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    Francisco's Mexican Restaurant

    3.6 (231 reviews)
    ModerateMexican
    Open 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Beef enchiladas
    AJ T.

    Very welcoming family owned restaurant. The space is well appointed and well cared for. We had a great date. Most important the food is absolutely delicious. Thanks!

    Anneke S.

    We had a party of over 20 people and we had the best server and it was an amazing night and wonderful food with no problems and constant service! Thank you!

    Blackberry Margarita
    Ian M.

    These guys consistently have the best Mexican food in town and the best service! They never fail to please and just watching their pace and hustle will tire you out...! These folks work their butts off to make sure you're well taken care of. It's a bunch of family that work here and you can tell it's their life passion. I can't say enough good things about them or their food! The inside is always clean and decorated for fill-in-the-blank-holiday. Very festive and always a great experience!

    The shredded beef tacos with rice and beans. Bland food.
    Anthony T.

    We recently had an appointment near Francisco's and decided to stop by and see if it was any good. It was the lunch hour but it wasn't crowded at all. So as we walked in we were seated right away. The place looked great and the servers were very friendly. The menu looked great with many great looking choices. I chose the tacos with shredded beef that comes with rice and beans. I also ordered a Modelo with a lime. The wife ordered a taco and enchilada combo plate. Also came with rice and beans. While we waited they brought chips and salsa with a small plate of warm bean dip. Which I really liked bcz you really see that at too many restaurants. Our food came and looked great. But I have to say I was really disappointed to see the taco shells were premade. I've seen this lately at a couple of other restaurants. I find it really disappointing. Other than that the meal was just ok. The shredded beef in the tacos was very savory. But didn't have much flavor. The rice was dry the way I like it. But that also had little to no flavor. The beans were the same. Needless to say this was a disappointing visit to this establishment. Kinda sad since this a really nice place and it's very clean. I probably won't be back. But I'm not gonna tell anyone they shouldn't eat here. Bcz I'm sure there's people that love this place and that's fine.

    Guava margarita and Modelo negra
    Sarai S.

    Such a cute place. Walked in and sat at the bar and without hesitation they accommodated our request to watch the playoff game and put it on at the bar for us. The staff is so friendly. We didn't eat because we were going to go to a party nearby but liked this place and felt they deserve to get an appreciation post.

    Chips, salsa, refried beans
    Inez L.

    Came for lunch, had shredded beef taco salad, husband had chicken tacos. Was served with chips, salsa and refried beans once we say. To me a tell tell of a good Mexican restaurant is the beans. Good beans will equal good food. They had good beans! Service was friendly, timely and both the shredded beef and chicken on each dish was juicy and flavorful. The ambiance is a bit dated, but fine. Nice place for lunch

    Enchilada, tamale, and taco plate
    Chuck M.

    We are new in town and Francisco's will be our go to Mexican restaurant. The food was hot and delicious. Service was great and the prices were good.

    The carnitas have a tangy flavor - awesome work.  The veggies seasoned just right.
    DukeOf M.

    Managing diabetes with diet and exercise, I always judge a Mexican restaurant by the flexibility of the cooks. I can't eat rice, beans, or tortillas. I wish I could, but that's life. I usually get a Fajita's or Carnitas plate and ask for lots of extra vegetables, cream, cheese and guacamole. A bad restaurant will bring me a plate with normal portions of meat and vegetables with empty areas where the rice and beans would have been. I usually leave hungry. Francisco's chefs and servers get it. "The customer needs to eat." The carnitas were SPECTACULAR and covered 1/3 of the plate. The other 2/3 of the plate was a salad with great salsa and really tasty fajita veggies with onions. The server checked on me 3 times to make sure I was happy. I asked for some sour cream and they brought me a bowl with 1/3 cup in it. I would have liked guacamole - if I had asked, they would have brought it. Great place!

    Side plate bland dry rice and beans

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    Great service! I love all of the cozy booths. Nice atmosphere. Large menu. Tasted salsa

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    Just passing through on 395 to get to Tahoe. Nice little family owned Mexican restaurant.

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    The food is so good but I only get the carne asada plate cause it's so good hubby got the menudo that was really good too

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    The food is not great. I'm sad they got rid of the Francisco's in Carson city they had the best food.

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    Food is terrible , everything tastes the same they don't have things on menu like other good Mexican restaurants

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    Francisco and his staff are amazing! Food was so good, and best Cadillac margarita I've ever had. Will be back many times. Thank you so much

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    We ventured into another town for lunch. We have exhausted all the places where we live. Now onto…read morethis amazing meal. We entered and were greeted by the sweetest waiter Ivan. This young man was the best. We were brought chips and salsa, and we also requested the extra spicy for the Hubby. The mild was perfect for me. The chips were nice and crunchy with a great corn flavor. We did order a sangria for me and a margarita for the hubby. They have a really nice lunch menu with great prices and a very extensive regular menu. I ordered the #6 off the lunch menu. A chili relleno with the sauce on the side and a crispy ground beef taco. The rice was so good, great flavor as well as the refried beans. 5 stars for each of these. The taco was so full of meat (ground beef) and fresh veggies. The chilli relleno was huge and perfectly cooked. I get my sauce on the side so leftovers will not get soggy. Now this sauce was like a ranchero sauce, looked like onions, celery and maybe tomatoes in it. It was really tasty. Hubby got a #13 off the regular menu. 1 enchilada, he got ground beef, 1 crunchy taco with ground beef and a tamale which was shredded beef. I tried the tamale and it was very delicious. We did ask to speak to the Manager who looked a bit nervous coming over. We explained to him it was our very 1st visit and won't be our last. We told him everyone wants to call you over to complain, we were like we wanted to give you major compliments on everything from the awesome waiter Ivan to the food and atmosphere. Music was at a perfect tone etc. We were seated by the bar area in a booth. Very nice in that area. We will definitely be going back

    Nuevo Vallarta was a solid choice, and from a guy that doesn't eat at Mexican restaurants much. I…read moredo have one big exception: New Mexican-style - Red or Green? Gayle was off with her Sister on a Cruise, or what she calls "Sisters Without Misters" or "Misters Without Masters". I was coming in from Markleeville and stopped in Minden for gas an a burrito combo to take home as my first "bachelor" dinner. I hadn't set foot in this building since McDonald's was here, and found that the subsequent renovation to be impressive. I'll need to come back for a sit down with music, but for this visit it was a To-Go order at the counter. The order came out relatively quick and hot, so much so that I had to be careful taking it back to the car. It was a huge amount of food and so much so that it was good for 2 very satisfying dinners. Even a little microwaving on Night 2 didn't really dent the experience. My only quibble is that I prefer black beans to refried, but either forgot to ask or wasn't sure.

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    Today was my first time visiting this grill, our waitress was very kind and attentive! The food was…read morewonderful, I heard they are known for their pizza but the burgers were the bees knees. I heard they even make their own buns! I'll be returning :) thank you wild horse

    My husband and daughter and I were in town visiting grandma and grandpa. It was Grandpa's birthday…read moreand we wanted to take him somewhere different than the place we always go to. I checked this place out in the afternoon before deciding to go to dinner there. It looked pretty casual in the menu look like something everybody would enjoy. When we got there, we were greeted nicely and our server, JC, was very nice. All of the food was bountiful. We ordered the appetizer with three different items which was pretty good. It was onion rings, fried zucchini, and fried mozzarella sticks. The zucchini was a little undercooked. On to the main courses. It took longer than we would think and they brought it out in pieces. The two men got theirs first and my daughter and I got hers a few minutes later and Grandma was served last. Grandpa ordered a steak sandwich and he said it was good. My husband ordered a Philly cheese steak, which she said was decent. Grandma ordered fish and chips and she said it was so so. The french fries were thick steak type that were really good. A couple of us tried them. My daughter and I were excited when we saw the lobster tacos and we ordered them. The chips that came with them were salty beyond belief! We could not even eat them. When I told JC, she said there's nothing they could do about the chips and she offered to take the salad off the bill which I thought was nice. Both of my daughter and I could not eat the chips. The lobster tacos were not good. If the corn tortillas were warmed or cooked, it must've been very, very little. The lobster was chopped up in a wait and mixed with some kind of sauce that we can barely taste the lobster. We got two tacos and barely ate one. We took them home, but it didn't seem worth it to try to mend this. The best thing I can say is that the people they were very welcoming and pleasant. Also, JC gave my father-in-law a lemon bar for his birthday as we walked out. That was really sweet. Lastly, make sure you bring cash because you have to pay extra for using a card. We have to pay over $6 extra because we used a card. Am I understanding is that is happening a lot in restaurants. So, I don't think this is unusual.

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    Wonderful dinner with excellent service, food and great prices. Lots of windows to watch the planes…read morecome and go if you like!

    I'm spending some down time at Tahoe outta the heat, but I needed to take a important meeting with…read moreone of my big bosses outta LA, so I told him to land the plane in Minden. It's the nearest practical airport to me. South Lake Tahoe is too busy and at high altitude as is the Truckee airport. I takes more experience to deal with the high altitude. The Taildragger Cafe is right here at the Minden Airport. Basically walking distance from where you can park the plane. The food here is very popular breakfast food, but they do serve all day till dinner even. Service is super friendly and efficient. The inside has I good view of the airport runways and planes. The full menu is posted online on their FB page. We had some lunch and did our meeting. I had a cheeseburger with fries and my boss had the Citation sandwich, which was roast beef with cheese and caramelized onions. My burger came with fries and we shared an order of onion rings. My burger was pretty good, cooked med rare as ordered. Pretty standard burger. My boss liked his Citation sandwich with the caramelized onions. The onion rings were decent as well. He had coffee too, and it was kept full and hot by the server. I'm glad this little restaurant is out here at the airport, it's a good place to have if you fly in and need food right away. The little airport I have in Redding has a Chinese restaurant with a view of the runways! I'll take little airports over big ones any day!

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