. While the food was good, everywhere else was lacking. The bar was unfinished. My view was raw wood paneling or a window blocked by a styrofoam cup and a leaky ceiling. The hostess treated us nicely but our waitress came off cold or irritated to be serving us. We ordered margaritas which were so strong I could not drink them. The table felt sticky and overall it was not a pleasant experience. read more

Don Cinco De Mayo Cantina - The cup sitting in the middle of the window. Not a cup the serve customers. - Mexican Near Me - Tomah, Wisconsin

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It's not understandable how the place is 3 stars. It's more like 2. I get it, the competition for Mex food is scarce, but that won't last forever, and that is no excuse how to run a business. The hostess/server was not friendly. The carnitas was ok, but had a lot of salt. The asada burrito has good flavor, but the relleno was a little sour. Improve the service/personality, along with minor recipe changes, and this place might make it. read more

Food was great. Drinks were great. Service was excellent. I don't get all these poor reviews it was awesome.

Really great food!! I had the shrimp chimichanga. Perfect amount of food! Just the service was not the best and they ran out of a lot of drinks. The check out was a little rough and should have an easier way to pay. There were staff that came in and helped out and made the dinner good. I really liked the inside decor as the seats were pretty cool looking. read more

This was a terrible restaurant to choose off the freeway. The manager was loud and rude to staff. Belittling employees in front of customers. The salsa was made from canned vegetables and the meals were soaked in what tasted like canned sauces. The one positive was the beer was very affordable. read more

The beef taco was really good and the Mexican rice was really good as well and the costumer service was great read more

Don Cinco De Mayo Cantina - Mexican Near Me - Tomah, Wisconsin

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Food is great and the menu quite extensive. Staff lleft something to be desired. My husband has a fractured ankle, just surgically repaired 2 days ago. Needs to be no weight bearing for the nnext few weekd and be careful with it. He put his hand on the table top to attempt to balance himself while transferring from his knee scooter to his seat in the booth - and the table began to tip. So he changed his strategy and placed his hand to balance on the back of his bench seat. The entire seat fell completely over backward, hitting a guest seated at the bar and depositting my already injured spouse on the floor. Fortunately it appears no one was injured further. The msnager on duty was monumentally unimpressed, barely acknowleging my husband on the floor or his bench laying on its back on the floor. We pointed out to him that the bench was completely unsecured to anythng which hardly seemed safe for an unusually highbacked bench. He seemed to care not one bit. Real nice guy. I pointed out that that bench was a lawsuit waiting to happen. He ignored me and walked away. Oh, and i forgot to mention there were no paper towels in the BR and the hand dryers were not working. My recommedation is definitely visit this restaurant, but don't touch anything and order your food to take out. read more