Love the food here and I will always tell people about it. Edward burrito is my go to. It also has beautiful handmade art on the walls. Brings a personal touch to the restaurant and leaves you wanting to learn more. read more

Very different food taste than our first few visits when we raved about this place. We came back after a year and the Quesabirria was much diminished sadly. Even the salsa was different! read more

This location is in a shared plaza with plenty of parking. The decor inside has some lovely murals. It has a bright feel. I went at an odd time so was able to get a table quickly. The service was decent. The food was also decent. I got the chicken tacos and the chicken was a little dry. I liked the jaimica. The salsa for the chips and salsa was good. The portion size was good for the price. There is a service charge for using your credit card. read more

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Chips and salsa got us off to a great start. Chicken Fajitas were delicious! Mixed Chimichanga was delicious! Horchata hit the spot! Service was excellent! The music was a little loud but not excessive. We will be back! read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - Chicken Fajitas were awesome! - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

I love this restaurant..great service, yummy food They are enlarging the dinner room and the bar !! It's a great place. You should try it! read more

Everything went well. The food is yummy, the prices are competitive, the atmosphere is nice, and the service is always good.

Things have changed completely and NOT what I expected. I was expecting authentic and true Mexican food. They have came from California (where we have moved from as well) where the Mexican food was real and authentic. We swore of this place! So why not order from them again. We ordered the birria wet burrito and cheese enchiladas. However, the birria burrito was burnt and had no birria sauce. The cheese enchiladas were NOT was I was expecting, nor what I ordered. We wanted traditional birria burritos and enchiladas. The enchiladas were covered in cheese sauce and tortillas were raw. I don't know what has changed, but it isn't the same. It did not taste the same, nor did it have that feeling of love for the food as it did a year ago when we had eaten there plenty of times. Where is the authentic spices, cheeses and sauces? Where is the love and authenticity from traditional California that you have brought over here for others to enjoy? It is no longer there. This was a little piece of California that we missed and loved and it is sad to say that we will not be back. You were our little piece of home and now that has changed. When staying true to our roots and delivering exceptional taste and authenticity, will bring costumers back and keep them happy. Changing cheeses to mozzarella, and salsa into bland tomato paste is not what I expected and beginning to look and taste like all the mexican restaurants out here. This is not what I want from a Mexican restaurant. We are no longer in Cali anymore Casa Sanchez, El Pescador and Don Jose's, we need you out here. read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - Cheese enchiladas - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

I stopped in to El Monarca in Nixa, MO for lunch today, I got their Street Tacos . I ordered them À la carte to try a variety. I got a Carne Asada, Chorizo, Carnitas, and two Al Pastor tacos because that's usually my favorite. All of them were excellent and they have a red sauce and two green sauces, all full of flavor and packing an added kick the perfect complement for the tacos. I've ate here one time before and I will eat here again next time I'm in town. The service is great, the food was amazing and it's a nice atmosphere. Stop by and check out El Monarca. read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - Street Tacos - Carne Asada, Chorizo, Carnitas, and two Al Pastor - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

El Monarca was a comfortable and delicious place to have lunch with my brother. Staff were polite and professional, tacos were absolutely delicious, chips and salsa was fresh. read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

By far the best Mexican food we have found since we moved to Missouri 5 years ago. The food is fantastic and the staff treats us like family. Highly recommend. read more

The best of everything, great food, great staff! Love their ribeye fajitas! Always friendly and clean! read more

They have amazing Mexican food. We've been staunch supporters since they 1st opened at their previous location! Great service & very welcoming atmosphere read more

Food was to be ready at 6:15. I walked in and paid before i received food. I kept asking every 5 minutes where is food. I just got hone at 7:10, food was ice cold. Do not pay until you get your food at this establishment. read more

Best local place to get authentic Mexican food. I always order a la carte here. Love their sopes with carne asada and their street tacos. I usually lean towards Al pastor or carne asada for the tacos. Both are awesome! Tip: ask for the verde salsa. It has great heat! read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - Carne asada sope - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

Everything about this place is good. The food is excellent with a West Coast influence making it taste great. Highly recommend!!!

Street tacos were good. Asada was the best one! Selection of hot sauces was yummy. Service was great-super friendly and attentive! Clean and bright atmosphere. read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - Street tacos--asada, chorizo, and carnitas - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

Tried this place for the first time, and it was pretty good overall. Service was good and food came out fairly fast. Rice and beans were what (you) would expect/want. read more

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Best Mexican food in the 417. Im not kidding. Friendly staff, great food and fantastic margaritas!!!

Good and clean restaurant. Staff was very helpful and friendly. Food was very tasty and plenty of it

Finally authentic Mexican good quality food! We have tried several Mexican restaurants since moving to Missouri most were tasteless just a lot of cheese. So happy to meet the owner and hear his story with his mamas recipes. read more

MONARCO is Monarch in Spanish. Think of the butterflies who migrate from the US to Mexico every winter. This place to be behind Rocco's in Nixa. Now in strip mall next to Price Cutter & going great guns. A 417 Mag review named it one of 5 restaurants to try in Nixa 2023. What sets them apart is they focus on Calico cuisine. That's CALIfornia-mexiCO styled food. Like TexMex but from the left coast. Clean & friendly. A brightly painted dive but fresh food at reasonable prices. Family and local owned so I feel better not supporting a national franchise. Wish them ¡FELICIDADES! read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - El MONARCO - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

Great food great staff. I love the street tacos they are really good, but I have also had the chimichangas they were also great.

FINALLY really flavorful good quality food service was very good Clean appearance Family operated for many years With grandma's recipes. Owner was delightful! read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - Dinning - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

What an awesome place serving some amazing Mexican food. This place reminds me of California Mexican and I cannot express how delicious the food was. We ordered Birrias tacos with consume an assortment of tacos and Burritos. The chips and salsa were fantastic and ask for their variety of hot sauces and spicy roasted salsa. If you are looking for authentic Mexican look no further. read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - Tacos Tacos Tacos and there's a burrito in there somewhere. - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

Stopped in after lunch rush to grab a few Birria Tacos on my way home. The consommé was flavored well and served warm. The gentleman at the register was kind, helpful, and insightful. I'm glad they opened up in Nixa but would love to see them take off in Springfield as well. Tacos were great, chips and salsa were great - even as a to go order the chips were warm and they gave me 3 different salsa's to try. I'll be back. read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - Birria tacos served with the consommé. - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

Delicious! We like Asada not hamburger meat. We had that option. We've been there 3 times now in the last week! read more

Decided to try some places outside of Springfield. There is absolutely no shortage of Mexican food in our area, but hey that's what we like, and we also like to support small businesses. We took a trip to Nixa and stopped in at this little dinner. At one point not long ago it was another cafe. Anyway parking is very tight, and angled a bit weird. I wouldn't recommend taking a party bigger than four of five since seating is limited and space is small! The service was very attentive, and had good recommendations. The menu was extremely large for how small the place was. I settled on a couple Sopas, and the wife had a kinda shredded chicken sandwich. My Sopas were okay, the pork was really tasty! My wife's sandwich on the other hand wasn't too great. The juice had made the bottom of the bread extremely soggy, and the chicken had almost a molé or tobacco flavor "eww." The owner came and spoke to us; he was extremely nice! It's just really difficult to open a great Mexican restaurant now a days because there are so many. You have to either provide something original or amazing, unfortunately you won't find either of those things here. Okay food at a little high prices. Best of luck though to you and your family. read more

I was expecting a great experience from this place, based on the positive reviews. But, I would not recommend this place. First, they brought me the wrong food, and then they brought me the wrong check. They also brought out half of my order about 10 minutes before the rest of my food was finished cooking. Why would they not bring my order all together? My daughter's cheese quesadilla was cold and the cheese wasn't melted. I would recommend going to Habaneros on Campbell instead. That place seems a bit more authentic to me. read more

I really enjoyed the entree but service was very slow took 10 minutes to get drinks and chips and got our queso a couple minutes before our food came out. Chips left a bad after taste which means they were cooked with old oil. read more

Delicious tradition Mexican fare! The lunch specials are fantastic. I do the #5 or #9. The chips and salsa that come automatically are freshly made. Service is very friendly here. It's a nice atmosphere with booths and tables, and some pretty awesome paintings on the wall. This will be my go-to lunch area any time I'm in Nixa. read more

Without a doubt, my favorite Mexican place. I am known to eat Mexican food three or four days a week at times. Mr. G and his staff have provided exceptional customer service every single visit. My favorite part about them is there flexibility. If it's not a dish represented on the menu, but they have the ingredients, They will create anything you want. That works well for me since I'm on a fairly restrictive diet and cannot eat rice or beans. They do not wish to be known as the cheapest Mexican joint in town, but rather the best. I consider them the best value overall of any Mexican within 100 miles of here. If you have not tried them yet, do yourself a favor and take the short drive to Nixa and check them out. read more

My family took me here for my birthday this year and I was delightfully surprised at the ambience of the restaurant. It is Christmas time so they had Hispanic Christmas music playing which was perfect to help put me in the holiday mood. My family is originally from California and find it difficult to find Mexican food close to what we grew up on but this was the closest yet and absolutely delicious! My brother and I had the big chimichanga, they were HUGE so I had plenty of leftovers. The dish itself was perfection and I highly recommend it. My son who usually only likes soft tacos from Mexican restaurants had chicken enchiladas, cleaned his plate, and said they were great. I am not sure what the rest of my family ordered but they were all very happy with their dishes. read more

I had thd worst diaria in the world from this place it tasted like if I took a shit ate it threw it up ate the trow up and ate it again and shit it back out that's how the food tasted. The service was trash and the waitress was spitting in the resterant. So do not go there read more

This place has amazing Mexican food. We are from California and the Mexican food in Missouri is very different than we are use to. This place is as close to Cali Mexican food as it gets. It's down home Mexican food. We were very pleased with the taste. We will definitely be back soon! read more

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Food wasnt good after waiting for almost 35 minutes in store for a called ahead take out order I won't be returning people call ahead so their is no wait...that's the point...then after a 30 minute wait at home then a 35 minute wait in store these are the "birria tacos" I get with no birria sauce read more

El Monarca Mexican Restaurant - Tacos Near Me - Nixa, Missouri

Best place around, food is always good no matter what you order, service is amazing! We love going for dinner or lunch!

Hands down best Mexican restaurant in town! 10 star for sure, haven't found one that would beat it!

Growing up in California I am used to "California Mexican" and I thought I would never find it in Missouri after trying many other joints only to be disappointed. I FINALLY found it at this restaurant. Food has tons of flavor and the chili relleno was one of the best I ever had. Chicken enchilada was so flavorful. Couldn't get hubby's opinion on taco salad cause he couldn't stop eating long enough. Its a very quaint hole in the wall but will be our go to place when we want good Mexican food. Servers were very nice and attentive without being pushy. Can't wait to go back and try the enchilada vallarta next time read more

OMG! Super hole in the wall in Nixa! I've spent 10 years in Tucson, AZ, and their chips and salsa, the street tacos, and the Mexican Coke made me feel like I was back there! This will be a staple to our dinner rotation 1000%! read more

They have by far the best Mexican food in Southwest Missouri. I cannot recommend them enough. I am from Southern California and have been bitterly disappointed by the "Mexican" food in the area. El Monarca is like eating at my favorite Mexican establishment in SoCal. The staff is very friendly. They are quick to offer advice on food, and they have never led me astray. Their dad works in the back and hand prepares all the deliciousness. The establishment itself is bright and clean, but honestly, I would eat there even if it were a dump. The food is that good. They deserve a full 10/10. read more