This place is amazing!!! I've had chicken mole a thousand times and this place might b the best one I've ever had(get the chicken fajita mole)! Staff is super helpful and friendly. They have a HUGE menu! They serve breakfast all day. I've been here twice and will be back many more times! read more

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Doña Lencha is a hidden gem. The family run restaurant not only has great food with a thousand different options. This is run by the sweetest family. Not sure what to get? Ask them. They will provide amazing suggestions you never would have thought to order. Authentic Mexican music and shows on the TVs, plus incredible smells from the kitchen make this place a must visit. read more

Enjoy the atmosphere the food was outstanding. Had the Caldo de Rez, menudo, and pozole all on point. The staff were very attentive and service was excellent. read more

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My family has come here for almost 20 years. Words cannot express how delicious the food is here. It's such comfort food to know you can expect high quality authentic Mexican food prepared the way my mom and her grandmother would make. The salsa bar is fantastic, delicious, flavorful salsas and add-ons for your food. Their aguas frescas are thirst quenchingly refreshing. Y'all have GOT to come here, bring your folks, your kids, the family! You won't regret it!!! read more

Dona Lencha - Lobby, horchata, chilaquiles, breakfast tacos - Mexican Near Me - Irving, Texas

This little gym does not disappoint what a great find.. the menu is vast, however I believe only because they are just so good at bringing their culture alive ... Milanesa ona plate with rice, beans, and home made flour tortillas, and their tortas are amazing.. this was a first visit but I couldn't help but notice plate after plate coming out.. the next better than the one before ... The atmosphere is As well authentic and lively to match the food perfectly... if you're looking for some thing special... You will find it in Doña Lencha ... read more

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Great place! Big portions, kind prices. Gluten free, dairy free options. Very nice employees. read more

Dona Lencha - Mexican Near Me - Irving, Texas

I think the business can do better. I came to order around 30 tacos, i added some more when i was inside. Normally we order monthly. First, we try to pay over the phone. They don't take it, because they want to come in and pay. I feel like they make it so hard for customers to pay. Not sure if the manager know. Then after that hurdle, i was getting more tacos because we miss counted for the people in our party - so we added more. & i ask to get extra sauce. They charge 1.5 dollars, this is another bad business decision. People eat inside often waste tons of sauce but don't get charge extra. To go people who do big order monthly, get charge. But that ok. I was a little shock, but business had to run so i understand. So i like to pay. But now they don't take credit card that less than certain amount. I feel like i am in a situation was i am ready to buy & pay & the sale person talk me out of buying . read more

Dona Lencha - Front - Mexican Near Me - Irving, Texas

This place is amazing! Authentic Mexican Cuisine! It's very important to get here at a decent time, unless you like big crowds. It gets extremely busy, fast! Everything I've ordered has been at 10/10! read more

Exelente servicio pero la Comida esta de lo peor calidad me comi una chilaquiles con carne esta súper fea y el lugar muy socio Nesecito tener más cuidado read more

business went downhill. not sure what happened. there was an ac leak on top of my table and a water drop fell on my bowl of salsa. Gross.

Did you forget to eat tacos on a Tuesday? Come on Wednesdays and eat dollar tacos! My favorite ones are the automatic chicken, lenga, carnitas and al pastor! Great atmosphere and amazing salsa bar. I love the habanero salsa! It's definitely hot! They have specials every day and their specials are displayed on the menu and on the banners throughout the restaurant. If you come in on a Wednesday at lunch be prepared to wait. Service can be slow at times during peak hours. Plenty of parking too! Also there is a 2nd location off Beltline! read more

Dona Lencha - Mexican Near Me - Irving, Texas

Food/Taste: 5.0 Customer Service: 3.0 Location: 2.5 Pricing: 4.5 Cleanness: 3.0 WiFi: No The food was great. The "Torta El Niño Pobre" is huge and had a great taste! Make sure you don't take off the tin foil otherwise it will fall apart! The chips and salsa are extremely good but not free like most Mexican places. The customer service was extremely slow. You sit yourself and our waitress attended us quickly and food was out fast. However, I was never offered a refill until I have 3/4 done with my meal. The location itself is easy to find. However, the AC does not work. It was extremely hot (85 degrees F). The place was decently clean but not clean clean. read more

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I'm wife and a friend went to Doña Lencha last Thursday. The tacos were great, and the grilled steak that my wife ordered was chopped, and it was not grilled it was cooked on a skillet with a lot of oil. My wife said she did not want it like that and asked to change it. Waitress put on an attitude say that's how she ordered it. We said not she wanted grilled, not cooked in a skillet. She said that the kitchen said that's how it's made. I said just bring out a cooked steak, and that's it She returned with a new service with a full steak cooked on a skillet. My wife ate it when we were leaving. we asked for the check, and they tried to charge us for both steaks. And she would not back down saying we ordered them. We have to bay them. Our friend went to the cashier to tell discuss this. "Manager" came out to argue with her. By chance, a policeman was having lunch there and was trying to pay. They told him that she was refusing to pay. My friend had her credit card in her hand and explained to the officer the situation. He said that if someone returns food because it not what they ordered, they don't have to pay for it. And because of this, they took it off the bill. I have gone to Doña Lencha for over twenty years. I have recommended it to all my friends. That was the last time I would ever go there or recommend it to anyone. read more

Mal servicio, súper mal servicio. No volvemos a regresar. Aunque llevemos años comiendo en este lugar. La meseras son súper groseras y nada de professional cómo tratar al cliente. Nunca nos an tratado así en un restaurante. Ayer, primero La mesera nos tomó todas las ordenes mal y fue llamar a otra mesera con mal modo. Quejándose. Y haciendo la cosas peor la otra mesera en vez de escucharnos tomo el lado de la otra mesera con mala actitud. Y de que nunca fuimos groseras con ellas , y no les dijimos de mal modo porque respetamos alas empleadas como uno se lo merece. Pero esa dos meseras no tienen la capacidad de dar servicio a un cliente en un restaurante. Se quejaban y se enojaban con nosotros, como si fuera nuestra culpa. Atendieron muy mal. No se los recomiendo comer ahí si quieren que los traten mal. Bad service, super bad service. We are never going back. Even though we've been eating at this place for years. The waitresses are super rude and unprofessional how to treat the customer. We have never been treated like this in a restaurant. Yesterday, first The waitress took all our orders wrong and went to call another waitress in a bad way. complaining And making things worse the other waitress instead of listening to us took the side of the other waitress with a bad attitude. And that we were never rude to them, and we didn't tell them in a bad way because we respect the employees as one deserves it. But the waitresses do not have the ability to serve a customer in a restaurant. They complained and got mad at us, like it was our fault. They treated us very badly. I do not recommend eating there if you want to be treated like this. read more

I wish this place was closer to us but then again, if it were, Id likely gain weight because I would go there way to often, this place is delicious. Its authentic Mexican food and the staff is incredibly kind. I have brought my young kids here many times and the waitress (we have had the same one most visits) is so nice to them and tries to get their food out first when she can. The tortas are great, the meat plates good, tacos awesome, I have never ordered something I didn't love. read more

Dona Lencha - Chips with salsa and beans - Mexican Near Me - Irving, Texas

Authentic Mexican food off of 183. The tacos and fajitas are fantastic, and the salsa is superb. The tortillas are house made. We usually get our food to-go, but loads of people dine-in. The prices are cheap too. This is a local cop favorite, so maybe call your order in for take-out if your ridin' dirty. That being said, cops always know the best restaurants. "They see me rollin', They hatin', Patrolling and tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty" - Chamillionaire read more

I usually don't leave reviews but these guys deserve it Food is amazing and customer service is one of the best I've ever experienced 100% recommended read more

If you are looking for authentic Mexican home made food, don't look further, this place is delicious. Although they have good Mexican food, I strongly suggest you do not buy tamales here. Unfortunately, they are really bad at that. Everything else is an A+ from food quality, just have to be patient as the service is a B- . read more

Alrighty, so by this point I've probably tried just about every breakfast taco joint parallel to both I35E and 183. That's a lot to compare Dona Lencha to, but even so, it was without a doubt the most authentic taco shop I've yet been to, and it didn't disappoint. Star 1: How was the service and atmosphere? Brush up on your spanish folks, because Dona Lencha is as authentic as it gets. Combining a butchery with a sit-down food shop, Dona Lencha has quick and friendly service that's close enough to 183 for a quick stop before work. No complaints. Star Granted. Star 2: How were the portions relative to the cost? Read this part slowly folks so that you can truly grasp what I'm saying here: ONE. DOLLAR. EACH. that's it. one dollar for one breakfast taco. Have a look: http://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=sUhDP2LkujXSA2UTx4en7Q&userid=OKX-V5j_qfuOebeHeWGrHg That's absolutely brilliant as far as a customer proposition goes, and while they're not huge, compare that to the prices of these other nearby breakfast taco shops: La Mexicana Y El Gringo: $1.35 each Taco Stop: $1.80 each Rusty Taco: $2.00 each Luna's Tortilla Factory: $1.50 each Tacodeli (Austin): $2.95 each So there you have it folks. Dona Lencha takes the taco as it were with the cheapest tacos around. Kudos. Star Granted. Stars 3 and 4: How was the food? I suppose price is irrelevant if the tacos are garbage yeah? Fortunately, they're not at all garbage, and while they weren't the best I've ever had, they weren't bad. Both the corn and flour tortilla options are great, ad I liked that the eggs were cooked in with the meat to order. My only gripe was the chorizo tasted a tad bit off and they skimped a bit on the ham. Besides that? Good stuff. Single Star Granted. Star 5: Would you eat here every day if you could? Again, not my favorite in town (that honor is contested between Taco Stop and La Mexicana Y El Gringo) but for $1.00? Go here at least once in your life. No Star Granted. read more

Dona Lencha - Breakfast Tacos: $1.00 each - Mexican Near Me - Irving, Texas

I know this place has been there for long time and maybe that's the reason they don't make the effort to keep the quality and flavor of the food as the time they open up the first restaurant down the road from were they are now. I wouldn't recommend it anymore. Food is tasteless and the place is disgusting! I would recommend the owners to throw away those filthy fans they have and also clean the back of those TV's. Good luck to anyone brave enough to ignore my review! read more

fue un fracaso total mi esposa pidió unas tortitas de camarón con nopales y ese platillo no paresia nada a tortitas de camarón paresia chicharrón con chile acompañado de un arroz todo mazudo imposible de comer yo por mi parte lo resumo diciendo "pésima comida" servicio al cliente muy pobre no regreso jamás mucho menos se lo recomendaría a mis amistades read more

Very good food. All seems to be authentic Mexican food. The only issue was the language barrier and the service, had to ask for drink refills several times. read more

Don't dare take a picture of the menu they won't have it it is NOT ALLOWED. I'll take my business elsewhere

Huge variety of meats for my tacos. Large salsa bar with some fire hot stuff. Big Hand made corn tortillas. Am going back and back again. read more

Dona Lencha - Mole, lamb, al pastor. All the fixens. - Mexican Near Me - Irving, Texas

This is as Mexican as you can get. It's very good. Salsa's are a little difference but may be due to its authenticity. Chilaquiles Mexicanas (not migas) are good with the green sauce. They also have red and mole. Coffee is just right. Not weak or strong. Beams taste like home made and not from a can. I highly recommend this place. One down fall Is that the kitchen is open so the restaurant is a little warm for my comfort. Other than that it's a good place to eat. Oh sorry. Wanted to take a picture of my plate but I devoured my food read more

Love this restaurant and the people who run it . They make each visit and meal such a great experience. Thank you all.

When ordering the food was always fresh even to go or sitting down. And they are very quick and get your order in and out also have a good positive atmosphere. I would recommend eating here it's a good Mexicano restaurant and it's authentic. read more

We know this place since long time ago when food from this restaurant was authentic when the owner's children were children now they have grown up and they are the waiters they look tired bored they don't care about customers service is horrible, the food has changed it is not longer authentic mexican food anymore actually is gross very low quality, tamales are made from a machine, pozole that they just add shredded carnitas to the stew, chilaquiles that are not chilaquiles if you are Mexican you know what I'm talking about. Just don't waste your money. read more

If you're looking for authentic Mexican cuisine, look no further! I can honestly wholeheartedly say this is the best overall Mexican cuisine you'll ever find, the service is impeccable, the food is incredible, when you walk in you feel like someone has welcomed you into their home! After months of having not been in the state they remember me, you don't get that everywhere and it really adds to the whole experience! You will not be disappointed! read more

Dona Lencha - Mexican Near Me - Irving, Texas

Do not come here for authentic Mexican food! The food is greasy af, sits heavy on your stomach enough to start making you feel nauseous. I order the wrong plate but still paid for of course and didn't not want to waste it but as I was taking some condiments home a rude worker comes up to tell me that is I'm taking any home I will be charge extra like extra for a couple pieces of onion and cilantro even though I order the food here and ate there anything that I take home is an extra charge! I got charged $1 for a very very small cup of cream. It looks like they are maybe going bankrupt because their charges are outrageous ! read more

Oh, Heavily Mother of God-- if there is such a thing as heaven on earth, you can find it in the torta sandwiches wrapped in aluminum foil at Dona Lencha. I like to call it my 'Food of the Angels Sandwich'. We started off with orders of chips, salsa, queso, and guacamole. Even the chips were made fresh! Yes, hand cut flour tortillas which are deep fried into chips-- the fresh taste means they're using fresh frying oil, I think. The guacamole came in a small, deep bowl, yet sufficient for three men-- and you can tell it's made in house, daily. It's important to understand that a torta is a type of bread that's a cross between a thick tortilla and a chibatta bun. Torta sandwiches are made with the torta bread. There are about ten different tortas on the menu, and fries are included. I don't know if I'll ever be able to try anything different on the menu, other than the eight meat torta-- it was so heavenly delicious. I'm craving the delectable blend of eight meats right now. At first bite, I noticed the velvety taste of avocado, then the al dente texture of barbecued beef, then the smoky chorizo. Each bite gives you a different taste blend and mouth-feel from the eight meats, four cheeses, tomato, and lettuce. It's hard to identify each ingredient, as they all blend together into a total heaven sent masterpiece. read more

This is a great place to eat. The food is good and the have just about every kind of Mexican food you want. Their menu has a lot of choices. A LOT! Seat yourself and salsa bar is open to you. BYOB, that's right Bring Your Own Beer and they will put it on ice for you. Tacos are $1.25 and the all the other food is just as reasonably priced. If you ever want to add rice and beans or any side item they are an extra cost around $1 or $2. THE AGUAS FRESCAS ARE AMAZING!!! I HAD THE COCONUT AND THE MELON!!! The problems... I only have 2 complaints... The tripas were fried way too long..... and i ordered the pastor tacos and i did not like them. I don't know if the meat was bad or if they used a seasoning i didn't like, either way they would not take it off my bill or offer another choice. There was no manager on duty at the time and i asked several people. I was very upset i was going to pay for something i didn't like. At the very end , the waitress told me that the cashier was going to take it off my bill. Im glad someone understands customer service is a big deal. read more

One Dollar Tacos......Let me say again....$1.00 tacos..... They have a fine selection! I had 8 tacos and I was pretty full. The Lengua, Carnitas, Al Pastor, were very very good....the other tacos I had were also good, but not as good. The Sesos was bland, and that's okay...I don't eat brains, like ever, but they were on the menu and I had to try. I was feeling Zombie-ish! They also have sweetbread tacos, however, they were out of them today....I do hope to return, the place is reasonably priced, and the food is very good. Everyone was satisfied with their meals. The service was just okay, thank goodness we took my Hispanic co-worker so that all went smoothly. I think I might just go back.....soon! read more

The tortas are so good here. I went in last week in the morning and ordered an egg and chorizo torta. A torta is a Mexican sandwich that usually has your choice of meat, lettuce, tomato, mayo, queso fresco, on a delicious toasted Mexican bun. If you've never tried one, Dona Lencha is the place to do it. Their tortas come with a side of fries. I also have their lemonade which is freshly squeezed and perfectly sweetened. The service is always great. Even though the decorations are a tad tacky, it still has a homey feel to the place. It's kind of like you walk in and know everything is like homemade and authentic. This place is a must if you want real Mexican food. read more

From the tortas to the tacos, its all the same, good and tasty original from Mexico. I love the crispy tripita tacos, Nobody in North Texas makes them as good as they do. The selection is very wide, from Birria, to barbacoa, to carnitas. This place is a must, and the prices are very affordable. read more

This past Saturday night, I revisited Dona Lencha for the second time in a 2 week period... See my first review for my first visit :) ...On this occasion, I took my mom and sister with me to dine on the vast array of tacos Dona Lencha offers. Upon arriving, we decided to dine-in. We were greeted by our server, Nancy. She was a breath of fresh air as she welcomed us to her restaurant and lead us to our booth. She is so cute, personable and delightful in general!! Nancy enhanced our visit to Dona Lencha with her knowledge of the menu and of authentic Mexican fare. She made many great suggestions... especially the cream filled churros... OMG GRRRRREAT... and for only $1. That is a deal, my friends!!! Better hurry on down to Dona Lencha off 183 and Story Rd in Irving before too long...and ask for Nancy~ If you wait too long, Nancy will no longer be delighting patrons at Dona Lencha... but delighting patients as a dental hygienist! Hmmmmmm.... I think I'm going for my 3rd visit to DL for breakfast tacos in the morning!!! read more

My family and me visited the Story Rd. location. It was real hot inside, which could have been bypassed if the waitress's attitude or the food would have been better. We ordered our food, and it was not at all what we were expecting. It wasn't well served, it wasn't fresh and the food was super greasy! We walked out of there unsatisfied, disgusted and still hungry, regretting we ever decided to go to this place. And come to think of it, it is a little on the expensive side for the little amount of food they served on our plates. I wish I could remember the name of the waitress, but DAMN - she was a total idiot. She got our order wrong, our drinks wrong. She wouldn't come around to refill our drinks, nor bring more tortillas. We all spoke Spanish, so it wasn't like there was a language barrier. WE and others will not go back and it's unfortunate that I cannot submit a comment without clicking on the ratings box, because this place doesn't even deserve one star!!!! read more

Take a trip to glorious Mexico, enter the local fragrant restaurant full of the most delicious smells you can inhale. Take a trip to Mexico right outside your door texas! Incredible food, fast friendly service. Chick-fil-a could never!! Decently priced and taco Wednesdays! Just a dollar for their savory scrumptious tacos. Do your self the favor of a life time and stop by Dona Lencha. Just like grandma's cooking back in the old country. Belly: full Pockets: full Wig: snatched read more

I'm a big fan of Dona Lencha so I decided to try this location. A little more festive-looking and ranch-style than the Belt Line location. The AC wasn't working too well so it was hot in there! I liked their salsa bar. The green salsa was especially good. It was Friday so we had to have the beef fajita special ($5). Excellent, even though the smoke was crazy. I'd also like to remark that this is some of the least greasy Mexican food around. I could knock a star off for the faulty AC, but I won't --their fajitas are that good! The location right off the freeway (183) is a definite plus, too. read more

So when I was staying in the Dallas area for my spring break, I heard one of my family members would mention this place on television in the local market there. Well anyways, we made the drive from Richardson to Irving to this place alongside the 183 Airport Fwy. It is not a fancy thing and looks like a typical Mexican restaurant/place. I took the Carne Asada version of their plate (I don't recall the name they called it there). Sure enough, homemade tortillas, beans, and the meat were just right. I think in this instance, it sure is very good. As a fan of Mexican food myself, I tend to be very picky when reviewing Mexican food given the Mexican background that I have. Not a pricey place, great service (and I have to say that at the time, there was read more

Dona Lencha - The sign once inside the place. - Mexican Near Me - Irving, Texas

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