You get what you pay for, the best carnitas in town. Very flavorful, juicy and fresh. Tacos are…read moreserved well for the price, their carne asada tortas are also served with a very generous portion of meat. Their food is just simply delicious.

Solid restaurant offering tasty meals, fair prices, and helpful staff. Everything felt organized…read moreand welcoming, making it a reliable choice for casual dining with friends or family nearby.

The Taco Tuesday deal remains unbeatable! Tacos are $1 apiece if you pay with cash, $1.29 apiece…read morewith credit card. They offer a choice of meat and two topping combos -- lettuce and tomato or cilantro and onion. I'm a cilantro loyalist! I picked up 6 chicken tacos today for a total of $6.60. Such a deal! The service has consistently been fast and friendly and the tacos are always delicious.

Never ate here. The machines are disgusting. The place smells and is greasy. The air is never on.read more

Good food. A bit slow service but quick wait after ordered food. Tasty. A lot of cheese, oil and…read morecream so not very healthy nor vegan but good. The ambiance is nice and typical of a Mexican restaurant. It's comfortable.

Mia's Cantina is a great option for mexican food, right in the new mall area of Wheeling. The…read moredining area is extremely spacious with a full bar on one side, and a garage door window, to let in the cool summer breeze, while you sip on some margaritas and sangrias. Can you ask for more? Food-wise, Mia's Cantina hits the mark. You get complimentary WARM chips and salsa. Warm chips is always a nice touch. I also ordered chicken tortilla soup and the "cup" was bowl-sized. It had a great hint of spice, and it really hit the spot. For the main dish, I ordered some carnitas tacos, which were flavorful and when you order 3, you get rice and beans. and they were extremely good. Service was great as well. BATHROOM REVIEW: Bathroom was extremely clean and functional. Toilet was clean and got the job done. Sit or squat? Sit!

While in town for a work seminar, the front desk assistant at my hotel recommended this place with…read morea personal rave review. So, I stopped in during the week, just after lunch time and found this little hole-in-the wall of a restaurant conveniently nestled in a shopping center next to the local Walmart. Even though I walked in and the restaurant was completely empty, the pure vibrancy of the decor and the cheerfulness of the staff encouraged me to stay. Not to mention that the aroma making its way out from the kitchen was absolutely mouth-watering. I took a seat at the bar while I perused the menu and was delighted in the simplicity of it. You know the food is about to be fire when the menu is simple and a restaurant focuses on what it does well. In addition to the excellent service, the food was absolutely phenomenal. I started off with some chips and salsa.... which was delightfully flavorful and perfectly crisp. Then, I had a bowl of the tortilla soup. Each spoonful was like deja vu. Each bite made me feel like I was in my grandmother's kitchen as a little girl all over again. The broth was perfectly seasoned and each bite came with a chunk of chicken and an assortment of veggies... truly perfecto! Once I was done with the appetizers, I made my decision to try two tacos from the menu. The first was a salmon taco--and it didn't TASTE FISHY. It was grilled to perfection and then paired with an unexpected yet delicious topping of crispy potato strings and chipotle aioli. I ate every bite of this. It was the perfect combination of crunch and flavor, I just couldn't get enough. Then I also ordered the carne asada a cabron taco. Simple, yet dynamically flavorful. I was so full at this point but took this one home to eat at a later time. Still as amazing as the day I ordered it i'm sure. While I neglected to have any desserts or margaritas here, I was assured that they are just as remarkable as anything else. I had a wonderful meal, excellent service and I greatly look forward to going back if i'm ever in the area again for work. 10/10 Highly recommend!!

This place has been on my list to try, and we finally did. The decor inside was nice and festive…read more The staff was nice and helpful. Nothing really stood out about the items we ordered, and maybe it was just what we ordered. The prices were a little on the higher side. We'll need to come back and order a seafood dish. Maybe that'll give us the WOW factor.

Driven this place so many times, but never tried it out. My friend, who is Mexican, wanted to try…read morethis place so we decided to go. I really like the authenticity of the food here. But don't take it from this Chinese guy, but my Mexican friend said it was really good. The table got warm chips and salsa, and we ordered the guacamole as well. I like my guac chunky, and the guacamole here was perfect. The caldo de pollo was really flavorful. The chicken stock was fantastic and the amount of chicken, and veggies were good. I also ordered the chicken carnitas, which I thought would be more carnitas-like, but I guess this is how it's made. Overall, still very good, and the lunch special was plentiful. Service was great, the ambiance was like I was in Mexico (never been there before), with authentic Mexico ranchero music blaring in the dining area. Will come back and try the other items on the menu.

The staff first are so family friendly. Tania is very polite. Now to the food Mui Bueno the…read moreenchiladas are just like mom's. I always have cheese enchiladas with a little lettuce and tomato on top. Let's talk about the fajitas OMG Delicious.

If I could give 0 I would. I didn't even eat there. I stopped in to eat and a server came to take…read moremy order. She noticed I work for plumbing company. They were having an issue with there sink it he back and ask me to take a look I could not believe how dirty it was in the kitchen. Open boxes of chicken on the ground fish in the sink. Disgusting. I looked at sink and told them to call my company I didn't even eat. I left.

I love the fact that they offer barbacoa chivo on the weekends. Seems like they are setting…read morethemselves apart from all the other decent Mexican places in the area. This one's a keeper. Delicious, fresh food, and great service. My only disappointment was that they didn't have the mole sauce available.

Oh my gosh DELICIOUS!!! I came here when I stayed nearby at a hotel and was genuinely amazed at how…read moregood the food was. They have a wide variety of meats and offerings so I feel like a group can all find something they like. The restaurant had plenty of seating and was kept very clean. I appreciated how kind and helpful the staff was. The portions were large and decently priced. I thought the ingredients tasted fresh.

An interesting option for me. While it's not really as flavorful as some of the other Mexican…read morerestaurants nearby it does offer a clean spot with very reasonable prices (particularly on Taco Tuesday), spacious dining room, and nice seating to socialize with friends. It's also fairly easy to park here and service is pretty quick and friendly. The menu is not super adventurous which helps appeal to a wide audience, but at the same time offers 15 protein options, which is more than enough choices to make repeat visits interesting. In addition to being a pleasant spot to hangout with friends, the reasonable pricing here -- particularly with the option to make the meal quite healthy, is something that will draw me back for repeat visits. The portion sizes are pretty good as well and the churros are a great dessert to finish the meal. Overall, a solid option to enjoy Mexican cuisine in a nice setting. The meat could use a little more seasoning, and the salsas could probably be kicked up a notch as well (even the spiciest option was pretty mild for me), but still enjoyable.

5 stars for Monica's Mexican Restaurant in Prospect Heights…read more This restaurant is located at the back of a strip mall off of Milwaukee Avenue. It seems like a hidden gem in my opinion, they have alcohol, a full menu or traditional Mexican cuisine and are very reasonably priced for what you get. There are plenty of tables for dining in. Our food came out very quickly and was pretty good, our waitress was also very friendly. I highly recommend the shrimp Diabla plate - a big portion that comes with tortillas, while spicy, not insanely spicy. Overall, highly recommended.

We ate here for the first time after many years of driving by it. I'm not sure what took me so…read morelong! All the food was excellent and the best part is they have chicken nuggets and fries for my grandson. That's always the drawback when we want Mexican food! Definitely will be back.

I came here for my son's birthday and because we had some coupons he got from school. The whole…read moreexperience was first class. It was a busy day and the hostess offered us a table that wasn't ideal, but said if we'd like to wait longer we could have a better table. Our waitress Carey was very accommodating, allowing us to use both coupons and bringing some dessert for all our kids, some ice cream, on the house. The food was also good, but the people are what make me loyal to a restaurant, and this was one of the best experiences I've had with service, so we will be back.

It's been quite a while since my last visit here however came back again because a group of friends…read morewanted to come here and have lunch. I really had some high hopes that may be over the years that had grown and learned and gotten better. Unfortunately, it really hasn't during a very slow weekday afternoon. I walked in and there was absolutely no staff at the front to greet you in any way shape or form. I also consider this very poor deterrent for crime and also very poor for security in general. Well, service was decent. It wasn't great. It wasn't quick. The food did come out quickly though. The food was good, not great. And although I did take home my Carnitas pork fajita bowl and looking forward to warming it up the next day, when I opened it up from the plastic container, they gave me the entire bottom was full of oil. It is really rather disgusting and while I do understand that they had to fry up the tortilla shell I would have assumed it would have been drained properly and did not contain this much oil. Also, I feel like the margaritas got significantly smaller. If you look at the picture on the menu, they have a completely different large glass being displayed versus the Glasses. They actually gave us with margaritas. So I really feel like the portions got smaller on the margarita while the price stayed the same, which frankly now makes it overpriced. There are better places to eat that have Tex-Mex than this

Small location in a strip mall, didnt seem like much. Entered and was greeted by a personable…read moreworker who took our order. I got a few steak tacos and my wife ordered the chorizo and eggs breakfast. We both got some Mexican Cokes and waited at a seat for our order. Unfortunately we did not get any chips and salsa or anything so we sat disappointed for a bit waiting for our food. The food came out and was tasty. Limes on the plate (which is a plus in my book hate when I dont get or have to ask). Food was tasty from both of our orders. Worker checked in on us a few times. Overall the food was good, but not enough to warrant us coming out of our way (about 20 min drive for us) to eat here. If we were in the area looking for a meal, it would definitely bee in our roladex of options. Keep up the good work and service. Maybe add free chips and salsa to tempt me to come back more, lol :P

Went here for lunch on a random Tuesday and was pleasantly surprised! The owner was the nicest and…read moredirected me towards the burrito lunch special + a horchata. The food was great and was everything I wanted when I picked out the restaurant. Definitely will be back!! I would go here over La taquiza as it doesn't break the bank and is delicious.