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    Ixtapa Restaurant

    3.4 (127 reviews)
    ModerateMexican
    Open 11:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    IXTAPA RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Happy hour specials
    Good for groups

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    Adri R.

    Ixtapa, has been a long time staple of Monroe. They've been serving the community by keeping belly's full for decades. A lot of the staff has remained the same, which speaks volumes of the longevity of the business. It's great to see some many familiar faces that I remember growing up.

    Chips, salsa andMargaritas
    Scott O.

    We had the Carne Diablo with corn tortillas, free chips and salsa and 2 margaritas - one house lime and the Oaxacan. $40. Having been to Ixtapa in Mexico I was interested to try this chain. It did not disappoint as the flavors brought back memories of the same flavors that I experienced in Mexico. I think they nailed the authentic tastes but could have added more vegetables (and onions) and some queso Blanco. The most impressive thing was the Oaxacan which everyone should try to get the Ixtapa Mexico experience. P.S. as you can tell by the extra salsa cup. They have good salsa here.

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    Has become our favorite in a town with lots of options. The chile relleno is my go-to.

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    Wonderful food, great service and reasonable pricing for lunch menu. Restaurant was clean and had a very family-business feel.

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    Great service. We love this place. Good good, nice atmosphere. Always a pleasure coming here when we pass through

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    Taqueria El Rey

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    Review update, still one of the only good restaurants in town. This is an amazing place. Very few…read moreMexican restaurants like this where you can tell someone that cares is making the food instead of just opening big cans of salty crap. Build a custom burrito, eat in the store so you can get the free chips and try their amazing salsa. You will thank me. P.S. Its like a small teriyaki place inside, so keep your expectations in check. Couple of tables, strip mall, you get it.

    This place is decent. I had to stop by the Harbour Freight due to my local one in Everett not…read morehaving what I needed and I was in town long enough to eat so I first stopped at the Henrys' Donuts for a bacon maple bar and black coffee. As I was chilling and eating an impromptu breakfast I was looking at the strip mall style food area and Taqueria El Rey caught my eye. I love tacos. And they had the meat I almost judge very taqueria on heavily: Tripas. So I was still before opening time so I just let my quick breakfast marinate and digest and hung out in the parking lot for a bit. And as it hit closer to opening time I was a little nervous cuz I had yet to see any movement inside but sure enough close to five minutes before opening I saw a lady move around and then turned the sign on and opened the door. It was early but I had waited long enough lol. I got out and as solan as she turned around for the counter I was ready. I ordered two tripas, carne asada, carnitas and a buche. Water and a can of coke to wash it down with. It came with a side of chips and salad which was alright. The salsa was nothing special but I finished it with some chips left over. When the tacos came you could feel they just left the heat which is always a good sign. I doused them in a little salt and lime and I used the verse sauce. They hit the spot. The tripas had a good sheen of fat and gristle but weren't crispy like I really wanted but they sufficed. The carnitas were ok. Same it's the buche and asada. As hard as it is to find tripas and then have the tripas be stellar it's almost as hard to find good asada these days but nonetheless it was a good meal. The counter person was the same waitress. She was very nice and attentive enough. I finished my food and gave my customary thank you and have great day and she have the same sentiment of welcome and you too. If you're I town and feeling tacos give Taqueria El Rey a try.

    El Paraiso Mexican Grill - One of my meals from El Paraiso!

    El Paraiso Mexican Grill

    (136 reviews)

    I've been here a couple times before. And I wasn't…read moreimpressed. But somebody said, "Oh it's gotten better," so I went. Again I walked in with prejudice. There is parking, and they did seat this promptly. The server was kind, patient and thorough. And then the food got there, and that's when I really had to eat crow because the food was really good. Fajita burrito. I cleaned the plate. Puerto grande. I wasn't expecting it to be good. I was expecting to be, you know, lame. But it was good. It's the only large room in Monroe, and it's decorated in bright colors. Our table was right on the lake, which happened to be flooded that week also. All things considered, this place has worked their way up to a five-star review.

    A group of us stopped here after a movie for Margaritas. It was the closest place that looked like…read moreit had great potential. The deck off the back of the restaurant was fantastic, I just wished anything would have matched that energy. We ordered 2 jalapeno Margaritas, and 2 "fresh natural" margaritas. They brought out chips and salsa and beans to us following our orders. The salsa I am not sure how it qualify as salsa. It was more like a can of stewed tomatoes. No spice, no flavor. The beans were the same. Plain, nothing to them. While fajitas had been walked by many times we opted not to get food. After letting the server know we were not ordering food, I believe the manager came over to ask if everything was ok. We were like yeah, we just came by for drinks. Both the server and the manager seemed annoyed after that. After receiving our drinks they were to be nice, just plain disappointing. Jalapeño margaritas are my drink of choice and this one fell well short of the mark. There were jalapeños in it, but there was zero spice and a very strong flavor of just the margarita mix. My wife enjoyed her fresh margarita, but upon receiving the bill the fresh margarita was a $4 add on for the fresh lime juice? $65 for 4 margaritas in pounder glasses. Maybe it's because they were not good that I find that as steep. Thanks Monroe El Paraiso, we won't be back. I wasn't going to bother to write a review, but when you get treated different for not ordering food, something is wrong with the establishment. Two stars just for the view

    Mi Tierra - Pozole

    Mi Tierra

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    Finding edible Mexican food in Washington State is usually a quest more difficult than finding a…read moredry sidewalk in November. Most of the time, you're just paying for a lukewarm tortilla and a dream. Then I found Mi Tierra, and hope finally returned. First off, the ambiance is so authentic that I halfway expected a relative I've never met to walk out of the kitchen and ask why I haven't called. The place is decorated like a true Hacienda, and honestly, the décor does some heavy lifting--it's like the stucco walls and rustic charm trick your taste buds into believing you've just crossed the border, even if it's actually 40 degrees and raining outside. As for the food: it's spectacular. In a land where "spicy" often just means either "we added an extra grain of black pepper," or "we added uranium", Mi Tierra serves actual, authentic flavor. Whether it's the rich sauces or the well seasoned meats, eating here feels like a victory over the bland Mexican-food desert we call the Pacific Northwest. Best of all, the prices are incredibly reasonable. You get a massive portion of "real-deal" food without having to sell a kidney or take out a second mortgage. If you want to stop eating "tacos" that taste like sadness and disappointment and start eating like you're on vacation, get yourself to Mi Tierra. You may want to check out their menu on the Mi Tierra Official Website to plan your escape from mediocre salsa and to avoid the feeling that you are sitting for a test that you havent studied for as the wait staff can be pretty fast to take your order

    This ended up being kind of what we expected it to be. The decor and art was gorgeous. Lovely! They…read morehad a cool fire pit table in the middle that was cool. The service was fine. We were one of three tables and felt like the staff didn't really have eyes on us or the other tables. They came often enough but definitely on the slow side. It wasn't super clear to me what was gluten free since they had a lot of different sauces. My first few options didn't end up being gluten free, but I landed on spinach enchiladas. I found the enchiladas to be very odd. They had no cheese in them, just spinach mushroom onions. And barely any sauce. It was like a salad inside a tortilla. I wanted wayyy more cheese. My fiance got a burrito and it was half the size as the one at table next to us so he was bummed but said it was good. I would eat here in a pinch or if I was hungry coming back from the mountains, but I'm not rushing to go back.

    Ixtapa Restaurant - mexican - Updated May 2026

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