El Potrillo

This place has delicious food and yummy salsa!!! Quiet ambiance with No TVs! We enjoyed prompt…read moreservice and they even let us sit and talk for 3 hrs without interruption. Looks like an old 50's Cafe that they converted to this restaurant so it is cute.

This restaurant is really good, we eat here at least once a week! The customer service is good, and…read moreI love that it still looks similar to when I was a little kid.

Mexican Flag Enchiladas

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Los Portales

4.2(57 reviews)

3.4 mi

When visiting family in Ponca, and wanted Mexican food, my Son found this place on Yelp, place…read morelooked nice enough, the fajitas were terrible, like mush mixed food thrown together and brought on the traditional skillet, you couldn't tell the meat from the chicken or beef, appeared ground, tasted terrible, could be cost effective for them. Please go to Texas for Mexican food not this place. Will not be back.

The food was fantastic! I had the carne asada and it was huge and tasty…read more The chips and salsa weee also excellent!

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Side salad.

el Patio Mexican restaurant

3.8(12 reviews)

2.3 mi

Chips and salsa were average. Service was great. Beer was cold. Food was great. Had Pollo Fundido.read more

Drove by this place several times and have never stopped before. Today I ordered the steak…read morequesadilla and it was pretty good, other members of my party ordered a taco salad and a cheesesteak burrito both said that theirs was good.

Bar

Pollo Fundido

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Nasty margarita

Las Portales

4.3(3 reviews)

3.4 mi

The food here is great!!!…read more If you order Delivery via their website, it goes through Fox Ordering and then via Door Dash. You cannot contact the driver directly and there is no information to contact Fox Ordering. I had an order take an hour and a half because door dash driver got a stacked order and AFTER picking up my order, spent about 45 minutes at another stop before finally heading to me.

Good food and really good atmosphere. I had the chicken and shrimp and it was good! The waiters…read morewere all super nice. Overall it was a good place to eat. The rice and beans are just meh but the entree was tasty.

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Enrique's Mexican Restaurant

3.9(140 reviews)

2.3 mi

This was another workday coworker suggestion. It was…read morewonderful! The chips and salsa were good and the meal was fast, priced right, and really tasty! The best part, it is at the airport and you can watch the little planes take off and land! So fun!

No flauta ala carte; but otherwise I loved this food. The salsa and guac was to die for and the…read moreportions are large!! Come hungry. Service was great, the waitress and serving staff were lovely and knowledgeable about the menu items. They were busy and the ambiance is definitely that of a family restaurant, it was so cute on the Ponca city airstrip, too! First time there and I would definitely go back if I was in the area again!

Amazing chips and wow salsa

Puffy chips, amazing quesadilla birria sliders, and one of the best tasting burritos I've ever had.

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Beef enchilada

Taco Bell

2.5(12 reviews)

3.5 mi

I've been watching my bread and sweets intake and went through the Taco Bell drive through and…read moreasked them if they had some kind of a bowl with just meat, beans and cheese. He said he could sure make one up for me. The guys working today were so friendly and accommodating! Thank you!! 10-10 will be back!

We've been regular customers and have come here often because it's an affordable way to feed our…read morewhole family. We usually let the kids get the $5 box, but now that it's been discontinued and the cheapest option is $9, it's become much harder to justify. On top of that, we still spent $42 on food and we were denied a single cup for water. That was really disappointing. At this point, we'd rather spend a little more somewhere else and at least receive basic service like water.

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Taco Stop

3.8(20 reviews)

1.0 mi

There luck the got one star i asked for two chicken burritos smothered in cheese sauce took it home…read morethey gave me two beef burritos with cheese I went back they had a attitude because I did bring it back while waiting for them to remake the burritos the lady with glasses and crooked smile was in the back saying " how would they even know it wasnt chicken" like she was appalled that I would ask for my order corrected. Then, on receiving the new order. She gave me two hard tortillas that you could clearly see where dry , and it wasn't smothered in cheese.Still, she had put a line of cheese sauce on top a pencil width not at all what is expected from taco stop and if that is a owner that's is not how you handle a customer interaction

Taco stop is so so so good I mean they have such good tacos their food is so good…read moreTheir service is amazing Such good service and they have some pretty good ambience. Anyways, I'm gonna give this a four star that's my review. What's yours?

Meat sancho with chili and cheese

Rooftop

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The remodel is awesome

Chili's

3.0(48 reviews)

3.4 mi

Had to return to restaurant to get my soup. It was chicken enchilada soup. It had absolutely no…read morechicken in it. It was all broth. The flavor was good, but poor quality. I tipped the server even though it was a to go order before I found out I didn't have all of my order. Poor attitude by server who got me my soup. He acted like he could care less about me or my order. He didn't seal the lid on the soup and it dropped on my hand and I asked him for a bag to put it in after I sealed it. He didn't offer me anything to wipe off my hand.

Good food, decent prices, lots of choices... we enjoy Chili's. Easy to understand why it's usually…read morepretty crowded.

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JW Cobbs

3.8(63 reviews)

3.7 mi

Good home cooked food, wait staff very pleasant . My only complaint is the meatloaf is a little…read moretoo salty. We go every Memorial Day.

Catfish was ok, slaw was horrible. Waitress forgot our rolls. Can't say as I will be back anytime…read moresoon.

Half eaten Cherry Cream Pie

Lunch size fired catfish nuggets with 2 sides

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Bernadette S.

24

4

1

11 years ago

My first time here. I parked my 18 wheeler here over night. After making my delivery I came back and the place was packed! Wonderful ambiance and decor. Food was hot, fresh, and very appealing! I'm from New Mexico and driving across the country ... I love to seek out authentic Mexican food. This defiantly makes the cut! Friendly staff and clean place :0) will defiantly return. read more

Paul G.

0

18

4

7 years ago

It's not a lot to look at from the outside, but inside you'll find good food and drink. We have never been disappointed and we go there fairly often. It's great whether you are just wanting a drink or there for the full meal. Highly recommended. read more

Javier C.

21

12

5

5 years ago

No good I had the fajitas. I'm from Texas I've had really good fajitas. This fajitas tasted bad or lacking flavor.

Brett B.

0

49

0

10 years ago

Great prices, great food. The service was very good and our food came out quickly. Would definitely recommend.

Marilee J.

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2

0

5 years ago

Very good, the only Mexican restaurant that I order from in PC.

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