I can't believe I have never reviewed Gramma Mora's! We have gone to this restaurant even when they were on Niagara before the fire. On this visit during the coronavirus we ordered family style for Mother's Day. They offered a special that included 6 burritos rancheros with your choice of meat, a side of sopa,beans and rice. Chips and salsa along with all the fixings sour cream, queso, salad dressing and a salad for $49.95. It was great we even had enough for dinner the next day! They were busier than they expected so we waited on our car a little bit longer but they brought everything out to everyone! read more

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I love Gramma Mora's and have been a fan since they were on Niagara Street ages ago. Their ingredients are fresh and service is always friendly and good. read more

The service was amazing very attentive. And the food was super good! Definitely perfect for a bite to eat in north buffalo!

GRAMMA MORA'S restaurant is one of my favorite Mexican restaurants. I found the food to be tasty, and well worth the price.The vegetable omelet and the bean Burritos with red sauce were both delicious.The basket of chips and salsa are always fresh. I have visited the restaurant on several occasions and always received speedy and friendly service. read more

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Enjoyed the food. The first basket of chips and salsa are complimentary then a small charge for another. Large selection on the menu, however thought the portions were small.Friendly staff and attentive service.I enjoyed their bean burrito and for brunch their breakfast quesadilla. read more

Gramma Mora's - Brunch : Breakfast Quesadilla, Gramma Mora's - Mexican Near Me - Buffalo, New York

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One of our favorite Mexican restaurants in Buffalo! Delicious food and friendly service!

Lorraine and her daughter was amazing!! Food was great and loved the fried ice cream!

My boyfriend and I popped in for lunch and it was absolutely delicious! Everything was served quickly and our waitress was so nice. I ordered the veggie fajitas and my boyfriend the chimichanga dinner - both were fantastic. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, which we loved too! We recommend this restaurant to everyone and we'll be back!!! read more

The best food and service! Everyone is so friendly and the atmosphere is welcoming! Chimichangas are our favorite!!

We love this place and come at least once a month. Love the food. Reasonable price. Good and friendly service

Great place for a vegetarian and also for someone who is part Mexican this food is AMAZING! Our preferred taco spot in Buffalo!!!!!

everything was absolutely amazing. The service is beyond great. Lidia is excellent. The food was very well prepared portions were very good.

Excellent burritos! Even better service! Nice sitting outside on their patio. First time there but I'll be back.

Should be called grammas microwave oven we don't cook from fresh we cook from a microwave oven Worst Mexican food on the planet Go elsewhere your stomach and wallet will thank you for it!!! I had to give 1 star because 0 stars wasn't an option!!! read more

extremely yummy, the food service is wonderful, the ambiance of the restaurant is very casual, friendly and social. Theirs music playing as well. read more

Great food and wonderful and friendly staff. The enchiladas and fajitas are always on point and cooked perfectly. Live music is always nice to have for dinner when they have a band. One of our favorite frequent spots. read more

Came here during restaurant week with a buddy to take advantage of the 2 burrito/enchilada dinners for only $20.16. We came between lunch and dinner so the restaurant was very quiet with only a few patrons as anyone would expect. The hostess was also our waitress and a few additional guests came in soon after and since she was the only one around, things began to go slower and take longer and we had to call for her attention several times. On to the food. Chips and salsa were given, but they were of average quality. Def didn't seem house made and they couldn't even serve them warm and some were even stale. The salsa was decent, but basically just salsa soup. There were barely if any chopped up veggies. For our meals, I ordered a chicken enchilada with sopa and beans and my friend ordered a chicken burrito with sopa and beans. Holy crap, they added so much spice to the dishes it was almost inedible. I'm guessing it was either an accident and they said "screw it" or saw that we were Indian and thought they probably would enjoy this better. I'm not offended by the stereotype because I do enjoy a little heat, but this was over the top where I could barely taste the food. The meals didn't come with sour cream so asked for some which helped and also found out they were complimentary which irked me because it was never offered. As for the sides, I've had sopa many times, but from only one place and it's delicious! That place is coyote cafe in hamburg, but the ones served here just didn't have much flavor. Same goes for the beans. My enchilada wasn't that good anyway when I did wipe away the sauce or cool it with sour cream. And as you can maybe see from the picture, the chicken for my dish was chopped up and mixed with the sauce on top. I thought that was more a garnish and was expecting my enchilada to be filled with it as well. Big mistake because I was picking at the chicken on top and eating it with my beans and sopa. When I finally got at my enchilada, I realized they were just cheese enchiladas. I don't think I've ever experienced that before so that was odd. My friend's burrito was better I thought but still too spicy. When it came time to pay the bill, I usually just give my form of payment without even looking at the bill because it just wastes more time and we only also ordered some soft drinks so didn't expect any hiccups. When I look at the bill to leave a tip, I notice we were charged regular price (see picture). It was a "simple" mistake and was corrected, but again this is the stuff that annoys me. We actually came in mentioning and verifying the restaurant week specials and were given the special menus for it so I really felt the restaurant was trying to "pull a fast one." It left a bitter taste in my mouth, but because of the mistake, our beverages were at least comped so there was at least some redemption. I was thinking about giving this place 3-stars for the pretty cheap restaurant week prices and the fact our drinks were comped. But as I was writing this, I realized 3-stars is honestly probably way too generous considering the mistakes and how much we enjoyed (or rather didn't enjoy) our meals. read more

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We love coming to Gramma Mora's. The food is great and the service is amazing (especially our favorite Sandy).

This is your typical Mexican restaurant fare. Burritos, tostadas, and enchiladas, quesadillas, chips and salsa, etc.t One good thing happening here is that they have different sized meals to fit your hunger levels. If you want to order things individually, you can do that for about $5 a piece. If you're ready to chew your own arm off hungry, they have dinner platters that come with three dinner items plus two sides for about $14. The complimentary chips and salsa are addicting! I can eat a whole basket myself, easily. The problem with this is that by the time I get my dinner, I'm not hungry any more so I try to limit myself to a portion suitable for two grown adults. The cheese enchilada is okay. The bean tostada was better. And the beans are vegetarian! A little mini taco salad on top of a giant nacho, that I made a huge mess eating. Shhh.... We all left stuffed for a relatively low cost. Then I went home and napped. A full belly is a great sleep aid. The interior of the restaurant is colorfully decorated, but still gives off a very clean vibe. This is important any time you go out to eat, and something that is lacking in a lot of Mexican restaurants that I've been to. It's also quite big so they can handle big parties. read more

Gramma Mora's - Mexican Near Me - Buffalo, New York

Went out for date night, and stupid us forgot it was a Friday night and everything was booked so we ended up here. Let me just say the staff were very warm and welcoming.. and the place is cute plus you get to sit outside and they allow doggos on the patio. We started with these loaded cheese fries and then i got a chorizo burrito. Unfortunately both were subpar. The cheese fries were a bit burnt and not the right flavor.. and as for my burrito i couldn't taste the chorizo? Usually chorizo has a very distinct taste but i think it was being overpowered by the sauce. Anywho, still had a lovey time, our waitress was very attentive and helpful and had great knowledge about the menu. Am definitely willing to give them a second chance. read more

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SKIP THIS PLACE!!! The wait was excessive, service sucked, they were out of chicken, a few types of beer, the food was warm when it put down in front of us. 4 out of 5 thumbs down. El Toro, Don Patron and other Mexican restaurants are much better!!! read more

We sat out on the outdoor patio which was a great size. Had a table with plenty of size and comfortable seats. Even the kids had some room to run around and cause havoc. The service was fantastic. She was so good with the kids and everything that we wanted was accomplished promptly and with a smile. My favorite part of Mexican restaurants is the chips and salsa beforehand, and I always order cheese too. Was not a fan of the salsa, tasted little more like a tomato sauce and did not enjoy the Queso. The chips were super fresh and good. I got the special they had which was 3 tacos for $6. Great price and great size. Also got to choose between like 6 different meats. I choose beef, pulled pork and chicken. All were great. My friend got chorizo which was super good. They then had a bar to put on any toppings you would like. Loved it. read more

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I had extreme car trouble yesterday. The truck actually died on me while driving down Hertel avenue. I was able to park it in the no parking zone on the corner of Hertel and Sterling. I literally sat there from about 1:35 until almost 6:00. Okay so I thought I needed gas I walked 4 blocks to the gas station for no reason with this oversized gas can. I put gas in it, nothing. Fast forward to me being cold sitting in the truck for two hours. So I decided that I would go to one of the local restaurants for happy hour. Some liquor would warm me up. Gramamors was directly across the street and I hadn't been there before. I don't think I'm going back. I'd like to give them another shot to be fair. So perhaps I will. I was greeted by a waitress, I never did get her name. She was nice and friendly, she told me to seat myself and gave me a menu. The was only one other table of patrons so I really could sit wherever I pleased. I sat by the window so I could see if the tow truck came. I ordered the line margarita with lime. It was a definite NO! It tasted like margarita mix and IDK where the liquor was but I couldn't taste it or feel it. It was a happy hour specialty drink. Also on the happy hour menu was a Mexican pizza which you can get with chorizo or chicken. I don't eat pork so I got the chicken. It was horrible. Completely tasteless. Before my food came out the waitress brought me some chips and salsa. Those were very good! The salsa wasn't chunky at all that was what I didn't like by the flavor was good. The chips she said we're homemade as well as the salsa. The chips were thick and really really tasty! Back to to the pizza so it had cheese, idk what type, it looked and tasted like some type of white queso and maybe Monterey jack cheese also I believe onions and I think green peppers. It was just not good. I put the salsa from the chips on it and some sour cream it didn't help. The waitress saw me playing with my food and asked if she could get me something else, I told her I didn't like it and agreed on the three tacos for $6. A couple minutes later she brought out a container with 1 larger taco with lettuce and tomatoes as garnish on the side and a container of sour cream. It wasn't nasty. I tasted some seasoning in the meat but it packed flavor as well. And the tortilla was cut off. It was weird. She said she gave me that because it was cheaper and actually more taco than the three combined that I had ordered. Plus! The three taco deal is just a tortilla and meat, every topping is an additional charge! What in the world is that all about?!?!?! IDK but I'm not here for it! Nope. So in conclusion. I really like the waitress. The food was bad but I still tipped her $4 just because she gave good service. The chips and salsa are good so I'll try them again but get something completely different. We shall see if I can change my review the next time. read more

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This is not the most authentic mexican restaurant but the wait staff is very accommodating. They were nice enough to make space for our large party and even give us separate checks. They do not have a queso blanco which is my favorite so that is disappointing. The margaritas are very good but a little pricey in my opinion. read more

Always enjoy my meal at this Hertel Ave staple. Decided to head out this way because the activity on Main St in Williamsville was so crazy this Thursday evening and wanted a good meal in a calmer locale. Always enjoy the freshness of the meal at Gramma Mora's. Even with a large (16) table served ahead of us, out server was on top of things and kept us in the know. This was especially important when the "green" sauce was ordered wit the carnitas (no way this should ever be served on top of the meal- much better to use your own discretion in adding to your meal. Very happy we made the drive to Hertel for dinner tonight. read more

Haven't been here in about a million years until last night. Got a patio table with a couple of gf's last night. The star of the show was our lovely server and her fellow mom server!! There were a lot of laughs. I was thrilled to see they still had the seafood enchiladas I had so long ago. So delish!!! I also got a pint of some yummy queso to go. The sopa was also a show stopper. Brought me back to my childhood when our server told us how it was made. My friends had some fruity margs they really liked too. read more

I think if I looked on Yelp first I wouldn't have gone here but was in the Hertel area looking for outdoor dining option on the fly. This was the weirdest "Mexican food" experience I've had up here and that's saying something. I ordered pork enchiladas verde. I received enchiladas packed with cheddar and maybe Monterey Jack with a relatively small amount of carnitas weirdly sprinkled on top? I did not want or order CHEESE enchiladas. The carnitas were ok at least but not amazing. I had been envisioning slow cooked pulled pork filling with poblano and onions in a enchilada with white cheese sauce and salsa verde on top. The Spanish rice tasted like Spanish rice. The refried beans were meh. I would not go here again. My date had chicken tacos. They were not the expected pulled chicken of the usual expected good chicken tacos or even the nicely pan fried chopped chicken browned well and well seasoned that some places do. It was a possibility pan fried cutlet chopped and thrown into a soft shell with iceberg lettuce and shredded cheese and nothing else. Not even onions. Didn't try but didn't look flavorful. The "hot sauce" we were given was Franks... read more

Atmosphere is basic but the food was outstanding and our server was friendly and wonderful! This place is a hertel ave staple and a must visit in buffalo...... read more

This place is the furthest thing from authentic Mexican food there could ever be. They came up with a new business model where you can sit and wait for Taco Bell quality food for 5x the price, instead of going through the drive through! Save yourself the time, money, and go literally anywhere else. read more

We went here for a girl's night and were able to make a reservation, larger than a party of six, were able to walk in speak to the hostess, and get seated immediately. The server was an older lady that was the nicest and most attentive server I've had in a while. She did not get stressed or even flustered with a large group of women who took forever to decide what to order (drinks or food). We even got the checks split without even having to tell her or take out containers for our leftovers. The food everyone got was fantastic and we were satisfied with all of our margaritas. The parking on Hertel is horrendous, but I'm willing to tackle that to come back again read more

From those who brought you "Gramma Phone" and "The Gramma Awards", comes this really disappointing and insanely overrated restaurant. It's right across the street from the best Thai place in Buffalo, and it's just down the road from one of the best sandwiches (Joe's), one of the best Pizza and Wing places (Zip's), and two of the best Middle Eastern (Shish Kebab Express and Manakeesh & More), so in such esteemed company, you might think it was going to live up to those standards. It doesn't even come close. Can you say "this place is horrendous" in Spanish? Well don't bother, because there's nothing Spanish (or indeed Mexican) about this establishment. This is vanilla, Americanized Tex-Mex food, and while some Tex Mex places have a pretty decent standard, Gramma Moras in my opinion is not many rungs on the ladder above Taco Bell and Mighty Taco. Not only is it extremely awful food, but the prices are far too high (call it the Hertel effect, although noticeably, Manakeesh & More and Shish Kebab Express haven't been bitten by that bug), and the service is poor. Add to that the fact that the one time I ate here, it made me have tummy pains, and that I asked for some more chips and salsa to go (because it was the only thing edible, to me), and they charged me something insane like $6 or $7 for the privilege... And this place is lucky to get 2 stars, that's the bottom line. Usually I give 3 stars minimum to family places, but if a place is really really bad, I make an exception. And this is one of those traumatic exceptions. I would want to call this "Gramma Lessas" because it is totally not good. If Tolteca and Palenque are Americanized, then Gramma Mora's takes Americanization to a new level, it doesn't even have Latino people working there. It doesn't even pretend to be Mexican. In any case, if your Gramma is Gramma Mora, don't ask her to make Mexican for you. read more

The service was good but that is all that was good. I really wanted to like this place but it only confirmed my suspicions about eating Mexican food that far away from the border. Mexican food and every person in there I saw was white. When my family from here asked me if I liked Mexican food, I should have said no. I would have preferred taco bell over this. You wouldn't think it would be that hard to screw up a bean and cheese burrito or a fish taco but I don't think they even know what a taco is. My father ordered fish tacos and they gave him a cold fish burrito! I ordered a bean and cheese burrito with other veggies and stuff in it and it wasn't even cooked! it was a cold tortilla with stuff thrown in it. I felt like I went to a sandwich shop and ordered a wrap or something. Why do they think they don't have to cook their food? I don't know. Someone should show them what real mexican food is. I would have 1000x preferred the mighty taco fast food down the street. Waste of money. read more

I've been eating at Gramma Mora's for over ten years now and every time I visit, I order the same meal... a Chicken Burrito Ranchero with double Sopa. Crazy right... ordering the same meal at the same place every time you visit!?! I can't help it, I probably visit 4, maybe 5 times a year, I browse their menu and still order continue to order it. It's delicious, can't help myself. I grew up on Buffalo's West Side and currently reside in North Buffalo. Buffalo is thriving with a rich Latino community, predominately Puerto Ricans and Dominicans but it doesn't have a huge Mexican population. I personally think that's why you won't see many "Authentic Mexican" restaurants in Buffalo. You should know that Gramma Mora's is not authentic Mexican food! Now, let's talk chicken burrito ranchero, my go to dish. Saying I really like it doesn't quite sum it up. I enjoy it so much, I order it to go, pick it up and eat it home just so I can say, "Mmmmm," after every bite and not have anyone staring at me like I'm a crazy woman. Haha I love food, don't judge me. The dinner comes with 2 chicken burritos and 2 sides. I always order double sopa and pass on the rice and beans option because I'm Puerto Rican rice and I prefer our Spanish rice and beans as opposed to Mexican rice and beans. The flavor/taste/texture to the sauce of the beans and sometimes even the dryness of the rice just doesn't excite my taste buds but the sopa compliments the ranchero sauce perfectly. I assume Gramma Mora created sopa, I don't know, never heard of it before eating at Gramma Mora's but it's basically a thin Angel Hair noodle, maybe a half inch long and they mix it with tomato sauce, tastes much like the Ranchero sauce. The inside of the burrito consists of chunks of white chicken breasts (lightly seasoned, maybe steamed, I don't know, never asked), with a soft white flour shell that's completely smothered in their Ranchero sauce and topped with lightly sprinkled with cheese. You must eat it with a spoon and folk, this isn't Chipotle. As I mentioned earlier, I think it's delicious. I have tasted my friends and families tacos and burritos as we sat inside for lunch and dinner and I haven't tasted anything that has made me feel like I would give up buying this dish. When you dine-in, they serve you a basket of nachos chips with salsa. I use to think the chips were homemade but they put so much salt on them, I've asked for chips without salt and was told that I couldn't be accommodated because they were "made like that inside the bag." I do think the salsa is homemade, it's watery but tasty, I enjoy it but having to brush off the salt every time I eat a chip annoys me. This year, I started ordering take-out more often and every once in awhile the guy everyone is raving about as a bartender in the pictures here on Yelp, he takes my order and when we pick it up, he's given me and my sons a bit of an attitude and comes off rude (on multiple occasions). Busy or not he should be treating everyone with excellent customer service and yet, I haven't received it from him. Everyone else I've encountered there has been really nice though, the waitresses are always pleasant and engage us with conversation. I'm rating Gramma Mora's 3.5 stars because I love them! I've been eating here for well over ten years now I think, since they were located on Niagara Street. I don't come here looking for authentic Mexican food, I come here looking for good food to eat and I haven't been let down. My company always enjoys themselves as well. They have a cute spot here on Hertel Avenue, you can bring the family and sit in their dinning area enjoying your meal or you can come and sit at the bar and eat, or just drink. Nightlife hangs out here on the weekends, the place does get busy and there is a sidewalk seating outside. Enjoy. read more

Gramma Mora's - Chicken Burrito Ranchero with Double Sopa - Mexican Near Me - Buffalo, New York

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For some reason, I would like to see this place do well. This is the first Mexican restaurant my boyfriend brought me to in Buffalo, and even though it has never impressed me once - we keep returning. It is almost always empty, the food is always average and the service is always beyond slow. Last Sunday, they ran out of ground beef by 4pm- how?! The complimentary nachos are WAY too salty and the "salsa" taste like watered down marinara sauce from a can. On a hot day, if I felt like having a margarita or two, I would come by since it is close to my boyfriends place but if I wanted to thoroughly enjoy my meal and experience I would choose to go elsewhere. As I mentioned in my tip, some serious TLC is needed in this place. read more

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Quite possibly the worst Mexican food in Buffalo. Salsa tasted like spaghetti sauce, the chips had way too much salt, they gave me a MOLDY lemon in my water, and my fish tacos tasted like dirt. My boyfriend took a bite to make sure I wasn't losing it and had to spit It out. Definitely way better Mexican spots in Buffalo!!! But despite the bad food the service was good! read more

Let me start by saying that the food tastes perfectly fine. It's simply not "authentic Mexican", as proclaimed right on the side of the building. This is Italian food dressed up to look like Mexican, with a little bit of ingredient crossover. What I suspect is that the family is Italian immigrants who first emigrated to Mexico and lived there for a generation or two and then emigrated to the US and set up a restaurant. As someone who grew up in New Mexico and who has lived and traveled throughout Latin America, what we Americans blanketly refer to as Mexican food (really a much broader cooking style found throughout Latin America) is comfort food to me. So it's impossible for me to not be sorely disappointed by Gramma Mora's. If you're looking for Italian-Mexican fusion, then this may be your happy place. It just isn't mine. read more

E for effort. Staff is friendly and made a lot of recommendations and well trained on the menu and ingredients. Chips taste like store bought. Salsa is a weird ketchup consistency. Queso dip tastes like canned spicy cheese and is orange color? The seafood enchiladas were pretty bland. The white sauce was recommended by the chef when I asked for red sauce for a little spice, it was essentially gravy I didn't enjoy it. The shrimp on the inside was definitely boiled, why can't they grill it like it's supposed to be? Unfortunately I will not come back again. The kitchen needs a serious revamp to their menu and recipes. read more

Today was my first time going to this restaurant and I thought it was alright. The inside looks really nice, the whole mexican flavor. Decorations were great, and the sit out area is pretty good as well. Especially for warm days during the summer. It also has a full bar. The price for food and drinks are very reasonable. The food was alright, I ordered a Chicken Taco. It was cut into really big pieces, which made it kind of hard to bite, because it kept falling off. Also the sauce for the nachos that they serve for free before the actual meal was a little too watery. I loved the fries though, well done, I am a big fan of Fries I always have to order it as a side. However, I did not really like how my taco tasted though, it had no type of flavor to it. I did not want to order anything else, because I love tacos and i was kind of disappointed. I think they can do a little better. Good note: I had the Mango margarita on the rocks and it was definitely on point made my evening!! read more

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I don't know. So this is a cumulative of my last 4 visits over say, 12 months. It had been years since we frequented GM and that was because of the boom of local Mexican. But we went back a year ago and had a spectacular meal. I really enjoyed the Mexican Standoff. The Red Sauce was great, it wasn't runny or sloppy, and the meal was seasoned about as well as I had ever had. The traditional margaritas on the rocks - great. The next visit seemed the same. Everyone pleased. The last two times- something has changed. Number one, and I haven't asked. The prices have increased significantly, which I understand. The food seems a little less than spectacular. The basement restrooms are in dire need to repair. The staff is thinner, and the Very expensive pitcher of margaritas (serves 4 glasses) taste like they are margarita mix with Sprite. You can't even taste alcohol anymore. Sprite is not the traditional I'm looking for or received 12 months ago, unless they included alcohol back then and it made it "work". But I want a margarita not a lime mimosa. I'll give y'all one more shot before I have to take another 10 year hiatus. read more

Only because I thought 0 was really rude. I tried to go to Gramma Mora's for restaurant week, we arrived at 9:35 pm. The restaurant closes at 10 pm, so we knew that they may not seat us, but we took the chance anyway. When we walked in the music was blaring, and what I assumed were 2 off duty employees were drinking beer and dancing. As we stood at the door for a couple of minutes completely perplexed and wondering what in the world was going on, NO-ONE acknowledged us. We quickly left and went down the street to Lloyd's, where we were greeted by a very friendly female bartender, and then, while she was getting our drinks a male bartender also tried to help us. Our food was very good, but our service was even better. Gramma Mora's you may have good food, but your service did you in today. I will not return, ever. read more