The tortilla soup was absolutely wonderful. Service was friendly and excellent. We sat outside and…read moreit was very pleasant. Would definitely return.

https://www.facebook.com/BaldWhiteGuyReviews…read more One request: "Come get me and I want Mexican." Empty nesting is hard, guys. So naturally, we caved, loaded up ole red, and headed north. We did a quick search and landed on Cocina de Carlos in Perrysburg, Ohio. Now, let's be real, Mexican food has basically taken over America at this point. Honestly, I'm all for embracing our new cultural diversity... just as long as it keeps coming smothered in melted queso and backed by free-market capitalism. The place is decorated pretty much exactly like every other Mexican restaurant you've ever been to, and the menu is your typical Americanized festive lineup: tacos, fajita, enchiladas, burritos, oh and cheese sauce. But then something at the top of the menu caught my eye. One of "Carlos' Top 20" dishes: The Pineapple Don Charly. I'm not sure who Don Charly is, but you had me at Pineapple. It's half of a ripe pineapple, hollowed out and filled with mushrooms, onions, pineapple chunks, and baked with cheese on top. There are a few varieties, but I landed on the Mango-Bacon. Um, what? Yes please. It came loaded with 12 jumbo shrimp, bacon, and mango chorizo (and we all know how much I love chorizo) completely covered in cheese. It came with tortillas, rice, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, and beans (could have honestly done without the beans, but whatever). Look at this absolute beast of a meal. It was AMAZING. Not for a light eater, folks. I made several soft tacos out of it and left completely stuffed. But... here comes the drama. Out of all those beautiful shrimp, about 4 or 5 of them were NOT peeled. I'm sorry, but what kind of communist serves shrimp unpeeled?! Seriously, making me do manual labor for my seafood? Unbelievable. Despite the shrimp shell conspiracy, it looked great, tasted great, and made for an awesome picture. The half-pineapple is a huge flex for presentation, and I love pineapple. The prices weren't bad at all, either. You can see on the receipt in that this massive dish was only $22. For the sheer amount of food you get, I didn't think that was a bad price at all in today's economy. Overall, this place is pretty much like all the other Mexican spots, but I'm giving it a solid rating just for the killer presentation of my dish. ‍‍‍‍ 4 out of 5 Bald Heads (Peel ALL the shrimp and it would have been a 5 of 5). If you're ever up in Perrysburg, stop by and give this dish a try! Do me a massive favor: LIKE this post, SHARE it to start a massive debate on peeled vs. unpeeled shrimp, and FOLLOW the page for more of our food adventures! #CocinaDeCarlos #PerrysburgOhio #MexicanFoodTakeover #PineappleDonCharly #FoodComa #CommunistShrimp #SupportLocal #EmptyNesters #FoodieDrama #EatLocalOH

Great experience here! We were seated right away, and while there were other big groups there, we…read morehad no issue hearing each other. We started with margaritas of various flavors, and those came out super quickly, and everyone's drink was correct. The food also came out quickly. I got the steak quesadillas, and they did not skimp on the steak! It was super full and filling; I didn't even end up finishing my second one. The price was also pretty reasonable. Our server was very helpful. We saw a few people celebrating their birthdays, and the staff helped with the celebration. Seemed like a good place to have a birthday! Overall, the environment was clean and well decorated.

Stopped in for lunch while doing some shopping. Very clean and decorated nicely inside. The staff…read morewere outstanding and attentive even though they were busy with the lunch time crowd. Corn chips and salsa were brought to us as soon as we were seated. The salsa was great! It had a little bite to it, not just the usual mild salsa. When you order, keep in mind the portions are large. I ordered the Chili Poblano's and two Tamales. The Poblano's came with rice and refried beans. The Poblano's also had seasoned ground beef on them. The flavors were great, probably now my favorite restaurant Poblano's . I had to bring the tamales home, they are huge! They tasted great the next day, they were covered, with chili beans, mole sauce and cheese. They tasted great! My wife had the Enchiladas Tapatias which she said was delicious! We will be going back to eat there again!

The food is terrible. The meat was so over cooked that the tacos were like eating burnt chicken…read morerocks. Honestly no one in our family could even eat one item. The tamales also were fry and disgusting.

Best birria tacos I've ever had 100/10 ever time I'm in Monroe I gotta stop here the quesabirria…read morewas also 100/10

THAT WAS BUSSIN! SHEESH! As the new gen says. I had the classic Vegetarian combo A. It was so good…read more Everything on my plate tasted amazing and it left me the right amount of full. The service was EXQUISITE! Very fast, very nice. The vibes were also sigma (another new gen word). I will DEFINITELY be coming back. Adios Mi Amigos! As they say in Mexico. Until next time! -Gustavo

This place has been a reliable stop for me over many years of traveling through the area…read more They do all of the things that you hope for in a low cost Mexican restaurant. They have a wide variety of items on the menu, the preparation is generous but not so fancy that they end up having to charge more. You know what you're getting in a place like this. Basic, reliable, but also delicious! I always take out as a great sign in a Mexican restaurant if the white staff has difficulty speaking English, that is the case here, lol. Having said that every server I've ever had has always been super friendly and welcoming to me. Over the years I've typically gone with their Pollo Loco, which is a simple dish prepared with thin slices of chicken over rice with cheese sauce. I have often lamented that I can't get this particular dish back home. The chicken is always tender, and the cheese sauce is always perfect. Nice crispy chips and delicious not too hot salsa complete the experience. About the only thing I haven't done here is have an alcoholic beverage, on my most recent visit my wife had a margarita and indicated it was delicious. I'm so glad this place is here, and frankly I wish they would open a location in my hometown.

Good food . Large portions. Pleasant servers . Nice specials on Mondays and Tuesdays…read more Happy hour 7 days a week with 1/2 price appetizers and drinks. Facility -clean , noisy. Has umbrella-covered outside tables. Conveniently located on major thoroughfare in Perrysburg. We like the fajitas,quesadillas, and pulled pork carnitas.

Had a craving for some tacos and guacamole. Ordered takeout/pick up. Honestly, the food took less…read morethan 20minutes to prepare. The chips were fantastic, well seasoned and sooo crunchy. The guacamole for me was just okay. Not very flavourful, would have added a lot more cilantro and lime. I do appreciate that all the food I ordered came with plenty of lime wedges. The meats/fish in our tacos were well cooked and tasted pretty good. Overall, not a wow spot but convenient quick dinner.

This is a great Mexican restaurant. Service was exceptional…read morethe environment was amazing. The menu has typical Mexican options. The nachos had great taste along with terrific flavorful Chicken and Beef Chimichangas. My only complaint is I appreciate a little more chunky salsa options. Try this restaurant for yourself and your own opinion.

Service was amazing…read more The food was barely edible. The chips tasted of fryer oil, doughy tamales, grey steak, and mushy shrimp. Hard pass

do not sleep on this place. this place was absolutely the best. Mexican Ohio. we really enjoyed…read moreourselves. I think there's one other place that's by wapakoneta that holds a candle to this place because they have this amazing white cheddar queso dipping sauce. but this place I mean you can't go wrong. I had this volcano with shrimps and chicken and steak. it was so good and there was so much food. pretty sure I was eating it for like the next week straight. obviously not the shrimp cuz that would be gross but otherwise super great and then my boyfriend had the the Iberia tacos. they're okay. everybody seemed to really like them there, but we're very particular about our quesadilla tacos. so I would say try the fajitas instead of the quesadilla tacos. the chips were warm. the queso was good. we will be back when we're in the hood.

It was late but this place welcomed us like they just opened! How can you go wrong with Mexican…read morefood on a freezing night!! They even played Spanish music! Authentic Mexican, coming from visitors who live in Fort Worth!!

Whenever we are here, we go to Casa Real for dinner. The prices are reasonable and the food good…read more On our most recent visit, the food was good as usual. I was especially impressed by the cheese and grilled chicken quesadilla on the children's menu. It was packed full and "actual" food. Great value. Food 5/5. Service, though, was lacking. I don't think this was a restaurant wide issue. Other servers appeared to be attentive to their tables. Ours never checked on us or offered drink refills/chip refills. Somewhat unfriendly. It was weird. Service 3/5.

The food here was great, I ordered a Piña Valiente, I believe that's what it was called. It was so…read moregood and tasty, it was a pineapple filled with beef, chicken, and shrimp with pinnacle chucks. The flavors came together nicely. The restraint had good vibes that you want from a Mexican restaurant, the waitress was nice and spoke Spanish. I highly recommend eating here and they also had good Queso.

3.5-ish For starters, the name of this restaurant (according…read moreto its own sign) is Taqueria Carnales, not Carnales Taqueria (as listed on Yelp). Anyway, this is a place for people who enjoy highly flavored and spicy food. Seriously, ask them to go easy on the jalapenos if you aren't up for spicy. I ordered everything as is for my first visit for takeout and enjoyed it but it was on the edge of too spicy for me, (chicken grande burrito) without actually crossing the line.Very much crossed the line with the shrimp tacos, imo. I ordered the following: Menudo Soup (made from cow's stomach); Shrimp Tacos and a Chicken Burrito Grande. The estimated prep time was 15 minutes and the food was ready on time. It's a cute, small restaurant that is very clean. While you could choose to dine in, I didn't see anyone eating there and it appears that most of their business is carryout. Upon arriving home, I found that the Menudo Soup had spilled inside the plastic bag. Not too big a deal. The other entrees were packed in styrofoam containers. The burrito was wrapped in paper and foil. My mom had the Menudo Soup and said it was good. She had one of the three shrimp tacos and said it was okay but that she wouldn't crave them. The avocado slices looked very fresh. My mom loves spicy food but she commented that the soup and tacos were very spicy. As for my chicken burrito, it was unexpectedly spicy in a mostly good way. The burrito was stuffed with everything inside - guacamole, rice, chicken, refried beans (very little), cheese and jalapeno peppers. It was a delicious combo but I would have preferred the individual ingredients to be separate. The biggest problem, however, was that the foil wrap made it difficult to cut into the burrito without also cutting into the foil. I think it's more of a "me" issue that might not bother anyone else. Overall, I would order from this restaurant again. The quality is definitely way above Taco Bell, but it's not quite fast food even though it's next to a Subway. Also, I asked if their refried beans were made with lard and I was assured they were vegetarian. If I hadn't seen so many positive reviews on Yelp, I wouldn't have known to check out this spot, but would encourage you to try it too for high quality, authentic Mexican cuisine! EDIT/UPDATE: I tried one of the shrimp tacos that my mom left in the fridge. OMG, it was super spicy to the point of giving me hiccups. Plus, the spiciness seemed to come from a creamy cheese sauce added to the shrimp tacos after they were cooked. I can understand why my mom wouldn't crave them and I would never order them myself. Based on your personal preference for spiciness, let this give you an idea of the level of spiciness that could be added to your food unless you request your dish to be less spicy. Recommend with caveat re spiciness.

The Pizzabirria is delicious. It is huge and so filling. It's served with several different…read moresauces in addition to the dipping sauce. they also include Cucumbers and Radishes. Queso is great but the Guacamole is to DIE for!

The lady yelled at me for taking 4 packets of equal. Will not be returning. Food was ok but the…read moreowner was evil!

I stopped for gas and decided to stay for lunch. I ordered a club sandwich and even though it…read moredidn't look the most appetizing, it tasted really good. The server was attentive and quick. I would have given 5 stars if there were more french fries. The fries were really good.