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    Don Pancho

    3.9 (41 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican, Latin American
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    DON PANCHO ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Shrimp tostada to go
    Courtney J.

    I returned to Don Pancho about two years after my last visit, and I'm happy to report that is is just as wonderful as I remember. This time I was only in two for less than 48 hours, so I was trying to spend more time with family and opted for take out instead of dining in. It's easy to place your to-go order at the counter. Then it was only a 15-20 minute wait until our tasty treats were ready. While we waited, they said we were free to get chips and salsa from the bar, which was an added bonus. The salsas were just as spicy and flavorful as I remembered them. I enjoyed burning my face off. You can't get salsa like that here in Philly. In order of hottest to mildest in my opinion are: * dark green/brownish one * tomatillo (green but not creamy) * dark red * creamy green avocado based one * lightest red one Our food was packaged up nicely and tightly. We were given containers to get salsa from the bar to go as I had ordered chips to go as well for a little less than $4 extra. You get four small containers and one large. There is also cilantro, onions, and limes on the bar as well. For $30 we had a large amount of food for four people. We ended up having a few left overs for the drive home. The shrimp tostada and the chicken gordita are still my favorite. There are so many shrimp for $4 and the texture of the corn shell for the gordita is perfect. I hope this gem is still there next time I'm in town. They were pretty bumpin' at 11:00 AM on a Sunday last weekend, so I guess there is a very good chance it will be.

    Chicken tacos are $1.75 each... They're usually on corn shells, so if you want flour tortillas you have to ask
    Heather P.

    First and foremost, this is a taqueria, which isn't your average Mexican restaurant. If you've never been to a taqueria and decide to check this place out, it sets the bar high. In short, taquerias have some of the most authentic Mexican foods that you'll ever find. Most taquerias have difficult to translate, Spanish menus, but no here. I appreciated the fact that the menu consisted of mostly pictures, they were a bit distorted, but appreciated none the less. The chips and salsa bar was awesome! They had at least 5 different salsa varieties to choose from, in addition to limes, onion and cilantro. Even the regular salsa had a bit of a kick to it, but I'm a sissy when it comes to spicy salsas. If you like spicy salsas, you'll be in heaven here. Everything on the lunch part of the menu was $5.49, so reasonably priced, especially because offer the free chips and salsa bar too. I went with the burrito platter and asked for my cheese sauce on the side. The lady taking our order had an issue understanding me, but all of our orders came out correctly. There were five of us and our food all came out at separate times, which is always completely fine with me. I'd rather they bring everything out individually, than cause something to go cold, due to the wait on the other meals. The menu didn't explain what the burrito platter consisted of, and when I asked the lady taking my order, there was a language barrier. To sum it up, it comes with grilled chicken, rice and beans, but they're stuffed inside of the burrito, along with sour cream. I was a good sport and ate it, even though I hate sour cream. Cons... The language barrier. The tile in the floor was broken in spots. The loud Mexican music. I know, the music added to the experience, but it was so super loud, that we had to talk loud to hear each other at our table.

    Steak fajitas
    Kathi S.

    I have been seriously been craving good Mexican food. Found this small place. The food is the real thing. Friendly service even though my Spanish is very rusty. I was very happy with the steak and al pastor tacos I had. The shrimp tostado was piled high with shrimp and the whole thing very tasty and fresh. We definitely will be back. Sad we have to drive to Morristown for good Mexican food when there are 2 restaurants here in Newport that bill themselves as "authentic "

    Crystal C.

    Visiting from out of town & was skeptical to try it based on the mixed reviews...but I quickly figured it out. If you're looking for the typical Americanized Mexican restaurant, this place scared you & ordered off the menu...mistake. This is a truly authentic Latin restaurant. Order off the board and you'll experience the best street tacos, gorditas & tamales you never knew existed. All homemade and the amazing fresh salsa bar makes it even better. SO glad I came here. If in the area again will definitely be back.

    Taco, Tamal, Chalupa and Hurache ! Everything was great.
    Guillermo S.

    Great authentic Mexican food ! So far It has been the best Mexican dining experience in town. Great Tacos and tamales ! Chips and salsas were very fresh and with an amazing flavor.

    Don Pancho's flavorful and hot red salsa

    Lived in Texas and enjoyed superb TexMex cuisine for 15 years. This included Rosarios in San Antonio and Gonzales in Longview. Salsas with rich flavor, substantial body and some balancing heat. Meats with flavorful spices rather than salt. Don Pancho's in Morristown, TN delivers multiple fresh salsas. A red with flavor and heat. A red with sweet tomato and a roasted tomatillo verde. All three sampled and enjoyed: best since Texas! Beef enchilada was packed with small pieces of steak with spice mix; not salt. Chicken enchilada was excellent tender and moist pulled chicken with spice; not salt. Bean enchilada was made with home made refried beans. All were very high quality which seemed to be made with care and passion for authenticity. My wife had chicken tamales. Beautiful tender white masa and the same tender and moist pulled chicken. We will definitely return and recommend to friends and family.

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    Alexandra P.

    We went in for lunch around 1:30 on Sunday. They were pretty busy with most tables filled. We stood around for a few minutes but no one greeted us so we just found a booth and sat down. No one came over to take our order so my husband got up to see if we order at the counter or if it was wait staffed. While he was up he noticed the salsa bar. There were help yourself tortilla chips next to the salsas. While he was up, a waitress dropped off menus. The tortilla chips were good and the salsas were great! Very spicy and flavorful! After 15 minutes, no one had come to take our order. My husband had to flag down the waitress. It seems there was only one person covering the entire restaurant. She took our order and brought our food but wasn't very pleasant or happy to do it. We got the guacamole appetizer and two vegetarian tortas with a side of beans and rice. The guacamole was delicious. The tortas were ok but a lot better when we added the extra beans and rice to the sandwich. We asked for beans instead of meat but they put maybe a teaspoon of beans on it. They have a drive thru so if we come back we would use that since the service was so bad.

    their tacos were awesome! get the tacos.

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    Food is the best around. Service is good. Ambiance okay. Staff is friendly and food is authentic.

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    7 years ago

    Really good flavored water. Crazy authentic Mexican food. Shoutout my slimes, shoutout Gus (QUAVO) has cool statue of bull

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    love LoVe LOVE this place! Fabulous self-serve Salsa Bar! Very reasonably priced Lunch Menu ($5.49)!

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    11 years ago

    Food is amazing! Salsa is best I've had! Don't let the modest building scare you. You want authentic Mexican? This is the place.

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    11 years ago

    Food was very good the chalupa supreme and enchilada supreme were the best I've had outside of Mexico

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    Amazing amazing amazing!!! Found by accident and will definitely drive the 25 miles from home just for this food!

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